Triple J Hottest 100, 2000 Explained

The 2000 Triple J Hottest 100, announced in January 2001, was the eighth 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 37 (not necessarily the top 37) songs was released. The CD featured Queens of the Stone Age's song "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" despite it not making the top 100.

Full list

Note: Australian artists

	Song	Artist	Country of origin
1			Australia
2			Ireland
3		Powderfinger	Australia
4			United States
5			United Kingdom
6			Australia
7			United States
8			United States
9	Every Fucking City		Australia
10			United States
11	Rip It Up		Australia
12			Australia
13			United States
14			United States
15			Australia
16	Unsent Letter		Australia
17			Australia
18		Foo Fighters	United States
19			Australia
20	Not the Same		Australia
21			United States
22			United States
23			Australia
24	Freestyler		Finland
25	Pacifier		New Zealand
26			United States
27		Limp Bizkit	United States
28	Bastard Son (Lunar Mix)		Australia
29			United States
30			Australia
31			United Kingdom
32		Spiller featuring Sophie Ellis-Bextor	Italy/United Kingdom
33			Australia
34			United States
35	We Haven't Turned Around		United Kingdom
36			United States
37			Australia
38		Gomez	United Kingdom
39			United Kingdom
40			United States
41			Sweden
42			United Kingdom
43			United Kingdom
44	Daddy I'm Fine		Ireland
45			United Kingdom
46			United States
47		Placebo	United Kingdom
48			Australia
49		The Dandy Warhols	United States
50	Naughty		Australia
51			United States
52	Sucker	28 Days	Australia
53	Wasting My Life		United States
54			United States
55			United States
56	I Love You But		Australia
57		Groove Armada featuring Gram'ma Funk	United Kingdom/United States
58	Give Up Your Day Job	The Fauves	Australia
59	Beautiful Sharks		Australia
60		Sinead O'Connor	Ireland
61	Spawn	george	Australia
62			United States
63		Coldplay	United Kingdom
64			United States
65	American Shoes		Australia
66	Fall to the Ground	Bodyjar	Australia
67	Mutha Fukka on a Motorcycle	Machine Gun Fellatio	Australia
68			United States
69	Responsibility		United States
70			Australia
71	Nothing's Wrong		Australia
72	I Know You Know I Know		Australia
73		Grinspoon	Australia
74	One More Time (The Sunshine Song)		Australia
75			United States
76			United States
77	Maria	Rage Against the Machine	United States
78			United States
79			United States
80	Hëj	Skulker	Australia
81			United States
82			United Kingdom
83	Kick in the Door		Australia
84		Metallica	United States
85			United States
86	Hello Cruel World		Australia
87			United States
88			United Kingdom
89	Work It Out		United Kingdom
90			United Kingdom
91	Start Making Sense		Australia
92		Killing Heidi	Australia
93	Set the Record Straight		United Kingdom
94		U2	Ireland
95		Rage Against the Machine	United States
96			Australia
97	Ben Lee	Klinger	Australia
98	Death Defy	Motor Ace	Australia
99			Australia
100		Green Day	United States

Artists with multiple entries

	Artist	Entries
3	Rage Against the Machine	13, 77, 95
2		1, 3
		2, 94
		5, 63
	Foo Fighters	8, 18
	The Dandy Warhols	10, 49
	28 Days	11, 52
	Machine Gun Fellatio	16, 67
	Green Day	14, 100
		20, 66
	Limp Bizkit	21, 27
		28, 61
		33, 73
	Gomez	35, 38
		39, 47
	Sinéad O'Connor	44, 60
		50, 80
	Motor Ace	65, 98
		70, 92
	Metallica	79, 84
		86, 97

Countries Represented

Country	Entries
Australia	40
United States	37
United Kingdom	17
Ireland	4
Finland	1
New Zealand	1
Italy	1
Sweden	1

