This list compiles the dates for when each track that appeared in the Hottest 100 was released, and the name of the accompanying album or other applicable media format it was released on. It should be noted that the release dates listed are the earliest date at which the track in question was first released. This may mean it differs from the official release date of its accompanying album. In many cases, a track can be released months, or even years prior to its accompanying album. This may be due to a song being released as a single first, or being picked up and popularised by a radio station prior to an official release. Regardless, every date listed here has been thoroughly researched and checked to ensure its accuracy.
Release Dates In Countdown Order
This list simply shows the original order of the Hottest 100 with its release date and album information added alongside.
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
1 |
No Aphrodisiac |
The Whitlams |
18/03/1997 |
Eternal Nightcap |
2 |
Song 2 |
Blur |
10/02/1997 |
Blur |
3 |
Tubthumping |
Chumbawamba |
11/08/1997 |
Tubthumper |
4 |
Bitter Sweet Symphony |
The Verve |
16/06/1997 |
Urban Hymns |
5 |
Back Door Man |
Pauline Pantsdown |
21/08/1997 |
Single Only |
6 |
Dammit |
Blink-182 |
17/06/1997 |
Dude Ranch |
7 |
Paranoid Android |
Radiohead |
21/05/1997 |
OK Computer |
8 |
The Beautiful People |
Marilyn Manson |
8/10/1996 |
Antichrist Superstar |
9 |
Karma Police |
Radiohead |
21/05/1997 |
OK Computer |
10 |
Leaving Home |
Jebediah |
27/06/1997 |
Slightly Odway |
11 |
Walkin' On The Sun |
Smash Mouth |
8/07/1997 |
Fush Yu Mang |
12 |
One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces |
Ben Folds Five |
18/03/1997 |
Whatever And Ever Amen |
13 |
Freak |
Silverchair |
3/02/1997 |
Freak Show |
14 |
Down Again |
The Superjesus |
25/08/1997 |
Sumo |
15 |
Prisoner Of Society |
The Living End |
8/09/1997 |
Second Solution/Prisoner Of Society EP |
16 |
Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) |
Quindon Tarver/Lee Perry |
16/11/1997 |
Something For Everybody |
17 |
Crazy |
Cordrazine |
March 1997 |
Time To Leave EP |
18 |
Into My Arms |
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
27/01/1997 |
The Boatman's Call |
19 |
Everyday Formula |
Regurgitator |
18/10/1997 |
Unit |
20 |
I Will Survive |
Cake |
17/09/1996 |
Fashion Nugget |
21 |
Monkey Wrench |
Foo Fighters |
28/04/1997 |
The Colour And The Shape |
22 |
The Drugs Don't Work |
The Verve |
1/09/1997 |
Urban Hymns |
23 |
Calypso |
Spiderbait |
14/10/1996 |
Ivy And The Big Apples |
24 |
A.D.I.D.A.S. |
Korn |
15/10/1996 |
Life Is Peachy |
25 |
Hitchin' A Ride |
Green Day |
22/09/1997 |
Nimrod |
26 |
The Perfect Drug |
Nine Inch Nails |
18/02/1997 |
Lost Highway (Soundtrack) |
27 |
The Door |
Silverchair |
13/01/1997 |
Freak Show |
28 |
Cows With Guns |
Dana Lyons |
30/11/1995 |
Cows With Guns |
29 |
Semi-Charmed Life |
Third Eye Blind |
8/04/1997 |
Third Eye Blind |
30 |
Forty Six & 2 |
Tool |
17/09/1996 |
Ænima |
31 |
Ashes To Ashes |
Faith No More |
19/05/1997 |
Album Of The Year |
32 |
Coma |
Pendulum |
3/08/1997 |
3 Knocks |
33 |
Military Strongmen |
Jebediah |
8/09/1997 |
Slightly Odway |
34 |
DC X 3 |
Grinspoon |
24/08/1997 |
Guide To Better Living |
35 |
Summertime |
The Sundays |
8/09/1997 |
Static & Silence |
36 |
Mutilated Lips |
