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 January 26, 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 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 Backdoor 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 & 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 The 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 'n' the Coral Snakes 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 Future's Overrated Arkarna United Kingdom 98 Da Funk Daft Punk France 99 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson United States 100 I Give In Effigy Australia
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistTracks2The Whitlams1, 53The Verve4, 22Radiohead7, 9Jebediah10, 33Silverchair13, 27The Living End15, 49Faith No More31, 64Grinspoon34, 63Ween36, 69The Bloodhound Gang40, 46Arkarna50, 97Everclear51, 54
Countries represented NationTotalUnited States40Australia34United Kingdom23Canada1France1Sweden1
Records
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 Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100. #ArtistAlbumCountry of originTracks in the Hottest 1001RadioheadOK ComputerUnited Kingdom7, 9, (55 in 1998)2RegurgitatorUnitAustralia19, (6, 26, 32 in 1998)3The WhitlamsEternal NightcapAustralia1, 53, (37, 43, 56 in 1998)4GrinspoonGuide to Better LivingAustralia34, 63, (74 in 1995) (18, 79 in 1998)5JebediahSlightly OdwayAustralia10, 33, (7, 42, 91 in 1998)6SilverchairFreak ShowAustralia13, 277Faith No MoreAlbum of the YearUnited States31, 648LiveSecret SamadhiUnited States739The VerveUrban HymnsUnited Kingdom4, 2210PortisheadPortisheadUnited Kingdom79
CD release
The CD also has an interactive componentCreated by Missing Link Entertainment and Arty Computer Productions (now Arty Labs) 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.
See also 1997 in music
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