Hottest 100 for the ladies

Hottest 100 for the ladies too
Adelaide Now
November 30, 2009

IN response to the exclusively male Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, the Hummingbird 100 is an all-female music list with some interesting inclusions.

Perhaps least surprising is the No.1 song, Aretha Franklin‘s Respect, which was deemed the best song by a woman according to the majority of the 62,000 votes cast.

But there were a few eyebrow-raisers, not least P!nk at number two with So What? followed by Lady Gaga’s Poker Face (six), Fergie’s Big Girls Don’t Cry (eight) and Katy Perry’s I Kissed A Girl which came in at No.12.

Madonna scores two top-10 mentions (Like A Prayer and Like A Virgin at five and 10 respectively) while Amy Winehouse doesn’t get a nod until No.76 (Rehab).

Pink, meanwhile, claims the most spots of any female artist with seven tracks inside the 100. Beyonce, Roxette and Madonna both have four and Blondie, Rihanna and Alanis Morissette have three apiece. Notable omissions include Eva Cassidy, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Norah Jones, Eartha Kitt, Nina Simone, Judy Garland and Britney Spears.

The Hummingbird100 Hottest Female Songs:
1 Aretha Franklin, Respect
2 Pink, So What
3 Gloria Gaynor, I Will Survive
4 ABBA, Dancing Queen
5 Madonna, Like a Prayer
6 Lady Gaga, PokerFace
7 Bangles, Eternal Flame
8 Fergie, Big Girls Dont Cry
9 Blondie, Heart of Glass
10 Madonna, Like a Virgin
11 Bonnie Tyler, Total Eclipse Of The Heart
12 Katy Perry, I Kissed a Girl
13 Madonna, Vogue
14 Rihanna, Umbrella
15 Beyonce Knowles, Single Ladies
16 Lady Gaga, Just Dance
17 Gwen Stefani, Holla Back Girl
18 TLC, Waterfalls
19 Roberta Flack, Killing Me Softly
20 Alanis Morissette, You Oughta Know
21 Bette Midler, Wind Beneath My Wings
22 Pink, Dear Mr. President
23 Nancy Sinatra, These Boots Are Made For Walking
24 Beyonce Knowles, Crazy In Love
25 Diana Ross, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
26 Leona Lewis, Bleeding Love
27 Roxette, It Must Have Been Love
28 Blondie, Call Me
29 Beyonce Knowles, Halo
30 Tina Turner, What’s Love Got to Do With It
31 Fleetwood Mac, You Can Go Your Own Way
32 Alanis Morissette, Ironic
33 No Doubt, Don’t Speak
34 Cyndi Lauper, Girls just wanna have fun
35 Fergie, Glamourous
36 Pink, Funhouse
37 Whitney Houston, I Will Always Love You
38 Destiny’s Child, Bootylicious
39 Bangles, Walk Like An Egyptian
40 Aaliyah, Try Again
41 Christina Aguilera, Lady Marmalade
42 Kim Carnes, Bette Davies Eyes
43 Destiny’s Child, Say My Name
44 Irene Cara, Flashdance … What a Feeling
45 Bic Runga, Sway
46 TLC, No Scrubs
47 Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights
48 Sinead O’Connor, Nothing Compares 2 U
49 Carly Simon, You’re So Vain
50 Toni Braxton, Unbreak My Heart
51 Rihanna, Disturbia
52 Madonna, Papa Don’t Preach
53 Roxette, Listen to Your Heart
54 Christina Aguilera, Genie In A Bottle
55 Kate Miller-Heidke, The Last Day on Earth
56 Toni Basil, Mickey
57 Kylie Minogue, Can’t Get You Out of My Head
58 Salt N Pepa, Push it!
59 Shakira, Hips Don’t Lie
60 Alicia Keys, Fallin
61 Tracy Chapman, Fast Car
62 Destiny’s Child, Independent Women
63 Dusty Springfield, Son of a Preacher Man
64 Pink, Who Knew
65 Cyndi Lauper, Time After Time
66 M.I.A, Paper Planes
67 Lily Allen, Not Fair
68 Portishead, Glory Box
69 Sarah McLachlan, Angel
70 Alicia Keys, If I Aint Got You
71 Tori Amos, Cornflake Girl
72 Aretha Franklin, (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
73 Pink, Get the Party Started
74 Carole King, I Feel the Earth Move
75 Alanis Morissette, Hand In My Pocket
76 Amy Winehouse, Rehab
77 Gwen Stefani, What You Waiting For?
78 Berlin, Take My Breathe Away
79 Cranberries, Zombie
80 Lily Allen, F**k You
81 Sia, Breathe Me
82 Roxette, The Look
83 Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody
84 Pink, Sober
85 Belinda Carlisle, Summer Rain
86 Regina Spektor, Fidelity
87 Blondie, The Tide Is High
88 Paramore, Decode
89 Pink, Just Like a Pill
90 Lesley Gore, It’s My Party
91 Lauryn Hill, Doo Wop (That Thing)
92 Taylor Swift, Love Story
93 La Roux, Bulletproof
94 Roxette, Joyride
95 Christina Aguilera, What a Girl Wants
96 Beyonce Knowles, If I Were A Boy
97 Dolly Parton, Jolene
98 Etta James, At Last
99 Regina Spektor, Samson
100 Rihanna, Take a Bow