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{{Short description|Most popular songs of the year in Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}}
{{Hottest 100
|year=1997
|image=Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 5.jpg
|caption=Album artwork for the CD compilation
|date_of_countdown=26 January 1998
|charity_partner=
|winning_song=[[The Whitlams]]<br>"[[No Aphrodisiac]]"
|most_entries=The Whitlams<br>[[The Verve]]<br>[[Radiohead]]<br>[[Jebediah]]<br>[[Silverchair]]<br>[[The Living End]]<br>[[Faith No More]]<br>[[Grinspoon]]<br>[[Ween]]<br>[[The Bloodhound Gang]]<br>[[Arkarna]]<br>[[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] <br>(2 tracks)
|prev=[[Triple J Hottest 100, 1996|1996]]
|next=[[Triple J Hottest 100 of All Time, 1998|1998<br> (Of All Time)]]}}

The '''1997 [[Triple J Hottest 100]]''', was a countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the [[Australia]]n radio station [[Triple J]], and was broadcast on January 26, 1998. A CD featuring 31 of the songs was released. A countdown of the videos of most of the songs was also shown on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] music series ''[[Rage (TV program)|Rage]]''.
The announcement of "[[No Aphrodisiac]]" as the year's most popular song was announced by former Prime Minister [[Gough Whitlam]], the [[namesake]] of the [[The Whitlams|winning group.]]

