Triple J Hottest 100, 2012

The 2012 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day 26 January 2013. It was the 20th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

2012 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown26 January 2013
Countdown highlights
Winning songUnited States Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz
"Thrift Shop"
Most entriesAustralia Flume (4)
Chronology
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2011
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Past 20 Years

Voting commenced on 19 December 2012, and closed at midnight on 20 January 2013.[1]

Over 1.5 million votes were cast in this countdown, beating the record set in 2011.[2]

In the week prior to the countdown, Nick Drewe, a Brisbane statistician and marketer, analysed the votes that had been published on social media and determined the possible top 100, naming it the Warmest 100. The votes that had been published represented approximately 2.7% of the total vote. Ultimately, his list correctly predicted 92 of the songs in the countdown, the songs comprising the top 10, and the top 3 in the correct order.[3][4] The ABC have announced that it would likely make changes to the voting system to prevent "spoiler attempts" in future countdowns.[5]

Full list

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Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin
1 Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz United States
2 Little Talks Of Monsters and Men Iceland
3 Breezeblocks alt-J United Kingdom
4 Holdin On Flume Australia
5 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons United Kingdom
6 Get Free Major Lazer featuring Amber Coffman United States
7 Elephant Tame Impala Australia
8 Lost Frank Ocean United States
9 Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Tame Impala Australia
10 My Gun The Rubens Australia
11 Sweet Nothing Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch United Kingdom
12 Sleepless Flume featuring Jezzabell Doran Australia
13 Gold on the Ceiling The Black Keys United States
14 I Love It Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX Sweden/United Kingdom
15 Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert United States
16 Not Giving In Rudimental featuring John Newman & Alex Clare United Kingdom
17 Clair de Lune Flight Facilities featuring Christine Hoberg Australia/United States
18 HyperParadise (Flume Remix) Hermitude Australia
19 Angels The xx United Kingdom
20 Feel the Love Rudimental featuring John Newman United Kingdom
21 Latch Disclosure featuring Sam Smith United Kingdom
22 Trembling Hands The Temper Trap Australia
23 Coming Down Ball Park Music Australia
24 I'm Into You Chet Faker Australia
25 Bangarang Skrillex featuring Sirah United States
26 Dear Science Seth Sentry Australia
27 Surrender Ball Park Music Australia
28 Default Django Django United Kingdom
29 Cherry Lips Loon Lake Australia
30 Laura Bat for Lashes United Kingdom
31 Gasoline Alpine Australia
32 Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Remix) Florence and the Machine United Kingdom
33 Can't Get Better Than This Parachute Youth Australia
34 Born to Die Lana Del Rey United States
35 Run Alone 360 Australia
36 Paddling Out Miike Snow Sweden
37 Sun Two Door Cinema Club United Kingdom
38 Oblivion Grimes Canada
39 Hold On Alabama Shakes United States
40 R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom
41 I Can Make You Love Me British India Australia
42 Hurricane MS MR United States
43 Ho Hey The Lumineers United States
44 Follow the Sun Xavier Rudd Australia
45 Young and Dumb Chance Waters featuring Bertie Blackman Australia
46 Take a Walk Passion Pit United States
47 Mountain Sound Of Monsters and Men Iceland
48 Fred Astaire San Cisco Australia
49 Brother (Like a Version) Thundamentals Australia
50 My Heart Is on Fire Asta Australia
51 This Fire Birds of Tokyo Australia
52 Ghosts The Presets Australia
53 Wild Things San Cisco Australia
54 I Got Burned The Bamboos featuring Tim Rogers Australia
55 Internet Friends Knife Party Australia
56 Thinkin Bout You Frank Ocean United States
57 Float Away Seth Sentry Australia
58 Babel Mumford & Sons United Kingdom
59 Love This Cosmo Jarvis United Kingdom
60 Love Interruption Jack White United States
61 Caress Your Soul Sticky Fingers Australia
62 Just What I Am Kid Cudi featuring King Chip United States
63 Wolf First Aid Kit Sweden
64 Tessellate alt-J United Kingdom
65 Genesis Grimes Canada
66 The Best We Got The Rubens Australia
67 On Top Flume featuring T.Shirt Australia/United States
68 Silhouettes Avicii Sweden
69 Lonely Boy (Like a Version) Matt Corby Australia
70 Promises The Presets Australia
71 Swimming Pools (Drank) Kendrick Lamar United States
72 All the Rowboats Regina Spektor United States
73 Draw a Crowd Ben Folds Five United States
74 Simple Song The Shins United States
75 Madness Muse United Kingdom
76 Heard It All Illy Australia
77 Love Is All I Got Feed Me and Crystal Fighters United Kingdom
78 Household Goods Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs United Kingdom
79 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys United States
80 Super Rich Kids Frank Ocean featuring Earl Sweatshirt United States
81 Something Good alt-J United Kingdom
82 Disparate Youth Santigold United States
83 She's a Riot The Jungle Giants Australia
84 Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom Hilltop Hoods Australia
85 Fineshrine Purity Ring Canada
86 Summertime Sadness Lana Del Rey United States
87 Chronicles of a Fallen Love The Bloody Beetroots featuring Greta Svabo Bech Italy/Faroe Islands
88 Down the Road C2C France
89 Maybe Tomorrow Chance Waters featuring Lilian Blue Australia
90 Sleep Alone Two Door Cinema Club United Kingdom
91 So Good Allday Australia
92 Spiritus Lisa Mitchell Australia
93 Dance Bear Snakadaktal Australia
94 45 The Gaslight Anthem United States
95 Andy Last Dinosaurs Australia
96 Clique Kanye West featuring Big Sean & Jay Z United States
97 I'm Shakin' Jack White United States
98 Warrior Kimbra featuring Mark Foster & A-Trak New Zealand/United States/Canada
99 Bad Girls M.I.A. United Kingdom
100 Cough Cough Everything Everything United Kingdom

