Triple J Hottest 100, 1998

Most popular songs of the year in Australia

1998 Triple J Hottest 100

Album artwork for the CD compilation

Countdown details
Date of countdown| January 1999
Countdown highlights
Winning song|  The Offspring
"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"
Most entries|  Quan Yeomans (6)
Chronology
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1999

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The 1998 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 1999, was the sixth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 36 of the songs was released. In August 1998 a Hottest 100 of All Time was conducted separate to normal countdown.

In February 2019, Triple J's sister station Double J conducted a "re-vote" of the 1998 top 10.[1]

## Full list

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#  | Song  | Artist  | Country of origin

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1 | Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) | The Offspring | United States
2 | Cigarettes Will Kill You | Ben Lee | Australia
3 | Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) | Custard | Australia
4 | Celebrity Skin | Hole | United States
5 | Got the Life | Korn | United States
6 | ! (The Song Formerly Known As) | Regurgitator | Australia
7 | Harpoon | Jebediah | Australia
8 | The Day You Come | Powderfinger | Australia
9 | Heavy Heart | You Am I | Australia
10 | Save the Day | The Living End | Australia
11 | Sweetest Thing | U2 | Ireland
12 | Brick | Ben Folds Five | United States
13 | Doctor Worm | They Might Be Giants | United States
14 | Josie | Blink-182 | United States
15 | Second Solution | The Living End | Australia
16 | Addicted to Bass | Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion | Australia
17 | Tainted Love | The Living End | Australia
18 | Just Ace | Grinspoon | Australia
19 | Bubblegoose | Wyclef Jean featuring Melky Sedeck | United States
20 | Simultaneous | Chef | United States
21 | Sex and Candy | Marcy Playground | United States
22 | Black Friday | Grinspoon | Australia
23 | Teardrop | Massive Attack | United Kingdom
24 | Music Is Crap | Custard | Australia
25 | Intergalactic | Beastie Boys | United States
26 | Polyester Girl | Regurgitator | Australia
27 | I Like Your Old Remix Better Than Your New Remix | Regurgitator | Australia
28 | Don't You Know Who I Am? | Happyland | Australia
29 | Everybody Here Wants You | Jeff Buckley | United States
30 | Never There | Cake | United States
31 | Throw Your Arms Around Me | Paul McDermott | Australia
32 | Black Bugs | Regurgitator | Australia
33 | Sweater | Eskimo Joe | Australia
34 | One Week | Barenaked Ladies | Canada
35 | Flagpole Sitta | Harvey Danger | United States
36 | Whatareya? | TISM | Australia
37 | Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) | The Whitlams | Australia
38 | The Impression That I Get | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | United States
39 | Somebody Kill Me | Adam Sandler | United States
40 | Song for the Dumped | Ben Folds Five | United States
41 | Pure Morning | Placebo | United Kingdom
42 | Teflon | Jebediah | Australia
43 | Melbourne | The Whitlams | Australia
44 | The Dope Show | Marilyn Manson | United States
45 | Ava Adore | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States
46 | Don't Wanna Be Left Out | Powderfinger | Australia
47 | Do the Evolution | Pearl Jam | United States
48 | Road Rage | Catatonia | United Kingdom
49 | Malibu | Hole | United States
50 | It's Like That | Run–D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins | United States
51 | Given to Fly | Pearl Jam | United States
52 | The Grouch | Green Day | United States
53 | Father of Mine | Everclear | United States
54 | Mum Changed the Locks | Frenzal Rhomb | Australia
55 | No Surprises | Radiohead | United Kingdom
56 | Charlie No. 3 | The Whitlams | Australia
57 | I Think I'm Paranoid | Garbage | United States
58 | I Don't Like It | Pauline Pantsdown | Australia
59 | History Repeating | Propellerheads and Shirley Bassey | United Kingdom
60 | Untouchable Face | Ani DiFranco | United States
61 | Cry | The Mavis's | Australia
62 | Gone Away | The Offspring | United States
63 | The Rockafeller Skank | Fatboy Slim | United Kingdom
64 | Come On Spring | Antenna | Australia
65 | Rumble | You Am I | Australia
66 | No Shelter | Rage Against the Machine | United States
67 | The Unforgiven II | Metallica | United States
68 | Every Day Should Be a Holiday | The Dandy Warhols | United States
69 | Cinnamon Lip | Pollyanna | Australia
70 | If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next | Manic Street Preachers | United Kingdom
71 | Hello | Happyland | Australia
72 | Mr. Charisma | Frenzal Rhomb | Australia
73 | Music Sounds Better with You | Stardust | France
74 | My Hero | Foo Fighters | United States
75 | Dragula | Rob Zombie | United States
76 | Saint Joe on the School Bus | Marcy Playground | United States
77 | Fuel | Metallica | United States
78 | Shimmer | Fuel | United States
79 | Don't Go Away | Grinspoon | Australia
80 | Bad Old Man | Babybird | United Kingdom
81 | Drinking in L.A. | Bran Van 3000 | Canada
82 | El President | Drugstore | United Kingdom
83 | Now and Then | The Superjesus | Australia
84 | Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) | Green Day | United States
85 | Harpoon | Something for Kate | Australia
86 | Mama's Trippin' | Ben Harper | United States
87 | Push It | Garbage | United States
88 | Wishlist | Pearl Jam | United States
89 | Special | Garbage | United States
90 | No Substitute | Chef | United States
91 | Benedict | Jebediah | Australia
92 | The Ballad of Tom Jones | Space with Cerys Matthews | United Kingdom
93 | Untitled | Silverchair | Australia
94 | Perfect | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States
95 | Tropicalia | Beck | United States
96 | Redneck Wonderland | Midnight Oil | Australia
97 | Black Umbrella | Even | Australia
98 | Baker Street | Foo Fighters | United States
99 | Saturation | The Superjesus | Australia
100 | Sich Offnen | Not from There | Australia

