triple J Hottest 100 of 2022

[Richard Cranium]

Haven't listened to Triple J as much the last couple of years and just found it too hard to compile a list. But looking back at albums I've added this year, would be happy with songs from Meg Mac, Gordi, Ball Park Music, Arcade Fire (are they no longer Triple J cool?), Alex Cameron, Spacey Jane or Methyl Ethel getting a run. Will also be pleased if Gang of Youths finally land the number 1 they deserved last album and probably last year as well.

Did you not hear?

 

[Richard Cranium]

Generic is simply not a term that should be applied to GoY. The entire song is about the regret and anguish Dave felt during his father's funeral. With a catchy central tune and a bit of violin work to tie it all together. This is pretty far from the usual MMM soft rock fodder you might be thinking of

Gave it a listen. Even more of a The National rip off than normal. Generic is a pretty fair label.

 

[Dancing Potato]

Gave it a listen. Even more of a The National rip off than normal. Generic is a pretty fair label.

Strangely I don't even like The National anyway.

To each their own.

 

[Dancing Potato]

first prediction below, will adjust during the next few weeks and post a final one once voting closes...

1. Flume - Say Nothing (ft. MAY-A)

2. Spacey Jane - Hardlight

3. Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)

4. Gang of Youths - in the wake of your leave

5. Fred Again - Delilah [Pull Me Out of This]

6. Steve Lacy - Bad Habit

7. King Stingray - Camp Dog

8. Paramore - This is Why

9. Ball Park Music - Stars in My Eyes

10. Dune Rats - Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again {Like a Version}

11. Gorillaz - New Gold (ft. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown)

12. Spacey Jane - Sitting Up

13. Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - Girl Sports

14. Jack Harlow - First Class

15. Wet Leg - Ur Mum

16. Joji - Glimpse of Us

17. King Stingray - Let's Go

18. Kendrick Lamar - N95

19. Gensis Owusu - Get Inspired

20. Fred Again & Swedish House Mafia - Turn On the Lights Again... (ft. Future)

21. Spacey Jane - It's Been a Long Day

22. Luude & Mattafix - Big City Life

23. Peach PRC - God is a Freak

24. Dom Dolla - Miracle Maker (ft. Clementine Douglas)

25. Lime Cordiale - Facts of Life

26. The Kid LAROI - Thousand Miles

27. Denzel Curry - Walkin'

28. Flume - Shooting Stars (ft. Toro Y Moi) {Like a Version}

29. Teenage Joans - Terrible

30. Ocean Alley - Deepest Darkness

31. Skeggs - Stranger Days

32. Thelma Plum - Backseat of My Mind

33. The Wombats - Is This What it Feels Like to Feel Like This?

34. Lizzo - About Damn Time

35. Violent Soho - Kamikaze

36. Vance Joy - Clarity

37. King Stingray - Yellow {Like a Version}

38. Fred Again - Jungle

39. Sam Fender - Alright

40. Beyonce - CUFF IT

41. Flume - Slugger 1.4 [2014 Export.WAV]

42. Bring Me the Horizon - sTraNgeRs

43. G-Flip - GAY 4 ME (ft. Lauren Sanderson)

44. Teenage Dads - Teddy

45. Jack Harlow - Nail Tech

46. Spacey Jane - Pulling Through

47. Telenova - Why Do I Keep You?

48. The Rions - Anakin

49. Flume - Sirens (ft. Caroline Polachek)

50. Lime Cordiale - Colin

51. The 1975 - I'm in Love With You

52. The Wombats - Running Up That Hill {Like a Version}

53. The Weeknd - Sacrifice

54. Ball Park Music - Weirder & Weirder

55. Gorillaz - Cracker Island (ft. Thundercat)

56. Gang of Youths - goal of the century

57. Baker Boy - Wish You Well (ft. Bernard Fanning)

58. Sycco - Ripple [prod. by Flume]

59. The Buoys - Red Flags

60. Drake - Jimmy Crooks (ft. 21 Savage)

61. Disclosure - Waterfall (ft. Raye)

62. Thelma Plum - The Brown Snake

63. Ocean Alley - Home

64. Beddy Rays - Milk

65. Pacific Avenue - Leaving for London

66. My Chemical Romance - The Foundations of Decay

67. The Chats - 6L GTR

68. Doja Cat - Vegas

69. Foals - 2am

70. Camp Cope - Running With the Hurricane

71. G-Flip - Get Me Outta Here

72. The Smith Street Band - I Don't Wanna Do Nothing Forever

73. Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)

