Triple J Hottest 100, 2008

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2008 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown26 January 2009
Countdown highlights
Winning song Kings of Leon
("Sex on Fire")
Most entries Kings of Leon (4)
Vampire Weekend (4)
Nick Littlemore (4)
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2009 All Time

The 2008 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day, 26 January 2009. It was the sixteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station, Triple J.

Contents

2008 was also the first year of the countdown where Triple J made public the full list of songs that did not make the list proper. Coined as the "Hottest 200", the list was released online shortly after the main countdown. [1]

Voting commenced on Boxing Day, 26 December 2008, and closed on 18 January 2009. [2] The second half of the countdown was broadcast live from Parramatta Park in New South Wales, with live crosses to the Big Day Out, held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria. [3]

Over 800,000 votes were received, a record number. [4]

Full list

Note: Australian artists

#SongArtistCountry of origin
1 Sex on Fire Kings of Leon United States
2 Electric Feel MGMT United States
3 Use Somebody Kings of LeonUnited States
4 Walking on a Dream Empire of the Sun [nb 1] Australia
5 Kids MGMTUnited States
6 Talk Like That The Presets Australia
7The Festival Song Pez featuring 360 and Hailey Cramer Australia
8 This Boy's in Love The PresetsAustralia
9 That's Not My Name The Ting Tings United Kingdom
10 Jimmy Recard Drapht Australia
11 My Delirium Ladyhawke [nb 2] New Zealand
12Embrace Pnau featuring LadyhawkeAustralia and New Zealand
13The King Is Dead The Herd Australia
14 No Sex for Ben The Rapture United States
15 Lights & Music Cut Copy Australia
16 You Don't Know Me Ben Folds featuring Regina Spektor United States
17 Dance wiv Me Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome United Kingdom
18 Time to Pretend MGMTUnited States
19 Business Time Flight of the Conchords New Zealand
20Broken Bones Birds of Tokyo Australia
21 Skinny Love Bon Iver United States
22SilhouetticBirds of TokyoAustralia
23 White Noise The Living End Australia
24CloserKings of LeonUnited States
25 Never Miss a Beat Kaiser Chiefs United Kingdom
26 Paris Is Burning LadyhawkeNew Zealand
27The Lighthouse Song Josh Pyke Australia
28 That Beep Architecture in Helsinki Australia
29Make You HappyJosh PykeAustralia
30 Oxford Comma Vampire Weekend United States
31Bird of Feather Cog Australia
32 A-Punk Vampire WeekendUnited States
33 Always Where I Need to Be The Kooks United Kingdom
34Burn Bridges The Grates Australia
35 Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Australia
36 I Will Possess Your Heart Death Cab for Cutie United States
37 I Said I'm Sorry British India Australia
38 Something Is Not Right with Me Cold War Kids United States
39 I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked Ida Maria Norway
40Eye of the Storm [nb 3] Bliss n Eso Australia
41I Will Never Love You More Soko France
42 Jungle Drum Emilíana Torrini Iceland
43 Ghosts Laura Marling United Kingdom
44Flippers Art vs. Science Australia
45Ice Cream (Triple J live acoustic version) Muscles [nb 4] Australia
46 The Fear Lily Allen United Kingdom
47Coca-Cola Little Red Australia
48 Stay with Me Bright Eyes Something with Numbers Australia
49 Young Love Mystery Jets featuring Laura MarlingUnited Kingdom
50Breakout Ash Grunwald Australia
51Wild Eyed BoyBirds of TokyoAustralia
52 Human The Killers United States
53Window and the Watcher The Butterfly Effect Australia
54 Baby PnauAustralia
55Your Party Ween United States
56 Yippiyo-Ay The PresetsAustralia
57 L.E.S. Artistes Santogold United States
58 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Vampire WeekendUnited States
59 Where the City Meets the Sea The Getaway Plan Australia
60The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)Flight of the ConchordsNew Zealand
61 The Sea is Rising Bliss n EsoAustralia
62Sleepwalking Faker Australia
632020The HerdAustralia
64 Dawn of the Dead Does It Offend You, Yeah? United Kingdom
65 White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes United States
66Farewell Rocketship Children Collide Australia
67 Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros Flight of the ConchordsNew Zealand
68 We Are the People Empire of the SunAustralia
69 Ready for the Floor Hot Chip United Kingdom
70 Crawl Kings of LeonUnited States
71One (Blake's Got a New Face)Vampire WeekendUnited States
72 No One's Gonna Love You Band of Horses United States
73 Spaceman The KillersUnited States
74 I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You Black Kids United States
75 Half Full Glass of Wine Tame Impala Australia
76Polka Yves Klein Blue Australia
77FallingDraphtAustralia
78 Shut Up and Let Me Go The Ting TingsUnited Kingdom
79 Jealousy Sparkadia Australia
80Aw YeahThe GratesAustralia
81 Pork and Beans Weezer United States
82 Ulysses Franz Ferdinand United Kingdom
83Carve Your NameThe GratesAustralia
84 Re-Education (Through Labor) Rise Against United States
85 1981 Gyroscope Australia
86Beautiful Ugly Muph & Plutonic Australia
87 Another Way to Die [nb 5] Jack White and Alicia Keys United States
88 The Day That Never Comes Metallica United States
89 Love Lockdown Kanye West United States
90 Fuck You Lily AllenUnited Kingdom
91 Neopolitan Dreams Lisa Mitchell Australia
92 Propane Nightmares Pendulum Australia
93 Gobbledigook Sigur Rós Iceland
94Woodstock 2008Bliss n EsoAustralia
95 Wearing My Rolex Wiley United Kingdom
96 Flex (Dave Spoon Reflex)Dizzee RascalUnited Kingdom
97Are You Interested?CogAustralia
98I Like It, I Love It Lyrics Born United States
99Don't Worry About Nothin'Muph & PlutonicAustralia
100 It's A War Dukes of Windsor Australia

