1990 Triple J Hottest 100
Full 100 Song List

20.03.08 | 1990

The second ever Hottest 100 countdown, 1990 once again gave birth to some classic tracks with B52’s Rock Lobster at number 8, REM - It’s The End of the World, Sex Pistols “Anarchy in the UK”, Pink Floyd “WIsh You were Here, Violent Femmes “Blister in the Sun” and many more.

Take a trip down memory lane (if you’re old enough) and click on the link below to view all 100 tracks from 1990.

1990 Hottest 100 tracks and ringtones

S.No Artist Song MP3 Ringtone
1 Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division - The Best of Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart  
2 Hunters And Collectors Throw Your Arms Around Me Hunters & Collectors - Human Frailty - Throw Your Arms Around Me Ringtone
3 Smiths How Soon Is Now? The Smiths - The Very Best of the Smiths - How Soon Is Now?  
4 The The Uncertain Smile The The - Soul Mining - Uncertain Smile  
5 New Order Blue Monday New Order - International - The Best of New Order - Blue Monday Ringtone
6 The Stone Roses Fools Gold Stone Roses - Chilled Ibiza Classics: A Decade of Ibiza Chillout - Fools Gold  
7 Smiths This Charming Man The Smiths - The Very Best of the Smiths - This Charming Man  
8 B52s Rock Lobster The B-52's - The B-52's - Rock Lobster Ringtone
9 REM Its The End Of The World R.E.M. - The Best of R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) Ringtone
10 Jam Thats Entertainment The Jam - The Very Best of the Jam - That's Entertainment  
11 Cure The Forest    
12 Dead Kennedys Holiday In Cambodia Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death - Holiday In Cambodia  
13 Sinead Oconnor Troy    
14 Church Under The Milky Way The Church - Starfish - Under the Milky Way  
15 Boys Next Door Sivers    
16 Sugarcubes Birthday The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good - Birthday  
17 Kate Bush Wuthering Heights Kate Bush - The Kick Inside - Wuthering Heights  
18 Pixies Debaser Pixies - Wave of Mutilation - Best of Pixies - Debaser  
19 Cure Primary The Cure - Faith - Primary  
20 Sex Pistols Anarchy In The UK The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.  
21 New Order Bizarre Love Triangle New Order - International - The Best of New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle  
22 Cult She Sells Sanctuary The Cult - Pure Cult - The Singles 1984-1995 - She Sells Sanctuary  
23 Cure Boys Dont Cry The Cure - The Cure: Greatest Hits - Boys Don't Cry Ringtone
24 Black Box Ride On Time Black Box - Dreamland - Ride On Time  
25 Cure Just Like Heaven The Cure - The Cure: Greatest Hits - Just Like Heaven Ringtone
26 Hunters And Collectors The Slab Hunters & Collectors - Under One Roof - The Slab  
27 Go Betweens Cattel And Cane    
28 Clash London Calling The Clash - The Clash: The Singles - London Calling Ringtone
29 Public Enemy Fight The Power Public Enemy - Universal Masters Collection: Classic Public Enemy - Fight the Power  
30 Only Ones Another Girl Another Planet The Only Ones - D.E.B.S. - Another Girl, Another Planet  
31 This Mortal Coil Song To The Siren This Mortal Coil - It'll End in Tears - Song to the Siren  
32 Hunters And Collectors Talking To A Stranger Hunters & Collectors - Under One Roof - Talking to a Stranger Ringtone
33 NWA Fuck Tha Police N.W.A. - 'Straight Outta Compton' - Fuck tha Police  
34 Pixies Monkey Gone To Heaven Pixies - Wave of Mutilation - Best of Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven  
35 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - Wish You Were Here  
36 Neneh Cherry Buffalo Stance Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi - Buffalo Stance  
37 Prince Sign O The Times Prince - Sign 'O' the Times - Sign 'O' the Times  
38 Soft Cell Tainted Love Soft Cell - The Very Best of Soft Cell - Tainted Love Ringtone
39 Prince Kiss Prince - Parade - Under the Cherry Moon - Kiss  
40 Soul II Soul Back To Life Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin' - Back to Life  
41 Violent Femmes Blister In The Sun Violent Femmes - Permanent Record: The Very Best of the Violent Femmes - Blister In the Sun Ringtone
42 Aretha Franklin Repect Aretha Franklin - The Best of Aretha Franklin - Respect  
43 Cure Lullaby The Cure - The Cure: Greatest Hits - Lullaby Ringtone
44 Smiths There Is A Light That Never Goes Out The Smiths - The Very Best of the Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out  
45 Jesus Jones Info Freako Jesus Jones - Liquidizer - Info Freako  
46 REM The One I Love R.E.M. - The Best of R.E.M. - The One I Love Ringtone
47 Died Pretty Everybody Moves    
48 ABBA Dancing Queen ABBA - Arrival - Dancing Queen Ringtone
49 Triffids Wide Open Road The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional - Wide open Road  
