Triple J Hottest 100, 2004

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2004 Triple J Hottest 100
Triple J Hottest 100 Volume 12 CD Cover.jpg
Album artwork for the CD compilation
Countdown details
Date of countdown26 January 2005
Countdown highlights
Winning song Franz Ferdinand
"Take Me Out"
Most entries John Butler Trio
Scissor Sisters
(4 tracks)
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The 2004 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2005. It was the twelfth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J.

Contents

Voters were limited to 20 votes each: 10 via SMS (charged at 30c each) and 10 via the Internet (no charge).

Triple J presenter Craig Reucassel encouraged voters to vote for the Media Watch theme music on the condition that his counterpart Chris Taylor would do a nude run through the Big Day Out if it made the Hottest 100. While announcing the count, Reucassel called number 7 for the Media Watch theme, initiating Taylor on a streak through the music festival. Upon Taylor's return, Reucassel explained that Media Watch was ineligible due to not being recorded in 2004 and announced the real number 7. Missy Higgins was also in the studio and Reucassel goaded her into accepting a similar challenge should she win the Hottest 100.

From early in the countdown, it became obvious that Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" would be the clear winner of the Hottest 100. Throughout the countdown, numerous references were made to this well-established fact, including announcers sarcastically claiming "Ha-ha! You thought they'd be #1" when "The Dark of the Matinée" was played at #50 as well a mock promotional piece heard in between in which votes for other bands such as Placebo and Jet were ignored in favour of Franz Ferdinand. When "Take Me Out" was officially announced as #1, it was reported that it had received more than double the votes of any other song. As with receiving more than double the votes, the presenters felt it sensible to also play a live version of "Take Me Out" directly after the studio version played at #1.

There were a record 475,000 voters that participated in the poll. [1]

As in previous years, a CD featuring 40 (not necessarily the top 40) songs was released. A DVD, containing film clips of songs from the Hottest 100 was also released. A countdown of the videos of each song was shown on the ABC music series Rage in March.

Full list

Note: Australian artists
#Song [2] ArtistCountry of Origin
1 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand United Kingdom
2 Scar Missy Higgins Australia
3 From the Sea Eskimo Joe Australia
4 Somebody Told Me The Killers United States
5 Black Betty Spiderbait Australia
6 Ten Days Missy HigginsAustralia
7 Something's Gotta Give John Butler Trio Australia
8 Beautiful to Me Little Birdy Australia
9 Bless My Soul Powderfinger Australia
10 Jolene (Live) The White Stripes United States
11 Float On Modest Mouse United States
12 Coin-Operated Boy The Dresden Dolls United States
13 Mr. Brightside The KillersUnited States
14 It's Too Late Evermore New Zealand
15 Gamble Everything for Love Ben Lee Australia
16 Hard Act to Follow Grinspoon Australia
17Yo Mama Butterfingers Australia
18 Fit but You Know It The Streets United Kingdom
19 Dry Your Eyes The StreetsUnited Kingdom
20 Fucken Awesome SpiderbaitAustralia
21 Common People William Shatner Canada
22 American Idiot Green Day United States
23 Take Your Mama Scissor Sisters United States
24 Look What You've Done Jet Australia
25Treat Yo MamaJohn Butler TrioAustralia
26 Better Off Alone GrinspoonAustralia
27 Don't U Eva Sarah Blasko Australia
28 Ch-Check It Out Beastie Boys United States
29 This Fire Franz FerdinandUnited Kingdom
30 Girl Anachronism The Dresden DollsUnited States
31 The Bucket Kings of Leon United States
32 Older Than You Eskimo JoeAustralia
33Chicken Payback The Bees United Kingdom
34What the Fuck Machine Gun Fellatio Australia
35 Not Many – The Remix! Scribe featuring Savage and Con Psy New Zealand
36 Forget Her Jeff Buckley United States
37Adelaide Ben Folds United States
38 Vertigo U2 Ireland
39 Smile Like You Mean It The KillersUnited States
40 This Is a Love Song Little BirdyAustralia
41 Mass Destruction Faithless United Kingdom
42This Old Love Lior Australia
43 Godhopping Dogs Die in Hot Cars United Kingdom
44 Take Me Out Scissor SistersUnited States
45 Woman Wolfmother Australia
46 Amerika Rammstein Germany
47 I Can't Give You What I Haven't Got The Living End Australia
48Memory Lane Elliott Smith United States
49CasualtyMissy HigginsAustralia
50 The Dark of the Matinée Franz FerdinandUnited Kingdom
51 What You Want John Butler TrioAustralia
52My Friend Robot Regurgitator Australia
53 English Summer Rain Placebo United Kingdom
54 Bridal Train The Waifs Australia
55 Walk Idiot Walk The Hives Sweden
56Shelter Xavier Rudd Australia
57 For One Day EvermoreNew Zealand
58 Laura Scissor SistersUnited States
59SolaceXavier RuddAustralia
60LachlanYour Wedding NightAustralia
61 Flashdance Deep Dish United States
62 Smoke Eskimo JoeAustralia
63 She Wants to Move N.E.R.D United States
64Self Destruct in 5 Epicure Australia
65 Galvanize The Chemical Brothers United Kingdom
66Little Yellow Spider Devendra Banhart United States
67 10 A.M. Automatic The Black Keys United States
68Process ThisPowderfingerAustralia
69 Push Up Freestylers United Kingdom
70 Four to the Floor (Thin White Duke Remix) Starsailor United Kingdom
71 C'mon C'mon The Von Bondies United States
72Hold Me Now The Polyphonic Spree United States
73 Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town The Panda Band Australia
74 Slow Hands Interpol United States
75Paco Doesn't Love Me Spazzys Australia
76 Evil InterpolUnited States
77 Run Snow Patrol United Kingdom
78 Tonight's the Night Little BirdyAustralia
79Dirty Hearts Dallas Crane Australia
80Young Man, Old Man The Dissociatives Australia
81 Rough Diamonds End of Fashion Australia
82Drop the Pressure Mylo United Kingdom
83Numb All OverDallas CraneAustralia
84 I Love You 'Cause I Have To Dogs Die in Hot CarsUnited Kingdom
85 The Drop RegurgitatorAustralia
86I Was Born (A Unicorn) The Unicorns Canada
87 Breathe Me Sia Australia
88 Imagine A Perfect Circle United States
89Get What You NeedJetAustralia
90Lotion Greenskeepers United States
91Somersault Decoder Ring Australia
92 Comfortably Numb Scissor SistersUnited States
93HelloJohn Butler TrioAustralia
94 Ride The Vines Australia
95 Twenty Years PlaceboUnited Kingdom
96Mirror Mirror After the Fall Australia
97 Safe Forever Gyroscope Australia
98Catch Me Up Gomez United Kingdom
99Always The Butterfly Effect Australia
100I'm Gonna Haunt You Fabienne Delsol France

