OKAY so I'm gonna post my prediction. In light of the latest J Award result - I'm gonna go out on a HUGE limb....
Feel free to post yours!
#1. "Do You Remember" - JARRYD JAMES #2. "The Hills" - THE WEEKND #3. "Lean On" - MAJOR LAZER #4. "Downtown" - MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS #5. "Let It Happen" - TAME IMPALA #6. "Dynamite" - ASTA & ALLDAY #7. "Can't Feel My Face" - THE WEEKND #8. "Pedestrian At Best" - COURTNEY BARNETT #9. "Ocean Drive" - DUKE DUMONT #10. "Magnets" - DISCLOSURE ft. LORDE
I can imagine quite a few artists who might "do a Vampire Weekend" this year (eg. The Weeknd, RUFUS & Alison Wonderland spring to mind).
Should be an interesting list, with quite a few multiple entries to speak of. Last edited:
1. Jarryd James - Do You Remember 2. Vance Joy - Fire and The Flood 3. The Rubens - Hoops 4. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face 5. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown 6. Sia - Elastic Heart 7. The Weeknd - The Hills 8. Major Lazer - Lean On 9. Tame Impala - 'Cause I'm a Man 10.Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble With Us
1. Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ - Lean On 2. Jarryd James - Do You Remember 3. Drake - Hotline Bling 4. Hermitude feat. Mataya & Young Tapz - The Buzz 5. The Rubens - Hoops 6. Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble With Us 7. RÜFÜS - You Were Right 8. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown 9. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face 10. Disclosure feat. Lorde - Magnets 11. The Weeknd - The Hills 12. Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta 13. Meg Mac - Never Be 14. Vance Joy - Fire And The Flood
In my opinion, 'Lean On' doesn't feel like a #1 song... I don't know. However, I can see 'Do You Remember' sitting comfortably at the top. I personally hope 'The Hills' goes #1 (Unlikely but it would be cool!). And in addition to that, other songs I would love to feature amongst the top 10 off the top of my head are 'Downtown', 'The Trouble With Us', Cold War Kids 'First', Hopium's 'Right Now', Halsey's 'New Americana', Sia's 'Alive' and Miike Snow's 'Heart Is Full'... Most of those are again unlikely but anyway... I also like Santigold's newie and Illy's 'Swear Jar'...
Should be a great countdown! I still also feel like there is anther big song or two left to come... A la 'Uptown Funk' last year...
Oh and maybe Taylor Swift will have a chance this year with Wildest Dreams
I was bored and wanted to have some fun I look forward to voting opening so I can refine my preds because it's hard to know exactly what people will actually come out to vote for. Here is my tiramisu
1. jarryd james - do you remember pt. 1 2. major lazer (feat bill withers & myehr) - lean on me 3. marcus ronson & chet faker - the trouble with 'ooh gud' 4. the rubens - rippers 5. vance joy - riptide 6. drake - 10 blings, 50 blings, 100 blings, let's just not even discuss it man 7. the weeknd - cocaine pt. 12 8. racefaces - you were right 9. macklemore & ryan lewis - australia pls 10. hermitude (feat mataya & young tapz) - fill the bus 11. disclosure (feat insane clown posse) - miracles 12. kendrick lamar - i remember you was conflicted, misusing your influence 13. tame impala - the less i know the trevor 14. meg mac - thankful of 15. tkay maidza - hand money over for bangers 16. asta (feat allday) - juicy 17. safia - fear 18. racefaces (feat adam levine) - like an animal 19. the weeknd - sex pt. 12 20. queen f - t-rex 21. tame impala - billie jean 22. vallis alps - teenagers are more talented than me pt. 1 23. birds of tokyo - fremantle 24. hayden james - something about you (daft punk cover) 25. jamie xx - the stroller song 26. peking duk (feat benjamin joseph) - click here for bookings 27. the wombats - oedipus the king 28. flume (feat andrew wyatt) - remember me 29. japanese wallpaper - teenagers are more talented than me pt. 2 30. jarryd james - do you remember pt. 2 31. duke dumont - #freerobertowens 32. courtney barnett - car hole tips 33. kita alexander - eh eh eh eh eh eh 34. queen f - what kind of LAD 35. major lazer (feat ellie rowsell & tarrus riley) - titanium 36. emoh instead of flume - gemini 37. jarryd james (feat julia stone) - do you remember (the remix) 38. chvrches (feat rihanna) - take care 39. alison wonderland - mclovin 40. the chemical brothers - go listen to atcq 41. disclosure (feat sam smith) - o men (x factor performance) 42. carm & ada - fire emoji 43. san cisco - hard to explain 44. tame impala - because i'm a LAD 45. coldplay - believe 46. halsey, ldn noise & christina parie - hold me up 47. kendrick lamar - i remember you was conflicted misusing your influence, sometimes i did the same, abusing my power full of resentment, resentment that turned into a deep depression, found myself screamin' in the hotel room 48. courtney barnett - thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals no matter how great they are or were 49. drapht - jimmy recard 50. the wombats - we could be your shadow 51. bring me the horizon - this is my happy song, take back my nappy song 52. boy & bear - fva hurt itself in confusion 53. dj snake - deckchairs on the moon 54. jamie xx - the lonely song 55. daniel johns - fire and the flood 56. lana del rey - sax on the beach 57. hermitude (feat yeo) - can you pay for the bus 58. foals - the obligatory pop hit 59. chvrches (feat depeche mode) - just can't get enough 60. aesop rock - rod stewart 61. birds of tokyo - west coast 62. eves the behavior - normal rotom 63. safia - jeff goldroom 64. bring me the horizon - one question 65. the rubens - rippelujah 66. jack garratt - real music 67. hermitude (feat young tapz) - i have some spare change 68. claptone (feat thelma plum) - no one 69. purity ring - speak now 70. daniel johns - the little mermaid 71. matt avalanches - monday 72. mosquito - call my name 73. violent soda - like soho 74. kendrick lamar - i remember you was conflicted misusing your influence, sometimes i did the same, abusing my power full of resentment, resentment that turned into a deep depression, found myself screamin' in the hotel room, i didn't want to self-destruct, the evils of lucy was all around me, so i went runnin' for answers 75. eves the behavior - heat rotom 76. carm - keeping score 77. the wombats - we could be gigantic 78. fka david zowie ziggy stardust aladdin sane thin white duke twig the wonder kid - ouse every weeken 79. sia - bre veng 80. the amity affliction - what did he say? 81. alison wonderland - run down the rabbit hole 82. queen f - bruce-willis-diehard 83. conrad-free national park - foolish 84. illy - #backtobacktobacktobacktobacktobacktoback 85. claptone - peanut butter jelly 86. parkway drive - crush 87. chet faker - bend my happiness 88. raticaet - hell f**k yeah 89. mansionair - the best damn pet shop in town 90. luigi's mansion - deception bay 91. the wombats - emojis 92. frank grimes - flesh 93. jarryd james - do you remember the way... 94. r.w. east - the alley 95. zhu x alunageorge x afrt - automatic 96. set mo - #blackandblue 97. parkway drive - slippery when wet 98. beck - sea change deserved it more but here we are 99. northlane - slifer the executive producer 100. gang of youths - take that royal blood Last edited:
Hahaha brilliant Hijinx, Coldplay, McLovin & #blackandblue are personal faves. Here's 20 big ones, might post a full 100 once voting list is out!
1. Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble With Us 2. Hermitude - The Buzz 3. Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta 4. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Downtown 5. Major Lazer - Lean On 6. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face 7. Jarryd James - Do You Remember 8. Tame Impala - Let It Happen 9. The Rubens - Hoops 10. Disclosure ft. Lorde - Magnets 11. RUFUS - You Were Right 12. Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better 13. Asta ft. Allday - Dynamite 14. The Weeknd - The Hills 15. Drake - Hotline Bling 16. Jamie xx - I Know There's Gonna Be Good Times 17. Vance Joy - Fire And The Flood 18. Flume ft. Andrew Wyatt - Some Minds 19. The Wombats - Greek Tragedy 20. Meg Mac - Never Be
I admit I am not the sharpest tool in the shed especially on a 40 degree day and a full on day at work but a lot of them took me a while to get. Some down the lower ranks especially still have me puzzled especially when you list a song like Vance Joy - Riptide at #5 and then list Daniel Johns - Fire & The Flood lower down.
