# | Song | Artist | Country of Origin | Year | Hottest 100 of the year position (Year if different from Year of Release) | Previous Hottest 100 of all time positions |
1 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | United States | 1991 | | 1 (1991) |
2 | Throw Your Arms Around Me | Hunters & Collectors | Australia | 1985 | | 2 (1989), 2 (1990), 4 (1991) |
3 | Alive | Pearl Jam | United States | 1991 | | |
4 | Last Goodbye | Jeff Buckley | United States | 1994 | 14 (1995) | |
5 | Creep | Radiohead | United Kingdom | 1992 | 2 (1993) | |
6 | Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin | United Kingdom | 1971 | | 30 (1989), 61 (1990), 30 (1991) |
7 | One | Metallica | United States | 1988 | | 89 (1991) |
8 | Bohemian Rhapsody | Queen | United Kingdom | 1975 | | 17 (1991) |
9 | Enter Sandman | Metallica | United States | 1991 | | 60 (1991) |
10 | Black | Pearl Jam | United States | 1991 | | |
11 | One | U2 | Ireland | 1992 | | |
12 | The Beautiful People | Marilyn Manson | United States | 1996 | 8 (1997) | |
13 | Paranoid Android | Radiohead | United Kingdom | 1997 | 5 | |
14 | Closer | Nine Inch Nails | United States | 1994 | 2 | |
15 | Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes | United States | 1982 | | 46 (1989), 41 (1990), 9 (1991) |
16 | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | United Kingdom | 1980 | | 1 (1989), 1 (1990), 2 (1991) |
17 | Killing in the Name | Rage Against the Machine | United States | 1992 | 6 (1993) | |
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 (1995) | |
23 | With or Without You | U2 | Ireland | 1987 | | 113 (1991) |
24 | Stinkfist | Tool | United States | 1996 | 2 | |
25 | Tainted Love | Soft Cell | United Kingdom | 1981 | | 38 (1990), 54 (1991) |
26 | The Ship Song | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Australia | 1990 | | 14 (1991) |
27 | Cornflake Girl | Tori Amos | United States | 1994 | 35 | |
28 | How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths | United Kingdom | 1985 | | 7 (1989), 3 (1990), 6 (1991) |
29 | Grace | Jeff Buckley | United States | 1994 | 89 | |
30 | Blue Monday | New Order | United Kingdom | 1983 | | 5 (1989), 5 (1990), 10 (1991) |
31 | Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers | United States | 1991 | | |
32 | Brick | Ben Folds Five | United States | 1997 | 12 (1998) | |
33 | Bullet with Butterfly Wings | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States | 1995 | 2 | |
34 | Unfinished Sympathy | Massive Attack | United Kingdom | 1991 | | 64 (1991) |
35 | Ashes to Ashes | Faith No More | United States | 1997 | 31 | |
36 | No Aphrodisiac | The Whitlams | Australia | 1998 | 1 (1997) | |
37 | Love Shack | The B-52's | United States | 1989 | | 88 (1990) |
38 | (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) | Beastie Boys | United States | 1987 | | |
39 | Fools Gold | The Stone Roses | United Kingdom | 1989 | | 6 (1990), 7 (1991) |
40 | Today | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States | 1993 | 25 (1994) | |
41 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | United Kingdom | 1975 | | 33 (1989), 35 (1990), 58 (1991) |
42 | Tomorrow Wendy | Andy Prieboy | United States | 1990 | | 5 (1991) |
43 | You Sound Like Louis Burdett | The Whitlams | Australia | 1998 | 53 (1997) | |
44 | Sabotage | Beastie Boys | United States | 1994 | 16 | |
45 | Lithium | Nirvana | United States | 1991 | | 3 (1991) |
46 | Song 2 | Blur | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | 1967 | | 69 (1989) |
50 | Leaving Home | Jebediah | Australia | 1997 | 10 | |
51 | Everybody Hurts | R.E.M. | United States | 1992 | 11 (1993) |
52 | Underground | Ben Folds Five | United States | 1996 | 3 | |
53 | Groove Is in the Heart | Deee-Lite | United States | 1990 | | |
54 | Karma Police | Radiohead | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | 1986 | | 67 (1989), 21 (1990), 24 (1991) |
61 | Berlin Chair | You Am I | Australia | 1994 | 23 | |
62 | Come as You Are | Nirvana | United States | 1992 | | 76 (1991) |
63 | Kashmir | Led Zeppelin | United Kingdom | 1975 | | |
64 | I Will Survive | Cake | United States | 1996 | 20 (1997) |
65 | Hotel California | The Eagles | United States | 1977 | | |
66 | The Love Cats | The Cure | United Kingdom | 1983 | | 67 (1990), 70 (1991) |
67 | Anarchy in the UK | Sex Pistols | United Kingdom | 1976 | | 17 (1989), 20 (1990), 25 (1991) |
68 | Holy Grail | Hunters & Collectors | Australia | 1992 | 54 (1993) | |
69 | Been Caught Stealing | Jane's Addiction | United States | 1990 | | 15 (1991) |
70 | All Along The Watchtower | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | United Kingdom | 1968 | | 49 (1989), 83 (1990), 61 (1991) |
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 (1991) |
74 | A Forest | The Cure | United Kingdom | 1980 | | 10 (1989), 11 (1990), 8 (1991) |
75 | Glory Box | Portishead | United Kingdom | 1995 | 45 | |
76 | Don't Dream It's Over | Crowded House | Australia | 1986 | | |
77 | Sweet Child O' Mine | Guns N' Roses | United States | 1988 | | 27 (1991) |
78 | Birdhouse in Your Soul | They Might Be Giants | United States | 1990 | | 46 (1991) |
79 | Video Killed the Radio Star | The Buggles | United Kingdom | 1979 | | |
80 | Self Esteem | The Offspring | United States | 1994 | 3 | |
81 | No Rain | Blind Melon | United States | 1992 | 4 (1993) | |
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 | 18 | |
85 | Just Like Heaven | The Cure | United Kingdom | 1987 | | 25 (1990), 11 (1991) |
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 | United Kingdom | 1985 | | 66 (1989), 37 (1991) |
90 | Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd | United Kingdom | 1979 | | 95 (1990), 73 (1991) |
91 | The Unforgiven | Metallica | United States | 1991 | | 63 (1991) |
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 (1989) |
95 | Breathe | The Prodigy | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | 1980 | | 29 (1989), 23 (1990), 43 (1991) |
99 | Bitter Sweet Symphony | The Verve | United Kingdom | 1997 | 4 | |
100 | "Heroes" | David Bowie | United Kingdom | 1977 | | 39 (1989), 50 (1990), 162 (1990) |