Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 2009

2009 All Time Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown	7-12 July 2009
Countdown highlights
Winning song	Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Most entries	Dave Grohl (5 tracks)
Chronology
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The Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time was a music poll conducted in 2009 amongst listeners of Australian youth radio network Triple J. Over half a million votes were compiled, with Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" collecting the highest number of votes. Voters could submit a list of up to ten different songs as well as nominating one of these as their "all-time" favourite song.

It was the fifth such poll organised by Triple J, following similar polls in 1989, 1990, 1991, and 1998. Initially, all songs were eligible for annual Triple J Hottest 100s, however, from 1993 onward (after having no list in 1992), only songs released in the previous year were permitted. Thus, the Hottest 100 of All Time is conducted via a separate vote, held irregularly to reflect listeners' favourite songs across all eras.

The 2009 list was designed to reflect the twentieth anniversary of the Hottest 100's inception. The countdown was carried out from Tuesday, 7 July 2009 and finishing Sunday, 12 July 2009. The countdown was also broadcast over two nights on ABC TV's music show Rage. However, certain songs were omitted from the broadcast because they were never made into music videos.

• Bold: Previous winner of a standard Hottest 100
• Green background: Australian artists

• News of Michael Jackson's death surfaced during the final week of voting. Triple J announcers pointed out that both "Thriller" and "Billie Jean" were already polling enough votes to feature in the top 100, but that the final week of voting pushed both songs further up the list.
• This is the first Hottest 100 of All Time where The Cure did not achieve more than one track. This is also the first time where The Cure did not have the most songs in a Hottest 100 Of All Time.
• This is the first Hottest 100 of All Time where R.E.M. did not achieve any tracks. In all other years, they had achieved at least two.
• Only one vote separated "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age from "Hey Jude" by The Beatles.
• Radiohead swapped the number 5 and 13 positions they had held in the 1998 Of All Time countdown with "Creep" and "Paranoid Android".
• Franz Ferdinand are the second band behind Powderfinger to come 1st and 100th in a Hottest 100. "Take Me Out" is also the first song in the Hottest 100 to have reached both ends of the countdown.
• This is the first Hottest 100 of All Time countdown to not feature any songs from the year of the countdown.
• This countdown also is the first to not feature any Australian artists in the Top 10. The highest Australian entry was #17, a record low in any Hottest 100.
• With sixteen entries coming from Australian artists, the 2009 Of All Time list equals the record set in the 1990 Of All Time countdown for the fewest entries from Australian artists in a countdown.
• It was announced at the beginning of the countdown that #101 was "Heart Shaped Box" by Nirvana. This is the first known instance where the same artist held both the 1st and 101st positions in a Hottest 100.
• Only two songs in the entire Hottest 100 featured a female lead vocalist: Shara Nelson and Elizabeth Fraser, both of whom were guest vocalists on songs by Massive Attack ("Unfinished Sympathy" and "Teardrop" respectively). As such, there were no female artists or bands with permanent female vocalists who reached the countdown.
  • Overall, six bands with songs on the countdown included female instrumentalists. These were The Dandy Warhols, New Order, Pixies, Pulp, The Smashing Pumpkins and The White Stripes, accounting for eight songs between them, the only other songs which featured contributions from a female musician were "Wolf Like Me" by TV on the Radio, which featured backing vocals from musician Katrina Ford, and "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones, which featured backing vocals from singer Merry Clayton.

Triple J released a compilation disc including 36 of the tracks.

DVD

1. Radiohead – "Paranoid Android" (#5)
2. Rage Against the Machine – "Killing in the Name" (#2)
3. Muse – "Knights of Cydonia" (#18)
4. Jeff Buckley – "Hallelujah" (#3)
5. Joy Division – "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (#4)
6. Oasis – "Wonderwall" (#12)
7. Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" (#17)
8. The White Stripes – "Seven Nation Army" (#20)
9. Massive Attack – "Teardrop" (#22)
10. Powderfinger – "My Happiness" (#27)
11. Hunters & Collectors – "Throw Your Arms Around Me" (#23)
12. New Order – "Blue Monday" (#32)
13. The Killers – "Mr. Brightside" (#38)
14. The Living End – "Prisoner of Society" (#34)
15. Silverchair – "Tomorrow" (#33)
16. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – "Into My Arms" (#36)
17. Bloc Party – "Banquet" (#42)
18. Faith No More – "Epic" (#46)
19. You Am I – "Berlin Chair" (#52)
20. The John Butler Trio – "Betterman" (#47)
21. The Cure – "Close to Me" (#54)
22. Augie March – "One Crowded Hour" (#59)
23. Violent Femmes – "Blister in the Sun" (#64)
24. Blink-182 – "Dammit (Growing Up)" (#68)
25. The Prodigy – "Breathe" (#70)
26. The Stone Roses – "Fools Gold (#76)
27. The Shins – "New Slang" (#72)
28. Ben Folds Five – "Brick" (#67)
29. Gotye – "Hearts a Mess" (#77)
30. David Bowie – "Life on Mars?" (#79)
31. Pulp – "Common People" (#81)
32. The Dandy Warhols – "Bohemian Like You" (#85)
33. System of a Down – "Chop Suey!" (#82)
34. Modest Mouse – "Float On" (#94)
35. Coldplay – "Yellow" (#87)
36. TV On The Radio – "Wolf Like Me" (#99)
37. Midnight Oil – "Beds Are Burning" (#97)
38. Franz Ferdinand– "Take Me Out" (#100)
39. Radiohead – "Fake Plastic Trees" (#28)

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