The 2007 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on January 26, 2008. It was the fifteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
Voting began on 1 January 2008, and closed on 20 January 2008. More than 700,000 votes were counted in the poll. The broadcast began at 10 a.m. AEST, and for the first time was broadcast live to all time zones (as opposed to being on a delayed broadcast). Triple J hosted two live sites, one at The Domain, Sydney and one at Melbourne Docklands.
The 2007 poll was the closest in Hottest 100 history with only 13 votes separating the number 1 and 2 songs. The 2007 Hottest 100 contained 52 works by Australian artists, equaling the record set in 1999.
Full list Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin 1 Knights of Cydonia Muse United Kingdom 2 Straight Lines Silverchair Australia 3 On Call Kings of Leon United States 4 Better Than John Butler Trio Australia 5 This Heart Attack Faker Australia 6 The Pretender Foo Fighters United States 7 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Alive 2007) Daft Punk France 8 Hang Me Up to Dry Cold War Kids United States 9 I'll Kill Her Soko France 10 Don't Fight It The Panics Australia 11 Vitriol Bluejuice Australia 12 Let's Dance to Joy Division The Wombats United Kingdom 13 Ruby Kaiser Chiefs United Kingdom 14 Ice Cream Muscles Australia 15 Lost and Running Powderfinger Australia 16 Snakeskin Gyroscope Australia 17 Paper Planes M.I.A. United Kingdom 18 My People The Presets Australia 19 Heart It Races Architecture in Helsinki Australia 20 Stronger Kanye West United States 21 The Salmon Dance The Chemical Brothers United Kingdom 22 Used to Get High John Butler Trio Australia 23 Icky Thump The White Stripes United States 24 Hunting for Witches Bloc Party United Kingdom 25 We Get Around Urthboy Australia 26 Recapturing the Vibe (Restrung) Hilltop Hoods Australia 27 Just a Song About Ping Pong Operator Please Australia 28 Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups United States 29 Real Love (Like a Version) Regina Spektor United States 30 If You Keep Losing Sleep Silverchair Australia 31 Wasted Angus & Julia Stone Australia 32 Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night Kisschasy Australia 33 Fans Kings of Leon United States 34 1234 Feist Canada 35 D.A.N.C.E. Justice France 36 Hold Music Architecture in Helsinki Australia 37 Hospital Beds Cold War Kids United States 38 I Thought About You The Beautiful Girls Australia 39 Hearts on Fire Cut Copy Australia 40 I Still Remember Bloc Party United Kingdom 41 Dashboard Modest Mouse United States 42 Back in Your Head Tegan & Sara Canada 43 Superstar Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos United States 44 Teenagers My Chemical Romance United States 45 The Beast Angus & Julia Stone Australia 46 Tie Up My Hands British India Australia 47 What If Cog Australia 48 Flux Bloc Party United Kingdom 49 Fluorescent Adolescent Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom 50 So Many Nights The Cat Empire Australia 51 Peachy Missy Higgins Australia 52 Spray on Pants Kisschasy Australia 53 Steer Missy Higgins Australia 54 Golden Skans Klaxons United Kingdom 55 Good Excuse John Butler Trio Australia 56 Better People Xavier Rudd Australia 57 Into the Galaxy Midnight Juggernauts Australia 58 Invincible Muse United Kingdom 59 Chelsea Dagger The Fratellis United Kingdom 60 Charmer Kings of Leon United States 61 Wayside Birds of Tokyo Australia 62 No Longer There The Cat Empire Australia 63 The Only Way Karnivool Australia 64 Australia The Shins United States 65 Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors Editors United Kingdom 66 I Don't Remember Powderfinger Australia 67 Rehab (Remix) Amy Winehouse featuring Jay-Z United Kingdom/United States 68 Penny on the Train Track Ben Kweller United States 69 Pogo Digitalism Germany 70 The Con Tegan & Sara Canada 71 Reach The Butterfly Effect Australia 72 Down the Line José González Sweden 73 Black Tattoo Grinspoon Australia 74 Run the Red Light British India Australia 75 Shoot the Runner Kasabian United Kingdom 76 Sweaty Muscles Australia 77 Get What You Want Operator Please Australia 78 Brianstorm Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom 79 Lines on Palms Josh Pyke Australia 80 Reflections of a Sound Silverchair Australia 81 No Cars Go Arcade Fire Canada 82 Long Road to Ruin Foo Fighters United States 83 Pleased to Meet You Wolfmother Australia 84 Do It Again The Chemical Brothers United Kingdom 85 Down Boy Yeah Yeah Yeahs United States 86 Tombstone Midnight Juggernauts Australia 87 Eliza Jackson Jackson Australia 88 The Message The Cops Australia 89 Sick, Sick, Sick Queens of the Stone Age United States 90 When the Lights Went Down Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set Australia 91 Sew My Name Josh Pyke Australia 92 Sun Dirt Water The Waifs Australia 93 Dr. Love The Bumblebeez Australia 94 Jigsaw Falling into Place Radiohead United Kingdom 95 Samson Regina Spektor United States 96 Love Me Like the World Is Ending Ben Lee Australia 97 Forever Song Josh Pyke Australia 98 The Heinrich Maneuver Interpol United States 99 Tick Tick Boom The Hives Sweden 100 Wild Strawberries Pnau Australia
