Triple J Hottest 100, 2015

2015 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown26 January 2016
Countdown highlights
Winning songAustralia The Rubens
"Hoops"
Most entriesAustralia Tame Impala
Australia Courtney Barnett
(4 tracks)
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The 2015 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced Australia Day, 26 January 2016. It is the 23rd countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

Voting commenced on 9 December 2015, and closed on 22 January 2016.[1] Voters nominated ten songs that were released between December 2014 and November 2015 and submitted them through the Triple J website. Over 2 million votes were again cast, this year from 172 countries.[2] 54 songs in the 2015 Hottest 100 are by Australian artists, with 26 artists of any nationality making their debut.[2]

Despite a betting agency's campaign aimed at getting Justin Bieber featured in the list, similar to 2014's #Tay4Hottest100,[3] Triple J announced that no songs have been disqualified from the 2015 list.[2]

Full list

Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin
1 Hoops The Rubens Australia
2 King Kunta Kendrick Lamar United States
3 Lean On Major Lazer & DJ Snake featuring MØ United States/France/Denmark
4 The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala Australia
5 Let It Happen Tame Impala Australia
6 The Trouble with Us Marcus Marr & Chet Faker United Kingdom/Australia
7 Do You Remember Jarryd James Australia
8 The Buzz Hermitude featuring Mataya & Young Tapz Australia/New Zealand
9 Can't Feel My Face The Weeknd Canada
10 Magnets Disclosure featuring Lorde United Kingdom/New Zealand
11 Never Be Meg Mac Australia
12 You Were Right RÜFÜS Australia
13 Ocean Drive Duke Dumont United Kingdom
14 Hotline Bling Drake Canada
15 Like Soda Violent Soho Australia
16 Fire and the Flood Vance Joy Australia
17 Middle DJ Snake featuring Bipolar Sunshine France/United Kingdom
18 Downtown Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee & Grandmaster Caz United States
19 The Hills The Weeknd Canada
20 Mountain at My Gates Foals United Kingdom
21 Magnolia Gang of Youths Australia
22 Keeping Score LDRU featuring Paige IV Australia
23 Embracing Me SAFIA Australia
24 Some Minds Flume featuring Andrew Wyatt Australia/United States
25 Shine On The Amity Affliction Australia
26 I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) Jamie xx featuring Young Thug & Popcaan United Kingdom/United States/Jamaica
27 Young Vallis Alps Australia/United States
28 Like an Animal RÜFÜS Australia
29 Greek Tragedy The Wombats United Kingdom
30 Say My Name Peking Duk featuring Benjamin Joseph Australia
31 Loud Places Jamie xx featuring Romy United Kingdom
32 Leave a Trace Chvrches United Kingdom
33 Long Loud Hours Urthboy featuring Bertie Blackman Australia
34 Eventually Tame Impala Australia
35 Counting Sheep SAFIA Australia
36 All My Friends Snakehips featuring Tinashe & Chance the Rapper United Kingdom/United States
37 Alright Kendrick Lamar United States
38 Delilah Florence and the Machine United Kingdom
39 Swear Jar Illy Australia
40 Ship to Wreck Florence and the Machine United Kingdom
41 Puppet Theatre Claptone featuring Peter Bjorn and John Germany/Sweden
42 Hold Me Down Halsey United States
43 Pedestrian at Best Courtney Barnett Australia
44 Something About You Hayden James Australia
45 Throne Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom
46 Go The Chemical Brothers featuring Q-Tip United Kingdom/United States
47 Dynamite Asta featuring Allday Australia
48 Crushed Parkway Drive Australia
49 Too Much Time Together San Cisco Australia
50 Deception Bay Boo Seeka Australia
51 Clearest Blue Chvrches United Kingdom
52 Cream on Chrome Ratatat United States
53 Monday Matt Corby Australia
54 Working for It ZHU, Skrillex & THEY. United States
55 Multi-Love Unknown Mortal Orchestra New Zealand/United States
56 Alive Sia Australia
57 Foolish Alpine Australia
58 Vice Grip Parkway Drive Australia
59 Run Alison Wonderland Australia
60 Kamikaze MØ Denmark
61 'Cause I'm a Man Tame Impala Australia
62 Omen Disclosure featuring Sam Smith United Kingdom
63 Walk the Wire Boy & Bear Australia
64 L$D A$AP Rocky United States
65 Don't Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes United States
66 M.O.B. Tkay Maidza Australia
67 Give Me a Try The Wombats United Kingdom
68 Shutdown Skepta United Kingdom
69 Forces Japanese Wallpaper featuring Airling Australia
70 What Kind of Man Florence and the Machine United Kingdom
71 Flesh Without Blood Grimes Canada
72 Anchor Birds of Tokyo Australia
73 Once Ngaiire Papua New Guinea/ Australia
74 Powerful Major Lazer featuring Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley United States/United Kingdom/Jamaica
75 Elevator Operator Courtney Barnett Australia
76 Suddenly British India Australia
77 Lay Down DMA's Australia
78 Weathered Jack Garratt United Kingdom
79 Wolves The Cat Empire Australia
80 Everyday A$AP Rocky featuring Rod Stewart, Miguel & Mark Ronson United States/United Kingdom
81 Big Jet Plane (Like a Version) Tuka Australia
82 Depreston Courtney Barnett Australia
83 Down to Earth Flight Facilities Australia
84 Delete (Like a Version) Sticky Fingers Australia
85 Heart Attack Flight Facilities featuring Owl Eyes Australia
86 Happy Song Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom
87 Begin Again Purity Ring Canada
88 Party Machine The Bennies Australia
89 High by the Beach Lana Del Rey United States
90 Gemini What So Not featuring George Maple Australia
91 Be Your Shadow The Wombats United Kingdom
92 No One Golden Features featuring Thelma Plum Australia
93 Indian Summer Jai Wolf United States
94 Ghost Halsey United States
95 Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go to the Party Courtney Barnett Australia
96 Rumour Mill Rudimental featuring Anne-Marie & Will Heard United Kingdom
97 Twilight Driving Methyl Ethel Australia
98 Be Together Major Lazer featuring Wild Belle United States
99 True Friends Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom
100 Hell Boy Seth Sentry Australia

