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Hottest 100 Of All Time, 1998 Volume 4

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#	Title	Artist	Time	Year	Country
1	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana	5:02	1991	USA
2	Throw Your Arms Around Me	Hunters & Collectors	3:53	1986	Australia
3	Alive	Pearl Jam	5:41	1991	USA
4	Last Goodbye	Jeff Buckley	4:36	1994	USA
5	Creep	Radiohead	3:56	1992	England
6	Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin	8:03	1971	England
7	One	Metallica	7:28	1988	USA
8	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen	5:54	1975	England
9	Enter Sandman	Metallica	5:32	1991	USA
10	Black	Pearl Jam	5:43	1991	USA
11	One	U2	4:36	1991	Ireland
12	The Beautiful People	Marilyn Manson	3:39	1996	USA
13	Paranoid Android	Radiohead	6:24	1997	England
14	Closer	Nine Inch Nails	6:13	1994	USA
15	Blister In The Sun	Violent Femmes	2:24	1983	USA
16	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Joy Division	3:28	1980	England
17	Killing In The Name	Rage Against The Machine	5:14	1992	USA
18	Prisoner Of Society	The Living End	3:55	1997	Australia
19	Epic	Faith No More	4:54	1989	USA
20	Dammit	Blink-182	2:46	1997	USA
21	Lightning Crashes	Live	5:26	1994	USA
22	Better Man	Pearl Jam	4:29	1994	USA
23	With Or Without You	U2	4:55	1987	Ireland
24	Stinkfist	Tool	5:11	1996	USA
25	Tainted Love	Soft Cell	2:42	1981	England
26	The Ship Song	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5:14	1990	Australia
27	Cornflake Girl	Tori Amos	5:08	1994	USA
28	How Soon Is Now?	The Smiths	6:49	1985	England
29	Grace	Jeff Buckley	5:22	1994	USA
30	Blue Monday	New Order	7:28	1983	England
31	Under The Bridge	Red Hot Chili Peppers	4:24	1991	USA
32	Brick	Ben Folds Five	4:32	1997	USA
33	Bullet With Butterfly Wings	The Smashing Pumpkins	4:19	1995	USA
34	Unfinished Sympathy	Massive Attack	5:08	1991	England
35	Ashes To Ashes	Faith No More	3:36	1997	USA
36	No Aphrodisiac	The Whitlams	4:20	1997	Australia
37	Love Shack	The B-52's	5:22	1989	USA
38	(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)	Beastie Boys	3:27	1986	USA
39	Today	The Smashing Pumpkins	3:21	1989	England
40	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	5:35	1993	USA
41	Tomorrow, Wendy	Andy Prieboy	4:42	1975	England
42	You Sound Like Louis Burdett	The Whitlams	4:02	1990	USA
43	Sabotage	Beastie Boys	2:58	1997	Australia
44	Lithium	Nirvana	4:17	1994	USA
45	Song 2	Blur	2:01	1991	USA
46	Lover, You Should've Come Over	Jeff Buckley	6:43	1997	England
47	Sober	Tool	5:07	1994	USA
48	A Day In The Life	The Beatles	5:38	1993	USA
49	Leaving Home	Jebediah	3:00	1967	England
50	Everybody Hurts	R.E.M.	5:20	1997	Australia
51	Underground	Ben Folds Five	4:11	1992	USA
52	Groove Is In The Heart	Deee-Lite	3:31	1996	USA
53	Karma Police	Radiohead	4:22	1990	USA
54	Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)	The Offspring	3:18	1997	England
55	Rearviewmirror	Pearl Jam	4:43	1994	USA
56	Forty Six & 2	Tool	6:04	1993	USA
57	Black Hole Sun	Soundgarden	5:19	1996	USA
58	Tomorrow	Silverchair	4:26	1994	USA
59	Bizarre Love Triangle	New Order	3:45	1994	Australia
60	Berlin Chair	You Am I	2:35	1986	England
61	Come As You Are	Nirvana	3:39	1993	Australia
62	Kashmir	Led Zeppelin	8:39	1991	USA
63	I Will Survive	Cake	5:11	1975	England
64	Hotel California	Eagles	6:31	1996	USA
65	The Lovecats	The Cure	3:40	1976	USA
66	Anarchy In The U.K.	Sex Pistols	3:31	1983	England
67	Holy Grail	Hunters & Collectors	3:47	1976	England
68	Been Caught Stealing	Jane's Addiction	3:34	1992	Australia
69	All Along The Watchtower	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	4:01	1990	USA
70	1979	The Smashing Pumpkins	4:26	1968	England
71	The Perfect Drug	Nine Inch Nails	5:16	1995	USA
72	Losing My Religion	R.E.M.	4:29	1997	USA
73	A Forest	The Cure	5:55	1991	USA
74	Glory Box	Portishead	5:06	1980	England
75	Don't Dream It's Over	Crowded House	3:57	1994	England
76	Sweet Child O' Mine	Guns N' Roses	5:56	1986	Australia
77	Birdhouse In Your Soul	They Might Be Giants	3:21	1987	USA
78	Video Killed The Radio Star	The Buggles	3:25	1990	USA
79	Self Esteem	The Offspring	4:18	1979	England
80	No Rain	Blind Melon	3:37	1994	USA
81	Jerks Of Attention	Jebediah	4:18	1992	USA
82	Abuse Me	Silverchair	4:03	1996	Australia
83	Into My Arms	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	4:15	1997	Australia
84	Just Like Heaven	The Cure	3:33	1997	Australia
85	Buy Me A Pony	Spiderbait	1:44	1987	England
86	Aneurysm	Nirvana	4:36	1996	Australia
87	Just Ace	Grinspoon	1:48	1991	USA
88	Close To Me	The Cure	3:41	1997	Australia
89	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd	6:22	1985	England
90	The Unforgiven	Metallica	6:28	1979	England
91	Back Door Man	Pauline Pantsdown	4:18	1991	USA
92	Fools Gold	The Stone Roses	9:55	1997	Australia
93	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	U2	4:37	1987	Ireland
94	Khe Sanh	Cold Chisel	4:13	1978	Australia
95	Breathe	The Prodigy	5:35	1996	England
96	Red Right Hand	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	6:11	1994	Australia
97	Loser	Beck	3:56	1994	USA
98	Boys Don't Cry	The Cure	2:35	1979	England
99	Bitter Sweet Symphony	The Verve	5:59	1997	England
100	Heroes	David Bowie	6:10	1977	England

