Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years, 2013

The Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years was a poll conducted by Triple J to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Hottest 100's current format.[1] Voters were allowed to vote for 20 songs that were released from 1 January 1993 until 31 December 2012. Voting was open for 20 days from 14 May to 2 June.[2] #100–51 was broadcast on 8 June and #50–1 was broadcast the following day.

Full list

• Bold: Previous winner of an annual Hottest 100
• Green background: Australian artists

#	Song	Artist	Country of origin	Year of release	Previous position (annual countdown)[lower-alpha 1]	Previous position (all-time countdown)
1	Wonderwall	Oasis	United Kingdom	1995	1	12 (2009)
2	Seven Nation Army	The White Stripes	United States	2003	3	20 (2009)
3	Last Goodbye	Jeff Buckley	United States	1994	14 (1995)	4 (1998), 7 (2009)
4	The Nosebleed Section	Hilltop Hoods	Australia	2003	9	17 (2009)
5	Bitter Sweet Symphony	The Verve	United Kingdom	1997	4	99 (1998), 14 (2009)
6	Everlong	Foo Fighters	United States	1997	61 (2006)[lower-alpha 2]	9 (2009)
7	Mr. Brightside	The Killers	United States	2003	13 (2004)	38 (2009)
8	These Days	Powderfinger	Australia	2000	1 (1999)	21 (2009)
9	Somebody That I Used to Know	Gotye featuring Kimbra	Australia/ New Zealand	2011	1
10	My Happiness	Powderfinger	Australia	2000	1	27 (2009)
11	No One Knows	Queens of the Stone Age	United States	2002	1	45 (2009)
12	Hearts a Mess	Gotye	Australia	2006	8	77 (2009)
13	Paranoid Android	Radiohead	United Kingdom	1997	5	13 (1998), 5 (2009)
14	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	United Kingdom	2009	1
15	Breathe	The Prodigy	United Kingdom	1996	7	95 (1998), 70 (2009)
16	Skinny Love	Bon Iver	United States	2007	21 (2008)	92 (2009)
17	Tomorrow	Silverchair	Australia	1994	5	59 (1998), 33 (2009)
18	Hey Ya!	OutKast	United States	2003	2
19	Dammit (Growing Up)	Blink-182	United States	1997	6	20 (1998), 68 (2009)
20	Prisoner of Society	The Living End	Australia	1997	15	18 (1998), 34 (2009)
21	1979	The Smashing Pumpkins	United States	1995	13 (1996)	71 (1998), 35 (2009)
22	Song 2	Blur	United Kingdom	1997	2	46 (1998), 61 (2009)
23	Knights of Cydonia	Muse	United Kingdom	2006	1 (2007)	18 (2009)
24	One Crowded Hour	Augie March	Australia	2006	1	59 (2009)
25	Bullet with Butterfly Wings	The Smashing Pumpkins	United States	1995	2	33 (1998), 51 (2009)
26	Chop Suey!	System of a Down	United States	2001	3	82 (2009)
27	Frontier Psychiatrist	The Avalanches	Australia	2000	6
28	Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers	United States	1999	10
29	Take Me Out	Franz Ferdinand	United Kingdom	2004	1	100 (2009)
30	Californication	Red Hot Chili Peppers	United States	1999	7 (2000)
31	Teardrop	Massive Attack featuring Elizabeth Fraser	United Kingdom	1998	23	22 (2009)
32	Stinkfist	Tool	United States	1996	2	24 (1998), 37 (2009)
33	Zombie	The Cranberries	Ireland	1994	1
34	Brick	Ben Folds Five	United States	1997	12 (1998)	32 (1998), 67 (2009)
35	Karma Police	Radiohead	United Kingdom	1997	9	54 (1998), 15 (2009)
36	Hallelujah	Jeff Buckley	United States	1994		3 (2009)
37	Sabotage	Beastie Boys	United States	1994	16	44 (1998), 48 (2009)
38	Sweet Disposition	The Temper Trap	Australia	2008
39	Heart-Shaped Box	Nirvana	United States	1993	20	101 (2009)
40	Closer	Nine Inch Nails	United States	1994	2	14 (1998), 62 (2009)
41	Yellow	Coldplay	United Kingdom	2000	5	87 (2009)
42	Brother	Matt Corby	Australia	2011	3
43	Betterman	John Butler Trio	Australia	2001	5	47 (2009)
44	One More Time	Daft Punk	France	2000	61 (2001)	96 (2009)
45	Float On	Modest Mouse	United States	2004	11	94 (2009)
46	Into My Arms	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Australia	1997	18	84 (1998), 36 (2009)
47	Self Esteem	The Offspring	United States	1994	3	80 (1998)
48	Last Nite	The Strokes	United States	2001	12
49	Dog Days Are Over	Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom	2009	10
