Triple J Hottest 100, 1989
The 1989 Triple J Hottest 100 was the first yearly poll of the most popular songs, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. From 1989 to 1991, listeners could vote for songs released in any year.
Full list
| # | Song | Artist | Country of Origin | Year of release |
| 1 | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Joy Division | UK | 1980 |
| 2 | Throw Your Arms Around Me | Hunters & Collectors | AUS | 1985 |
| 3 | Uncertain Smile | The The | UK | 1983 |
| 4 | That's Entertainment | The Jam | UK | 1980 |
| 5 | Blue Monday | New Order | UK | 1983 |
| 6 | Holiday in Cambodia | Dead Kennedys | US | 1980 |
| 7 | How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths | UK | 1984 |
| 8 | Talking to a Stranger | Hunters & Collectors | AUS | 1982 |
| 9 | Birthday | The Sugarcubes | ISL | 1987 |
| 10 | A Forest | The Cure | UK | 1980 |
| 11 | Cattle and Cane | The Go-Betweens | AUS | 1983 |
| 12 | Shivers | The Boys Next Door | AUS | 1979 |
| 13 | This Charming Man | The Smiths | UK | 1983 |
| 14 | Rock Lobster | The B-52's | US | 1978 |
| 15 | Song to the Siren | This Mortal Coil | UK | 1983 |
| 16 | Alison | Elvis Costello | UK | 1977 |
| 17 | Anarchy in the U.K. | Sex Pistols | UK | 1976 |
| 18 | London Calling | The Clash | UK | 1979 |
| 19 | Primary | The Cure | UK | 1981 |
| 20 | Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards | Billy Bragg | UK | 1988 |
| 21 | Respect | Aretha Franklin | US | 1967 |
| 22 | It's the End of the World as We Know It | R.E.M. | US | 1987 |
| 23 | Aloha Steve And Danno | Radio Birdman | AUS | 1978 |
| 24 | Kiss | Art of Noise and Tom Jones | UK | 1988 |
| 25 | Average Inadequacy | Machinations | AUS | 1981 |
| 26 | Another Girl, Another Planet | The Only Ones | UK | 1978 |
| 27 | Bigmouth Strikes Again | The Smiths | UK | 1986 |
| 28 | Know Your Product | The Saints | AUS | 1978 |
| 29 | Boys Don't Cry | The Cure | UK | 1979 |
| 30 | Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin | UK | 1971 |
| 31 | Imagine | John Lennon | UK | 1971 |
| 32 | Psycho Killer | Talking Heads | US | 1977 |
| 33 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | UK | 1975 |
| 34 | Kiss | Prince | US | 1986 |
| 35 | She Sells Sanctuary | The Cult | UK | 1985 |
| 36 | Love Song | Simple Minds | UK | 1981 |
| 37 | Sign "☮" the Times | Prince | US | 1987 |
| 38 | Greetings to the New Brunette | Billy Bragg | UK | 1986 |
| 39 | "Heroes" | David Bowie | UK | 1977 |
| 40 | L.A. Woman | The Doors | US | 1971 |
| 41 | Troy | Sinéad O'Connor | IRE | 1987 |
| 42 | The Unguarded Moment | The Church | AUS | 1981 |
| 43 | Wuthering Heights | Kate Bush | UK | 1978 |
| 44 | Smash It Up | The Damned | UK | 1979 |
| 45 | The One I Love | R.E.M. | US | 1987 |
| 46 | Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes | US | 1982 |
| 47 | Lust for Life | Iggy Pop | US | 1977 |
| 48 | Orinoco Flow | Enya | IRE | 1988 |
| 49 | All Along the Watchtower | Jimi Hendrix | US | 1968 |
| 50 | The End | The Doors | US | 1967 |
| 51 | Stranded | The Saints | AUS | 1976 |
| 52 | Teardrops | Womack & Womack | US | 1988 |
