The countdown will get underway at noon (AEDT) and we’ll be here,
diligently listening to all 100 songs that “should have been higher”.
You can listen online or through your local Triple J station if you still own a radio.
A decade is a very long time in music so it will be interesting to see which way the votes have fallen.
It’s long enough for almost two entire generations of Triple J listeners to pass in and out of the demographic for Australia’s youth broadcaster, so it’s likely to be an eclectic mix.
There’s been much speculation about who will take out the top honour, what songs will miss out altogether, and what Hilltop Hoods song you’re guaranteed to hear at some point.
For those playing at home, here’s what’s taken out the Hottest 100 for each year of the decade in question:
2010: Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (a simpering slow ballad enough to lull you to sleep until next year’s countdown).
2011: Gotye feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know (Gotye has now become the titular character of this song after going on hiatus for more than half the decade).
2012: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop (serious conversations will have to be held about the viability of modern democracy if we hear this one today).
2013: Vance Joy – Riptide (Vance Joy started a trend for alumni of the now disgraced Melbourne private school St. Kevin’s College winning the Hottest 100. Other hit songs from St. Kevin’s were recently featured in a Four Corners expose of the school’s responses to sexual misconduct allegations against its staff, spurred by a viral clip of students singing vulgar songs on a tram while wearing their school blazers on a Saturday morning. Perhaps the riptide in question is the pull of educational elitism? Who’s to say?).
2014: Nick Murphy (FKA Chet Faker) – Talk is Cheap (Talk may be cheap but the fees at St. Kevin’s College certainly are not. Murphy and Vance Joy sang in the choir together but other St. Kevin’s students restricted their singing to public transport).
2015: The Rubens – Hoops (while The Rubens didn’t attend an elite Melbourne private school, they are signed to Ivy League records. This is the kind of coincidental trivia you can expect when we have nothing snarkier to say.)
2016: Flume feat. Kai – Never Be Like You (As one of the breakthrough artists of the decade it’s likely we’ll hear at least one Flume song, whether or not it’s this)
2017: Kendrick Lamar – Humble (This song hadn’t even finished playing before some websites raced to condemn its “problematic” lyrics, so don’t be surprised if you see another take as hot as the 100 itself should K.Dot make it back in the decade countdown).
2018: Ocean Alley – Confidence (the northern beaches band will probably be confident this one can make it in).
2019: Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (after almost three decades and two private schoolboys from the same school, a woman finally won the Hottest 100 earlier this year. We’ll soon see if Billie can make it onto the list again).
We’ll be hanging out with you the next couple hours, throwing yews and blogging the countdown all day Saturday with the hits, misses, scandals and trivia from the Hottest 100 songs of the decade.
If you don’t want to wait that long you can check out our preview of the countdown, which has Brisbane band Violent Soho well poised to take out the number one song of the decade.
Check out the list as we go below (Australian acts and the ones we’ll claim are in bold, the year the song released in brackets).
THE HOTTEST 100 OF THE DECADE: 2010 – 2019
100: Bon Iver – Holocene (2011)
99: Ruel – Dazed & Confused (prod. M-Phazes) (2018)
98: Disclosure – You & Me (2013). It’s the Flume remix so we count it.
