Triple j has counted down the top 100 songs of the last 20 years. With all tracks from January 1, 1993 to December 31, 2012 in contention it is definitely a fun list to look over. Daft Punk of course have a strong showing, along with other dance music immortals like Fatboy Slim. Check out the list and let us know what you think!
1: Oasis – Wonderwall (1995)
2: The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army (2003)
3: Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye (1995)
4: Hilltop Hoods – The Nosebleed Section (2003)
5: The Verve – Bittersweet Symphony (1997)
6: Foo Fighters – Everlong (1997)
7: The Killers – Mr. Brightside (2004)
8: Powderfinger – These Days (2001)
9: Gotye featuring Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know (2011)
10: Powderfinger – My Happiness (2000)
11: Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows (2002)
12: Gotye – Heart’s a Mess (2008)
13: Radiohead – Paranoid Android (1997)
14: Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man (2009)
15: Prodigy – Breathe (1996)
16: Bon Iver – Skinny Love (2008)
17: Silverchair – Tomorrow (1994)
18: OutKast – Hey Ya! (2003)
19: Blink-182 – Dammit (1997)
20: The Living End – Prisoner of Society (1997)
21: The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 (1996)
22: Blur – Song 2 (1997)
23: Muse – Knights of Cydonia (2007)
24: Augie March – One Crowded Hour (2006)
25: The Smashing Pumpkins – Bullet With Butterfly Wings (1995)
26: System Of A Down – Chop Suey! (2001)
27: The Avalanches – Frontier Psychiatrist (2000)
28: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue (1999)
29: Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out (2004)
30: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication (2000)
31: Massive Attack – Teardrop (1998)
32: Tool – Stinkfist (2006)
33: The Cranberries – Zombie (1994)
34: Ben Folds Five – Brick (1998)
35: Radiohead – Karma (1997)
36: Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (1994)
37: Beastie Boys – Sabotage (1994)
38: The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (2008)
39: Nirvana – Heart Shaped Box (1993)
40: Nine Inch Nails – Closer (1994)
41: Coldplay – Yellow (2000)
42: Matt Corby – Brother (2011)
43: John Butler Trio – Betterman (2001)
44: Daft Punk – One More Time (2001)
45: Modest Mouse – Float On (2004)
46: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Into My Arms (1997)
47: The Offspring – Self Esteem (1994)
48: The Strokes – Last Nite (2001)
49: Florence + the Machine – Dog Days Are Over (2009)
50: Pearl Jam – Better Man (1995)
51: The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
52: Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
53: Placebo – Every You Every Me (1999)
54: Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire (2008)
55: Fatboy Slim – Praise You (1999)
56: Underworld – Born Slippy (1996)
57: Bloc Party – Banquet (2004)
58: The Whitlams – No Aphrodisiac (1997)
59: Daft Punk – Around The World (1997)
60: Bush – Glycerine (1996)
61: The Black Keys – Lonely Boy (2011)
62: Spiderbait – Buy Me A Pony (1996)
63: Grinspoon – Chemical Heart (2002)
64: MGMT – Kids (2008)
65: Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (2001)
66: You Am I – Berlin Chair (1994)
67: alt-J – Breezeblocks (2012)
68: Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl (2003)
69: Eminem – Lose Yourself (2002)
70: Regurgitator – ! (The Song Formerly Known As) (1998)
71: Gorillaz – Clint Eastwood (2001)
72: Wolfmother – Joker And The Thief (2005)
73: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Home (2009)
74: The Wombats – Let’s Dance To Joy Division (2007)
75: The Killers – Somebody Told Me (2004)
76: MGMT – Electric Feel (2008)
77: The Presets – My People (2007)
78: Silverchair – Freak (1997)
79: Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (2005)
80: Rage Against The Machine – Bulls On Parade (1996)
81: Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (2010)
82: Wheatus – Teenage Dirtbag (2000)
83: Pulp – Common People (1995)
84: Kanye West – Gold Digger {Ft. Jamie Foxx} (2005)
85: Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise (1995)
86: The Killers – When You Were Young (2006)
87: The Kooks – Naive (2006)
88: Something For Kate – Monsters (2001)
89: TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me (2006)
90: Silverchair – Straight Lines (2007)
91: Jebediah – Harpoon (1998)
92: Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks (2012)
93: Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun (1994)
94: Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks (2010)
95: Ben Lee – Cigarettes Will Kill You (1998)
96: The Cat Empire – Hello (2003)
97: M.I.A. – Paper Planes (2007)
98: Jebediah – Leaving Home (1997)
99: Lana Del Rey – Video Games (2011)
100: Beastie Boys – Intergalactic (1998)
When ‘Somebody I Used to Know’ makes it in the top ten, I am instantly shut off.
When ‘Somebody I Used to Know’ makes it in the top ten, I am instantly shut off.