Oasis have taken out the top spot in triple j’s Hottest 100 Of The Past 20 Years with their melancholic anthem ‘Wonderwall’, beating out The White Stripes’ ‘Seven Nation Army’ and Jeff Buckley’s ‘Last Goodbye’ for the title of this generation’s favourite song in recent memory, tallied from some 940,000 votes.
Australian artists fared slightly better in the second half of the countdown, with multiple pointy-end appearances from retrospective favourites Powderfinger (#10 My Happiness, #8 These Days) and Gotye (#12 Hearts A Mess, #9 Somebody That I Used To Know). True to form where these countdowns are concerned, Australian ladies and women of the world in general were significantly under-represented, with Julia Stone (and her bro) and Kimbra (and her musical bro Gotye) the only local gals making themselves heard.
Silverchair, Daft Punk and The Killers also proved popular favourites with three appearances each across the spectrum.
Macklemore did not appear once.
You can check out songs 100-51 here as well as songs 50-1 below.
#50 Pearl Jam – ‘Better Man’
#49 Florence + the Machine – ‘Dog Days Are Over’
#48 The Strokes – ‘Last Nite’
#47 The Offspring – ‘Self Esteem’
#46 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – ‘Into My Arms’
#45 Modest Mouse – ‘Float On’
#44 Daft Punk – ‘One More Time’
#43 John Butler Trio – ‘Betterman’
#42 Matt Corby – ‘Brother’
#41 Coldplay – ‘Yellow’
#44 Daft Punk – ‘One More Time’
#43 John Butler Trio – ‘Betterman’
#42 Matt Corby – ‘Brother’
#41 Coldplay – ‘Yellow’
#40 Nine Inch Nails – ‘Closer’
#39 Nirvana – ‘Heart Shaped Box’
#38 The Temper Trap – ‘Sweet Disposition’
#37 Beastie Boys – ‘Sabotage’
#36 Jeff Buckley – ‘Hallelujah’
#39 Nirvana – ‘Heart Shaped Box’
#38 The Temper Trap – ‘Sweet Disposition’
#37 Beastie Boys – ‘Sabotage’
#36 Jeff Buckley – ‘Hallelujah’
#35 Radiohead – ‘Karma Police’
#34 Ben Folds Five – ‘Brick’
#33 The Cranberries – ‘Zombie’
#32 Tool – ‘Stinkfist’
#31 Massive Attack – ‘Teardrop’
#34 Ben Folds Five – ‘Brick’
#33 The Cranberries – ‘Zombie’
#32 Tool – ‘Stinkfist’
#31 Massive Attack – ‘Teardrop’
#30 Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Californication’
#29 Franz Ferdinand – ‘Take Me Out’
#28 Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Scar Tissue’
#27 The Avalanches – ‘Frontier Psychiatrist’
#26 System Of A Down – ‘Chop Suey!’
#29 Franz Ferdinand – ‘Take Me Out’
#28 Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Scar Tissue’
#27 The Avalanches – ‘Frontier Psychiatrist’
#26 System Of A Down – ‘Chop Suey!’
#25 The Smashing Pumpkins – ‘Bullet With Butterfly Wings’
#24 Augie March – ‘One Crowded Hour’
#23 Muse – ‘Knights of Cydonia’
#22 Blur – ‘Song 2’
#21 The Smashing Pumpkins – ‘1979’
#24 Augie March – ‘One Crowded Hour’
#23 Muse – ‘Knights of Cydonia’
#22 Blur – ‘Song 2’
#21 The Smashing Pumpkins – ‘1979’
#20 The Living End – ‘Prisoner of Society’
#19 blink-182 – ‘Dammit’
#18 OutKast – ‘Hey Ya!’
#17 Silverchair – ‘Tomorrow’
#16 Bon Iver – ‘Skinny Love’
#15 The Prodigy – ‘Breathe’
#14 Mumford & Sons – ‘Little Lion Man’
#13 Radiohead – ‘Paranoid Android’
#12 Gotye – ‘Hearts a Mess’
#11 Queens of the Stone Age – ‘No One Knows’
#10 Powderfinger – ‘My Happiness’
#9 Gotye feat. Kimbra – ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’
#8 Powderfinger – ‘These Days’
#7 The Killers – ‘Mr Brightside’
#6 Foo Fighters – ‘Everlong’
#5 The Verve – ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’
#4 Hilltop Hoods – ‘The Nosebleed Section’
#3 Jeff Buckley – ‘Last Goodbye’
#2 The White Stripes – ‘Seven Nation Army’
#1 Oasis ‘Wonderwall’