#101-#200 List

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On 1 February 2013, Triple J broadcast the "second Hottest 100" countdown.[6][7]

# Song Artist Country of Origin
101 Don't Save Me Haim United States
102 Rabbit Hole The Temper Trap Australia
103 Survival Expert Something for Kate Australia
104 Language Porter Robinson United States
105 Idea of Happiness Van She Australia
106 Forever Haim United States
107 Chasing Ghosts The Amity Affliction Australia
108 Need Your Love The Temper Trap Australia
109 Karmageddon Abbe May Australia
110 My Scene Seth Sentry Australia
111 Mercy Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz United States
112 Chained The xx United Kingdom
113 Where Ya Been Illy featuring Pez Australia
114 Boy Emma Louise Australia
115 Drinking From the Sun Hilltop Hoods Australia
116 Die a Happy Man Tuka featuring Jane Tyrrell Australia
117 Unashamed Desire Missy Higgins Australia
118 Get in My Life Hermitude Australia
119 Speaking in Tongues Hilltop Hoods featuring Chali 2na Australia/United States
120 Passerby Grinspoon Australia
121 Inhaler Foals United Kingdom
122 Apocalypse Dreams Tame Impala Australia
123 The House That Heaven Built Japandroids Canada
124 Bless This Mess Lisa Mitchell Australia
125 Pyramids Frank Ocean United States
126 I'm Corrupt DCUP Australia
127 HyperParadise Hermitude Australia
128 Jah No Partial Major Lazer featuring Flux Pavilion United States/United Kingdom
129 Youth in Trouble The Presets Australia
130 How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep Bombay Bicycle Club Australia
131 Souls A’Fire Matt Corby Australia
132 That's What's Up Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros United States
133 I Fink U Freeky Die Antwoord South Africa
134 Ill Manors Plan B United Kingdom
135 Dark Days Parkway Drive Australia
136 Runaways The Killers United States
137 Escape Asta Australia
138 Give Me Time Eagle and the Worm Australia
139 Hearts a Mess (Like a Version) Missy Higgins Australia
140 Sweet Sour Band of Skulls United Kingdom
141 Heart of a Lion The Griswolds Australia
142 Wild Love Gossling Australia
143 She's My Baby Kingswood Australia
144 National Anthem Lana Del Rey United States
145 Playing with Fire Plan B featuring Labrinth & Etta Bond United Kingdom
146 Medusa Kingswood Australia
147 Neighbour Neighbour Violent Soho Australia
148 Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings Father John Misty United States
149 Do It with a Rockstar Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra United States
150 Octopus Bloc Party United Kingdom
151 Jamaica Van She Australia
152 Rocksteady The Bloody Beetroots Italy
153 Knee Length Socks Urthboy Australia
154 Born at the Right Time Dappled Cities Australia
155 Do It Anyway Ben Folds Five United States
156 Bird on the Buffalo Angus Stone Australia
157 Heartbreak Clubfeet featuring Chela Australia
158 Off to the Races Lana Del Rey United States
159 Gonna Make It Vydamo Australia
160 Left Alone Flume featuring Chet Faker Australia
161 Above the Water Art of Sleeping Australia
162 Don’t Ever Want To Be Found The Rubens Australia
163 Water Bombs Twinsy Australia
164 This Head I Hold Electric Guest United States
165 Broken Bights Angus Stone Australia
166 Bloom Gypsy & The Cat Australia
167 The Wave Miike Snow Sweden
168 All Your Gold Bat for Lashes United Kingdom
169 Beauty in the Bricks Spit Syndicate Australia
170 Tinderbox Violent Soho Australia
171 Hang Loose Alabama Shakes United States
172 Truth Bloc Party United Kingdom
173 Clouds + Cream Sticky Fingers Australia
174 The Keepers Santigold United States
175 Don’t Wanna Grow Up Anymore Bob Evans Australia
176 Video Games (Like a Version) Bluejuice Australia
177 The Only Place Best Coast United States
178 Someone Purer Mystery Jets United Kingdom
179 Myth Beach House United States
180 Empty Hands Art of Sleeping Australia
181 Can't Hold Us Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton United States
182 No Beef Afrojack & Steve Aoki featuring Miss Palmer Netherlands/United States
183 Frivolous Life YesYou featuring Marcus Azon Australia
184 Yet Again Grizzly Bear United States
185 Ride Lana Del Rey United States
186 Be Ready When I Say Go Emperors Australia
187 Fitzpleasure alt-J United Kingdom
188 Baguette? Tyler Touché Australia
189 Told You So Cub Scouts Australia
190 Beautiful TZU Australia
191 The Game Pez Australia
192 Open Letter The Amity Affliction Australia
193 Sharp Shooter Hungry Kids of Hungary Australia
194 Seeing Red Alpine Australia
195 Wake Up Dead Letter Circus Australia
196 September St. Lucia United States
197 Miracle Cure Something for Kate Australia
198 Wicked Games The Weeknd Canada
199 Chaos Theory ShockOne Australia
200 Centipede Knife Party Australia