50	Better Man	Pearl Jam	United States	1994	44 (1995)	22 (1998), 39 (2009)
51	Bohemian Like You	The Dandy Warhols	United States	2000	10	85 (2009)
52	Feel Good Inc.	Gorillaz featuring De La Soul	United Kingdom/ United States	2005	3
53	Every You Every Me	Placebo	United Kingdom	1999	5	83 (2009)
54	Sex on Fire	Kings of Leon	United States	2008	1	90 (2009)
55	Praise You	Fatboy Slim	United Kingdom	1999	4
56	Born Slippy .NUXX	Underworld	United Kingdom	1995	12 (1996)	65 (2009)
57	Banquet	Bloc Party	United Kingdom	2005		42 (2009)
58	No Aphrodisiac	The Whitlams	Australia	1997	1	36 (1998)
59	Around the World	Daft Punk	France	1997		58 (2009)
60	Glycerine	Bush	United Kingdom	1995	5 (1996)
61	Lonely Boy	The Black Keys	United States	2011	2
62	Buy Me a Pony	Spiderbait	Australia	1996	1	86 (1998)
63	Chemical Heart	Grinspoon	Australia	2002	2
64	Kids	MGMT	United States	2008	5
65	Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger	Daft Punk	France	2001	7 (2007)[lower-alpha 3]
66	Berlin Chair	You Am I	Australia	1994	23	61 (1998), 52 (2009)
67	Breezeblocks	alt-J	United Kingdom	2012	3
68	Are You Gonna Be My Girl	Jet	Australia	2003	1
69	Lose Yourself	Eminem	United States	2002	7
70	! (The Song Formerly Known As)	Regurgitator	Australia	1997	6 (1998)
71	Clint Eastwood	Gorillaz featuring Del Tha Funky Homosapien	United Kingdom	2001	9
72	Joker & the Thief	Wolfmother	Australia	2005	9
73	Home	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros	United States	2009	15
74	Let's Dance to Joy Division	The Wombats	United Kingdom	2007	12
75	Somebody Told Me	The Killers	United States	2004	4
76	Electric Feel	MGMT	United States	2008	2
77	My People	The Presets	Australia	2007	18
78	Freak	Silverchair	Australia	1997	13
79	I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor	Arctic Monkeys	United Kingdom	2005	50
80	Bulls on Parade	Rage Against the Machine	United States	1996	46	89 (2009)
81	Big Jet Plane	Angus & Julia Stone	Australia	2010	1
82	Teenage Dirtbag	Wheatus	United States	2000	4
83	Common People	Pulp	United Kingdom	1995	38	81 (2009)
84	Gold Digger	Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx	United States	2005	13
85	Gangsta's Paradise	Coolio	United States	1995	3
86	When You Were Young	The Killers	United States	2006	4
87	Naïve	The Kooks	United Kingdom	2006
88	Monsters	Something for Kate	Australia	2001	2
89	Wolf Like Me	TV on the Radio	United States	2006	63	99 (2009)
90	Straight Lines	Silverchair	Australia	2007	2
91	Harpoon	Jebediah	Australia	1997	7 (1998)
92	Little Talks	Of Monsters and Men	Iceland	2011	2 (2012)
93	Black Hole Sun	Soundgarden	United States	1994	22	58 (1998)
94	Pumped Up Kicks	Foster the People	United States	2010	32
95	Cigarettes Will Kill You	Ben Lee	Australia	1998	2
96	Hello	The Cat Empire	Australia	2003	6
97	Paper Planes	M.I.A.	United Kingdom	2007	17
98	Leaving Home	Jebediah	Australia	1997	10	50 (1998)
99	Video Games	Lana Del Rey	United States	2011	6
100	Intergalactic	Beastie Boys	United States	1998	25

1. Year is specified if different from year of release
2. Acoustic version
3. Alive mix

Artists with multiple entries

Three tracks

• The Killers (7, 75, 86)
• Silverchair (17, 78, 90)
• Daft Punk (44, 59, 65)

Two tracks

• Jeff Buckley (3, 36)
• Powderfinger (8, 10)
• Gotye (9, 12)
• Radiohead (13, 35)
• The Smashing Pumpkins (21, 25)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (28, 30)
• Beastie Boys (37, 100)
• Gorillaz (52, 71)
• MGMT (64, 76)
• Jebediah (91, 98)

Nations represented

•  United States - 42
•  Australia - 29
•  United Kingdom - 25
•  France - 3
•  Iceland - 1
•  Ireland - 1
•  New Zealand - 1

Songs by decade

• 1990s - 44[3]
• 2000s - 48
• 2010s - 8

References

1. http://about.abc.net.au/press-releases/triple-js-hottest-100/
2. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/alltime/20years/voting/
3. http://www.facebook.com/triplej/posts/10152962243140160

External links

• Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years