Triple J Hottest 100, 2003 Explained

The 2003 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on 25 January 2004, was the eleventh 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 40 (not necessarily the top 40) songs was released. A DVD, containing film clips of songs from the Hottest 100 was also released. A countdown of the videos of each song was shown on the ABC music series Rage in March.

Full list

Note: Australian artists

	Song^[1]	Artist	Country of Origin
1			Australia
2			United States
3			United States
4			Australia
5	Clocks (Röyksopp Remix)		United Kingdom/Norway
6			Australia
7		Powderfinger	Australia
8			Australia
9			Australia
10		Powderfinger	Australia
11			Australia
12	Lighthouse		Australia
13			United States
14		The White Stripes	United States
15	I Love Work		Australia
16	Relapse		Australia
17			United States
18	Diamonds On the Inside		United States
19		Jet	Australia
20	Feeler		Australia
21	Armies Against Me		Australia
22			United States
23			Australia
24		Jack Johnson	United States
25	Baby Blue	Little Birdy	Australia
26	Russell Crowe's Band		Australia
27	There's Always Someone Cooler Than You		United States
28			United States
29		Ben Harper	United States
30			United Kingdom
31			United Kingdom
32		The Dandy Warhols	United States
33		Electric Six	United States
34			United States
35			Australia
36			United States
37		The Cat Empire	Australia
38		Butterfingers	Australia
39			Australia
40	Times Like These	Jack Johnson	United States
41	Black Bird		Australia
42		Muse	United Kingdom
43			United States
44		Hilltop Hoods	Australia
45			United States
46	77%		Australia
47		Michael Franti and Spearhead	United States
48			United Kingdom
49	2 + 2 = 5	Radiohead	United Kingdom
50	Fisherman's Daughter	The Waifs	Australia
51	Sista (Live)	John Butler Trio	Australia
52	Just Pretend		United States
53			United States
54	Let Me Be		Australia
55	Greed for Your Love		Australia
56	Franco Un-American		United States
57			United States
58				United States
59	So Entertaining	Gus and Frank	Australia
60	Watch Out Boys	Magic Dirt	Australia
61			United States
62	Music	The Beautiful Girls	Australia
63		Something for Kate	Australia
64			United Kingdom
65			Australia
66		The Living End	Australia
67			Australia
68			Australia
69		Muse	United Kingdom
70		A Perfect Circle	United States
71		AFI	United States
72		Placebo	United Kingdom
73		Epicure	Australia
74	Look Good in Leather		United States
75		The Roots featuring Cody Chesnutt	United States
76	Rockin' Rocks	Powderfinger	Australia
77		Powderfinger	Australia
78			Australia
79			United States
80			Italy
81			United Kingdom/United States
82			United Kingdom/United States
83		The Strokes	United States
84			Germany/Canada
85		Missy Elliott	United States
86	Lines	Pete Murray	Australia
87			Denmark
88	Voices in My Head		Australia
89	Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine	The White Stripes	United States
90	Break It Down (James Brown)		Australia
91			Australia
92			Australia
93		The White Stripes	United States
94	In the Cold, Cold Night	The White Stripes	United States
95		Placebo	United Kingdom
96			United Kingdom
97			United Kingdom
98			United Kingdom
99	Inertiatic ESP		United States
100		The Cat Empire	Australia

Artists with multiple entries

	Artist	Entries
5	The White Stripes	3, 14, 89, 93, 94)
		4, 7, 10, 76, 77
3	The Cat Empire	6, 37, 100
	Jack Johnson	17, 24, 40
		30, 72, 95
		31, 42, 69
2		1, 19
		8, 51
	Hilltop Hoods	9, 44
	Something for Kate	11, 62
		12, 50
	The Dandy Warhols	13, 32
		15, 38
	Little Birdy	16, 25
	Ben Harper	18, 29
	Pete Murray	20, 86
		21, 73
	Flea	22, 99
	The Living End	23, 66
	Ben Folds	27, 52
	Electric Six	28, 33
		34, 47
	Magic Dirt	35, 60
		41, 62
	The Strokes	43, 83
	A Perfect Circle	45, 70
		48, 49
	Missy Elliott	57, 85
		58, 71
	Cody ChesnuTT	74, 75

Countries Represented

Country	Entries
Australia	47
United States	38
United Kingdom	14
Norway	1
Italy	1
Germany	1
Canada	1
Denmark	1

Trivia

• Powderfinger are the first band ever to get three songs in the Top 10.
• Frenzal Rhomb holds the record of having the shortest song in the Hottest 100, with "Russell Crowe's Band" at 1:12.
• The song "Clocks" by Coldplay charted in the countdown for the second year in a row after a remix by Röyksopp featured at No. 5
• The Living End and Something for Kate made their seventh consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, with both bands having at least one track featured in every annual countdown since 1997. Similarly, Machine Gun Fellatio made their fifth consecutive appearance, having appeared in every annual countdown since 1999.

