Hottest 100 of 2020

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first crack at predicting the list this year, alot harder this year tbh, not as many obvious locks and tons of potential 50-100 spots, went with data from Spotify, reddit, Warm Tunas and hashtags on Insta/Facey/Twitter, will likely modify and re-post the next week and a final one after voting closes...

1. Glass Animals - Heat Wave
2. Flume - The Difference (ft. Toro y Moi)
3. Spacey Jane - Booster Seat
4. Tame Impala - Lost in Yesterday
5. Ball Park Music - Cherub
6. G-Flip - Hyperfine
7. Stace Cadet & KLP - Energy
8. Hilltop Hoods - I'm Good?
9. Eves Karydas - Complicated
10. The Jungle Giants - Sending Me Ur Loving
11. The Avalanches - Running Red Lights (ft. Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu)
12. Mallrat - Rockstar
13. The Smith Street Band - I Still Dream About You
14. Megan Thee Stallion - WAP (ft. Cardi B)
15. Peking Duk & The Womats - Nothing to Love About Love
16. Mashd N Kutcher - Get on the Beers (ft. Dan Andrews)
17. Lime Cordiale - On Our Own
18. Glass Animals - Tangerine
19. Bugs - Charlie {Like a Version}
20. Bring Me the Horizon - Parasite Eve
21. Sycco - Dribble
22. Hope D - Second
23. Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am
24. Soffi Tukker & Gorgon City - House Arrest
25. Ball Park Music - Day & Age
26. Amy Shark - Everybody Rise
27. Architects - Animals
28. Lime Cordiale - Screw Loose
29. Tame Impala - Is it True?
30. BRONSON - Heart Attack (ft. lau.ra)
31. Machine Gun Kelly - Forget Me Too (ft. Halsey)
32. Birdz - Bagi-la-m Bargan (ft. Fred Leone)
33. Alex the Astronaut - I Think You're Great
34. Beddy Rays - Sobercoaster
35. DMA's - Criminals
36. Genesis Owusu - Don't Need You
37. Halsey - You Should Be Sad
38. The Amity Affliction - Soak Me in Bleach
39. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
40. San Cisco - On the Line
41. Ocean Alley - Tombstone
42. Violent Soho - Pick It Up Again
43. Bring Me the Horizon & YUNGBLUD - Obey
44. Juice WLRD - Righteous
45. The Weeknd - In Your Eyes
46. Ruel - As Long As You Care
47. Mac Miller - Good News
48. Powfu - deathbed (coffee for your head)
49. Glass Animals - Your Love (Deja Vu)
50. DMA's - The Glow
51. merci, mercy - ****ed Myself Up
52. Teenage Joans - Three Leaf Clover
53. Run the Jewels - JU$T (ft. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha)
54. Ruby Fields - Pretty Grim
55. Skegss - Under the Thunder
56. Headie One - Ain't it Different (ft. AJ Tracey & Stormzy)
57. Cosmo's Midnight - Down for You (ft. Ruel)
58. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Flume Remix)
59. FISHER - Freaks
60. London Grammar - Baby it's You
61. Hayley Williams - Simmer
62. Duke Dumont - Love Song
63. Spacey Jane - Skin
64. Tkay Maidza - Shook
65. Jack Harlow - WHAT'S POPPIN'
66. G-Flip - You & I
67. Baker Boy - Move
68. Amy Shark - C'mon (ft. Travis Barker)
69. Vera Blue - Lie to Me
70. Bring Me the Horizon - Teadrops
71. Slowly Slowly - 19
72. Disclosure - My High (ft. Amine & slowthai)
73. The Rubens - Heavy Weather
74. Tame Impala - Breathe Deeper
75. Remi Wolf - Photo ID
76. Lime Cordiale - Reality Check Please
77. Joji - Run
78. Illy - Loose Ends (ft. G-Flip)
79. Juice WLRD - Come & Go (ft. Marshmellow)
80. Hands Like Houses - The Water
81. Stand Atlantic - Blurry
82. DMA's - Life is a Game of Changing
83. Violent Soho - Lying on the Floor
84. Tash Sultana - Pretty Lady
85. Sly Withers - Cracks
86. Ziggy Alberts - Together
87. BENEE - Kool
88. Machine Gun Kelly - Concert for Aliens
89. The Chats - The Clap
90. Nothing But Thieves - Is Everybody Going Crazy?
91. Lime Cordiale - Addicted to the Sunshine
92. The Kid Laroi - GO (ft. Juice WRLD)
93. Middle Kids - R U 4 Me?
94. Chet Faker - Low
95. Trophy Eyes - Figure Eight
96. Polaris - Hypermania
97. Ball Park Music - Spark Up!
98. Royal Blood - Trouble’s Coming
99. Kanye West - Wash Us in the Blood (ft. Travis Scott)
100. Dune Rats - Too Tough Terry
 
