Triple J Hottest 100, 1998

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.

Full list

Note: Australian artists

# Song Artist Country 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 The Sweetest Thing U2 Ireland
12 Brick Ben Folds Five United States
13 Dr. Worm They Might Be Giants United States
14 Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine) Blink-182 United States
15 Second Solution The Living End Australia
16 Addicted to Bass Josh Abrahams & Amiel Daemion Australia
17 Tainted Love (Live) 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 England
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 England
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 Wales
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 England
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 & Shirley Bassey England
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 England
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 Wales
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 England
81 Drinking in L.A. Bran Van 3000 Canada
82 El President Drugstore England
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 England, Wales
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).

Artists with multiple entries

Four entries

Three entries

Two entries

CD release

Volume 6 CD Cover
Disc 1
  1. Hole – Celebrity Skin
  2. Josh Abrahams & Amiel Daemion – Addicted to Bass
  3. Cake – Never There
  4. Ben Lee – Cigarettes Will Kill You
  5. Korn – Got the Life (D.O.S.E Woollyback remix)
  6. Custard – Girls Like That
  7. Powderfinger – The Day You Come
  8. Blink 182 – Josie
  9. Jebediah – Harpoon
  10. You Am I – Heavy Heart
  11. They Might be Giants – Dr Worm
  12. U2 – Sweetest Thing
  13. Green Day – The Grouch
  14. Ben Folds Five – Brick
  15. Living End – Second Solution
  16. Marcy Playground – Sex and Candy
  17. Grinspoon – Black Friday
  18. Pauline Pantsdown – I Don't Like It
 Disc 2
  1. Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
  2. Not From There – Sich Offnen
  3. Happyland – Don't You Know Who I Am
  4. Eskimo Joe – Sweater
  5. Barenaked Ladies – One Week
  6. The Whitlams – Buy Now, Pay Later
  7. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – The Impression That I Get
  8. Placebo – Pure Morning
  9. Everclear – Father of Mine
  10. Jeff Buckley – Everybody Here Wants You
  11. Garbage – I Think I'm Paranoid
  12. Regurgitator – ! (Song Formerly known As)
  13. Radiohead – No Surprises
  14. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank
  15. Dandy Warhols – Every Day Should Be A Holiday
  16. Bran Van 3000 – Drinking In LA
  17. The Mavis's – Cry
  18. Massive Attack – Teardrop

See also

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