Triple j Hottest 100, 2022
# Triple j Hottest 100, 2022

The 2022 triple j Hottest 100 was announced on 28 January 2023. It was the 30th annual countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as voted for by listeners of Australian radio station triple j. The day before, the Hottest 200 played, counting down songs 200–101. Merchandise sales from the event supported the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Australian musician Flume's song "Say Nothing" featuring May-a was voted into first place. Australian band Spacey Jane had the most entries, with six, including three in the top 10. Over 2.4 million votes were submitted, and 57 entries in the countdown originated from Australian artists.

## Background

Any song initially released between 1 December 2021 and 30 November 2022 was eligible for the triple j Hottest 100 of 2022. The triple j Hottest 100 allows members of the public to vote online for their top ten songs of the year, which are then used to calculate the year's 100 most popular songs. Voting opened on 13 December 2022, and closed on 23 January 2023.

The 2021 triple j Hottest 100 culminated with the Wiggles' Like a Version cover of Tame Impala's "Elephant" reaching number one. Over $1.2 million was raised for crisis support organisation Lifeline, the countdown's partner.

### Projections

On 10 January 2023, triple j announced there were fewer than 125 votes separating the top two songs. Online database 100 Warm Tunas, "the internet's most accurate prediction" of Hottest 100 results, was favouring "In the Wake of Your Leave" by Australian alternative rock band Gang of Youths to take the top spot, followed by "Hardlight" by Fremantle-based rock band Spacey Jane and "Stars in My Eyes" by Brisbane-based pop rock band Ball Park Music. The former two bands also had major wins in the triple j Album Poll and the 2022 J Awards respectively. On the day of the countdown, Sportsbet had English DJs Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal's "B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)" and Australian producer Flume's "Say Nothing" as the most likely to win outright.

