The 2014 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day, 26 January 2015. It was the 22nd countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J. It was won by "Talk Is Cheap", one of three songs that Chet Faker had in the top 10 (the others being "1998" and "Gold").[1]
Voting commenced in mid-December 2014, and closed on 18 January 2015. Voters nominated ten songs that were released between December 2013 and November 2014 and submitted them through the Triple J website.[2] In total, over 2 million votes were cast, breaking the previous record set in 2012. The year's countdown was notable for having seven Australian artists in the top ten and the top three positions being awarded to Australians, the first year for both to have occurred.
The 2014 Hottest 100 marks only the third time all Top 3 songs have been from Australian artists, following the countdowns for 1999 and 2006.
78 unique musical acts appeared on this countdown, 15 of which featured additional artists collaborating.
This year's Hottest 100 gathered over 2 million votes, the first to break the 2 million vote mark and the holds the record for the highest number of votes in a single countdown.
Chet Faker is the first artist to win the Hottest 100, Triple J Album Poll, the J Award and achieve the most tracks in a countdown in a single year.
Chet Faker became the second artist to chart three times in the top 10 places after Powderfinger achieved the feat in 2003.
Royal Blood became the fourth band after Doves in 2000, Bloc Party in 2008 and Cut Copy in 2011 to make the albums poll but not feature in the Hottest 100. It was later revealed by Triple J that the band had come 102nd, 105th and 117th.
Vance Joy is the first artist since Franz Ferdinand in 2005 to feature in the Hottest 100 the year after winning the countdown.
The song "Do I Wanna Know?" by the Arctic Monkeys charted in the countdown for the second year in a row after a cover by Chvrches featured at No. 54. Similarly "Tennis Court" by Lorde which came second in the previous years countdown, came in at No. 47 with a remix by Flume.
Illy made his sixth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having appeared in every annual countdown since 2009. Similarly, Flight Facilities made their fifth consecutive appearance, having appeared since 2010.
This year marked the end of the annual Hottest 100 DVD releases.
CD release
The Triple J Hottest 100 CD for 2014 is the twenty second edition of the series. The track list was revealed on Triple J's Facebook page on 2 February 2015;[8] the double-CD was released on 27 February 2015.[9]
No.
Title
Artist(s)
Length
1.
"Talk Is Cheap" (#1)
Chet Faker
3:39
2.
"High" (#2)
Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar
3:52
3.
"Cosby Sweater" (#3)
Hilltop Hoods
3:36
4.
"Stolen Dance" (#4)
Milky Chance
5:14
5.
"King And Cross" (#10)
Ásgeir
3:30
6.
"Faded" (#11)
ZHU
3:42
7.
"I Want U" (#37)
Alison Wonderland
3:37
8.
"Pittsburgh" (#22)
The Amity Affliction
3:41
9.
"Every Other Freckle" (#14)
alt-J
3:36
10.
"Something I Said" (#30)
Thundamentals featuring Thom Crawford
3:58
11.
"Happy Idiot" (#49)
TV On The Radio
3:03
12.
"Window To The Sky" (#42)
Kim Churchill
4:10
13.
"Roll Up Your Sleeves" (#24)
Meg Mac
3:02
14.
"Maybe" (#41)
Carmada
3:32
15.
"Run" (#33)
San Cisco
2:51
16.
"Pickles From The Jar" (#51)
Courtney Barnett
2:55
17.
"Beggin For Thread" (#27)
Banks
4:10
18.
"Arcadia" (#15)
The Kite String Tangle
3:50
19.
"She Only Loves Me When I'm There" (#19)
Ball Park Music
4:24
20.
"Sober" (#31)
Childish Gambino
4:12
21.
"West Coast" (#32)
Lana Del Rey
4:17
Disc 2
No.
Title
Artist(s)
Length
1.
"Uptown Funk" (#6)
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
4:30
2.
"Chandelier" (#9)
Sia
3:36
3.
"Mess Is Mine" (#13)
Vance Joy
3:44
4.
"Gooey" (#12)
Glass Animals
4:49
5.
"Somebody's Talking" (#29)
The Preatures
3:20
6.
"Seasons (Waiting On You)" (#23)
Future Islands
3:47
7.
"Tightrope" (#17)
Illy featuring Scarlett Stevens
4:00
8.
"Gold Snafu" (#20)
Sticky Fingers
3:54
9.
"I'll Go Crazy" (#25)
Bluejuice
3:23
10.
"Beware The Dog" (#28)
The Griswolds
3:14
11.
"New Dorp, New York" (#34)
SBTRKT featuring Ezra Koenig
3:50
12.
"Two Weeks" (#45)
FKA Twigs
4:08
13.
"My Silver Lining" (#38)
First Aid Kit
3:35
14.
"Delete" (#48)
DMA's
3:26
15.
"I Can Feel That You Don't Love Me" (#56)
Kingswood
4:17
16.
"You Always Know The DJ" (#35)
Allday
3:11
17.
"Two Bodies" (#39)
Flight Facilities featuring Emma Louise
4:43
18.
"Mother & Father" (#40)
Broods
3:30
19.
"Zombie" (#43)
Jamie T
3:10
20.
"Surrender" (#69)
The Smith Street Band
3:42
21.
"Can't Do Without You" (#55)
Caribou
3:56
Top 10 Albums of 2014
A smaller poll of Triple J listeners' favourite albums of the year was held in December 2014.[10][11]