== Full list ==
{|
| style="width: 15px; height: 15px; color: black; background: #ccffcc; border: 1px solid #000000;" |
|'''Note''': Australian artists
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.5em;"
! #
! Song
! Artist
! Country of origin
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 1 || [[No Aphrodisiac]] || [[The Whitlams]] || Australia
|- 
| 2 || [[Song 2]] || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 3 || [[Tubthumping]] || [[Chumbawamba]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 4 || [[Bitter Sweet Symphony]] || [[The Verve]] || United Kingdom
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 5 || Back Door Man || [[Pauline Pantsdown]] || Australia
|- 
| 6 || [[Dammit]] || [[Blink-182]] || United States
|-
| 7 || [[Paranoid Android]] || [[Radiohead]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 8 || [[The Beautiful People (song)|The Beautiful People]] || [[Marilyn Manson (band)|Marilyn Manson]] || United States
|- 
| 9 || [[Karma Police]] || Radiohead || United Kingdom
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 10 || [[Leaving Home (Jebediah song)|Leaving Home]] || [[Jebediah]] || Australia
|- 
| 11 || [[Walkin' on the Sun]] || [[Smash Mouth]] || United States
|- 
| 12 || One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces || [[Ben Folds Five]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 13 || [[Freak (Silverchair song)|Freak]] || [[Silverchair]] || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 14 || [[Down Again]] || [[The Superjesus]] || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 15 || [[Prisoner of Society]] || [[The Living End]] || Australia
|- 
| 16 || [[Wear Sunscreen#Baz Luhrmann version|Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)]] || [[Quindon Tarver]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 17 || [[Time to Leave (EP)|Crazy]] || [[Cordrazine (band)|Cordrazine]] || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 18 || [[Into My Arms]] || [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]] || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 19 || [[Everyday Formula]] || [[Regurgitator]] || Australia
|- 
| 20 || [[I Will Survive#Cake version|I Will Survive]] || [[Cake (band)|Cake]] || United States
|- 
| 21 || [[Monkey Wrench (song)|Monkey Wrench]] || [[Foo Fighters]] || United States
|-
| 22 || [[The Drugs Don't Work]] || The Verve || United Kingdom
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 23 || [[Calypso (Spiderbait song)|Calypso]] || [[Spiderbait]] || Australia
|- 
| 24 || [[A.D.I.D.A.S. (Korn song)|A.D.I.D.A.S.]] || [[Korn]] || United States
|- 
| 25 || [[Hitchin' a Ride (Green Day song)|Hitchin' a Ride]] || [[Green Day]] || United States
|- 
| 26 || [[The Perfect Drug]] || [[Nine Inch Nails]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 27 || [[The Door (Silverchair song)|The Door]] || Silverchair || Australia
|- 
| 28 || Cows with Guns || [[Dana Lyons]] || United States
|- 
| 29 || [[Semi-Charmed Life]] || [[Third Eye Blind]] || United States
|- 
| 30 || [[Forty Six & 2]] || [[Tool (band)|Tool]] || United States
|- 
| 31 || [[Ashes to Ashes (Faith No More song)|Ashes to Ashes]] || [[Faith No More]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 32 || [[Coma (Pendulum song)|Coma]] || [[Pendulum (ambient band)|Pendulum]] || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 33 || [[Military Strongmen]] || Jebediah || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 34 ||[[DC×3]]|| [[Grinspoon]] || Australia
|- 
| 35 || [[Summertime (The Sundays song)|Summertime]]|| [[The Sundays]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 36 || [[Mutilated Lips]] || [[Ween]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 37 || [[Naughty Boy (song)|Naughty Boy]]|| [[The Mavis's]] || Australia
|- 
| 38 || [[The Memory Remains]] || [[Metallica]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 39 || Captain (Million Miles an Hour) || [[Something for Kate]] || Australia
|- 
| 40 || [[Why's Everybody Always Pickin' on Me?]] || [[Bloodhound Gang]] || United States
|- 
| 41 || [[Deadweight (song)|Deadweight]] || [[Beck]] || United States
|- 
| 42 || [[Brimful of Asha]] || [[Cornershop (band)|Cornershop]] || United Kingdom
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 43 || [[You're Not the Only One Who Feels This Way]] || [[Ammonia (band)|Ammonia]] || Australia
|- 
| 44 || [[Temptation (The Tea Party song)|Temptation]] || [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]] || Canada
|-
| 45 || [[Wrong Number (The Cure song)|Wrong Number]] || [[The Cure]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 46 || [[Fire Water Burn]] || Bloodhound Gang || United States
|-
| 47 || [[(Can't You) Trip Like I Do]] || [[Filter (band)|Filter]] and [[The Crystal Method]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 48 || Anatomically Correct || [[Custard (band)|Custard]] || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 49 || From Here on In || The Living End || Australia
|-
| 50 || Eat Me || [[Arkarna]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 51 || So Much for the Afterglow || [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] || United States
|- 
| 52 || [[Number One Crush|#1 Crush]] || [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 53 || [[You Sound Like Louis Burdett]] || The Whitlams || Australia
|- 
| 54 || [[Everything to Everyone (song)|Everything to Everyone]] || Everclear || United States
|- 
| 55 || [[Love Rollercoaster#Red Hot Chili Peppers cover version|Love Rollercoaster]] || [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]] || United States
|- 
| 56 || Funky Shit || [[The Prodigy]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 57 || Girl at the Bus Stop || [[My Drug Hell]] || United Kingdom
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 58 || I Go Off || [[Diana Anaid|Diana Ah Naid]] || Australia
|- 
| 59 || [[Your Woman]] || [[White Town]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 60 || New York City || [[They Might Be Giants]] || United States
|- 
| 61 || [[Block Rockin' Beats]] || [[The Chemical Brothers]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 62 || [[The End Is the Beginning Is the End]] || [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 63 || Repeat || Grinspoon || Australia
|- 
| 64 || [[Stripsearch (song)|Stripsearch]] || Faith No More || United States
|- 
| 65 || Outdoor Type || [[The Lemonheads]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 66 || JC || [[Powderfinger]] || Australia
|- 
| 67 || [[I Choose]] || [[The Offspring]] || United States
|- 
| 68 || [[Cosmic Girl (song)|Cosmic Girl]] || [[Jamiroquai]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 69 || Waving My Dick in the Wind || Ween || United States
|- 
| 70 || [[Place Your Hands]] || [[Reef (band)|Reef]] || United Kingdom
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 71 || Sick with Love || [[Robyn Loau]] || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 72 || Pulse || [[Front End Loader]] || Australia
|- 
| 73 || [[Lakini's Juice]] || [[Live (band)|Live]] || United States
|- 
| 74 || [[The Ghost of Tom Joad (song)#Rage Against the Machine version|The Ghost of Tom Joad]] || [[Rage Against the Machine]] || United States
|- 
| 75 || [[Female of the Species]] || [[Space (English band)|Space]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 76 || [[Legend of a Cowgirl]] || [[Imani Coppola]] || United States
|- 
| 77 || [[Lovefool]] || [[The Cardigans]] || Sweden
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 78 || Degenerate Boy || [[The Mark of Cain (band)|The Mark of Cain]] || Australia
|- 
| 79 || [[All Mine (Portishead song)|All Mine]] || [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 80 || Faded || [[Ben Harper]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 81 || [[Did It Again (Kylie Minogue song)|Did It Again]] || [[Kylie Minogue]] || Australia
|- 
| 82 || [[Shake Hands with Beef]] || [[Primus (band)|Primus]] || United States
|- 
| 83 || I Wanna Be a Drug-Sniffing Dog || [[Lard (band)|Lard]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 84 || Feelin' Kinda Sporty || [[Dave Graney]] || Australia
|- 
| 85 || [[Nightmare (instrumental)|Nightmare]] || [[Brainbug]] || United Kingdom
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 86 || [[Smokin' Johnny Cash]] || [[The Blackeyed Susans]] || Australia
|- 
| 87 || [[6 Underground (song)|6 Underground]] || [[Sneaker Pimps]] || United Kingdom
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 88 || Nothing || Beaverloop || Australia
|- 
| 89 || [[Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth]] || [[The Dandy Warhols]] || United States
|- 
| 90 || Society || [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] || United States
|-
| 91 || [[Remember Me (Blue Boy song)|Remember Me]] || [[Blue Boy (DJ)|Blue Boy]] || United Kingdom
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 92 || Titanic Days || [[Sidewinder (band)|Sidewinder]] || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 93 || Weightlessness || [[Skunkhour]] || Australia
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 94 || Way of All Things || [[Rebecca's Empire]] || Australia
|- 
| 95 || [[Don't Leave (Faithless song)|Don't Leave]] || [[Faithless]] || United Kingdom
|- 
| 96 || [[Bound for the Floor]] || [[Local H]] || United States
|- 
| 97 || The Futures Overrated || Arkarna || United Kingdom
|- 
| 98 || [[Da Funk]] || [[Daft Punk]] || France
|- 
| 99 || [[Naked Eye (Luscious Jackson song)|Naked Eye]] || [[Luscious Jackson]] || United States
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
| 100 || I Give In || [[Effigy (band)|Effigy]] || Australia
|}