Top 10 Albums of 2003

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.

	Artist	Album	Country of Origin	Tracks in the Hottest 100
1		Vulture Street	Australia	4, 7, 10, 76, 77
2		Elephant	United States	3, 14, 89, 93, 94
3		Hail to the Thief	United Kingdom	48, 49
4	Jet	Get Born	Australia	1, 19 (24, 89 in 2004)
5		On & On	United States	17, 24, 40
6		The Official Fiction	Australia	11, 62
7		Diamonds On the Inside	United States	18, 29
8		Living 2001–2002	Australia	51
9		Absolution	United Kingdom	31, 42, 69
10		Modern ARTillery	Australia	23, 66 (52 in 2002)

CD release

CD 1 Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" Jane's Addiction – "Just Because" The Dandy Warhols – "We Used to Be Friends" Something for Kate – "Déjà Vu" Cody ChesnuTT – "Look Good in Leather" Little Birdy – "Baby Blue" The Sleepy Jackson – "Vampire Racecourse" The Herd – "77%" John Butler Trio – "Zebra" Placebo – "The Bitter End" Radiohead – "There There" Basement Jaxx – "Good Luck" Electric Six – "Gay Bar" The Waifs – "Lighthouse" Magic Dirt – "Plastic Loveless Letter" AFI – "The Leaving Song Pt. II" The Beautiful Girls – "Black Bird" Pete Murray – "Feeler" Skeewiff – "Man of Constant Sorrow"

CD 2 The Mars Volta – "Inertiatic ESP" The Living End – "Who's Gonna Save Us?" The Cat Empire – "Hello" Chicks on Speed – "We Don't Play Guitars" Ben Harper – "Diamonds on the Inside" Butterfingers – "I Love Work" Missy Higgins – "Greed For Your Love" Chemical Brothers – "The Golden Path" Offcuts – "Break It Down James Brown" Machine Gun Fellatio – "Voices in My Head" Nofx – "Franco Un-American" The Butterfly Effect – "One Second of Insanity" Michael Franti and Spearhead – "Everyone Deserves Music" Epicure – "Life Sentence" Belle and Sebastian – "Step into My Office Baby" Junior Senior – "Move Your Feet" Missy Elliott – "Pass That Dutch" Gyroscope – "Doctor, Doctor" Xavier Rudd – "Let Me Be" Powderfinger – "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind"

DVD release

The Hottest 100 DVD was the second such DVD, after the 2002 release.

1. Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl
2. Jane's Addiction – Just Because
3. The Dandy Warhols – We Used To Be Friends
4. Something for Kate – Déjà Vu (Radio Edit)
5. Cody ChesnuTT – Look Good in Leather
6. Little Birdy – Baby Blue
7. The Sleepy Jackson – Vampire Racecourse
8. The Herd – 77%
9. The John Butler Trio – Zebra
10. Placebo – The Bitter End
11. Radiohead – There There
12. Basement Jaxx – Good Luck (featuring Lisa Kekaula)
13. Electric Six – Gay Bar
14. The Waifs – Lighthouse
15. Magic Dirt – Plastic Loveless Letter
16. AFI – The Leaving Song Pt. II
17. Pete Murray – Feeler
18. The Mars Volta – Inertiatic ESP (Album Version)
19. The Living End – Who's Gonna Save Us
20. The Cat Empire – Hello
21. Chicks on Speed (featuring Peaches) – We Don't Play Guitars
22. Ben Harper – Diamonds On the Inside
23. Butterfingers – I Love Work
24. Missy Higgins – Greed For Your Love
25. Chemical Brothers – The Golden Path
26. Offcutts – Break It Down, James Brown
27. Machine Gun Fellatio – Voices in My Head
28. NOFX – Franco Un-American
29. The Butterfly Effect – One Second of Insanity
30. Michael Franti and Spearhead – Everyone Deserves Music
31. Belle and Sebastian – Step into My Office, Baby
32. Junior Senior – Move Your Feet (Radio Edit)
33. Missy Elliott – Pass That Dutch
34. Powderfinger – (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind

See also

• 2003 in music

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hottest 100 2003 . . 11 June 2007.