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

### 2019 Revote

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In February 2019, Triple J's sister station Double J conducted a "re-vote" of the 1998 top 10. Only songs that charted in the original 1998 list were eligible. 66,000 votes were cast.

#  | Song  | Artist  | Country of origin  | Previous position

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1  | Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) | The Offspring | United States  | 1
2  | ! (The Song Formerly Known As) | Regurgitator | Australia  | 6
3  | Dragula | Rob Zombie | United States  | 75
4  | Whatareya? | TISM | Australia  | 36
5  | I Think I'm Paranoid | Garbage | United States  | 57
6  | The Unforgiven II | Metallica | United States  | 67
7  | Intergalactic | Beastie Boys | United States  | 25
8  | Addicted to Bass | Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion | Australia  | 16
9  | No Shelter | Rage Against the Machine | United States  | 66
10  | The Dope Show | Marilyn Manson | United States  | 44

## Artists with multiple entries

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#  | Artist  | Tracks

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6  | Quan Yeomans[i] | 6, 26, 27, 28, 32, 71
4  | Regurgitator | 6, 26, 27, 32
3  | Jebediah | 7, 42, 91
The Living End | 10, 15, 17
Grinspoon | 18, 22, 79
The Whitlams | 37, 43, 56
Pearl Jam | 47, 51, 88
Garbage | 57, 87, 89
2  | The Offspring | 1, 62
Custard | 3, 24
Hole | 4, 49
Powderfinger | 8, 46
You Am I | 9, 65
Ben Folds Five | 12, 40
Chef | 20, 90
Marcy Playground | 21, 76
Happyland | 28, 71
The Smashing Pumpkins | 45, 94
Green Day | 52, 84
Frenzal Rhomb | 54, 72
Metallica | 67, 77
Foo Fighters | 74, 98
The Superjesus | 83, 99