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistEntries3Silverchair 2, 30, 80Kings of Leon3, 33, 60John Butler Trio 4, 22, 55Bloc Party24, 40, 48Harry Angus50, 62, 87Josh Pyke79, 91, 972Muse 1, 58Foo Fighters 6, 82Cold War Kids8, 37Muscles 14, 76Powderfinger15, 66Architecture in Helsinki19, 36The Chemical Brothers 21, 84Operator Please 27, 77Regina Spektor 29, 95Angus & Julia Stone31, 45Kisschasy 32, 52Tegan and Sara42, 70British India 46, 74Arctic Monkeys49, 78The Cat Empire50, 62Missy Higgins51, 53Midnight Juggernauts57, 86Ian Kenny61, 63
Countries represented CountryEntriesAustralia52United States22United Kingdom18Canada4France3Sweden2Germany1
Records This is the first Hottest 100 not to feature The Living End since 1996. Ending their streak of ten consecutive appearances. Muse's "Knights of Cydonia" was first released July 2006, making the song over 18 months old when it was awarded the No. 1 spot. Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" made an appearance twice in the countdown, in a live version at No. 7, and sampled in Kanye West's "Stronger", at No. 20. For the first time since the 2002 countdown, Triple J revealed what song came in at No. 101 spot. No. 101 belonged to "Foundations" by Kate Nash. The song "Recapturing the Vibe" by Hilltop Hoods charted in the countdown for the second year in a row, with a 'restrung' version featuring at No. 26. The Butterfly Effect and Jack White, made their fifth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, with both artists having featured in every annual countdown since 2003.
Top 10 Albums of 2007 # Artist Album Country of origin Tracks in the Hottest 100 1 John Butler Trio Grand National Australia 4, 22, 55 (12 in 2006) 2 Radiohead In Rainbows United Kingdom 94 3 Kings of Leon Because of the Times United States 3, 33, 60 4 Arcade Fire Neon Bible Canada 81 5 Silverchair Young Modern Australia 2, 30, 80 6 Josh Pyke Memories & Dust Australia 79, 91, 97 (38 in 2006) 7 The White Stripes Icky Thump United States 23 8 Bloc Party A Weekend in the City United Kingdom 24, 40, 48 (65 in 2006) 9 Midnight Juggernauts Dystopia Australia 57, 86 10 Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare United Kingdom 49, 78
CD release Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 15 is the compilation featuring the best of the Top 100 voted tracks on two CDs. It went on sale 8 March 2008.
DVD Release
Muse – "Knights of Cydonia" (#1) Silverchair – "Straight Lines" (#2) Daft Punk – "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Live)" (#7) The Chemical Brothers feat. Fatlip- "The Salmon Dance" (#21) Architecture in Helsinki – "Heart It Races" (#19) The Bumblebeez – "Dr Love" (#93) The John Butler Trio – "Better Than" (#4) Foo Fighters – "The Pretender" (#6) The Panics – "Don't Fight It" (#10) M.I.A. – "Paper Planes" (#17) Justice – "D.A.N.C.E." (#35) Urthboy – "We Get Around" (#25) The Wombats – "Let's Dance to Joy Division" (#12) Operator Please – "Just a Song About Ping Pong" (#27) Modest Mouse – "Dashboard" (#41) Klaxons – "Golden Skans" (#54) The Presets – "My People" (#18) Bloc Party – "Flux" (#48) Faker – "This Heart Attack" (#5) Tegan and Sara – "Back in Your Head" (#42) Gyroscope – "Snakeskin" (#16) Kisschasy – "Opinions Won’t Keep You Warm at Night" (#32) José González – "Down the Line" (#72) My Chemical Romance – "Teenagers" (#44) Midnight Juggernauts – "Into the Galaxy" (#57) Digitalism – "Pogo" (#69) Bluejuice – "Vitriol" (#11) Missy Higgins – "Steer" (#53) Amy Winehouse – "Rehab" (#67) Kings of Leon – "On Call" (#3) Kasabian – "Shoot the Runner" (#75) Hilltop Hoods – "Recapturing the Vibe Restrung" (#26) Jackson Jackson – "Eliza" (#87) Regina Spektor – "Samson" (#95) Angus & Julia Stone – "Wasted" (#31) Cold War Kids – "Hang Me Up to Dry" (#8) The Beautiful Girls – "I Thought About You" (#38) Cog – "What If" (#47) Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos – "Superstar" (#43) Muscles – "Sweaty" (#76) Josh Pyke – "Lines on Palms" (#79) Editors – "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" (#65)
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References
External links Triple J Hottest 100 Voting list