Year-end countdown · Triple J · 2001

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001

The year-end countdown for 2001 from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Amazing” by Alex Lloyd at number one. The list features 73 different artists; Something For Kate has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Amazing Alex Lloyd 2 #1
2 Monsters Something For Kate 2 #2
3 Chop Suey System of a Down 62 #1
4 Where's Your Head At? Basement Jaxx 15 #4
5 Betterman John Butler Trio 3 #5
6 Smooth Criminal Alien Ant Farm 30 #4
7 Island in the Sun Weezer 33 #4
8 Since I Left You The Avalanches 4 #8
9 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz 49 #3
10 Short Skirt/Long Jacket Cake 36 #6
11 Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go) Garbage 1 #11
12 Last Nite The Strokes 54 #1
13 Three Dimensions Something For Kate 1 #13
14 Schism Tool 71 #1
15 19-2000 Gorillaz 11 #15
16 Say What? 28 Days/Apollo 440 1 #16
17 Rockin The Suburbs Ben Folds 10 #17
18 Renegades of Funk Rage Against the Machine 40 #5
19 Special Ones George 1 #19
20 Hash Pipe Weezer 44 #2
21 Weapon of Choice Fatboy Slim 13 #21
22 Drugs Don't Work Ben Harper 1 #22
23 This Mess We're In PJ Harvey/Thom Yorke 1 #23
24 Dust Me Selecta Gerling 1 #24
25 Wake Up Eskimo Joe 1 #25
26 Little l Jamiroquai 1 #26
27 Fat Cop Regurgitator 1 #27
28 Fall Down Jebediah 1 #28
29 Take John Butler Trio 1 #29
30 The Girl of my Dreams (is Giving Me Nightmares) Machine Gun Fellatio 1 #30
31 Planet Earth Eskimo Joe 1 #31
32 Special K Placebo 1 #32
33 Getting Away With It {All Messed Up} James 1 #33
34 Who Sold Her Out Eskimo Joe 1 #34
35 Thank You Dido 3 #35
36 Pyramid Song Radiohead 5 #36
37 Twenty Years Something For Kate 1 #37
38 Crystal New Order 16 #9
39 Cocaine Cruel Sea 1 #39
40 Elevation (Tomb Raider Remix) U2 2 #40
41 Superstraight Regurgitator 1 #41
42 Duffy's Song {I Will Not Go Quietly} The Whitlams 1 #42
43 Souljacker The Eels 1 #43
44 Androgyny Garbage 2 #44
45 Strange Little Girl Tori Amos 3 #45
46 Untitled The Smashing Pumpkins 4 #46
47 There is No Such Place Augie March 1 #47
48 Superstylin' Groove Armada 1 #48
49 Parabola Tool 8 #7
50 Just the Thing Paul Mac 1 #50
51 Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 1 #51
52 Man It's So Loud in Here They Might Be Giants 1 #52
53 Hey Driver Motor Ace 1 #53
54 The Rock Show blink-182 21 #6
55 One Step Closer Linkin Park 34 #1
56 Kick a Hole in the Sky You Am I 1 #56
57 Get Up You Am I 1 #57
58 Bleed American Jimmy Eat World 11 #32
59 Hard to Explain The Strokes 28 #5
60 Pattern Against User At the Drive In 1 #60
61 One More Time Daft Punk 9 #44
62 You Give Me Something Jamiroquai 2 #50
63 Downtown Alex Lloyd 1 #63
64 Hotel Yorba The White Stripes 6 #2
65 Burn Baby Burn Ash 5 #49
66 New York City Cops The Strokes 2 #28
67 Not the Same Ben Folds 1 #67
68 Making the Nouveau Riche Blueline Medic 1 #68
69 Up All Night Unwritten Law 6 #44
70 Left 2-3-4 (links...) Rammstein 1 #70
71 Outta My Head Spiderbait 1 #71
72 Roll On The Living End 5 #69
73 Plug In Baby Muse 1 #73
74 Knives Out Radiohead 7 #49
75 My Friend Groove Armada 1 #75
76 Radio The Avalanches 1 #76
77 Hibernate Big Heavy Stuff 1 #77
78 A Simple Goodbye Cruel Sea 1 #78
79 Imitation of Life R.E.M. 10 #10
80 Bliss Muse 1 #80
81 Butterfly Crazytown 25 #10
82 Home Entertainment System Lazaro's Dog 1 #82
83 Shining Light Ash 1 #83
84 Starlight The Supermen Lovers 1 #84
85 Invalid Litter Dept. At the Drive In 1 #85
86 Light on Your Shoulder Rhubarb 1 #86
87 Rock the Nation Michael Franti/Spearhead 1 #87
88 Four on the Floor Spiderbait 1 #88
89 New Born Muse 11 #21
90 60 Miles an Hour New Order 1 #90
91 Fat Lip Sum 41 30 #3
92 Run George 1 #92
93 The Shame of Life Butthole Surfers 5 #13
94 I Feel Loved Depeche Mode 3 #75
95 Little Things Good Charlotte 7 #12
96 Fuck Authority Pennywise 10 #23
97 Step Back Superheist 1 #97
98 We Come 1 Faithless 1 #98
99 It Began in Afrika The Chemical Brothers 1 #99
100 Sex and Violence Endorphin 1 #100

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Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 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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