The 1998 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on 26 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.
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 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 featuring Melky Sedeck 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 featuring 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 featuring 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).
2019 Revote In February 2019, Triple J's sister station Double J conducted a "re-vote" of the 1998 top 10. Only songs that charted in the original 1998 list were eligible. 66,000 votes were cast. +#SongArtistCountry of originPrevious position1Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)The OffspringUnited States12! (The Song Formerly Known As)RegurgitatorAustralia63DragulaRob ZombieUnited States754Whatareya?TISMAustralia365I Think I'm ParanoidGarbageUnited States576The Unforgiven IIMetallicaUnited States677IntergalacticBeastie BoysUnited States258Addicted to BassJosh Abrahams and Amiel DaemionAustralia169No ShelterRage Against the MachineUnited States6610The Dope ShowMarilyn MansonUnited States44
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistTracks6Quan Yeomans6, 26, 27, 28, 32, 714Regurgitator 6, 26, 27, 323Jebediah 7, 42, 91The Living End10, 15, 17Grinspoon18, 22, 79The Whitlams37, 43, 56Pearl Jam47, 51, 88Garbage57, 87, 892The Offspring1, 62Custard3, 24Hole4, 49Powderfinger8, 46You Am I9, 65Ben Folds Five12, 40Chef20, 90Marcy Playground21, 76Happyland28, 71The Smashing Pumpkins45, 94Green Day52, 84Frenzal Rhomb54, 72Metallica67, 77Foo Fighters74, 98The Superjesus83, 99
Countries Represented NationTotalUnited States44Australia42United Kingdom10Canada2Ireland1France1
Top 10 Albums of 1998 #ArtistAlbumCountry of originTracks in the Hottest 1001The Living EndThe Living EndAustralia10, 15, (15 in 1997) (41, 48 in 1999)2PowderfingerInternationalistAustralia8, 46, (25, 68, 100 in 1999)3KornFollow the LeaderUnited States5, (16 in 1999)4Pearl JamYieldUnited States47, 51, 885The Smashing PumpkinsAdoreUnited States45, 946The SuperjesusSumoAustralia83, 99, (14 in 1997)7Massive AttackMezzanineUnited Kingdom238Jeff BuckleySketches for My Sweetheart the DrunkUnited States299GarbageVersion 2.0United States57, 87, 89, (12 in 1999)10You Am I#4 RecordAustralia9, 65
CD release Disc 1 Hole – "Celebrity Skin" (2:42) Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion – "Addicted to Bass" (3:54) Cake – "Never There" (2:44) Ben Lee – "Cigarettes Will Kill You" (3:50) Korn – "Got the Life" (D.O.S.E Woollyback Remix) (5:27) Custard – "Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)" (3:17) Powderfinger – "The Day You Come" (4:01) Blink-182 – "Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine)" (3:23) Jebediah – "Harpoon" (4:28) You Am I – "Heavy Heart" (3:10) They Might Be Giants – "Doctor Worm" (3:02) U2 – "Sweetest Thing" (3:00) Green Day – "The Grouch" (2:11) Ben Folds Five – "Brick" (4:42) The Living End – "Second Solution" (3:00) Marcy Playground – "Sex and Candy" (2:52) Grinspoon – "Black Friday" (2:29) Pauline Pantsdown – "I Don't Like It" (3:17)Disc 2 Beastie Boys – "Intergalactic" (3:30) Not from There – "Sich Offnen" (3:50) Happyland – "Don't You Know Who I Am" (2:20) Eskimo Joe – "Sweater" (2:16) Barenaked Ladies – "One Week" (2:52) The Whitlams – "Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No. 2)" (3:42) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – "The Impression That I Get" (3:14) Placebo – "Pure Morning" (4:14) Everclear – "Father of Mine" (3:52) Jeff Buckley – "Everybody Here Wants You" (4:46) Garbage – "I Think I'm Paranoid" (3:40) Regurgitator – "! (The Song Formerly Known As)" (3:25) Radiohead – "No Surprises" (3:48) Fatboy Slim – "The Rockafeller Skank" (6:53) The Dandy Warhols – "Every Day Should Be a Holiday" (4:03) Bran Van 3000 – "Drinking in L.A." (3:34) The Mavis's – "Cry" (4:09) 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".
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See also 1998 in music
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References
External links Triple J Hottest 100 History