Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years, 2013 explained

The Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years was a poll conducted by Triple J to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Hottest 100's current format.^[1] Voters were allowed to vote for 20 songs that were released from 1 January 1993 until 31 December 2012. Voting was open for 20 days from 14 May to 2 June.^[2] #100–51 was broadcast on 8 June and #50–1 was broadcast the following day.

Full list

Bold: Previous winner of an annual Hottest 100
Green background: Australian artists

	Song	Artist	Country of origin	Year of release	Previous position (annual countdown)^[3]	Previous position (all-time countdown)
1	Wonderwall	Oasis	United Kingdom	1995	1	12 (2009)
2			United States	2003	3	20 (2009)
3			United States	1994	14 (1995)	4 (1998), 7 (2009)
4			Australia	2003	9	17 (2009)
5			United Kingdom	1997	4	99 (1998), 14 (2009)
6			United States	1997	61 (2006)^[4]	9 (2009)
7			United States	2003	13 (2004)	38 (2009)
8	These Days	Powderfinger	Australia	2000	1 (1999)	21 (2009)
9	Somebody That I Used to Know	Gotye featuring Kimbra	Australia/New Zealand	2011	1
10	My Happiness	Powderfinger	Australia	2000	1	27 (2009)
11	No One Knows	Queens of the Stone Age	United States	2002	1	45 (2009)
12		Gotye	Australia	2006	8	77 (2009)
13			United Kingdom	1997	5	13 (1998), 5 (2009)
14	Little Lion Man	Mumford & Sons	United Kingdom	2009	1
15			United Kingdom	1996	7	95 (1998), 70 (2009)
16			United States	2007	21 (2008)	92 (2009)
17			Australia	1994	5	59 (1998), 33 (2009)
18			United States	2003	2
19			United States	1997	6	20 (1998), 68 (2009)
20			Australia	1997	15	18 (1998), 34 (2009)
21			United States	1995	13 (1996)	71 (1998), 35 (2009)
22			United Kingdom	1997	2	46 (1998), 61 (2009)
23	Knights of Cydonia	Muse	United Kingdom	2006	1 (2007)	18 (2009)
24	One Crowded Hour	Augie March	Australia	2006	1	59 (2009)
25		The Smashing Pumpkins	United States	1995	2	33 (1998), 51 (2009)
26			United States	2001	3	82 (2009)
27			Australia	2000	6
28			United States	1999	10
29	Take Me Out	Franz Ferdinand	United Kingdom	2004	1	100 (2009)
30		Red Hot Chili Peppers	United States	1999	7 (2000)
31			United Kingdom	1998	23	22 (2009)
32			United States	1996	2	24 (1998), 37 (2009)
33	Zombie	The Cranberries	Ireland	1994	1
34			United States	1997	12 (1998)	32 (1998), 67 (2009)
35		Radiohead	United Kingdom	1997	9	54 (1998), 15 (2009)
36		Jeff Buckley	United States	1994		3 (2009)
37			United States	1994	16	44 (1998), 48 (2009)
38			Australia	2008	102
39			United States	1993	20	101 (2009)
40			United States	1994	2	14 (1998), 62 (2009)
41			United Kingdom	2000	5	87 (2009)
42			Australia	2011	3
43	Betterman		Australia	2001	5	47 (2009)
44			France	2000	61 (2001)	96 (2009)
45			United States	2004	11	94 (2009)
46			Australia	1997	18	84 (1998), 36 (2009)
47			United States	1994	3	80 (1998)
48			United States	2001	12
49			United Kingdom	2009	10
50			United States	1994	44 (1995)	22 (1998), 39 (2009)
51			United States	2000	10	85 (2009)
52			United Kingdom/United States	2005	3
53			United Kingdom	1999	5	83 (2009)
54	Sex on Fire	Kings of Leon	United States	2008	1	90 (2009)
55			United Kingdom	1999	4
56			United Kingdom	1995	12 (1996)	65 (2009)
57			United Kingdom	2005		42 (2009)
58	No Aphrodisiac	The Whitlams	Australia	1997	1	36 (1998)
59		Daft Punk	France	1997		58 (2009)
60			United Kingdom	1995	5 (1996)
61			United States	2011	2
62	Buy Me a Pony	Spiderbait	Australia	1996	1	86 (1998)
63			Australia	2002	2
64			United States	2008	5
65		Daft Punk	France	2001	7 (2007)^[5]
66			Australia	1994	23	61 (1998), 52 (2009)
67			United Kingdom	2012	3
68	Are You Gonna Be My Girl	Jet	Australia	2003	1
69			United States	2002	7
70	! (The Song Formerly Known As)		Australia	1997	6 (1998)
71			United Kingdom	2001	9
72			Australia	2005	9
73			United States	2009	15
74			United Kingdom	2007	12
75		The Killers	United States	2004	4
76		MGMT	United States	2008	2
77			Australia	2007	18
78		Silverchair	Australia	1997	13
79			United Kingdom	2005	50
80			United States	1996	46	89 (2009)
81	Big Jet Plane	Angus & Julia Stone	Australia	2010	1
82			United States	2000	4
83			United Kingdom	1995	38	81 (2009)
84			United States	2005	13
85			United States	1995	3
86		The Killers	United States	2006	4
87			United Kingdom	2006
88	Monsters		Australia	2001	2
89			United States	2006	63	99 (2009)
90		Silverchair	Australia	2007	2
91			Australia	1997	7 (1998)
92			Iceland	2011	2 (2012)
93			United States	1994	22	58 (1998)
94			United States	2010	32
95			Australia	1998	2
96			Australia	2003	6
97			United Kingdom	2007	17
98		Jebediah	Australia	1997	10	50 (1998)
99			United States	2011	6
100		Beastie Boys	United States	1998	25

#101 was Zebra by the John Butler Trio

Artists with multiple entries

	Artist	Tracks
3	Dave Grohl	6, 11, 39
	The Killers	7, 75, 86
	Silverchair	17, 78, 90
	Damon Albarn	22, 52, 71
	Daft Punk	44, 59, 65
2		3, 36
	Powderfinger	8, 10
	Gotye	9, 12
	Radiohead	13, 35
	The Smashing Pumpkins	21, 25
	Red Hot Chili Peppers	28, 30
	Beastie Boys	37, 100
	Gorillaz	52, 71
	MGMT	64, 76
		91, 98

Nations represented

Country	Count
United States	42
Australia	29
United Kingdom	25
France	3
Iceland	1
Ireland	1
New Zealand	1

Songs by decade

Decade	Song Count
1990s	44^[6]
2000s	48
2010s	8

External links

Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years

Notes and References

Web site: Triple j's Hottest 100.
Web site: Voting | Twenty Years of triple j's Hottest 100 | triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 April 2013.
Year is specified if different from year of release
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