Triple J’s Hottest 100 countdown: The full list of songs from 100 to one
An Aussie band have smashed this year’s Hottest 100, keeping the countdown’s main favourite out of the top spot. DID THEY GET IT RIGHT? HAVE YOUR SAY
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Sydney band Ocean Alley have taken out this year’s Triple J Hottest 100 with their song Confidence.
The band, who formed in 2011, released Confidence in February last year and kept out the other main favourite, T his Is America, by US rapper Childish Gambino.
In the end despite online predictions, Confidence’s main competition was Australian dance act Fisher with Losing It at No.2, then rapper Travis Scott’s Sicko Mode (featuring Drake) at No.3 and T his Is America at No.4.
Ocean Alley’s win should finally see Confidence become an Australian chart hit - it has so far only peaked at No.96, however the single has gone gold on the back of over 11 million streams.
The album that houses Confidence, Chiaroscuro, reached No.15 last year and has gone gold with sales of over 35,000 in Australia.
Ocean Alley had four songs in the Hottest 100. They bookended the poll with Happy Sad at No.100, their cover of 1977 soft rock hit Baby Come Back by Player was No.16 and Knees made No.10.
The Hottest 100 featured 2,758,584 votes this year, with 65 of the 100 songs by Australian artists.
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Dean Lewis’ ARIA No.1 ballad Be Alright was voted in at No.6 while Queensland’s Amy Shark continued her charmed run with I Said Hi landing at No.5. Her breakthrough song, Adore, made No.2 in the 2016 Hottest 100, while Weekends made No.25 last year.
Castlemaine teenager Kian made a strong debut to the Hottest 100 with Waiting - the song won a Triple J’s Unearthed competition last year and saw the 16-year-old score a record deal with EMI.
American musician Billie Eilish became the youngest performer to score a Hottest 100 Top 10 spot with her song When the Party’s Over making No.8, while her collaboration with Khalid, Lovely, was No.17 and Y ou Should See Me in a Crown made No.46.
US pop singer Miley Cyrus made her first official Hottest 100 showing via her Mark Ronson collaboration Nothing Breaks Like a Heart which registered at No.80. Rapper Mac Miller, who passed away last year, scored a posthumous placing with Ladders at No.35.
Aside from Ocean Alley and Eilish, other acts with multiple songs in the Hottest 100 include Rufus Du Sol and Drake with three each.
Australian acts saw their music supported including Polish Club, Mallrat with Allday, Skegss, Hockey Dad, DMAs, Middle Kids, Methyl Ethyl and Flight Facilities.
Melbourne’s G Flip appeared at No.62 with Killing My Time, while her debut single About You is also tipped to be at least the Top 30 if not higher.
Regular visitors The Wombats reached No.69 with Cheetah Tongue, they too are expected to feature again later on, with the song Turn a favorite to be in the Hottest 100 Top 10.
British rock band Nothing But Thieves appeared with their cover of Gang of Youth’s What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out, from Triple J’s Like a Version, at No.72.
American rapper Childish Gambino’s This Is America, Ruby Fields’ Dinosaurs, Wafia’s I’m Good, Amy Shark’s I Said Hi, Mallrat’s Groceries and Travis Scott’s Sicko Mode were all correctly predicted to land in the Top 10 according to online guide Warm Tunas, who track what songs people have voted for through their online posts. The poll has accurately predicted last year’s winner Humble by Kendrick Lamar.
The songs that missed out will be aired on Triple J tomorrow from 10am when they play the Hottest 200 to 101.
The Hottest 100 broke its own record this year with 2,758,548 votes - which factors in that each person who votes gets to choose 10 songs.
Prior to today’s broadcast Triple J has revealed that in this year’s poll there will be 65 Australian songs as well 21 artists appearing in a Hottest 100 for the very first time and eight artists who have appeared in a Hottest 100 for three years in a row.
For those who question the Hottest 100’s popularity, last year 19-per-cent of Australians aged over 16 and over listened to the countdown - which equates to 3.34 million people.
And it’s a social event - research obtained by Triple J last year showed that 71-per-cent of people who listened to the Hottest 100 did so with others, usually at a party.
Last year’s stats showed that most voters are 18 years old, more than 60-per-cent are under 24 years old, 80-per-cent are under 30 and more women (53-per-cent) vote than men.
