Triple_J_Hottest_100,_1997

Triple J Hottest 100, 1997

Triple J Hottest 100, 1997

Most popular songs of the year in Australia

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.

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

Artists with multiple entries

Two entries

CD release

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)
 Disc 2
  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)

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]

See also

Notes

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