I do hope Automatic ranks higher than almost missing the top 100 at #95.
My predictions 1. Major Lazer & DJ Snake - Lean On 2. The Weeknd - Can't Feel my Face 3. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Down Town 4. Drake - Hotline Bling 5. The Rubens - Hoops 6. Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble with Us 7. Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive 8. Vance Joy - Fire and the Flood 9. The Weeknd - The Hills 10. Jarryd James - Do You Remember 11. Asta & Allday - Dynamite
Acts with 3+ entries: Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala, Florence + the Machine, The Weeknd and Disclosure
I'd love to see Let It Happen win because IMO it's the best Aussie song of the year, but since i doubt that would happen, i'd be happy enough with Lean On, DYR, Hotline Bling or anything by Florence or The Weeknd
A lot of the contenders I have gotten sick of this year, so I really hope I will like the #1
ftr, approved songs would be any Tame Impala, Jarryd James or The Trouble With Us and I guess I can let Downtown slip this time although Macklemore doesn't really deserve 2 #1s
I think if anyone has the potential to bag the most, it's probably Tame Impala. But I don't see anyone getting more than 4 this year, as tends to be the norm.
Tame Impala should get Let It Happen, Cause I'm A Man, Eventually & The Less I Know The Better. I feel for some reason that Yes I'm Changing & Reality In Motion could get placings too.
I expect Florence to get 5 with What Kind Of Man, St Jude, Ship To Wreck, Queen Of Peace & Delilah in the chart.
Can't be sure though because I wasn't even aware of the Hottest 100's existence until the 2011 chart so I'm not an expert by any means
I think St Jude might not make it in the Hottest 100, and possibly Queen Of Peace too.
I also think that Major Lazer, Duke Dumont, DJ Snake, Peking Duk, and possibly Carmada will all benefit from a string of Stereosonic Festival performances over the next few weekends.
Beach House - Depression Cherry Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear Jamie xx - In Colour Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
I think the top 10 will be:
1. Tame Impala - Currents 2. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit 3. Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 4. Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light 5. Gang Of Youths - The Positions 6. The Rubens - Hoops 7. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly 8. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness 9. Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit 10. Jamie xx - In Colour
Hopefully not wishful thinking as I rather like this list.
Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars Best Coast - California Nights Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Django Django - Born Under Saturn Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear FIDLAR - Too Ghostface Killah & BADBADNOTGOOD - Sour Soul Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
Deerhunter - Fading Frontier Jamie xx - In Colour Royal Headache - Highspeeds Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love Drenge - Undertow Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell Sleater-Kinney - No Cities To Love Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
MY PREDICTION
1. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit.... 2. Tame Impala - Currents 3. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness 4. Hermitude - Dark Night Sweet Light 5. Alison Wonderland - Run 6. Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 7. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly 8. Jamie xx - In Colour 9. The Rubens - Hoops 10. Jarryd James - 31
Christine And The Queens - Christine And The Queens Chvrches - Every Open Eye Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear Jamie xx - In Colour Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Purity Ring - Another Eternity Shamir - Ratchet Vince Staples - Summertime '06 Weeknd, The - Beauty Behind The Madness Neon Indian - Vega Intl. Night School
As for preds... the album poll is always weird, so I dunno... BMTH for #1?
Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit Circa Waves - Young Chases Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Northlane - Node The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Dylan Joel - Authentic Lemonade Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late Chvrches - Every Open Eye The Rubens - Hoops Last edited:
Shortlist A$AP Rocky - At.Long.Last.A$AP Alison Wonderland - Run Avener, The - The Wanderings Of The Avener Big Sean - Dark Sky Paradise BORNS - Dopamine Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit British India - Nothing Touches Me Chemical Brothers, The - Born In The Echoes Chvrches - Every Open Eye Claptone - Charmer Disclosure - Caracal Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Game, The - The Documentary 2.0 Game, The - The Documentary 2.5 Gang Of Youths - The Positions Ghostface Killah & BADBADNOTGOOD - Sour Soul GoldLink - And After That, We Didn't Talk Grimes - Art Angels Halsey - Badlands Hermitude - Dark Light Sweet Light Hudson Mohawke - Lantern Jamie xx - In Colour Jay Rock - 90059 Jarryd James - Thirty One Joey Bada$$ - B4.DA.$$ Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon Major Lazer - Peace Is The Mission Mark Ronson - Uptown Special Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind Muse - Drones Nero - Between II Worlds Prodigy, The - The Day Is My Enemy Public Enemy - Man Plans God Laughs Purity Ring - Another Eternity Rubens, The - Hoops Ruidmental - We The Generation Rustie - EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE San Cisco - Gracetown Seth Sentry - Strange New Past Snoop Dogg - Bush Tame Impala - Currents Tuka - Life Death Time Eternal Tyler, The Creator - Cherry Bomb Weeknd, The - Beauty Behind The Madness Wombats, The - Glitterbug
My Vote Alison Wonderland - Run Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late Hermitude - Dark Light Sweet Light Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly Mark Ronson - Uptown Special Muse - Drones Tame Impala - Currents Weeknd, The - Beauty Behind The Madness
Prediction 1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly 2. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit 3. Tame Imapala - Currents 4. The Rubens - Hoops 5. Weeknd, The - Beauty Behind The Madness 6. Hermitude - Dark Light Sweet Light 7. Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 8. Jarryd James - Thirty One 9. Jamie xx - In Colour 10. Seth Sentry - Strange New Past
I'm listening in and the album poll has gone like this so far:
1. Tame Impala - Currents 2. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit 3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly 4. Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 5. The Rubens - Hoops 6. Gang Of Youths - The Positions 7. Foals - What Went Down 8. Jamie xx - In Colour 9. The Wombats - Glitterbug 10. San Cisco - Gracetown 11. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye Last edited:
I really like this year's list, particularly compared to last year's. Not sure which of the top 2 I prefer but would've preferred Courtney at #1, at least the Facebook whingers will shut up though Otherwise though, I like it as a cross-section of so many different musical conversations: a mix-match of genres, new artists and old, critically acclaimed releases and the artists who define the unique JJJ view of music. Oh and the music's generally good, just haven't heard #9/#10 yet, but the Jamie/Kendrick inclusions more than satiate me. Only the second time a US hip-hop album has gotten in (after "Yeezus") and the highest ever hip-hop album for TPAB. Modern classic
While I did put Barnett ahead of Tamey in my list (for now), they're really hard to split. Great top 3 in fact, they're my favourite albums of that top 10.
Yeah tough field. I was a bit surprised to see no Hermitude either given how big (and good) that album was. 2 entries is still a good effort though, especially how US artists seem to be doing gradually worse.
They unveiled the Hottest 100 site today, no voting list yet though lol. Voting opens on Friday I think.
Yeah that's true, completely forgot about hermitude! I wonder why they're opening it so early this year? I really hope there's no controversy this year, I didn't mind people voting for t swizzle last year but I hated when it was made a massive deal by the media and people that voted "just to annoy jjj listeners" (which they were successful to me at least haha) Last edited:
Voting opens on Friday? seems early. Is that correct?
Looking forward to the Jinx updates. I enjoyed them last year so hope to see them continue again this year.
Courtney Barnett is up for a few Grammy noms so this attention might work in her favour to score a few extra votes especially from overseas voters who are just being exposed to her now. Maybe not but if she is known over acts like Jarryd, Tkay, Tuka or E^st for example it could only be an added bonus.
So I had 14 songs I really wanted to vote for but had to narrow that down to 10.. And then I discovered Ego was on the voting list which just made things even more difficult... lol
My votes:
Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd Die Young - GRMM Division - Elizabeth Rose Ego - Tove Styrke Games - Alison Wonderland Go - The Chemical Brothers Lean On - Major Lazer Love Like Mine - Miami Horror Pay No Mind - Madeon Young - Vallis Alps
Unfortunately these 5 songs missed out
Be Right There - Diplo & Sleepy Tom Counting Sheep - SAFIA Puppet Theatre - Claptone The Trouble With Us - Marcus Marr & Chet Faker U Don't Know - Alison Wonderland
Good luck to all of these songs though + others I like a lot, excited for January 26!
