Year-end countdown · Triple J · 2000

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000

The year-end countdown for 2000 from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “My Happiness” by Powderfinger at number one. The list features 78 different artists; Rage Against the Machine has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 My Happiness Powderfinger 13 #1
2 Beautiful Day U2 124 #1
3 Not My Kinda Scene Powderfinger 1 #3
4 Wheatus Teenage Dirtbag 1 #4
5 Yellow Coldplay 98 #3
6 Frontier Psychiatrist The Avalanches 21 #4
7 Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 102 #2
8 Generator Foo Fighters 1 #8
9 Every F***'n City Paul Kelly 1 #9
10 Bohemian Like You The Dandy Warhols 47 #6
11 Rip It Up 28 Days 1 #11
12 Dirty Jeans Magic Dirt 1 #12
13 Sleep Now in the Fire Rage Against the Machine 41 #3
14 Minority Green Day 39 #6
15 Teenager of the Year Lo-tel 1 #15
16 Unsent Letter Machine Gun Fellatio 1 #16
17 Gravity The Superjesus 1 #17
18 Stacked Actors Foo Fighters 13 #18
19 Pictures In The Mirror The Living End 1 #19
20 Not The Same Bodyjar 1 #20
21 My Generation Limp Bizkit 14 #21
22 Porcelain Moby 36 #7
23 Damage You Am I 1 #23
24 Freestyler Bomfunk MCs 2 #24
25 Pacifier Shihad 1 #25
26 Mr. E's Beautiful Blues The Eels 12 #26
27 Take a Look Around Limp Bizkit 16 #2
28 Bastard Son George 1 #28
29 Sour Girl Stone Temple Pilots 32 #6
30 Please Leave Jebediah 1 #30
31 Why Does It Always Rain on Me? Travis 23 #1
32 Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) Spiller 1 #32
33 Rock Show Grinspoon 1 #33
34 Judith A Perfect Circle 37 #4
35 We Haven't Turned Around Gomez 1 #35
36 Rock Superstar Cypress Hill 23 #4
37 Thank You The Whitlams 2 #37
38 Machismo Gomez 1 #38
39 Taste In Men Placebo 1 #39
40 Last Resort Papa Roach 61 #1
41 Penguins And Polarbears Millencolin 1 #41
42 Everything In It's Right Place Radiohead 20 #2
43 Sunset (Bird of Prey) Fatboy Slim 3 #43
44 Daddy I'm Fine Sinéad O'Connor 2 #44
45 The Time Is Now Moloko 1 #45
46 Take a Picture Filter 51 #3
47 Slave To The Wage Placebo 2 #47
48 Crush The Losers Regurgitator 1 #48
49 Get Off The Dandy Warhols 1 #49
50 Naughty Skulker 1 #50
51 Original Prankster The Offspring 20 #9
52 Sucker 28 Days 1 #52
53 Wasting My Life The Hippos 1 #53
54 Man Overboard blink-182 23 #14
55 The Great Beyond R.E.M. 21 #10
56 I Love You But Friendly 1 #56
57 I See You Baby Groove Armada 4 #21
58 Give Up Your Day Job Fauves 1 #58
59 Beautiful Sharks Something For Kate 1 #59
60 No Man's Woman Sinéad O'Connor 7 #23
61 Spawn George 1 #61
62 Fast As You Can Fiona Apple 23 #13
63 Shiver Coldplay 23 #32
64 Black Jesus Everlast 13 #39
65 American Shoes Motor Ace 1 #65
66 Fall Yo The Ground Bodyjar 1 #66
67 Mofo On A Motor Cycle Machine Gun Fellatio 1 #67
68 Heaven is a Halfpipe OPM 10 #10
69 Responsibility MxPx 10 #31
70 Superman/Supergirl Killing Heidi 1 #70
71 Nothing's Wrong Frenzal Rhomb 1 #71
72 I Know You Know I Know Tex Perkins 1 #72
73 Secrets Grinspoon 1 #73
74 One More Time (Sunshine Song) Groove Terminator 1 #74
75 Wait and Bleed Slipknot 40 #1
76 Bottles to the Ground NOFX 5 #36
77 Maria Rage Against the Machine 1 #77
78 Stand Inside Your Love The Smashing Pumpkins 17 #11
79 No Leaf Clover Metallica 17 #10
80 Hej Skulker 1 #80
81 Make Me Bad Korn 30 #4
82 Sunburn Muse 1 #82
83 Kick In The Door Skunkhour 1 #83
84 I Disappear Metallica 30 #3
85 Nothing As It Seems Pearl Jam 14 #23
86 Hello Cruel World Klinger 1 #86
87 Music Madonna 4 #87
88 Rome Wasn't Built In A Day Morcheeba 2 #88
89 Work It Out Brassy 2 #89
90 Good Fortune PJ Harvey 17 #2
91 Start Making Sense Area 7 1 #91
92 Live Without It Killing Heidi 1 #92
93 Set The Record Straight Reef 1 #93
94 The Ground Beneath Her Feet U2 10 #46
95 Renegades Rage Against the Machine 1 #95
96 Paint Pastel Princess Silverchair 1 #96
97 Ben Lee Klinger 1 #97
98 Death Defy Motor Ace 1 #98
99 Who the Hell Are You Madison Avenue 1 #99
100 Warning Green Day 24 #18

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About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2000 was broadcast by Triple J (Australia (national)). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Contributed by Keith Murphy. Thank you!

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