Triple J Hottest 100, 1997

1997 Triple J Hottest 100

Album artwork for the CD compilation

Countdown details
Date of countdown| 26 January 1998
Countdown highlights
Winning song| The Whitlams
("No Aphrodisiac")
Most entries| The Whitlams (2)
The Verve (2)
Radiohead (2)
Jebediah (2)
Silverchair (2)
The Living End (2)
Faith No More (2)
Grinspoon (2)
Ween (2)
The Bloodhound Gang (2)
Arkarna (2)
Everclear (2)
Chronology
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The 1997 Triple J Hottest 100, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J, and was broadcast on Australia Day 1998\. 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 most popular song was announced by former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, the namesake of the winning group.

## Full list[edit]

| Note: Australian artists

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#  | Song  | Artist  | Country of origin

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1 | No Aphrodisiac | The Whitlams | Australia
2 | Song 2 | Blur | United Kingdom
3 | Tubthumping | Chumbawamba | United Kingdom
4 | Bitter Sweet Symphony | The Verve | United Kingdom
5 | Back Door Man | Pauline Pantsdown | Australia
6 | Dammit | Blink-182 | United States
7 | Paranoid Android | Radiohead | United Kingdom
8 | The Beautiful People | Marilyn Manson | United States
9 | Karma Police | Radiohead | United Kingdom
10 | Leaving Home | Jebediah | Australia
11 | Walkin' on the Sun | Smash Mouth | United States
12 | One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces | Ben Folds Five | United States
13 | Freak | Silverchair | Australia
14 | Down Again | The Superjesus | Australia
15 | Prisoner of Society | The Living End | Australia
16 | Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) | Quindon Tarver | United States
17 | Crazy | Cordrazine | Australia
18 | Into My Arms | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Australia
19 | Everyday Formula | Regurgitator | Australia
20 | I Will Survive | Cake | United States
21 | Monkey Wrench | Foo Fighters | United States
22 | The Drugs Don't Work | The Verve | United Kingdom
23 | Calypso | Spiderbait | Australia
24 | A.D.I.D.A.S. | Korn | United States
25 | Hitchin' a Ride | Green Day | United States
26 | The Perfect Drug | Nine Inch Nails | United States
27 | The Door | Silverchair | Australia
28 | Cows with Guns | Dana Lyons | United States
29 | Semi-Charmed Life | Third Eye Blind | United States
30 | Forty Six & 2 | Tool | United States
31 | Ashes to Ashes | Faith No More | United States
32 | Coma | Pendulum | Australia
33 | Military Strongmen | Jebediah | Australia
34 | DC×3 | Grinspoon | Australia
35 | Summertime | The Sundays | United Kingdom
36 | Mutilated Lips | Ween | United States
37 | Naughty Boy | The Mavis's | Australia
38 | The Memory Remains | Metallica | United States
39 | Captain (Million Miles an Hour) | Something for Kate | Australia
40 | Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me? | Bloodhound Gang | United States
41 | Deadweight | Beck | United States
42 | Brimful of Asha | Cornershop | United Kingdom
43 | You're Not the Only One Who Feels This Way | Ammonia | Australia
44 | Temptation | The Tea Party | Canada
45 | Wrong Number | The Cure | United Kingdom
46 | Fire Water Burn | Bloodhound Gang | United States
47 | (Can't You) Trip Like I Do | Filter and The Crystal Method | United States
48 | Anatomically Correct | Custard | Australia
49 | From Here on In | The Living End | Australia
50 | Eat Me | Arkarna | United Kingdom
51 | So Much for the Afterglow | Everclear | United States
52 | #1 Crush | Garbage | United States
53 | You Sound Like Louis Burdett | The Whitlams | Australia
54 | Everything to Everyone | Everclear | United States
55 | Love Rollercoaster | Red Hot Chili Peppers | United States
56 | Funky Shit | The Prodigy | United Kingdom
57 | Girl at the Bus Stop | My Drug Hell | United Kingdom
58 | I Go Off | Diana Ah Naid | Australia
59 | Your Woman | White Town | United Kingdom
60 | New York City | They Might Be Giants | United States
61 | Block Rockin' Beats | The Chemical Brothers | United Kingdom
62 | The End Is the Beginning Is the End | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States
63 | Repeat | Grinspoon | Australia
64 | Stripsearch | Faith No More | United States
65 | Outdoor Type | The Lemonheads | United States
66 | JC | Powderfinger | Australia
67 | I Choose | The Offspring | United States
68 | Cosmic Girl | Jamiroquai | United Kingdom
69 | Waving My Dick in the Wind | Ween | United States
70 | Place Your Hands | Reef | United Kingdom
71 | Sick with Love | Robyn Loau | Australia
72 | Pulse | Front End Loader | Australia
73 | Lakini's Juice | Live | United States
74 | The Ghost of Tom Joad | Rage Against the Machine | United States
75 | Female of the Species | Space | United Kingdom
76 | Legend of a Cowgirl | Imani Coppola | United States
77 | Lovefool | The Cardigans | Sweden
78 | Degenerate Boy | The Mark of Cain | Australia
79 | All Mine | Portishead | United Kingdom
80 | Faded | Ben Harper | United States
81 | Did It Again | Kylie Minogue | Australia
82 | Shake Hands with Beef | Primus | United States
83 | I Wanna Be a Drug-Sniffing Dog | Lard | United States
84 | Feelin' Kinda Sporty | Dave Graney | Australia
85 | Nightmare | Brainbug | United Kingdom
86 | Smokin' Johnny Cash | The Blackeyed Susans | Australia
87 | 6 Underground | Sneaker Pimps | United Kingdom
88 | Nothing | Beaverloop | Australia
89 | Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth | The Dandy Warhols | United States
90 | Society | Pennywise | United States
91 | Remember Me | Blue Boy | United Kingdom
92 | Titanic Days | Sidewinder | Australia
93 | Weightlessness | Skunkhour | Australia
94 | Way of All Things | Rebecca's Empire | Australia
95 | Don't Leave | Faithless | United Kingdom
96 | Bound for the Floor | Local H | United States
97 | The Futures Overrated | Arkarna | United Kingdom
98 | Da Funk | Daft Punk | France
99 | Naked Eye | Luscious Jackson | United States
100 | I Give In | Effigy | Australia