Good to see Missy Elliott feature in the list. I dont think her song was ever in the weekly chart.
How come Kanye West is featured with Paul McCartney twice but the song they did with Rihanna is not included? I don't recall seeing any of their songs in the weekly chart.
This year has been the year I've been most involved with JJJ to date, in particular following their Spotify playlist and giving many of songs on rotation a listen (lol). I'm quite proud to say that I started with 61 songs on my shortlist which is most likely a PB. I even have some Unearthed entries!
Aston Shuffle, The - High With You Banff - The Great Unknown Beck - Dreams Boy & Bear - Walk The Wire Cassian - Feel It Chet Faker - Bend Claptone - Puppet Theatre {Ft. Peter Bjorn & John} Cleopold - Scarlet Courtney Barnett - Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party Daniel Johns- Cool On Fire Disclosure - Willing & Able {Ft. Kwabs} Disclosure - Magnets {Ft. Lorde} Disclosure - Omen {Ft. Sam Smith} Django Django - First Light Drake - Hotline Bling Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive Elizabeth Rose - Shoulda Coulda Woulda Everything Everything - Distant Past Eves The Behavior - TV Florence And The Machine - Ship To Wreck George FitzGerald - Full Circle {Ft. Boxed In} Golden Features - No One {Ft. Thelma Plum} Gordi - Can We Work It Out GRMM - Die Young Half Moon Run - Trust Hermitude - The Buzz {Ft. Mataya/Young Tapz} Hugo Frederick - Skin Jack Garratt - Weathered Jamie Woon - Sharpness Jamie xx - Loud Places {Ft. Romy} Jarryd James - Do You Remember Jarryd James - Give Me Something Jesse Davidson - Laika Kite String Tangle, The x Dustin Tebbutt - Illuminate Madeon - Pay No Mind {Ft. Passion Pit} Madeon - Nonsense {Ft. Mark Foster} Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble With Us Meg Mac - Never Be Ngaiire - Once Nicole Millar - Wait Porsches - Horses Rubens, The - Hoops Rudimental - Rumour Mill {Ft. Anne-Marie/Will Heard} Rudimental - Never Let You Go Rudimental - I Will For Love RUFUS - You Were Right RUFUS - Innerbloom RUFUS - Like An Animal SAFIA - Counting Sheep SAFIA - Embracing Me Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better Tame Impala - 'Cause I'm A Man Tame Impala - Let It Happen Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better Tame Impala - The Moment Vallis Alps - Young Vance Joy - Fire And The Flood Vera Blue - Hold Wombats, The - Greek Tragedy Yuma X - Matchstick ZHU x AlunaGeorge - Automatic
After a lot of tough culling I have arrived at the following: 1. RUFUS - You Were Right 2. RUFUS - Innerbloom 3. Rudimental - Rumour Mill {Ft. Anne-Marie/Will Heard} 4. Tame Impala - Let It Happen 5. Jamie xx - Loud Places {Ft. Romy} 6. Vance Joy - Fire And The Flood 7. Banff - The Great Unknown 8. Jarryd James - Do You Remember 9. Vera Blue - Hold 10. Vallis Alps - Young
11. Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better 12. Beck - Dreams 13. SAFIA - Embracing Me 14. Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive 15. Drake - Hotline Bling 16. Daniel Johns - Cool On Fire 17. Jarryd James - Give Me Something 18. Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better 19. Ngaiire - Once 20. Boy & Bear - Walk The Wire Last edited:
This got interesting because of a curveball I wasn't totally expecting. I've never had any reason (or opportunity really) to vote a song twice but special circumstances!
On another note, if there is any sort of voting campaign, I hope it's for whatever Dr. Colossus - Stupid Sexy Flanders is which I saw on the voting list
Also #VoteForHijinx
Anyway, tuneage:
Drake - Hotline Bling Flight Facilities - Heart Attack {Ft. Owl Eyes} {Radio Edit} Jamie xx - Loud Places {Ft. Romy} Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker The Berry Kendrick Lamar - These Walls {Ft. Bilal/Anna Wise/Thundercat} Olympia - This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things Purity Ring - Begin Again Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better Tame Impala Let It Happen
My votes are in: Chemical Brothers, The - Go {Ft. Q-Tip} Meg Mac - Never Be Mosquito Coast - Call My Name Magic Bones - Danger I Am Ghost - Cirice Art vs Science - In This Together Everything Everything - Distant Past Hermitude - Through The Roof {Ft. Young Tapz} Muse - Dead Inside Jarryd James - Do You Remember
Those that just missed out for me: Florence and the Machine - Queen of Peace L-Fresh the Lion - Get Mine Alpine - Damn Baby Action Bronson - Baby Blue Courtney Barnett - Dead Fox Nothing But Thieves - Trip Switch Daniel Johns - Aerial Love Drake - Hotline Bling
after a quick glimpse on Insta it looks like The Trouble With Us looks to be popular. Bit of love for Clearest Blue too. Fire & The Flood, Greek Tragedy and Say My Name getting some attention too. Last edited:
Alison Wonderland - Run Blur - Go Out Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best Django Django - First Light Everything Everything - Regret Hermitude - Ukiyo {OK Sure Remix} Jamie xx - Loud Places {ft. Romy} Prodigy, The - Wild Frontier Tame Impala - Let It Happen Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
Father John Misty - Strange Encounter Weeknd, The - Can't Feel My Face Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta Jack Garratt - Weathered Jamie xx - I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) {Ft. Young Thug/Popcaan} Sufjan Stevens - No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross SOPHIE - Just Like We Never Said Goodbye Tame Impala - Let It Happen Chvrches - Clearest Blue Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best
Only chosen from the list, no additions. Which means no Chateau Lobby or Ideal Husband
Birds Of Tokyo - Anchor Birds Of Tokyo - I'd Go With You Anywhere Drake - Hotline Bling Dr. Colossus - Stupid Sexy Flanders Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive Jarryd James - Do You Remember Jarryd James - Give Me Something Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach Mumford & Sons - Believe The Rubens - Hoops.
I won't finalise my votes till early Jan but will include love for KingKendrick, Jamie xx, Hermitude and my boys The Wombats to name a few!
Although I loved keeping up to date with this thread last year, the counting of the votes was pretty accurate and I want to keep it as much of a surprise as possible come Aus day! It's been a great year discussing JJJ with everyone, enjoy the next few weeks and the day itself ladies and gentlemen, I'll see you on the 27th Last edited:
My shortlist was 17 songs which is pretty good (for me). Dunno why Nova and the Experience's Whole Body wasn't in the list but then what would I know? The songs that I voted for aren't overly surprising I wouldn't imagine...
Daniel Johns - Cool on Fire Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive Gin Wigmore feat. Suffa & Logic - Willing to Die Jarryd James - Do You Remember Jarryd James - Give Me Something Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. Mo - Lean On Major Lazer feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley - Powerful Nero - The Thrill Sia - Bird Set Free Tame Impala - 'Cause I'm a Man
Shortlisted:
Asta feat. Allday - Dynamite Birds of Tokyo - Anchor Chvrches - Leave a Trace Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble With Us Rudimental - Never Let You Go RUFUS - You Were Right The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face
I hope you post updates Jinx. I enjoyed them last year and I was still surprised in the countdown.
The Spreadsheet on your Twitter confuses me. You have the same song in 3 different columns?
I love Lean On and said I will be surprised if it gets #1 and believe it will make the top 5 but will lose to a Tame song and KK.
Looking good for Downtown not being #1.
Jarryd James isn't doing as well as I would have hoped with votes.
I have my shortlist down to 13 now and will decide on which 10 I vote for based on how your stats are... I would rather see my choices make the countdown so will vote for the songs lower in the countdown than those guaranteed to make it, helps with culling. Plus last year I canned voting for songs that just missed the hottest 100 for songs that were easily going to make the top 20.
@K8: his spreadsheet is his last 3 updates, so the columns on the right are his most recent update (so at 4500 votes counted), the middle columns are after 4000 votes, and the left columns are after 3500 votes, so it shows the changing trends of songs in each 500 'block' of votes counted (I think that's right, someone please tell me if it isn't )
At this point I'm surprised Let It Happen is ahead of The Less I Know The Better, after some others' adamance the latter would be ahead.
