1996 Triple J Hottest 100
Album artwork for the CD compilation
Countdown details
Date of countdownJanuary 1997
Countdown highlights
Winning songSpiderbait
("Buy Me a Pony")
Most entriesBush (3)
Powderfinger (3)
The Smashing Pumpkins (3)
Pearl Jam (3)
Chronology
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1997

The 1996 Triple J Hottest 100, counted down in January 1997, was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. A CD featuring 31 of the songs was released. A countdown of the videos of most of the songs was also shown on the ABC music series Rage. The 1996 chart marked the first time an Australian band had topped the chart, with Spiderbait taking out top honours.

Full list

Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin
1 Buy Me a Pony Spiderbait Australia
2 Stinkfist Tool United States
3 Underground Ben Folds Five United States
4 Pepper Butthole Surfers United States
5 Glycerine Bush United Kingdom
6 Pick You Up Powderfinger Australia
7 Breathe The Prodigy United Kingdom
8 Ballad of the Skeletons Allen Ginsberg United States
9 El Scorcho Weezer United States
10 You're Gorgeous Babybird United Kingdom
11 Down 311 United States
12 Born Slippy .NUXX Underworld United Kingdom
13 1979 The Smashing Pumpkins United States
14 Scooby Snacks Fun Lovin' Criminals United States
15 Kong Foo Sing Regurgitator Australia
16 Spaceman Babylon Zoo United Kingdom
17 Firestarter The Prodigy United Kingdom
18 D.A.F. Powderfinger Australia
19 Swallowed Bush United Kingdom
20 Dogs Are the Best People The Fauves Australia
21 Down in the Park Foo Fighters United States
22 Oh Yeah Ash United Kingdom
23 I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am Regurgitator Australia
24 Santa Monica Everclear United States
25 Just a Girl No Doubt United States
26 Setting Sun The Chemical Brothers United Kingdom
27 The Distance Cake United States
28 Zero The Smashing Pumpkins United States
29 Devils Haircut Beck United States
30 Self Abuser The Fauves Australia
31 Mah Nà Mah Nà Skin United Kingdom
32 Living Type Powderfinger Australia
33 California Love 2Pac United States
34 Mother Mother Tracy Bonham United States
35 Killing Me Softly Fugees United States
36 Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand Primitive Radio Gods United States
37 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai United Kingdom
38 Comedown Bush United Kingdom
39 Novocaine for the Soul Eels United States
40 Milk (The Wicked Mix) Garbage featuring Tricky United States/United Kingdom
41 Whoever You Are Geggy Tah United States
42 Coppertone Fini Scad Australia
43 Where It's At Beck United States
44 Salvation The Cranberries Ireland
45 Aneurysm Nirvana United States
46 Bulls on Parade Rage Against the Machine United States
47 Hail, Hail Pearl Jam United States
48 Popular Nada Surf United States
49 Pass the Vibes Definition of Sound United Kingdom
50 Mach 5 The Presidents of the United States of America United States
51 Only Happy When It Rains Garbage United States
52 Until It Sleeps Metallica United States
53 Hyperballad Björk Iceland
54 If I Could Talk I'd Tell You The Lemonheads United States
55 Tonight, Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins United States
56 Susan's House Eels United States
57 So Rude Rebecca's Empire Australia
58 Heartspark Dollarsign Everclear United States
59 Silver Lizard Tumbleweed Australia
60 Hey Dude Kula Shaker United Kingdom
61 I'll Be Your Majick Def FX Australia
62 Hero of the Day Metallica United States
63 Punk Rock Song Bad Religion United States
64 Wombo Lombo Angélique Kidjo Benin
65 Here in Your Bedroom Goldfinger United States
66 What's Come Over Me Frente! Australia
67 Everything Is Good for You Crowded House Australia
68 Mission: Impossible Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. Ireland
69 Speculator Insurge Australia
70 Don't It Get You Down deadstar Australia
71 Disco 2000 Pulp United Kingdom
72 Punch in the Face Frenzal Rhomb Australia
73 Gold Dust Woman Hole United States
74 Lay Lady Lay Ministry United States
75 Surf's Up Tonight Midnight Oil Australia
76 In the Meantime Spacehog United Kingdom
77 Burden in My Hand Soundgarden United States
78 How Bizarre OMC New Zealand
79 I Make Hamburgers The Whitlams Australia
80 Soldiers You Am I Australia
81 Shut My Eyes The Superjesus Australia
82 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson United States
83 Waking Up Tired Hoodoo Gurus Australia
84 Good Mornin' You Am I Australia
85 Goldfinger Ash United Kingdom
86 Woman Neneh Cherry Sweden
87 E-Bow the Letter R.E.M. United States
88 Grooving Hunting Party Australia
89 Cromagnon Man Snout Australia
90 Leaving Here Pearl Jam United States
91 Set the Controls Barry Adamson United Kingdom
92 Thunder The Mavis's Australia
93 All I Want Skunk Anansie United Kingdom
94 Mankind Pearl Jam United States
95 Creep Frank Bennett Australia
96 Ella's Uncle Matthew Trapnell Australia
97 Hail Caesar AC/DC Australia
98 Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) Tori Amos United States
99 Ready to Go Republica United Kingdom
100 Gold to Me Ben Harper United States

