Triple J Hottest 100, 2008
# Triple J Hottest 100, 2008

The 2008 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day, 26 January 2009. It was the sixteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station, Triple J.

2008 was also the first year of the countdown where Triple J made public the full list of songs that did not make the list proper. Coined as the "Hottest 200", the list was released online shortly after the main countdown.

Voting commenced on Boxing Day, 26 December 2008, and closed on 18 January 2009. The second half of the countdown was broadcast live from Parramatta Park in New South Wales, with live crosses to the Big Day Out, held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria.

Over 800,000 votes were received, a record number.

## Full list

Note: Australian artists

| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sex on Fire | Kings of Leon | United States |
| 2 | Electric Feel | MGMT | United States |
| 3 | Use Somebody | Kings of Leon | United States |
| 4 | Walking on a Dream | Empire of the Sun | Australia |
| 5 | Kids | MGMT | United States |
| 6 | Talk Like That | The Presets | Australia |
| 7 | The Festival Song | Pez featuring 360 and Hailey Cramer | Australia |
| 8 | This Boy's in Love | The Presets | Australia |
| 9 | That's Not My Name | The Ting Tings | United Kingdom |
| 10 | Jimmy Recard | Drapht | Australia |
| 11 | My Delirium | Ladyhawke | New Zealand |
| 12 | Embrace | Pnau featuring Ladyhawke | Australia and New Zealand |
| 13 | The King Is Dead | The Herd | Australia |
| 14 | No Sex for Ben | The Rapture | United States |
| 15 | Lights & Music | Cut Copy | Australia |
| 16 | You Don't Know Me | Ben Folds featuring Regina Spektor | United States |
| 17 | Dance wiv Me | Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome | United Kingdom |
| 18 | Time to Pretend | MGMT | United States |
| 19 | Business Time | Flight of the Conchords | New Zealand |
| 20 | Broken Bones | Birds of Tokyo | Australia |
| 21 | Skinny Love | Bon Iver | United States |
| 22 | Silhouettic | Birds of Tokyo | Australia |
| 23 | White Noise | The Living End | Australia |
| 24 | Closer | Kings of Leon | United States |
| 25 | Never Miss a Beat | Kaiser Chiefs | United Kingdom |
| 26 | Paris Is Burning | Ladyhawke | New Zealand |
| 27 | The Lighthouse Song | Josh Pyke | Australia |
| 28 | That Beep | Architecture in Helsinki | Australia |
| 29 | Make You Happy | Josh Pyke | Australia |
| 30 | Oxford Comma | Vampire Weekend | United States |
| 31 | Bird of Feather | Cog | Australia |
| 32 | A-Punk | Vampire Weekend | United States |
| 33 | Always Where I Need to Be | The Kooks | United Kingdom |
| 34 | Burn Bridges | The Grates | Australia |
| 35 | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Australia |
| 36 | I Will Possess Your Heart | Death Cab for Cutie | United States |
| 37 | I Said I'm Sorry | British India | Australia |
| 38 | Something Is Not Right with Me | Cold War Kids | United States |
| 39 | I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked | Ida Maria | Norway |
| 40 | Eye of the Storm | Bliss n Eso | Australia |
| 41 | I Will Never Love You More | Soko | France |
| 42 | Jungle Drum | Emilíana Torrini | Iceland |
| 43 | Ghosts | Laura Marling | United Kingdom |
| 44 | Flippers | Art vs. Science | Australia |
| 45 | Ice Cream (Triple J live acoustic version) | Muscles | Australia |
| 46 | The Fear | Lily Allen | United Kingdom |
| 47 | Coca-Cola | Little Red | Australia |
| 48 | Stay with Me Bright Eyes | Something with Numbers | Australia |
| 49 | Young Love | Mystery Jets featuring Laura Marling | United Kingdom |
| 50 | Breakout | Ash Grunwald | Australia |
| 51 | Wild Eyed Boy | Birds of Tokyo | Australia |
| 52 | Human | The Killers | United States |
| 53 | Window and the Watcher | The Butterfly Effect | Australia |
| 54 | Baby | Pnau | Australia |
| 55 | Your Party | Ween | United States |
| 56 | Yippiyo-Ay | The Presets | Australia |
| 57 | L.E.S. Artistes | Santogold | United States |
| 58 | Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa | Vampire Weekend | United States |
| 59 | Where the City Meets the Sea | The Getaway Plan | Australia |
| 60 | The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room) | Flight of the Conchords | New Zealand |
| 61 | The Sea is Rising | Bliss n Eso | Australia |
| 62 | Sleepwalking | Faker | Australia |
| 63 | 2020 | The Herd | Australia |
| 64 | Dawn of the Dead | Does It Offend You, Yeah? | United Kingdom |
| 65 | White Winter Hymnal | Fleet Foxes | United States |
| 66 | Farewell Rocketship | Children Collide | Australia |
| 67 | Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros | Flight of the Conchords | New Zealand |
| 68 | We Are the People | Empire of the Sun | Australia |
| 69 | Ready for the Floor | Hot Chip | United Kingdom |
| 70 | Crawl | Kings of Leon | United States |
| 71 | One (Blake's Got a New Face) | Vampire Weekend | United States |
| 72 | No One's Gonna Love You | Band of Horses | United States |
| 73 | Spaceman | The Killers | United States |
| 74 | I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You | Black Kids | United States |
| 75 | Half Full Glass of Wine | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 76 | Polka | Yves Klein Blue | Australia |
| 77 | Falling | Drapht | Australia |
| 78 | Shut Up and Let Me Go | The Ting Tings | United Kingdom |
| 79 | Jealousy | Sparkadia | Australia |
| 80 | Aw Yeah | The Grates | Australia |
| 81 | Pork and Beans | Weezer | United States |
| 82 | Ulysses | Franz Ferdinand | United Kingdom |
| 83 | Carve Your Name | The Grates | Australia |
| 84 | Re-Education (Through Labor) | Rise Against | United States |
| 85 | 1981 | Gyroscope | Australia |
| 86 | Beautiful Ugly | Muph & Plutonic | Australia |
| 87 | Another Way to Die | Jack White and Alicia Keys | United States |
| 88 | The Day That Never Comes | Metallica | United States |
| 89 | Love Lockdown | Kanye West | United States |
| 90 | Fuck You | Lily Allen | United Kingdom |
| 91 | Neopolitan Dreams | Lisa Mitchell | Australia |
| 92 | Propane Nightmares | Pendulum | Australia |
| 93 | Gobbledigook | Sigur Rós | Iceland |
| 94 | Woodstock 2008 | Bliss n Eso | Australia |
| 95 | Wearing My Rolex | Wiley | United Kingdom |
| 96 | Flex (Dave Spoon Reflex) | Dizzee Rascal | United Kingdom |
| 97 | Are You Interested? | Cog | Australia |
| 98 | I Like It, I Love It | Lyrics Born | United States |
| 99 | Don't Worry About Nothin' | Muph & Plutonic | Australia |
| 100 | It's A War | Dukes of Windsor | Australia |