74. Methyl Ethyl - Proof (ft. Stella Donnelly)

75. Lime Cordiale - Country Club

76. Peach PRC - Forever Drunk

77. Skin on Skin - Burn Dem Bridges

78. Genesis Owusu - GTFO

79. Arctic Monkeys - There'd Better Be a Mirrorball

80. Slowly Slowly - Forget You

81. DMA's - Everybody's Saying Thursdays the Weekend

82. Beyonce - BREAK MY SOUL

83. Gang of Youths - Why Does it Always Rain on Me? {Like a Version}

84. Beddy Rays - Handful

85. Spacey Jane - Yet

86. Sly Withers - Passing Through

87. blink-182 - EDGING

88. Machine Gun Kelly - Maybe (ft. Bring Me the Horizon)

89. FISHER - It's a Killa (ft. Shermanology)

90. Jack Harlow - Churchill Downs (ft. Drake)

91. Ball Park Music - Manny

92. Mallrat - Surprise Me (ft. Azaelia Banks)

93. Billie Eilish - TV

94. Kendrick Lamar - The Heart Part 5

95. Gang of Youths - the kingdom is within you

96. Drake - Rich Flex (ft. 21 Savage)

97. Florence + The Machine - Free

98. Confidence Man - Luvin U is Easy

99. Fontaines DC - Jackie Down the Line

100. Adam Newling - Singing Blackbird

Looks like a pretty decent list.

I'd have Skegss and Smith Street finishing higher, but would put Teenage Joans back in the 60-70 range.

 

[JackOutback]

Did you not hear?

I’ve heard about the Win Butler controversy. But a) that came a decent time after the release of WE and b) was a bit creepy without being illegal or non-consensual. Reckon they ride out the bad press.

 

[DaRenegade]

Looks like a pretty decent list.

I'd have Skegss and Smith Street finishing higher, but would put Teenage Joans back in the 60-70 range.

oh yeah I’ll be adjusting the list multiple times, most likely will have Teenage Joan’s in the 80’s by the end of Jan

Strangely I don't even like The National anyway.

To each their own.

bloke seems like he probably enjoys the new Arctic Monkeys snoozefest

 

[Richard Cranium]

bloke seems like he probably enjoys the new Arctic Monkeys snoozefest

Because I, like the majority of music fans around the world, rate The National above Gang of Youths? Weird take.

(But no, I've not enjoyed the last two Alex Turner solo Arctic Monkeys albums.)

 

[Roobs321]

Didn't put much thought in it this year, and tried to stay clear of manually adding some beaut extended album tracks.

I was ready to include Promises (Touch Sensitive) until I remembered it was released about a week after the end-November eligibility cutoff.

 

[DaRenegade]

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Didn't put much thought in it this year, and tried to stay clear of manually adding some beaut extended album tracks.

I was ready to include Promises (Touch Sensitive) until I remembered it was released about a week after the end-November eligibility cutoff.

I often find adding tracks manually is a chore anyway and they never have a chance of charting, last time I bothered was probably 2010 haha

 

[Dancing Potato]

Warm Tunas 200 is up now.

 

[DaRenegade]

Warm Tunas 200 is up now.

they’ve even pre-warned us that the 101-200 isn’t going to be very acuurate due to the spread of votes this year, plenty in the 101-125 I can see sneaking into the countdown, and even one or two outside of that too

 

[Dancing Potato]

they’ve even pre-warned us that the 101-200 isn’t going to be very acuurate due to the spread of votes this year, plenty in the 101-125 I can see sneaking into the countdown, and even one or two outside of that too

Yep. They also know they can't account for the TikTok factor that saw Tom Cardy came from outside the WT 200 last year.