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first crack at predicting the list this year, alot harder this year tbh, not as many obvious locks and tons of potential 50-100 spots, went with data from Spotify, reddit, Warm Tunas and hashtags on Insta/Facey/Twitter, will likely modify and re-post the next week and a final one after voting closes...

1. Glass Animals - Heat Wave
2. Flume - The Difference (ft. Toro y Moi)
3. Spacey Jane - Booster Seat
4. Tame Impala - Lost in Yesterday
5. Ball Park Music - Cherub
6. G-Flip - Hyperfine
7. Stace Cadet & KLP - Energy
8. Hilltop Hoods - I'm Good?
9. Megan Thee Stallion - WAP (ft. Cardi B)
10. The Jungle Giants - Sending Me Ur Loving
11. Eves Karydas - Complicated
12. Mallrat - Rockstar
13. The Avalanches - Running Red Lights (ft. Rivers Cuomo & Pink Siifu)
14. Lime Cordiale - On Our Own
15. Peking Duk & The Womats - Nothing to Love About Love
16. The Smith Street Band - I Still Dream About You
17. Hope D - Second
18. Glass Animals - Tangerine
19. Sofi Tukker & Gorgon City - House Arrest
20. Bring Me the Horizon - Parasite Eve
21. Sycco - Dribble
22. Mashd N Kutcher - Get on the Beers
23. Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am
24. Powfu - deathbed (coffee for your head)
25. Ball Park Music - Day & Age
26. Amy Shark - Everybody Rise
27. Architects - Animals
28. Lime Cordiale - Screw Loose
29. Tame Impala - Is it True?
30. BRONSON - Heart Attack (ft. lau.ra)
31. Machine Gun Kelly - Forget Me Too (ft. Halsey)
32. Birdz - Bagi-la-m Bargan (ft. Fred Leone)
33. Alfie Templeman - Things I Thought Were Mine
34. Beddy Rays - Sobercoaster
35. DMA's - Criminals
36. Genesis Owusu - Don't Need You
37. The Rubens - Heavy Weather
38. The Amity Affliction - Soak Me in Bleach
39. Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto
40. San Cisco - On the Line
41. Ocean Alley - Tombstone
42. Violent Soho - Pick It Up Again
43. Bring Me the Horizon & YUNGBLUD - Obey
44. Juice WLRD - Righteous
45. The Weeknd - In Your Eyes
46. Nothing But Thieves - Is Everybody Going Crazy?
47. Mac Miller - Good News
48. Halsey - You Should Be Sad
49. Glass Animals - Your Love (Deja Vu)
50. DMA's - The Glow
51. merci, mercy - f’ed Myself Up
52. Teenage Joans - Three Leaf Clover
53. Alex the Astronaut - I Think You're Great
54. Jack Garratt - Better
55. Skegss - Under the Thunder
56. Headie One - Ain't it Different (ft. AJ Tracey & Stormzy)
57. Cosmo's Midnight - Down for You (ft. Ruel)
58. Eiffel 65 - Blue (Flume Remix)
59. FISHER - Freaks
60. London Grammar - Baby it's You
61. Tkay Maidza - Shook
62. Duke Dumont - Love Song
63. Spacey Jane - Skin
64. Run the Jewels - JU$T (ft. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha)
65. Jack Harlow - WHAT'S POPPIN'
66. Illy - Loose Ends (ft. G-Flip)
67. Baker Boy - Move
68. Amy Shark - C'mon (ft. Travis Barker)
69. Vera Blue - Lie to Me
70. Bring Me the Horizon - Teadrops
71. Slowly Slowly - 19
72. Disclosure - My High (ft. Amine & slowthai)
73. Ocean Alley - Hot Chicken
74. Tame Impala - Breathe Deeper
75. Hayley Williams - Simmer
76. Lime Cordiale - Addicted to the Sunshine
77. Joji - Run
78. Violent Soho - Lying on the Floor
79. Juice WLRD - Come & Go (ft. Marshmellow)
80. The Chats - The Clap
81. Remi Wolf - Photo ID
82. BENEE - Night Garden (ft. Kenny Beats & Bakar)
83. DMA's - Life is a Game of Changing
84. Mura Masa - Live Like We're Dancing (ft. Georgia)
85. Allday - OTT
86. Ziggy Alberts - together
87. Jaguar Jonze - Rabbit Hole
88. Machine Gun Kelly - Concert for Aliens
89. Ball Park Music - Spark Up!
90. Violent Soho - Canada
91. Bring Me the Horizon - Kingslayer (ft. BABYMETAL)
92. The Kid Laroi - GO (ft. Juice WRLD)
93. Khalid - Know Your Worth (ft. Disclosure)
94. Trophy Eyes - Figure Eight
95. BENEE - Snail
96. Stand Atlantic - Blurry
97. Hands Like Houses - The Water
98. The Avalanches - Wherever You Go (ft. Jamie xx, Neneh Cherry & CLYPSO)
99. G-Flip - You & I
100. Polaris - Hypermania

