2005 compilation album of 2004 songs by Triple J
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.
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
Artists with multiple entries
| #
|
Artist
|
Entries
|
| 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
| Country
|
Entries
|
| Australia
|
47
|
| United States
|
28
|
| United Kingdom
|
17
|
| New Zealand
|
3
|
| Canada
|
1
|
| Ireland
|
1
|
| Germany
|
1
|
| Sweden
|
1
|
| France
|
1
|
Trivia
- U2's "Vertigo" placed at No. 38, despite having not been played on Triple J.
- Two versions of "Take Me Out" appeared in the countdown, the original by Franz Ferdinand at No. 1 and the Scissor Sisters' cover at No. 44; this is the first time it has happened since 1997.
- With their covers of "Take Me Out" and "Comfortably Numb", the Scissor Sisters are the first band to have multiple covers feature in the same countdown.
- The Living End made their eighth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having featured in every annual countdown since 1997. Similarly, Machine Gun Fellatio made their sixth consecutive appearance, having appeared in every annual countdown since 1999.
- At No. 5, Spiderbait's cover of "Black Betty" ties with Björk's cover of "It's Oh So Quiet" as the highest ranked cover song in a Hottest 100.
Top 10 Albums of 2004
Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.
| #
|
Artist
|
Album
|
Country of Origin
|
Tracks in the Hottest 100
|
| 1 |
Franz Ferdinand |
Franz Ferdinand |
United Kingdom |
1, 29, 50
|
| 2 |
John Butler Trio |
Sunrise Over Sea |
Australia |
25, 51, 93 (8 in 2003)
|
| 3 |
Missy Higgins |
The Sound of White |
Australia |
2, 6, 49 (31, 47, 74 in 2005)
|
| 4 |
Eskimo Joe |
A Song Is a City |
Australia |
3, 32, 62
|
| 5 |
Little Birdy |
BigBigLove |
Australia |
8, 40, 78 (16, 25 in 2003)
|
| 6 |
The Killers |
Hot Fuss |
United States |
4, 13, 39
|
| 7 |
Grinspoon |
Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills |
Australia |
16, 26
|
| 8 |
Xavier Rudd |
Solace |
Australia |
56, 59 (54 in 2003)
|
| 9 |
Modest Mouse |
Good News for People Who Love Bad News |
United States |
11
|
| 10 |
The Streets |
A Grand Don't Come for Free |
United Kingdom |
18, 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
- Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
- The Killers – Somebody Told Me
- Spiderbait – Black Betty
- Kings of Leon – The Bucket
- Jet – Look What You've Done
- Little Birdy – Beautiful To Me
- Ben Folds – Adelaide
- Devendra Banhart – Little Yellow Spider
- Eskimo Joe – From The Sea
- The Streets – Fit But You Know It
- Modest Mouse – Float On
- Decoder Ring – Somersault
- John Butler Trio – Somethings Gotta Give
- The Bees – Chicken Payback
- The Dresden Dolls – Coin-Operated Boy
- Dallas Crane – Dirty Hearts
- Ben Lee – Gamble Everything For Love
- Greenskeepers – Lotion
- N.E.R.D – She Wants To Move
- Grinspoon – Hard Act To Follow
|
CD 2
- Missy Higgins – Scar
- Mylo – Drop The Pressure
- The Von Bondies – C’mon C’mon
- The Hives – Walk Idiot Walk
- Sarah Blasko – Don't U Eva
- Faithless – Mass Destruction
- William Shatner – Common People
- Wolfmother – Woman
- The Black Keys – 10 A.M. Automatic
- Dogs Die in Hot Cars – Godhopping
- Scribe – Not Many – The Remix!
- Butterfingers – Yo Mama
- Spazzys – Paco Doesn't Love Me
- Interpol – Slow Hands
- Lior – This Old Love
- Evermore – It's Too Late
- The Panda Band – Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town
- Freestylers – Push Up
- Regurgitator – My Friend Robot
- Elliott Smith – Memory Lane
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See also
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