I'm delighted with the high positions of Hoops, Magnets and Ocean Drive, as well as numerous others further down Last edited:
My Shortlist (I'm really struggling to cut it down to 10).
Alison Wonderland - Run Alison Wonderland - U Don't Know (ft. Wayne Coyne) Birds Of Tokyo - Anchor David Zowie - House Every Weekend Disclosure - Magnets (ft. Lorde) Disclosure - Omen (ft. Sam Smith) DMA's - Lay Down Drake - Hotline Bling Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive FKA Twigs - In Time FKA Twigs - Figure 8 Florence + The Machine - Ship To Wreck Florence + The Machine - What Kind Of Man Florence + The Machine - St. Jude Florence + The Machine - Queen Of Peace Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful Florence + The Machine - Third Eye Flume - Some Minds (ft. Andrew Wyatt) Grimes - REALiTi Halsey - New Americana Hopium - Right Now Jack U - To U (ft. AlunaGeorge) Jarryd James - Do You Remember Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta Kita Alexander - Like You Want To Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach Lana Del Rey - Music To Watch Boys To M.I.A. Borders Major Lazer - Powerful (ft. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley) Major Lazer - Lean On (ft. MØ & DJ Snake) Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble With Us MØ - Kamikaze Peking Duk - Say My Name (ft. Benjamin Joseph) The Rubens - Hoops Rudimental - Rumour Mill (ft. Anne-Marie & Will Heard SAFIA - Counting Sheep San Cisco - Too Much Time Together Tame Impala - Cause I'm A Man Tame Impala - Let It Happen Tame Impala - New Person, Same Old Mistakes Tame Impala - The Moment Tame Impala - Yes I'm Changing Tame Impala - Reality In Motion Tame Impala - Disciples Tame Impala - Eventually Tame Impala - Love/Paranoia Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better Tkay Maidza - M.O.B. The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face The Weeknd - Prisoner (ft. Lana Del Rey) The Weeknd - The Hills ZHU x AlunaGeorge - Automatic ZHU x Skrillex x THEY. - Working For It
@harley, I think it was just me that suggested TLIKTB would be ahead Let It Happen is really surprising me! I know everyone loves it but I wouldn't have picked it as much more popular than say Reflektor, whereas TLIKTB has been Tame Impala's best selling track despite being a post-album single! On Tame Impala, The Moment is comfortably in the top 100 which surprises me more; poor Mark Ronson's similar sounding album is getting very little share of the votes though
Tennis, if it helps cull the artists that have made the hottest 100 before. I find that helps shorten my shortlist. Most of these artists would have established their fanbases and should secure plenty of votes.
Oh I didn't mean the whole thing, but surely you'd agree that The Moment sounds quite a bit like some Uptown Special cuts?
Also @Tennis if it helps, New Americana isn't on the voting list and I haven't seen a vote for it. One of the few things I predicted right is that Hold Me Down is getting most of her votes. Last edited:
I have not counted those votes, same as I did last year
Like A Versions don't seem quite as prominent as last year. The highest are Tuka's (#36) & Childish Gambino's (#54), Gambino of course had a notorious situation last year where Sweatpants was waaay over-represented in my count so I'm not convinced this is different yet. There's also #1 Dads just in the top 100, and Catfish & The Bottlemen/Sticky Fingers/One Day/Gang Of Youths/Bad Dreems in the top 200.
I don't have it completely memorised as to what is and isn't on the list, but my inclination is that the highest is "Higher" which will be eligible next year since it's a December release. It only has 2 votes anyhow so nothing really of note.
I've cut my shortlist from 53 to 29. I'll have another go at shortening it in the morning.
Alison Wonderland - U Don't Know (ft. Wayne Coyne) David Zowie - House Every Weekend Disclosure - Magnets (ft. Lorde) FKA Twigs - In Time Florence + The Machine - What Kind Of Man Florence + The Machine - St. Jude Florence + The Machine - Queen Of Peace Grimes - REALiTi Jack U - To U (ft. AlunaGeorge) Jarryd James - Do You Remember Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta Kita Alexander - Like You Want To Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach Lana Del Rey - Music To Watch Boys To M.I.A. Borders Major Lazer - Lean On (ft. MØ & DJ Snake) MØ - Kamikaze Rudimental - Rumour Mill (ft. Anne-Marie & Will Heard SAFIA - Counting Sheep San Cisco - Too Much Time Together Tame Impala - Let It Happen Tame Impala - The Moment Tame Impala - Yes I'm Changing Tame Impala - Reality In Motion Tame Impala - Eventually Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better Tkay Maidza - M.O.B. The Weeknd - The Hills ZHU x AlunaGeorge - Automatic
Just saw your latest update on Twitter Hijinx and a few (not many) surprises or maybe just unexpected or underestimated results.
Firstly, Violent Soho doing so well and currently coming in the top 5. I barely even recall this song so am surprised by it's popularity. Could it be a case of local talent and genre of music helping its cause?
Secondly, not sure I was expecting Mangolia to be as popular. I do predict a top 100 finish but wasn't expecting it to be as popular as it is appearing.
Thirdly, The Amity Affliction shouldn't come as a surprise after their success last Hottest 100 but is this because they have a huge fanbase? I didn't think it was an overly played song and nor do I recall seeing it get much attention throughout the year.
Lastly, I know Aussie hip hop is not as represented this year but I hope Tuka makes the countdown with something other than a LAV cover. I saw he is responding to people who vote for him on Insta so I hope this isn't encouraging people to vote for him.
I mean, it's important to note that it's very early days. If the vote count matches last year's, I only have a quarter of a percent as my sample. 10 stray votes can push a song out of the top 100 on my list to around #50, when in actual fact #99 & #100 are probably going to end up more than 10 votes apart, which is why biases show up so strongly here. It's possible all of those are being overestimated by me, but then at the same time it's worth noting that my same system last year underestimated every single Amity Affliction track, and they ended up with 7 or 8 in the top 200. With just 2 tracks in contention (and only one gaining much traction) it is believeable for them to do as well as they appear to be.
Also for what it's worth, Tuka has My Star & Tattoo which have consistently hung around in the top 100 of my count.
I'm going to give the prediction thingy a go... sure I am way off.
