Triple J Hottest 100, 2002 Explained

The 2002 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on 26 January 2003, was the tenth of such countdowns 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 39 (not necessarily the top 39) songs was released. For the first time, a DVD, containing film clips of songs from the Hottest 100 was also released. This was also the last time that phone voting was allowed; in the 2003 poll, only internet voting was permitted. SMS voting was removed for the 2003 poll but was reinstated in the 2004 event

When the announcers got to the number one track, they announced that rapper Nelly's song "Hot in Herre" had won the Hottest 100, after playing half of the song, they declared that it had been a joke, broke the CD on air, and began playing Queens of the Stone Age's "No One Knows".

The band Salmon Hater came in at number 26 with their song "6.66" after Triple J morning show hosts Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson made an effort to rig the event, telling listeners to vote for the otherwise unlikely candidate.^[1]

Full list

Note: Australian artists

	Song	Artist	Country of Origin
1			United States
2			Australia
3			Australia
4			Australia
5			Australia
6	Rollercoaster		Australia
7			United States
8	Pussytown	Machine Gun Fellatio	Australia
9			United States
10			Australia
11			United States
12			United States
13		Foo Fighters	United States
14		Grinspoon	Australia
15		Grinspoon	Australia
16		Red Hot Chili Peppers	United States
17		Eminem	United States
18			United States
19		The Vines	Australia
20			United States
21		The Vines	Australia
22	Something Borrowed, Something Blue		Australia
23		Foo Fighters	United States
24			United States
25		Silverchair	Australia
26	6.66		Australia
27	Home Is Where the Heart Is		Australia
28			United States
29			Australia
30		The Vines	Australia
31	One in a Million		Australia
32	Release		Australia
33			Sweden
34	Comfort Me		New Zealand
35		Silverchair	Australia
36	Here Comes September		Australia
37		System of a Down	United States
38	The Bold and the Beautiful		Australia
39			United Kingdom
40			Australia
41	What's the Deal?		Australia
42			United Kingdom
43		George	Australia
44	God Is in the Radio	Queens of the Stone Age	United States
45	Punk's Not Dead		Australia
46			United States
47		Grinspoon	Australia
48		Queens of the Stone Age	United States
49			United States
50			United Kingdom
51	Down River		Australia
52			Australia
53			United Kingdom
54			Australia
55	Disenchanted Lullaby	Foo Fighters	United States
56		Queens of the Stone Age	United States
57		Jamiroquai	United Kingdom
58	Hitting the Ground		United Kingdom/United States
59	Take It Slow	Machine Gun Fellatio	Australia
60			Netherlands/United States
61			United States
62		Silverchair	Australia
63	Say Something		Australia
64	Shot Shot		United Kingdom
65	Nobody Likes a Bogan		Australia
66	This Train Will Be Taking No Passengers		Australia
67	New Technology	Waikiki	Australia
68	Whatever Happened to My Rock 'n' Roll (Punk Song)		United States
69		Coldplay	United Kingdom
70	Bucket Bong		Australia
71		Basement Jaxx	United Kingdom
72		Audioslave	United States
73		Weezer	United States
74	I'm a DJ		Australia
75			United Kingdom
76	World Upon Your Shoulders	Silverchair	Australia
77		The Streets	United Kingdom
78			United Kingdom
79			Australia
80	Highway One	The Waifs	Australia
81	You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire	Queens of the Stone Age	United States
82			United States
83	Take Me Away	28 Days	Australia
84			United Kingdom
85			United Kingdom
86		Eminem	United States
87		System of a Down	United States
88	Everything's Gone Bad		Australia
89			United Kingdom
90		Badly Drawn Boy	United Kingdom
91	Being Followed		Australia
92	Called		Australia
93			United States
94	Arse Huggin' Pants		Australia
95	She Wears a Mask		Australia
96	Lies	The Waifs	Australia
97			Ireland
98	Shock (Living Without You)		Australia
99	Too Drunk to Drive	Bodyjar	Australia
100	A Rush of Blood to the Head	Coldplay	United Kingdom

Artists with multiple entries

	Artist	Tracks
10	Dave Grohl	1, 11, 12, 13, 23, 44, 48, 55, 56, 81
5	Queens of the Stone Age	1, 44, 48, 56, 81
	Silverchair	10, 25, 35, 62, 76
4		2, 14, 15, 47
	The Vines	5, 19, 21, 30
	Foo Fighters	11, 13, 23, 55
3	The Waifs	3, 80, 96
	Machine Gun Fellatio	6, 8, 59
	Eminem	7, 17, 86
	System of a Down	18, 37, 87
		39, 69, 100
2	Red Hot Chili Peppers	9, 16
	Audioslave	20, 72
	Weezer	24, 73
	Bodyjar	31, 99
	george	32, 43
	Waikiki	36, 67
	28 Days	41, 83
		42, 77
	Jamiroquai	50, 57
	Basement Jaxx	53, 71

Countries represented

Country	Total
Australia	50
United States	31
United Kingdom	17
Netherlands	1
Ireland	1
New Zealand	1
Sweden	1

Notes

• It was announced that song #101 was "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Jebediah. Triple J morning show hosts Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson later apologized to the band, as Salmon Hater "took their spot" in the countdown.
• Grinspoon equal Killing Heidi's record of the highest placing of a Triple J Unearthed artist at #2.
• At age 42, Mark Lanegan is the oldest person to win the Hottest 100.
• A record low 62 different artists appeared in the 2002 Hottest 100.
• Dave Grohl's ten entries with Queens of the Stone Age, Nirvana and the Foo Fighters in the 2002 countdown, sets the record for most appearances in a Hottest 100.
  • Following his appearance on "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age, Dave Grohl is the first artist to have won both an annual Hottest 100, as well as an "Of All Time" countdown (Grohl previously won the 1991 and 1998 Of All Time countdowns with his appearance on "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana)

Top 10 Albums of 2002

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.

