Triple J Hottest 100 of the last 20 years

[Luke Girgis]

Chance Waters fan? I'm not usually into much rap/hip-hop but i really like his stuff! Although I don't think he will make the top 100...

I'm actually his manager brother, so yes, big fan. Haha.

 

[Lavers]

A bit over 5000 votes. I dont think there is much bias in this one especially compared to the annual ones, especially at the top end.

Any major changes since you put up your last top 20 the witness? do you still have Oasis to win with wonderwall?

 

[thewitness]

Any major changes since you put up your last top 20 the witness? do you still have Oasis to win with wonderwall?

A few changes in and out. Wonderwall still at #1
2. Seven Nation Army
3. Everlong
4. Mr. Brightside
5. Bitter Sweet Symphony
6. Last Goodbye
7. Skinny Love
8. No One Knows
9. My Happiness
10. Knights of Cydonia
11. Paranoid Android
12. Hearts a Mess
13. One More Time
14. 1979
15. The Nosebleed Section
16. Scar Tissue
17. (Killing in the Name) Breathe
18. Hey Ya!
19. These Days
20. Brick

 

[Northhawker]

The Cranberries - Zombie
Muse - Knights of Cydonia
Bloc Party - Banquet
Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Kasabian - Empire
RHCP - Scar Tissue
Silverchair - Tomorrow
The Panics - Don't Fight It
Oasis - Morning Glory
Muse- Time Is Running Out
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry
Blink-182 - Dammit
Weezwe - Say It Ain't So
Powderfinger - My Happiness
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Wolfmother - Mind's Eye
Kanye West - Jesus Walks
Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

 

[bradrowe#32]

Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror
My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Augie March - The Cold Acre
Something For Kate - Pinstripe
Midlake - Roscoe
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone
Wilco - At Least That's What You Said
Beirut - Postcards From Italy
Sleater Kinney - Jumpers
Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls
Bluebottle Kiss - Cross Purpose
The Frames - Finally
Dirty Three - Hope
Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
Cat Power - Good Woman
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Another Morning Stoner
Elliott Smith - Junk Bond Trader
Broken Social Scene - Fire Eye'd Boy

 

[Windy At Moorabbin]

Below are the songs I voted for. I had the opposite problem to a lot of people- my shortlist was to short, i only had 17 songs so had to find another 3.

Ryan Adams - Come Pick Me Up
Bloc Party - Banquet
Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine?
Modest Mouse - Spitting Venom
Johnny Cash - hurt
tool - Eulogy
At the Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
Blur - To the End
The Eels - Fresh Blood
Explosions In The Sky - The Only Moment We Were Alone
Ezra Furman - Take Of Your Sunglasses
Interpol - Evil
The National - Baby, We'll Be Fine
Placebo - Post Blue
Rise Against - Like the Angel
U.N.K.L.E. - Lonely Soul
You Am I - Rumble
Sigur Ros - Hopp'ipolla
The Hold Steady - Chips Ahoy!
Bon Iver - Holocene

 

[Marklar_33]

You don't have to vote for 20


thewitness, the wife's votes, for your records

Faith No More - Ashes to Ashes
the offspring - Gone Away
The Butterfly Effect - crave
Karnivool - Themata (album version)
Tool - The Pot
System of a Down - Chop Suey!
System of a Down - Toxicity
korn - Got the Life
Editors - Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors
Birds Of Tokyo - Off Kilter
Butthole Surfers - Pepper
Cold War Kids - We Used to Vacation
Brand New - sic transit gloria
Grinspoon - Better Off Alone
The Offspring - Self Esteem
Unwritten Law - Cailin
White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
The Living End - Prisoner of Society
Brand New - jesus christ
The Butterfly Effect - One Second Of Insanity

 

[Roobs321]

got a feeling prodigy - breath might win this

I imagine its time would have come and gone, probably would have been more popular in the 2009 countdown. Top 20 is a reasonable expectation though.

 

[crazyman27]

Finally got around to throwing a list together thewitness

Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
The Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Regurgitator - ! (The Song Formerly Known As)
Modest Mouse - Float On
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
blink-182 - Dammit (Growing Up)
Groove Armada - Get Down
Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At
Run-D.M.C. vs Jason Nevins - It's Like That
Hot Chip - Boy From School
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
Radiohead - Karma Police
The Strokes - You Only Live Once
Snow Patrol - Hands Open
Mystery Jets - Young Love
The Roots - The Seed (2.0)
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger

 

[thewitness]

At the moment it looks like only 2 songs from 2012 will make my count. Anyone want to take a guess?
Also people might think this is a bit odd but it looks very possibly that The Bloodhound Gangs "The Bad Touch" will sneak into the back end of my count, I doubt this will be replicated in the actually Hottest 100 though.