Artists with multiple entries

#ArtistEntries
4 John Butler Trio 7, 25, 51, 93
Scissor Sisters 23, 44, 58, 92
3 Franz Ferdinand 1, 29, 50
Missy Higgins 2, 6, 49
Eskimo Joe 3, 32, 62
The Killers 4, 13, 39
Little Birdy 8, 40, 78
2 Spiderbait 5, 20
Powderfinger 9, 68
The Dresden Dolls 12, 30
Evermore 14, 57
Grinspoon 16, 26
The Streets 18, 19
Jet 24, 89
Dogs Die in Hot Cars 43, 84
Regurgitator 52, 85
Placebo 53, 95
Xavier Rudd 56, 59
Interpol 74, 76
Dallas Crane 79, 83

Countries represented

CountryEntries
Australia47
United States28
United Kingdom17
New Zealand3
Canada1
Ireland1
Germany1
Sweden1
France1

Trivia

Top 10 Albums of 2004

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.

#ArtistAlbumCountry of OriginTracks in the Hottest 100
1 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand United Kingdom1, 29, 50
2 John Butler Trio Sunrise Over Sea Australia25, 51, 93 (8 in 2003)
3 Missy Higgins The Sound of White Australia2, 6, 49 (31, 74 in 2005)
4 Eskimo Joe A Song Is a City Australia3, 32, 62
5 Little Birdy BigBigLove Australia8, 40, 78 (16, 25 in 2003)
6 The Killers Hot Fuss United States4, 13, 39
7 Grinspoon Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills Australia16, 26
8 Xavier Rudd Solace Australia56, 59 (54 in 2003)
9 Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News United States11
10 The Streets A Grand Don't Come for Free United Kingdom18, 19

CD release

The 2-CD set titled triple j – Hottest 100: Vol 12 Various Artists was released 2005-03-06. It is a compilation of 40 of the top 100 songs. [3]

CD 1
  1. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
  2. The Killers – Somebody Told Me
  3. Spiderbait – Black Betty
  4. Kings of Leon – The Bucket
  5. Jet – Look What You've Done
  6. Little Birdy – Beautiful To Me
  7. Ben Folds – Adelaide
  8. Devendra Banhart – Little Yellow Spider
  9. Eskimo Joe – From The Sea
  10. The Streets – Fit But You Know It
  11. Modest Mouse – Float On
  12. Decoder Ring – Somersault
  13. John Butler Trio – Somethings Gotta Give
  14. The Bees – Chicken Payback
  15. The Dresden Dolls – Coin-Operated Boy
  16. Dallas Crane – Dirty Hearts
  17. Ben Lee – Gamble Everything For Love
  18. Greenskeepers – Lotion
  19. N.E.R.D – She Wants To Move
  20. Grinspoon – Hard Act To Follow
CD 2
  1. Missy Higgins – Scar
  2. Mylo – Drop The Pressure
  3. The Von Bondies – C’mon C’mon
  4. The Hives – Walk Idiot Walk
  5. Sarah Blasko – Don't U Eva
  6. Faithless – Mass Destruction
  7. William Shatner – Common People
  8. Wolfmother – Woman
  9. The Black Keys – 10 A.M. Automatic
  10. Dogs Die in Hot Cars – Godhopping
  11. Scribe – Not Many – The Remix!
  12. Butterfingers – Yo Mama
  13. Spazzys – Paco Doesn't Love Me
  14. Interpol – Slow Hands
  15. Lior – This Old Love
  16. Evermore – It's Too Late
  17. The Panda Band – Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town
  18. Freestylers – Push Up
  19. Regurgitator – My Friend Robot
  20. Elliott Smith – Memory Lane

See also

Notes

  1. "Triple j – Hottest 100:Vol 12". ABC Music . Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. "Hottest 100 2004". Triple J . Retrieved 11 June 2007.
  3. "triple j – Hottest 100: Vol 12 Various Artists". ABC Music. 2005., Catalogue Number 5318135