Triple J Hottest 100, 2007

The 2007 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day, 26 January 2008. It was the fifteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

Voting began on 1 January 2008, and closed on 20 January 2008. More than 700,000 votes were counted in the poll. The broadcast began at 10 a.m. AEST, and for the first time was broadcast live to all time zones (as opposed to being on a delayed broadcast). Triple J hosted two live sites, one at The Domain, Sydney and one at Melbourne Docklands.[1]

The 2007 poll was the closest in Hottest 100 history with only 13 votes separating the number 1 and 2 songs.[2] The 2007 Hottest 100 contained 52 works by Australian artists. This equals the results in the 1999 poll.

Full list

Note: Australian artists

# Song[1] Artist Country of Origin
1 Knights of Cydonia Muse  United Kingdom
2 Straight Lines Silverchair  Australia
3 On Call Kings of Leon  United States
4 Better Than John Butler Trio  Australia
5 This Heart Attack Faker  Australia
6 The Pretender Foo Fighters  United States
7 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007) Daft Punk  France
8 Hang Me Up to Dry Cold War Kids  United States
9 I'll Kill Her Soko  France
10 Don't Fight It The Panics  Australia
11 Vitriol Bluejuice  Australia
12 Let's Dance to Joy Division The Wombats  United Kingdom
13 Ruby Kaiser Chiefs  United Kingdom
14 Ice Cream Muscles  Australia
15 Lost and Running Powderfinger  Australia
16 Snakeskin Gyroscope  Australia
17 Paper Planes M.I.A.  United Kingdom
18 My People The Presets  Australia
19 Heart It Races Architecture in Helsinki  Australia
20 Stronger Kanye West  United States
21 The Salmon Dance The Chemical Brothers  United Kingdom
22 Used to Get High John Butler Trio  Australia
23 Icky Thump The White Stripes  United States
24 Hunting for Witches Bloc Party  United Kingdom
25 We Get Around Urthboy  Australia
26 Recapturing the Vibe (Restrung) Hilltop Hoods  Australia
27 Just a Song About Ping Pong Operator Please  Australia
28 Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups  United States
29 Real Love (Like a Version) Regina Spektor  United States
30 If You Keep Losing Sleep Silverchair  Australia
31 Wasted Angus & Julia Stone  Australia
32 Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night Kisschasy  Australia
33 Fans Kings of Leon  United States
34 1234 Feist  Canada
35 D.A.N.C.E. Justice  France
36 Hold Music Architecture in Helsinki  Australia
37 Hospital Beds Cold War Kids  United States
38 I Thought About You The Beautiful Girls  Australia
39 Hearts on Fire Cut Copy  Australia
40 I Still Remember Bloc Party  United Kingdom
41 Dashboard Modest Mouse  United States
42 Back in Your Head Tegan and Sara  Canada
43 Superstar Lupe Fiasco  United States
44 Teenagers My Chemical Romance  United States
45 The Beast Angus & Julia Stone  Australia
46 Tie Up My Hands British India  Australia
47 What If Cog  Australia
48 Flux Bloc Party  United Kingdom
49 Fluorescent Adolescent Arctic Monkeys  United Kingdom
50 So Many Nights The Cat Empire  Australia
51 Peachy Missy Higgins  Australia
52 Spray on Pants Kisschasy  Australia
53 Steer Missy Higgins  Australia
54 Golden Skans Klaxons  United Kingdom
55 Good Excuse John Butler Trio  Australia
56 Better People Xavier Rudd  Australia
57 Into the Galaxy Midnight Juggernauts  Australia
58 Invincible Muse  United Kingdom
59 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis  United Kingdom
60 Charmer Kings of Leon  United States
61 Wayside Birds of Tokyo  Australia
62 No Longer There The Cat Empire  Australia
63 The Only Way Karnivool  Australia
64 Australia The Shins  United States
65 Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors Editors  United Kingdom
66 I Don't Remember Powderfinger  Australia
67 Rehab (Remix) Amy Winehouse featuring Jay Z  United Kingdom and  United States
68 Penny on the Train Track Ben Kweller  United States
69 Pogo Digitalism  Germany
70 The Con Tegan and Sara  Canada
71 Reach The Butterfly Effect  Australia
72 Down the Line José González  Sweden
73 Black Tattoo Grinspoon  Australia
74 Run the Red Light British India  Australia
75 Shoot the Runner Kasabian  United Kingdom
76 Sweaty Muscles  Australia
77 Get What You Want Operator Please  Australia
78 Brianstorm Arctic Monkeys  United Kingdom
79 Lines on Palms Josh Pyke  Australia
80 Reflections of a Sound Silverchair  Australia
81 No Cars Go Arcade Fire  Canada
82 Long Road to Ruin Foo Fighters  United States
83 Pleased to Meet You Wolfmother  Australia
84 Do It Again The Chemical Brothers  United Kingdom
85 Down Boy Yeah Yeah Yeahs  United States
86 Tombstone Midnight Juggernauts  Australia
87 Eliza Jackson Jackson  Australia
88 The Message The Cops  Australia
89 Sick, Sick, Sick Queens of the Stone Age  United States
90 When the Lights Went Down Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set  Australia
91 Sew My Name Josh Pyke  Australia
92 Sun Dirt Water The Waifs  Australia
93 Dr. Love The Bumblebeez  Australia
94 Jigsaw Falling into Place Radiohead  United Kingdom
95 Samson Regina Spektor  United States
96 Love Me Like the World Is Ending Ben Lee  Australia
97 Forever Song Josh Pyke  Australia
98 The Heinrich Maneuver Interpol  United States
99 Tick Tick Boom The Hives  Sweden
100 Wild Strawberries Pnau  Australia

