Hottest 100 2020 | triple j

Winning song

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Winning song

Heat Waves

Glass Animals

The Hottest song in the strangest year of our lives came from British psych-popsters Glass Animals. The woozy ‘Heat Waves’ is easy on the ear, but it’s a deceptively tragic song. Tapping loss and longing, frontman Dave Bayley wrote a hugely relatable and strangely prophetic earworm that captured the surreal mood of 2020. Read More

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Booster Seat by Spacey Jane
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The Difference [Ft. Toro y Moi] by Flume
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Cherub by Ball Park Music
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Lost In Yesterday by Tame Impala
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WAP [Ft. Megan Thee Stallion] by Cardi B
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Hyperfine by G Flip
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Sending Me Ur Loving by The Jungle Giants
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I'm Good? by Hilltop Hoods
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Therefore I Am by Billie Eilish
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On Our Own by Lime Cordiale
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Get On The Beers [Ft. Dan Andrews] by Mashd N Kutcher
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Rockstar by Mallrat
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Tombstone by Ocean Alley
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Skin by Spacey Jane
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Screw Loose by Lime Cordiale
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Is It True by Tame Impala
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Tangerine by Glass Animals
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You should be sad by Halsey
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Addicted To The Sunshine by Lime Cordiale
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Energy by Stace Cadet & KLP
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Complicated by Eves Karydas
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Good News by Mac Miller
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Blue World by Mac Miller
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Reality Check Please by Lime Cordiale
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No Plans To Make Plans by Lime Cordiale
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Under The Thunder by Skegss
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Straightfaced by Spacey Jane
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Dribble by Sycco
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Bagi-la-m Bargan [Ft. Fred Leone] by Birdz
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Reasons by San Cisco
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Criminals by DMA'S
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Breathe Deeper by Tame Impala
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Everybody Rise by Amy Shark
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Running Red Lights [Ft. Rivers Cuomo/Pink Siifu] by The Avalanches
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forget me too [Ft. Halsey] by Machine Gun Kelly
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SO DONE by The Kid LAROI
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Parasite Eve by Bring Me The Horizon
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Righteous by Juice WRLD
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Come & Go [with Marshmello] by Juice WRLD
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I Still Dream About You by The Smith Street Band
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WHATS POPPIN by Jack Harlow
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Together by Ziggy Alberts
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You & I by G Flip
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as long as you care by Ruel
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Pretty Lady by Tash Sultana
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Animals by Architects
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Ain't It Different [Ft. Stormzy/AJ Tracey] by Headie One
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Wishing Well by Juice WRLD
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Nothing To Love About Love by Peking Duk & The Wombats
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Your Love (Déjà Vu) by Glass Animals
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The Glow by DMA'S
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In Your Eyes by The Weeknd
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Blue [Flume Remix] by Eiffel 65
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I Think You're Great by Alex the Astronaut
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On The Line by San Cisco
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Sobercoaster by Beddy Rays
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Fly Away by Tones And I
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Gimme Love by Joji
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GO [Ft. Juice WRLD] by The Kid LAROI
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Pretty Grim by Ruby Fields
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Run by Joji
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Day & Age by Ball Park Music
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Soak Me In Bleach by The Amity Affliction
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C'MON [Ft. Travis Barker] by Amy Shark
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Fantasising by Skegss
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Boss Bitch by Doja Cat
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Lie To Me by Vera Blue
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Second by Hope D
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Low by Chet Faker
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Obey by Bring Me The Horizon & YUNGBLUD
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Way Down by Ocean Alley
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Don't Need You by Genesis Owusu
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Scream Drive Faster by LAUREL
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Photo ID by Remi Wolf
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Baby It's You by London Grammar
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House Arrest by Sofi Tukker & Gorgon City
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Lady Marmalade [triple j Like A Version] by G Flip
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my future by Billie Eilish
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Freaks by FISHER
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Weightless by Spacey Jane
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The Clap by The Chats
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Down For You by Cosmo's Midnight & Ruel
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Chicken Tenders by Dominic Fike
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Too Tough Terry by Dune Rats
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Laugh Now Cry Later [Ft. Lil Durk] by Drake
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Three Leaf Clover by Teenage Joans
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HEART ATTACK [Ft. lau.ra] by BRONSON
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In Her Eyes by The Jungle Giants
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No Time To Die by Billie Eilish
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Charlie [triple j Like A Version] by Bugs
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These Days by Thelma Plum
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Lemonade [Ft. Gunna/Don Toliver/NAV] by Internet Money
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Rain [Ft. Tay Keith] by Aitch x AJ Tracey
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Loose Ends [Ft. G Flip] by Illy
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Germaphobe by Hockey Dad
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Audacity by Stormzy
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Your Man by Joji
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Itch by Hockey Dad
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Kool by BENEE

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The Wrap Up

Wet ‘n Wild

It must be said that this year’s countdown is undeniably m o i s t. Liquids have seeped through every part of the hundred, wetting tracks like ‘Get On The Beers' (#12), ‘Dribble' (#29), 'Wishing Well' (#49), 'Soak Me In Bleach' (#64), 'Lemonade' (#93), 'Rain' (#94) and, of course, 'WAP' (#6). The artists were similarly waterlogged, with Lime Cordiale, Juice WRLD, Ocean Alley, and Stormzy bringing the squelch.

H100 Hogs

Some artists truly could not help themselves this year, dishing out song after song to fans as they would ladles of gruel to hungry, hungry Dickensian orphans. Triple threats like Glass Animals, Tame Impala, Billie Eilish, and Joji have three tracks in the 100. Spacey Jane, Juice WRLD and G Flip all appear four times. And brothers Oli and Louis really were (Leim)bach: Lime Cordiale have bested their four songs in the 2019 countdown with five this year. Together these eight acts made up nearly a third of the countdown.

Sky's NOT the limit

You know where has been supremely unchill lately? Earth. And since bugging out to Mars isn’t a financially viable option yet [CC: elonmusk420@gmail.com], some artists chose to hit the stratosphere through the magic of song. #81 was 'Weightless', while #58 was trying to ‘Fly Away’ to get 'Under The Thunder' (#27). They were joined by Spacey Jane, Stace Cadet, Bring Me The Horizon and Alex the Astronaut who are simply never not on the up, up, UP.

What even is Time?

If you found yourself 'Lost In Yesterday' (#5) in 2020, with 'No Plans To Make Plans' (#26) you weren’t alone. Maybe you were ‘Fantasising’ (#66) about ‘my future’(#79), or happened to 'forget me too' (#36) for a 'Day & Age' (#63). All we can do now is ‘Laugh Now Cry Later' (#86) because ‘These Days’ (#92) are ‘No Time To Die' (#90). Did any of that really make sense? No. But did last year? Also, no.

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