Ween |
24/06/1997 |
The Mollusk |
37 |
Naughty Boy |
The Mavis's |
November 1997 |
Pink Pills |
38 |
The Memory Remains |
Metallica |
11/11/1997 |
ReLoad |
39 |
Captain (Million Miles An Hour) |
Something For Kate |
9/05/1997 |
Elsewhere For 8 Minutes |
40 |
Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me? |
The Bloodhound Gang |
3/12/1996 |
One Fierce Beer Coaster |
41 |
Deadweight |
Beck |
14/10/1997 |
A Life Less Ordinary (Soundtrack) |
42 |
Brimful Of Asha |
Cornershop |
18/08/1997 |
When I Was Born For The 7th Time |
43 |
You're Not The Only One Who Feels This Way |
Ammonia |
August 1997 |
Eleventh Avenue |
44 |
Temptation |
The Tea Party |
23/06/1997 |
Transmission |
45 |
Wrong Number |
The Cure |
28/10/1997 |
Galore |
46 |
Fire Water Burn |
The Bloodhound Gang |
3/12/1996 |
One Fierce Beer Coaster |
47 |
(Can't You) Trip Like I Do |
Filter & The Crystal Method |
29/07/1997 |
Spawn (Soundtrack) |
48 |
Anatomically Correct |
Custard |
15/09/1997 |
We Have The Technology |
49 |
From Here On In |
The Living End |
11/09/1996 |
It's For Your Own Good EP |
50 |
Eat Me |
Arkarna |
26/08/1997 |
Fresh Meat |
51 |
So Much For The Afterglow |
Everclear |
18/09/1997 |
So Much For The Afterglow |
52 |
#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Mix) |
Garbage |
29/10/1996 |
Romeo + Juliet (Soundtrack) |
53 |
You Sound Like Louis Burdett |
The Whitlams |
11/01/1997 |
Eternal Nightcap |
54 |
Everything To Everyone |
Everclear |
18/09/1997 |
So Much For The Afterglow |
55 |
Love Rollercoaster |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
5/11/1996 |
Beavis And Butt-Head Do America {Soundtrack) |
56 |
Funky Shit |
The Prodigy |
30/06/1997 |
The Fat Of The Land |
57 |
Girl At The Bus Stop |
My Drug Hell |
10/09/1996 |
This Is My Drug Hell |
58 |
I Go Off |
Diana Ah Naid |
13/07/1997 |
Diana Ah Naid |
59 |
Your Woman |
White Town |
9/06/1996 |
>Abort, Retry, Fail?_ EP |
60 |
New York City |
They Might Be Giants |
8/10/1996 |
Factory Showroom |
61 |
Block Rockin' Beats |
The Chemical Brothers |
24/03/1997 |
Dig Your Own Hole |
62 |
The End Is The Beginning Is The End |
The Smashing Pumpkins |
4/04/1997 |
Batman & Robin (Soundtrack) |
63 |
Repeat |
Grinspoon |
1/01/1997 |
Guide To Better Living |
64 |
Stripsearch |
Faith No More |
19/05/1997 |
Album Of The Year |
65 |
The Outdoor Type |
The Lemonheads |
15/10/1996 |
Car Button Cloth |
66 |
JC |
Powderfinger |
2/09/1996 |
Double Allergic |
67 |
I Choose |
The Offspring |
4/02/1997 |
Ixnay On The Hombre |
68 |
Cosmic Girl |
Jamiroquai |
9/09/1996 |
Travelling Without Moving |
69 |
Waving My Dick In The Wind |
Ween |
24/06/1997 |
The Mollusk |
70 |
Place Your Hands |
Reef |
21/10/1996 |
Glow |
71 |
Sick With Love |
Robyn Loau |
28/09/1997 |
Single Only |
72 |
Pulse |
Front End Loader |
1/09/1997 |
Last Of The V8 Interceptors |
73 |
Lakini's Juice |
Live |
18/02/1997 |
Secret Samadhi |
74 |
The Ghost Of Tom Joad |
Rage Against The Machine |
25/11/1997 |
Single Only |
75 |
Female Of The Species |
Space |
16/09/1996 |
Spiders |
76 |
Legend Of A Cowgirl |
Imani Coppola |
14/10/1997 |
Chupacabra |
77 |
Lovefool |
The Cardigans |
14/09/1996 |
First Band On The Moon |
78 |
Degenerate Boy |
The Mark Of Cain |
1/03/1997 |
Idiot Box (Soundtrack) |
79 |
All Mine |
Portishead |
8/09/1997 |
Portishead |
80 |
Faded |