Artists with multiple entries

Four tracks

Three tracks

Two tracks

Countries represented

Top 10 Albums of 2008

Bold winner of the Hottest 100. The Presets won the J Award for Apocalypso .

#ArtistAlbumCountry of OriginTracks in the Hottest 100
1 Kings of Leon Only by the Night [5] United States1, 3, 24, 70
2 The Presets Apocalypso Australia6, 8, 56 (18 in 2007)
3 MGMT Oracular Spectacular United States2, 5, 18
4 Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend United States30, 32, 58, 71
5 Birds of Tokyo Universes Australia20, 22, 51
6 Cut Copy In Ghost Colours Australia15 (39 in 2007)
7 Bloc Party Intimacy United KingdomDNC (110, 112, 127 in Hottest 200 - 101)
8 The Grates Teeth Lost, Hearts Won Australia34, 80, 83
9 Empire of the Sun Walking on a Dream Australia4, 68
10 Josh Pyke Chimney's Afire Australia27, 29

CD release

Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 16 is the compilation featuring the best of the Top 100 voted tracks on two CDs. It went on sale on 6 March 2009.

CD 1
  1. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (#1)
  2. MGMT - Kids (#5)
  3. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (#4)
  4. The Presets - Talk Like That (#6)
  5. The Living End - White Noise (#23)
  6. Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat (#25)
  7. Emiliana Torrini - Jungle Drum (#42)
  8. Drapht - Jimmy Recard (#10)
  9. Cut Copy - Lights & Music (#15)
  10. Bon Iver - Skinny Love (#21)
  11. Mystery Jets ft. Laura Marling - Young Love (#49)
  12. Ladyhawke - My Delirium (#11)
  13. Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome - Dance Wiv Me (#17)
  14. Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me (#38)
  15. Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked (#39)
  16. Art vs. Science - Flippers (#44)
  17. Little Red - Coca-Cola (#47)
  18. Bliss n Eso - Eye Of The Storm (#40)
  19. Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook (#93)
  20. Soko - I Will Never Love You More (#41)
  21. Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes (#57)
  22. Children Collide - Farewell Rocketship (#66)
  23. Cog - Bird Of Feather (#31)
CD 2
  1. The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (#9)
  2. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (#35)
  3. Birds of Tokyo - Broken Bones (#20)
  4. Architecture In Helsinki - That Beep (#28)
  5. Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma (#30)
  6. Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart (#36)
  7. PNAU - Embrace (#12)
  8. Does It Offend You, Yeah - Dawn Of The Dead (#64)
  9. The Getaway Plan - Where The City Meets The Sea (#59)
  10. The Grates - Burn Bridges (#34)
  11. Josh Pyke - The Lighthouse Song (#27)
  12. Pez - The Festival Song (feat. 360 & Hailey Cramer) (#7)
  13. Tame Impala - Half Full Glass Of Wine (#75)
  14. British India - I Said I'm Sorry (#37)
  15. Lily Allen - The Fear (#46)
  16. Pendulum - Propane Nightmares (#92)
  17. Ash Grunwald - Breakout (#50)
  18. The Herd - The King Is Dead (#13)
  19. Laura Marling - Ghosts (#43)
  20. The Butterfly Effect - Window And The Watcher (#53)
  21. Something With Numbers - Stay With Me Bright Eyes (#48)

Notes

  1. ↑ Nick Littlemore secured four entries into the Hottest 100, two with Empire of the Sun and two with Pnau.
  2. ↑ Ladyhawke also featured on Pnau's entry at number 12, "Embrace", as well as her own two entries.
  3. ↑ Bliss n Eso's song "Eye of the Storm" (#40) uses Angus and Julia Stone's "Paper Aeroplane", which was featured in 2006 at #43
  4. ↑ Muscles' song "Ice Cream" has been in the Hottest 100 for consecutive years (2007, 2008), with both the album and live acoustic versions of the song.
  5. ↑ "Another Way to Die" is the first James Bond theme song to feature in a Triple J Hottest 100 playlist
  6. ↑ New Zealand contributed a record 5 entries to the 2008 Hottest 100, with Flight of the Conchords (3) and Ladyhawke (2).

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