 

[benji2]

At the moment it looks like only 2 songs from 2012 will make my count. Anyone want to take a guess?
Also people might think this is a bit odd but it looks very possibly that The Bloodhound Gangs "The Bad Touch" will sneak into the back end of my count, I doubt this will be replicated in the actually Hottest 100 though.

My guess is Breezeblocks and Elephant? Please don't let it be Thrift Shop...

 

[crazyman27]

At the moment it looks like only 2 songs from 2012 will make my count. Anyone want to take a guess?
Also people might think this is a bit odd but it looks very possibly that The Bloodhound Gangs "The Bad Touch" will sneak into the back end of my count, I doubt this will be replicated in the actually Hottest 100 though.

Rightfully so. Great tune!

I reckon Little Talks and Breezeblocks from 2012.

 

[MC Bad Genius]

Surely one of them will be Feels Like We Only Go Backwards. Surely.

 

[Jaymin]

My 20

Band Of Horses - The Funeral

Glad someone else has this in their 20.

 

[nobbyiscool]

A few changes in and out. Wonderwall still at #1
2. Seven Nation Army
3. Everlong
4. Mr. Brightside
5. Bitter Sweet Symphony
6. Last Goodbye
7. Skinny Love
8. No One Knows
9. My Happiness
10. Knights of Cydonia
11. Paranoid Android
12. Hearts a Mess
13. One More Time
14. 1979
15. The Nosebleed Section
16. Scar Tissue
17. (Killing in the Name) Breathe
18. Hey Ya!
19. These Days
20. Brick

I know you do heaps of research into compiling this - and so I'm really fascinated to see how close you get.

I'd be blown away if Wonderwall wins given previous H100s of all time; I'd also be shocked to see Mr Brightside in the top 5 and Paranoid Android outside the top 5.

 

[benji2]

I know you do heaps of research into compiling this - and so I'm really fascinated to see how close you get.

I'd be blown away if Wonderwall wins given previous H100s of all time; I'd also be shocked to see Mr Brightside in the top 5 and Paranoid Android outside the top 5.

Think Wonderwall may plausibly get to No.1, but agree on all your other points nobbyscool. I'm trying to do my own predictions but it is very hard to go against thewitness' predictions.

Can't pick a standout No.1 though - any one of Last Goodbye, Wonderwall, Everlong, Paranoid Android or even Seven Nation Army could do it IMO, should make for a great countdown.

 

[nobbyiscool]

I just can't go past Last Goodbye - I think it should be the raging favourite to win this.

I'm only disappointed that Luxbet don't have a market. I only have 2 accounts, and I recently drained my Sportingbet one.

I would've loved to be on Seven Nation Army at around $21-26.

 

[DaRenegade]

Wonderwall did really well in the past all time countdown, only beaten by alot of songs that are ineligible for this one, and Everlong, Last Goodbye, Hallelujah and Paranoid Android. It's a strong chance of no 1 imo.

as for the 2012 songs, I'd say Breezeblocks and one of Elephant or Feels Like We Only Go Backwards

 

[thewitness]

Yeah you were right about the 2012 songs. Breezeblocks and feels like we only go backwards the only 2 I have making it. Thrift shop has quickly been long forgotten as expected, hardly any votes for it. Im fairly confident with Wonderwall, only been wrong once for number 1 spot, out of the past 4 yearly countdowns, but an of all time vote might hide some voting patterns.

 

[CheckSide_]

TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
Animal Collective - My Girls
Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
The National - Sorrow
Neutral Milk Hotel - Two-Headed Boy
Queens of the Stone Age - Go With the Flow
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Wolf Parade - It's a Curse
The xx - Crystalised
Gotye - Hearts a Mess
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Tame Impala - Half Full Glass of Wine
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Lana Del Rey - Video Games
Active Child - Hanging On
Death From Above 1979 - Going Steady
Karnivool - Mauseum
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows

 

[Gibbsy]

Yeah you were right about the 2012 songs. Breezeblocks and feels like we only go backwards the only 2 I have making it. Thrift shop has quickly been long forgotten as expected, hardly any votes for it. Im fairly confident with Wonderwall, only been wrong once for number 1 spot, out of the past 4 yearly countdowns, but an of all time vote might hide some voting patterns.

Is there a social sharing feature like last year's hottest 100? Or are you just compiling from forums, facebook etc?

 

[Lavers]

Yeah you were right about the 2012 songs. Breezeblocks and feels like we only go backwards the only 2 I have making it. Thrift shop has quickly been long forgotten as expected, hardly any votes for it. Im fairly confident with Wonderwall, only been wrong once for number 1 spot, out of the past 4 yearly countdowns, but an of all time vote might hide some voting patterns.

I'm wondering if the 20 votes rather than 10 has let wonderwall leapfrog the others that were mentioned as beating it in the last of all time countdown? I would hasten that wonderwall is a more "popular" song than last goodbye, hallelujah and everlong but maybe not one which is loved by as many people. Thus more people would slot it into a top 20 than a top 10.