101. TRAVIS SCOTT - Franchise (ft. Young Thug & M.I.A.)

Solid work. A couple of queries though:
  • No Bugs LAV? Mallrat has plugged it on her insta stories a few times and she always gets a big voter turnout. Combined with a small (but dedicated) Bugs fanbase I would be very surprised if it missed completely.
  • Nothing But Thieves at 46 seems pretty high up. They're sitting at about 130 on Warm Tunas currently and probably suffering from a bit of vote splitting too.
 
Solid work. A couple of queries though:
  • No Bugs LAV? Mallrat has plugged it on her insta stories a few times and she always gets a big voter turnout. Combined with a small (but dedicated) Bugs fanbase I would be very surprised if it missed completely.
  • Nothing But Thieves at 46 seems pretty high up. They're sitting at about 130 on Warm Tunas currently and probably suffering from a bit of vote splitting too.

I can't believe I missed the Bugs LAV, that is my bad. NBT likely won't stay that high next time I re-do the list but I have seen alot of votes for them so far, true about the vote splitting with how many good tracks they had.

will do an updated list next week after more data is counted.
 
I popped in here to reconfirm as I do each year that I'm also one who seemed to disconnect from JJJ's repertoire. I don't care, we all move on etc.

I do happen to get a little annoyed that the like a versions make it to the Top 100. This is my own opinion so discredit or whatever but shouldn't the Top 100 recognise songwriters that at least 'release' music... ie, cover songs are fine if the band was intending to release a cover of it, but if it's just done for a Friday morning spot on JJJ then should it qualify?

The cover of Paranoid Android is a nice cover but as already mentioned earlier in the thread, it hasn't reimagined the song like so many others have in the past (I don't listen to it all that often, so going back in time I could use Matt Corby covering The Black Keys years back.) The cover itself could be any band whose front man sounds a good likeness to Thom Yorke. Why then should it deserve to be placed ahead of tracks that some hard working artists created etc?