Ben Harper |
17/06/1997 |
The Will To Live |
81 |
Did It Again |
Kylie Minogue |
1/11/1997 |
Impossible Princess |
82 |
Shake Hands With Beef |
Primus |
8/07/1997 |
Brown Album |
83 |
I Wanna Be A Drug-Sniffing Dog |
Lard |
13/05/1997 |
Pure Chewing Satisfaction |
84 |
Feeling Kinda Sporty |
Dave Graney 'N' The Coral Snakes |
8/06/1997 |
The Devil Drives |
85 |
Nightmare (Sinister Strings Radio Edit) |
Brainbug |
1/12/1997 |
Single Only |
86 |
Smokin' Johnny Cash |
The Blackeyed Susans |
May 1997 |
Spin The Bottle |
87 |
6 Underground |
Sneaker Pimps |
19/08/1996 |
Becoming X |
88 |
Nothing |
Beaverloop |
1997 |
Nothing EP |
89 |
Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth |
The Dandy Warhols |
15/07/1997 |
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down |
90 |
Society |
Pennywise |
22/04/1997 |
Full Circle |
91 |
Remember Me |
Blue Boy |
20/01/1997 |
Single Only |
92 |
Titanic Days |
Sidewinder |
22/09/1997 |
Tangerine |
93 |
Weightlessness |
Skunkhour |
July 1997 |
Chin Chin |
94 |
Way Of All Things |
Rebecca's Empire |
15/07/1996 |
The Way Of All Things |
95 |
Don't Leave |
Faithless |
11/03/1996 |
Reverence |
96 |
Bound For The Floor |
Local H |
16/04/1996 |
As Good As Dead |
97 |
The Future's Overrated |
Arkarna |
26/08/1997 |
Fresh Meat |
98 |
Da Funk |
Daft Punk |
13/06/1995 |
Homework |
99 |
Naked Eye |
Luscious Jackson |
1/10/1996 |
Fever In Fever Out |
100 |
I Give In |
Effigy |
17/03/1997 |
Effigy |
Notes
- #15: 'Prisoner Of Society' - The Living End: Originally released on the 'Second Solution/Prisoner Of Society' EP, but later re-recorded for their self titled debut album in 1999.
- #16: 'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)' - Quindon Tarver/Lee Perry: Released on the Baz Luhrmann compilation album 'Something For Everybody'.
- #17: 'Crazy' - Cordrazine: Later released on their debut album 'From Here To Wherever' in 1998.
- #28: 'Cows With Guns' - Dana Lyons: Orignally released as a single in 1995 and re-released on his album 'Cows With Guns' in 1998.
- #45: 'Wrong Number' - The Cure: Released as a new single to promote 'Galore', their, at the time, most recent 'Greatest Hits' compilation.
- #52: '#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Mix)' - Garbage: Originally released as a B-side to their song 'Vow' in 1995, but re-mixed for the soundrack to 'Romeo + Juliet' in 1996.
- #59: 'Your Woman' - White Town: Later released on the 1997 album 'Women In Technology'
- #71: 'Sick With Love' - Robyn Loau: Despite being released as a lead single from her forthcoming album, record label problems meant that Loau's album was not released until 2008.
- #74: 'The Ghost Of Tom Joad' - Rage Against The Machine: Originally released a single, the song was later re-released on their 2000 cover album 'Renegades', which featured in the 1999 and 2000 Hottest 100s.
Release Dates By Date
This list sorts all the tracks that reached the Hottest 100 in order of their release dates.
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
98 |
Da Funk |
Daft Punk |
13/06/1995 |
Homework |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
28 |
Cows With Guns |
Dana Lyons |
30/11/1995 |
Cows With Guns |
Notes
- #28: 'Cows With Guns' - Dana Lyons: Orignally released as a single in 1995 and re-released on his album 'Cows With Guns' in 1998.