50 David Bowie Heroes David Bowie - Heroes - Heroes Ringtone
51 Stone Roses She Bangs The Drum Stone Roses - She Bangs the Drums - Single - She Bangs the Drums  
52 Door The End The Doors - The Very Best of (Import Bonus Version) [With Bonus Video] - The End  
53 Smiths Bigmouth Strikes Again The Smiths - The Very Best of the Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again  
54 Radio Birdman Aloha Steve And Danno    
55 The Pixies Here Comes Your Man Pixies - Wave of Mutilation - Best of Pixies - Here Comes Your Man  
56 Sundays Cant Be Sure The Sundays - Reading Writing and Arithmetic - Can't Be Sure  
57 Church The Unguarded Moment The Church - Of Skins and Heart - The Unguarded Moment  
58 Billy Bragg Witing For The Great Leap Forward    
59 Billy Bragg Greetings To The New Brunette    
60 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Deanna Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Best of... - Deanna  
61 Led Zepplin Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin - Mothership (Remastered) - Stairway to Heaven  
62 Doors L.A. Woman The Doors - The Very Best of The Doors (Bonus Track Version) - L.A. Woman Ringtone
63 Elvis Costello Alison Elvis Costello - The Best of the First 10 Years - Alison  
64 Simple Minds Love Song Simple Minds - Early Gold - Love Song  
65 New Order Temptation New Order - Substance - Temptation  
66 John Lennon Imagine John Lennon - Imagine (Remastered) - Imagine Ringtone
67 Cure The Love Cats The Cure - The Cure: Greatest Hits - The Lovecats  
68 New Order True Faith New Order - International - The Best of New Order - True Faith  
69 Sinead oConnor Nothing Compares 2 U Sin?ad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Nothing Compares 2 U  
70 Pop Will Eat Itself Wise Up Sucker Pop Will Eat Itself - This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!! - Wise Up Sucker  
71 Hunters And Collectors Say Goodbye Hunters & Collectors - Under One Roof - Say Goodbye Ringtone
72 Cure In Between Days The Cure - The Cure: Greatest Hits - In Between Days Ringtone
73 Elvis Costello I Want You Elvis Costello & The Attractions - The Best of the First 10 Years - I Want You  
74 Dinosur Jnr Freak Scene    
75 Sakamoto And Sylvian Forbidden Colours David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive - Forbidden Colours  
76 Concrete Blond God Is A Bullet Concrete Blonde - The Essential - God Is a Bullet  
77 Rolling Stones Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet - Sympathy for the Devil Ringtone
78 REM Fall On Me R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant - Fall On Me Ringtone
79 Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime Talking Heads - The Best of Talking Heads - Once In a Lifetime  
80 Madonna Into The Groove Madonna - The Immaculate Collection - Into the Groove  
81 Rebel MC And Double Trouble Street Tuff Rebel MC - Born Again - Street Tuff  
82 Billy Bragg Levi Stubbs Tears Billy Bragg - Talking With the Taxman About Poetry - Levi Stubbs Tears  
83 Jimi Hendrix All Along The Watchtower Jimi Hendrix - South Saturn Delta - All Along the Watchtower  
84 Joy Division Atmosphere Joy Division - The Best of Joy Division - Atmosphere  
85 Go Betweens Bye Bye Pride The Go-Betweens - Tallulah - Bye Bye Pride  
86 Laughing Clowns Eternally Yours Laughing Clowns - Cruel, But Fair (The Complete Clowns Recordings) - Eternally Yours  
87 Violent Femmes Add It Up Violent Femmes - Permanent Record: The Very Best of the Violent Femmes - Add It Up Ringtone
88 B52s Love Shack The B-52's - Nude on the Moon - The B-52's Anthology - Love Shack Ringtone
89 Sonic Youth Teenage Riot Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation - Teen Age Riot  
90 Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye: Super Hits - Sexual Healing Ringtone
91 De La Soul Say No Go Various Artists - A Salute to de la Soul - Say No Go  
92 Church Reptile The Church - Starfish - Reptile  
93 Tall Tales And True Trust Tall Tales and True - Thats All Folks - Trust  
94 The The This Is The Day The The - Soul Mining - This Is the Day  
95 Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd - The Wall - Comfortably Numb  
96 Concrete Blonde Happy Birthday Concrete Blonde - Free - Happy Birthday  
97 B52s Roam The B-52's - Nude on the Moon - The B-52's Anthology - Roam  
98 Lou Reed Walk On The Wild Side Lou Reed - Lou Reed: New York City Man - Greatest Hits - Walk On the Wild Side Ringtone
99 REM Orange Crush R.E.M. - In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 - Orange Crush  
100 Depeche Mode Just Cant Get Enough Depeche Mode - The Singles 81>85 - Just Can't Get Enough Ringtone

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