Facts for 1998

The 1998 Hottest 100 of All Time was the fourth Hottest 100 of All Time countdown, and the first one since the countdowns became focused on tracks released the previous year.

The Countdown

The countdown took place in August of 1998 and featured a mixture of 63 different artists.

As announcer Robbie Buck broadcast the final 10, he inadvertently played the wrong Led Zeppelin song at #6, which was supposed to be 'Stairway To Heaven.'

The most recent track to appear in the countdown was Grinspoon's 'Just Ace' at #88, which was released on September 16th, 1997. Along with Ben Folds Five's 'Brick', at #32, it is one of only two songs to feature in an All Time countdown before featuring in a yearly countdown.

Additionally, 'Just Ace' is the only song released by an Unearthed band to have made an All Time countdown.

Artists Featured

The Cure were again the best performing band, appearing 5 times with their best reaching #66. Nirvana and Pearl Jam reached 4 tracks each, while Jeff Buckley, Metallica, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Radiohead, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tool and U2 achieved 3 tracks. 13 other artists appeared twice.

Artists With Multiple Entries

5 Tracks

The Cure (66, 74, 85, 89, 98)

4 Tracks

Nirvana (1, 45, 62, 87)
Pearl Jam (3, 10, 22, 56)

3 Tracks

Jeff Buckley (4, 29, 47)
Metallica (7, 9, 91)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (26, 84, 96)
Radiohead (5, 13, 54)
The Smashing Pumpkins (33, 40, 71)
Tool (24, 48, 57)
U2 (11, 23, 93)
Peter Hook (16, 30, 60)
(Once with Joy Division and twice with New Order)
Stephen Morris (16, 30, 60)
(Once with Joy Division and twice with New Order)
Bernard Sumner (16, 30, 60)
(Once with Joy Division and twice with New Order)

2 Tracks

The Beastie Boys (38, 44)
Ben Folds Five (32, 52)
Faith No More (19, 35)
Hunters & Collectors (2, 68)
Jebediah (50, 82)
Led Zeppelin (6, 63)
New Order (30, 60)
Nine Inch Nails (14, 72)
The Offspring (55, 80)
Pink Floyd (41, 90)
R.E.M. (51, 73)
Silverchair (59, 83)
The Whitlams (36, 43)

Countries Featured

The 1991 Hottest 100 of All Time featured artists from 4 countries, including 50 from the USA, 29 from England and 18 from Australia.
The appearance of only 4 countries is the lowest amount of countries to appear in any countdown ever, All Time or otherwise. (Excluding, of course, the 2011 Australian Albums countdown)

A Couple Of Notes

It should be noted that The Jimi Hendrix Experience, who appear at #70 are listed as an English band. While many people would cite them as American band due to Hendrix's nationality, they are listed as English due to forming in London, and the fact that the other two-thirds of the band were English citizens.

It should also be noted that Crowded House, who appear at #76 are listed as an Australian band. While many people cite them as New Zealand band due to Neil Finn's nationality, they are listed as Australian due to forming in Melbourne, and the fact that the other two-thirds of the original band were Australian citizens.