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Triple J Hottest 100, 1997

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1997 Triple J Hottest 100
Album artwork for the CD compilation
Countdown details
Date of countdown26 January 1998
Countdown highlights
Winning songAustralia The Whitlams
"No Aphrodisiac"
Most entriesAustralia The Whitlams
United Kingdom The Verve
United Kingdom Radiohead
Australia Jebediah
Australia Silverchair
Australia The Living End
United States Faith No More
Australia Grinspoon
United States Ween
United States The Bloodhound Gang
United Kingdom Arkarna
United States Everclear
(2 tracks)
Chronology
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(Of All Time)

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

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Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin
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

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# Artist Tracks
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

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Nation Total
United States 40
Australia 34
United Kingdom 23
Canada 1
France 1
Sweden 1

CD release

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Disc 1
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."No Aphrodisiac" (#1)The Whitlams4:19
2."Song 2" (#2)Blur2:01
3."Bitter Sweet Symphony" (#3)The Verve5:57
4."Dammit" (#6)Blink-1822:45
5."Paranoid Android" (#7)Radiohead6:23
6."The Beautiful People" (#8)Marilyn Manson3:39
7."Leaving Home" (#10)Jebediah2:58
8."Walkin' on the Sun" (#11)Smash Mouth3:25
9."Down Again" (#14)The Superjesus5:05
10."One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces" (#12)Ben Folds Five3:50
11."Freak" (#13)Silverchair3:45
12."Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" (#16)Quindon Tarver7:08
13."Prisoner of Society" (#15)The Living End3:52
14."Crazy" (#17)Cordrazine4:01
15."Everyday Formula" (#19)Regurgitator2:10
16."Monkey Wrench" (#21)Foo Fighters3:51
17."I Go Off" (#58)Diana ah Naid3:09
Disc 2
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Into My Arms" (#18)Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds4:11
2."Calypso" (#23)Spiderbait1:50
3."Lakini's Juice" (#73)Live4:58
4."The Perfect Drug" (#26)Nine Inch Nails5:15
5."DC×3" (#34)Grinspoon2:54
6."Semi-Charmed Life" (#29)Third Eye Blind4:27
7."Naughty Boy" (#37)The Mavis's3:12
8."Brimful of Asha" (#42)Cornershop4:04
9."Funky Shit" (#56)The Prodigy5:16
10."Fire Water Burn" (#46)Bloodhound Gang4:51
11."Place Your Hands" (#70)Reef3:37
12."Legend of a Cowgirl" (#76)Imani Coppola3:47
13."Pulse" (#72)Front End Loader3:06
14."Did It Again" (#81)Kylie Minogue4:14
15."6 Underground" (#87)Sneaker Pimps3:48
16."Remember Me" (#91)Blue Boy3:57

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

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  • 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

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Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.

# Artist Album Country of Origin Tracks in the Hottest 100
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

See also

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Notes

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