97: Adele – Rolling In The Deep (2010)
96: Major Lazer – Get Free feat. Amber Coffman (2012)
95: FISHER – Losing It (2018)
94: The Preatures – Is This How You Feel? (2013)
93: Flume – Sleepless (2012)
92: Kendrick Lamar – M.A.A.D. City (2012)
91: Rex Orange County – Loving Is Easy (2017)
90: Childish Gambino – This Is America (2018)
89: Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn (2010)
88: Glass Animals – Gooey (2014)
87: Matt Corby – Resolution (2013)
86: The Wombats – Greek Tragedy (2015)
85: J. Cole – No Role Modelz (2014)
84: Ruby Fields – Dinosaurs (2018)
83: Ruel – Painkiller (2019)
82: Flume – On Top (2012)
81: Cub Sport – Come On Mess Me Up (2016)
80: Kanye West – Ultralight Beam (2016)
79: Mallrat – Charlie (2019)
78: San Cisco – Awkward (2011)
77: Kanye West – Black Skinhead (2013)
76: SICKO MODE – Travis Scott (2018)
75: Calvin Harris – Feel So Close (2011)
74: Robyn – Dancing On My Own (2010)
73: Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? (2013)
72: Kanye West – Monster (feat. Jay Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver) (2010)
71: Billie Eilish – bad guy (2019)
70: Catfish and the Bottlemen – 7 (2016)
69: Flume & Nick Murphy – Drop The Game (2013)
68: Azealia Banks – 212 (2012)
67: Hilltop Hoods – I Love It (feat. Sia) (2011)
66: Tame Impala – Elephant (2012)
65: Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (2012)
64: RÜFÜS DU SOL – Innerbloom (What So Not Remix) (2015)
63: Hermitude – The Buzz (feat. Mataya & Young Tapz) (2015)
62: Thinkin Bout You – Frank Ocean (2012)
61: Lorde – Green Light (2017)
60: Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)
59: Adrian Lux – Teenage Crime (2010)
58: Sticky Fingers – Gold Snafu (2014)
57: Kendrick Lamar – Humble (2017)
56: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop (2012)
55: Skrillex (feat. Sirah) – Bangarang (2011)
54: Grouplove – Tongue Tied (2011)
53: Sia – Chandelier (2014)
52: Gang Of Youths – The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows (2017)
51: Amy Shark – Adore (2016)
50: Daft Punk – Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) (2013)
49: Tash Sultana – Jungle (2016)
48: Hermitude – HyperParadise (Flume Remix)
47: Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait (2012)
46: The Rubens – Hoops (2015)
45: The Black Keys – Lonely Boy (2011)
44: Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out (2011)
43: Angus & Julia Stone – Chateau (2017)
42: Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine? (2012)
41: DMA’s – Believe (Triple J Like A Version) (2016)
40: Disclosure – Latch (feat. Sam Smith) (2012)
39: Flight Facilities – Crave You (feat. Giselle) (2010)
38: Avicii – Levels (2011)
37: Milky Chance – Stolen Dance (2013)
36: The Hilltop Hoods – 1955 (feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum) (2016)
35: Ocean Alley – Confidence (2018)
34: Frank Ocean – Lost (2012)
33: Sticky Fingers – Rum Rage (2014)
32: Peking Duk – High (feat. Nicole Millar) (2014)
31: The Wombats – Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) (2010)
30: Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks (2011)
29: Lana Del Rey – Video Games (2011)
28: Childish Gambino – Redbone (2016)
27: Childish Gambino – 3005 (2013)
26: Tame Impala – Let It Happen (2015)
25: Flight Facilities – Clair De Lune (feat. Christine Hoberg) (2012)
24: Kanye West and Jay Z – Ni**as in Paris (2011)
23: Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta (2015)
22: M83 – Midnight City (2011)
21: DMA’s – Delete (2014)
20: Hilltop Hoods – Cosby Sweater (2014)
19: Gang Of Youths – Let Me Down Easy (2017)
18: Flume – Holdin On (2012)
17: Ball Park Music – It’s Nice To Be Alive (2011)
16: Lorde – Royals (2013)
15: Sticky Fingers – Australia Street (2013)
14: Kanye West – Runaway (feat. Pusha T) (2010)
13: Vance Joy – Riptide (2013)
12: alt+J – Breezeblocks (2012)
11: Nick Murphy – Talk Is Cheap (2014)
10: Matt Corby – Brother (2011)
9: Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (2010)
8: Flume – Never Be Like You (2016)
7: Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks (2010)
6: Gang of Youths – Magnolia (2014)
5: RÜFÜS DU SOL – Innerbloom (2015)
4: Violent Soho – Covered In Chrome (2013)
3: Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? (2013)
2: Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) (2011)
1: Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better (2015)
You can listen online or through your local Triple J station if you still own a radio.