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
95 |
Don't Leave |
Faithless |
11/03/1996 |
Reverence |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
96 |
Bound For The Floor |
Local H |
16/04/1996 |
As Good As Dead |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
59 |
Your Woman |
White Town |
9/06/1996 |
>Abort, Retry, Fail?_ EP |
Notes
- #59: 'Your Woman' - White Town: Later released on the 1997 album 'Women In Technology'
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
94 |
The Way Of All Things |
Rebecca's Empire |
15/07/1996 |
The Way Of All Things |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
87 |
6 Underground |
Sneaker Pimps |
19/08/1996 |
Becoming X |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
66 |
JC |
Powderfinger |
2/09/1996 |
Double Allergic |
68 |
Cosmic Girl |
Jamiroquai |
9/09/1996 |
Travelling Without Moving |
57 |
Girl At The Bus Stop |
My Drug Hell |
10/09/1996 |
This Is My Drug Hell |
49 |
From Here On In |
The Living End |
11/09/1996 |
It's For Your Own Good EP |
77 |
Lovefool |
The Cardigans |
14/09/1996 |
First Band On The Moon |
75 |
Female Of The Species |
Space |
16/09/1996 |
Spiders |
20 |
I Will Survive |
Cake |
17/09/1996 |
Fashion Nugget |
30 |
Forty Six & 2 |
Tool |
17/09/1996 |
Ænima |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
99 |
Naked Eye |
Luscious Jackson |
1/10/1996 |
Fever In Fever Out |
8 |
The Beautiful People |
Marilyn Manson |
8/10/1996 |
Antichrist Superstar |
60 |
New York City |
They Might Be Giants |
8/10/1996 |
Factory Showroom |
23 |
Calypso |
Spiderbait |
14/10/1996 |
Ivy And The Big Apples |
24 |
A.D.I.D.A.S. |
Korn |
15/10/1996 |
Life Is Peachy |
65 |
The Outdoor Type |
The Lemonheads |
15/10/1996 |
Car Button Cloth |
70 |
Place Your Hands |
Reef |
21/10/1996 |
Glow |
52 |
#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Mix) |
Garbage |
20/05/1995 |
Romeo + Juliet (Soundtrack) |
Notes
- #52: '#1 Crush (Nellee Hooper Mix)' - Garbage: Originally released as a B-side to their song 'Vow' in 1995, but re-mixed for the soundrack to 'Romeo + Juliet' in 1996.
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
55 |
Love Rollercoaster |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
5/11/1996 |
Beavis And Butt-Head Do America {Soundtrack) |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
46 |
Fire Water Burn |
The Bloodhound Gang |
3/12/1996 |
One Fierce Beer Coaster |
40 |
Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me? |
The Bloodhound Gang |
3/12/1996 |
One Fierce Beer Coaster |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
88 |
Nothing |
Beaverloop |
1997 |
Nothing EP |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
63 |
Repeat |
Grinspoon |
1/01/1997 |
Guide To Better Living |
53 |
You Sound Like Louis Burdett |
The Whitlams |
11/01/1997 |
Eternal Nightcap |
27 |
The Door |
Silverchair |
13/01/1997 |
Freak Show |
91 |
Remember Me |
Blue Boy |
20/01/1997 |
Single Only |
18 |
Into My Arms |
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
27/01/1997 |
The Boatman's Call |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
13 |
Freak |
Silverchair |
3/02/1997 |
Freak Show |
67 |
I Choose |
The Offspring |
4/02/1997 |
Ixnay On The Hombre |
2 |
Song 2 |
Blur |
10/02/1997 |
Blur |
73 |
Lakini's Juice |
Live |
18/02/1997 |
Secret Samadhi |
26 |
The Perfect Drug |
Nine Inch Nails |
18/02/1997 |
Lost Highway (Soundtrack) |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
17 |
Crazy |
Cordrazine |
March 1997 |
Time To Leave EP |
78 |
Degenerate Boy |
The Mark Of Cain |
1/03/1997 |
Idiot Box (Soundtrack) |
100 |
I Give In |
Effigy |
17/03/1997 |
Effigy |
12 |
One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces |
Ben Folds Five |
18/03/1997 |
Whatever And Ever Amen |
1 |
No Aphrodisiac |
The Whitlams |
18/03/1997 |
Eternal Nightcap |
61 |
Block Rockin' Beats |
The Chemical Brothers |
24/03/1997 |
Dig Your Own Hole |
Notes
- #17: 'Crazy' - Cordrazine: Later released on their debut album 'From Here To Wherever' in 1998.
