1996 Triple J Hottest 100 | |
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![]() Album artwork for the CD compilation | |
Countdown details | |
Date of countdown | 26 January 1997 |
Countdown highlights | |
Winning song | ![]() "Buy Me a Pony" |
Most entries | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (3 tracks each) |
The 1996 Triple J Hottest 100 , counted down on 26 January 1997, [1] was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. 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 1996 chart marked the first time an Australian band had topped the chart, with Spiderbait taking out top honours.
Note: Australian artists |
# | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
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1 | Buy Me a Pony | Spiderbait | Australia |
2 | Stinkfist | Tool | United States |
3 | Underground | Ben Folds Five | United States |
4 | Pepper | Butthole Surfers | United States |
5 | Glycerine | Bush | United Kingdom |
6 | Pick You Up | Powderfinger | Australia |
7 | Breathe | The Prodigy | United Kingdom |
8 | Ballad of the Skeletons | Allen Ginsberg | United States |
9 | El Scorcho | Weezer | United States |
10 | You're Gorgeous | Babybird | United Kingdom |
11 | Down | 311 | United States |
12 | Born Slippy .NUXX | Underworld | United Kingdom |
13 | 1979 | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States |
14 | Scooby Snacks | Fun Lovin' Criminals | United States |
15 | Kong Foo Sing | Regurgitator | Australia |
16 | Spaceman | Babylon Zoo | United Kingdom |
17 | Firestarter | The Prodigy | United Kingdom |
18 | D.A.F. | Powderfinger | Australia |
19 | Swallowed | Bush | United Kingdom |
20 | Dogs Are the Best People | The Fauves | Australia |
21 | Down in the Park | Foo Fighters | United States |
22 | Oh Yeah | Ash | United Kingdom |
23 | I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am | Regurgitator | Australia |
24 | Santa Monica | Everclear | United States |
25 | Just a Girl | No Doubt | United States |
26 | Setting Sun | The Chemical Brothers | United Kingdom |
27 | The Distance | Cake | United States |
28 | Zero | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States |
29 | Devils Haircut | Beck | United States |
30 | Self Abuser | The Fauves | Australia |
31 | Mah Nà Mah Nà | Skin | United Kingdom |
32 | Living Type | Powderfinger | Australia |
33 | California Love | 2Pac | United States |
34 | Mother Mother | Tracy Bonham | United States |
35 | Killing Me Softly | Fugees | United States |
36 | Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand | Primitive Radio Gods | United States |
37 | Virtual Insanity | Jamiroquai | United Kingdom |
38 | Comedown | Bush | United Kingdom |
39 | Novocaine for the Soul | Eels | United States |
40 | Milk (The Wicked Mix) | Garbage featuring Tricky | United States/United Kingdom |
41 | Whoever You Are | Geggy Tah | United States |
42 | Coppertone | Fini Scad | Australia |
43 | Where It's At | Beck | United States |
44 | Salvation | The Cranberries | Ireland |
45 | Aneurysm | Nirvana | United States |
46 | Bulls on Parade | Rage Against the Machine | United States |
47 | Hail, Hail | Pearl Jam | United States |
48 | Popular | Nada Surf | United States |
49 | Pass the Vibes | Definition of Sound | United Kingdom |
50 | Mach 5 | The Presidents of the United States of America | United States |
51 | Only Happy When It Rains | Garbage | United States |
52 | Until It Sleeps | Metallica | United States |
53 | Hyperballad | Björk | Iceland |
54 | If I Could Talk I'd Tell You | The Lemonheads | United States |
55 | Tonight, Tonight | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States |
56 | Susan's House | Eels | United States |
57 | So Rude | Rebecca's Empire | Australia |
58 | Heartspark Dollarsign | Everclear | United States |
59 | Silver Lizard | Tumbleweed | Australia |
60 | Hey Dude | Kula Shaker | United Kingdom |
61 | I'll Be Your Majick | Def FX | Australia |
62 | Hero of the Day | Metallica | United States |
63 | Punk Rock Song | Bad Religion | United States |
64 | Wombo Lombo | Angélique Kidjo | Benin |
65 | Here in Your Bedroom | Goldfinger | United States |
66 | What's Come Over Me | Frente! | Australia |
67 | Everything Is Good for You | Crowded House | Australia |
68 | Mission: Impossible | Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. | Ireland |
69 | Speculator | Insurge | Australia |
70 | Don't It Get You Down | deadstar | Australia |
71 | Disco 2000 | Pulp | United Kingdom |
72 | Punch in the Face | Frenzal Rhomb | Australia |
73 | Gold Dust Woman | Hole | United States |
74 | Lay Lady Lay | Ministry | United States |
75 | Surf's Up Tonight | Midnight Oil | Australia |
76 | In the Meantime | Spacehog | United Kingdom |
77 | Burden in My Hand | Soundgarden | United States |
78 | How Bizarre | OMC | New Zealand |
79 | I Make Hamburgers | The Whitlams | Australia |
80 | Soldiers | You Am I | Australia |
81 | Shut My Eyes | The Superjesus | Australia |
82 | Naked Eye | Luscious Jackson | United States |
83 | Waking Up Tired | Hoodoo Gurus | Australia |
84 | Good Mornin' | You Am I | Australia |
85 | Goldfinger | Ash | United Kingdom |
86 | Woman | Neneh Cherry | Sweden |
87 | E-Bow the Letter | R.E.M. | United States |
88 | Grooving | Hunting Party | Australia |
89 | Cromagnon Man | Snout | Australia |
90 | Leaving Here | Pearl Jam | United States |
91 | Set the Controls | Barry Adamson | United Kingdom |
92 | Thunder | The Mavis's | Australia |
93 | All I Want | Skunk Anansie | United Kingdom |
94 | Mankind | Pearl Jam | United States |
95 | Creep | Frank Bennett | Australia |
96 | Ella's Uncle | Matthew Trapnell | Australia |
97 | Hail Caesar | AC/DC | Australia |
98 | Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) | Tori Amos | United States |
99 | Ready to Go | Republica | United Kingdom |
100 | Gold to Me | Ben Harper | United States |
# | Artist | Tracks |
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3 | Bush | 5, 19, 38 |
Powderfinger | 6, 18, 32 | |
The Smashing Pumpkins | 13, 28, 55 | |
Pearl Jam | 47, 90, 94 | |
2 | The Prodigy | 7, 17 |
Regurgitator | 15, 23 | |
The Fauves | 20, 30 | |
Ash | 22, 85 | |
Everclear | 24, 58 | |
Beck | 29, 43 | |
Eels | 39, 56 | |
Garbage | 40, 51 | |
Metallica | 52, 62 | |
You Am I | 80, 84 |
Country | Total |
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![]() | 45 |
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Disc 1
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Note: "Milk" is actually the Shirley and Tricky single edit instead of the Shirley single edit listed on the track listing.
A later release omits "Stinkfist", "Down", "Just a Girl", "The Distance", and "Devils Haircut", while including "Disco 2000" by Pulp, "Self Abuser" by The Fauves, and "A Punch in the Face" by Frenzal Rhomb.
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [2] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |