Triple J Hottest 100, 1990

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{{Hottest 100

|year=1990

|image=File:1990 Triple J Hot 100 poster.png

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|date_of_countdown=20 May 1990

|winning_song={{flagicon|UK}} Joy Division
"Love Will Tear Us Apart"

|most_entries={{flagicon|UK}} The Cure
(7 tracks)

|prev=1989

|next=1991}}

The 1990 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 20 May 1990.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-27 |title=2018 Hottest 100 countdown to be held the day after Australia Day |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/triple-j-changes-date-of-hottest-100-music-countdown/9196812 |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=triple j |language=en-AU}} It was the second annual poll of the most popular songs, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. From 1989 to 1991, listeners could vote for songs released in any year.

Full list

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|Note: Australian artists

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.5em;" ! # ! Song{{cite web \|title=Hottest 100 1990 \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/search/?year=1990+(All-time) \|work=Triple J \|accessdate=September 7, 2024 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729134526/http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/history/1990.htm \|archive-date=July 29, 2012}} ! Artist ! Country of Origin ! Year of release !Previous Hottest 100 of all time positions
1	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Joy Division	United Kingdom	1980 \|1 (1989)
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 2	Throw Your Arms Around Me	Hunters & Collectors	Australia	1985 \|2 (1989)
3	How Soon Is Now?	The Smiths	United Kingdom	1984 \|7 (1989)
4	Uncertain Smile	The The	United Kingdom	1983 \|3 (1989)
5	Blue Monday	New Order	United Kingdom	1983 \|5 (1989)
6	Fools Gold	The Stone Roses	United Kingdom	1989 \|
7	This Charming Man	The Smiths	United Kingdom	1983 \|13 (1989)
8	Rock Lobster	The B-52's	United States	1978 \|14 (1989)
9	It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)	R.E.M.	United States	1987 \|22 (1989)
10	That's Entertainment	The Jam	United Kingdom	1980 \|4 (1989)
11	A Forest	The Cure	United Kingdom	1980 \|10 (1989)
12	Holiday in Cambodia	Dead Kennedys	United States	1980 \|6 (1989)
13	Troy	Sinéad O'Connor	Ireland	1987 \|41 (1989)
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 14	Under the Milky Way	The Church	Australia	1988 \|
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 15	Shivers	The Boys Next Door	Australia	1978 \|12 (1989)
16	Birthday	The Sugarcubes	Iceland	1987 \|9 (1989)
17	Wuthering Heights	Kate Bush	United Kingdom	1978 \|43 (1989)
18	Debaser	Pixies	United States	1988 \|
19	Primary	The Cure	United Kingdom	1981 \|19 (1989)
20	Anarchy in the U.K.	Sex Pistols	United Kingdom	1976 \|17 (1989)
21	Bizarre Love Triangle	New Order	United Kingdom	1986 \|67 (1989)
22	She Sells Sanctuary	The Cult	United Kingdom	1985 \|35 (1989)
23	Boys Don't Cry	The Cure	United Kingdom	1980 \|29 (1989)
24	Ride On Time	Black Box	Italy	1989 \|
25	Just Like Heaven	The Cure	United Kingdom	1987 \|
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 26	Betty's Worry or the Slab	Hunters & Collectors	Australia	1984 \|83 (1989)
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 27	Cattle and Cane	The Go-Betweens	Australia	1983 \|11 (1989)
28	London Calling	The Clash	United Kingdom	1979 \|18 (1989)
29	Fight the Power	Public Enemy	United States	1989 \|
30	Another Girl, Another Planet	The Only Ones	United Kingdom	1978 \|26 (1989)
31	Song to the Siren	This Mortal Coil	United Kingdom	1983 \|15 (1989)
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 32	Talking to a Stranger	Hunters & Collectors	Australia	1982 \|8 (1989)
33	Fuck tha Police	N.W.A	United States	1988 \|
34	Monkey Gone to Heaven	Pixies	United States	1989 \|
35	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	United Kingdom	1975 \|33 (1989)
36	Buffalo Stance	Neneh Cherry	Sweden	1988 \|61 (1989)
37	Sign “☮” the Times	Prince	United States	1987 \|37 (1989)
38	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	United Kingdom	1981 \|
