Triple J Hottest 100, 1990
The 1990 Triple J Hottest 100 was the second 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 | How Soon Is Now? | The Smiths | UK | 1984 |
| 4 | Uncertain Smile | The The | UK | 1983 |
| 5 | Blue Monday | New Order | UK | 1983 |
| 6 | Fools Gold | The Stone Roses | UK | 1989 |
| 7 | This Charming Man | The Smiths | UK | 1983 |
| 8 | Rock Lobster | The B-52's | US | 1978 |
| 9 | It's the End of the World as We Know It | R.E.M. | US | 1987 |
| 10 | That's Entertainment | The Jam | UK | 1980 |
| 11 | A Forest | The Cure | UK | 1980 |
| 12 | Holiday in Cambodia | Dead Kennedys | US | 1980 |
| 13 | Troy | Sinéad O'Connor | IRE | 1987 |
| 14 | Under the Milky Way | The Church | AUS | 1988 |
| 15 | Shivers | The Boys Next Door | AUS | 1978 |
| 16 | Birthday | The Sugarcubes | ISL | 1987 |
| 17 | Wuthering Heights | Kate Bush | UK | 1978 |
| 18 | Debaser | Pixies | US | 1988 |
| 19 | Primary | The Cure | UK | 1981 |
| 20 | Anarchy in the U.K. | Sex Pistols | UK | 1976 |
| 21 | Bizarre Love Triangle | New Order | UK | 1986 |
| 22 | She Sells Sanctuary | The Cult | UK | 1985 |
| 23 | Boys Don't Cry | The Cure | UK | 1980 |
| 24 | Ride On Time | Black Box | ITA | 1989 |
| 25 | Just Like Heaven | The Cure | UK | 1987 |
| 26 | Betty's Worry or the Slab | Hunters & Collectors | AUS | 1984 |
| 27 | Cattle and Cane | The Go-Betweens | AUS | 1983 |
| 28 | London Calling | The Clash | UK | 1979 |
| 29 | Fight the Power | Public Enemy | US | 1989 |
| 30 | Another Girl, Another Planet | The Only Ones | UK | 1978 |
| 31 | Song to the Siren | This Mortal Coil | UK | 1983 |
| 32 | Talking to a Stranger | Hunters & Collectors | AUS | 1982 |
| 33 | Fuck tha Police | N.W.A | US | 1988 |
| 34 | Monkey Gone to Heaven | Pixies | US | 1989 |
| 35 | Wish You Were Here | Pink Floyd | UK | 1975 |
| 36 | Buffalo Stance | Neneh Cherry | SWE | 1988 |
| 37 | Sign “☮” the Times | Prince | US | 1987 |
| 38 | Tainted Love | Soft Cell | UK | 1981 |
| 39 | Kiss | Prince | US | 1986 |
| 40 | Back to Life | Soul II Soul | UK | 1989 |
| 41 | Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes | US | 1983 |
| 42 | Respect | Aretha Franklin | US | 1965 |
| 43 | Lullaby | The Cure | UK | 1989 |
| 44 | There Is a Light That Never Goes Out | The Smiths | UK | 1985 |
| 45 | Info Freako | Jesus Jones | UK | 1989 |
| 46 | The One I Love | R.E.M. | US | 1987 |
| 47 | Everybody Moves | Died Pretty | AUS | 1989 |
| 48 | Dancing Queen | ABBA | SWE | 1975 |
| 49 | Wide Open Road | The Triffids | AUS | 1986 |
| 50 | "Heroes" | David Bowie | UK | 1977 |
| 51 | She Bangs the Drums | The Stone Roses | UK | 1989 |
| 52 | The End | The Doors | US | 1967 |
| 53 | Bigmouth Strikes Again | The Smiths | UK | 1986 |
| 54 | Aloha Steve and Danno | Radio Birdman | AUS | 1978 |
| 55 | Here Comes Your Man | Pixies | US | 1989 |
| 56 | Can't Be Sure | The Sundays | UK | 1989 |
