Triple J Hottest 100, 1997
1997 Triple J Hottest 100 | |
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![]() Album artwork for the CD compilation | |
Countdown details | |
Date of countdown | 26 January 1998 |
Countdown highlights | |
Winning song | ![]() "No Aphrodisiac" |
Most entries | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (2 tracks) |
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 announcement of "No Aphrodisiac" as the year's most popular song was announced by former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, the namesake of the winning group.
Full list
[edit]Note: Australian artists |
# | 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 |
Artists with multiple entries
[edit]# | Artist | Tracks |
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2 | 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 |
Countries represented
[edit]Nation | Total |
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United States | 40 |
Australia | 34 |
United Kingdom | 23 |
Canada | 1 |
France | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
CD release
[edit]No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "No Aphrodisiac" (#1) | The Whitlams | 4:19 |
2. | "Song 2" (#2) | Blur | 2:01 |
3. | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (#3) | The Verve | 5:57 |
4. | "Dammit" (#6) | Blink-182 | 2:45 |
5. | "Paranoid Android" (#7) | Radiohead | 6:23 |
6. | "The Beautiful People" (#8) | Marilyn Manson | 3:39 |
7. | "Leaving Home" (#10) | Jebediah | 2:58 |
8. | "Walkin' on the Sun" (#11) | Smash Mouth | 3:25 |
9. | "Down Again" (#14) | The Superjesus | 5:05 |
10. | "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces" (#12) | Ben Folds Five | 3:50 |
11. | "Freak" (#13) | Silverchair | 3:45 |
12. | "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" (#16) | Quindon Tarver | 7:08 |
13. | "Prisoner of Society" (#15) | The Living End | 3:52 |
14. | "Crazy" (#17) | Cordrazine | 4:01 |
15. | "Everyday Formula" (#19) | Regurgitator | 2:10 |
16. | "Monkey Wrench" (#21) | Foo Fighters | 3:51 |
17. | "I Go Off" (#58) | Diana ah Naid | 3:09 |
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Into My Arms" (#18) | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | 4:11 |
2. | "Calypso" (#23) | Spiderbait | 1:50 |
3. | "Lakini's Juice" (#73) | Live | 4:58 |
4. | "The Perfect Drug" (#26) | Nine Inch Nails | 5:15 |
5. | "DC×3" (#34) | Grinspoon | 2:54 |
6. | "Semi-Charmed Life" (#29) | Third Eye Blind | 4:27 |
7. | "Naughty Boy" (#37) | The Mavis's | 3:12 |
8. | "Brimful of Asha" (#42) | Cornershop | 4:04 |
9. | "Funky Shit" (#56) | The Prodigy | 5:16 |
10. | "Fire Water Burn" (#46) | Bloodhound Gang | 4:51 |
11. | "Place Your Hands" (#70) | Reef | 3:37 |
12. | "Legend of a Cowgirl" (#76) | Imani Coppola | 3:47 |
13. | "Pulse" (#72) | Front End Loader | 3:06 |
14. | "Did It Again" (#81) | Kylie Minogue | 4:14 |
15. | "6 Underground" (#87) | Sneaker Pimps | 3:48 |
16. | "Remember Me" (#91) | Blue Boy | 3:57 |
The CD also has an interactive component[1][better source needed] 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]
Notes
[edit]- Dave Grohl and The Smashing Pumpkins made their fifth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, both having featured in every annual countdown to date.
- Pauline Pantsdown's track "Back Door Man" which came in at No. 5, was banned by a court injunction from Pauline Hanson only 11 days after being first broadcast by Triple J. "Back Door Man" by is only song that has been voted into, but omitted from the airplay of a countdown.
- The 1997 Hottest 100 is the most diverse list, with 88 different artists appearing throughout the countdown.
Top 10 Albums of 1997
[edit]Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.
# | Artist | Album | Country of Origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 |
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1 | Radiohead | OK Computer | United Kingdom | 7, 9, (55 in 1998) |
2 | Regurgitator | Unit | Australia | 19, (6, 26, 32 in 1998) |
3 | The Whitlams | Eternal Nightcap | Australia | 1, 53, (37, 43, 56 in 1998) |
4 | Grinspoon | Guide to Better Living | Australia | 34, 63, (74 in 1995) (18, 79 in 1998) |
5 | Jebediah | Slightly Odway | Australia | 10, 33, (7, 42, 91 in 1998) |
6 | Silverchair | Freak Show | Australia | 13, 27 |
7 | Faith No More | Album of the Year | United States | 31, 64 |
8 | Live | Secret Samadhi | United States | 73 |
9 | The Verve | Urban Hymns | United Kingdom | 4, 22 |
10 | Portishead | Portishead | United Kingdom | 79 |