Triple J Hottest 100, 1996

1996 Triple J Hottest 100

Album artwork for the CD compilation

Countdown details
Date of countdown| January 1997
Countdown highlights
Winning song| Spiderbait
("Buy Me a Pony")
Most entries| Bush (3)
Powderfinger (3)
The Smashing Pumpkins (3)
Pearl Jam (3)
Chronology
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1997

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The 1996 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1997, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A CD featuring 31 of the songs was released. A countdown of the videos of most of the songs was also shown on the ABC music series Rage. The 1996 chart marked the first time an Australian band had topped the chart, with Spiderbait taking out top honours.

## Full list[edit]

| Note: Australian artists

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#  | Song  | Artist  | Country of origin

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1 | Buy Me a Pony | Spiderbait | Australia
2 | Stinkfist | Tool | United States
3 | Underground | Ben Folds Five | United States
4 | Pepper | Butthole Surfers | United States
5 | Glycerine | Bush | United Kingdom
6 | Pick You Up | Powderfinger | Australia
7 | Breathe | The Prodigy | United Kingdom
8 | Ballad of the Skeletons | Allen Ginsberg | United States
9 | El Scorcho | Weezer | United States
10 | You're Gorgeous | Babybird | United Kingdom
11 | Down | 311 | United States
12 | Born Slippy .NUXX | Underworld | United Kingdom
13 | 1979 | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States
14 | Scooby Snacks | Fun Lovin' Criminals | United States
15 | Kong Foo Sing | Regurgitator | Australia
16 | Spaceman | Babylon Zoo | United Kingdom
17 | Firestarter | The Prodigy | United Kingdom
18 | D.A.F. | Powderfinger | Australia
19 | Swallowed | Bush | United Kingdom
20 | Dogs Are the Best People | The Fauves | Australia
21 | Down in the Park | Foo Fighters | United States
22 | Oh Yeah | Ash | United Kingdom
23 | I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am | Regurgitator | Australia
24 | Santa Monica | Everclear | United States
25 | Just a Girl | No Doubt | United States
26 | Setting Sun | The Chemical Brothers | United Kingdom
27 | The Distance | Cake | United States
28 | Zero | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States
29 | Devils Haircut | Beck | United States
30 | Self Abuser | The Fauves | Australia
31 | Mah Nà Mah Nà | Skin | United Kingdom
32 | Living Type | Powderfinger | Australia
33 | California Love | 2Pac | United States
34 | Mother Mother | Tracy Bonham | United States
35 | Killing Me Softly | Fugees | United States
36 | Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand | Primitive Radio Gods | United States
37 | Virtual Insanity | Jamiroquai | United Kingdom
38 | Comedown | Bush | United Kingdom
39 | Novocaine for the Soul | Eels | United States
40 | Milk (The Wicked Mix) | Garbage featuring Tricky | United States/United Kingdom
41 | Whoever You Are | Geggy Tah | United States
42 | Coppertone | Fini Scad | Australia
43 | Where It's At | Beck | United States
44 | Salvation | The Cranberries | Ireland
45 | Aneurysm | Nirvana | United States
46 | Bulls on Parade | Rage Against the Machine | United States
47 | Hail, Hail | Pearl Jam | United States
48 | Popular | Nada Surf | United States
49 | Pass the Vibes | Definition of Sound | United Kingdom
50 | Mach 5 | The Presidents of the United States of America | United States
51 | Only Happy When It Rains | Garbage | United States
52 | Until It Sleeps | Metallica | United States
53 | Hyperballad | Björk | Iceland
54 | If I Could Talk I'd Tell You | The Lemonheads | United States
55 | Tonight, Tonight | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States
56 | Susan's House | Eels | United States
57 | So Rude | Rebecca's Empire | Australia
58 | Heartspark Dollarsign | Everclear | United States
59 | Silver Lizard | Tumbleweed | Australia
60 | Hey Dude | Kula Shaker | United Kingdom
61 | I'll Be Your Majick | Def FX | Australia
62 | Hero of the Day | Metallica | United States
63 | Punk Rock Song | Bad Religion | United States
64 | Wombo Lombo | Angélique Kidjo | Benin
65 | Here in Your Bedroom | Goldfinger | United States
66 | What's Come Over Me | Frente! | Australia
67 | Everything Is Good for You | Crowded House | Australia
68 | Mission: Impossible | Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. | Ireland
69 | Speculator | Insurge | Australia
70 | Don't It Get You Down | deadstar | Australia
71 | Disco 2000 | Pulp | United Kingdom
72 | Punch in the Face | Frenzal Rhomb | Australia
73 | Gold Dust Woman | Hole | United States
74 | Lay Lady Lay | Ministry | United States
75 | Surf's Up Tonight | Midnight Oil | Australia
76 | In the Meantime | Spacehog | United Kingdom
77 | Burden in My Hand | Soundgarden | United States
78 | How Bizarre | OMC | New Zealand
79 | I Make Hamburgers | The Whitlams | Australia
80 | Soldiers | You Am I | Australia
81 | Shut My Eyes | The Superjesus | Australia
82 | Naked Eye | Luscious Jackson | United States
83 | Waking Up Tired | Hoodoo Gurus | Australia
84 | Good Mornin' | You Am I | Australia
85 | Goldfinger | Ash | United Kingdom
86 | Woman | Neneh Cherry | Sweden
87 | E-Bow the Letter | R.E.M. | United States
88 | Grooving | Hunting Party | Australia
89 | Cromagnon Man | Snout | Australia
90 | Leaving Here | Pearl Jam | United States
91 | Set the Controls | Barry Adamson | United Kingdom
92 | Thunder | The Mavis's | Australia
93 | All I Want | Skunk Anansie | United Kingdom
94 | Mankind | Pearl Jam | United States
95 | Creep | Frank Bennett | Australia
96 | Ella's Uncle | Matthew Trapnell | Australia
97 | Hail Caesar | AC/DC | Australia
98 | Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) | Tori Amos | United States
99 | Ready to Go | Republica | United Kingdom
100 | Gold to Me | Ben Harper | United States