1 king kunta - Kendrick Lamar 2 lean on - Major Lazer 3 let it happen - Tame Impala 4 hoops - Rubens 5 the trouble with us - Marcus Marr/Chet Faker 6 hotline bling - Drake 7 can't feel my face - The Weeknd 8 the less i know the better - Tame Impala 9 do you remember - Jarryd James 10 the buzz - Hermitude
11 ocean drive - Duke Dumont 12 you were right - Rufus 13 the hills - The Weeknd 14 fire and the flood - Vance Joy 15 never be - Meg Mac 16 downtown - Mackelmore 17 magnets - Disclosure/Lorde 18 like soda - Violent Soho 19 magnolia - Gangs Of Youths 20 loud places - Jamie xx
21 pedestrian at best - Courtney Barnett 22 young - Vallis Alps 23 say my name - Peking Duk 24 puppet theatre - Claptone 25 mob - Tkay Maidza 26 dynamite - Asta 27 middle - DJ Snake 28 eventually - Tame Impala 29 some minds - Flume 30 keeping score - LDRU
31 leave a trace - Chvrches 32 bend - Chet Faker 33 i know there's gonna be good times - Jamie xx 34 alright - Kendrick Lamar 35 shutdown - Skepta 36 greek tragedy - The Wombats 37 run - Allison Wonderland 38 weathered - Jack Garratt 39 embracing me - Safia 40 be your shadow - The Wombats
41 dead fox - Courtney Barnett 42 delilah - Florence + The Machine 43 mountains at my gate - Foals 44 clearest blue - Chvrches 45 u don't know - Allison Wonderland 46 flesh without blood - Grimes 47 shine on - Amity Affliction 48 like an animal - Rufus 49 throne - Bring The Horizon 50 suddenly - British India
51 big jet plane - Tuka 52 counting sheep - Safia 53 anchor - Birds Of Tokyo 54 omen - Disclosure/Sam Smith 55 regardless - Jarryd James/Julia Stone 56 cause i'm a man - Tame Impala 57 high by the beach - Lana Del Rey 58 40oz on repeat - Fidlar 59 cream on chrome - Ratatat 60 mercy - Muse
61 the alley - E^st 62 no one - Golden Features 63 what went down - Foals 64 lay down - DMA's 65 never let you go - Rudimental 66 what kind of man - Florence + The Machine 67 hallelujah - The Rubens 68 give me something - Jarryd James 69 powerful - Major Lazer/Ellie Goulding 70 holding on - Disclosure
71 these walls - Kendrick Lamar 72 deception bay - Boo Seeka 73 on fire - Carmada 74 be together - Major Lazer 75 sure love - Jarryd James 76 elevator operator - Courtney Barnett 77 monday - Matt Corby 78 alive - Sia 79 damn baby - Alpine 80 ship to wreck - Florence + The Machine
81 happy song - Bring the Horizon 82 lifted up - Passion Pit 83 electrical - Eves The Behaviour 84 hell boy - Seth Sentry 85 the thrill - Nero 86 don't wanna fight - Alabama Shakes 87 go - The Chemical Brothers 88 evie - Last Dinosaurs 89 first light - Django Django 90 the wolf - Mumford & Sons
91 distant past - Everything Everything 92 blacker the berry - Kendrick Lamar 93 queen of peace - Florence + The Machine 94 foolish - Alpine 95 emoticons - The Wombats 96 earned it - The Weeknd 97 clip my wings - Montaigne 98 kingdom leader - Boo Seeka 99 two weeks - #1 Dads 100 flashdrive - Waveracer
San Cisco were in there before, but Snow/Too Much Time Together are splitting a vote hard and now they're both not quite in. Mumfords aren't far off with The Wolf, and I imagine Sia will probably still slip in with how underrepresented she usually is in these .
How come Skrillex & Diplo's track featuring Bieber is excluded from the voting list when both Skrillex & Diplo are featured artists on JJJ?
Can't say it's because the song is too pop of because of the Biebs when Bruno Mars & Ellie Goulding have featured on two pop hits in the last 12 months.
Because triple j never played it. I don't wanna get into another debate about it, but I've found in nearly a decade of listening that I can get a good idea of what they will & won't play, and it doesn't surprise me in the slightest in this instance.
I am currently trying to get my votes down to 10 and am at 18 and am going to change my logic on who I vote for so have a couple of questions for you (sorry to be a pain)... As I am not concerned for what the #1 song will be and as I would rather see my favourites make the countdown can I ask you where some songs are sitting in your latest tallies that are absent from your Twitter updates as I will give my votes to those lingering around the top 100 mark rather than those that are either guaranteed to make it or have no chance of making it.
The songs I need to choose between are: Don't Wanna Fight - Alabama Shakes Foolish - Alpine Anchor - Birds Of Tokyo Electric Love - Borns Omen - Disclosure Dancin John Doe - Drapht The Alley - E^st She's A Witch - Gengahr Forces - Japanese Wallpaper Get Down - Jess Kent I Can't Lose - Mark Ronson Clip My Wings - Montaigne Call My Name - Mosquito COast Painted - MS MR The Thrill - Nero Bodyache - Purity Ring Nightlight - Silversun Pickups Automatic - Zhu
Your updates have helped me cull my list and save me voting for Kendrick, Major, Impala, Jarryd, Duke and my favourite song of the year Vallis Alps (which could still get my vote).
haha, it's not a pain at all Here's where they all are on my latest update
Foolish - #104 Anchor - #263 Electric Love - #342 Omen - #91 Dancin' John Doe - #160 The Alley - #174 She's A Witch - #318 (Fill My Gums With Blood is doing a little better) Forces - #67 Get Down - #176 I Can't Lose - #824 (only just started seeing votes for it today actually) Clip My Wings - #203 Call My Name - #82 Painted - #297 (Criminal is doing a little better) The Thrill - #299 (Two Minds is doing a little better) Bodyache - #159 (Begin Again will likely poll) Nightlight - #189 Automatic - #260 (Working For It will likely poll)
Even if I'm not the biggest fan of them in general (Real Love is not getting topped any time soon), I'm ok with them being in there as it's been such an integral part of the station for the last decade, and if nothing else, the continued success shows that the poll isn't dictated by non-listeners as is often touted.
Tuka's cover is pretty good though, I'm more concerned at a DMA's cover potentially getting in
Florence + The Machine - St. Jude Florence + The Machine - Queen Of Peace Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta Kita Alexander - Like You Want To Lana Del Rey - Music To Watch Boys To M.I.A. - Borders MØ - Kamikaze Tame Impala - Let It Happen Tame Impala - Reality In Motion Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better
Hijinx, could you please tell me where these 10 songs are sitting in your tallies? Thanks in advance
St. Jude - #316 Queen Of Peace - #135 (Ship To Wreck & Delilah are top 100 atm & What Kind Of Man is #111) King Kunta - #1 Like You Want To - #130 (just barely ahead of My Own Way) Music To Watch Boys To - #354 (High By The Beach is *just* in the top 100) Borders - #827 Kamikaze - #94 Let It Happen - #4 Reality In Motion - #513 The Less I Know The Better - #3
oh and Don't Wanna Fight is #55 which I missed in the previous post Last edited:
I just realised there are 2 versions of Tame Impala's Let It Happen in the voting list. Where does the other one lie in your ranks Hijinx?
Also this weeks chart sees 4 contenders in the Hottest 100 currently in the top 10. Good to see independent artists doing well mainstream. There are a good ten more in the top 50 too so a good 30% of the top 50 is represented on Triple J.
Y'know I had no idea where Georgia was deriving its popularity from. I saw it got played on Double J today, and last night I saw its first ever vote, so probably not much of a chance unless it blows up.
Snakehips I've been anticipating to break on through into the top 100 but they've slowed down a little. They're currently sitting around #120 but I do think they'll make it in. Hoping Chance can get two in as Baby Blue is quite close as well.
#Love Me - the 1975 # Where r u now - Skirllex # Doompy Poomp - Skrillex # For Free? - Kendrick Lamar # Cheap Thrills - Sia # Lay it all on me - Rudimental # Rumour Mill - Rudimental # Anna - Will Butler # Nobody Really Cares If you don't go to the party - Courtney Barnett Last edited:
Love Me - #968 Where Are Ü Now - #560 Doompy Poomp - N/A (a 2014 song anyhow) For Free? - #1329 Cheap Thrills - N/A (released after the cut off anyhow) Lay It All On Me - N/A Rumour Mill - #118 Anna - N/A Nobody Really Cares... - #132
Thank you Wow didn't know Doompy Poomp was from last year I thought Lay it all on me would have a good chance because it was a top 10 hit Sad that Anna not in there. Hopefully most Courtney Barnett songs make it in the 100
Where is Downtown at? I seen it a couple of times in your Twitter updates but haven't seen it for awhile, seems to be doing poorly, when some people predicted it top ten
All Day #160, Only One #395 Alive #130, Bird Set Free #405
@martin
Psycho #230, Dead Inside #326, Mercy #375 Exploitation #1526, nothing for the other two
@K8, it's probably only one vote, I think I accidentally highlighted the wrong cell counting a BOO SEEKA vote at the time, I might double check that later if I can be bothered.
Well, I expect they might do a little better than that because the average Muse fan is probably older than the average insta user, but tbh I'm surprised they're that high, coming off the back of their last album which only got a #75 Hottest 100 entry 3 years ago, there's no momentum. And of course, Psycho, Dead Inside, Mercy & Reapers (which is #436) are all splitting their vote.
Was Tuesday by ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake on the voting list last year? I am certain I had it shortlisted to vote for last year but scrapped it and now can't seem to see it on the voting list.
