Triple J Hottest 100, 1998

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1998 Triple J Hottest 100
Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 6.jpg
Album artwork for the CD compilation
Countdown details
Date of countdownJanuary 1999
Countdown highlights
Winning song The Offspring
("Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)")
Most entries Quan Yeomans (6)
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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.

Contents

In February 2019, Triple J's sister station Double J conducted a "re-vote" of the 1998 top 10. [1]

Full list

Note: Australian artists
#SongArtistCountry of origin
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 EndAustralia
16 Addicted to Bass Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion Australia
17 Tainted Love The Living EndAustralia
18Just Ace Grinspoon Australia
19Bubblegoose Wyclef Jean United States
20Simultaneous Chef United States
21 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground United States
22Black FridayGrinspoonAustralia
23 Teardrop Massive Attack United Kingdom
24 Music Is Crap Custard Australia
25 Intergalactic Beastie Boys United States
26 Polyester Girl RegurgitatorAustralia
27I Like Your Old Remix Better Than Your New RemixRegurgitatorAustralia
28Don'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 RegurgitatorAustralia
33 Sweater Eskimo Joe Australia
34 One Week Barenaked Ladies Canada
35 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger United States
36 Whatareya? TISM Australia
37Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2) The Whitlams Australia
38 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones United States
39Somebody Kill Me Adam Sandler United States
40Song for the DumpedBen Folds FiveUnited States
41 Pure Morning Placebo United Kingdom
42 Teflon JebediahAustralia
43 Melbourne The WhitlamsAustralia
44 The Dope Show Marilyn Manson United States
45 Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins United States
46 Don't Wanna Be Left Out PowderfingerAustralia
47 Do the Evolution Pearl Jam United States
48 Road Rage Catatonia United Kingdom
49 Malibu HoleUnited States
50 It's Like That Run–D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins United States
51 Given to Fly Pearl JamUnited States
52The Grouch Green Day United States
53 Father of Mine Everclear United States
54Mum Changed the Locks Frenzal Rhomb Australia
55 No Surprises Radiohead United Kingdom
56Charlie No. 3The WhitlamsAustralia
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
60Untouchable Face Ani DiFranco United States
61 Cry The Mavis's Australia
62 Gone Away The OffspringUnited States
63 The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim United Kingdom
64Come On Spring Antenna Australia
65 Rumble You Am IAustralia
66 No Shelter Rage Against the Machine United States
67 The Unforgiven II Metallica United States
68Every Day Should Be a Holiday The Dandy Warhols United States
69Cinnamon Lip Pollyanna Australia
70 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Manic Street Preachers United Kingdom
71HelloHappylandAustralia
72Mr. CharismaFrenzal RhombAustralia
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 PlaygroundUnited States
77 Fuel MetallicaUnited States
78 Shimmer Fuel United States
79Don't Go AwayGrinspoonAustralia
80Bad Old Man Babybird United Kingdom
81 Drinking in L.A. Bran Van 3000 Canada
82El President Drugstore United Kingdom
83 Now and Then The Superjesus Australia
84 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green DayUnited States
85 Harpoon Something for Kate Australia
86Mama's Trippin' Ben Harper United States
87 Push It GarbageUnited States
88 Wishlist Pearl JamUnited States
89 Special GarbageUnited States
90No SubstituteChefUnited States
91BenedictJebediahAustralia
92 The Ballad of Tom Jones Space with Cerys Matthews United Kingdom
93Untitled Silverchair Australia
94 Perfect The Smashing PumpkinsUnited States
95 Tropicalia Beck United States
96Redneck Wonderland Midnight Oil Australia
97Black Umbrella Even Australia
98 Baker Street Foo FightersUnited States
99 Saturation The SuperjesusAustralia
100Sich Offnen Not from There Australia

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

Artists with multiple entries

Six entries

Four entries

Three entries

Two entries

CD release

Disc 1
  1. Hole – "Celebrity Skin" (2:42)
  2. Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion – "Addicted to Bass" (3:54)
  3. Cake – "Never There" (2:44)
  4. Ben Lee – "Cigarettes Will Kill You" (3:50)
  5. Korn – "Got the Life" (D.O.S.E Woollyback Remix) (5:27)
  6. Custard – "Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)" (3:17)
  7. Powderfinger – "The Day You Come" (4:01)
  8. Blink-182 – "Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)" (3:23)
  9. Jebediah – "Harpoon" (4:28)
  10. You Am I – "Heavy Heart" (3:10)
  11. They Might Be Giants – "Doctor Worm" (3:02)
  12. U2 – "Sweetest Thing" (3:00)
  13. Green Day – "The Grouch" (2:11)
  14. Ben Folds Five – "Brick" (4:42)
  15. The Living End – "Second Solution" (3:00)
  16. Marcy Playground – "Sex and Candy" (2:52)
  17. Grinspoon – "Black Friday" (2:29)
  18. Pauline Pantsdown – "I Don't Like It" (3:17)
Disc 2
  1. Beastie Boys – "Intergalactic" (3:30)
  2. Not from There – "Sich Offnen" (3:50)
  3. Happyland – "Don't You Know Who I Am" (2:20)
  4. Eskimo Joe – "Sweater" (2:16)
  5. Barenaked Ladies – "One Week" (2:52)
  6. The Whitlams – "Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2)" (3:42)
  7. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – "The Impression That I Get" (3:14)
  8. Placebo – "Pure Morning" (4:14)
  9. Everclear – "Father of Mine" (3:52)
  10. Jeff Buckley – "Everybody Here Wants You" (4:46)
  11. Garbage – "I Think I'm Paranoid" (3:40)
  12. Regurgitator – "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" (3:25)
  13. Radiohead – "No Surprises" (3:48)
  14. Fatboy Slim – "The Rockafeller Skank" (6:53)
  15. The Dandy Warhols – "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" (4:03)
  16. Bran Van 3000 – "Drinking in L.A." (3:34)
  17. The Mavis's – "Cry" (4:09)
  18. Massive Attack – "Teardrop" (5:29)

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".

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [2] 3× Platinum210,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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