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This may or may not be of interest.. ![]()
For those unaware, Triple J is a national Australian radio station, and every year they hold a poll for the country's favourite songs of the year, called the Hottest 100. It bills itself as the 'largest music poll in the world', and gets over 1 million votes (every year seems to get bigger, with 2012/13 getting a record 1.5 million). It's a real institution in this country, and just this weekend they had a special mid-year vote for the 'Hottest 100 of the past 20 years', to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the countdown.
The list:
100. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
99. Lana Del Rey - Video Games
98. Jebediah - Leaving Home
97. M.I.A. - Paper Planes
96. The Cat Empire - Hello
95. Ben Lee - Cigarettes Will Kill You
94. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks
93. Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
92. Of Monsters And Men - Little Talks
91. Jebediah - Harpoon
90. Silverchair - Straight Lines
89. TV On The Radio - Wolf Like Me
88. Something For Kate - Monsters
87. The Kooks - Naive
86. The Killers - When You Were Young
85. Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
84. Kanye West - Gold Digger
83. Pulp - Common People
82. Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag
81. Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane
80. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
79. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
78. Silverchair - Freak
77. The Presets - My People
76. MGMT - Electric Feel
75. The Killers - Somebody Told Me
74. The Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division
73. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - Home
72. Wolfmother - Joker And The Thief
71. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
70. Regurgitator - ! (The Song Formerly Known As)
69. Eminem - Lose Yourself
68. Jet - Are You Gonna Be My Girl
67. alt-J - Breezeblocks
66. You Am I - Berlin Chair
65. Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
64. MGMT - Kids
63. Grinspoon - Chemical Heart
62. Spiderbait - Buy Me A Pony
61. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
60. Bush - Glycerine
59. Daft Punk - Around The World
58. The Whitlams - No Aphrodisiac
57. Bloc Party - Banquet
56. Underworld - Born Slippy (Nuxx)
55. Fatboy Slim - Praise You
54. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
53. Placebo - Every You Every Me
52. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
51. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
50. Pearl Jam - Better Man
49. Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over
48. The Strokes - Last Nite
47. The Offspring - Self Esteem
46. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
45. Modest Mouse - Float On
44. Daft Punk - One More Time
43. John Butler Trio - Betterman
42. Matt Corby - Brother
41. Coldplay - Yellow
40. Nine Inch Nails - Closer
39. Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
38. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition
37. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
36. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
35. Radiohead - Karma Police
34. Ben Folds Five - Brick
33. The Cranberries - Zombie
32. Tool - Stinkfist
31. Massive Attack - Teardrop
30. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
29. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
28. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
27. The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
26. System Of A Down - Chop Suey!
25. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
24. Augie March - One Crowded Hour
23. Muse - Knights of Cydonia
22. Blur - Song 2
21. The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
20. The Living End - Prisoner of Society
19. blink-182 - Dammit
18. OutKast - Hey Ya!
17. Silverchair - Tomorrow
16. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
15. The Prodigy - Breathe
14. Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
13. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
12. Gotye - Hearts a Mess
11. Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
10. Powderfinger - My Happiness
9. Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know {Ft. Kimbra}
8. Powderfinger - These Days
7. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
6. Foo Fighters - Everlong
5. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
4. Hilltop Hoods - The Nosebleed Section
3. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
2. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
1. Oasis - Wonderwall
Top 10 for the past 10 years:
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Interesting lists. Good to see TV On The Radio mentioned in the overall top 100, the airplay for that song in the UK was virtually nil, so I'm glad they're getting their due somewhere. ![]()
The list for 2013..