A decade is a very long time in music so it will be interesting to see which way the votes have fallen.
It’s long enough for almost two entire generations of Triple J listeners to pass in and out of the demographic for Australia’s youth broadcaster, so it’s likely to be an eclectic mix.
There’s been much speculation about who will take out the top honour, what songs will miss out altogether, and what Hilltop Hoods song you’re guaranteed to hear at some point.
For those playing at home, here’s what’s taken out the Hottest 100 for each year of the decade in question:
2010: Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (a simpering slow ballad enough to lull you to sleep until next year’s countdown).
2011: Gotye feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know (Gotye has now become the titular character of this song after going on hiatus for more than half the decade).
2012: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop (serious conversations will have to be held about the viability of modern democracy if we hear this one today).
2013: Vance Joy – Riptide (Vance Joy started a trend for alumni of the now disgraced Melbourne private school St. Kevin’s College winning the Hottest 100. Other hit songs from St. Kevin’s were recently featured in a Four Corners expose of the school’s responses to sexual misconduct allegations against its staff, spurred by a viral clip of students singing vulgar songs on a tram while wearing their school blazers on a Saturday morning. Perhaps the riptide in question is the pull of educational elitism? Who’s to say?).
2014: Nick Murphy (FKA Chet Faker) – Talk is Cheap (Talk may be cheap but the fees at St. Kevin’s College certainly are not. Murphy and Vance Joy sang in the choir together but other St. Kevin’s students restricted their singing to public transport).
2015: The Rubens – Hoops (while The Rubens didn’t attend an elite Melbourne private school, they are signed to Ivy League records. This is the kind of coincidental trivia you can expect when we have nothing snarkier to say.)
2016: Flume feat. Kai – Never Be Like You (As one of the breakthrough artists of the decade it’s likely we’ll hear at least one Flume song, whether or not it’s this)
2017: Kendrick Lamar – Humble (This song hadn’t even finished playing before some websites raced to condemn its “problematic” lyrics, so don’t be surprised if you see another take as hot as the 100 itself should K.Dot make it back in the decade countdown).
2018: Ocean Alley – Confidence (the northern beaches band will probably be confident this one can make it in).
2019: Billie Eilish – Bad Guy (after almost three decades and two private schoolboys from the same school, a woman finally won the Hottest 100 earlier this year. We’ll soon see if Billie can make it onto the list again).
We’ll be hanging out with you the next couple hours, throwing yews and blogging the countdown all day Saturday with the hits, misses, scandals and trivia from the Hottest 100 songs of the decade.
If you don’t want to wait that long you can check out our preview of the countdown, which has Brisbane band Violent Soho well poised to take out the number one song of the decade.
Check out the list as we go below (Australian acts and the ones we’ll claim are in bold, the year the song released in brackets).
THE HOTTEST 100 OF THE DECADE: 2010 – 2019
100: Bon Iver – Holocene (2011)
99: Ruel – Dazed & Confused (prod. M-Phazes) (2018)
98: Disclosure – You & Me (2013). It’s the Flume remix so we count it.
