Triple J's Hottest 100: how did we do?

And so Australia/Hottest 100 Day passes for another year. We hope you had a wonderful day doing whatever it is you did, and that you enjoyed the countdown as much as we did.

We did pretty darn well with our predictions. If you combining our two lists we predicted seven out of the top 10:


The top 10
- ‘Thrift shop’ – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat Wanz: #1
- ‘My gun’ – The Rubens: #10
- ‘Little talks’ – Of Monsters and Men: #2
- ‘Sweet Nothing’ – Calvin Harris feat. Florence Welch: #11
- ‘Bangarang’ – Skrillex feat. Sirah: #25
- ‘Feels like we’re only going backwards’ – Tame Impala: #9
- ‘Elephant’ – Tame Impala: #7
- ‘I got burned’ – The Bamboos feat. Tim Rogers: #54
- ‘Breezeblocks’ – Alt J: #3
- ‘Need your love’ – The Temper Trap: did not place


Honourable mentions
- ‘Lost’ – Frank Ocean: #8
- ‘Spiritus’ – Lisa Mitchell: #92
- ‘Ready for the weekend’ – Icona Pop – did not place
- ‘My man’ – Oh Mercy: did not place
- ‘Trembling hands’ – The Temper Trap: #22
- ‘I will wait’ – Mumford and Sons: #5
- ‘Angels’ – The xx: #19
- ‘Coming down’ – Ball Park Music: #23
- ‘Youth in trouble’ – The Presets: did not place
- ‘Take a walk’ – Passion Pit: #46
- ‘All the rowboats’ – Regina Spektor: #72


Luckily, we didn’t take what we voted for personally as our predictions:


Schnitzel’s votes:
- ‘Fence sitter’ – Ball Park Music: did not place
- ‘I got burned’ – The Bamboos feat. Tim Rogers: #54
- ‘Draw a crowd’ – Ben Folds Five: #73
- ‘Don’t wanna grow up anymore’ – Bob Evans: did not place
- ‘The only place’ – Best Coast: did not place
- ‘I’m shakin’’ – Jack White: #97
- ‘Internet friends’ – Knife Party: #55
- ‘My man’ – Oh Mercy: did not place
- ‘Teenage icon’ – The Vaccines: did not place
- ‘Elephant’ – Tame Impala: #7


Moose’s votes:
- ‘I got burned’ – The Bamboos feat. Tim Rogers: #54
- ‘Draw a crowd’ – Ben Folds Five: #73
- ‘The only place’ – Best Coast: did not place
- ‘Don’t wanna grow up anymore’ – Bob Evans: did not place
- ‘The swan’ – Cheatahs: did not place
- ‘Steam’ – Deep Sea Arcade: did not place
- ‘Money’ – The Delta Riggs: did not place
- ‘Be ready when I say go’ – Emperors: did not place
- ‘I’m shakin’’ – Jack White: #97
- ‘Apocalypse dreams’ – Tame Impala: did not place


The full Hottest 100 list can be found on the Triple J website.

It’s also exciting to hear that Triple J will be broadcasting the second Hottest 100 (that is, the songs which polled 200-101) on Saturday 2 February 2013. Get in there!

How did you find the countdown?

Are you disappointed and deserting Triple J after ‘Thrift shop’ was judged best in show (if you are, please remember that it’s a vote and that the station is just the medium)?

Alternatively, did you think the eight-hour-long countdown brilliantly crystallised a great year in music?

Give us your thoughts in the comments.