Triple J Hottest 100, 2001 Explained

The 2001 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 2002, was the ninth 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 was released, this time featuring 34 songs (although not the top 34 songs as they were ranked).

When the announcers for the final stretch of the countdown—Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson—got to the number-one track, they first played their own parody track "Matt Hayden", named after the Australian cricketer and set to the tune of "Ms. Jackson" by OutKast.^[1] "Ms. Jackson" actually reached the Hottest 100 the next year in 2002 when a cover by The Vines took it to number 30.

Full list

Note: Australian artists

	Song	Artist	Country of origin
1			Australia
2	Monsters		Australia
3	Chop Suey!		United States
4			United Kingdom
5	Betterman		Australia
6			United States
7			United States
8			Australia
9			United Kingdom
10			United States
11			United States
12			United States
13	Three Dimensions	Something for Kate	Australia
14			United States
15		Gorillaz	United Kingdom
16	Say What?		Australia/United Kingdom
17			United States
18			United States
19			Australia
20		Weezer	United States
21			United Kingdom
22	The Drugs Don't Work	Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals	United States
23	This Mess We're In		United Kingdom
24	Dust Me Selecta		Australia
25			Australia
26			United Kingdom
27			Australia
28			Australia
29	Take	John Butler Trio	Australia
30	The Girl of My Dreams (Is Giving Me Nightmares)		Australia
31		Eskimo Joe	Australia
32			United Kingdom
33	Getting Away with It (All Messed Up)		United Kingdom
34		Eskimo Joe	Australia
35			United Kingdom
36			United Kingdom
37	Twenty Years	Something for Kate	Australia
38			United Kingdom
39	Cocaine		Australia
40	Elevation (Tomb Raider Remix)		Ireland
41		Regurgitator	Australia
42	Duffy's Song (I Will Not Go Quietly)		Australia
43			United States
44		Garbage	United States
45			United States
46			United States
47	There Is No Such Place		Australia
48			United Kingdom
49		Tool	United States
50	Just the Thing	Paul Mac featuring Peta Morris	Australia
51			Australia
52			United States
53	Hey Driver		Australia
54			United States
55			United States
56			Australia
57		You Am I	Australia
58			United States
59		The Strokes	United States
60	Pattern Against User		United States
61			France
62		Jamiroquai	United Kingdom
63	Downtown	Alex Lloyd	Australia
64			United States
65			United Kingdom
66	New York City Cops	The Strokes	United States
67	Not the Same	Ben Folds	United States
68	Making the Nouveau Riche		Australia
69			United States
70	Links 2-3-4		Germany
71			Australia
72			Australia
73			United Kingdom
74		Radiohead	United Kingdom
75		Groove Armada featuring Celetia Martin	United Kingdom
76	Radio	The Avalanches	Australia
77	Hibernate		Australia
78	A Simple Goodbye	The Cruel Sea	Australia
79			United States
80		Muse	United Kingdom
81			United States
82	Home Entertainment System	Lazaro's Dog	Australia
83		Ash	United Kingdom
84		The Supermen Lovers featuring Mani Hoffman	France
85		At the Drive-In	United States
86	Light on Your Shoulder		Australia
87	Rock the Nation		United States
88		Spiderbait	Australia
89		Muse	United Kingdom
90		New Order	United Kingdom
91			Canada
92		George	Australia
93			United States
94			United Kingdom
95			United States
96			United States
97			Australia
98			United Kingdom
99			United Kingdom
100	Sex and Violence		Australia

Artists with multiple entries

	Artist	Entries
3	Something for Kate	2, 13, 37
		12, 59, 66
	Thom Yorke	23, 36, 74
	Eskimo Joe	25, 31, 34
		73, 80, 89
2	Alex Lloyd	1, 63
		5, 29
		7, 20
		8, 76
		9, 15
	Garbage	11, 44
		14, 49
		17, 67
		19, 92
		26, 62
		27, 41
		36, 74
	New Order	38, 90
	The Cruel Sea	39, 78
	Groove Armada	48, 75
	You Am I	56, 57
	At the Drive-In	60, 85
		71, 88

Countries Represented

Country	Entries
Australia	38
United Statges	35
United Kingdom	23
France	2
Ireland	1
Germany	1
Canada	1

Notes

For the first time since 1996, the Hottest 100 winner from the previous year did not feature in the countdown.
This is the first Hottest 100 not to feature Dave Grohl, who appeared in all previous countdowns with Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.
Regurgitator made their sixth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having appeared in every annual countdown since 1995.
- Rage Against the Machine and The Whitlams both made their sixth consecutive appearance, having appeared since 1996.
- Blink-182, Jebediah, The Living End, Something for Kate all made their fifth consecutive appearance, with all bands having appeared since 1997.
The song "The Drugs Don't Work" by The Verve charted in the countdown for the second time after a cover by Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals featured at No. 22. The original version charted in the same position in 1997. "Renegades of Funk" by Rage Against the Machine charted in the countdown for the second year in a row, having featured in the 2000 Hottest 100 at No. 95.
Alex Lloyd is the first outright solo countdown winner since Denis Leary in the inaugural countdown.

Top 10 Albums of 2001

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.

	Artist	Album	Country of Origin	Tracks in the Hottest 100
1		Echolalia	Australia	2, 13, 37 (63 in 2002)
2	Alex Lloyd	*Watching Angels Mend*	Australia	1, 63
3		Girl	Australia	25, 31, 34
4		Is This It	United States	12, 59, 66
5		Three	Australia	5, 29
6		Lateralus	United States	14, 49
7		Amnesiac	United Kingdom	36, 74
8		Live from Mars	United States	22
9		Five Star Laundry	Australia	53 (65, 98 in 2000)
10		Gorillaz	United Kingdom	9, 15

CD release

Disc 1

Alex Lloyd – "Amazing"
Basement Jaxx – "Where's Your Head At"
Something for Kate – "Monsters"
Alien Ant Farm – "Smooth Criminal"
Gorillaz – "Clint Eastwood"
Jebediah – "Fall Down"
Machine Gun Fellatio – "The Girl of My Dreams"
Groove Armada – "Superstylin'"
R.E.M – "Imitation of Life"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – "15 Feet of Pure White Snow"
Gerling – "Dust Me Selecta"
Blink -182 – "The Rock Show"
Endorphin – "Sex & Violence"
At the Drive-In – "Pattern Against User"
James – "Getting Away With It (All Messed Up)"
Superheist – "Step Back"
The Chemical Brothers – "It Began in Afrika"

Disc 2

U2 – Elevation
28 Days & Apollo 440 – "Say What?"
Daft Punk – "One More Time"
New Order – "Crystal"
The Cruel Sea – "Cocaine"
John Butler Trio – "Betterman"
Pennywise – "Fuck Authority"
Weezer – "Island in the Sun"
Blueline Medic – "Making the Nouveau Riche"
The Strokes – "Hard to Explain"
Eskimo Joe – "Planet Earth"
Unwritten Law – "Up All Night"
Spiderbait – "Outta My Head"
Placebo – "Special K"
George – "Special Ones"
Radiohead – "Pyramid Song"
Regurgitator – "Fat Cop"

Notes and References

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