Little Lorde smashed it this year.. 3 songs in the top 15 ![]()
100. We Are - Karnivool
099. Without You {Ft. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs} - Dillon Francis
098. Dead Star Shine - Horrorshow
097. My God Is The Sun - Queens Of The Stone Age
096. Luck Now - Big Scary
095. Play With Fire - Vance Joy
094. House Of Dreams - Bliss N Eso
093. Elevate - St Lucia
092. Shadow Moses - Bring Me The Horizon
091. Tonight - RÜFÜS
090. Unbelievers - Vampire Weekend
089. Brighter Than Gold - The Cat Empire
088. Leeward Side - Josh Pyke
087. Only One - John Butler Trio
086. Sleepwalking - Bring Me The Horizon
085. Sangria - Remi
084. Summer Forgive Me - British India
083. The End - The Jezabels
082. Dojo Rising - Cloud Control
081. Baby I Am Nobody Now - Andy Bull
080. Always - Panama
079. F**kin' Problems {Ft. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar} - A$AP Rocky
078. Fantasy - MS MR
077. Youngbloods {Ft. Ahren Stringer} - Illy
076. Listen To Soul, Listen To Blues - SAFIA
075. I Spy - Mikhael Paskalev
074. Jessica {Ft. Ezra Koenig} - Major Lazer
073. Thank You {Ft. Q-Tip, Kanye West & Lil Wayne} - Busta Rhymes
072. I Sat By The Ocean - Queens Of The Stone Age
071. Changing Of The Seasons - Two Door Cinema Club
070. Australia Street - Sticky Fingers
069. White Noise {Ft. Alunageorge} - Disclosure
068. Sweet Nothing{Like A Version} - Something For Kate
067. Act Your Age - Bliss N Eso
066. Ausmusic Month Medley{Like A Version} - Illy
065. Melt {Ft. Kilo Kish} - Chet Faker
064. Graceless - The National
063. You & Me{Flume Remix} - Disclosure
062. Embrace - Goldroom
061. Wasting My Young Years - London Grammar
060. Lies - Chvrches
059. Bound 2. Kanye West
058. Instant Crush {Ft. Julian Casablancas} - Daft Punk
057. Keep On Running - Andy Bull
056. If I Could Change Your Mind - HAIM
055. Harlequin Dream - Boy & Bear
054. Afterlife - Arcade Fire
053. Ohio - Kingswood
052. Scar - Cloud Control
051. Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat - Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr
050. Love Me Again - John Newman
049. Doin' It Right {Ft. Panda Bear} - Daft Punk
048. Stand Still {Ft. Micky Green} - Flight Facilities
047. Free {Ft. Emeli Sande} - Rudimental
046. If I Had A Tail - Queens Of The Stone Age
045. Global Concepts - Robert Delong
044. The Breach - Dustin Tebbutt
043. 30005. Childish Gambino
042. White Lies - Max Frost
041. Southern Sun - Boy & Bear
040. Born To Die - The Amity Affliction
039. Get Lucky{Like A Version} - San Cisco
038. Pizza Guy - Touch Sensitive
037. Gun - Chvrches
036. Ratchet - Bloc Party
035. Hey Now - London Grammar
034. Desert Night - RÜFÜS
033. Ways To Go - Grouplove
032. Smiles Don't Lie - Thundamentals
031. Diane Young - Vampire Weekend
030. Alive - Empire Of The Sun
029. My Number - Foals
028. Recover - Chvrches
027. Falling - HAIM
026. Step - Vampire Weekend
025. Your Body Is A Weapon - The Wombats
024. Waiting All Night {Ft. Ella Eyre} - Rudimental
023. When A Fire Starts To Burn - Disclosure
022. Lanterns - Birds Of Tokyo
021. Take Me - RÜFÜS
020. Black Skinhead - Kanye West
019. Given The Chance - The Kite String Tangle
018. Arabella - Arctic Monkeys
017. Lose Yourself To Dance {Ft. Pharrell Williams} - Daft Punk
016. Reflektor - Arcade Fire
015. Team - Lorde
014. Covered In Chrome - Violent Soho
013. Retrograde - James Blake
012. Tennis Court - Lorde
011. The Wire - HAIM
010. Strong - London Grammar
009. Is This How You Feel? - The Preatures
008. Resolution - Matt Corby
007. Young And Beautiful - Lana Del Rey
006. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? - Arctic Monkeys
005. Drop The Game - Flume & Chet Faker
004. Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys
003. Get Lucky {Ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers} - Daft Punk
002. Royals - Lorde
001. Riptide - Vance Joy