| 57 | The Unguarded Moment | The Church | AUS | 1981 |
| 58 | Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards | Billy Bragg | UK | 1988 |
| 59 | Greetings to the New Brunette | Billy Bragg | UK | 1986 |
| 60 | Deanna | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | AUS | 1988 |
| 61 | Stairway to Heaven | Led Zeppelin | UK | 1971 |
| 62 | L.A. Woman | The Doors | US | 1971 |
| 63 | Alison | Elvis Costello | UK | 1977 |
| 64 | Love Song | Simple Minds | UK | 1981 |
| 65 | Temptation | New Order | UK | 1982 |
| 66 | Imagine | John Lennon | UK | 1971 |
| 67 | The Love Cats | The Cure | UK | 1983 |
| 68 | True Faith | New Order | UK | 1987 |
| 69 | Nothing Compares 2 U | Sinéad O'Connor | IRE | 1990 |
| 70 | Wise Up! Sucker | Pop Will Eat Itself | UK | 1989 |
| 71 | Say Goodbye | Hunters & Collectors | AUS | 1986 |
| 72 | In Between Days | The Cure | UK | 1985 |
| 73 | I Want You | Elvis Costello | UK | 1986 |
| 74 | Freak Scene | Dinosaur Jr. | US | 1988 |
| 75 | Forbidden Colours | Sylvian and Sakamoto | UK/JPN | 1983 |
| 76 | God Is a Bullet | Concrete Blonde | US | 1989 |
| 77 | Sympathy for the Devil | The Rolling Stones | UK | 1968 |
| 78 | Fall on Me | R.E.M. | US | 1986 |
| 79 | Once in a Lifetime | Talking Heads | US | 1981 |
| 80 | Into the Groove | Madonna | US | 1985 |
| 81 | Street Tuff | Double Trouble and Rebel MC | UK | 1989 |
| 82 | Levi Stubbs' Tears | Billy Bragg | UK | 1986 |
| 83 | All Along the Watchtower | Jimi Hendrix | US | 1968 |
| 84 | Atmosphere | Joy Division | UK | 1980 |
| 85 | Bye Bye Pride | The Go-Betweens | AUS | 1987 |
| 86 | Eternally Yours | Laughing Clowns | AUS | 1984 |
| 87 | Add It Up | Violent Femmes | US | 1983 |
| 88 | Love Shack | The B-52's | US | 1989 |
| 89 | Teen Age Riot | Sonic Youth | US | 1988 |
| 90 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye | US | 1982 |
| 91 | Say No Go | De La Soul | US | 1988 |
| 92 | Reptile | The Church | AUS | 1988 |
| 93 | Trust | Tall Tales and True | AUS | 1989 |
| 94 | This Is the Day | The The | UK | 1983 |
| 95 | Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd | UK | 1979 |
| 96 | Happy Birthday | Concrete Blonde | US | 1989 |
| 97 | Roam | The B-52's | US | 1989 |
| 98 | Walk On The Wild Side | Lou Reed | US | 1972 |
| 99 | Orange Crush | R.E.M. | US | 1988 |
| 100 | Just Can't Get Enough | Depeche Mode | UK | 1981 |
16 of the 100 tracks are by Australian artists.
Artists with multiple entries
Seven entries
- The Cure –
Four entries
- Hunters & Collectors –
- The Smiths –
- New Order –
- R.E.M. –
Three entries
- The B-52's –
- The Church –
- Pixies –
- Billy Bragg –
Two entries
- Joy Division –
- The The –
- The Stone Roses –
- Sinéad O'Connor –
- The Go-Betweens –
- Pink Floyd –
- Prince –
- Violent Femmes –
- The Doors –
- Elvis Costello –
- Concrete Blonde –
Countries represented
- – 48
- – 29
- – 16
- – 2
- – 2
- – 1
- – 1
- – 1