Oasis ‘Wonderwall’ was the number one song when Triple J counted down the most popular songs of the past 20 years.
The Top 3 had some surprises with The White Stripes and Jeff Buckley making the list.
Hilltop Hoods were the highest ranking Australian act at no. 4. Aussie’s Powerfinger scored no. 8 and 10 whilst Gotye and Kimbra appeared at no. 9 with last year’s biggest selling song ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’.
Here is the complete chart for Triple J’s Hottest 100 of the past 20 years:
1 Oasis – Wonderwall
2 The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
3 Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
4 Hilltop Hoods – The Nosebleed Section
5 The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
6 Foo Fighters – Everlong
7 The Killers – Mr. Brightside
8 Powderfinger – These Days
9 Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know {Ft. Kimbra}
10 Powderfinger – My Happiness
11 Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows
12 Gotye – Hearts a Mess
13 Radiohead – Paranoid Android
14 Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man
15 The Prodigy – Breathe
16 Bon Iver – Skinny Love
17 Silverchair – Tomorrow
18 OutKast – Hey Ya!
19 blink-182 – Dammit
20 The Living End – Prisoner of Society
21 The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979
22 Blur – Song 2
23 Muse – Knights of Cydonia
24 Augie March – One Crowded Hour
25 The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings
26 System Of A Down – Chop Suey!
27 The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist
28 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue
29 Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
30 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
31 Massive Attack – Teardrop
32 Tool – Stinkfist
33 The Cranberries – Zombie
34 Ben Folds Five – Brick
35 Radiohead – Karma Police
36 Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
37 Beastie Boys – Sabotage
38 The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition
39 Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box
40 Nine Inch Nails – Closer
41 Coldplay – Yellow
42 Matt Corby – Brother
43 John Butler Trio – Betterman
44 Daft Punk – One More Time
45 Modest Mouse – Float On
46 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Into My Arms
47 The Offspring – Self Esteem
48 The Strokes – Last Nite
49 Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over
50 Pearl Jam – Better Man
51 The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
52 Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc
53 Placebo – Every You Every Me
54 Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
55 Fatboy Slim – Praise You
56 Underworld – Born Slippy (Nuxx)
57 Bloc Party – Banquet
58 The Whitlams – No Aphrodisiac
59 Daft Punk – Around The World
60 Bush – Glycerine
61 The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
62 Spiderbait – Buy Me A Pony
63 Grinspoon – Chemical Heart
64 MGMT – Kids
65 Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
66 You Am I – Berlin Chair
67 alt-J – Breezeblocks
68 Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl
69 Eminem – Lose Yourself
70 Regurgitator – ! (The Song Formerly Known As)
71 Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood
72 Wolfmother – Joker And The Thief
73 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home
74 The Wombats – Let’s Dance To Joy Division
75 The Killers – Somebody Told Me
76 MGMT – Electric Feel
77 The Presets – My People
78 Silverchair – Freak
79 Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
80 Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade
81 Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane
82 Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag
83 Pulp – Common People
84 Kanye West – Gold Digger (Ft. Jamie Foxx)
85 Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise
86 The Killers – When You Were Young
87 The Kooks – Naive
88 Something For Kate – Monsters
89 TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me
90 Silverchair – Straight Lines
91 Jebediah – Harpoon
92 Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks
93 Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun
94 Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
95 Ben Lee – Cigarettes Will Kill You
96 The Cat Empire – Hello
97 M.I.A. – Paper Planes
98 Jebediah – Leaving Home
99 Lana Del Rey – Video Games
100 Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