#101–#200 List

On 31 January 2016, Triple J broadcast the second 100 songs of the countdown.[4]

# Song Artist Country of Origin
101 Call Me Mosquito Coast Australia
102 Distant Past Everything Everything United Kingdom
103 Innerbloom Rüfüs Australia
104 Breathe Life Jack Garratt United Kingdom
105 On Fire Carmada featuring Maribelle Australia
106 Pretty Pimpin Kurt Vile United States
107 Like You Want To Kita Alexander Australia
108 So Into You (Like a Version) Childish Gambino United States
109 40oz. on Repeat Fidlar United States
110 The Love Within Bloc Party United Kingdom
111 Dumb Seth Sentry Australia
112 Bend Chet Faker Australia
113 U Dont Know Alison Wonderland featuring Wayne Coyne Australia/United States
114 Dead Fox Courtney Barnett Australia
115 Run Seth Sentry Australia
116 Empty Threat Chvrches United Kingdom
117 What Went Down Foals United Kingdom
118 Through the Roof Hermitude featuring Young Tapz Australia/New Zealand
119 Emoticons The Wombats United Kingdom
120 White Dress Set Mo featuring Deutsche Duke Australia
121 Hallelujah The Rubens Australia
122 The Moment Tame Impala Australia
123 Kingdom Leader Boo Seeka Australia
124 Fool Boo Seeka Australia
125 My Own Way Kita Alexander Australia
126 Should Have Known Better Sufjan Stevens United States
127 Heart Is Full Miike Snow Sweden
128 The Wolf Mumford & Sons United Kingdom
129 Electric Indigo The Paper Kites Australia
130 Dancin John Doe Drapht Australia
131 Two Weeks (Like a Version) #1 Dads Australia
132 Damn Baby Alpine Australia
133 House Every Weekend David Zowie United Kingdom
134 Heartburn Wafia Australia
135 Girl The Internet featuring Kaytranada United States/Haiti/Canada
136 Take It to Reality Alison Wonderland featuring Safia Australia
137 Rabbit Run City Calm Down Australia
138 These Walls Kendrick Lamar featuring Bilal, Anna Wise & Thundercat United States
139 Breakaway In Hearts Wake Australia
140 Searchlight Hermitude featuring Yeo Australia
141 The Night Is on My Side The Rubens Australia
142 Games Alison Wonderland Australia
143 Give Me Something Jarryd James Australia
144 Speak Easy Mansionair Australia
145 Believe Mumford & Sons United Kingdom
146 I'd Go with You Anywhere Birds of Tokyo Australia
147 Crystals Of Monsters and Men Iceland
148 Hold Vera Blue Australia
149 Regardless Jarryd James featuring Julia Stone Australia
150 Tattoo Tuka Australia
151 Paper Trail$ Joey Bada$$ United States
152 Be Right There Diplo & Sleepy Tom United States/Canada
153 Limit of Love Boy & Bear Australia
154 T-Shirt Weather Circa Waves United Kingdom
155 Baby Blue Action Bronson featuring Chance the Rapper United States
156 My Star Tuka Australia
157 West Coast Fidlar United States
158 Bodyache Purity Ring Canada
159 Walk with Me Cosmo's Midnight featuring Kučka Australia
160 Queen of Peace Florence and the Machine United Kingdom
161 Aerial Love Daniel Johns Australia
162 Love Me Badder Elliphant Sweden
163 The Alley E^ST Australia
164 Skeletons The Amity Affliction Australia
165 Holding On Disclosure featuring Gregory Porter United Kingdom/United States
166 Ghost Tkay Maidza Australia
167 Not Many (Like a Version) One Day Australia
168 New Romantics Hands Like Houses Australia
169 Asleep in the Machine Bootleg Rascal Australia
170 Ghost Town Sticky Fingers Australia
171 Cuffed and Collared Bad//Dreems Australia
172 Abrasive Ratatat United States
173 Underflow Emma Louise Australia
174 Love Again Ta-ku featuring JMSN & Sango Australia/United States
175 Psycho Muse United Kingdom
176 In Plain Sight Dead Letter Circus Australia
177 Magic San Cisco Australia
178 Snow San Cisco Australia
179 Losers The Weeknd featuring Labrinth Canada/United Kingdom
180 Ditmas Mumford & Sons United Kingdom
181 Dreams Beck United States
182 The Blacker the Berry Kendrick Lamar United States
183 Automatic Zhu & AlunaGeorge United States/United Kingdom
184 Restraint & Release Gang of Youths Australia
185 Get Down Jess Kent Australia
186 All Day Kanye West featuring Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom & Paul McCartney United States/Trinidad and Tobago/Canada/United Kingdom
187 Nightlight Silversun Pickups United States
188 Kooky Eyes The Jungle Giants Australia
189 Clip My Wings Montaigne Australia
190 Apollo Last Dinosaurs Australia
191 Radioface Gang of Youths Australia
192 Read My Mind (Like a Version) Catfish and the Bottlemen United Kingdom
193 Bottom Feeder Parkway Drive Australia
194 Talking to My Diary Dr. Dre United States
195 Hurricane Halsey United States
196 Electrical Eves the Behavior Australia
197 Horses Porches Australia
198 Can't Get Enough of Myself Santigold featuring B.C. United States
199 The Way You'd Love Her Mac DeMarco United States
200 Preach Daniel Johns Australia