97: Adele – Rolling In The Deep (2010)
96: Major Lazer – Get Free feat. Amber Coffman (2012)
95: FISHER – Losing It (2018)
94: The Preatures – Is This How You Feel? (2013)
93: Flume – Sleepless (2012)
92: Kendrick Lamar – M.A.A.D. City (2012)
91: Rex Orange County – Loving Is Easy (2017)
90: Childish Gambino – This Is America (2018)
89: Two Door Cinema Club – Undercover Martyn (2010)
88: Glass Animals – Gooey (2014)
87: Matt Corby – Resolution (2013)
86: The Wombats – Greek Tragedy (2015)
85: J. Cole – No Role Modelz (2014)
84: Ruby Fields – Dinosaurs (2018)
83: Ruel – Painkiller (2019)
82: Flume – On Top (2012)
81: Cub Sport – Come On Mess Me Up (2016)
80: Kanye West – Ultralight Beam (2016)
79: Mallrat – Charlie (2019)
78: San Cisco – Awkward (2011)
77: Kanye West – Black Skinhead (2013)
76: SICKO MODE – Travis Scott (2018)
75: Calvin Harris – Feel So Close (2011)
74: Robyn – Dancing On My Own (2010)
73: Arctic Monkeys – Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? (2013)
72: Kanye West – Monster (feat. Jay Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver) (2010)
71: Billie Eilish – bad guy (2019)
70: Catfish and the Bottlemen – 7 (2016)
69: Flume & Nick Murphy – Drop The Game (2013)
68: Azealia Banks – 212 (2012)
67: Hilltop Hoods – I Love It (feat. Sia) (2011)
66: Tame Impala – Elephant (2012)
65: Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (2012)
64: RÜFÜS DU SOL – Innerbloom (What So Not Remix) (2015)
63: Hermitude – The Buzz (feat. Mataya & Young Tapz) (2015)
62: Thinkin Bout You – Frank Ocean (2012)
61: Lorde – Green Light (2017)
60: Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)
59: Adrian Lux – Teenage Crime (2010)
58: Sticky Fingers – Gold Snafu (2014)
57: Kendrick Lamar – Humble (2017)
56: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz – Thrift Shop (2012)
55: Skrillex (feat. Sirah) – Bangarang (2011)
54: Grouplove – Tongue Tied (2011)
53: Sia – Chandelier (2014)
52: Gang Of Youths – The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows (2017)
51: Amy Shark – Adore (2016)
50: Daft Punk – Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) (2013)
49: Tash Sultana – Jungle (2016)
48: Hermitude – HyperParadise (Flume Remix)
47: Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait (2012)
46: The Rubens – Hoops (2015)
45: The Black Keys – Lonely Boy (2011)
44: Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out (2011)
43: Angus & Julia Stone – Chateau (2017)
42: Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine? (2012)
41: DMA’s – Believe (Triple J Like A Version) (2016)
40: Disclosure – Latch (feat. Sam Smith) (2012)
39: Flight Facilities – Crave You (feat. Giselle) (2010)
38: Avicii – Levels (2011)
37: Milky Chance – Stolen Dance (2013)
36: The Hilltop Hoods – 1955 (feat. Montaigne & Tom Thum) (2016)
35: Ocean Alley – Confidence (2018)
34: Frank Ocean – Lost (2012)
33: Sticky Fingers – Rum Rage (2014)
32: Peking Duk – High (feat. Nicole Millar) (2014)
31: The Wombats – Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) (2010)
30: Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks (2011)
29: Lana Del Rey – Video Games (2011)
28: Childish Gambino – Redbone (2016)
27: Childish Gambino – 3005 (2013)
26: Tame Impala – Let It Happen (2015)
25: Flight Facilities – Clair De Lune (feat. Christine Hoberg) (2012)
24: Kanye West and Jay Z – Ni**as in Paris (2011)
23: Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta (2015)
22: M83 – Midnight City (2011)
21: DMA’s – Delete (2014)
20: Hilltop Hoods – Cosby Sweater (2014)
19: Gang Of Youths – Let Me Down Easy (2017)
18: Flume – Holdin On (2012)
17: Ball Park Music – It’s Nice To Be Alive (2011)
16: Lorde – Royals (2013)
15: Sticky Fingers – Australia Street (2013)
14: Kanye West – Runaway (feat. Pusha T) (2010)
13: Vance Joy – Riptide (2013)
12: alt+J – Breezeblocks (2012)
11: Nick Murphy – Talk Is Cheap (2014)
10: Matt Corby – Brother (2011)
9: Angus & Julia Stone – Big Jet Plane (2010)
8: Flume – Never Be Like You (2016)
7: Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks (2010)
6: Gang of Youths – Magnolia (2014)
5: RÜFÜS DU SOL – Innerbloom (2015)
4: Violent Soho – Covered In Chrome (2013)
3: Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? (2013)
2: Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) (2011)
1: Tame Impala – The Less I Know The Better (2015)
Updates
Jack Gramenz
The song originally came in at number four on the 2015 Hottest 100, losing out to The Rubens' Hoops.
