Hottest 100 of 2014 prediction thread

[thewitness]

Anyone going to scrape data this year? Holding out on voting so I don't waste votes on songs that won't get near the top 150.

Yeah i'm counting the numbers again. I'll have an idea by Xmas eve on what is no chance, ask me again then.

 

[DaRenegade]

Yeah i'm counting the numbers again. I'll have an idea by Xmas eve on what is no chance, ask me again then.

so you'll be doing a list again too thewitness ?

 

[Silent Alarm]

he just seems so bitter towards everything, must live a tough life

I live a great life. There's just a lot of wank, hype, and bullshit worth being dispelled and laughed at

 

[hammer77]

Hmm nah you seem like the sorta person who doesn't like things just to have something to say, bit holier-than-thou, bit flog.

Anyone got a reason why they would play SIA tracks off her new album but not the most commercially successful one (chandelier)?

Is it to try and be a bit diff to the commercial stations?
Or maybe they feel it didn't need the exposure and they'd give her other songs more spins?

 

[Mr_Bojangles]

Came in to be outraged by what might be in the top 10 and I leave satisfied (and outraged) Bruno Mars....BRUNO ******* MARS

Once again it will be a small bit of pleasure being nowhere near a radio for the second year in a row next month when this is on.

 

[Gibbsy]

Came in to be outraged by what might be in the top 10 and I leave satisfied (and outraged) Bruno Mars....BRUNO ******* MARS

Once again it will be a small bit of pleasure being nowhere near a radio for the second year in a row next month when this is on.

To be fair he only features on the song. There would be no way in hell it would be getting airplay if it was a Mars solo track. JJJ have just always been big fans of Mark Ronson

 

[YesOnProp19]

Athomas said: ↑
Anyone going to scrape data this year? Holding out on voting so I don't waste votes on songs that won't get near the top 150.

Smart thinking Athomas! I always find it a little wasteful to vote for a song that might be in your top 10 for the year but have zero chance in the hottest 100. There's potential to actually make a difference in the countdown so I always vote for songs that will be there or maybe might be able to squeeze into the 100, like Red Light Green Light by dunies last year, and Neighbour Neighbour by violent soho 2 years ago. Sadly they both didn't make it, but they were close!

 

[Robbo92]

Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of voting? All well and good trying to influence the order but I think the idea behind it is having a say on your favourite songs of the year, regardless of whether they poll well or not.

 

[thewitness]

Through counting my first 5350 votes for the year. Very early on but might be some rough indication.
Current top 10 is:
1 Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap
2 Peking Duk - High {Ft. Nicole Millar}
3 Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater
4 Chet Faker - 1998
5 Asgeir - King And Cross
6 ZHU - Faded
7 Ball Park Music - She Only Loves Me When I'm There
8 Sticky Fingers - Gold Snafu
9 Kite String Tangle, The - Arcadia
10 Peking Duk - Take Me Over {Ft. SAFIA}

 

[Gibbsy]

Through counting my first 5350 votes for the year. Very early on but might be some rough indication.
Current top 10 is:
1 Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap
2 Peking Duk - High {Ft. Nicole Millar}
3 Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater
4 Chet Faker - 1998
5 Asgeir - King And Cross
6 ZHU - Faded
7 Ball Park Music - She Only Loves Me When I'm There
8 Sticky Fingers - Gold Snafu
9 Kite String Tangle, The - Arcadia
10 Peking Duk - Take Me Over {Ft. SAFIA}

I would take that, even though I'm not much of a Peking Duk fan. Doubt we'll see doubles from two artists in the top ten though. But as you said, it's very preliminary

 

[GroggSquad]

Through counting my first 5350 votes for the year. Very early on but might be some rough indication.
Current top 10 is:
1 Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap
2 Peking Duk - High {Ft. Nicole Millar}
3 Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater
4 Chet Faker - 1998
5 Asgeir - King And Cross
6 ZHU - Faded
7 Ball Park Music - She Only Loves Me When I'm There
8 Sticky Fingers - Gold Snafu
9 Kite String Tangle, The - Arcadia
10 Peking Duk - Take Me Over {Ft. SAFIA}

Yep early days, but it's nice to see Milky Chance and Bruno Mars absent from that count

 

[TassieSaint]

My shortlist with top 10 in bold:

Allday - Right Now
Banks - Beggin For Thread
Carmada - Maybe
Cashmere Cat - With Me
Chet Faker - 1998
Fishing - Nineteen/Boy Wunder
GRIMM - Electrify
Harts - Red + Blue
Highasakite - Since Last Wednesday
Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater
Illy - Tightrope
Japanese Wallpaper - Between Friends
Joey Bada$$ - Christ Conscious
Kilter feat Tkay Maidza- They Say
Kim Churchill - Window To The Sky
Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
Milky Chance - Flash Junk Mind
Northeast Houseparty - The Haunted
Peking Duk - High
Porter Robinson - Lionhearted
RL Grime & What So Not - Tell Me
Run the Jewels - Blockbuster Night Part 1
Run the Jewels - Oh My Darling Don't Cry
Run the Jewels - All Due Respect
Run the Jewels - Jeopardy
Snakadaktal - The Sun II
Sylvan Esso - Coffee
Thundamentals - Got Love
Vic Mensa - Down On My Luck
Willow Beats - Merewif
Zhu - Faded

Didn't really think this was an especially good year musically but I really struggled to narrow it down to 10 in the end.