Artists with multiple entries

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# Artist Tracks
4 Flume[note 1] 4, 12, 18, 67
3 alt-J 3, 64, 81
Frank Ocean 8, 56, 80
2 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 1, 15
Of Monsters and Men 2, 47
Tame Impala 7, 9
Mumford & Sons 5, 58
The Rubens 10, 66
Calvin Harris[note 2] 11, 32
Florence Welch[note 3] 11, 32
The Black Keys 13, 79
Rudimental 16, 20
John Newman[note 4] 16, 20
Ball Park Music (23, 27
Seth Sentry 26, 57
Lana Del Rey 34, 86
Two Door Cinema Club 37, 90
Grimes 38, 65
Chance Waters 45, 89
San Cisco 48, 53
The Presets 52, 70
Jack White 60, 97

Countries represented

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Country Total
Australia 41
United States 29
United Kingdom 23
Canada 4
Sweden 4
Iceland 2
New Zealand 1
France 1
Italy 1
Faroe Islands 1

Top 10 Albums of 2012

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A smaller poll of Triple J listeners' favourite albums of the year was held in December 2012.[8]

Note: Australian artists

Bold indicates J Award winner.

# Artist Album Country of origin Tracks in the Hottest 100
1 Tame Impala Lonerism Australia 7, 9
2 The Black Keys El Camino United States 13, 79 (2 in 2011)
3 The Rubens The Rubens Australia 10, 66 (57 in 2011)
4 Mumford & Sons Babel United Kingdom 5, 58
5 Ball Park Music Museum Australia 23, 27
6 alt-J An Awesome Wave United Kingdom 3, 64, 81
7 Flume Flume Australia 4, 12, 67
8 The xx Coexist United Kingdom 19
9 Frank Ocean Channel Orange United States 8, 56, 80
10 San Cisco San Cisco Australia 48, 53