Time has evidently been kind.
The Rubens' winning song came in at number 46 on the hottest of the decade.
Jack Gramenz
It's felt about as long as the decade it summarised but we are now at the end of the Hottest 100 songs of the decade.
We've reminisced on the biggest hits of the 2010s, been briefly reminded about the genre of dubstep and wrung our hands over whether Sticky Fingers should be allowed on the publicly funded youth broadcaster or not.
But much like the 2010s, it's all over now.
Once again, and for the final time:
Firstly, YEW.
Secondly, the Hottest 100 is a public poll primarily voted on by listeners of the national youth broadcaster, so if you were upset about the songs you heard you should have a) voted, or b) listened to a Spotify playlist of music YOU liked when YOU were between the age of 18 and 24.
Pleasure hanging out with you all for the countdown, see you in 2030.
We've reminisced on the biggest hits of the 2010s, been briefly reminded about the genre of dubstep and wrung our hands over whether Sticky Fingers should be allowed on the publicly funded youth broadcaster or not.
But much like the 2010s, it's all over now.
Once again, and for the final time:
Firstly, YEW.
Secondly, the Hottest 100 is a public poll primarily voted on by listeners of the national youth broadcaster, so if you were upset about the songs you heard you should have a) voted, or b) listened to a Spotify playlist of music YOU liked when YOU were between the age of 18 and 24.
Pleasure hanging out with you all for the countdown, see you in 2030.
Jack Gramenz
Probably the best example of quality over quantity, Gotye won three Grammys for this song and the album it appeared on, before seemingly retiring.
Maybe having the second hottest song of the decade will be enough to get the creative juices flowing again.
This song's appearance at number two means we've now heard all Hottest 100 winners of the decade.
Jack Gramenz
Perpetually confused British band Arctic Monkeys have taken out the third spot with their song Do I Wanna Know?
The band also asked Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? at 73 and R U Mine? at 42.
The band also asked Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High? at 73 and R U Mine? at 42.
Jack Gramenz
In that countdown it was Tones And I's hit Dance Monkey that finished fourth rather than its predicted first.
This time, Covered In Chrome by Brisbane band Violent Soho has finished at fourth.
Jack Gramenz
Sydney dance group Rüfüs Du Sol's song Innerbloom has shown up in the countdown for the second time.
A remix of the song by What So Not appeared at 64.
It's possible this song might have finished higher had the remix not been in there splitting the vote, but sadly… we shall never know.
Four songs to go!
A remix of the song by What So Not appeared at 64.
It's possible this song might have finished higher had the remix not been in there splitting the vote, but sadly… we shall never know.
Four songs to go!
Jack Gramenz
Flume's 2016 Hottest 100 winner Never Be Like You (feat. Kai) has taken the title of eighth hottest song of the decade.
It's his seventh song in the countdown, breaking the record of most appearances in a Hottest 100 countdown.
Wolfmother holds what will probably remain the "real" record, landing six songs in the 2005 countdown.
His seven appearances show just how big of a deal Flume became this decade.
This means only Gotye's 2011 winner Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) is the only winner yet to be played today.
Update: Credit goes to GS in the comments of this post for pointing out the The Cure had nine entrants in the Hottest 100 of 1991 (the year Flume was born, coincidentally).