Artists with multiple entries

Three tracks:

Two tracks:

Countries represented

Top 10 Albums of 2007

# Artist Album Country of Origin Tracks in the Hottest 100
1 John Butler Trio Grand National  Australia 4, 22, 55 (12 in 2006)
2 Radiohead In Rainbows  United Kingdom 94
3 Kings of Leon Because of the Times  United States 3, 33, 60
4 Arcade Fire Neon Bible  Canada 81
5 Silverchair Young Modern  Australia 2, 30, 80
6 Josh Pyke Memories & Dust  Australia 79, 91, 97 (38 in 2006)
7 The White Stripes Icky Thump  United States 23
8 Bloc Party A Weekend in the City  United Kingdom 24, 40, 48 (65 in 2006)
9 Midnight Juggernauts Dystopia  Australia 57, 86
10 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare  United Kingdom 49, 78

Trivia

CD release

Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 15 is the compilation featuring the best of the Top 100 voted tracks on two CDs. It went on sale 8 March 2008.

CD 1
  1. Muse - "Knights Of Cydonia" (#1)
  2. Daft Punk - "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" (Alive 2007 Radio Version) (#7)
  3. John Butler Trio - "Better Than" (#4)
  4. Kings Of Leon - "On Call" (#3)
  5. Soko - "I'll Kill Her" (#9)
  6. Faker - "This Heart Attack" (#5)
  7. Bluejuice - "Vitriol" (#11)
  8. Bloc Party - "Hunting for Witches" (#24)
  9. Gyroscope - "Snakeskin" (#16)
  10. Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby" (#13)
  11. Architecture In Helsinki - "Heart It Races" (#19)
  12. The Chemical Brothers - "The Salmon Dance" (#21)
  13. Modest Mouse - "Dashboard" (#41)
  14. The Beautiful Girls - "I Thought About You" (#38)
  15. Midnight Juggernauts - "Into the Galaxy" (#57)
  16. M.I.A. - "Paper Planes" (#17)
  17. Angus & Julia Stone - "Wasted" (#31)
  18. Cold War Kids - "Hang Me Up to Dry" (#8)
  19. The Fratellis - "Chelsea Dagger" (#59)
  20. Digitalism - "Pogo" (#69)
  21. Foo Fighters - "The Pretender" (#6)
CD 2
  1. Silverchair - "Straight Lines" (#2)
  2. The Presets - "My People" (#18)
  3. Urthboy - "We Get Around" (#25)
  4. The Wombats - "Let's Dance to Joy Division" (#12)
  5. Operator Please - "Just a Song About Ping Pong" (#27)
  6. The Panics - "Don't Fight It" (#10)
  7. Arcade Fire - "Cars Go" (#81)
  8. Klaxons - "Golden Skans" (#54)
  9. British India - "Tie Up My Hands" (#46)
  10. Tegan And Sara - "Back In Your Head" (#42)
  11. Muscles - "Ice Cream" (#14)
  12. The Cat Empire - "So Many Nights" (#50)
  13. Kisschasy - "Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night" (#32)
  14. Justice - "D.A.N.C.E." (#35)
  15. Lupe Fiasco - "Superstar" (Featuring Matthew Santos) (#43)
  16. Radiohead - "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" (#94)
  17. Missy Higgins - "Peachy" (#51)
  18. Josh Pyke - "Lines on Palms" (#79)
  19. Cut Copy - "Hearts on Fire" (#39)
  20. Hilltop Hoods - "Recapturing the Vibe" (Restrung) (#26)
  21. Cog - "What If" (#47)
  22. Pnau - "Wild Strawberries" (#100)

References

  1. 1 2 "Hottest 100". Triple J. abc.net.au. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
  2. "Silver beat not hot enough for Triple J's best". The Age. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
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