Notes

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  • For the second year in a row, the songs "Lonely Boy" and "Brother" charted in the countdown. This time "Lonely Boy" was covered by Matt Corby, who ranked at #3 (with his song "Brother") behind the original song by The Black Keys in the previous year's Hottest 100 (at #2). The version of "Brother" that appears in this year's countdown is a cover by Thundamentals.
  • There were eight songs in a row by Australian artists between positions #55 and #48. This is the equal longest run of Australian songs since 1999.
  • For the fourth consecutive year, an artist from Triple J Unearthed made it into the Top 10 of the countdown. Flume ranked at #4 this year.
  • "Thrift Shop" is the first hip-hop song to top the chart in Hottest 100 history. It also breaks the record of highest ranking hip-hop song, which was previously set by Coolio, the Gorillaz and Hilltop Hoods who managed to place third in 1995, 2005, 2006 and 2009.
  • "My Heart Is on Fire" by Asta marks the first appearance in the countdown by the winning entry in Unearthed High. 2011 winners Snakadaktal charted in the previous countdown with a song they had recorded after winning the competition.
  • For the first time since 2008, no Australian artist featured in the Top 3.
  • The four highest charting artists in this year's countdown were all debutants. This is the first time this has happened since the first countdown in 1993.
  • Additionally, the four highest charting artists in this year's countdown were acts from four nations. This is the first time in the poll's history this has occurred.
  • 78 artists made in into the chart; this makes this list the second most diverse list.
  • For the second year in a row, Calvin Harris placed at #11.
  • Greta Svabo Bech is the first artist from the Faroe Islands to appear in the Hottest 100.[9]
  • Then Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced her favorite song of the year – "Clair de Lune" by Flight Facilities.[10]
  • Ben Folds Five appearance at #73 with "Draw a Crowd" equaled the record set by Robert Smith in 2010 for the longest absence between countdowns; their last appearance was in 1999.
  • Hilltop Hoods appeared in their sixth consecutive annual Hottest 100.

CD release

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The Triple J Hottest 100 CD for 2012 is the twentieth edition of the CD series. It was released on 22 February 2013.[11]

CD 1
  1. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - "Thrift Shop"
  2. Flume - "Holdin On"
  3. The Rubens - "My Gun"
  4. alt-J - "Breezeblocks"
  5. Frank Ocean - "Lost"
  6. Florence and the Machine - "Spectrum (Say My Name)" (Calvin Harris Remix)
  7. Loon Lake - "Cherry Lips"
  8. The Black Keys - "Gold on the Ceiling"
  9. Major Lazer feat. Amber Coffman - "Get Free"
  10. Chet Faker - "I'm Into You"
  11. The xx - "Angels"
  12. Seth Sentry - "Dear Science"
  13. Django Django - "Default"
  14. Miike Snow - "Paddling Out"
  15. Parachute Youth - "Can't Get Better Than This"
  16. Ball Park Music - "Coming Down"
  17. MS MR - "Hurricane"
  18. Skrillex feat. Sirah - "Bangarang"
  19. Birds of Tokyo - "This Fire"
  20. Two Door Cinema Club - "Sun"
  21. Alpine - "Gasoline"
CD 2
  1. Of Monsters and Men - "Little Talks"
  2. Tame Impala - "Elephant"
  3. Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX - "I Love It"
  4. 360 - "Run Alone"
  5. The Temper Trap - "Trembling Hands"
  6. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - "Latch"
  7. Rudimental feat. John Newman and Alex Clare - "Not Giving In"
  8. Mumford & Sons - "I Will Wait"
  9. Grimes - "Oblivion"
  10. Asta - "My Heart Is on Fire"
  11. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - "Household Goods"
  12. San Cisco - "Fred Astaire"
  13. Chance Waters feat. Bertie Blackman - "Young and Dumb"
  14. Hermitude - "HyperParadise" (Flume Remix)
  15. Feed Me and Crystal Fighters - "Love Is All I Got"
  16. Everything Everything - "Cough Cough"
  17. Alabama Shakes - "Hold On"
  18. Sticky Fingers - "Caress Your Soul"
  19. Bat For Lashes - "Laura"
  20. Flight Facilities feat. Christine Hoberg - "Clair De Lune"

References

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  1. ^ Three times solo (4, 12, 67) and one remix (18)
  2. ^ Once solo (11) and one remix (32)
  3. ^ Once with Calvin Harris (11) and once with Florence and the Machine (32)
  4. ^ Twice with Rudimental
  1. ^ "Triple J Voting". ABC. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  2. ^ Lavergne, Max (26 January 2012). "The Wrap Up | Hottest 100 - 2012". Triple J. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. ^ Vincent, Peter (26 January 2013). "More than mere hits, Hottest 100 brings us together".
  4. ^ "Warmest 100 even hotter than forecast". ITNews. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  5. ^ "ABC to change Hottest 100 voting system". 28 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Hottest 200 to be broadcast this weekend | music news | triple j". web.archive.org. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Hottest 200-101 of 2012 | music news | triple j". web.archive.org. 16 April 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  8. ^ "2012 - The Albums of the Year!". 17 December 2012.
  9. ^ "The Year In Review | Hottest 100 - 2012 | triple j". web.archive.org. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  10. ^ Jenke, Tyler (21 December 2021). "Revisiting triple j's Hottest 100s of years gone by: 2012". Tone Deaf. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  11. ^ "JB Hi-Fi - Australia's Largest Home Entertainment Retailer".
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