Nah, sadly they left it off both times I can only guess just because they're getting progressively more strict about release dates, and it just hadn't taken off (here) by December last year. Last edited:
Cashmere Cat (feat. Ariana Grande) - Adore Snakehips (feat. Tinashe & Chance the Rapper) - All My Friends BJ the Chicago Kid (feat. Chance the Rapper & Buddy) - Church Miguel - Coffee Thandi Phoenix - Come Around Leon Bridges - Coming Home Major Lazer (feat. MO & DJ Snake) - Lean On Disclosure (feat. Lorde) - Magnets Tory Lanez - Say It Missy Elliott (feat. Pharrell) - WTF
Could I ask where my votes are polling? Thank you.
Adore #641 All My Friends #133 (still think this will climb though) Church #1063 Coffee #510 Come Around N/A Coming Home #221 Lean On #6 (a good shot at #1 still, I'm likely underestimating it) Magnets #9 Say It N/A WTF #590 Last edited:
Could you please let me know where these songs are currently polling? Holding On - Disclosure Like You Want To - Kita Alexander Counting Sheep - SAFIA Loud Places - Jamie xx Give Me A Try - The Wombats Rabbit Run - City Calm Down Deception Bay - Boo Seeka Avocado Galaxy - World Champion Walk With Me - Cosmo's Midnight Icarus - Yeo Easy - Tiny Little Houses
Also, I reckon King Kunta, Lean On and Hoops will be 1,2,3 this year. King Kunta seems so popular with absolutely everyone!
Holding On - #243 Like You Want To - #126 Counting Sheep - #59 Loud Places - #24 Give Me A Try - #51 Rabbit Run - #135 Deception Bay - #32 Avocado Galaxy - #1687 Walk With Me - #110 Icarus - #984 Easy - #141
Hello Hijinx! Love your work. Trying to predict the hottest 100... Can you let me know your Twitter so I can follow you? Also - where the current songs are sitting... I have these in order of where I think they will place - I've only nominated 1 song per artist. THANKS!!
Major Lazer - Lean On The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta Tame Impala - Let It Happen Marcus Marr and Chet Faker - Trouble With Us Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Downtown The Rubens - Hoops Drake - Hotline Bling Disclosure - Magnets (feat. Lorde) Florence and the Machine - What Kind of Man Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best Jarryd James - Do You Remember RUFUS - You Were Right Peking Duk - Say My Name Vance Joy - Fire and the Flood The Wombats - Be Your Shadow Hermitude - The Buzz Gang of Youths - Magnolia Foals - Mountain At My Gates Jamie XX - I Know There's Gunna Be (Good Times) Alison Wonderland - Run CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace San Cisco - Too Much Time Together Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive Meg Mac - Never Be Violent Soho - Like Soda Chet Faker - Bend Bring Me the Horizon - Happy Song Grimes - Flesh Without Blood Boy and Bear - Walk the Wire LDRU - Keeping Score Claptone - Puppet Theatre Sia - Alive Tkay Maidza - M.O.B. Dj Snake - Middle Tuka - Big Jet Plane (Like a Version) Birds Of Tokyo - Anchor Lana Del Ray - High By The Beach Jack Garratt - Weathered Alpine - Foolish Bloc Party - the love within British India - suddenly Carmada - On Fire DMAs - lay down Flight Facilities - Down To Earth Flume - some minds Hayden James - something about you Mark Ronson - in case of fire Matt Corby - Monday Wolf Alice - frezy Valis alps - young
Thanks Hijinx, it was on the hitlist at the time of voting. According to Last FM Triple J have played Tuesday 28 times in the past 12 months. Maybe that's where I am getting my wires crossed.
Lean On #6 Can't Feel My Face #16 King Kunta #1 Let It Happen #5 Trouble With Us #8 Downtown #45 Hoops #2 Hotline Bling #18 Magnets #9 What Kind of Man #102 Pedestrian At Best #35 Do You Remember #15 You Were Right #19 Say My Name #37 Fire and the Flood #21 Be Your Shadow #72 The Buzz #7 Magnolia #11 Mountain At My Gates #17 I Know There's Gunna Be (Good Times) #25 Run #47 Leave A Trace #38 Too Much Time Together #106 Ocean Drive #13 Never Be #10 Like Soda #4 Bend #191 Happy Song #69 Flesh Without Blood #57 Walk the Wire #87 Keeping Score #26 Puppet Theatre #49 Alive #132 M.O.B. #31 Middle #20 Big Jet Plane #42 Anchor #215 High By The Beach #104 Weathered #63 Foolish #83 The Love Within #169 Suddenly #52 On Fire #73 Lay Down #44 Down To Earth #115 Some Minds #27 Something About You #36 In Case of Fire #585 Monday #43 Freazy #310 Young #14
It is worth acknowledging at this stage that I'm nearly a week behind in my counting, I will catch up soon Last edited:
Birds Of Tokyo - I'd Go With You Anywhere Disclosure - Magnets {Ft. Lorde} Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive Hermitude - The Buzz {Ft. Mataya/Young Tapz} Major Lazer - Lean On {Ft. MØ/DJ Snake} Peking Duk - Say My Name {Ft. Benjamin Joseph} San Cisco - Too Much Time Together The Weeknd - The Hills The Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face ZHU x Skrillex x THEY - Working For It
Can I please ask currently where are Birds Of Tokyo & ZHU sitting thanks jinx. Last edited:
Not sure if anyone knows the answer but how come Elastic Heart is not in the voting list for this years Hottest 100 when it was released this year and Sia is a JJJ artist and the song featured in the Hitlist. The version with The Weeknd & Diplo was in the 2013 voting list but if they allowed two versions of Tennis Court and Let It Happen then why is Sia excluded? I believe the same happened with Florence. Her song Spectrum was in the voting list and the following year the Calvin Harris remix was in the voting list.
AlunaGeorge likewise, her song You Know You Like It was in the 2013 list but her version with DJ Snake was excluded from the 2014 list (not that it would have had much of an impact last year) and I guess the dance version of Summertime Sadness by Lana is another one.
Elastic Heart (the solo version) wasn't released in 2015 though. It showed up on her album in 2014, and I guess they didn't see need to include it then because it wasn't one of the more played songs on the album (at the time). The examples you're citing are remixes, this is just the same track with Sia singing The Weeknd's verse.
With AlunaGeorge & Lana Del Rey, I don't think triple j really ever played those remixes, whereas the other ones have gotten decent airplay. Last edited:
Personally I'm disappointed that Years & Years have been snubbed from this year's shortlist, particularly as both "King" and "Shine" were on The Hitlist in the first half of the year. From memory, "Take Shelter" and "Desire" were both on last year's shortlist.
It seems "the powers that may be" have deemed them too commercial now, which I don't understand - over the years there have been plenty of artists that Triple J had first championed who have then crossed over to have mainstream chart success.
Also disappointed that Hot Chip's "Need You Now" didn't get a look in - one of my favourite tracks of the year.
My alternative vote: Drake - Hotline Bling Drake - HotlineBling Drake - H otline Bling Drake - Ho tline Bling Drake - Hot line Bling Drake - Hotl ine Bling Drake - Hotli ne Bling Drake - Hotlin e Bling Drake - Hotline B ling Drake - Hotline Bl ing
My Votes: Drake - Hotline Bling Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta Kendrick Lamar - The Blacker The Berry Muse - Reapers Muse - Psycho RÜFÜS - Innerbloom Skepta - Shutdown Tame Impala - Let It Happen Tkay Maidza - M.O.B. Violent Soho - Like Soda
Missing Out: Bring Me The Horizon - Happy Song DJ Snake - Middle {Ft. Bipolar Sunshine} Dr. Dre - Genocide {Ft. Kendrick Lamar/Marsha Ambrosius/Candice Pillay} Kendrick Lamar - Alright Hermitude - The Buzz {Ft. Mataya/Young Tapz} L D R U - Keeping Score {Ft. Paige IV} MØ - Kamikaze Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better The Weeknd - Losers {Ft. Labrinth} The Weeknd - The Hills
Are you also able to tell us where these songs currently sitting Hijinx? Thanks in advance.
Hotline Bling #18 King Kunta #1 The Blacker The Berry #185 Reapers #449 Psycho #236 Innerbloom #140 Shutdown #78 Let It Happen #5 M.O.B. #31 Like Soda #4
I do feel Like Soda may slip back on my estimate. Violent Soho are known for being overestimated and it does feel like it shouldn't be higher than #20. For reference, The Griswolds did a similar thing in my count and they finished at #28.