29 of the 100 songs were by Australian artists (marked with a green background).

Artists with multiple entries

Three entries

Two entries

CD release

Disc 1
  1. Spiderbait – "Buy Me a Pony" (1:41)
  2. Tool – "Stinkfist" (5:09)
  3. Ben Folds Five – "Underground" (4:11)
  4. Butthole Surfers – "Pepper" (4:54)
  5. Bush – "Glycerine" (4:24)
  6. The Prodigy – "Breathe" (3:59)
  7. Allen Ginsberg – "Ballad of the Skeletons" (4:07)
  8. Weezer – "El Scorcho" (4:03)
  9. Babybird – "You're Gorgeous" (3:44)
  10. 311 – "Down" (2:51)
  11. Underworld – "Born Slippy" (3:42)
  12. Fun Lovin' Criminals – "Scooby Snacks" (3:02)
  13. Babylon Zoo – "Spaceman" (4:05)
  14. Powderfinger – "D.A.F." (3:30)
  15. Regurgitator – "I Sucked a Lot of Cock to Get Where I Am" (2:34)
  16. Everclear – "Santa Monica" (3:11)
  17. No Doubt – "Just a Girl" (3:28)
 Disc 2
  1. Cake – "The Distance" (2:58)
  2. Beck – "Devils Haircut" (3:13)
  3. Skin – "Mah Nà Mah Nà (The Muppet Song)" (1:36)
  4. Jamiroquai – "Virtual Insanity" (5:40)
  5. Eels – "Novocaine for the Soul" (3:07)
  6. Garbage – "Milk" (Single Edit – Shirley) (4:00)
  7. Geggy Tah – "Whoever You Are" (4:34)
  8. Fini Scad – "Coppertone" (3:38)
  9. Björk – "Hyperballad" (5:21)
  10. The Lemonheads – "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" (2:50)
  11. Rebecca's Empire – "So Rude" (3:37)
  12. Def FX – "I'll Be Your Majick" (3:13)
  13. Angélique Kidjo – "Wombo Lombo" (4:14)
  14. The Whitlams – "I Make Hamburgers" (3:34)
  15. Matthew Trapnell and Trapezoid – "Ella's Uncle" (5:52)
  16. Tori Amos – "Professional Widow" (3:47)

Note: "Milk" is actually the Shirley and Tricky single edit instead of the Shirley single edit listed on the track listing.

A later release omits "Stinkfist", "Down", "Just a Girl", "The Distance", and "Devils Haircut", while including "Disco 2000" by Pulp, "Self Abuser" by The Fauves, and "A Punch in the Face" by Frenzal Rhomb.

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[1] 2× Platinum 140,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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