Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 1998
The Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time was a music poll conducted in August 1998 amongst listeners of Australian youth radio network Triple J. Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" collected the highest number of votes to claim the top position. 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 fourth such poll organised by Triple J, following similar polls in 1989, 1990 and 1991. Initially, all songs were eligible for the annual Triple J Hottest 100. However, from 1993 onward, 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.
Full list
Note: Australian artists| # | Song | Artist | Country of Origin | Year | Hottest 100 of the year position | Previous Hottest 100 of all time positions |
| 1 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | United States | 1991 | 1 | |
| 2 | Throw Your Arms Around Me | Hunters & Collectors | Australia | 1985 | 2, 2, 4 | |
| 3 | Alive | Pearl Jam | United States | 1991 | ||
| 4 | Last Goodbye | Jeff Buckley | United States | 1994 | 14 | |
| 5 | Creep | Radiohead | England | 1992 | 2 | |
| 6 | Stairway To Heaven | Led Zeppelin | England | 1971 | 30, 61, 30 | |
| 7 | One | Metallica | United States | 1988 | 89 | |
| 8 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | England | 1975 | 17 | |
| 9 | Enter Sandman | Metallica | United States | 1991 | 60 | |
| 10 | Black | Pearl Jam | United States | 1991 | ||
| 11 | One | U2 | Ireland | 1992 | ||
| 12 | The Beautiful People | Marilyn Manson | United States | 1996 | 8 | |
| 13 | Paranoid Android | Radiohead | England | 1997 | 5 | |
| 14 | Closer | Nine Inch Nails | United States | 1994 | 2 | |
| 15 | Blister In The Sun | Violent Femmes | United States | 1982 | 46, 41, 9 | |
| 16 | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | England | 1980 | 1, 1, 2 | |
| 17 | Killing In The Name | Rage Against the Machine | United States | 1992 | 6 | |
| 18 | Prisoner Of Society | The Living End | Australia | 1997 | 15 | |
| 19 | Epic | Faith No More | United States | 1990 | ||
| 20 | Dammit | Blink 182 | United States | 1997 | 6 | |
| 21 | Lightning Crashes | Live | United States | 1995 | 22 | |
| 22 | Better Man | Pearl Jam | United States | 1994 | 44 | |
| 23 | With Or Without You | U2 | Ireland | 1987 | ||
| 24 | Stinkfist | Tool | United States | 1996 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Tainted Love | Soft Cell | England | 1981 | 38, 54 | |
| 26 | The Ship Song | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | Australia | 1990 | 14 | |
| 27 | Cornflake Girl | Tori Amos | United States | 1994 | 35 | |
| 28 | How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths | England | 1985 | 7, 3, 6 | |
| 29 | Grace | Jeff Buckley | United States | 1994 | 89 | |
| 30 | Blue Monday | New Order | England | 1983 | 5, 5, 10 | |
| 31 | Under The Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | United States | 1991 | ||
| 32 | Brick | Ben Folds Five | United States | 1997 | 12 | |
| 33 | Bullet with Butterfly Wings | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States | 1995 | 2 | |
| 34 | Unfinished Sympathy | Massive Attack | England | 1991 | 64 | |
| 35 | Ashes To Ashes | Faith No More | United States | 1997 | 31 | |
| 36 | No Aphrodisiac | The Whitlams | Australia | 1998 | 1 | |
| 37 | Love Shack | The B-52's | United States | 1989 | 88 | |
| 38 | Fight for Your Right | Beastie Boys | United States | 1987 | ||
| 39 | Fools Gold | The Stone Roses | England | 1989 | 6, 7 | |
| 40 | Today | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States | 1993 | 25 | |
| 41 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | England | 1975 | 33, 35, 58 | |
| 42 | Tomorrow Wendy | Andy Prieboy | United States | 1990 | 5 | |
| 43 | You Sound Like Louis Burdett | The Whitlams | Australia | 1998 | 53 | |
| 44 | Sabotage | Beastie Boys | United States | 1994 | 16 | |
| 45 | Lithium | Nirvana | United States | 1991 | 3 | |
| 46 | Song 2 | Blur | England | 1997 | 2 | |