I had a quick google around to see if there was a qualification rules list but couldn't see much. I get that it is not supposed to be taken too seriously, though I've always had a frustration with cover songs in the list - Owl Eyes cover of pumped up kicks springs to mind.
 
I popped in here to reconfirm as I do each year that I'm also one who seemed to disconnect from JJJ's repertoire. I don't care, we all move on etc.

I do happen to get a little annoyed that the like a versions make it to the Top 100. This is my own opinion so discredit or whatever but shouldn't the Top 100 recognise songwriters that at least 'release' music... ie, cover songs are fine if the band was intending to release a cover of it, but if it's just done for a Friday morning spot on JJJ then should it qualify?

The cover of Paranoid Android is a nice cover but as already mentioned earlier in the thread, it hasn't reimagined the song like so many others have in the past (I don't listen to it all that often, so going back in time I could use Matt Corby covering The Black Keys years back.) The cover itself could be any band whose front man sounds a good likeness to Thom Yorke. Why then should it deserve to be placed ahead of tracks that some hard working artists created etc?

I had a quick google around to see if there was a qualification rules list but couldn't see much. I get that it is not supposed to be taken too seriously, though I've always had a frustration with cover songs in the list - Owl Eyes cover of pumped up kicks springs to mind.
Cos it's just songs that were recorded this year that people enjoy the most?
 
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I really enjoyed Glass Animals' first two albums but Dreamland just isn't doing it for me at all. Heat Waves is mildly catchy, but it's a bit of a nothing song really.

I agree with this but I'd still be happy to see them win.

How To Be A Human Being is one of my top few albums of last decade. Just an all round excellent listen.
 

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most definitely. it'll be him, Glass Animals or Spacey Jane imo, BPM are a chance but feel like they'll have other songs take votes from Cherub
I think unfortunately Cherub will drop to 7-8.
 
I think unfortunately Cherub will drop to 7-8.

Sad but true. Their whole album was good AND they delivered a banging LAV. Vote splitting will hurt them a bit.

Think it's going to be Glass Animals but would love to see a sneaky BPM or Spacey win.

Flume is the dark horse that isn't anyones favourite song but will appear in so many lists.
 
Obviously Hypa Hypa is easily the best 2020 song

 
What's everyone's predictions? I'm thinking:

1. Glass Animals - Heat Waves
2. Flume - The Difference
3. Spacey Jane - Booster Seat
4. Ball Park Music - Cherub
5. Tame Impala - Lost in Yesterday

- Only one LAV will get in. It will be Bugs but they'll be at the back end between 80 and 100
- Lime Cordiale will have the most entries in the 100
- Dune Rats come in at 100 for the second year in a row with Too Tough Terry
- Get On The Beers comes in at 25
- WAP just misses the top 10 (comes in between 11 and 15)
- Violent Soho, Skeggs, Dune Rats and Machine Gun Kelly all have one track in the 100 and one track in the 200
- Nothing But Thieves miss the 100 but have two tracks in the 200

From my votes I think six get in (Cherub, Charlie, Booster Seat, Under the Thunder, Pick It Up Again, I Still Dream About You). My other four votes are in the 200.
 