 

[Chaisa]

Gun stuff from thewitness with his Hottest 100 counting.

Very interesting differences between the Top 100 from older ones (which were more alternative rock based, but had more crossover to mainstream radio and had quite a few novelty songs) to newer ones (which are more indie but a bit more electronic)

My Top 100 based on 1. previous All-Time Hottest 100 results, 2. thewitness and DaRenegade's projections and 3. gut feel...

1. Oasis - Wonderwall
2. Foo Fighters - Everlong
3. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
4. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
5. Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
6. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
7. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
8. Muse - Knights of Cydonia
9. Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
10. Hilltop Hoods - The Nosebleed Section
11. The Killers - Mr. Brightside
12. Gotye - Hearts a Mess
13. The Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
14. Radiohead - Karma Police
15. Powderfinger - My Happiness
16. Pearl Jam - Better Man
17. Silverchair - Tomorrow
18. Powderfinger - These Days
19. Beastie Boys - Sabotage
20. OutKast - Hey Ya!
21. Daft Punk - One More Time
22. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
23. Tool - Stinkfist
24. Massive Attack - Teardrop
25. The Living End - Prisoner of Society
26. Gotye - Someone I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)
27. Ben Folds Five - Brick
28. Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
29. John Butler Trio - Betterman
30. The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
31. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
32. Blur - Song 2
33. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Scar Tissue
34. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
35. Augie March - One Crowded Hour
36. You Am I - Berlin Chair
37. The Avalanches - Frontier Physcharist
38. Nine Inch Nails - Closer
39. The Prodigy - Breathe
40. Johnny Cash - Hurt
41. The Strokes - Last Nite
42. Underworld - Born Slippy NUXX
43. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
44. Daft Punk - Around The World
45. Blink-182 - Dammit
46. System of a Down - Chop Suey!
47. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
48. Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
49. Placebo - Every You Every Me
50. The Shins - New Slang
51. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
52. Pulp - Common People
53. The Smashing Pumpkins - Today
54. Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
55. Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
56. Tame Impala - Elephant
57. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good on the Dancefloor
58. Modest Mouse - Float On
59. The Offspring - Self Esteem
60. Bloc Party - Banquet
61. Bernard Fanning - Wish You Well
62. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
63. Rage Against The Machine - Bulls on Parade
64. Coldplay - Clocks
65. Nirvana - About a Girl (Unplugged)
66. Coldplay - Yellow
67. Tool - Forty-Six & 2
68. Reguritator - ! (Song Formerly Known As)
69. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
70. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy
71. TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me
72. M83 - Midnight City
73. Alt-J - Breezeblocks
74. Jeff Buckley - Grace
75. Lana del Ray - Video Games
76. Arcade Fire - Wake Up
77. The Killers - When You Were Young
78. The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
79. The Breeders - Cannonball
80. Eminem - Lose Yourself
81. Silverchair - Freak
82. Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio
83. Foo Fighters - Best of You
84. Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should've Come Over
85. Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love
86. The Offspring - Come Out and Play
87. Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
88. Weezer - El Scorcho
89. OutKast - Ms. Jackson
90. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Otherside
91. Green Day - Basket Case
92. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)
93. Kanye West - Runaway (feat. Pusha T)
94. Beck - Loser
95. Blink-182 - All The Small Things
96. Foo Fighters - The Pretender
97. Matt Corby - Brother
98. Cake - The Distance
99. Something For Kate - Monsters
100. Jebediah - Harpoon

With Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks as the #101 song.

 

[Chaisa]

Logic and thoughts:

* Wonderwall is the bookies and thewitness's favourite, ergo it goes #1 here.
* Expect the Top 5 to be close.
* This list relies a bit on the 2009 Hottest 100 of All-Time, ergo some songs being lower than others would put them.
* I would expect a major bolter to be in the actual list - how many people would've expected Bon Iver and TV on the Radio to make the 2009 Hottest 100 of All-Time?
* New songs will make it, but most won't go very high.
* Songs I'm surprised to put so high:
- Bon Iver - Skinny Love (low 2009 finish, not overly well-known)
- Gotye - Hearts a Mess (low 2009 finish, you'd also think SIUTK would grab a lot of people that would vote for this)
- 4 Red Hot Chili Peppers, given the only one to make the 2009 countdown is ineligible
- The Breeders - Cannonball (didn't make 2009, very old song so not overly well-known)
- The only 2009 song that is eligible that doesn't make my predicted list is Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon, which only made it (IMO) as it was a very recent release and was voted in #1 the year it was released. It doesn't have much staying power it seems.

If anyone is int

 

[Gibbsy]

Not sure it has a big influence but "Hearts a Mess" being included on the Great Gatsby soundtrack has given it a mini-revival at the right time