## Full list

* Note: Australian artists

| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Say Nothing | Flume featuring May-a | Australia |
| 2 | B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All) | Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal | United Kingdom |
| 3 | Hardlight | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 4 | Bad Habit | Steve Lacy | United States |
| 5 | It's Been a Long Day | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 6 | Sitting Up | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 7 | About Damn Time | Lizzo | United States |
| 8 | Stars in My Eyes | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 9 | In the Wake of Your Leave | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 10 | Glimpse of Us | Joji | Japan |
| 11 | Gay 4 Me | G Flip featuring Lauren Sanderson | Australia/United States |
| 12 | First Class | Jack Harlow | United States |
| 13 | New Gold | Gorillaz featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown | United Kingdom/Australia/United States |
| 14 | Delilah (Pull Me Out of This) | Fred Again | United Kingdom |
| 15 | Facts of Life | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 16 | God Is a Freak | Peach PRC | Australia |
| 17 | Get Inspired | Genesis Owusu | Ghana/Australia |
| 18 | Turn On the Lights Again | Fred Again and Swedish House Mafia featuring Future | United Kingdom/Sweden/United States |
| 19 | Stranger Days | Skegss | Australia |
| 20 | Shirt | SZA | United States |
| 21 | Backseat of My Mind | Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 22 | Vegas | Doja Cat | United States |
| 23 | Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (Like a Version) | Dune Rats | Australia |
| 24 | Cuff It | Beyoncé | United States |
| 25 | Pulling Through | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 26 | Jungle | Fred Again | United Kingdom |
| 27 | Camp Dog | King Stingray | Australia |
| 28 | Big City Life | Luude and Mattafix | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 29 | Clarity | Vance Joy | Australia |
| 30 | Shooting Stars (Like a Version) | Flume featuring Toro y Moi | Australia/United States |
| 31 | Wish You Well | Baker Boy featuring Bernard Fanning | Australia |
| 32 | TV | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 33 | Thousand Miles | The Kid Laroi | Australia |
| 34 | Colin | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 35 | Let's Go | King Stingray | Australia |
| 36 | 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) | Lizzo | United States |
| 37 | Miracle Maker | Dom Dolla featuring Clementine Douglas | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 38 | Strangers | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 39 | Doja | Central Cee | United Kingdom |
| 40 | Yet | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 41 | N95 | Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 42 | Break My Soul | Beyoncé | United States |
| 43 | Yellow (Like a Version) | King Stingray | Australia |
| 44 | Rich Flex | Drake and 21 Savage | Canada/United Kingdom |
| 45 | This Is Why | Paramore | United States |
| 46 | Ripple | Sycco featuring Flume and Chrome Sparks | Australia/United States |
| 47 | Growing Up Is | Ruel | United Kingdom/Australia |
| 48 | It's a Killa | Fisher and Shermanology | Australia/Netherlands |
| 49 | Star Walkin' (League of Legends Worlds Anthem) | Lil Nas X | United States |
| 50 | Slugger 1.4 (2014 Export.WAV) | Flume | Australia |
| 51 | I Like You (A Happier Song) | Post Malone featuring Doja Cat | United States |
| 52 | Burn Dem Bridges | Skin on Skin | Australia |
| 53 | 6L GTR | The Chats | Australia |
| 54 | A Whole Day's Night | Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne and Tom Thum | Australia |
| 55 | Girl Sports | Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers | Australia |
| 56 | Deepest Darkness | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 57 | Leaving for London | Pacific Avenue | Australia |
| 58 | I'm in Love with You | The 1975 | United Kingdom |
| 59 | Double Vision | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 60 | Country Club | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 61 | Messy in Heaven | Venbee and Goddard | United Kingdom |
| 62 | Home | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 63 | Teddy | Teenage Dads | Australia |
| 64 | Anakin | The Rions | Australia |
| 65 | Forever Drunk | Peach PRC | Australia |
| 66 | The Brown Snake | Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 67 | Escapism | Raye featuring 070 Shake | United Kingdom/United States |
| 68 | Yeah the Girls | Fisher featuring Meryll | Australia/Netherlands |
| 69 | Maybe | Machine Gun Kelly featuring Bring Me the Horizon | United States/United Kingdom |
| 70 | Only Wanna Be with You | Amy Shark | Australia |
| 71 | Show Business | Hilltop Hoods featuring Eamon | Australia/United States |
| 72 | Static | Steve Lacy | United States |
| 73 | No Choice | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 74 | She's All I Wanna Be | Tate McRae | Canada |
| 75 | Bothers Me | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 76 | Jimmy Cooks | Drake featuring 21 Savage | Canada/United Kingdom |
| 77 | There'd Better Be a Mirrorball | Arctic Monkeys | United Kingdom |
| 78 | Kamikaze | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 79 | Body Paint | Arctic Monkeys | United Kingdom |
| 80 | Walkin | Denzel Curry | United States |
| 81 | Beach Boy | Benee | New Zealand |
| 82 | Is This What It Feels Like to Feel Like This? | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 83 | Handful | Beddy Rays | Australia |
| 84 | The 30th | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 85 | Everybody's Saying Thursday's the Weekend | DMA's | Australia |
| 86 | Glitch | Parkway Drive | Australia |
| 87 | GTFO | Genesis Owusu | Ghana/Australia |
| 88 | Oh Caroline | The 1975 | United Kingdom |
| 89 | Show Me Your God | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 90 | I Don't Wanna Do Nothing Forever | The Smith Street Band | Australia |
| 91 | Free | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 92 | Alright | Sam Fender | United Kingdom |
| 93 | Holy Moley | Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 94 | Lupa | King Stingray | Australia |
| 95 | Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All) | Omar Apollo | United States |
| 96 | Waste of Space | G Flip | Australia |
| 97 | Betty (Get Money) | Yung Gravy | United States |
| 98 | Bad Memories | Meduza and James Carter featuring Elley Duhé and Fast Boy | Italy/United Kingdom/United States/Germany |
| 99 | Sidelines | Phoebe Bridgers | United States |
| 100 | Danielle (Smile on My Face) | Fred Again | United Kingdom |

## Countries represented

* Australia – 57
* United States – 28
* United Kingdom – 25
* Canada – 3
* Ghana – 2
* Netherlands – 2
* Japan – 1
* Sweden – 1
* New Zealand – 1
* Germany – 1
* Italy – 1

## Artists with multiple entries

### Six entries

* Spacey Jane (3, 5, 6, 25, 40, 75)

### Four entries

* Flume – three as primary artist and once as a featured artist (1, 30, 46, 50)
* Fred Again (14, 18, 26, 100)
* Lime Cordiale (15, 34, 60, 93)
* King Stingray (27, 35, 43, 94)

### Three entries

* Ocean Alley (56, 59, 62)

### Two entries

* Steve Lacy (4, 72)
* Lizzo (7, 36)
* G Flip (11, 96)
* Tame Impala – once solo and once as a featured artist (13, 73)
* Peach PRC (16, 65)
* Genesis Owusu (17, 87)
* Thelma Plum (21, 66)
* Doja Cat – once solo and once as a featured artist (22, 51)
* Beyoncé (24, 42)
* Billie Eilish (32, 84)
* Bring Me the Horizon – once solo and once as a featured artist (38, 69)
* Drake (44, 76)
* 21 Savage – once as a co-lead artist and once as a featured artist (44, 76)
* Fisher (48, 68)
* Hilltop Hoods (54, 71)
* The 1975 (58, 88)
* Arctic Monkeys (77, 79)