== Statistics ==

=== Artists with multiple entries ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Artist
!Tracks
|-
! rowspan="12" |2
|[[The Whitlams]]
|1, 53
|-
|[[The Verve]]
|4, 22
|-
|[[Radiohead]]
|7, 9
|-
|[[Jebediah]]
|10, 33
|-
|[[Silverchair]]
|13, 27
|-
|[[The Living End]]
|15, 49
|-
|[[Faith No More]]
|31, 64
|-
|[[Grinspoon]]
|34, 63
|-
|[[Ween]]
|36, 69
|-
|[[The Bloodhound Gang]]
|40, 46
|-
|[[Arkarna]]
|50, 97
|-
|[[Everclear (band)|Everclear]]
|51, 54
|}

=== Countries represented ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Nation
!Total
|-
|United States
|40
|-
|Australia
|34
|-
|United Kingdom
|23
|-
|Canada
|1
|-
|France
|1
|-
|Sweden
|1
|}

=== Records ===

* [[Dave Grohl]] and [[The Smashing Pumpkins]] made their fifth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, both having featured in every annual countdown to date.
* [[Pauline Pantsdown]]'s track "Back Door Man" which came in at No. 5, was banned by a court injunction from [[Pauline Hanson]] only 11 days after being first broadcast by Triple J. "Back Door Man" by is only song that has been voted into, but omitted from the airplay of a countdown.
* The 1997 Hottest 100 is the most diverse list, with 88 different artists appearing throughout the countdown.

== Top 10 Albums of 1997 ==
'''Bold''' indicates winner of the Hottest 100.
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Artist
! style="width:350px;" |Album
!Country of origin
!Tracks in the Hottest 100
|-
|1
|[[Radiohead]]
|''[[OK Computer]]''
|United Kingdom
|7, 9, (55 in 1998)
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
|2
|[[Regurgitator]]
|[[Unit (album)|''Unit'']]
|Australia
|19, (6, 26, 32 in 1998)
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
|'''3'''
|'''[[The Whitlams]]'''
|'''''[[Eternal Nightcap]]'''''
|Australia
|'''1, 53, (37, 43, 56 in 1998)'''
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
|4
|[[Grinspoon]]
|''[[Guide to Better Living]]''
|Australia
|34, 63, (74 in 1995) (18, 79 in 1998)
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
|5
|[[Jebediah]]
|''[[Slightly Odway]]''
|Australia
|10, 33, (7, 42, 91 in 1998)
|- style="background:#ccffcc"
|6
|[[Silverchair]]
|[[Freak Show (album)|''Freak Show'']]
|Australia
|13, 27
|-
|7
|[[Faith No More]]
|[[Album of the Year (Faith No More album)|''Album of the Year'']]
|United States
|31, 64
|-
|8
|[[Live (band)|Live]]
|''[[Secret Samadhi]]''
|United States
|73
|-
|9
|[[The Verve]]
|''[[Urban Hymns]]''
|United Kingdom
|4, 22
|-
|10
|[[Portishead (band)|Portishead]]
|[[Portishead (album)|''Portishead'']]
|United Kingdom
|79
|}