Downtown will certainly be higher than my count. It's a big hit but at the same time, not one that people will be proudly displaying their vote for (with some exceptions ) because Macklemore is perennially uncool. The Less I Know The Better doesn't surprise me as it's a more recent single, it doesn't go for 7 minutes, and it's been consistently jumping around in the top 200 on iTunes for around 5 months now, making it probably their most popular song now.
The top three you have there seems most likely though I couldn't confidently say what order they'll be in! After that it really feels like a case of unpredictable wildcards, Tame Impala could get in the top 5, but I wouldn't count out Disclosure, Hermitude, Marcus Marr, Drake, The Weeknd etc out either! This feels like the most packed out Hottest 100 with huge songs in years. Last edited:
Generally music in that same vein. Boy & Bear are already pegged to land in my top 100 but they could move into the top 50. Sia I have #130ish on my mark but she is underestimated every single time so she'll probably get in. Mumford & Sons not getting in seems too good to be true too so The Wolf & maybe Ditmas will surpass my #101-#200 estimations.
Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight Gang of Youths - Poison Drum Koi Child - Black Panda The Paper Kites - Electric Indigo Ratatat - Cream On Chrome The Rubens - Hallelujah The Rubens - Hoops The Rubens - The Night Is On My Side SAFIA - Counting Sheep Zhu/Skrillex/THEY - Working for it
The Rubens - Hoops Methyl Ethel - Twilight Driving Holy Holy - You Cannot Call For Love Like A Dog Japanese Wallpaper - Forces Vance Joy - Fire and The Flood Miami Horror - Love Like Mine Boo Seeka - Kingdom Leader Florence - Queen of Peace Birds of Tokyo - I'd Go With You Anywhere Muse - Dead Inside
Hijinx, here is my predicted Top 60ish below in order. Could you please tell me where these songs are currently at in your count for comparison.
Let It Happen Do You Remember King Kunta Lean On Hoops Can’t Feel My Face The Buzz The Less I Know The Better The Trouble With Us The Hills Magnets Never Be Hotline Bling Ocean Drive Fire & The Flood You Were Right Middle Downtown Pedestrian At Best Loud Places Say My Name I Know There’s Gonna Be Times Greek Tragedy Ship To Wreck Dynamite Magnolia Like Soda Mountain At My Gates Leave A Trace Keeping Score Anchor 40oz On Repeat Powerful Counting Sheep Weathered Monday M.O.B. Some Minds Puppet Theatre Flesh Without Blood Delilah U Don’t Know Young Be Your Shadow High By The Beach Alive Regardless Omen Shine On Bend Multi-Love Long Loud Hours Embracing Me First Light Electrical Distant Past Should Have Known Better Give Me Something Aerial Love Happy Song Deception Bay Cream On Chrome
I did cover most of these songs about a week ago in my big post a little higher upthread, those songs wouldn't have moved much at all since.
The ones I didn't cover...
40oz. On Repeat - #53 Aerial Love - #339 Counting Sheep - #55 Cream On Chrome - #69 Deception Bay - #36 Delilah - #46 Distant Past - #95 Dynamite - #38 Electrical - #189 Embracing Me - #21 First Light - #393 Give Me Something - #184 Greek Tragedy - #23 Long Loud Hours - #31 Loud Places - #24 Multi-Love - #42 Omen - #76 Powerful - #153 Regardless - #155 Shine On - #29 Ship To Wreck - #92 Should Have Known Better - #113 The Hills - #14 The Less I Know The Better - #3 U Don’t Know - #119
I just counted my 25,000th lol. Last year I had over 40,000, but that was the biggest voting turnout ever, so I may actually get a higher proportion this year.
A bit of a mixed back but mostly in ways that can be expected based on prior knowledge of sampling bias. About 85/100 of the top 100 I collected actually got in there, and most pretty close to the predicted mark.
Alison Wonderland - Games Claptone - Puppet Theatre {Ft. Peter Bjorn & John} DJ Snake - Middle {Ft. Bipolar Sunshine} Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive Nero - The Thrill Ngaiire - Once RUFUS - Innerbloom RUFUS - You Were Right Snakehips - All My Friends {Ft. Tinashe/Chance The Rapper} Wafia - Heartburn
Hijinx what songs do you predict will be the big movers - up or down? Downtown is an obvious one to perform better on the big day but possibly not Top 20 after all? What are your thoughts on Young, Magnolia and Like Soda? Do you think they will stay in the Top 20?
@Art4, I think the 3 you highlighted (+Foals) are perhaps the most likely to get pushed out of the top 20 by Macklemore or Vance Joy or something. I also think Major Lazer's Powerful & Be Together will do a lot better than the #159 & #178 I have them sitting at.
@thewitness Pretty Pimpin I have #84. The write-ins aren't overly significant this year (nothing could beat last year after all ), Sufjan is #460, behind Drake & Jack Ü, who aren't really much higher anyway.
Hijinx, how much of a margin is there between the Top 3? I'm surprised that KK is in the lead - it's a great track but it just doesn't "sound" like a JJJ #1 to me. Out of the three of them, I think Hoops sounds the most like a traditional #1. Is there any chance it could take it out, or are KK and LO too far ahead?
Like last year, Peking Duk seemed to be ahead in the social media tallies and with the bookies, but Chet Faker sounded more like a traditional JJJ #1, and sure enough, he was victorious.
I'm also surprised Courtney Barnett is ranked as low as the 30s - I would've thought Pedestrian At Best would've stood a good chance for the Top 20 at least, considering the success she's had both here and internationally this year. Could it be that her demographic is more mature age, and perhaps less social media savvy, thus less likely to be posting their votes on Twitter? Last edited:
I can agree on Chet Faker, but I'd say Hoops doesn't at all feel like a #1, rather another one of those middle carders that randomly took off in a big way. Kind of like how Little Red & Art vs. Science were #2 with what would have been absurd #1s. Lean On feels right at home at #1, I can already imagine the thinkpieces that will suggest everything on triple j sounds like it My guess for #1 is as good as anyone's though. The top 2 margin is more than twice as big as last year, but Major Lazer are getting big late traction and would be prime for being underestimated in my count. King Kunta could do it though; my count underestimated "i" last year after all and it's getting even more votes (per voter) than Peking Duk/Chet Faker last year. But still I think Major Lazer are most likely.
I think with Courtney the fact is just that her vote is split more than anyone else in contention. Add them all together and she's easily in the top 10. Like you though, I couldn't say for sure how her demographic bias would sway. If she's being under-counted, she's a great shot at getting 4 entries in which is never anything to sniff at.
I wouldn't know because I haven't added anything lol. I don't expect anything more drastic to come though. Everything's mostly locked into place except late runners like All My Friends (which is up to #82 now). Things could change on the last day of voting though as people scurry to vote the first 10 things they can think of.
Hijinx any chance you could give us your current predicted Top 30 not just based on the vote count but also your opinion of where songs will end up based on the bias of the count and other factors?
They are eligible in the sense that they were released in 2015, but triple j have only once ever played 21P (Tear In My Heart incidentally) so they're not actually on the voting list. Polarize is the only song of theirs I've seen receive a vote online.
Hijinx, I'm following your Twitter account, good stuff! I'm doing a hottest 100 top ten bet with my mates and it has been very helpful! I was just wondering the places of a few songs I voted for if you could help out that'd be sweet! The kooks - creatures of habit Jai wolf - Indian summer Tourist - holding on Alison wonderland - take it to reality Hermitude - through the roof Santigold - can't get enough of myself Purity ring - bodyache And all of Dillon Francis' songs! Cheers!
Kooks #259 Jai Wolf #120 Tourist #181 Alison #135 Hermitude #126 Santigold #323 Purity Ring #144 Dillon Francis has Bruk Bruk at #210 but the other two (Sun Coming Up & Bun Up The Dance) are around #800 with 4 votes each.
I thought it was interesting that I couldn't vote for 'New Americana'... but it mustn't have been played on JJJ in 2015... or it was a 2014 eligible song...