	Artist	Album	Country of Origin	Tracks in the Hottest 100
1		Diorama	Australia	10, 25, 35, 62, 76
2		Highly Evolved	Australia	5, 19, 21
3		One by One	United States	13, 23, 45
4		Polyserena	Australia	32, 43 (19, 92 in 2001)
5	Queens of the Stone Age	Songs for the Deaf	United States	1, 44, 48, 56, 81
6		New Detention	Australia	2, 14, 15, 47
7		By the Way	United States	9, 16
8		A Rush of Blood to the Head	United Kingdom	39, 69, 100
9		Paging Mr. Strike	Australia	6, 8, 59 (30 in 2001)
10		Audioslave	United States	20, 72

CD release

The double CD titled triple j – Hottest 100: Vol 10 Various Artists was released 3 March 2003. It is a compilation of 39 songs that made it into the Hottest 100.^[2]

Disc 1 Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows" (#1) Grinspoon – "Chemical Heart" (#2) Foo Fighters – "All My Life" (#13) The Waifs – "London Still" (#3) Machine Gun Fellatio – "Pussy Town (Original Album Version)" (#9) 1200 Techniques – "Karma" (#4) The Vines – "Get Free" (#5) The Drugs – "The Bold and the Beautiful" (#39) Antiskeptic – "Called" (#92) N*E*R*D – "Rock Star (Jason Nevins Remix Edit)" (#46) Bodyjar – "One in a Million" (#31) george – "Release" (#32) Badly Drawn Boy – "Something to Talk About" (#78) The Streets – "Don't Mug Yourself" (#42) Wilcannia Mob – "Down River" (#51) The Hives – Hate to Say I Told You So" (#33) Darren Hanlon – "Punk's Not Dead" (#45) Coldplay – "In My Place" (#39) The Fergusons – "Everything's Gone Bad" (#88)

Disc 2 Basement Jaxx – "Get Me Off" (#53) Silverchair – "The Greatest View" (#10) Rocket Science – "Being Followed" (#91) Jurassic 5 – "What's Golden" (#49) Elvis Presley vs. JXL – "A Little Less Conversation" (#60) Salmon Hater – "6.66" (#26) Waikiki – "Here Comes September" (#36) Motor Ace – "Carry On" (#29) John Butler Trio – "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (#36) Ms Dynamite – "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee" (#75) Ben Lee – "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" (#22) 28 Days – "What's The Deal?" (#41) The Living End – "One Said to the Other" (#52) Sonic Animation – "I'm A DJ (Original)" (#74) Machine Translations – "She Wears a Mask" (#95) Groove Armada – "Purple Haze (Edit)" (#89) Cartman – "Shock (Living Without You)" (#98) The Whitlams – "Fall for You (Perky Mix)" (#40) Weezer – "Keep Fishin'" (#24) Pacifier – "Comfort Me" (#34)

DVD release

1. Queens of the Stone Age – "No One Knows" (#1)
2. The Vines – "Get Free" (#5)
3. Coldplay – "In My Place" (#39)
4. Rocket Science – "Being Followed" (#91)
5. Sonic Animation – "I'm a DJ (Original)" (#74)
6. The Hives – Hate to Say I Told You So" (#33)
7. Salmon Hater – "6.66" (#26)
8. The Waifs – "London Still" (#3)
9. Ben Lee – "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" (#22)
10. N*E*R*D – "Rock Star (Jason Nevins Remix Edit)" (#46)
11. Groove Armada – "Purple Haze (Edit)" (#89)
12. Grinspoon – "Chemical Heart" (#2)
13. Pacifier – "Comfort Me" (#34)
14. Waikiki – "Here Comes September" (#36)
15. Antiskeptic – "Called" (#92)
16. The Streets – "Don't Mug Yourself" (#42)
17. 1200 Techniques – "Karma" (#4)
18. 28 Days – "What's The Deal?" (#41)
19. Badly Drawn Boy – "Something to Talk About" (#78)
20. The Living End – "One Said to the Other" (#52)
21. Bodyjar – "One in a Million" (#31)
22. Darren Hanlon – "Punk's Not Dead" (#45)
23. Weezer – "Keep Fishin'" (#24)
24. Silverchair – "The Greatest View" (#10)
25. Motor Ace – "Carry On" (#29)
26. Ms Dynamite – "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee" (#75)
27. The Whitlams – "Fall for You" (#40)
28. John Butler Trio – "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (#36)
29. Machine Translations – "She Wears a Mask" (#95)
30. Cartman – "Shock (Living Without You)" (#98)
31. The Drugs – "The Bold and the Beautiful" (#39)
32. Elvis Presley vs. JXL – "A Little Less Conversation" (#60)

See also

• 2002 in music

References

1. Web site: 2023-01-27 . The story of Salmon Hater — the band who controversially crashed the Hottest 100 . 2024-08-07 . Double J . en-AU.
2. Web site: triple j – Hottest 100: Vol 10 Various Artists . . 2003 .

1. Web site: 2023-01-27 . The story of Salmon Hater — the band who controversially crashed the Hottest 100 . 2024-08-07 . Double J . en-AU.
2. Web site: triple j – Hottest 100: Vol 10 Various Artists . . 2003 .