Year-end countdown · Triple J · 2002

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002

The year-end countdown for 2002 from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “No One Knows” by Queens of the Stone Age at number one. The list features 62 different artists; Queens of the Stone Age has the most entries with five songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age 84 #1
2 Chemical Heart Grinspoon 3 #2
3 London Still The Waifs 2 #3
4 Karma 1200 Techniques 1 #4
5 Get Free The Vines 24 #5
6 Rollercoaster Machine Gun Fellatio 1 #6
7 Lose Yourself Eminem 29 #1
8 Pussytown Machine Gun Fellatio 1 #8
9 By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers 45 #1
10 The Greatest View Silverchair 3 #10
11 The One Foo Fighters 20 #11
12 You Know You're Right Nirvana 36 #1
13 All My Life Foo Fighters 47 #4
14 Lost Control Grinspoon 1 #14
15 No Reason Grinspoon 1 #15
16 The Zephyr Song Red Hot Chili Peppers 16 #16
17 Without Me Eminem 14 #2
18 Toxicity System of a Down 43 #2
19 Highly Evolved The Vines 1 #19
20 Cochise Audioslave 27 #19
21 Outtathaway The Vines 10 #21
22 Something Borrowed, Something Blue Ben Lee 1 #22
23 Times Like These Foo Fighters 37 #3
24 Keep Fishin' Weezer 24 #6
25 Without You Silverchair 1 #25
26 6.66 Salmon Hater 1 #26
27 Home is Where the Heart Is John Butler Trio 1 #27
28 I Am Mine Pearl Jam 24 #7
29 Carry On Motor Ace 1 #29
30 Ms. Jackson The Vines 2 #30
31 One in a Million Bodyjar 1 #31
32 Release George 1 #32
33 Hate To Say I Told You So The Hives 35 #1
34 Comfort Me Pacifier 1 #34
35 Luv Your Life Silverchair 1 #35
36 Here Comes September Waikiki 1 #36
37 Aerials System of a Down 24 #1
38 The Bold and the Beautiful The Drugs 1 #38
39 In My Place Coldplay 38 #2
40 Fall for You The Whitlams 1 #40
41 What's the Deal 28 Days 1 #41
42 Don't Mug Yourself The Streets 1 #42
43 Breaking It Slowly George 1 #43
44 God is in the Radio Queens of the Stone Age 1 #44
45 Punk's Not Dead Darren Hanlon 1 #45
46 Rock Star N.E.R.D. 7 #29
47 1000 Miles Grinspoon 1 #47
48 Go With the Flow Queens of the Stone Age 32 #9
49 What's Golden Jurassic 5 7 #40
50 You Give Me Something Jamiroquai 2 #50
51 The River Willcania Mob 1 #51
52 One Said to the Other The Living End 1 #52
53 Get Me Off Basement Jaxx 1 #53
54 Do It With Madonna Androids 1 #54
55 Disenchanted Lullaby Foo Fighters 1 #55
56 First It Giveth Queens of the Stone Age 1 #56
57 Love Foolosphy Jamiroquai 1 #57
58 Hitting the Ground PJ Harvey/Gordon Gano 1 #58
59 Take It Slow Machine Gun Fellatio 1 #59
60 A Little Less Conversation Elvis vs. Junkie XL 4 #9
61 We Are All Made of Stars Moby 13 #31
62 Across the Night Silverchair 1 #62
63 Say Something Something For Kate 1 #63
64 Shot Shot Gomez 1 #64
65 Nobody Likes a Bogan Area 7 1 #65
66 This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers Augie March 1 #66
67 New Technology Waikiki 1 #67
68 Whatever Happened to My Rock n' Roll? Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 2 #68
69 Clocks Coldplay 71 #1
70 Bucket Bong Frenzal Rhomb 1 #70
71 Do Your Thing Basement Jaxx 1 #71
72 Show Me How to Live Audioslave 19 #14
73 Dope Nose Weezer 24 #8
74 I'm a DJ Sonic Animation 1 #74
75 Dy-Na-Mi-Tee Ms. Dynamite 1 #75
76 World Upon Your Shoulders Silverchair 1 #76
77 Has It Come to This? The Streets 1 #77
78 Something to Talk About Badly Drawn Boy 3 #8
79 Who Put the Devil in You You Am I 1 #79
80 Highway 1 The Waifs 1 #80
81 You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar Queens of the Stone Age 1 #81
82 Strawberry Fields Forever Ben Harper 1 #82
83 Take Me Away 28 Days 1 #83
84 Little by Little Oasis 1 #84
85 Star Guitar The Chemical Brothers 1 #85
86 Cleanin' Out My Closet Eminem 5 #37
87 Innervision System of a Down 18 #37
88 Everything's Gone Bad The Fergusons 1 #88
89 Purple Haze Groove Armada 1 #89
90 Silent Sigh Badly Drawn Boy 1 #90
91 Being Followed Rocket Science 1 #91
92 Called Antiskeptic 1 #92
93 A Sorta Fairytale Tori Amos 9 #28
94 Arse Huggin' Pants Spiderbait 1 #94
95 She Wears a Mask Machine Translations 1 #95
96 Lies The Waifs 1 #96
97 Electrical Storm U2 12 #24
98 Shock (Living Without You) Cartman 1 #98
99 Too Drunk to Drive Bodyjar 1 #99
100 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 2 #85

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About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 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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