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Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998

The year-end countdown for 1998 from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)” by The Offspring at number one. The list features 70 different artists; Regurgitator has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) The Offspring 38 #1
2 Cigarettes Will Kill You Ben Lee 3 #2
3 Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) Custard 1 #3
4 Celebrity Skin Hole 38 #4
5 Got the Life Korn 32 #1
6 ! (Song Formerly Known As) Regurgitator 1 #6
7 Harpoon Jebediah 2 #7
8 The Day You Come Powderfinger 1 #8
9 Heavy Heart You Am I 1 #9
10 Save The Day The Living End 1 #10
11 The Sweetest Thing (remix) U2 15 #2
12 Brick Ben Folds Five 44 #12
13 Dr. Worm They Might Be Giants 9 #13
14 Josie blink-182 14 #14
15 Second Solution The Living End 1 #15
16 Addicted To Bass Josh Abrahams & Amiel Daemion 1 #16
17 Tainted Love (Live) The Living End 1 #17
18 Just Ace Grinspoon 2 #18
19 Bubblegoose Wyclef Jean 1 #19
20 Simultaneous Chef 1 #20
21 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 57 #3
22 Black Friday Grinspoon 1 #22
23 Teardrop Massive Attack 12 #21
24 Music Is Crap Custard 1 #24
25 Intergalactic Beastie Boys 63 #1
26 Polyester Girl Regurgitator 1 #26
27 I Like Your Old Stuff (Remix) Regurgitator 1 #27
28 Don't You Know Who I Am Happyland 1 #28
29 Everybody Here Wants You Jeff Buckley 15 #29
30 Never There Cake 48 #3
31 Throw Your Arms Around Me Paul McDermott 1 #31
32 Black Bugs Regurgitator 1 #32
33 Sweater Eskimo Joe 1 #33
34 One Week Barenaked Ladies 30 #3
35 Flagpole Sitta Harvey Danger 50 #1
36 Whatareya TISM 1 #36
37 Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No 2) The Whitlams 1 #37
38 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 48 #1
39 Somebody Kill Me Adam Sandler 1 #39
40 Song For The Dumped Ben Folds Five 18 #40
41 Pure Morning Placebo 32 #41
42 Teflon Jebediah 1 #42
43 Melbourne The Whitlams 1 #43
44 The Dope Show Marilyn Manson 17 #25
45 Ava Adore The Smashing Pumpkins 17 #6
46 Don't Wanna Be Left Out Powderfinger 1 #46
47 Do the Evolution Pearl Jam 3 #13
48 Road Rage Catatonia 8 #5
49 Malibu Hole 22 #16
50 It's Like That Run DMC vs Jason Nevins 1 #50
51 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 33 #12
52 The Grouch Green Day 1 #52
53 Father of Mine Everclear 33 #11
54 Mum Changed The Locks Frenzal Rhomb 1 #54
55 No Surprises Radiohead 22 #9
56 Charlie No 3 The Whitlams 1 #56
57 I Think I'm Paranoid Garbage 32 #10
58 I Don't Like It Pauline Pantsdown 1 #58
59 History Repeating Propellerheads & Shirley Bassey 1 #59
60 Untouchable Face Ani DiFranco 2 #60
61 Cry The Mavis's 1 #61
62 Gone Away The Offspring 26 #5
63 The Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim 34 #10
64 Come On Spring Antenna 1 #64
65 Rumble You Am I 1 #65
66 No Shelter Rage Against the Machine 18 #20
67 Unforgiven II Metallica 2 #67
68 Every Day Should Be A Holiday The Dandy Warhols 1 #68
69 Cinnamon Lip Pollyanna 1 #69
70 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next Manic Street Preachers 14 #3
71 Hello Happyland 1 #71
72 Mr. Charisma Frenzal Rhomb 1 #72
73 Music Sounds Better With You Stardust 1 #73
74 My Hero Foo Fighters 66 #11
75 Dragula Rob Zombie 25 #15
76 Saint Joe On The School Bus Marcy Playground 4 #38
77 Fuel Metallica 4 #48
78 Shimmer Fuel 27 #1
79 Don't Go Away Grinspoon 1 #79
80 Bad Old Man Babybird 1 #80
81 Drinking In L.A. Bran Van 3000 8 #25
82 El President Drugstore 1 #82
83 Now And Then The Superjesus 1 #83
84 Time of Your Life Green Day 3 #59
85 Harpoon Something For Kate 1 #85
86 Mama's Trippin' Ben Harper 1 #86
87 Push It Garbage 21 #7
88 Wishlist Pearl Jam 29 #10
89 Special Garbage 30 #11
90 No Substitute Chef 1 #90
91 Benedict Jebediah 1 #91
92 Ballad of Tom Jones Space 1 #92
93 Untitled Silverchair 1 #93
94 Perfect The Smashing Pumpkins 24 #9
95 Tropicalia Beck 16 #49
96 Redneck Wonderland Midnight Oil 2 #93
97 Black Umbrella Even 1 #97
98 Baker Street Foo Fighters 13 #76
99 Saturation The Superjesus 1 #99
100 Sich Offnen Not From There 1 #100

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About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of 1998 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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