Artists with multiple entries

# Artist Tracks
4 Tame Impala 4, 5, 34, 61
Courtney Barnett 43, 75, 82, 95
3 Major Lazer 3, 74, 98
The Wombats 29, 67, 91
Florence and the Machine 38, 40, 70
Bring Me the Horizon 45, 86, 99
2 Kendrick Lamar 2, 37
DJ Snake[note 1] 3, 17
MØ[note 2] 3, 60
The Weeknd 9, 19
Disclosure 10, 62
RÜFÜS 12, 28
SAFIA 23, 35
Flume[note 3] 24, 90
Jamie xx 26, 31
Chvrches 32, 51
Halsey 42, 94
Parkway Drive 48, 58
A$AP Rocky 64, 80
Thelma Plum[note 4] 81, 92
Flight Facilities 83, 85

Countries represented

Country Total
Australia 54
United Kingdom 26
United States 20
Canada 5
New Zealand 3
Jamaica 2
Denmark 2
France 2
Germany 1
Papua New Guinea 1
Sweden 1

Notes

  • The Rubens are the first winning artist since Augie March in 2006 to only feature once in the countdown. Their next closest entry was "Hallelujah" at number 121, which was announced in the "second Hottest 100" (places 200 to 101), revealed on 31 January.
    • The Rubens are also the second Unearthed artist to win the Hottest 100 after Vance Joy in 2013.
  • Ngaiire is the first Papua New Guinean to chart in the Hottest 100 countdown.
  • The song "Delete" by DMA's charted in the countdown for the second year in a row after a cover by Sticky Fingers featured at number 84. Similarly "Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone which won the countdown in 2010 came in at number 81 with a cover by Tuka.
  • The 2015 list features 11 different nationalities, breaking the record of 10 from 2013 and 2014.
  • With their two entries in this year's list Flight Facilities have now had seven songs from their album Down to Earth in the countdown. This equals the record set by Wolfmother from their debut Wolfmother.
  • The song "Cream On Chrome" by Ratatat is the only instrumental song to make the countdown, and is the 5th instrumental song to appear in the Hottest 100 since 1999.
  • "Twilight Driving" by Methyl Ethel (#97) and "Be Together" by Major Lazer featuring Wild Belle (#98) were mistakenly played in the wrong order.
  • Illy made his seventh consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having appeared in every annual countdown since 2009. Similarly, Flight Facilities made their sixth consecutive appearance, having appeared since 2010.

