Triple J Hottest 100, 2002

The 2002 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on January 26, 2003, was the tenth 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 39 (not necessarily the top 39) songs was released. For the first time, a DVD, containing film clips of songs from the Hottest 100 was also released. This was also the last time that phone voting was allowed; in the 2003 poll, only internet voting was permitted. SMS voting was removed for the 2003 poll but was reinstated in the 2004 event

When the announcers got to the number one track, they announced that rapper Nelly's song Hot in Herre was top, and began playing it. Part way through the song, they declared that it had been a joke, broke the CD on air, and began playing Queens of the Stone Age's "No One Knows".

The band Salmon Hater came in at number 26 with their song "6.66" after Triple J morning show hosts Adam Spencer and Wil Anderson made an effort to rig the event, telling listeners to vote for the otherwise unlikely candidate.

Full list

Australian artists (marked with a green background ) made up 50 of the 100 tracks.

Artists with multiple entries

*Queens of the Stone Age - 5 tracks (1, 44, 48, 56, 81)
*Silverchair - 5 tracks (10, 25, 35, 62, 76)
*Grinspoon - 4 tracks (2, 14, 15, 47)
*The Vines - 4 tracks (5, 19, 21, 30)
*Foo Fighters - 4 tracks (11, 13, 23, 55)
*The Waifs - 3 tracks (3, 80, 96)
*Machine Gun Fellatio - 3 tracks (6, 8, 59)
*Eminem - 3 tracks (7, 17, 86)
*System of a Down - 3 tracks (18, 37, 87)
*Coldplay - 3 tracks (39, 69, 100)
*Audioslave - 2 tracks (20, 72)
*Red Hot Chili Peppers - 2 tracks (9, 16)
*Weezer - 2 tracks (24, 73)
*Waikiki - 2 tracks (36, 67)

Dave Grohl was successful in playing a part in 10 of the 100 tracks, due to his involvement with Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters, as well as a Nirvana track that reached position 12.

CD release

DVD release

# Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
# The Vines - Get Free
# Coldplay - In My Place
# Rocket Science - Being Followed
# Sonic Animation - I'm A DJ (Original)
# The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So
# Salmon Hater - 6.66
# The Waifs - London Still
# Ben Lee - Something Borrowed, Something Blue
# N*E*R*D - Rock Star (Jason Nevins Remix Edit)
# Groove Armada - Purple Haze - Edit
# Grinspoon - Chemical Heart
# Pacifier - Comfort Me
# Waikiki - Here Comes September
# Antiskeptic - Called
# The Streets - Don't Mug Yourself
# 1200 Techniques - Karma
# 28 Days - What's The Deal?
# Badly Drawn Boy - Something To Talk About
# The Living End - One Said To The Other
# Bodyjar - One In A Million
# Darren Hanlon - Punk's Not Dead
# Weezer - Keep Fishin?
# Silverchair - The Greatest View
# Motor Ace - Carry On
# Ms Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee
# The Whitlams - Fall for you
# John Butler Trio - Home Is Where The Heart Is
# Machine Translations - She Wears A Mask
# Cartman - Shock (Living Without You)
# The Drugs - The Bold And The Beautiful
# Elvis Presley vs JXL - A Little Less Conversation

ee also

*2002 in music