The 1995 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1996, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A CD featuring 32 of the songs was released. A countdown of the videos of most of the songs was also shown on the ABC music series Rage.
Listeners were able to cast their votes by phone, or via the internet. Approximately 97,500 votes were received.
Full list Note: Australian artists # Song Artist Country of origin 1 Wonderwall Oasis United Kingdom 2 Bullet with Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins United States 3 Gangsta's Paradise Coolio featuring L.V. United States 4 Kitty The Presidents of the United States of America United States 5 It's Oh So Quiet Björk Iceland 6 Heroin Girl Everclear United States 7 Apartment Custard Australia 8 Where the Wild Roses Grow Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue Australia 9 (He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River TISM Australia 10 Greg! The Stop Sign!! TISM Australia 11 Lump The Presidents of the United States of America United States 12 The Reefer Song Mindless Drug Hoover United Kingdom 13 Morning Glory Oasis United Kingdom 14 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley United States 15 Vow Garbage United States 16 Rock 'n' Roll Is Where I Hide Dave Graney 'n' The Coral Snakes Australia 17 Blubber Boy Regurgitator Australia 18 I Kissed a Girl Jill Sobule United States 19 I Got a Girl Tripping Daisy United States 20 My Friends Red Hot Chili Peppers United States 21 Queer Garbage United States 22 Lightning Crashes Live United States 23 Miss Sarajevo Passengers featuring Luciano Pavarotti Ireland/United Kingdom/Italy 24 Purple Sneakers You Am I Australia 25 Political Prisoners Insurge Australia 26 Downtown Neil Young Canada 27 Drugs Ammonia Australia 28 Aeroplane Red Hot Chili Peppers United States 29 Evidence Faith No More United States 30 Carnival Natalie Merchant United States 31 Time Bomb Rancid United States 32 Apple Eyes Swoop Australia 33 Everything Zen Bush United Kingdom 34 I Alone Live United States 35 I Got Id Pearl Jam United States 36 Black Steel Tricky United Kingdom 37 This Is a Call Foo Fighters United States 38 Common People Pulp United Kingdom 39 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette Canada 40 Wynona's Big Brown Beaver Primus United States 41 I Can Dream Skunk Anansie United Kingdom 42 The Diamond Sea Sonic Youth United States 43 Monty Spiderbait Australia 44 Better Man Pearl Jam United States 45 Glory Box Portishead United Kingdom 46 Geek Stink Breath Green Day United States 47 Island Home Christine Anu Australia 48 I Wanna Be A Hippy Technohead United Kingdom 49 More Human than Human White Zombie United States 50 Summer Buffalo Tom United States 51 Psychoactive Summer Def FX Australia 52 You Suck The Murmurs United States 53 Country House Blur United Kingdom 54 Who Farted? The Vaughans Australia 55 Up to Our Necks in It Skunkhour Australia 56 Chuck Phunk Junkeez United States 57 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me U2 Ireland 58 Lemonsuck Pollyanna Australia 59 SupermodelJill Sobule United States 60 Sparky's Dream Teenage Fanclub United Kingdom 61 Sad Song The Screaming Jets Australia 62 Empty Rebecca's Empire Australia 63 Smash It Up The Offspring United States 64 Stayin' Alive N-Trance featuring Ricardo da Force United Kingdom 65 Boombastic Shaggy Jamaica 66 Fire in the Head The Tea Party Canada 67 Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing Chris Isaak United States 68 Pale Grey Eyes Pollyanna Australia 69 (Let's Go) Smoke Some Pot Dash Rip Rock United States 70 I'll Stick Around Foo Fighters United States 71 All Over You Live United States 72 Immune Deficiency Rail Australia 73 Dredd Song The Cure United Kingdom 74 Sickfest Grinspoon Australia 75 Warped Red Hot Chili Peppers United States 76 21st Century (Digital Boy) Bad Religion United States 77 Heart of the Party Severed Heads Australia 78 Trick with a Knife Strawpeople New Zealand 79 Alright Supergrass United Kingdom 80 Brain Stew Green Day United States 81 Devil's Diary The Caulfields United States 82 Sunday Mr Blonde Australia 83 Army of Me Björk Iceland 84 Cathy's Clown You Am I Australia 85 Hand in My Pocket Alanis Morissette Canada 86 Waterfalls TLC United States 87 Jailbreak Yothu Yindi Australia 88 Grind Alice in Chains United States 89 Grace Jeff Buckley United States 90 All I Really Want Alanis Morissette Canada 91 Digging the Grave Faith No More United States 92 Sick of Myself Matthew Sweet United States 93 All Homeboys Are Dickheads TISM Australia 94 Jewels and Bullets You Am I Australia 95 Protection Massive Attack United Kingdom 96 Hang Around Tumbleweed Australia 97 Tingly Pop! featuring Angie Hart Australia 98 By Myself Hecate Australia 99 When I Come Around Green Day United States 100 Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues Todd Snider United States
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistTracks3TISM9, 10, 93Red Hot Chili Peppers20, 28, 75Live22, 34, 71You Am I24, 84, 94Alanis Morissette39, 85, 90Green Day46, 80, 992Oasis 1, 13The Presidents of the United States of America4, 11Björk 5, 83Jeff Buckley 14, 89Garbage15, 21Jill Sobule 18, 59U223, 57Faith No More29, 91Pearl Jam35, 44Foo Fighters37, 70Pollyanna58, 68
Countries represented NationTotalUnited States44Australia30United Kingdom16Canada5Iceland2Ireland2Jamaica1New Zealand1
CD release Disc 1 Oasis – "Wonderwall" (4:22) Coolio – "Gangsta's Paradise" (4:00) Everclear – "Heroin Girl" (2:21) Custard – "Apartment" (2:22) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue – "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (3:55) TISM – "(He'll Never Be An) Ol' Man River" (2:23) Mindless Drug Hoover – "The Reefer Song" (1:48) Jeff Buckley – "Last Goodbye" (4:32) Garbage – "Vow" (4:28) Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes – "Rock 'n' Roll Is Where I Hide" (5:44) Regurgitator – "Blubber Boy" (2:42) Jill Sobule – "I Kissed a Girl" (3:10) Tripping Daisy – "I Got a Girl" (4:04) You Am I – "Purple Sneakers" (3:28) Insurge – "Political Prisoners" (3:35) Ammonia – "Drugs" (3:27)Disc 2 Faith No More – "Evidence" (4:52) Swoop – "Apple Eyes" (3:21) Foo Fighters – "This Is a Call" (3:53) Pulp – "Common People" (5:50) Skunk Anansie – "I Can Dream" (3:32) Spiderbait – "Monty" (2:31) Portishead – "Glory Box" (5:01) Christine Anu – "Island Home" (3:47) Technohead – "I Wanna Be A Hippy" (3:15) White Zombie – "More Human than Human" (4:27) Buffalo Tom – "Summer" (4:01) Def FX – "Psychoactive Summer" (4:16) Skunkhour – "Up to Our Necks in It" (4:03) Pollyanna – "Lemonsuck" (3:34) The Screaming Jets – "Sad Song" (2:53) Rebecca's Empire – "Empty" (3:09)
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See also 1995 in music