The 2003 Triple J Hottest 100, announced on 25 January 2004, was the eleventh 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 40 (not necessarily the top 40) songs was released. A DVD, containing film clips of songs from the Hottest 100 was also released. A countdown of the videos of each song was shown on the ABC music series Rage in March.
Full list Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin 1 Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet Australia 2 Hey Ya! Outkast United States 3 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes United States 4 (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind Powderfinger Australia 5 Clocks (Röyksopp Trembling Heart Mix) Coldplay United Kingdom/Norway 6 Hello The Cat Empire Australia 7 Sunsets Powderfinger Australia 8 Zebra John Butler Trio Australia 9 The Nosebleed Section Hilltop Hoods Australia 10 Love Your Way Powderfinger Australia 11 Déjà Vu Something for Kate Australia 12 Lighthouse The Waifs Australia 13 We Used to Be Friends The Dandy Warhols United States 14 The Hardest Button to Button The White Stripes United States 15 I Love Work Butterfingers Australia 16 Relapse Little Birdy Australia 17 Taylor Jack Johnson United States 18 Diamonds On the Inside Ben Harper United States 19 Rollover DJ Jet Australia 20 Feeler Pete Murray Australia 21 Armies Against Me Epicure Australia 22 Fortune Faded Red Hot Chili Peppers United States 23 Who's Gonna Save Us? The Living End Australia 24 The Horizon Has Been Defeated Jack Johnson United States 25 Baby Blue Little Birdy Australia 26 Russell Crowe's Band Frenzal Rhomb Australia 27 There's Always Someone Cooler Than You Ben Folds United States 28 Danger! High Voltage Electric Six United States 29 With My Own Two Hands Ben Harper United States 30 The Bitter End Placebo United Kingdom 31 Time Is Running Out Muse United Kingdom 32 You Were the Last High The Dandy Warhols United States 33 Gay Bar Electric Six United States 34 Everyone Deserves Music Michael Franti & Spearhead United States 35 Plastic Loveless Letter Magic Dirt Australia 36 Just Because Jane's Addiction United States 37 Days Like These The Cat Empire Australia 38 Everytime Butterfingers Australia 39 Coming Home Alex Lloyd Australia 40 Times Like These Jack Johnson United States 41 Blackbird The Beautiful Girls Australia 42 Stockholm Syndrome Muse United Kingdom 43 12:51 The Strokes United States 44 Dumb Enough Hilltop Hoods Australia 45 Weak and Powerless A Perfect Circle United States 46 77% The Herd Australia 47 Bomb the World Michael Franti & Spearhead United States 48 There There Radiohead United Kingdom 49 2 + 2 = 5 Radiohead United Kingdom 50 Fisherman's Daughter The Waifs Australia 51 Sista (Live) John Butler Trio Australia 52 Just Pretend The Bens United States 53 Feeling This Blink-182 United States 54 Let Me Be Xavier Rudd Australia 55 Greed for Your Love Missy Higgins Australia 56 Franco Un-American NOFX United States 57 Work It Missy Elliott United States 58 The Leaving Song Pt. II AFI United States 59 So Entertaining Gus and Frank Australia 60 Watch Out Boys Magic Dirt Australia 61 St. Anger Metallica United States 62 Music The Beautiful Girls Australia 63 Song for a Sleepwalker Something for Kate Australia 64 Step into My Office, Baby Belle and Sebastian United Kingdom 65 Something White and Sigmund Andromeda Australia 66 Tabloid Magazine The Living End Australia 67 Lovesong Amiel Australia 68 One Second of Insanity The Butterfly Effect Australia 69 Hysteria Muse United Kingdom 70 The Outsider A Perfect Circle United States 71 Girl's Not Grey AFI United States 72 Running Up That Hill Placebo United Kingdom 73 Life Sentence Epicure Australia 74 Look Good in Leather Cody Chesnutt United States 75 The Seed (2.0) The Roots featuring Cody Chesnutt United States 76 Rockin' Rocks Powderfinger Australia 77 Stumblin' Powderfinger Australia 78 Who's Ya Daddy? Gerling Australia 79 Milkshake Kelis United States 80 Satisfaction Benny Benassi Italy 81 The Golden Path The Chemical Brothers featuring The Flaming Lips United Kingdom/United States 82 Good Luck Basement Jaxx featuring Lisa Kekaula United Kingdom/United States 83 Reptilia The Strokes United States 84 We Don't Play Guitars Chicks on Speed featuring Peaches Germany/Canada 85 Pass That Dutch Missy Elliott United States 86 Lines Pete Murray Australia 87 Move Your Feet Junior Senior Denmark 88 Voices in My Head Machine Gun Fellatio Australia 89 Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine The White Stripes United States 90 Break It (Down James Brown) Offcutts Australia 91 Vampire Racecourse The Sleepy Jackson Australia 92 Doctor Doctor Gyroscope Australia 93 I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself The White Stripes United States 94 In the Cold, Cold Night The White Stripes United States 95 Special Needs Placebo United Kingdom 96 Man of Constant Sorrow Skeewiff United Kingdom 97 Growing on Me The Darkness United Kingdom 98 Out of Time Blur United Kingdom 99 Inertiatic ESP The Mars Volta United States 100 The Chariot The Cat Empire Australia
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistEntries5The White Stripes3, 14, 89, 93, 94Powderfinger 4, 7, 10, 76, 773The Cat Empire6, 37, 100Jack Johnson17, 24, 40Placebo 30, 72, 95Muse 31, 42, 692Jet 1, 19John Butler Trio 8, 51Hilltop Hoods9, 44Something for Kate11, 62The Waifs 12, 50The Dandy Warhols13, 32Butterfingers 15, 38Little Birdy16, 25Ben Harper18, 29Pete Murray20, 86Epicure 21, 73Flea22, 99The Living End23, 66Ben Folds27, 52Electric Six28, 33Michael Franti and Spearhead 34, 47Magic Dirt35, 60The Beautiful Girls 41, 62The Strokes43, 83A Perfect Circle45, 70Radiohead 48, 49Missy Elliott57, 85AFI 58, 71Cody ChesnuTT74, 75
Countries Represented CountryEntriesAustralia47United States38United Kingdom14Norway 1Italy1Germany1Canada1Denmark1
Records Powderfinger are the first band ever to get three songs in the Top 10. Frenzal Rhomb holds the record of having the shortest song in the Hottest 100, with "Russell Crowe's Band" at 1:12. The song "Clocks" by Coldplay charted in the countdown for the second year in a row after a remix by Röyksopp featured at No. 5 The Living End and Something for Kate made their seventh consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, with both bands having at least one track featured in every annual countdown since 1997. Similarly, Machine Gun Fellatio made their fifth consecutive appearance, having appeared in every annual countdown since 1999.