There's an asterisk on that record too, listeners could vote for songs from other years back then.
That countdown was also so long ago that it would have aged out of Triple J's target demographic by now.
Flume's record was unlikely to ever stand officially anyway but it's still disappointing news.
Jack Gramenz
With the top 10 about to get under way there are only two Hottest 100 winners of the 2010s that are yet to be played.
So far we've heard:
2019 winner Billie Eilish with bad guy at 71
2017 winner Kendrick Lamar with Humble at 57
2012 winner Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Thrift Shop at 56
2015 winner The Rubens with Hoops at 46
2018 winner Ocean Alley with Confidence at 35
2013 winner Vance Joy with Riptide at 13
2014 winner Nick Murphy, FKA Chet Faker with Talk is Cheap at 11
2010 winner Angus & Julia Stone with Big Jet Plane at 9
But still yet to hear:
2011 winner Gotye with Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
2016 winner Flume with Never Be Like You feat. Kai
Not all of them are guaranteed to show up, but it could be a bit embarrassing if they don't.
If Flume shows up again he will set a new record for most appearances in a single countdown, even if it does span a whole decade.
So far we've heard:
2019 winner Billie Eilish with bad guy at 71
2017 winner Kendrick Lamar with Humble at 57
2012 winner Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Thrift Shop at 56
2015 winner The Rubens with Hoops at 46
2018 winner Ocean Alley with Confidence at 35
2013 winner Vance Joy with Riptide at 13
2014 winner Nick Murphy, FKA Chet Faker with Talk is Cheap at 11
2010 winner Angus & Julia Stone with Big Jet Plane at 9
But still yet to hear:
2011 winner Gotye with Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
2016 winner Flume with Never Be Like You feat. Kai
Not all of them are guaranteed to show up, but it could be a bit embarrassing if they don't.
If Flume shows up again he will set a new record for most appearances in a single countdown, even if it does span a whole decade.
Jack Gramenz
With
every new Sticky Fingers song that enters the countdown to the outrage
of those who preferred when the station didn't play the band at all we
get one song closer to finding out what the Hottest song of the decade
was.
We're about to enter the top 10, but already we've heard a lot of the songs many predicted would take it out.
Runaway by Kanye West came in at 14, Royals by Lorde at 16, Riptide by Vance Joy at 13.
Flume has had six songs so far but not the one he took out the Hottest 100 of 2016 with.
With a few songs remaining we will soon know for sure.
Time to get ready to throw your biggest YEW of the day.
We're about to enter the top 10, but already we've heard a lot of the songs many predicted would take it out.
Runaway by Kanye West came in at 14, Royals by Lorde at 16, Riptide by Vance Joy at 13.
Flume has had six songs so far but not the one he took out the Hottest 100 of 2016 with.
With a few songs remaining we will soon know for sure.
Time to get ready to throw your biggest YEW of the day.
Jack Gramenz
Harley Streten, better known as Flume, is closing in on a record for most appearances in a single countdown.
His sixth appearance in Hottest 100 of the decade came at number 18 with Holdin On, equalling Wolfmother's 2005 record of six.
It could be an asterisk on the record if he does manage to get another song into the Hottest 100 of the decade, given Wolfmother did it in one year, but it would still be a countdown record all the same.
One thing isn't in dispute: the 2010s absolutely belonged to Flume, who managed to go from his bedroom in Sydney's northern beaches to headlining festival stages around the world.
His sixth appearance in Hottest 100 of the decade came at number 18 with Holdin On, equalling Wolfmother's 2005 record of six.
It could be an asterisk on the record if he does manage to get another song into the Hottest 100 of the decade, given Wolfmother did it in one year, but it would still be a countdown record all the same.
One thing isn't in dispute: the 2010s absolutely belonged to Flume, who managed to go from his bedroom in Sydney's northern beaches to headlining festival stages around the world.
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