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
62 |
The End Is The Beginning Is The End |
The Smashing Pumpkins |
4/04/1997 |
Batman & Robin (Soundtrack) |
29 |
Semi-Charmed Life |
Third Eye Blind |
8/04/1997 |
Third Eye Blind |
90 |
Society |
Pennywise |
22/04/1997 |
Full Circle |
21 |
Monkey Wrench |
Foo Fighters |
28/04/1997 |
The Colour And The Shape |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
86 |
Smokin' Johnny Cash |
The Blackeyed Susans |
May 1997 |
Spin The Bottle |
39 |
Captain (Million Miles An Hour) |
Something For Kate |
9/05/1997 |
Elsewhere For 8 Minutes |
83 |
I Wanna Be A Drug-Sniffing Dog |
Lard |
13/05/1997 |
Pure Chewing Satisfaction |
64 |
Stripsearch |
Faith No More |
19/05/1997 |
Album Of The Year |
31 |
Ashes To Ashes |
Faith No More |
19/05/1997 |
Album Of The Year |
9 |
Karma Police |
Radiohead |
21/05/1997 |
OK Computer |
7 |
Paranoid Android |
Radiohead |
21/05/1997 |
OK Computer |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
84 |
Feeling Kinda Sporty |
Dave Graney 'N' The Coral Snakes |
8/06/1997 |
The Devil Drives |
4 |
Bitter Sweet Symphony |
The Verve |
16/06/1997 |
Urban Hymns |
80 |
Faded |
Ben Harper |
17/06/1997 |
The Will To Live |
6 |
Dammit |
Blink-182 |
17/06/1997 |
Dude Ranch |
44 |
Temptation |
The Tea Party |
23/06/1997 |
Transmission |
69 |
Waving My Dick In The Wind |
Ween |
24/06/1997 |
The Mollusk |
36 |
Mutilated Lips |
Ween |
24/06/1997 |
The Mollusk |
10 |
Leaving Home |
Jebediah |
27/06/1997 |
Slightly Odway |
56 |
Funky Shit |
The Prodigy |
30/06/1997 |
The Fat Of The Land |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
93 |
Weightlessness |
Skunkhour |
July 1997 |
Chin Chin |
82 |
Shake Hands With Beef |
Primus |
8/07/1997 |
Brown Album |
11 |
Walkin' On The Sun |
Smash Mouth |
8/07/1997 |
Fush Yu Mang |
58 |
I Go Off |
Diana Ah Naid |
13/07/1997 |
Diana Ah Naid |
89 |
Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth |
The Dandy Warhols |
15/07/1997 |
...The Dandy Warhols Come Down |
47 |
(Can't You) Trip Like I Do |
Filter & The Crystal Method |
29/07/1997 |
Spawn (Soundtrack) |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
43 |
You're Not The Only One Who Feels This Way |
Ammonia |
August 1997 |
Eleventh Avenue |
32 |
Coma |
Pendulum |
3/08/1997 |
3 Knocks |
3 |
Tubthumping |
Chumbawamba |
11/08/1997 |
Tubthumper |
42 |
Brimful Of Asha |
Cornershop |
18/08/1997 |
When I Was Born For The 7th Time |
5 |
Back Door Man |
Pauline Pantsdown |
21/08/1997 |
Single Only |
34 |
DC X 3 |
Grinspoon |
24/08/1997 |
Guide To Better Living |
14 |
Down Again |
The Superjesus |
25/08/1997 |
Sumo |
97 |
The Future's Overrated |
Arkarna |
26/08/1997 |
Fresh Meat |
50 |
Eat Me |
Arkarna |
26/08/1997 |
Fresh Meat |
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
72 |
Pulse |
Front End Loader |
1/09/1997 |
Last Of The V8 Interceptors |
22 |
The Drugs Don't Work |
The Verve |
1/09/1997 |
Urban Hymns |
33 |
Military Strongmen |
Jebediah |
8/09/1997 |
Slightly Odway |
79 |
All Mine |
Portishead |
8/09/1997 |
Portishead |
15 |
Prisoner Of Society |
The Living End |
8/09/1997 |
Second Solution/Prisoner Of Society EP |
35 |
Summertime |
The Sundays |
8/09/1997 |
Static & Silence |
48 |
Anatomically Correct |
Custard |
15/09/1997 |
We Have The Technology |
54 |
Everything To Everyone |
Everclear |
18/09/1997 |
So Much For The Afterglow |
51 |
So Much For The Afterglow |
Everclear |
18/09/1997 |
So Much For The Afterglow |
25 |
Hitchin' A Ride |
Green Day |
22/09/1997 |
Nimrod |
92 |
Titanic Days |
Sidewinder |
22/09/1997 |
Tangerine |
71 |
Sick With Love |
Robyn Loau |
28/09/1997 |
Single Only |
Notes
- #15: 'Prisoner Of Society' - The Living End: Originally released on the 'Second Solution/Prisoner Of Society' EP, but later re-recorded for their self titled debut album in 1999.