==CD release==
{{Track listing
| headline      = Disc 1
| extra_column  = Artist(s)
| total_length  = 
| title1        = No Aphrodisiac
| note1         = #1
| length1       = 4:19
| extra1        = The Whitlams
| title2        = Song 2
| note2         = #2
| length2       = 2:01
| extra2        = Blur
| title3        = Bitter Sweet Symphony
| note3         = #3
| length3       = 5:57
| extra3        = The Verve
| title4        = Dammit
| note4         = #6
| length4       = 2:45
| extra4        = Blink-182
| title5        = Paranoid Android
| note5         = #7
| length5       = 6:23
| extra5        = Radiohead
| title6        = The Beautiful People
| note6         = #8
| length6       = 3:39
| extra6        = Marilyn Manson
| title7        = Leaving Home
| note7         = #10
| length7       = 2:58
| extra7        = Jebediah
| title8        = Walkin' on the Sun
| note8         = #11
| length8       = 3:25
| extra8        = Smash Mouth
| title9        = Down Again
| note9         = #14
| length9       = 5:05
| extra9        = The Superjesus
| title10       = One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
| note10        = #12
| length10      = 3:50
| extra10       = Ben Folds Five
| title11       = Freak
| note11        = #13
| length11      = 3:45
| extra11       = Silverchair
| title12       = Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
| note12        = #16
| length12      = 7:08
| extra12       = Quindon Tarver
| title13       = Prisoner of Society
| note13        = #15
| length13      = 3:52
| extra13       = The Living End
| title14       = Crazy
| note14        = #17
| length14      = 4:01
| extra14       = Cordrazine
| title15       = Everyday Formula
| note15        = #19
| length15      = 2:10
| extra15       = Regurgitator
| title16       = Monkey Wrench
| note16        = #21
| length16      = 3:51
| extra16       = Foo Fighters
| title17       = I Go Off
| note17        = #58
| length17      = 3:09
| extra17       = Diana ah Naid
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = Disc 2
| extra_column  = Artist(s)
| total_length  = 
| title1        = Into My Arms
| note1         = #18
| length1       = 4:11
| extra1        = Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
| title2        = Calypso
| note2         = #23
| length2       = 1:50
| extra2        = Spiderbait
| title3        = Lakini's Juice
| note3         = #73
| length3       = 4:58
| extra3        = Live
| title4        = The Perfect Drug
| note4         = #26
| length4       = 5:15
| extra4        = Nine Inch Nails
| title5        = DC×3
| note5         = #34
| length5       = 2:54
| extra5        = Grinspoon
| title6        = Semi-Charmed Life
| note6         = #29
| length6       = 4:27
| extra6        = Third Eye Blind
| title7        = Naughty Boy
| note7         = #37
| length7       = 3:12
| extra7        = The Mavis's
| title8        = Brimful of Asha
| note8         = #42
| length8       = 4:04
| extra8        = Cornershop
| title9        = Funky Shit
| note9         = #56
| length9       = 5:16
| extra9        = The Prodigy
| title10       = Fire Water Burn
| note10        = #46
| length10      = 4:51
| extra10       = Bloodhound Gang
| title11       = Place Your Hands
| note11        = #70
| length11      = 3:37
| extra11       = Reef
| title12       = Legend of a Cowgirl
| note12        = #76
| length12      = 3:47
| extra12       = Imani Coppola
| title13       = Pulse
| note13        = #72
| length13      = 3:06
| extra13       = Front End Loader
| title14       = Did It Again
| note14        = #81
| length14      = 4:14
| extra14       = Kylie Minogue
| title15       = 6 Underground
| note15        = #87
| length15      = 3:48
| extra15       = Sneaker Pimps
| title16       = Remember Me
| note16        = #91
| length16      = 3:57
| extra16       = Blue Boy
}}
The CD also has an interactive component<ref>Created by Missing Link Entertainment and Arty Computer Productions (now [http://artylabs.com Arty Labs])</ref>{{Better source needed|date=February 2024}} that could be accessed on a PC.

A later version, released under the Warner label, omitted "The Beautiful People", "One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces", "Lakini's Juice, and "The Perfect Drug", but included "Cows with Guns" by [[Dana Lyons]] on the first disc and "[[Cosmic Girl (song)|Cosmic Girl]]" by [[Jamiroquai]] on the second disc.{{fact|date=February 2020}}

==See also==
*[[1997 in music]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}
{{Triple J}}

[[Category:Triple J Hottest 100|1997]]
[[Category:1997 in Australian music]]
[[Category:1997 record charts]]