Triple J Hottest 100, 1994
The 1994 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1995, was the second annual countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A compilation featuring 32 of the songs was released on cassette and CD. A countdown of the music videos of most of the songs was also shown on the ABC music program Rage.
Listeners could vote for one song at a time by phone and were allowed to vote as many times as they wanted. Listeners could select songs from a voting list provided by Triple J, or nominate a song of their choosing if it was not on the shortlist.
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- Dolores O'Riordan, lead vocalist of the The Cranberries, is the first woman to win the Hottest 100.
- * As of 2024, The Cranberries are the only Irish band to have won the Hottest 100. They would remain the only artist to have won the Hottest 100 who was not from Australia, United Kingdom or the United States, until Kimbra's victory with Gotye in 2011.
- Soundgarden's four entries were the most by an artist in a single countdown.
- At No. 5 "Tomorrow" by Silverchair became the highest ranked song by an Australian artist in an annual countdown.
- Angélique Kidjo, Youssou N'Dour and Lucas are the first artists from Benin, Senegal and Denmark to appear in the Hottest 100.
- Having placed at No. 3 and 4, The Offspring set the record for the highest consecutive appearances in the Hottest 100. This would later be equalled 29 years later by Dom Dolla in 2023. Similarly Counting Crows were the first artist to have back to back entries in an annual countdown. Their songs "Mr. Jones" & "Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)" came in at No. 47 and 48 respectively.
- * The Offspring are also the first artist to feature twice in the Top 5 in an annual countdown.
- The United States contributed a record 49 entries to the 1994 countdown.
CD release
There have been three versions of this compilation album. The original version's track listing is listed below, and has been discontinued by manufacturer. The second version was a reissue by Universal released shortly after the original release. It features the same track listing as the original print. Strangely enough, the catalogue number corresponds with 2004 releases, the year when Universal began reissuing Hottest 100 CDs, despite this being released in 1995. The third version was released in 2004, this time by Warner Music. The track listing is different from the previous releases. "Closer" and "Seether" have been removed, and "A Certain Slant of Light" was moved up to track 2 on Disc 1.Despite being released under Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Do You Love Me?" is listed as just Nick Cave.