1998 Triple J Hottest 100 | |
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Countdown details | |
Date of countdown | January 1999 |
Countdown highlights | |
Winning song | The Offspring ("Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)") |
Most entries | Quan Yeomans (6) |
The 1998 Triple J Hottest 100 , announced in January 1999, was the sixth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 36 of the songs was released. In August 1998 a Hottest 100 of All Time was conducted separate to normal countdown.
In February 2019, Triple J's sister station Double J conducted a "re-vote" of the 1998 top 10. [1]
Note: Australian artists |
# | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
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1 | Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) | The Offspring | United States |
2 | Cigarettes Will Kill You | Ben Lee | Australia |
3 | Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) | Custard | Australia |
4 | Celebrity Skin | Hole | United States |
5 | Got the Life | Korn | United States |
6 | ! (The Song Formerly Known As) | Regurgitator | Australia |
7 | Harpoon | Jebediah | Australia |
8 | The Day You Come | Powderfinger | Australia |
9 | Heavy Heart | You Am I | Australia |
10 | Save the Day | The Living End | Australia |
11 | Sweetest Thing | U2 | Ireland |
12 | Brick | Ben Folds Five | United States |
13 | Doctor Worm | They Might Be Giants | United States |
14 | Josie | Blink-182 | United States |
15 | Second Solution | The Living End | Australia |
16 | Addicted to Bass | Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion | Australia |
17 | Tainted Love | The Living End | Australia |
18 | Just Ace | Grinspoon | Australia |
19 | Bubblegoose | Wyclef Jean | United States |
20 | Simultaneous | Chef | United States |
21 | Sex and Candy | Marcy Playground | United States |
22 | Black Friday | Grinspoon | Australia |
23 | Teardrop | Massive Attack | United Kingdom |
24 | Music Is Crap | Custard | Australia |
25 | Intergalactic | Beastie Boys | United States |
26 | Polyester Girl | Regurgitator | Australia |
27 | I Like Your Old Remix Better Than Your New Remix | Regurgitator | Australia |
28 | Don't You Know Who I Am? | Happyland | Australia |
29 | Everybody Here Wants You | Jeff Buckley | United States |
30 | Never There | Cake | United States |
31 | Throw Your Arms Around Me | Paul McDermott | Australia |
32 | Black Bugs | Regurgitator | Australia |
33 | Sweater | Eskimo Joe | Australia |
34 | One Week | Barenaked Ladies | Canada |
35 | Flagpole Sitta | Harvey Danger | United States |
36 | Whatareya? | TISM | Australia |
37 | Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) | The Whitlams | Australia |
38 | The Impression That I Get | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | United States |
39 | Somebody Kill Me | Adam Sandler | United States |
40 | Song for the Dumped | Ben Folds Five | United States |
41 | Pure Morning | Placebo | United Kingdom |
42 | Teflon | Jebediah | Australia |
43 | Melbourne | The Whitlams | Australia |
44 | The Dope Show | Marilyn Manson | United States |
45 | Ava Adore | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States |
46 | Don't Wanna Be Left Out | Powderfinger | Australia |
47 | Do the Evolution | Pearl Jam | United States |
48 | Road Rage | Catatonia | United Kingdom |
49 | Malibu | Hole | United States |
50 | It's Like That | Run–D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins | United States |
51 | Given to Fly | Pearl Jam | United States |
52 | The Grouch | Green Day | United States |
53 | Father of Mine | Everclear | United States |
54 | Mum Changed the Locks | Frenzal Rhomb | Australia |
55 | No Surprises | Radiohead | United Kingdom |
56 | Charlie No. 3 | The Whitlams | Australia |
57 | I Think I'm Paranoid | Garbage | United States |
58 | I Don't Like It | Pauline Pantsdown | Australia |
59 | History Repeating | Propellerheads and Shirley Bassey | United Kingdom |
60 | Untouchable Face | Ani DiFranco | United States |
61 | Cry | The Mavis's | Australia |
62 | Gone Away | The Offspring | United States |
63 | The Rockafeller Skank | Fatboy Slim | United Kingdom |
64 | Come On Spring | Antenna | Australia |
65 | Rumble | You Am I | Australia |
66 | No Shelter | Rage Against the Machine | United States |
67 | The Unforgiven II | Metallica | United States |
68 | Every Day Should Be a Holiday | The Dandy Warhols | United States |
69 | Cinnamon Lip | Pollyanna | Australia |
70 | If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next | Manic Street Preachers | United Kingdom |
71 | Hello | Happyland | Australia |
72 | Mr. Charisma | Frenzal Rhomb | Australia |
73 | Music Sounds Better with You | Stardust | France |
74 | My Hero | Foo Fighters | United States |
75 | Dragula | Rob Zombie | United States |
76 | Saint Joe on the School Bus | Marcy Playground | United States |
77 | Fuel | Metallica | United States |
78 | Shimmer | Fuel | United States |
79 | Don't Go Away | Grinspoon | Australia |
80 | Bad Old Man | Babybird | United Kingdom |
81 | Drinking in L.A. | Bran Van 3000 | Canada |
82 | El President | Drugstore | United Kingdom |
83 | Now and Then | The Superjesus | Australia |
84 | Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) | Green Day | United States |
85 | Harpoon | Something for Kate | Australia |
86 | Mama's Trippin' | Ben Harper | United States |
87 | Push It | Garbage | United States |
88 | Wishlist | Pearl Jam | United States |
89 | Special | Garbage | United States |
90 | No Substitute | Chef | United States |
91 | Benedict | Jebediah | Australia |
92 | The Ballad of Tom Jones | Space with Cerys Matthews | United Kingdom |
93 | Untitled | Silverchair | Australia |
94 | Perfect | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States |
95 | Tropicalia | Beck | United States |
96 | Redneck Wonderland | Midnight Oil | Australia |
97 | Black Umbrella | Even | Australia |
98 | Baker Street | Foo Fighters | United States |
99 | Saturation | The Superjesus | Australia |
100 | Sich Offnen | Not from There | Australia |
42 of the 100 songs were by Australian artists (marked with a green background).
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This was the last volume to be released on cassette.
A later release omits "Never There", "Got the Life", "Sweetest Thing", "Brick", "Don't You Know Who I Am", and "Everybody Here Wants You", while including "If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next" by Manic Street Preachers, "Untouchable Face" by Ani DiFranco, and Something for Kate's cover of "Harpoon".
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [2] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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