Triple J, Hottest 100 list for 2008

This lovely list is annually compiled by the listeners of Triple J. I actually didn't sit down and listen to the whole thing, only a couple of songs while I was driving which were around the 53-51 area.

So... with no further ado, below, the Triple J Hottest 100 list presented to the public on Australia Day, 2009.

1. “Sex on Fire” - Kings of Leon
2. “Electric Feel” - MGMT
3. “Use Somebody” - Kings of Leon
4. “Walking on a Dream” - Empire of the Sun
5. “Kids” - MGMT
6. “Talk Like That” - The Presets
7. “The Festival Song” - Pez feat. 360 and Hayley Cramer
8. “This Boy's in Love” - The Presets
9. “That's Not My Name” - The Ting Tings
10. “Jimmy Recard” - Drapht
11. “My Delirium” - Ladyhawke
12. “Embrace” - Pnau feat. Ladyhawke
13. “The King Is Dead” - The Herd
14. “No Sex for Ben” - The Rapture
15. “Lights & Music” - Cut Copy
16. “You Don't Know Me” - Ben Folds feat. Regina Spektor
17. “Dance Wiv Me” - Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome
18. “Time to Pretend” - MGMT
19. “Business Time” - Flight of the Conchords
20. “Broken Bones” - Birds of Tokyo
21. “Skinny Love” - Bon Iver
22. “Silhouettic” - Birds of Tokyo
23. “White Noise” - The Living End
24. “Closer” - Kings of Leon
25. “Never Miss a Beat” - Kaiser Chiefs
26. “Paris Is Burning” - Ladyhawke
27. “The Lighthouse Song” - Josh Pyke
28. “That Beep” - Architecture in Helsinki
29. “Make You Happy” - Josh Pyke
30. “Oxford Comma” - Vampire Weekend
31. “Bird of Feather” - Cog
32. “A-Punk” - Vampire Weekend
33. “Always Where I Need to Be” - The Kooks
34. “Burn Bridges” - The Grates
35. “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
36. “I Will Possess Your Heart” - Death Cab For Cutie
37. “I Said I'm Sorry” - British India
38. “Something Is Not Right With Me” - Cold War Kids
39. “I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked” - Ida Maria Norway
40. “Eye of the Storm” - [nb 3] Bliss n Eso
41. “I Will Never Love You More” - Soko France
42. “Jungle Drum” - Emilíana Torrini Iceland
43. “Ghosts” - Laura Marling
44. “Flippers Art vs. Science
45. “Ice Cream (Triple J live acoustic version)” - Muscles[nb 4]
46. “The Fear” - Lily Allen
47. “Coca Cola” - Little Red
48. “Stay With Me Bright Eyes” - Something With Numbers
49. “Young Love” - Mystery Jets
50. “Breakout” - Ash Grunwald
51. “Wild Eyed Boy” - Birds of Tokyo
52. “Human” - The Killers
53. “Window and the Watcher” - The Butterfly Effect
54. “Baby” - Pnau
55. “Your Party” - Ween
56. “Yippiyo-Ay” - The Presets
57. “L.E.S. Artistes” - Santogold
58. “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” - Vampire Weekend
59. “Where the City Meets the Sea” - The Getaway Plan
60. “Most Beautiful Girl in the Room” - Flight of the Conchords
61. “The Sea is Rising” - Bliss n Eso
62. “Sleepwalking” - Faker
63. “2020” - The Herd
64. “Dawn of the Dead” - Does It Offend You, Yeah?
65. “White Winter Hymnal” - Fleet Foxes
66. “Farewell Rocketship Children Collide
67. “Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros” - Flight of the Conchords
68. “We Are the People” - Empire of the Sun
69. “Ready for the Floor” - Hot Chip
70. “Crawl” - Kings of Leon
71. “One (Blake's Got a New Face)” - Vampire Weekend
72. “No One's Gonna Love You” - Band of Horses
73. “Spaceman” - The Killers
74. “I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You” - Black Kids
75. “Half Full Glass of Wine” - Tame Impala
76. “Polka” - Yves Klein Blue
77. “Falling” - Drapht
78. “Shut Up and Let Me Go” - The Ting Tings
79. “Jealousy” - Sparkadia
80. “Aw Yeah” - The Grates
81. “Pork and Beans” - Weezer
82. “Ulysses” - Franz Ferdinand
83. “Carve Your Name” - The Grates
84. “Re-Education (Through Labor)” - Rise Against
85. “1981” - Gyroscope
86. “Beautiful Ugly” - Muph & Plutonic
87. “Another Way to Die” - Jack White and Alicia Keys
88. “The Day That Never Comes” - Metallica
89. “Love Lockdown” - Kanye West
90. “Fuck You” - Lily Allen
91. “Neopolitan Dreams” - Lisa Mitchell
92. “Propane Nightmares” - Pendulum
93. “Gobbledigook” - Sigur Rós
94. “Woodstock 2008” - Bliss n Eso
95. “Wearing My Rolex” - Wiley
96. “Flex (Dave Spoon Reflex)” - Dizzee Rascal
97. “Are You Interested?” - Cog
98. “I Like It, I Love It” - Lyrics Born
99. “Don't Worry About Nothin'” - Muph & Plutonic
100. “It's A War” - Dukes of Windsor


And for those of you who cbf going through the list to look for artists with multiple entries...
Four tracks
Kings of Leon [1, 3, 24, 70]
Vampire Weekend [30, 32, 58, 71]

Three tracks
Birds of Tokyo [20, 22, 51]
Bliss n Eso [40, 61, 94]
Flight of the Conchords [19, 60, 67]
The Grates [34, 80, 83]
MGMT [2, 5, 18]
The Presets [6, 8, 56]

Two tracks
Cog [31, 97]
Dizzie Rascal [17, 96]
Drapht [10, 77]
Empire of the Sun [4, 68]
The Herd [13, 63]
Josh Pyke [27, 29]
The Killers [52, 73]
Ladyhawke [11, 26]
Lily Allen [46, 90]
Muph and Plutonic [86, 99]
Pnau [12, 54]
The Ting Tings [9, 78]

And for those of the patriotic sort; Countries represented;
Australia - 48 songs
United States - 29 songs
England - 13 songs
New Zealand - 5 songs
Iceland - 2 songs
France - 1 song
Norway - 1 song
Scotland - 1 song

Over 800,000 votes were received, and over 1000 parties registered for the 2008 Hottest 100. Not too shabby at all.

Fantastic contribution by the Aussies, and I'm very happy Birds of Tokyo and Cog got multiple entries The Kings of Leon at number 1, was predictable to say the least... I'm not all too happy about that one though. Granted it aired on Triple J long before Nova, Fox, Triple M etc were airing it, so it had a MUCH longer run.

Sarah wrote:
36. “I Will Possess Your Heart” - Death Cab For Cutie

YAAAAAYYY!!!
Lol yes I am part emo. Luckily the part of me that is emo isn't my wrists or my heart. Hahahahahaha.