 

[Perko16]

Here’s my attempt at a hottest 100 prediction. Will do updated version just before countdown. Contains either song title or artist likely to feature. Here goes:

1. Say Nothing

Hardlight

Bota

New Gold

In the wake…

Sitting up

️’s in her

Bad habit

Glimpse of us

10. It’s been a long day

Stranger days

About d⏱

N95

Facts of life

F class

Big City…

Backseat of my mind

Break my soul

Camp d

20. Clarity


Vegas

Dune Rats lav

Cuff it

Deepest..

Miracle maker

Delilah

I like u

Colin

Flume lav

30. Thousand miles

prc

Let’s go

Girl sports

Star Walkin

G flip ..4 me

The Wombats

Wish u well

Ripple

Pulling thru

40. Am I ready

Walkin

I dont.. Smith st

It’s a killa

Strangers

Tv

Hide & seek

Kamikaze

Country club

Alien Superstar

50. Weirder & W

Yet

Turn out… Fred Again

Anakin

Betty (Get Money)

Home O Alley

Nail Tech

Passing through

Leaving for London

Shirt

60. Proof

Suprise me

Alright

Central Cee

Starlight

Paramore

Die hard

Sacrifice

Machine gun kelly ft bmth

Always got the love

70. Get inspired

Sirens

Kendrick …prt5

Forever Drunk

Cooped up

Is it worth being sad

Manny

Hilltops ft Montaigne

Yellow lav

Beach boy

80. Edging

Your love

Show business

Glass animals lav

6L gtr

No choice

Foundations of decay

Beddy Rays

DMAs ‘everybody’s…

flume

90. Body paint

Pamela Aniston

Florence

Confidence Man

Forget u

Tate McRae

Why do I keep u

Kendrick

The kingdom is within u

I’m in love….1975

100. Teddy or Yukon

 

[MxGoodluck]

I just noticed something crazy.
If King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's song The Dripping Tap manages to get into the top 100 it will become the longest song of all time to poll. Not only would it beat the record set by both Kanye West (Runaway) and Green Day (Jesus Of Suburbia) at 9:08 minutes long, it would literally double them + 1 second, coming in at a staggering 18:17 minutes long.

 

[DaRenegade]

I just noticed something crazy.
If King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's song The Dripping Tap manages to get into the top 100 it will become the longest song of all time to poll. Not only would it beat the record set by both Kanye West (Runaway) and Green Day (Jesus Of Suburbia) at 9:08 minutes long, it would literally double them + 1 second, coming in at a staggering 18:17 minutes long.

as crazy as it would be to see, I can’t see it making the 100, although a spot in the 101-200 is highly likely

thewitness how goes your count so far?

 

[thewitness]

as crazy as it would be to see, I can’t see it making the 100, although a spot in the 101-200 is highly likely

thewitness how goes your count so far?

I ran my prediction model through the data last night (it still needs a fair bit of tidying up) and Dripping Tap came out somewhere between 101-110 (either 103 or 107 from memory).

 

[DaRenegade]

I ran my prediction model through the data last night (it still needs a fair bit of tidying up) and Dripping Tap came out somewhere between 101-110 (either 103 or 107 from memory).

wow that would be huge if it somehow snuck into the 100, 18 minutes though, gives people plenty of time to do a bottle-o run or whatever whilst its playing haha

be interesting to see your prediction model once its all finalised and compare, I've already made a ton of adjustments to my original list.

 

[JP Sauce]

I just noticed something crazy.
If King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's song The Dripping Tap manages to get into the top 100 it will become the longest song of all time to poll. Not only would it beat the record set by both Kanye West (Runaway) and Green Day (Jesus Of Suburbia) at 9:08 minutes long, it would literally double them + 1 second, coming in at a staggering 18:17 minutes long.

I do wonder if they’ll play the full thing if it makes the 100, or do some sneaky edits.

 

[GroggSquad]

Flume's Say Nothing is such a lazy track. The repetitive phrases in the chorus just screams running out of ideas. Very uninspiring song.

Doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the top 10 - he has truly been kissed on the **** that everyone got around this one.

