In 2001 CUe FM arranged their first ever listener based music poll, The CUe FM top 100! We asked our listeners to all vote for their favorite 20 songs of the 20th century. The Smiths made it in as clear winners with their song ‘How soon is now?’ from their 1984 album "Hatful of Hollow.
The Triffids lead the way for Australian music with their classic song "Wide Open Road" from their "Born Sandy Devotional" album of 1986 earning the bronze medal. The Go-Betweens’ ‘Cattle and Cane’ and Midnight Oil’s ‘Blue Sky Mining’ both made it into the top 20. Other Australian artists that made the list include the Underground Lovers, Paul Kelly, Hunters & Collectors, Nick Cave, Powderfinger, Jebediah and Alex Lloyd while the Whitlams made it in twice at #73 with ‘buy now pay later’ and #45 with ‘no aphrodisiac’.
Overall They Might Be Giants picked up the most amount of votes with their highest song, ‘Ana Ng’ reaching # 4 and 5 other songs reaching the top 100. The Cure had the most coverage with a total of 8 songs in the countdown, the highest of which was the chart’s runner up ‘Just like Heaven’. The Beatles managed to get four songs in the top 100, the highest of which was ‘A day in the life’ at # 6 while Pink Floyd made it into the top 10 twice with ‘Wish you were here’ at # 10 and ‘Another Brick in the Wall’ at # 5.
1 THE SMITHS - how soon is now
2. THE CURE - just like heaven
3. THE TRIFFIDS - wide open road
4. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - Ana Ng
5. PINK FLOYD - another brick in the wall (part 2)
6. THE BEATLES - a day in the life
7. LIVE - lightning crashes
8. RIDE - vapor trail
9. RADIOHEAD - karma police
10. PINK FLOYD - wish you were here
11. GLORIA GAYNOR - I will survive
12. GO BETWEENS - cattle & cane
13. MIDNIGHT OIL - blue sky mining
14. DON MCLEAN - American pie
15. QUEEN - bohemian rhapsody
16. JEFF BUCKLEY - last goodbye
17. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - she's an angel
18. CARTER USM - prince in a pauper’s grave
19. VIOLENT FEMMES - blister in the sun
20. THE CURE - a letter to Elise
21. SOUNDGARDEN - black hole sun
22. EVE 6 - Here's to the night
23. JOY DIVISON - atmosphere
24. BEN HARPER - excuse me Mr
25. ARCHIES - Sugar Sugar
26. NEW ORDER - true faith
27. METALLICA - one
28. LED ZEPPLIN - stairway to heaven
29. JOHN LENNON - imagine
30. UNDERGROUND LOVERS - losing it
31. TOOL - prison sex
32. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - New York City
33. U2 - Sunday bloody Sunday
34. THE CURE - lets go to bed
35. U2 - one
36. PAUL KELLY - From St. Kilda to Kings Cross
37. LIVE - I alone
38. RADIOHEAD - fake plastic trees
39. LIVE - rattlesnake
40. THE PIXIES - monkey gone to heaven
41. REM - losing my religion
42. HUNTERS & COLLECTORS - throw your arms around me
43. JIMI HENDRIX - Red House
44. DEREK AND THE DOMINOES - Layla
45. THE WHITLAMS - no aphrodisiac
46. THE BEATLES - yesterday
47. LOU REED - Satellite of love
48. REM - it's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)
49. THE VERVE - bittersweet symphony
50. SOMETHING FOR KATE - Beautiful Sharks
51. SMASHING PUMKINS - tonight tongiht
52. JACKSON 5 - Blame it on the Boogie
53. THE CURE - love cats
54. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - Venus in furs
55. NICK CAVE - red right hand
56. THE BEATLES - something
57. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - they'll need a crane
58. POWDERFINGER - pick you up
59. NINE INCH NAILS - head like a hole
60. THE EELS - last stop this town
61. JOY DIVISION - love will tear us apart
62. PEARL JAM - alive
63. KRAFTWERK - The Model
64. THE BEATLES - good morning good morning
65. THE DOORS - light my fire
66. WEEZER - el scorcho
67. PAVEMENT - Goldsounds
68. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - under the bridge
69. THE STRANGLERS - golden brown
70. THE CURE - never enough
71. THE CURE - burn
72. JEBEDIAH - jerks of attention
73. THE WHITLAMS - buy now pay later
74. ABBA - dancing queen
75. BLUR - song 2
76. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - birdhouse in your soul
77. BILLY JOEL - piano man
78. THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - don’t let’s start
79. FUEL - shimmer
80. RADIOHEAD - paranoid android
81. THE CURE - love song
82. PRIMITIVE RADIO GODS - standing outside a broken phone booth with money in my hand
83. BOB DYLAN - like a rolling stone
84. BJORK - Bacheloerette
85. JOHN LINNELL - Montana
86. SMASHING PUMKINS - 1979
87. ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - killing moon
88. NIRVANA - smells like teen spirit
89. THE CURE - Friday I’m in love
90. RIDE - birdman
91. MATCHBOX 20 - Push
92. THE ANIMALS - house of the rising sun
93. THE SMITHS - there is a light that never goes out
94. THE CHURCH - under the Milky Way
95. TEARS FOR FEARS - Shout
96. ALEX LLOYD - lucky star
97. METALLICA - Nothing Else Matters
98. PEARL JAM - Jeremy
99. MOBY - Porcelain
100. TOOL - Ænema
1 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
2 THE CURE
3 THE BEATLES
4 LIVE
5 THE SMITHS
6 RADIOHEAD
7 PINK FLOYD
8 METALLICA
9 TOOL
10 RIDE
11 LED ZEPPLIN
12 U2
13 BOB DYLAN
14 PEARL JAM
15 THE PIXIES
16 NINE INCH NAILS
17 SMASHING PUMPKINS
18 THE WHITLAMS
19 sILVERCHAIR
20 MATCHBOX 20