- #71: 'Sick With Love' - Robyn Loau: Despite being released as a lead single from her forthcoming album, record label problems meant that Loau's album was not released until 2008.
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
41 |
Deadweight |
Beck |
14/10/1997 |
A Life Less Ordinary (Soundtrack) |
76 |
Legend Of A Cowgirl |
Imani Coppola |
14/10/1997 |
Chupacabra |
19 |
Everyday Formula |
Regurgitator |
18/10/1997 |
Unit |
45 |
Wrong Number |
The Cure |
28/10/1997 |
Galore |
Notes
- #45: 'Wrong Number' - The Cure: Released as a new single to promote 'Galore', their, at the time, most recent 'Greatest Hits' compilation.
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
37 |
Naughty Boy |
The Mavis's |
November 1997 |
Pink Pills |
81 |
Did It Again |
Kylie Minogue |
1/11/1997 |
Impossible Princess |
38 |
The Memory Remains |
Metallica |
11/11/1997 |
ReLoad |
16 |
Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) |
Quindon Tarver/Lee Perry |
16/11/1997 |
Something For Everybody |
74 |
The Ghost Of Tom Joad |
Rage Against The Machine |
25/11/1997 |
Single Only |
Notes
- #16: 'Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)' - Quindon Tarver/Lee Perry: Released on the Baz Luhrmann compilation album 'Something For Everybody'.
- #74: 'The Ghost Of Tom Joad' - Rage Against The Machine: Originally released a single, the song was later re-released on their 2000 cover album 'Renegades', which featured in the 1999 and 2000 Hottest 100s.
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Album |
85 |
Nightmare (Sinister Strings Radio Edit) |
Brainbug |
1/12/1997 |
Single Only |
Facts
- 74 of the songs that charted in the Hottest 100 for 1997 were released within the year of the countdown.
- The most common month for a song to be released was September 1997, which had 12 songs enter the countdown.
- The earliest track released was Daft Punk's 'Da Funk', which was released on June 13th, 1995.
- The most recent track to have made the countdown was Brainbug's 'Nightmare (Sinister Strings Radio Edit)', which was released on December 1st, 1997.
Adjusted Countdown
This list is an adjusted version of the 1997 Hottest 100 countdown.
This shows what the countdown would have looked like if only songs from 1997 were allowed to chart.
# |
Title |
Artist |
Date |
Original |
1 |
No Aphrodisiac |
The Whitlams |
18/03/1997 |
1 |
2 |
Song 2 |
Blur |
10/02/1997 |
2 |
3 |
Tubthumping |
Chumbawamba |
11/08/1997 |
3 |
4 |
Bitter Sweet Symphony |
The Verve |
16/06/1997 |
4 |
5 |
Back Door Man |
Pauline Pantsdown |
21/08/1997 |
5 |
6 |
Dammit |
Blink-182 |
17/06/1997 |
6 |
7 |
Paranoid Android |
Radiohead |
21/05/1997 |
7 |
8 |
Karma Police |
Radiohead |
21/05/1997 |
9 |
9 |
Leaving Home |
Jebediah |
27/06/1997 |
10 |
10 |
Walkin' On The Sun |
Smash Mouth |
8/07/1997 |
11 |
11 |
One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces |
Ben Folds Five |
18/03/1997 |
12 |
12 |
Freak |
Silverchair |
3/02/1997 |
13 |
13 |
Down Again |
The Superjesus |
25/08/1997 |
14 |
14 |
Prisoner Of Society |
The Living End |
8/09/1997 |
15 |
15 |
Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) |
Quindon Tarver/Lee Perry |
16/11/1997 |
16 |
16 |
Crazy |
Cordrazine |
March 1997 |
17 |
17 |
Into My Arms |
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