 

[JT_the_Man]

Gave up at 40 but had a little crack at a prediction.

1. B.O.T.A - Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal
2. Say Nothing - Flume ft. MAY-A
3. Hardlight - Spacey Jane
4. Delilah (pull me out of this) - Fred again..
5. In the wake of your leave - Gang of Youths
6. Sitting Up - Spacey Jane
7. Turn On The Lights again… - Fred again.. & Swedish House Mafia
8. New Gold - Gorillaz ft. Tame Impala/Bootie Brown
9. Bad Habit - Steve Lacy
10. Stars In My Eyes - Ball Park Music
11. Glimpse of Us - Joji
12. It’s Been A Long Day - Spacey Jane
13. About Damn Time - Lizzo
14. God Is A Freak - Peach PRC
15. Jungle - Fred again..
16. Stranger Days - Skegss
17. Burn Dem Bridges - Skin on Skin
18. Girl Sports - Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
19. GAY 4 ME - G Flip (ft. Lauren Sanderson)
20. N95 - Kendrick Lamar
21. Slugger 1.4 [2014 Export.WAV] - Flume
22. Backseat of My Mind - Thelma Plum
23. Miracle Maker - Dom Dolla
24. This Is Why - Paramore
25. Camp Dog - King Stingray
26. Let’s Go - King Stingray
27. Thousand Miles - The Kid LAROI
28. First Class - Jack Harlow
29. Ripple - Sycco (prod. Flume/Chrome Sparks)
30. Get Inspired - Genesis Owusu
31. Clarity - Vance Joy
32. BREAK MY SOUL - Beyoncé
33. Kamikaze - Violent Soho
34. Facts of Life - Lime Cordiale
35. Walkin’ - Denzel Curry
36. Big City Life - Luude & Mattafix
37. Deepest Darkness - Ocean Alley
38. Colin - Lime Cordiale
39. Shooting Stars (like a version) - Flume
40. STAR WALKIN’ - Lil Nas X
41. Ur Mum - Wet Leg
42. I Don’t Wanna Do Nothing Forever - Smith Street Band

 

[Schulzenfest]

If that's the top 4 I'm switching the countdown off after 5.

 

[DaRenegade]

Flume's Say Nothing is such a lazy track. The repetitive phrases in the chorus just screams running out of ideas. Very uninspiring song.

Doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the top 10 - he has truly been kissed on the **** that everyone got around this one.

there are certain artists that, no matter what they release, will always accumulate votes and when they're Aussie that is ten fold, Flume is one of those, he could literally release a 3 min track of him pushing out a s**t and it'd get voted for

Hilltop Hoods, Spacey Jane, Lime Cordiale, Billie Eilish, Ocean Alley, Tones and I, there's a few of them

 

[Dancing Potato]

Flume's Say Nothing is such a lazy track. The repetitive phrases in the chorus just screams running out of ideas. Very uninspiring song.

Doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the top 10 - he has truly been kissed on the **** that everyone got around this one.

there are certain artists that, no matter what they release, will always accumulate votes and when they're Aussie that is ten fold, Flume is one of those, he could literally release a 3 min track of him pushing out a s**t and it'd get voted for

Hilltop Hoods, Spacey Jane, Lime Cordiale, Billie Eilish, Ocean Alley, Tones and I, there's a few of them

Yeah the Flume track is pretty meh, but I've heard worse. It's generic but I don't hate it. Or love it. I just sort of nothing it.

BOTA and Delilah on the other hand...two of the weakest, most repetitive and inane tracks I've heard in a long time. At no point does anything interesting or even slightly different happen from start to finish of these tracks. Someone just pushed a button to play a generic sample on repeat for 4 minutes and 'sang' (really just spoke) the same few lines repeatedly over the top.

 

[Perko16]

Warm up for this weekend's Hottest 100 with these teaser stats - triple j

You're gonna hear *how* many F-bombs?!

www.abc.net.au

Hilltop hoods to break record for most entries ever over multiple annual countdown years with 2 more tracks this year & Gorillaz most time between first entry (2001 I think) & current entry.