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

## Artists with multiple entries[edit]

Two entries

* The Whitlams (1, 53)
* The Verve (4, 22)
* Radiohead (7, 9)
* Jebediah (10, 33)
* Silverchair (13, 27)
* The Living End (15, 49)
* Faith No More (31,64)
* Grinspoon (34, 63)
* Ween (36, 69)
* The Bloodhound Gang (40, 46)
* Arkarna (50, 97)
* Everclear (51, 54)

## CD release[edit]

Disc 1

1. The Whitlams – "No Aphrodisiac" (4:19)
2. Blur – "Song 2" (2:01)
3. The Verve – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (5:57)
4. Blink-182 – "Dammit" (2:45)
5. Radiohead – "Paranoid Android" (6:23)
6. Marilyn Manson – "The Beautiful People" (3:39)
7. Jebediah – "Leaving Home" (2:58)
8. Smash Mouth – "Walkin' on the Sun" (3:25)
9. The Superjesus – "Down Again" (5:05)
10. Ben Folds Five – "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces" (3:50)
11. Silverchair – "Freak" (3:45)
12. Quindon Tarver – "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" (7:08)
13. The Living End – "Prisoner of Society" (3:52)
14. Cordrazine – "Crazy" (4:01)
15. Regurgitator – "Everyday Formula" (2:10)
16. Foo Fighters – "Monkey Wrench" (3:51)
17. Diana ah Naid – "I Go Off" (3:09)

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1. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – "Into My Arms" (4:11)
2. Spiderbait – "Calypso" (1:50)
3. Live – "Lakini's Juice" (4:58)
4. Nine Inch Nails – "The Perfect Drug" (5:15)
5. Grinspoon – "DC×3" (2:54)
6. Third Eye Blind – "Semi-Charmed Life" (4:27)
7. The Mavis's – "Naughty Boy" (3:12)
8. Cornershop – "Brimful of Asha" (4:04)
9. The Prodigy – "Funky Shit" (5:16)
10. Bloodhound Gang – "Fire Water Burn" (4:51)
11. Reef – "Place Your Hands" (3:37)
12. Imani Coppola – "Legend of a Cowgirl" (3:47)
13. Front End Loader – "Pulse" (3:06)
14. Kylie Minogue – "Did It Again" (4:14)
15. Sneaker Pimps – "6 Underground" (3:48)
16. Blue Boy – "Remember Me" (3:57)

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The CD also has an interactive component[1] that could be accessed on a PC.

A later version, released under the Warner label, omitted "The Beautiful People", "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces", "Lakini's Juice, and "The Perfect Drug", but included "Cows with Guns" by Dana Lyons on the first disc and "Cosmic Girl" by Jamiroquai on the second disc.[citation needed]

## See also[edit]

* 1997 in music

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Created by Missing Link Entertainment and Arty Computer Productions (now Arty Labs)

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