Top 10 Albums of 2003 Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.
# Artist Album Country of origin Tracks in the Hottest 100 1 Powderfinger Vulture Street Australia 4, 7, 10, 76, 77 2 The White Stripes Elephant United States 3, 14, 89, 93, 94 3 Radiohead Hail to the Thief United Kingdom 48, 49 4 Jet Get Born Australia 1, 19 (24, 89 in 2004) 5 Jack Johnson On & On United States 17, 24, 40 6 Something for Kate The Official Fiction Australia 11, 63 7 Ben Harper Diamonds On the Inside United States 18, 29 8 John Butler Trio Living 2001–2002 Australia 51 9 Muse Absolution United Kingdom 31, 42, 69 10 The Living End Modern ARTillery Australia 23, 66 (52 in 2002)
CD release CD 1 Jet – "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" Hilltop Hoods – "The Nosebleed Section" Jane's Addiction – "Just Because" The Dandy Warhols – "We Used to Be Friends" Something for Kate – "Déjà Vu" Cody ChesnuTT – "Look Good in Leather" Little Birdy – "Baby Blue" The Sleepy Jackson – "Vampire Racecourse" The Herd – "77%" John Butler Trio – "Zebra" Placebo – "The Bitter End" Radiohead – "There There" Basement Jaxx – "Good Luck" Electric Six – "Gay Bar" The Waifs – "Lighthouse" Magic Dirt – "Plastic Loveless Letter" AFI – "The Leaving Song Pt. II" The Beautiful Girls – "Black Bird" Pete Murray – "Feeler" Skeewiff – "Man of Constant Sorrow"CD 2 The Mars Volta – "Inertiatic ESP" The Living End – "Who's Gonna Save Us?" The Cat Empire – "Hello" Chicks on Speed – "We Don't Play Guitars" Ben Harper – "Diamonds on the Inside" Butterfingers – "I Love Work" Missy Higgins – "Greed For Your Love" Chemical Brothers – "The Golden Path" Offcuts – "Break It Down James Brown" Machine Gun Fellatio – "Voices in My Head" Nofx – "Franco Un-American" The Butterfly Effect – "One Second of Insanity" Michael Franti and Spearhead – "Everyone Deserves Music" Epicure – "Life Sentence" Belle and Sebastian – "Step into My Office Baby" Junior Senior – "Move Your Feet" Missy Elliott – "Pass That Dutch" Gyroscope – "Doctor, Doctor" Xavier Rudd – "Let Me Be" Powderfinger – "(Baby I've Got You) On My Mind"
DVD release
The Hottest 100 DVD was the second such DVD, after the 2002 release.
Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jane's Addiction – Just Because The Dandy Warhols – We Used To Be Friends Something for Kate – Déjà Vu (Radio Edit) Cody ChesnuTT – Look Good in Leather Little Birdy – Baby Blue The Sleepy Jackson – Vampire Racecourse The Herd – 77% The John Butler Trio – Zebra Placebo – The Bitter End Radiohead – There There Basement Jaxx – Good Luck (featuring Lisa Kekaula) Electric Six – Gay Bar The Waifs – Lighthouse Magic Dirt – Plastic Loveless Letter AFI – The Leaving Song Pt. II Pete Murray – Feeler The Mars Volta – Inertiatic ESP (Album Version) The Living End – Who's Gonna Save Us The Cat Empire – Hello Chicks on Speed (featuring Peaches) – We Don't Play Guitars Ben Harper – Diamonds On the Inside Butterfingers – I Love Work Missy Higgins – Greed For Your Love Chemical Brothers – The Golden Path Offcutts – Break It Down, James Brown Machine Gun Fellatio – Voices in My Head NOFX – Franco Un-American The Butterfly Effect – One Second of Insanity Michael Franti and Spearhead – Everyone Deserves Music Belle and Sebastian – Step into My Office, Baby Junior Senior – Move Your Feet (Radio Edit) Missy Elliott – Pass That Dutch Powderfinger – (Baby I've Got You) On My Mind
See also 2003 in music
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