 

[YesOnProp19]

Not to mention that there are over a million votes every year. The chances of your one vote making a difference are infinitesimal.

Seriously? Hottest 100 is notoriously tight. As it is a democratic countdown, i just feel that voting for a song that has no chance is kinda a waste - you can always just post your top 10 of the year separate to what you actually vote for. But hey, that's just my philosophy. Everyone's obviously welcome to do whatever they want!

 

[sixoneeight]

Started a rough count tonight out of curiosity (only a VERY small fraction of the votes), just over a third of the amount counted by thewitness and have:

1. Peking Duk - High {ft. Nicole Millar}
2. Chet Faker - Talk Is Cheap
3. Chet Faker - 1998
4. The Kite String Tangle - Arcadia
5. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
6. Peking Duk - Take Me Over {ft. Safia}
7. The Griswolds - Beware The Dog
8. Zhu - Faded
9. Glass Animals - Gooey
10. Thundamentals - Something I Said
11. Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
12. Hilltop Hoods - Cosby Sweater
13. Illy - Tightrope {ft. Scarlett Stevens}
14. Ball Park Music - She Only Loves Me When I'm There
15. Alt-J - Left Hand Free
16. Banks - Begging For Thread
17. Sticky Fingers - Gold Snafu
18. Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk {ft. Bruno Mars}
19. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes
20. Asgeir - King And Cross
21. Lana Del Rey - West Coast
22. Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine
23. Childish Gambino - Sober
24. Kingswood - Micro Wars
25. Run The Jewels - Close Your Eyes (And Count To *)

 

[NotAMagpieBogan]

Can someone please educate me on how people are doing these count things?

 

[hammer77]

My votes:

Modern Baseball - your graduation
Mr Little Jeans - Good Mistake
Run the Jewels - Close your eyes and count to f@#k
Banks - Begin for thread
Royal Blood - Little Monster
FKA Twigs - Two Weeks
Chet Faker - 1998
Cold War Kids - First
Hozier - Take me to church
Cloud Nothings - I'm not part of me

No hate pls silent alarm x

 

[james Dean]

Weezer - Back To The Shack
Mark Ronson - Daffodils {Ft. Kevin Parker of Tame Impala}
Kendrick Lamar - i
Jamie T - Zombie
Flight Facilities - Two Bodies {Ft. Emma Louise}
FKA twigs - Two Weeks
Chance The Rapper & The Social Experiment - No Better Blues
Beck - Morning
Banks - Beggin For Thread
Aphex Twin - minipops 67 [120.2] (source field mix)

Come at me Silent Alarm

 

[thewitness]

My own votes for 2014:

Used, The - Cry
Kasabian - Eez-Eh
Röyksopp & Robyn - Do It Again
Royal Blood - Ten Tonne Skeleton
Presets, The - Goodbye Future
Occupants, The - Streets
Megan Washington - My Heart Is A Wheel
Blue King Brown - All Nations
Ball Park Music - She Only Loves Me When I'm There
Dan Sultan - The Same Man

 

[Danhoops]

My votes are in!

The Smith Street Band - Surrender
The Gaslight Anthem - Rollin' And Tumblin'
Kim Churchill - Window To The Sky
Royal Blood - Ten Tonne Skeleton
Luca Brasi - Borders & Statelines
Peking Duk - High
The Griswolds - Beware The Dog
Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing
The Bennies - Heavy Disco
Bad//Dreems - Dumb Ideas

 

[bok_party]

Tracks voted for:
Ryan Adams - Kim
Wild Beasts - Wanderlust
War On Drugs, The - Red Eyes *Song of the year for me.
TV On The Radio - Test Pilot
Sun Kil Moon - Carissa
Sharon Van Etten - Taking Chances
Owl John - Red Hand
Horrors, The - I See You
FKA twigs - Two Weeks
Cloud Nothings - Now Hear In

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Been a pretty ordinary year tbh. Really don't rate Chet Faker but if everyone else in the world does I guess i'm wrong.

 

[LukasTheGreat]

Here's my list. I can see maybe like 2 or 3 in the top 100? Don't really care about their popularity - these are my favourite 10 songs this year.

Bluejuice - I'll Go Crazy
Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine
Cold War Kids - First
Gaslight Anthem, The - Rollin' And Tumblin'
Kingswood - Micro Wars
British India - Wrong Direction
San Cisco - RUN
Darlia - Dear Diary
Griswolds, The - Beware The Dog
Modern Baseball - Your Graduation

 

[thewitness]

With over 6600 votes recorded in my count now, I'm happy to answer any questions that people have.

 

[Valentino Dmitri]

Courtney Barnett - Pickles From The Jar
Damon Albarn - Mr Tembo
Grates, The - Holiday Home
Lykke Li - Gunshot
Lana Del Rey - Brooklyn Baby
Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk {Ft. Bruno Mars}
Preatures, The - Better Than It Ever Could Be
Spoon - Rent I Pay
Sky Ferreira - I Blame Myself
Ty Segall - Feel

The novelty of voting for Bruno Marz in a Triple J countdown was far too tempting to pass up. Get on him!

Getting old - My short list was 12 songs long, and most of the songs I intended to vote for weren't included on the list. Can't wait til cowboy music becomes cool again I will be hot s**t once more.

 

[YesOnProp19]

Hey TheWitness good work doing your count once again! Always invaluable.

Can I possibly get current placings for some songs?

Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
Flight Facilities - Sunshine
Lorde - Yellow Flicker Beat
Asgeir - King and cross