It feels hard to believe it’s already been a full 12 months, but as triple j’s Hottest 100 kicks off for another year, it’s time to see which tracks have resonated the most with Australian music-lovers.
Announcing the opening of voting late last year, local music fans had plenty of time to cast their votes on the songs that they hoped would make it into the annals of Australian music history this year, with voting ending just under a week ago. As the station revealed though, it looked as though it could be a tight race, with the songs in the #3 and #4 positions separated by a measly 15 votes.
Needless to say, there’s a lot of great songs – both local and international – in the running for musical glory this year, with the likes of Warm Tunas giving fans a bit of an idea as to where some of the front-runners might place. (Warning: that list contains some potential spoilers if you want to keep it all a mystery.)
Yesterday, triple j kicked off their Hottest 100 weekend by doing things a little bit differently. Usually reserving the list of songs that didn’t quite make it until the day after, they brought the Hottest 200 forward to take place in a chronologically-correct fashion, one day before the top 100.
If you want to check out which songs didn’t quite make it, you can head along to the above link, but be warned, a potential spoiler warning is in place for that one, too.
With millions of votes in place, and countless music fans around the world tuning in to triple j to see who storms the top ten, makes Hottest 100 history, or receives some well-deserved glory, it’s now time to find out just who exactly has some of the hottest songs in Australia this year.
Follow along with Rolling Stone Australia from 12pm AEDT today as we provide live updates on all the placings in triple j’s Hottest 100 countdown of 2022.
triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2022:
#100 – #91
#100. ‘How You Been’ – Holy Holy
#99. ‘Ziggy Ramo’ – Little Things (feat. Paul Kelly)
#98. ‘Sweetness’ – Adam Newling
#97. ‘Moon’ – Kanye West
#96. ‘House Of Holy’ – Client Liaison
#95. ‘U&ME’ – alt-J
#94. ‘Sunday Suit’ – Tyne-James Organ
#93. ‘family ties’ – Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar
#92. ‘Blueprint’ – Slowly Slowly
#91. ‘Bones’ – Telenova
#90 – #81
#90. ‘Waiting For Nothing (feat. Yaeger)’ – Hayden James
#89. ‘Keep Moving’ – Jungle
#88. ‘My Mind (feat. G Flip)’ – Baker Boy
#87. ‘The Aftergone (feat. CLEWS)’ – Holy Holy
#86. ‘Just Feels Tight’ – FISHER
#85. ‘Lie To Again’ – The Buoys
#84. ‘Wine’ – Teenage Joans
#83. ‘You Right’ – Doja Cat & The Weeknd
#82. ‘Praise God’ – Kanye West
#81. ‘Stoned At The Nail Salon’ – Lorde
#80 – #71
#80. ‘Your Power’ – Billie Eilish
#79. ‘Clash (feat. Stormzy)’ – Dave
#78. ‘I Hate U’ – SZA
#77. ‘WUSYANAME (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Ty Dolla $ign)’ – Tyler, The Creator
#76. ‘Our Paradise’ – The Terrys
#75. ‘Gold Chains’ – Genesis Owusu
#74. ‘Cloudy Day’ – Tones And I
#73. ‘Rumors (feat. Cardi B)’ – Lizzo
#72. ‘Temper’ – Vera Blue
#71. ‘I Am Not A Woman, I’m A God’ – Halsey
#70 – #61
#70. ‘Like Love’ – The Amity Affliction
#69. ‘Clarkson’ – Sly Withers
#68. ‘Treat You Right’ – The Jungle Giants
#67. ‘traitor’ – Olivia Rodrigo
#66. ‘A Girl Like You’ (Like A Version) – Tame Impala
#65. ‘Down Under (feat. Colin Hay)’ – Luude
#64. ‘Queen (feat. mxmtoon)’ – G Flip
#63. ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ – Lana Del Rey
#62. ‘Mood Ring’ – Lorde
#61. ‘Pump The Brakes’ – Dom Dolla
#60 – #51
#60. ‘brutal’ – Olivia Rodrigo
#59. ‘love race (feat. Kellin Quinn)’ – Machine Gun Kelly
#58. ‘Kitchen’ – Ruby Fields
#57. ‘the man himself’ – Gang Of Youths
#56. ‘Milkumana’ – King Stingray
#55. ‘Valhalla’ – Skegss
#54. ‘Breathe/Comfortably Numb/Money’ (Like A Version) – Ocean Alley
#53. ‘Take My Breath’ – The Weeknd
#52. ‘Up’ – Cardi B
#51. ‘Night Light’ – The Rions
#50 – #41
#50. ‘Jail’ – Kanye West
#49. ‘UP’ – Dune Rats
#48. ‘Do It To It (feat. Cherish)’ – ACRAZE
#47. ‘Leave The Door Open’ – Silk Sonic
#46. ‘Get Me Out’ – King Stingray
#45. ‘Chaise Longue’ – Wet Leg
#44. ‘Hurricane’ – Kanye West
#43. ‘DiE4u’ – Bring Me The Horizon
#42. ‘Chemicals’ – Peking Duk
#41. ‘What’s Not To Like’ – Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba
#40 – #31
#40. ‘serotonin’ – girl in red
#39. ‘Stacking Chairs’ – Middle Kids
#38. ‘Masterpiece’ – The Rubens
#37. ‘Woman’ – Doja Cat
#36. ‘t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l (feat. Travis Barker)’ – WILLOW
#35. ‘Josh’ – Peach PRC
#34. ‘Get Into It (Yuh)’ – Doja Cat
#33. ‘deja vu’ – Olivia Rodrigo
#32. ‘If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming With You’ – The Wombats
#31. ‘Need To Know’ – Doja Cat
#30 – #21
#30. ‘Here Comes The Sun’ (Like A Version) – Spacey Jane
#29. ‘THATS WHAT I WANT’ – Lil Nas X
#28. ‘Hertz’ – Amyl And The Sniffers
#27. ‘Rose Pink Cadillac’ – DOPE LEMON
#26. ‘Solar Power’ – Lorde
#25. ‘Next To Me’ – RÜFÜS DU SOL
#24. ‘edamame (feat. Rich Brian)’ – bbno$
#23. ‘I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)’ – Glass Animals
#22. ‘Good Days’ – SZA
#21. ‘Sunscreen’ – Ball Park Music
#20 – #11
#20. ‘Touch Back Down’ – Ocean Alley
#19. ‘Alive’ – RÜFÜS DU SOL
#18. ‘Love Signs’ – The Jungle Giants
#17. ‘Mixed Messages’ – Tom Cardy
#16. ‘Seventeen Going Under’ – Sam Fender
#15. ‘Missing Piece’ – Vance Joy
#14. ‘Apple Crumble’ – Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba
#13. ‘drivers license’ – Olivia Rodrigo
#12. ‘Lunchtime’ – Spacey Jane
#11. ‘H.Y.C.Y.BH’ – Tom Cardy
#10 – #1
#10. ‘MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)’ – Lil Nas X
#9. ‘On My Knees’ – RÜFÜS DU SOL
#8. ‘INDUSTRY BABY’ – Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow
#7. ‘Kiss Me More (feat. SZA)’ – Doja Cat
#6. ‘the angel of 8th ave.’ – Gang Of Youths
#5. ‘Happier Than Ever’ – Billie Eilish
#4. ‘good 4 u’ – Olivia Rodrigo
#3. ‘Lots Of Nothing’ – Spacey Jane
#2. ‘STAY’ – The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber
#1. ‘Elephant’ (Like A Version) – The Wiggles