Songs uploaded to unearthed: 2 King Stingray, Anakin, Leaving for London, Terrible & Milk (or Why do I keep?)

Artists reach 15 songs over annual countdown years Flume, Lime Cordiale, Ball park, Eilish & possibly Artic monkeys

 

[JT_the_Man]

Gave up at 40 but had a little crack at a prediction.

1. B.O.T.A - Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal
2. Say Nothing - Flume ft. MAY-A
3. Hardlight - Spacey Jane
4. Delilah (pull me out of this) - Fred again..
5. In the wake of your leave - Gang of Youths
6. Sitting Up - Spacey Jane
7. Turn On The Lights again… - Fred again.. & Swedish House Mafia
8. New Gold - Gorillaz ft. Tame Impala/Bootie Brown
9. Bad Habit - Steve Lacy
10. Stars In My Eyes - Ball Park Music
11. Glimpse of Us - Joji
12. It’s Been A Long Day - Spacey Jane
13. About Damn Time - Lizzo
14. God Is A Freak - Peach PRC
15. Jungle - Fred again..
16. Stranger Days - Skegss
17. Burn Dem Bridges - Skin on Skin
18. Girl Sports - Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
19. GAY 4 ME - G Flip (ft. Lauren Sanderson)
20. N95 - Kendrick Lamar
21. Slugger 1.4 [2014 Export.WAV] - Flume
22. Backseat of My Mind - Thelma Plum
23. Miracle Maker - Dom Dolla
24. This Is Why - Paramore
25. Camp Dog - King Stingray
26. Let’s Go - King Stingray
27. Thousand Miles - The Kid LAROI
28. First Class - Jack Harlow
29. Ripple - Sycco (prod. Flume/Chrome Sparks)
30. Get Inspired - Genesis Owusu
31. Clarity - Vance Joy
32. BREAK MY SOUL - Beyoncé
33. Kamikaze - Violent Soho
34. Facts of Life - Lime Cordiale
35. Walkin’ - Denzel Curry
36. Big City Life - Luude & Mattafix
37. I Don’t Wanna Do Nothing Forever - Smith Street Band
38. Ur Mum - Wet Leg
39. Shooting Stars (like a version) - Flume
40. STAR WALKIN’ - Lil Nas X

Got a bit too much time on my hands this week, so for reference I went and found my top 20 prediction from last year and saw how it stacked up against the real thing.

1. Stay - The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber (Actual #2)
2. good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo (Actual #4)
3. The Angel of 8th ave. - Gang of Youths (Actual #6)
4. INDUSTRY BABY - Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (Actual #7)
5. On My Knees - RUFUS DU SOL (Actual #9)
6. Elephant (Like a Version) - The Wiggles (Actual #1)
7. Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish (Actual #5)
8. Lots of Nothing - Spacey Jane (Actual #3)
9. Kiss Me More - Doja Cat and SZA (Actual #7)
10. Alive - RUFUS DU SOL (Actual #19)
11. MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) - Lil Nas X (Actual #10)
12. Sunscreen - Ball Park Music (Actual #21)
13. edamame - bbno$ and Rich Brian (Actual #24)
14. drivers license - Olivia Rodrigo (Actual #13)
15. Apple Crumble - Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba (Actual #14)
16. Seventeen Going Under - Sam Fender (Actual #16 - hey look I actually got one)
17. Love Signs - The Jungle Giants (Actual #18)
18. Next To Me - RUFUS DU SOL (Actual #25)
19. serotonin - girl in red (Actual #40)
20. THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas X (Actual #29)

The main things I took from this when I made the 40 above:

I underestimated Spacey Jane. Lots of Nothing came in at 3 and Lunchtime came in at 13 and wasn’t even in my 20.

Overestimated Gang of Youths and Ball Park Music. Hence me having them a fair bit lower than where you’ll see them on WT.

I was pretty high on Lil Nas X’s hopes last year, probably a tad too high, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Star Walkin’ is higher than where I’ve placed it, being the only song he’s got in the voting list.

Also just realised I should probably have Deepest Darkness by Ocean Alley in my 40 because Touch Back Down overperformed WT massively last year when it finished #20.