| 53 | God Save the Queen | Sex Pistols | UK | 1977 |
| 54 | The Cutter | Echo & the Bunnymen | UK | 1983 |
| 55 | Marquee Moon | Television | US | 1977 |
| 56 | Alone with You | Sunnyboys | AUS | 1981 |
| 57 | Wedding Cake Island | Midnight Oil | AUS | 1980 |
| 58 | I Want You | Elvis Costello | UK | 1986 |
| 59 | Moments in Love | Art of Noise | UK | 1983 |
| 60 | Forbidden Colours | Sylvian and Sakamoto | UK/JPN | 1983 |
| 61 | Buffalo Stance | Neneh Cherry | SWE | 1988 |
| 62 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye | US | 1982 |
| 63 | Sympathy for the Devil | The Rolling Stones | UK | 1968 |
| 64 | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | The Smiths | UK | 1986 |
| 65 | Pretty Vacant | Sex Pistols | UK | 1977 |
| 66 | Close to Me | The Cure | UK | 1985 |
| 67 | Bizarre Love Triangle | New Order | UK | 1986 |
| 68 | Wide Open Road | The Triffids | AUS | 1986 |
| 69 | A Day in the Life | The Beatles | UK | 1967 |
| 70 | Deanna | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | AUS | 1988 |
| 71 | Pump It Up | Elvis Costello | UK | 1978 |
| 72 | Bachelor Kisses | The Go-Betweens | AUS | 1984 |
| 73 | Watching the Detectives | Elvis Costello | UK | 1977 |
| 74 | Duel | Propaganda | DEU | 1985 |
| 75 | Going Underground | The Jam | UK | 1980 |
| 76 | Layla | Derek and the Dominos | US | 1970 |
| 77 | Walk on the Wild Side | Lou Reed | US | 1972 |
| 78 | Ghost Ships | The Saints | AUS | 1984 |
| 79 | My Island Home | Warumpi Band | AUS | 1987 |
| 80 | Blue Bell Knoll | Cocteau Twins | UK | 1988 |
| 81 | Making Plans for Nigel | XTC | UK | 1979 |
| 82 | Golden Brown | The Stranglers | UK | 1981 |
| 83 | Betty's Worry or the Slab | Hunters & Collectors | AUS | 1984 |
| 84 | Burning Down the House | Talking Heads | US | 1983 |
| 85 | The Message | Grandmaster Flash | US | 1982 |
| 86 | Riders on the Storm | The Doors | US | 1971 |
| 87 | Down in the Tube Station at Midnight | The Jam | UK | 1978 |
| 88 | Power and the Passion | Midnight Oil | AUS | 1982 |
| 89 | Bye Bye Pride | The Go-Betweens | AUS | 1987 |
| 90 | Eagle Rock | Daddy Cool | AUS | 1971 |
| 91 | Suspicious Minds | Elvis Presley | US | 1969 |
| 92 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin | US | 1968 |
| 93 | Slave Girl | Lime Spiders | AUS | 1984 |
| 94 | Heart of Glass | Blondie | US | 1978 |
| 95 | Khe Sanh | Cold Chisel | AUS | 1978 |
| 96 | O Superman | Laurie Anderson | US | 1981 |
| 97 | Say Goodbye | Hunters & Collectors | AUS | 1986 |
| 98 | Man Overboard | Do-Re-Mi | AUS | 1985 |
| 99 | The Cicada That Ate Five Dock | Outline | AUS | 1980 |
| 100 | The Mercy Seat | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | AUS | 1988 |
26 of the 100 tracks are by Australian artists.
Artists with multiple entries
Four entries
- Hunters & Collectors
- The Smiths
- The Cure
- Elvis Costello
Three entries
- The Jam
- The Go-Betweens
- Sex Pistols
- The Saints
- The Doors
Two entries
- New Order
- Billy Bragg
- Aretha Franklin
- R.E.M.
- Art of Noise
- Talking Heads
- Prince
- Midnight Oil
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Countries represented
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