## Countries Represented

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Nation  | Total

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United States  | 44
Australia  | 42
United Kingdom  | 10
Canada  | 2
Ireland  | 1
France  | 1

## Top 10 Albums of 1998

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#  | Artist  | Album  | Country of Origin  | Tracks in the Hottest 100

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1  | The Living End | The Living End | Australia  | 10, 15, (15 in 1997) (41, 48 in 1999)
2  | Powderfinger | Internationalist | Australia  | 8, 46, (25, 68, 100 in 1999)
3  | Korn | Follow the Leader | United States  | 5, (16 in 1999)
4  | Pearl Jam | Yield | United States  | 47, 51, 88
5  | The Smashing Pumpkins | Adore | United States  | 45, 94
6  | The Superjesus | Sumo | Australia  | 83, 99, (14 in 1997)
7  | Massive Attack | Mezzanine | United Kingdom  | 23
8  | Jeff Buckley | Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk | United States  | 29
9  | Garbage | Version 2.0 | United States  | 57, 87, 89, (12 in 1999)
10  | You Am I | #4 Record | Australia  | 9, 65

## CD release

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Disc 1

1. Hole – "Celebrity Skin" (2:42)
2. Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion – "Addicted to Bass" (3:54)
3. Cake – "Never There" (2:44)
4. Ben Lee – "Cigarettes Will Kill You" (3:50)
5. Korn – "Got the Life" (D.O.S.E Woollyback Remix) (5:27)
6. Custard – "Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)" (3:17)
7. Powderfinger – "The Day You Come" (4:01)
8. Blink-182 – "Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)" (3:23)
9. Jebediah – "Harpoon" (4:28)
10. You Am I – "Heavy Heart" (3:10)
11. They Might Be Giants – "Doctor Worm" (3:02)
12. U2 – "Sweetest Thing" (3:00)
13. Green Day – "The Grouch" (2:11)
14. Ben Folds Five – "Brick" (4:42)
15. The Living End – "Second Solution" (3:00)
16. Marcy Playground – "Sex and Candy" (2:52)
17. Grinspoon – "Black Friday" (2:29)
18. Pauline Pantsdown – "I Don't Like It" (3:17)

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1. Beastie Boys – "Intergalactic" (3:30)
2. Not from There – "Sich Offnen" (3:50)
3. Happyland – "Don't You Know Who I Am" (2:20)
4. Eskimo Joe – "Sweater" (2:16)
5. Barenaked Ladies – "One Week" (2:52)
6. The Whitlams – "Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2)" (3:42)
7. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – "The Impression That I Get" (3:14)
8. Placebo – "Pure Morning" (4:14)
9. Everclear – "Father of Mine" (3:52)
10. Jeff Buckley – "Everybody Here Wants You" (4:46)
11. Garbage – "I Think I'm Paranoid" (3:40)
12. Regurgitator – "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" (3:25)
13. Radiohead – "No Surprises" (3:48)
14. Fatboy Slim – "The Rockafeller Skank" (6:53)
15. The Dandy Warhols – "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" (4:03)
16. Bran Van 3000 – "Drinking in L.A." (3:34)
17. The Mavis's – "Cry" (4:09)
18. Massive Attack – "Teardrop" (5:29)

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This was the last volume to be released on cassette.

A later release omits "Never There", "Got the Life", "Sweetest Thing", "Brick", "Don't You Know Who I Am", and "Everybody Here Wants You", while including "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" by Manic Street Preachers, "Untouchable Face" by Ani DiFranco, and Something for Kate's cover of "Harpoon".

### Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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Australia (ARIA)[2] | 3× Platinum  | 210,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## See also

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* 1998 in music

## Notes

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1. ^ Four times with Regurgitator (6, 26, 27, 32), twice with Happyland (28, 71)

## References

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1. ^ "Here's your new (unofficial) Hottest 100 of 1998 top 10". Retrieved 8 February 2019.
2. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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