Anyway, I cut it fine, but my votes are in:
Sia 'Alive' Macklemore & Ryan Lewis & the others 'Downtown' Metric 'The Shade' SAFIA 'Counting Sheep' Jinja Safari 'Find My Way' The Weeknd 'The Hills' Marcus Marr & Chet Faker 'The Trouble With Us' British India 'Suddenly' Hopium 'Right Now' Eves The Behaviour 'Electrical'
So those votes are big hints at my impending EOY chart...
Hijinx, if it's not too much to ask, where do my votes sit on your vote counting?
Only Halsey songs I've heard on the radio this year are Ghost, Hold Me Down & Hurricane.
Alive - #146 Downtown - #39 The Shade - nada Counting Sheep - #63 Find My Way - #965 The Hills - #18 The Trouble With Us - #8 Suddenly - #49 Right Now - #304 Electrical - #191
Just thought I'd check Hijinx, are you planning on posting your final results on here? Sounds like you've still got a lot of counting you want to do, but I'd be interested to see how it's comparing to the Tepid 100's prediction. Sound like you've already got a bigger sample.
Finally remembered to get around to it, so I shat out my (probably mostly irrelevant) votes tonight:
British India - Suddenly Catfish And The Bottlemen - Hourglass {Single Version} Circa Waves - T-Shirt Weather City Calm Down - Rabbit Run Florence And The Machine - Ship To Wreck Jarryd James - Do You Remember Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin National, The - Sunshine On My Back San Cisco - Too Much Time Together Vance Joy - Fire And The Flood
The Hills, Anchor and I'd Go With You Anywhere just missed the cut.
My predicted Hottest 100 for 2015 Pos Song 1 Major Lazer - Lean On {Ft. MØ/DJ Snake} 2 Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta 3 Rubens, The - Hoops 4 Hermitude - The Buzz {Ft. Mataya/Young Tapz} 5 Disclosure - Magnets {Ft. Lorde} 6 Weeknd, The - Can't Feel My Face 7 Vance Joy - Fire And The Flood 8 Marcus Marr & Chet Faker - The Trouble With Us 9 Jarryd James - Do You Remember 10 Drake - Hotline Bling 11 Meg Mac - Never Be 12 Weeknd, The - The Hills 13 Tame Impala - Let It Happen 14 Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive 15 Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better 16 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - DOWNTOWN {Ft. Eric Nally/Melle Mel/Kool Moe Dee/Grandmaster Caz} 17 Gang Of Youths - Magnolia 18 RUFUS - You Were Right 19 Jamie xx - Loud Places {Ft. Romy} 20 Vallis Alps - Young 21 DJ Snake - Middle {Ft. Bipolar Sunshine} 22 Amity Affliction, The - Shine On 23 Jamie xx - I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) {Ft. Young Thug/Popcaan} 24 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian At Best 25 Flume - Some Minds {Ft. Andrew Wyatt} 26 Wombats, The - Greek Tragedy 27 Sia - Alive 28 Major Lazer - Powerful {Ft. Ellie Goulding/Tarrus Riley} 29 Violent Soho - Like Soda 30 Florence And The Machine - Delilah 31 Florence And The Machine - What Kind Of Man 32 Bring Me The Horizon - Throne 33 Chvrches - Leave A Trace 34 Florence And The Machine - Ship To Wreck 35 San Cisco - Too Much Time Together 36 Urthboy - Long Loud Hours {Ft. Bertie Blackman} 37 Asta - Dynamite {Ft. Allday} 38 Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight 39 Illy - Swear Jar 40 SAFIA - Embracing Me 41 Kendrick Lamar - Alright 42 Tkay Maidza - M.O.B. 43 Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love 44 Japanese Wallpaper - Forces {Ft. Airling} 45 Matt Corby - Monday 46 Boy & Bear - Walk The Wire 47 Wombats, The - Give Me A Try 48 Alpine - Foolish 49 Courtney Barnett - Depreston 50 British India - Suddenly 51 Flight Facilities - Heart Attack {Ft. Owl Eyes} {Radio Edit} 52 Birds Of Tokyo - Anchor 53 L D R U - Keeping Score {Ft. Paige IV} 54 Rudimental - Rumour Mill {Ft. AnneMarie/Will Heard} 55 Peking Duk - Say My Name {Ft. Benjamin Joseph} 56 RUFUS - Like An Animal 57 Disclosure - Omen {Ft. Sam Smith} 58 Chvrches - Clearest Blue 59 Foals - Mountain At My Gates 60 BOO SEEKA - Deception Bay 61 Ratatat - Cream On Chrome 62 Hayden James - Something About You 63 Wombats, The - Be Your Shadow 64 Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach 65 Bring Me The Horizon - Happy Song 66 Ngaiire - Once 67 Claptone - Puppet Theatre {Ft. Peter Bjorn & John} 68 Courtney Barnett - Elevator Operator 69 Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin 70 Paper Kites, The - Electric Indigo 71 ZHU x Skrillex x THEY. - Working For It 72 Jack Garratt - Weathered 73 Tame Impala - Eventually 74 Snakehips - All My Friends {Ft. Tinashe/Chance The Rapper} 75 DMA's - Lay Down 76 Purity Ring - Begin Again 77 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood 78 Halsey - Hold Me Down 79 Flight Facilities - Down To Earth {Radio Edit} 80 Golden Features - No One {Ft. Thelma Plum} 81 Florence And The Machine - Queen Of Peace 82 Tuka - Big Jet Plane {triple j Like A Version} 83 What So Not - Gemini {Ft. George Maple} 84 Chemical Brothers, The - Go {Ft. Q-Tip} 85 Skepta - Shutdown 86 Childish Gambino - So Into You {triple j Like A Version} 87 Rubens, The - Hallelujah 88 MO - Kamikaze 89 RUFUS - Innerbloom 90 Sticky Fingers - Delete {triple j Like A Version} 91 Birds Of Tokyo - I'd Go With You Anywhere 92 SAFIA - Counting Sheep 93 Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better 94 Everything Everything - Distant Past 95 Wafia - Heartburn 96 Kendrick Lamar - These Walls {Ft. Bilal/Anna Wise/Thundercat} 97 San Cisco - Snow 98 Seth Sentry - Hell Boy 99 Methyl Ethel - Twilight Driving 100 Parkway Drive - Vice Grip 101 Bring Me The Horizon - True Friends
My totally incorrect top 10 prediction 1. King Kunta 2. Hoops 3. The Less I Know The Better 4. Let It Happen 5. Lean On 6. Never Be 7. The Trouble With Us 8. The Buzz 9. Magnets 10. You Were Right
I would have thought Chet Faker's solo effort would have been a definite in the top 100... he must have a decent fan base especially after last years results.
I am also surprised Shutdown isn't more popular. I would have predicted top 50ish.
Hoping for a better than expected placing for Downtown, Leave A Trace, Let It Happen, Loud Places, No One, Some Minds and The Buzz. I'll have my 'Lean On' banner ready.
I think Bend would have gotten in if the Work EP was never released, which really took the attention away from it. It only barely limped into the top 200 on my count at #198, whereas last year the lowest song that actually made the countdown was #164 so it'd be a bit of a stretch to get through.
I just downloaded some of the Courtney Barnett tracks you guys predict to make the top 100 as I have never given them much attention and I have to say I fail to see the hype with her. I hope with multiple entries she does worse than predicted.
just over 2 million votes again so seems the whole Taylor Swift thing didn't make a difference, or it just helped that they closed it off at midday which meant for a longer staggered 'voting about to close' period. By my count, my predicted list has 1 more AU artist than projected, and 3 more debutant artists, though for the latter it's not clear how much some of them count (eg Ratatat, THEY., Tuka)
Diplo & Sleepy Tom - Be Right There Eves The Behavior - Electrical Grimes - Flesh Without Blood Nero - The Thrill Nero - Two Minds SAFIA - Counting Sheep Tame Impala - Let It Happen Tkay Maidza - M.O.B. Weeknd, The - Can't Feel My Face What So Not - Gemini {Ft. George Maple}
In case anyone was wondering, my #1 was The Thrill (highest on my EOY).
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How can this be? I'm not a Triple J fan. 
Sad that Anna not in there. Hopefully most Courtney Barnett songs make it in the 100