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Here's my annual prediction:
I'm posting right through to 200 to save time later.
1​
Heat WavesGlass Animals
2​
The DifferenceFlume
3​
Booster SeatSpacey Jane
4​
CherubBall Park Music
5​
I'm Good?Hilltop Hoods
6​
Lost In YesterdayTame Impala
7​
HyperfineG Flip
8​
Therefore I AmBillie Eilish
9​
Sending Me Ur LovingThe Jungle Giants
10​
RockstarMallrat
11​
On Our OwnLime Cordiale
12​
Running Red LightsThe Avalanches
13​
Is It TrueTame Impala
14​
TombstoneOcean Alley
15​
Screw LooseLime Cordiale
16​
Reality Check PleaseLime Cordiale
17​
ComplicatedEves Karydas
18​
CriminalsDMA's
19​
Nothing to Love About Love (The Wombats)Peking Duk
20​
You should be sadHalsey
21​
Addicted To The SunshineLime Cordiale
22​
Blue [Flume Remix] (Eiffel 65)Flume
23​
forget me too (Halsey))Machine Gun Kelly
24​
Get On The BeersMashd N Kutcher
25​
Bagi-la-m BarganBirdz
26​
Good NewsMac Miller
27​
WAPCardi B
28​
The GlowDMA's
29​
Breathe DeeperTame Impala
30​
TangerineGlass Animals
31​
No Plans To Make PlansLime Cordiale
32​
EnergyStace Cadet
33​
I Think You're GreatAlex The Astronaut
34​
ReasonsSan Cisco
35​
RighteousJuice WRLD
36​
as long as you careRuel
37​
Day & AgeBall Park Music
38​
Everybody RiseAmy Shark
39​
my futureBillie Eilish
40​
Life Is A Game of ChangingDMA's
41​
On The LineSan Cisco
42​
Soak Me In BleachThe Amity Affliction
43​
Blue WorldMac Miller
44​
Under The ThunderSkegss
45​
No Time To DieBillie Eilish
46​
Down For You (Ruel)Cosmo's Midnight
47​
Parasite EveBring Me The Horizon
48​
TogetherZiggy Alberts
49​
Lie To MeVera Blue
50​
In Your EyesWeeknd, The
51​
Your Love (déjà vu)Glass Animals
52​
C'MONAmy Shark
53​
ItchHockey Dad
54​
SkinSpacey Jane
55​
Pretty LadyTash Sultana
56​
ShookTkay Maidza
57​
Charlie (LAV)Bugs
58​
SobercoasterBeddy Rays
59​
Baby It's YouLondon Grammar
60​
DribbleSycco
61​
Fly AwayTones and I
62​
I Still Dream About YouThe Smith Street Band
63​
Don't Need YouGenesis Owusu
64​
distanceRuel
65​
RunJoji
66​
SnailBENEE
67​
SimmerHayley Williams
68​
You & IG Flip
69​
FreaksFISHER
70​
Loose Ends (G Flip)Illy
71​
Heavy WeatherRubens, The
72​
Wash Us In The Blood (Travis Scott)Kanye West
73​
Spark Up!Ball Park Music
74​
Way DownOcean Alley
75​
Come & GoJuice WRLD
76​
My HighDisclosure
77​
WHATS POPPINJack Harlow
78​
Lady Marmalade (LAV)G Flip
79​
Up In ThereOcean Alley
80​
KyotoPhoebe Bridgers
81​
KoolBENEE
82​
Your ManJoji
83​
AnimalsArchitects
84​
Good EyeHockey Dad
85​
say it overRuel
86​
StraightfacedSpacey Jane
87​
Obey (YUNGBLUD)Bring Me The Horizon
88​
Pick It Up AgainViolent Soho
89​
GermaphobeHockey Dad
90​
Wishing WellJuice WRLD
91​
Ain't It Different (Stormzy)Headie One
92​
Paranoid Android (LAV)Ball Park Music
93​
House ArrestSofi Tukker
94​
Stupid Is As Stupid Does (K.Flay)Dune Rats
95​
HEART ATTACKBRONSON
96​
Time Of My LifeRubens, The
97​
Head Like A SieveBall Park Music
98​
Gimme LoveJoji
99​
LowChet Faker
100​
JU$TRun the Jewels
101​
Photo IDRemi Wolf
102​
In This StateHockey Dad