| 47 | Lover, You Should've Come Over | Jeff Buckley | United States | 1994 | ||
| 48 | Sober | Tool | United States | 1993 | 27 | |
| 49 | A Day In The Life | The Beatles | England | 1967 | 69 | |
| 50 | Leaving Home | Jebediah | Australia | 1997 | 10 | |
| 51 | Everybody Hurts | R.E.M. | United States | 1992 | 11 | - |
| 52 | Underground | Ben Folds Five | United States | 1996 | 3 | |
| 53 | Groove Is In The Heart | Deee-Lite | United States | 1990 | ||
| 54 | Karma Police | Radiohead | England | 1997 | 9 | |
| 55 | Come Out And Play | The Offspring | United States | 1994 | 4 | |
| 56 | Rearviewmirror | Pearl Jam | United States | 1993 | ||
| 57 | Forty-Six & 2 | Tool | United States | 1997 | 30 | |
| 58 | Black Hole Sun | Soundgarden | United States | 1994 | 22 | |
| 59 | Tomorrow | Silverchair | Australia | 1994 | 5 | |
| 60 | Bizarre Love Triangle | New Order | England | 1986 | 67, 21, 24 | |
| 61 | Berlin Chair | You Am I | Australia | 1994 | 23 | |
| 62 | Come As You Are | Nirvana | United States | 1992 | 76 | |
| 63 | Kashmir | Led Zeppelin | England | 1975 | ||
| 64 | I Will Survive | Cake | United States | 1996 | 20 | - |
| 65 | Hotel California | The Eagles | United States | 1977 | ||
| 66 | The Love Cats | The Cure | England | 1983 | 67, 70 | |
| 67 | Anarchy In The UK | Sex Pistols | England | 1976 | 17, 20, 25 | |
| 68 | Holy Grail | Hunters & Collectors | Australia | 1992 | 54 | |
| 69 | Been Caught Stealing | Jane's Addiction | United States | 1990 | 15 | |
| 70 | All Along The Watchtower | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | England | 1968 | 49, 83, 61 | |
| 71 | 1979 | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States | 1996 | 13 | |
| 72 | The Perfect Drug | Nine Inch Nails | United States | 1997 | 26 | |
| 73 | Losing My Religion | R.E.M. | United States | 1991 | 32 | |
| 74 | A Forest | The Cure | England | 1980 | 10, 11, 8 | |
| 75 | Glory Box | Portishead | England | 1995 | 45 | |
| 76 | Don't Dream It's Over | Crowded House | New Zealand/Australia | 1986 | ||
| 77 | Sweet Child O' Mine | Guns N' Roses | United States | 1988 | 27 | |
| 78 | Birdhouse In Your Soul | They Might Be Giants | United States | 1990 | 46 | |
| 79 | Video Killed The Radio Star | The Buggles | England | 1979 | ||
| 80 | Self Esteem | The Offspring | United States | 1994 | 3 | |
| 81 | No Rain | Blind Melon | United States | 1992 | 4 | |
| 82 | Jerks Of Attention | Jebediah | Australia | 1996 | ||
| 83 | Abuse Me | Silverchair | Australia | 1997 | ||
| 84 | Into My Arms | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | Australia | 1997 | 84 | |
| 85 | Just Like Heaven | The Cure | England | 1987 | 25, 11 | |
| 86 | Buy Me A Pony | Spiderbait | Australia | 1996 | 1 | |
| 87 | Aneurysm | Nirvana | United States | 1996 | 45 | |
| 88 | Just Ace | Grinspoon | Australia | 1998 | 18 | |
| 89 | Close To Me | The Cure | England | 1985 | 66, 37 | |
| 90 | Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd | England | 1979 | 95, 73 | |
| 91 | The Unforgiven | Metallica | United States | 1991 | 63 | |
| 92 | Backdoor Man | Pauline Pantsdown | Australia | 1997 | 5 | |
| 93 | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | U2 | Ireland | 1987 | ||
| 94 | Khe Sanh | Cold Chisel | Australia | 1978 | 95 | - |
| 95 | Breathe | Prodigy | England | 1996 | 7 | |
| 96 | Red Right Hand | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds | Australia | 1994 | ||
| 97 | Loser | Beck | United States | 1993 | 45 | |
| 98 | Boys Don't Cry | The Cure | England | 1980 | 29, 23, 43 | |
| 99 | Bitter Sweet Symphony | The Verve | England | 1997 | 4 | |
| 100 | Heroes | David Bowie | England | 1977 | 39, 50 |
Artists with multiple entries
Five Tracks- The Cure
- Nirvana
- Pearl Jam
- Jeff Buckley
- Metallica
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds )
- Radiohead
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Tool )
- U2
- Beastie Boys
- Ben Folds Five
- Faith No More
- Hunters & Collectors
- Jebediah
- Led Zeppelin
- New Order
- Nine Inch Nails
- Pink Floyd
- R.E.M.
- Silverchair
- The Offspring
- The Whitlams