29 of the 100 songs were by Australian artists (marked with a green background).

## Artists with multiple entries[edit]

Three entries

* Bush (5, 19, 38)
* Powderfinger (6, 18, 32)
* The Smashing Pumpkins (13, 28, 55)
* Pearl Jam (47, 90, 94)

Two entries

* The Prodigy (7, 17)
* Regurgitator (15, 23)
* The Fauves (20, 30)
* Ash (22, 85)
* Everclear (24, 58)
* Beck (29, 43)
* Eels (39, 56)
* Garbage (40, 51)
* Metallica (52, 62)
* You Am I (80, 84)

## CD release[edit]

Disc 1

1. Spiderbait – "Buy Me a Pony" (1:41)
2. Tool – "Stinkfist" (5:09)
3. Ben Folds Five – "Underground" (4:11)
4. Butthole Surfers – "Pepper" (4:54)
5. Bush – "Glycerine" (4:24)
6. The Prodigy – "Breathe" (3:59)
7. Allen Ginsberg – "Ballad of the Skeletons" (4:07)
8. Weezer – "El Scorcho" (4:03)
9. Babybird – "You're Gorgeous" (3:44)
10. 311 – "Down" (2:51)
11. Underworld – "Born Slippy" (3:42)
12. Fun Lovin' Criminals – "Scooby Snacks" (3:02)
13. Babylon Zoo – "Spaceman" (4:05)
14. Powderfinger – "D.A.F." (3:30)
15. Regurgitator – "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am" (2:34)
16. Everclear – "Santa Monica" (3:11)
17. No Doubt – "Just a Girl" (3:28)

| Disc 2

1. Cake – "The Distance" (2:58)
2. Beck – "Devils Haircut" (3:13)
3. Skin – "Mah Nà Mah Nà (The Muppet Song)" (1:36)
4. Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (5:40)
5. Eels – "Novocaine for the Soul" (3:07)
6. Garbage – "Milk" (Single Edit – Shirley) (4:00)
7. Geggy Tah – "Whoever You Are" (4:34)
8. Fini Scad – "Coppertone" (3:38)
9. Björk – "Hyperballad" (5:21)
10. The Lemonheads – "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" (2:50)
11. Rebecca's Empire – "So Rude" (3:37)
12. Def FX – "I'll Be Your Majick" (3:13)
13. Angélique Kidjo – "Wombo Lombo" (4:14)
14. The Whitlams – "I Make Hamburgers" (3:34)
15. Matthew Trapnell and Trapezoid – "Ella's Uncle" (5:52)
16. Tori Amos – "Professional Widow" (3:47)

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Note: "Milk" is actually the Shirley and Tricky single edit instead of the Shirley single edit listed on the track listing.

A later release omits "Stinkfist", "Down", "Just a Girl", "The Distance", and "Devils Haircut", while including "Disco 2000" by Pulp, "Self Abuser" by The Fauves, and "A Punch in the Face" by Frenzal Rhomb.

### Certifications[edit]

Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Australia (ARIA)[1] | 2× Platinum  | 140,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## See also[edit]

* 1996 in music

## References[edit]

* "Triple J Hottest 100, 1996". Triple J. Retrieved 11 June 2007.

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1. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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