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Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997

The year-end countdown for 1997 from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “No Aphrodisiac” by The Whitlams at number one. The list features 88 different artists.

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# Song ListsBest
1 No Aphrodisiac The Whitlams 4 #1
2 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
3 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 51 #3
4 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
5 Back Door Man Pauline Pantsdown 2 #5
6 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
7 Paranoid Android Radiohead 82 #5
8 The Beautiful People Marilyn Manson 41 #1
9 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
10 Leaving Home Jebediah 3 #10
11 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 50 #1
12 One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces Ben Folds Five 15 #12
13 Freak Silverchair 5 #13
14 Down Again The Superjesus 1 #14
15 Prisoner of Society The Living End 25 #15
16 Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Quindon Tarver/Lee Perry 1 #16
17 Crazy Cordrazine 1 #17
18 Into My Arms Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 28 #18
19 Every Day Formula Regurgitator 1 #19
20 I Will Survive Cake 30 #9
21 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 74 #11
22 The Drugs Don't Work The Verve 15 #22
23 Calypso Spiderbait 2 #23
24 A.D.I.D.A.S. Korn 17 #4
25 Hitchin' A Ride Green Day 42 #25
26 The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails 50 #12
27 The Door Silverchair 1 #27
28 Cows With Guns Dana Lyons 1 #28
29 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
30 Forty Six And 2 Tool 19 #30
31 Ashes To Ashes Faith No More 2 #31
32 Coma Pendulum 1 #32
33 Military Strongmen Jebediah 1 #33
34 Dcx3 Grinspoon 1 #34
35 Summertime The Sundays 30 #32
36 Mutilated Lips Ween 2 #36
37 Naughty Boy The Mavis's 1 #37
38 The Memory Remains Metallica 25 #22
39 Captain (Million Miles) Something For Kate 1 #39
40 Why's Everybody Always Picking on Me Bloodhound Gang 2 #40
41 Deadweight Beck 25 #32
42 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 46 #1
43 You're Not The Only One Ammonia 1 #43
44 Temptation The Tea Party 7 #44
45 Wrong Number The Cure 23 #20
46 Fire Water Burn Bloodhound Gang 21 #31
47 (Can't You) Trip Like I Do Filter 7 #28
48 Anatomically Correct Custard 1 #48
49 From Here On In The Living End 1 #49
50 Eat Me Arkarna 1 #50
51 So Much For The Afterglow Everclear 1 #51
52 #1 Crush Garbage 40 #24
53 You Sound Like Louis Burdette The Whitlams 2 #43
54 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
55 Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers 33 #15
56 Funky Shit The Prodigy 1 #56
57 Girl At The Bus Stop My Drug Hell 2 #3
58 I Go Off Diana Ah Naid 1 #58
59 Your Woman White Town 39 #14
60 New York City (Big Room) They Might Be Giants 5 #60
61 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 53 #19
62 The End Is The Beginning Is The End The Smashing Pumpkins 16 #26
63 Repeat Grinspoon 1 #63
64 Stripsearch Faith No More 1 #64
65 The Outdoor Type The Lemonheads 16 #65
66 JC Powderfinger 1 #66
67 I Choose The Offspring 14 #23
68 Cosmic Girl Jamiroquai 2 #68
69 Waving My Dick In The Wind Ween 1 #69
70 Place Your Hands Reef 2 #57
71 Sick With Love Robyn Laou 1 #71
72 Pulse Front End Loader 1 #72
73 Lakini's Juice Live 22 #12
74 The Ghost of Tom Joad Rage Against the Machine 13 #42
75 Female of the Species Space 30 #22
76 Legend of A Cowgirl Imani Coppola 4 #76
77 Lovefool The Cardigans 36 #14
78 Degenerate Boy Mark of Cain 1 #78
79 All Mine Portishead 4 #76
80 Faded Ben Harper 20 #51
81 Did It Again Kylie Minogue 1 #81
82 Shake Hands With Beef Primus 2 #65
83 I Wanna Be A Drug-Sniffing Dog Lard 1 #83
84 Feelin' Kinda Sporty Dave Graney 1 #84
85 Nightmare Brainbug 1 #85
86 Smokin' Johnny Cash Blackeyed Susans 1 #86
87 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 54 #2
88 Nothing Beaverloop 1 #88
89 Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth The Dandy Warhols 21 #69
90 Society Pennywise 1 #90
91 Remember Me Blue Boy 1 #91
92 Titanic Days Sidewinder 1 #92
93 Weightlessness Skunkhour 1 #93
94 Way of All Things Rebecca's Empire 1 #94
95 Don't Leave Faithless 1 #95
96 Bound for the Floor Local H 59 #10
97 Futures Overrated Arkarna 1 #97
98 Da Funk Daft Punk 24 #10
99 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson 45 #15
100 I Give In Effigy 1 #100

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About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of 1997 was broadcast by Triple J (Australia (national)). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Contributed by Keith Murphy. Thank you!

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