CD release

Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 23
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released26 February 2016
LabelTriple J, ABC Music
Disc 1
  1. The Rubens – "Hoops" (#1)
  2. Tame Impala – "The Less I Know the Better"
  3. Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ – "Lean On" (#3)
  4. Marcus Marr & Chet Faker – "The Trouble with Us" (#6)
  5. The Weeknd – "Can't Feel My Face" (#9)
  6. Meg Mac – "Never Be" (#11)
  7. Jarryd James – "Do You Remember" (#7)
  8. Violent Soho – "Like Soda" (#15)
  9. RÜFÜS – "You Were Right" (#12)
  10. Disclosure feat. Lorde – "Magnets" (#10)
  11. Vance Joy – "Fire and the Flood" (#16)
  12. Hermitude feat. Mataya & Young Tapz – "The Buzz" (#8)
  13. Duke Dumont – "Ocean Drive" (#13)
  14. Foals – "Mountain at My Gates" (#20)
  15. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee & Grandmaster Caz – "Downtown" (#18)
  16. The Amity Affliction – "Shine On" (#25)
  17. Alison Wonderland – "Run" (#59)
  18. SAFIA – "Embracing Me" (#23)
  19. The Wombats – "Greek Tragedy" (#29)
  20. Jamie xx feat. Young Thug & Popcaan – "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" (#26)
  21. Vallis Alps – "Young" (#27)
 Disc 2
  1. Courtney Barnett – "Pedestrian at Best" (#43)
  2. Gang of Youths – "Magnolia" (#21)
  3. L D R U feat. Paige IV – "Keeping Score"
  4. DJ Snake feat. Bipolar Sunshine – "Middle" (#17)
  5. Urthboy feat. Bertie Blackman – "Long Loud Hours" (#33)
  6. Bring Me the Horizon – "Throne" (#45)
  7. Peking Duk feat. Benjamin Joseph – "Say My Name" (#30)
  8. CHVRCHES – "Leave A Trace" (#32)
  9. Flume feat. Andrew Wyatt – "Some Minds" (#24)
  10. A$AP Rocky – "L$D" (#64)
  11. Florence and the Machine – "Delilah (Radio Edit)" (#38)
  12. San Cisco – "Too Much Time Together" (#49)
  13. Snakehips feat. Tinashe & Chance the Rapper – "All My Friends" (#36)
  14. Alpine – "Foolish" (#57)
  15. Parkway Drive – "Crushed" (#48)
  16. Illy – "Swear Jar" (#39)
  17. Halsey – "Hold Me Down" (#42)
  18. Hayden James – "Something About You" (#44)
  19. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – "Multi-Love" (#55)
  20. Boo Seeka – "Deception Boy" (#50)
  21. Asta feat. Allday – "Dynamite" (#47)

Top 10 Albums of 2015

A poll of Triple J listeners' favourite albums of the year was held in December 2015.[5] Melbourne singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett won the J Award for her album.[6]

Note: Australian artists

Bold indicates winner.

# Artist Album Country of origin Tracks in the Hottest 100
1 Tame Impala Currents Australia 4, 5, 34, 61
2 Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit Australia 43, 75, 82, 95
3 Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly United States 2, 37, (53 in 2014)
4 Florence and the Machine How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful United Kingdom 38, 40, 70
5 The Rubens Hoops Australia 1
6 Gang of Youths The Positions Australia 21
7 Foals What Went Down United Kingdom 20
8 Jamie xx In Colour United Kingdom 26, 31
9 The Wombats Glitterbug United Kingdom 29, 67, 91, (25 in 2013)
10 San Cisco Gracetown Australia 49, (33 in 2014)

References

  1. ^ Once with Major Lazer (3), once as a lead artist (17)
  2. ^ Once solo (60), and once with Major Lazer (3)
  3. ^ Once solo (24), and once with What So Not (90)
  4. ^ Once with Tuka (81), and once with Golden Features (92)
  1. ^ "How To Vote | Hottest 100 2015". ABC. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "triple j's Hottest 100 2015 teasers". ABC. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  3. ^ Butler, Josh (14 December 2015). "Is Justin Bieber About To Be Disqualified From The Hottest 100?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. ^ Feeds, Music (31 January 2016). "Here's What Made It On To Triple J's Second Hottest 100 Of 2015 (The Hottest 200)". Music Feeds. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  5. ^ "2015 - The Albums of the Year!". 7 December 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  6. ^ "J Awards 2015". ABC. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.