39	Kiss	Prince	United States	1986 \|24 (1989)
40	Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)	Soul II Soul	United Kingdom	1989 \|
41	Blister in the Sun	Violent Femmes	United States	1983 \|46 (1989)
42	Respect	Aretha Franklin	United States	1965 \|21 (1989)
43	Lullaby	The Cure	United Kingdom	1989 \|
44	There Is a Light That Never Goes Out	The Smiths	United Kingdom	1985 \|64 (1989)
45	Info Freako	Jesus Jones	United Kingdom	1989 \|
46	The One I Love	R.E.M.	United States	1987 \|45 (1989)
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 47	Everybody Moves	Died Pretty	Australia	1989 \|
48	Dancing Queen	ABBA	Sweden	1975 \|
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 49	Wide Open Road	The Triffids	Australia	1986 \|68 (1989)
50	"Heroes"	David Bowie	United Kingdom	1977 \|39 (1989)
51	She Bangs the Drums	The Stone Roses	United Kingdom	1989 \|
52	The End	The Doors	United States	1967 \|50 (1989)
53	Bigmouth Strikes Again	The Smiths	United Kingdom	1986 \|27 (1989)
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 54	Aloha Steve and Danno	Radio Birdman	Australia	1978 \|23 (1989)
55	Here Comes Your Man	Pixies	United States	1989 \|
56	Can't Be Sure	The Sundays	United Kingdom	1989 \|
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 57	The Unguarded Moment	The Church	Australia	1981 \|42 (1989)
58	Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards	Billy Bragg	United Kingdom	1988 \|20 (1989)
59	Greetings to the New Brunette	Billy Bragg	United Kingdom	1986 \|38 (1989)
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 60	Deanna	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Australia	1988 \|70 (1989)
61	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin	United Kingdom	1971 \|30 (1989)
62	L.A. Woman	The Doors	United States	1971 \|40 (1989)
63	Alison	Elvis Costello	United Kingdom	1977 \|16 (1989)
64	Love Song	Simple Minds	United Kingdom	1981 \|36 (1989)
65	Temptation	New Order	United Kingdom	1982 \|
66	Imagine	John Lennon	United Kingdom	1971 \|31 (1989)
67	The Love Cats	The Cure	United Kingdom	1983 \|
68	True Faith	New Order	United Kingdom	1987 \|
69	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinéad O'Connor	Ireland	1990 \|
70	Wise Up! Sucker	Pop Will Eat Itself	United Kingdom	1989 \|
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 71	Say Goodbye	Hunters & Collectors	Australia	1986 \|97 (1989)
72	In Between Days	The Cure	United Kingdom	1985 \|
73	I Want You	Elvis Costello	United Kingdom	1986 \|58 (1989)
74	Freak Scene	Dinosaur Jr.	United States	1988 \|
75	Forbidden Colours	Sylvian and Sakamoto	United Kingdom/Japan	1983 \|60 (1989)
76	God Is a Bullet	Concrete Blonde	United States	1989 \|
77	Sympathy for the Devil	The Rolling Stones	United Kingdom	1968 \|63 (1989)
78	Fall on Me	R.E.M.	United States	1986 \|
79	Once in a Lifetime	Talking Heads	United States	1981 \|
80	Into the Groove	Madonna	United States	1985 \|
81	Street Tuff (Scar Mix)	Double Trouble and Rebel MC	United Kingdom	1989 \|
82	Levi Stubbs' Tears	Billy Bragg	United Kingdom	1986 \|
83	All Along the Watchtower	Jimi Hendrix	United States	1968 \|49 (1989)
84	Atmosphere	Joy Division	United Kingdom	1980 \|
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 85	Bye Bye Pride	The Go-Betweens	Australia	1987 \|89 (1989)
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 86	Eternally Yours	Laughing Clowns	Australia	1984 \|
87	Add It Up	Violent Femmes	United States	1983 \|
88	Love Shack	The B-52's	United States	1989 \|
89	Teen Age Riot	Sonic Youth	United States	1988 \|
90	Sexual Healing	Marvin Gaye	United States	1982 \|62 (1989)
91	Say No Go	De La Soul	United States	1988 \|
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 92	Reptile	The Church	Australia	1988 \|
style="background:#ccffcc" \| 93	Trust	Tall Tales and True	Australia	1989 \|
94	This Is the Day	The The	United Kingdom	1983 \|
95	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	United Kingdom	1979 \|
96	Happy Birthday	Concrete Blonde	United States	1989 \|
97	Roam	The B-52's	United States	1989 \|
98	Walk On The Wild Side	Lou Reed	United States	1972 \|77 (1989)
99	Orange Crush	R.E.M.	United States	1988 \|
100	Just Can't Get Enough	Depeche Mode	United Kingdom	1981 \|