103​
Too Tought TerryDune Rats
104​
XSRina Sawayama
105​
Kingslayer (BABYMETAL)Bring Me The Horizon
106​
Boss BitchDoja Cat
107​
FantasisingSkegss
108​
YesteryearCosmo's Midnight
109​
Pretty GrimRuby Fields
110​
The ClapThe Chats
111​
SecondHope D
112​
Laugh Now Cry LaterDrake
113​
Three Leaf CloverTeenage Joans
114​
GO (Juice WRLD)The Kid LAROI
115​
Scream Drive FasterLAUREL
116​
MoveBaker Boy
117​
Lying On The FloorViolent Soho
118​
concert for aliensMachine Gun Kelly
119​
Only Time Makes It HumanKing Princess
120​
Hot ChickenOcean Alley
121​
These DaysThelma Plum
122​
After All This TimeAllday
123​
In Her EyesThe Jungle Giants
124​
CracksSly Withers
125​
Save Your TearsWeeknd, The
126​
Moving Blind (Sonny Fodera)Dom Dolla
127​
Daylight (Diplo)Joji
128​
R U 4 Me?Middle Kids
129​
Happen To MeBENEE
130​
Right Time (Icono Pop)Hayden James
131​
Better Days (Sampa The Great)Baker Boy
132​
The WaterHands Like Houses
133​
CautionThe Killers
134​
Black Fingernails, Red Wine (LAV)Polaris
135​
Chicken TendersDominic Fike
136​
****ed Myself Upmerci, mercy
137​
HoneyKing Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
138​
After HoursWeeknd, The
139​
Don't Break MeMontaigne
140​
I WANNA BE HEREE^ST
141​
3amHalsey
142​
AnythingAlison Wonderland
143​
CanadaViolent Soho
144​
Hearts In HalvesCub Sport
145​
TeardropsBring Me The Horizon
146​
Day By DayPowderfinger
147​
death bedPowfu
148​
Nothing For FreePendulum
149​
BlurryStand Atlantic
150​
HellbringerIn Hearts Wake
151​
The StepsHAIM
152​
BetterJack Garratt
153​
Zombie (LAV)CXLOE
154​
Ticket To Heaven (Thelma Plum)Alice Ivy
155​
SO DONEThe Kid LAROI
156​
Love SongDuke Dumont
157​
19​
Slowly Slowly
158​
Rabbit HoleJaguar Jonze
159​
Don't WannaHAIM
160​
BLACK PARADEBeyoncé
161​
Send It!Holigan Hefs
162​
DeleterGrouplove
163​
Bad ThingsAlison Wonderland
164​
DanceJulia Stone
165​
Race Car BluesSlowly Slowly
166​
Want U Around (Ruel)Omar Apollo
167​
Love Is In The Air (LAV)Stella Donnelly
168​
Things I Thought Were MineAlfie Templeman
169​
Wherever You Go (Jamie XX)The Avalanches
170​
I miss u (Jax Jones)Au/Ra
171​
Trouble's ComingRoyal Blood
172​
cotton candyYUNGBLUD
173​
Good ThingsWafia
174​
miss andryflowerkid
175​
Follow MeShockOne
176​
Dark StarJack River
177​
Extraordinary LifeGordi
178​
ImpossibleNothing But Thieves
179​
Hypa HypaEskimo Callboy
180​
DIETDenzel Curry
181​
OhmsDeftones
182​
HypermaniaPolaris
183​
WeightlessSpacey Jane
184​
Shelf LifeNortheast Party House
185​
Fired UpDZ Deathrays
186​
No TimeLastlings
187​
Every Day Is A HolidayDOPE LEMON
188​
DriverPendulum
189​
I Can't BreatheJerome Farah
190​
ArrowsShannen James
191​
Figure EightTrophy Eyes
192​
Bad DecisionsThe Strokes
193​
MindreaderA Day To Remember
194​
Is Everybody Going CrazyNothing But Thieves
195​
Word Of The DayRAT!hammock
196​
Righteous (LAV)Stand Atlantic
197​
DizzyAzure Ryder
198​
12 StepsCXLOE
199​
Guilty Conscience070 Shake
200​
Petty Isn't PrettyAzure Ryder
 
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