27/01/1997 |
18 |
18 |
Everyday Formula |
Regurgitator |
18/10/1997 |
19 |
19 |
Monkey Wrench |
Foo Fighters |
28/04/1997 |
21 |
20 |
The Drugs Don't Work |
The Verve |
1/09/1997 |
22 |
21 |
Hitchin' A Ride |
Green Day |
22/09/1997 |
25 |
22 |
The Perfect Drug |
Nine Inch Nails |
18/02/1997 |
26 |
23 |
The Door |
Silverchair |
13/01/1997 |
27 |
24 |
Semi-Charmed Life |
Third Eye Blind |
8/04/1997 |
29 |
25 |
Ashes To Ashes |
Faith No More |
19/05/1997 |
31 |
26 |
Coma |
Pendulum |
3/08/1997 |
32 |
27 |
Military Strongmen |
Jebediah |
8/09/1997 |
33 |
28 |
DC X 3 |
Grinspoon |
24/08/1997 |
34 |
29 |
Summertime |
The Sundays |
8/09/1997 |
35 |
30 |
Mutilated Lips |
Ween |
24/06/1997 |
36 |
31 |
Naughty Boy |
The Mavis's |
November 1997 |
37 |
32 |
The Memory Remains |
Metallica |
11/11/1997 |
38 |
33 |
Captain (Million Miles An Hour) |
Something For Kate |
9/05/1997 |
39 |
34 |
Deadweight |
Beck |
14/10/1997 |
41 |
35 |
Brimful Of Asha |
Cornershop |
18/08/1997 |
42 |
36 |
You're Not The Only One Who Feels This Way |
Ammonia |
August 1997 |
43 |
37 |
Temptation |
The Tea Party |
23/06/1997 |
44 |
38 |
Wrong Number |
The Cure |
28/10/1997 |
45 |
39 |
(Can't You) Trip Like I Do |
Filter & The Crystal Method |
29/07/1997 |
47 |
40 |
Anatomically Correct |
Custard |
15/09/1997 |
48 |
41 |
Eat Me |
Arkarna |
26/08/1997 |
50 |
42 |
So Much For The Afterglow |
Everclear |
18/09/1997 |
51 |
43 |
You Sound Like Louis Burdett |
The Whitlams |
11/01/1997 |
53 |
44 |
Everything To Everyone |
Everclear |
18/09/1997 |
54 |
45 |
Funky Shit |
The Prodigy |
30/06/1997 |
56 |
46 |
I Go Off |
Diana Ah Naid |
13/07/1997 |
58 |
47 |
Block Rockin' Beats |
The Chemical Brothers |
24/03/1997 |
61 |
48 |
The End Is The Beginning Is The End |
The Smashing Pumpkins |
4/04/1997 |
62 |
49 |
Repeat |
Grinspoon |
1/01/1997 |
63 |
50 |
Stripsearch |
Faith No More |
19/05/1997 |
64 |
51 |
I Choose |
The Offspring |
4/02/1997 |
67 |
52 |
Waving My Dick In The Wind |
Ween |
24/06/1997 |
69 |
53 |
Sick With Love |
Robyn Loau |
28/09/1997 |
71 |
54 |
Pulse |
Front End Loader |
1/09/1997 |
72 |
55 |
Lakini's Juice |
Live |
18/02/1997 |
73 |
56 |
The Ghost Of Tom Joad |
Rage Against The Machine |
25/11/1997 |
74 |
57 |
Legend Of A Cowgirl |
Imani Coppola |
14/10/1997 |
76 |
58 |
Degenerate Boy |
The Mark Of Cain |
1/03/1997 |
78 |
59 |
All Mine |
Portishead |
8/09/1997 |
79 |
60 |
Faded |
Ben Harper |
17/06/1997 |
80 |
61 |
Did It Again |
Kylie Minogue |
1/11/1997 |
81 |
62 |
Shake Hands With Beef |
Primus |
8/07/1997 |
82 |
63 |
I Wanna Be A Drug-Sniffing Dog |
Lard |
13/05/1997 |
83 |
64 |
Feeling Kinda Sporty |
Dave Graney 'N' The Coral Snakes |
8/06/1997 |
84 |
65 |
Nightmare (Sinister Strings Radio Edit) |
Brainbug |
1/12/1997 |
85 |
66 |
Smokin' Johnny Cash |
The Blackeyed Susans |
May 1997 |
86 |
67 |
Nothing |
Beaverloop |
1997 |
88 |
68 |
Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth |
The Dandy Warhols |
15/07/1997 |
89 |
69 |
Society |
Pennywise |
22/04/1997 |
90 |
70 |
Remember Me |
Blue Boy |
20/01/1997 |
91 |
71 |
Titanic Days |
Sidewinder |
22/09/1997 |
92 |
72 |
Weightlessness |
Skunkhour |
July 1997 |
93 |
73 |
The Future's Overrated |
Arkarna |
26/08/1997 |
97 |
74 |
I Give In |
Effigy |
17/03/1997 |
100 |