Artists with multiple entries

class="wikitable sortable" !# !Artist !Tracks
7 \|The Cure \|11, 19, 23, 25, 43, 67, 72
rowspan="3" \|6 \|Peter Hook{{refn\|Twice with Joy Division (1, 84), four times with New Order (5, 21, 65, 68)\|name=Joy Division/New Order\|group=note}} \|1, 5, 21, 65, 68, 84
Stephen Morris{{refn\|name=Joy Division/New Order\|group=note}} \|1, 5, 21, 65, 68, 84
Bernard Sumner{{refn\|name=Joy Division/New Order\|group=note}} \|1, 5, 21, 65, 68, 84
rowspan="4" \|4 \|Hunters & Collectors \|2, 26, 32, 71
The Smiths \|3, 7, 44, 53
New Order \|5, 21, 65, 68
R.E.M. \|9, 46, 78, 99
rowspan="4" \|3 \|The B-52's \|8, 88, 97
The Church \|14, 57, 92
Pixies \|18, 34, 55
Billy Bragg \|58, 59, 82
rowspan="12" \|2 \|Joy Division \|1, 84
The The \|4, 95
The Stone Roses \|6, 51
Sinéad O'Connor \|13, 69
The Go-Betweens \|27, 85
Nick Cave{{Refn\|Once with The Boys Next Door (15), and once with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (60)\|name=\|group=note}} \|15, 60
Pink Floyd \|35, 95
Prince \|37, 39
Violent Femmes \|41, 87
The Doors \|52, 62
Elvis Costello \|63, 73
Concrete Blonde \|76, 96

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!Artist

!Tracks

|The Cure

|11, 19, 23, 25, 43, 67, 72

rowspan="3" |6

|Peter Hook{{refn|Twice with Joy Division (1, 84), four times with New Order (5, 21, 65, 68)|name=Joy Division/New Order|group=note}}

|1, 5, 21, 65, 68, 84

Stephen Morris{{refn|name=Joy Division/New Order|group=note}}

|1, 5, 21, 65, 68, 84

Bernard Sumner{{refn|name=Joy Division/New Order|group=note}}

|1, 5, 21, 65, 68, 84

rowspan="4" |4

|Hunters & Collectors

|2, 26, 32, 71

The Smiths

|3, 7, 44, 53

New Order

|5, 21, 65, 68

R.E.M.

|9, 46, 78, 99

rowspan="4" |3

|8, 88, 97

|14, 57, 92

|18, 34, 55

|58, 59, 82

rowspan="12" |2

|1, 84

|4, 95

|6, 51

|13, 69

|27, 85

Nick Cave{{Refn|Once with The Boys Next Door (15), and once with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (60)|name=|group=note}}

|15, 60

|35, 95

|37, 39

|41, 87

|52, 62

|63, 73

|76, 96

Countries represented

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! Country

! #

| 48

| 31

| 16

| 2

| 1

Minor statistics

The Cure's seven entries is a new record for most appearances in a single countdown.
Billy Bragg is the first artist in Hottest 100 history to have back to back entries in a countdown. His songs "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" & "Greetings to the New Brunette" came in at #58 and #59 respectively.
Five songs maintained their positions from the previous year's countdown.
Black Box is the first Italian artist to ever make it into the Hottest 100.
This was the final countdown to be referred to as a "Hot 100" as Triple J was later forced to change the poll's name to 'Hottest 100' to avoid legal action with 4ZZZ.

Songs by Decade

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! Decade

! #

1960s

| 4

1970s

| 16

1980s

| 79

1990s

| 1

Notes

References

1990

Category:1990 in Australian music

Category:1990 record charts

Triple J Hottest 100, 1990

Full list

Artists with multiple entries

Countries represented

Minor statistics

Songs by Decade

See also

Notes

References