* 101 was "All Alone" by Jackson Jackson.

## Artists with multiple entries

Four tracks

* Kings of Leon (1, 3, 24, 70)
* Vampire Weekend (30, 32, 58, 71)
* Nick Littlemore (Twice with Pnau and Empire of the Sun) (4, 12, 54, 68)

Three tracks

* MGMT (2, 5, 18)
* The Presets (6, 8, 56)
* Flight of the Conchords (19, 60, 67)
* Birds of Tokyo (20, 22, 51)
* The Grates (34, 80, 83)
* Bliss n Eso (40, 61, 94)
* Ladyhawke (Twice solo and once with Pnau) (11, 12, 26)
* Lily Allen (Twice solo and once with the Kaiser Chiefs) (25, 46, 90)

Two tracks

* Empire of the Sun (4, 68)
* The Ting Tings (9, 78)
* Drapht (10, 77)
* Pnau (12, 54)
* Cog (31, 97)
* Dizzie Rascal (17, 96)
* The Herd (13, 63)
* Josh Pyke (27, 29)
* The Killers (52, 73)
* Muph and Plutonic (86, 99)
* Laura Marling (Once solo and once with Mystery Jets) (43, 49)

## Countries represented

* Australia – 48
* United States – 29
* United Kingdom – 14
* New Zealand – 5
* Iceland – 2
* France – 1
* Norway – 1

## Top 10 Albums of 2008

Bold winner of the Hottest 100. The Presets won the J Award for Apocalypso.

| # | Artist | Album | Country of Origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kings of Leon | Only by the Night | United States | 1, 3, 24, 70 |
| 2 | The Presets | Apocalypso | Australia | 6, 8, 56 (18 in 2007) |
| 3 | MGMT | Oracular Spectacular | United States | 2, 5, 18 |
| 4 | Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend | United States | 30, 32, 58, 71 |
| 5 | Birds of Tokyo | Universes | Australia | 20, 22, 51 |
| 6 | Cut Copy | In Ghost Colours | Australia | 15 (39 in 2007) |
| 7 | Bloc Party | Intimacy | United Kingdom | DNC (110, 112, 127 in Hottest 200 - 101) |
| 8 | The Grates | Teeth Lost, Hearts Won | Australia | 34, 80, 83 |
| 9 | Empire of the Sun | Walking on a Dream | Australia | 4, 68 |
| 10 | Josh Pyke | Chimney's Afire | Australia | 27, 29 |

## CD release

Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 16 is the compilation featuring the best of the Top 100 voted tracks on two CDs. It went on sale on 6 March 2009.

| CD 1 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (#1) MGMT - Kids (#5) Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (#4) The Presets - Talk Like That (#6) The Living End - White Noise (#23) Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat (#25) Emiliana Torrini - Jungle Drum (#42) Drapht - Jimmy Recard (#10) Cut Copy - Lights & Music (#15) Bon Iver - Skinny Love (#21) Mystery Jets ft. Laura Marling - Young Love (#49) Ladyhawke - My Delirium (#11) Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome - Dance Wiv Me (#17) Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me (#38) Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked (#39) Art vs. Science - Flippers (#44) Little Red - Coca-Cola (#47) Bliss n Eso - Eye Of The Storm (#40) Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook (#93) Soko - I Will Never Love You More (#41) Santigold - L.E.S. Artistes (#57) Children Collide - Farewell Rocketship (#66) Cog - Bird Of Feather (#31) | CD 2 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (#9) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (#35) Birds of Tokyo - Broken Bones (#20) Architecture In Helsinki - That Beep (#28) Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma (#30) Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart (#36) PNAU - Embrace (#12) Does It Offend You, Yeah - Dawn Of The Dead (#64) The Getaway Plan - Where The City Meets The Sea (#59) The Grates - Burn Bridges (#34) Josh Pyke - The Lighthouse Song (#27) Pez - The Festival Song (feat. 360 & Hailey Cramer) (#7) Tame Impala - Half Full Glass Of Wine (#75) British India - I Said I'm Sorry (#37) Lily Allen - The Fear (#46) Pendulum - Propane Nightmares (#92) Ash Grunwald - Breakout (#50) The Herd - The King Is Dead (#13) Laura Marling - Ghosts (#43) The Butterfly Effect - Window And The Watcher (#53) Something With Numbers - Stay With Me Bright Eyes (#48) |
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