Triple J Hottest 100, 1998
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The 1998 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January, 1999, was the sixth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J. As in previous years, a CD featuring 36 of the songs was released. In August 1998 a Hottest 100 of All Time was conducted separate to normal countdown.
Full list
Note: Australian artists
| # | Song | Artist | Country of Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) | The Offspring | United States |
| 2 | Cigarettes Will Kill You | Ben Lee | Australia |
| 3 | Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us) | Custard | Australia |
| 4 | Celebrity Skin | Hole | United States |
| 5 | Got the Life | Korn | United States |
| 6 | ! (The Song Formerly Known As) | Regurgitator | Australia |
| 7 | Harpoon | Jebediah | Australia |
| 8 | The Day You Come | Powderfinger | Australia |
| 9 | Heavy Heart | You Am I | Australia |
| 10 | Save The Day | The Living End | Australia |
| 11 | The Sweetest Thing | U2 | Ireland |
| 12 | Brick | Ben Folds Five | United States |
| 13 | Dr. Worm | They Might Be Giants | United States |
| 14 | Josie (Everything's Gonna Be Fine) | Blink-182 | United States |
| 15 | Second Solution | The Living End | Australia |
| 16 | Addicted to Bass | Josh Abrahams & Amiel Daemion | Australia |
| 17 | Tainted Love (Live) | The Living End | Australia |
| 18 | Just Ace | Grinspoon | Australia |
| 19 | Bubblegoose | Wyclef Jean | United States |
| 20 | Simultaneous | Chef | United States |
| 21 | Sex and Candy | Marcy Playground | United States |
| 22 | Black Friday | Grinspoon | Australia |
| 23 | Teardrop | Massive Attack | England |
| 24 | Music Is Crap | Custard | Australia |
| 25 | Intergalactic | Beastie Boys | United States |
| 26 | Polyester Girl | Regurgitator | Australia |
| 27 | I Like Your Old Remix Better Than Your New Remix | Regurgitator | Australia |
| 28 | Don't You Know Who I Am | Happyland | Australia |
| 29 | Everybody Here Wants You | Jeff Buckley | United States |
| 30 | Never There | Cake | United States |
| 31 | Throw Your Arms Around Me | Paul McDermott | Australia |
| 32 | Black Bugs | Regurgitator | Australia |
| 33 | Sweater | Eskimo Joe | Australia |
| 34 | One Week | Barenaked Ladies | Canada |
| 35 | Flagpole Sitta | Harvey Danger | United States |
| 36 | Whatareya? | TISM | Australia |
| 37 | Buy Now Pay Later (Charlie No 2) | The Whitlams | Australia |
| 38 | The Impression That I Get | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | United States |
| 39 | Somebody Kill Me | Adam Sandler | United States |
| 40 | Song for the Dumped | Ben Folds Five | United States |
| 41 | Pure Morning | Placebo | England |
| 42 | Teflon | Jebediah | Australia |
| 43 | Melbourne | The Whitlams | Australia |
| 44 | The Dope Show | Marilyn Manson | United States |
| 45 | Ava Adore | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States |
| 46 | Don't Wanna Be Left Out | Powderfinger | Australia |
| 47 | Do the Evolution | Pearl Jam | United States |
| 48 | Road Rage | Catatonia | Wales |
| 49 | Malibu | Hole | United States |
| 50 | It's Like That | Run-D.M.C. vs Jason Nevins | United States |
| 51 | Given to Fly | Pearl Jam | United States |
| 52 | The Grouch | Green Day | United States |
| 53 | Father of Mine | Everclear | United States |
| 54 | Mum Changed The Locks | Frenzal Rhomb | Australia |
| 55 | No Surprises | Radiohead | England |
| 56 | Charlie No 3 | The Whitlams | Australia |
| 57 | I Think I'm Paranoid | Garbage | United States |
| 58 | I Don't Like It | Pauline Pantsdown | Australia |
| 59 | History Repeating | Propellerheads & Shirley Bassey | England |
| 60 | Untouchable Face | Ani DiFranco | United States |
| 61 | Cry | The Mavis's | Australia |
| 62 | Gone Away | The Offspring | United States |
| 63 | The Rockafeller Skank | Fatboy Slim | England |
| 64 | Come On Spring | Antenna | Australia |
| 65 | Rumble | You Am I | Australia |
| 66 | No Shelter | Rage Against the Machine | United States |
| 67 | The Unforgiven II | Metallica | United States |
| 68 | Every Day Should Be a Holiday | The Dandy Warhols | United States |
| 69 | Cinnamon Lip | Pollyanna | Australia |
| 70 | If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next | Manic Street Preachers | Wales |
| 71 | Hello | Happyland | Australia |
| 72 | Mr Charisma | Frenzal Rhomb | Australia |
| 73 | Music Sounds Better with You | Stardust | France |
| 74 | My Hero | Foo Fighters | United States |
| 75 | Dragula | Rob Zombie | United States |
| 76 | Saint Joe on the School Bus | Marcy Playground | United States |
| 77 | Fuel | Metallica | United States |
| 78 | Shimmer | Fuel | United States |
| 79 | Don't Go Away | Grinspoon | Australia |
| 80 | Bad Old Man | Babybird | England |
| 81 | Drinking in L.A. | Bran Van 3000 | Canada |
| 82 | El President | Drugstore | England |
| 83 | Now And Then | The Superjesus | Australia |
| 84 | Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) | Green Day | United States |
| 85 | Harpoon | Something for Kate | Australia |
| 86 | Mama's Trippin' | Ben Harper | United States |
| 87 | Push It | Garbage | United States |
| 88 | Wishlist | Pearl Jam | United States |
| 89 | Special | Garbage | United States |
| 90 | No Substitute | Chef | United States |
| 91 | Benedict | Jebediah | Australia |
| 92 | The Ballad of Tom Jones | Space with Cerys Matthews | England, Wales |
| 93 | Untitled | Silverchair | Australia |
| 94 | Perfect | The Smashing Pumpkins | United States |
| 95 | Tropicalia | Beck | United States |
| 96 | Redneck Wonderland | Midnight Oil | Australia |
| 97 | Black Umbrella | Even | Australia |
| 98 | Baker Street | Foo Fighters | United States |
| 99 | Saturation | The Superjesus | Australia |
| 100 | Sich Offnen | Not From There | Australia |
42 of the 100 songs were by Australian artists (marked with a green background).
Artists with multiple entries
Four entries
- Regurgitator (6, 26, 27, 32)
Three entries
- Jebediah (7, 42, 91)
- The Living End (10, 15, 17)
- Grinspoon (18, 22, 79)
- The Whitlams (37, 43, 56)
- Pearl Jam (47, 51, 88)
- Garbage (57, 87, 89)
Two entries
- The Offspring (1, 62)
- Custard (3, 24)
- Hole (4, 49)
- Powderfinger (8, 46)
- You Am I (9, 65)
- Ben Folds Five (12, 40)
- Chef (20, 90)
- Marcy Playground (21, 76)
- Happyland (28, 71)
- The Smashing Pumpkins (45, 94)
- Green Day (52, 84)
- Frenzal Rhomb (54, 72)
- Metallica (67, 77)
- Foo Fighters (74, 98)
- The Superjesus (83, 99)
CD release
File:Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 6.jpg
Volume 6 CD Cover
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Disc 2
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