Trivia

• Scoring songs at #1 and #3, Powderfinger set the current record for best performing pair of songs (ranked by adding their positions). This record was to be equaled by Kings of Leon in 2008. The Offspring held the previous record, with songs at #3 and #4 in 1994.
  • Powderfinger also became the only act at that point to top the countdown twice, after "These Days" topped the 1999 list. Flume would later equal this record after winning the 2016 and 2022 countdowns.
  • Furthermore, Powderfinger the first artist to feature in the top 10 of an annual countdown for three years in a row (1998–2000), and the first artist since The Cranberries (1993–94) to finish in the top 3 for the second year in a row. Both of these records would later be broken by Billie Eilish and Spacey Jane in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
• "Thank You (for Loving Me at My Worst)" by The Whitlams also featured in the 1999 Hottest 100 at #54, as did "Mutha Fukka on a Motorcycle" by Machine Gun Fellatio at #59.
• Bomfunk MC's is the first artist from Finland to appear in the Hottest 100.
• Dave Grohl made his ninth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having featured in every annual countdown to date.
  • Regurgitator made their sixth consecutive appearance, having appeared since 1995.
  • Metallica, Powderfinger, Rage Against the Machine, The Whitlams all made their fifth consecutive appearance, having appeared since 1996.

Top 10 Albums of 2000

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.

	Artist	Album	Country of Origin	Tracks in the Hottest 100
1		Kid A	United Kingdom	42
2	Powderfinger	Odyssey Number Five	Australia	1, 3 (1 in 1999)
3		Parachutes	United Kingdom	5, 63
4		Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia	United States	10, 49
5		Sunset Studies	Australia	DNC (61 in 1999), (47 in 2001)
6		Since I Left You	Australia	6 (8, 76 in 2001)
7		Showbiz	United Kingdom	82
8		Lost Souls	United Kingdom	DNC
9		Mer de Noms	United States	34
10		All That You Can't Leave Behind	Ireland	2

CD release

Disc 1 Powderfinger – "My Happiness" (4:39) Fatboy Slim – "Sunset (Bird of Prey)" (6:51) U2 – "Beautiful Day" (4:06) The Dandy Warhols – "Bohemian Like You" (3:29) Magic Dirt – "Dirty Jeans" (3:41) Bomfunk MC's – "Freestyler" (5:07) Wheatus – "Teenage Dirtbag" (4:02) You Am I – "Damage" (3:27) The Living End – "Pictures in the Mirror" (3:17) Radiohead – "Everything in Its Right Place" (4:11) Lo-Tel – "Teenager of the Year" (4:26) Friendly – "I Love You But..." (3:40) 28 Days – "Rip It Up" (3:39) Blink-182 – "Man Overboard" (2:46) The Avalanches – "Frontier Psychiatrist" (4:49) Spiller – "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (3:48) Skunkhour – "Kick in the Door" (3:03) Area-7 – "Start Making Sense" (3:31) Groove Terminator – "One More Time (The Sunshine Song)" (4:03)

Disc 2 Foo Fighters – "Generator" (3:49) Machine Gun Fellatio – "Unsent Letter" (5:11) The Superjesus – "Gravity" (4:00) Millencolin – "Penguins & Polarbears" (2:54) Moloko – "The Time Is Now" (4:29) Coldplay – "Yellow" (4:29) Placebo – "Taste in Men" (4:01) OPM – "Heaven Is a Halfpipe" (4:18) PJ Harvey – "Good Fortune" (3:20) Queens of the Stone Age – "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" (2:45) Tex Perkins – "I Know You Know I Know" (4:32) Sinéad O'Connor – "Daddy I'm Fine" (3:00) Eels – "Mr. E's Beautiful Blues" (3:59) Paul Kelly – "Every Fucking City" (3:37) Bodyjar – "Not the Same" (3:10) George – "Bastard Son" (3:19) Everlast – "Black Jesus" (4:22) Groove Armada feat. Gram'ma Funk – "I See You Baby" (3:53)

Certifications

See also

• 2000 in music