Richard Kingsmill's Hottest 100, 2009

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#	Title	Artist	Time	Year	Country
1	Marquee Moon	Televison	10:40	1977	USA
2	Hallejujah	Jeff Buckley	6:53	1994	USA
3	Exit Music (For A Film)	Radiohead	4:25	1997	England
4	River Man	Nick Drake	4:23	1969	England
5	Svefn-G-Englar	Sigur Rós	10:04	1999	Iceland
6	Wolf Like Me	TV On The Radio	4:39	2006	USA
7	Hey	Pixies	3:32	1989	USA
8	Too Young	Phoenix	3:20	1999	France
9	The Mercy Seat	Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds	5:06	1988	Australia
10	Forty Six & 2	Tool	6:04	1996	USA
11	Thirteen	Big Star	2:35	1972	USA
12	A Day In The Life	The Beatles	5:38	1967	England
13	Ramble On	Led Zeppelin	4:34	1969	England
14	Heart And Soul	Joy Division	5:52	1980	England
15	Clap Hands	Tom Waits	3:49	1985	USA
16	Digital Love	Daft Punk	4:59	2001	France
17	Lonesome Tears	Beck	5:38	2002	USA
18	Sheela-Na-Gig	PJ Harvey	3:11	1992	England
19	London Calling	The Clash	3:20	1979	England
20	Range Life	Pavement	4:55	1994	USA
21	Sour Times	Portishead	4:14	1994	England
22	Pale Blue Eyes	The Velvet Underground	5:44	1969	USA
23	Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)	Arcade Fire	5:13	2004	Canada
24	Going Underground	The Jam	2:56	1980	England
25	How Soon Is Now?	The Smiths	6:49	1985	England
26	Life On Mars?	David Bowie	3:54	1971	England
27	Hell Of A Summer	The Triffids	4:30	1983	Australia
28	Górecki	Lamb	6:31	1996	England
29	Working Class Hero	John Lennon	3:49	1970	England
30	Just What I Needed	The Cars	3:43	1978	USA
31	One Crowded Hour	Augie March	4:14	2006	Australia
32	Play For Today	The Cure	3:41	1980	England
33	The Man With The Child In His Eyes	Kate Bush	2:41	1978	England
34	Lovely Head	Goldfrapp	3:47	2000	England
35	Waltz #2 (XO)	Elliott Smith	4:40	1998	USA
36	Draining The Pool For You	The Go-Betweens	4:17	1984	Australia
37	Sure Shot	Beastie Boys	3:20	1994	USA
38	Testify	Rage Against The Machine	3:31	1999	USA
39	Song To The Siren	This Mortal Coil	3:31	1983	England
40	Tunic (Song For Karen)	Sonic Youth	6:22	1990	USA
41	Castles Made Of Sand	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	2:49	1967	England
42	In Every Dream Home A Heartache	Roxy Music	5:28	1973	England
43	On A Plain	Nirvana	3:16	1991	USA
44	Tuesday	You Am I	3:16	1996	Australia
45	Deus	The Sugarcubes	4:08	1988	Iceland
46	Swing For The Crime	The Saints	3:42	1978	Australia
47	One Big Holiday	My Morning Jacket	5:21	2003	USA
48	Protection	Massive Attack	7:52	1994	England
49	Mykonos	Fleet Foxes	4:35	2008	USA
50	Sex Machine	Sly & The Family Stone	13:46	1969	USA
51	Cursed Sleep	Bonnie "Prince" Billy	5:36	2006	USA
52	Down On The Street	The Stooges	3:44	1970	USA
53	Say It Ain't So	Weezer	4:19	1994	USA
54	When Doves Cry	Prince & The Revolution	5:54	1984	USA
55	Whatever You Want	Something For Kate	3:53	1999	Australia
56	Any Day Now	Elbow	6:18	2001	England
57	Fight The Power	Public Enemy	5:24	1989	USA
58	Handshake Drugs	Wilco	6:07	2004	USA
59	Safari	The Breeders	3:30	1992	USA
60	Miss Leader	Rollerskate Skinny	4:14	1993	Ireland
61	Windowlicker	Aphex Twin	6:08	1999	England
62	Tired Of Being Alone	Al Green	2:43	1971	USA
63	What The World Is Waiting For	The Stone Roses	3:53	1989	England
64	We Haven't Turned Around	Gomez	6:29	1999	England
65	Kansas (Flood Remix)	The Wolfgang Press	4:02	2001	England
66	Flashing Lights (feat. Dwele)	Kanye West	3:58	2007	USA
67	I Wanna Be Sedated	Ramones	2:30	1978	USA
68	The Robots	Kraftwerk	6:12	1978	Germany
69	New Slang	The Shins	3:51	2001	USA
70	Isobel	Björk	5:47	1995	Iceland
71	Laughing Boy	Big Heavy Stuff	3:58	2001	Australia
72	Fuck Tha Police	N.W.A	5:46	1988	USA
73	Nothing Compares 2 U	Sinéad O'Connor	5:11	1990	Ireland
74	Come Together	Primal Scream	10:22	1990	Scotland
75	Southern Man	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	5:31	1970	Canada
76	On Some Faraway Beach	Brian Eno	4:37	1974	England
77	I Had To Tell You	13th Floor Elevators	2:27	1967	USA
78	Singlette	Custard	3:42	1993	Australia
79	Sex Beat	The Gun Club	2:49	1981	USA
80	That Summer Feeling	Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers	6:08	1983	USA
81	Riot Act	Elvis Costello & The Attractions	3:36	1980	England
82	The Kids Don't Stand A Chance	Vampire Weekend	4:03	2008	USA
83	Kick, Push	Lupe Fiasco	4:14	2006	USA
84	These Days	R.E.M.	3:25	1986	USA
85	Close Watch	John Cale	3:07	1975	Wales
86	Crosseyed And Painless	Talking Heads	4:48	1980	USA
87	For Tomorrow	Blur	4:21	1993	England
88	Dear God	XTC	3:34	1986	England
89	My People	The Presets	4:31	2007	Australia
90	Life To Go (Landsakes)	Died Pretty	5:34	1986	Australia
91	Star Sign	Teenage Fanclub	4:56	1991	Scotland
92	Soon	My Bloody Valentine	6:59	1991	Ireland
93	Hit It And Quit It	Funkadelic	3:50	1971	USA
94	Regular John	Queens Of The Stone Age	4:35	1998	USA
95	Another Girl, Another Planet	The Only Ones	3:03	1978	England
96	Levi Stubbs' Tears	Billy Bragg	3:32	1986	England
97	Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix)	Eric B. & Rakim	7:13	1986	USA
98	Don't Fight It	The Panics	5:01	2007	Australia
99	Electric Feel	MGMT	3:49	2008	USA
100	The Dolphins	Fred Neil	4:03	1966	USA

Facts for Kingsmill's Countdown

In July of 2009, Triple J counted down their fifth Hottest 100 of All Time poll. During the voting process, Richard Kingsmill, the station's music director, released via his blog his Hottest 100 of All Time.

The Countdown

This countdown was never counted down, however, it was released over the internet on June 14th, 2009.

The most recent song to feature in the list was 'Mykonos' by Fleet Foxes at #49, which was released April 8th, 2008.

Artists Featured

Richard Kingsmill's list features no artists with more than one entry. It is the only Hottest 100 ever released to have such a feature.

Countries Featured

Kingsmill's Hottest 100 of All Time featured artists from 10 countries, including 43 from the USA, 31 from England and 12 from Australia.

A Note

It should be noted that The Jimi Hendrix Experience, who appear at #41 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.