The Hottest 100
1. Confidence by Ocean Alley
2. Losing It by Fischer
3. Sicko Mode by Travis Scott
4. This is America by Childish Gambino
5. I Said Hi by Amy Shark
6. Be Alright by Dean Lewis
7. Groceries by Mallrat
8. when the party’s over by Billie Eilish
9. Dinosaurs by Ruby Fields
10. Knees by Ocean Alley
11. Up in The Clouds by Skegss
12. Turn by The Wombats
13. Praise The Lord (Da Shine) (Ft. Skepta) by A$AP Rocky
14. I’m Good by Wafia
15. Just Friends (Ft. Boy Matthews) by Hayden James
16. Baby Come Back by Ocean Alley
17. lovely (with Khalid) by Billie Eilish
18. Join the Club (Hockey Dad)
19. Peach by Broods
20. Waiting by Kian
21. Never Ever (Ft Sarah) by The Rubens
22. Underwater by Rufus Du Soul
23. Treat You Better by Rufus Du Sol
24. Leave Me Lonely by Hilltop Hoods
25. I Miss You by Thundamentals
26. All The Pretty Girls by Vera Blue
27. Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee
28. All the Stars by Kendrick Lamar and SZA
29. Fire by Peking Duk
30. Sometimes by Cub Sport
31. Church by Alison Wonderland
32. God Forgot by The Rubens
33. Better Now by Post Malone
34. 1950 by King Princess
35. Ladders by Mac Miller
36. All Loved Up by Amy Shark
37. Love Me Now by Ziggy Alberts
38. About You by G Flip
39. The Perfect Life Does Not Exist by Ball Park Music
40. Nice For What by Drake
41. In The Air by DMA’s
42. Laps Around The Sun by Ziggy Alberts
43. God’s Plan by Drake
44. Clark Griswold (Ft Adam Eagle) by Hilltop Hoods
45. Mantra by Bring Me The Horizon
46. Y ou Should See Me in a Crown by Billie Eilish
47. Like People by DZ Deathrays
48. When I Dream by San Cisco
49. Missing Me by Angie McMahon
50. No Place by Rufus Du Soul
51. Mr La Di Da Di by Baker Boy
52. Better by Khalid
53. We’re Going Home by Vance Joy
54. Saturday Sun by Vance Joy
55. Wasted by Peking Duk
56. Without Me by Halsey
57. Martini by The Presets
58. Soaked by Bene
59. Give Me My Name Back by Meg Mac
60. The End by DMA’s
61. I Wanna Be Everybody by Hockey Dad
62. Killing My Time by G Flip
63. Boogie by Brockhampton
64. Mistake by Middle Kids
65. Scream Whole by Methyl Ethel
66. Need You (Ft. NIKA) by Flight Facilities
67. Tints (Ft. Kendrick Lamaar) by Anderson .Paak
68. Eastside (Ft. Halsey/Khalid) by Benny Blanco
69. Cheetah Tongue by The Wombats
70. UFO (Ft. Allday) by Mallrat
71. Smogged Out by Skegss
72. What Can I Do If The Fire Goes Out by Nothing But Thieves
73. Sweet Release by Hockey Dad
74. Pussy is God by King Princess
75. Molotov by Kira Puru
76. Clarity by Polish Club
77. Miracle by CHVRCHES
78. Better Together (Ft. Running Touch)’ by Hayden James
79. Clumsy Love by Thelma Plum
80. Nothing Breaks Like A Heart (Ft. Miley Cyrus) by Mark Ronson
81. Ballroom by Jack River
82. Hunger by Florence + The Machine
83. 1999 Wildfire by Brockhampton
84. Cigarettes by Tash Sultana
85. Bubblin’ by Anderson .Paak
86. Dirt Cheap by Lime Cordiale
87. Younger by Ruel
88. Labrador by WAAX
89. Dazed & Confused (Prod. M-Phazes) by Ruel
90. Psycho (Ft. Ty Dolla Sign)’ by Post Malone
91. Sundress by A$AP Rocky
92. Everybody But You by Thundamentals
93. You Can Count On Me by Trophy Eyes
94. Ivy (Doomsday) by The Amity Affliction
95. Four Out Of Five by Arctic Monkeys
96. Take It To The Heart by Odette
97. Do I Need You Now? by DMA’s
98. Ghost Town by Kanye West
99. Polygraph Eyes by Yungblud
100. Happy Sad by Ocean Alley
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