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. "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 Amazing Alex Lloyd Australia 2 Monsters Something for Kate Australia 3 Chop Suey! System of a Down United States 4 Where's Your Head At Basement Jaxx United Kingdom 5 Betterman John Butler Trio Australia 6 Smooth Criminal Alien Ant Farm United States 7 Island in the Sun Weezer United States 8 Since I Left You The Avalanches Australia 9 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz United Kingdom 10 Short Skirt/Long Jacket Cake United States 11 Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go!) Garbage United States 12 Last Nite The Strokes United States 13 Three Dimensions Something for Kate Australia 14 Schism Tool United States 15 19-2000 Gorillaz United Kingdom 16 Say What? 28 Days and Apollo 440 Australia/United Kingdom 17 Rockin' the Suburbs Ben Folds United States 18 Renegades of Funk Rage Against the Machine United States 19 Special Ones George Australia 20 Hash Pipe Weezer United States 21 Weapon of Choice Fatboy Slim featuring Bootsy Collins United Kingdom/United States 22 The Drugs Don't Work Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals United States 23 This Mess We're In PJ Harvey United Kingdom 24 Dust Me Selecta Gerling Australia 25 Wake Up Eskimo Joe Australia 26 Little L Jamiroquai United Kingdom 27 Fat Cop Regurgitator Australia 28 Fall Down Jebediah Australia 29 Take John Butler Trio Australia 30 The Girl of My Dreams is Giving Me Nightmares Machine Gun Fellatio Australia 31 Planet Earth Eskimo Joe Australia 32 Special K Placebo United Kingdom 33 Getting Away with It (All Messed Up) James United Kingdom 34 Who Sold Her Out Eskimo Joe Australia 35 Thank You Dido United Kingdom 36 Pyramid Song Radiohead United Kingdom 37 Twenty Years Something for Kate Australia 38 Crystal New Order United Kingdom 39 Cocaine The Cruel Sea Australia 40 Elevation (Tomb Raider Mix) U2 Ireland 41 Super Straight Regurgitator Australia 42 I Will Not Go Quietly (Duffy's Song) The Whitlams Australia 43 Souljacker Part I Eels United States 44 Androgyny Garbage United States 45 Strange Little Girl Tori Amos United States 46 Untitled The Smashing Pumpkins United States 47 There Is No Such Place Augie March Australia 48 Superstylin' Groove Armada United Kingdom 49 Parabola Tool United States 50 Just the Thing Paul Mac featuring Peta Morris Australia 51 Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Australia 52 Man, It's So Loud in Here They Might Be Giants United States 53 Hey Driver Motor Ace Australia 54 The Rock Show Blink-182 United States 55 One Step Closer Linkin Park United States 56 Kick a Hole in the Sky You Am I Australia 57 Get Up You Am I Australia 58 Bleed American Jimmy Eat World United States 59 Hard to Explain The Strokes United States 60 Pattern Against User At the Drive-In United States 61 One More Time Daft Punk France 62 You Give Me Something Jamiroquai United Kingdom 63 Downtown Alex Lloyd Australia 64 Hotel Yorba The White Stripes United States 65 Burn Baby Burn Ash United Kingdom 66 New York City Cops The Strokes United States 67 Not the Same Ben Folds United States 68 Making the Nouveau Riche Blueline Medic Australia 69 Up All Night Unwritten Law United States 70 Links 2-3-4 Rammstein Germany 71 Outta My Head Spiderbait Australia 72 Roll On The Living End Australia 73 Plug In Baby Muse United Kingdom 74 Knives Out Radiohead United Kingdom 75 My Friend Groove Armada United Kingdom 76 Radio The Avalanches Australia 77 Hibernate Big Heavy Stuff Australia 78 A Simple Goodbye The Cruel Sea Australia 79 Imitation of Life R.E.M. United States 80 Bliss Muse United Kingdom 81 Butterfly Crazy Town United States 82 Home Entertainment System Lazaro's Dog Australia 83 Shining Light Ash United Kingdom 84 Starlight The Supermen Lovers featuring Mani Hoffman France 85 Invalid Litter Dept. At the Drive-In United States 86 Light on Your Shoulder Rhubarb Australia 87 Rock the Nation Michael Franti & Spearhead United States 88 Four on the Floor Spiderbait Australia 89 New Born Muse United Kingdom 90 60 Miles an Hour New Order United Kingdom 91 Fat Lip Sum 41 Canada 92 Run George Australia 93 The Shame of Life Butthole Surfers United States 94 I Feel Loved Depeche Mode United Kingdom 95 Little Things Good Charlotte United States 96 Fuck Authority Pennywise United States 97 Step Back Superheist Australia 98 We Come 1 Faithless United Kingdom 99 It Began in Afrika The Chemical Brothers United Kingdom 100 Sex and Violence Endorphin Australia
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistEntries3Something for Kate2, 13, 37The Strokes 12, 59, 66Thom Yorke23, 36, 74Eskimo Joe25, 31, 34Muse 73, 80, 892Alex Lloyd1, 63John Butler Trio 5, 29Weezer 7, 20The Avalanches 8, 76Gorillaz 9, 15Garbage11, 44Tool 14, 49Ben Folds 17, 67George 19, 92Jamiroquai 26, 62Regurgitator 27, 41Radiohead 36, 74New Order38, 90The Cruel Sea39, 78Groove Armada48, 75You Am I56, 57At the Drive-In60, 85Spiderbait 71, 88
Countries Represented CountryEntriesAustralia38United States37United Kingdom23France2Ireland1Germany1Canada1
Records 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 Something for Kate Echolalia Australia 2, 13, 37 (63 in 2002) 2 Alex Lloyd Watching Angels Mend Australia 1, 63 3 Eskimo Joe Girl Australia 25, 31, 34 4 The Strokes Is This It United States 12, 59, 66 5 John Butler Trio Three Australia 5, 29 6 Tool Lateralus United States 14, 49 7 Radiohead Amnesiac United Kingdom 36, 74 8 Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Live from Mars United States 22 9 Motor Ace Five Star Laundry Australia 53 (65, 98 in 2000) 10 Gorillaz 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"
See also 2001 in music
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