The 2012 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on January 26, 2013. It was the 20th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
Voting commenced on 19 December 2012, and closed at midnight on 20 January 2013.
Over 1.5 million votes were cast in this countdown, beating the record set in 2011.
In the week prior to the countdown, Nick Drewe, a Brisbane statistician and marketer, analysed the votes that had been published on social media and determined the possible top 100, naming it the Warmest 100. The votes that had been published represented approximately 2.7% of the total vote. Ultimately, his list correctly predicted 92 of the songs in the countdown, the songs comprising the top 10, and the top 3 in the correct order. The ABC has announced that it would likely make changes to the voting system to prevent "spoiler attempts" in future countdowns.
Full list Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin 1 Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz United States 2 Little Talks Of Monsters & Men Iceland 3 Breezeblocks alt-J United Kingdom 4 Holdin On Flume Australia 5 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons United Kingdom 6 Get Free Major Lazer featuring Amber Coffman United States 7 Elephant Tame Impala Australia 8 Lost Frank Ocean United States 9 Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Tame Impala Australia 10 My Gun The Rubens Australia 11 Sweet Nothing Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch United Kingdom 12 Sleepless Flume featuring Jezzebel Doran Australia 13 Gold on the Ceiling The Black Keys United States 14 I Love It Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX Sweden/United Kingdom 15 Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert United States 16 Not Giving In Rudimental featuring John Newman and Alex Clare United Kingdom 17 Clair de Lune Flight Facilities featuring Christine Hoberg Australia/United States 18 HyperParadise (Flume Remix) Hermitude Australia 19 Angels The xx United Kingdom 20 Feel the Love Rudimental featuring John Newman United Kingdom 21 Latch Disclosure featuring Sam Smith United Kingdom 22 Trembling Hands The Temper Trap Australia 23 Coming Down Ball Park Music Australia 24 I'm Into You Chet Faker Australia 25 Bangarang Skrillex featuring Sirah United States 26 Dear Science Seth Sentry Australia 27 Surrender Ball Park Music Australia 28 Default Django Django United Kingdom 29 Cherry Lips Loon Lake Australia 30 Laura Bat for Lashes United Kingdom 31 Gasoline Alpine Australia 32 Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Remix) Florence & the Machine United Kingdom 33 Can't Get Better Than This Parachute Youth Australia 34 Born to Die Lana Del Rey United States 35 Run Alone 360 Australia 36 Paddling Out Miike Snow Sweden 37 Sun Two Door Cinema Club United Kingdom 38 Oblivion Grimes Canada 39 Hold On Alabama Shakes United States 40 R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom 41 I Can Make You Love Me British India Australia 42 Hurricane MS MR United States 43 Ho Hey The Lumineers United States 44 Follow the Sun Xavier Rudd Australia 45 Young and Dumb Chance Waters featuring Bertie Blackman Australia 46 Take a Walk Passion Pit United States 47 Mountain Sound Of Monsters & Men Iceland 48 Fred Astaire San Cisco Australia 49 Brother (Like a Version) Thundamentals Australia 50 My Heart Is on Fire Asta Australia 51 This Fire Birds of Tokyo Australia 52 Ghosts The Presets Australia 53 Wild Things San Cisco Australia 54 I Got Burned The Bamboos featuring Tim Rogers Australia 55 Internet Friends Knife Party Australia 56 Thinkin Bout You Frank Ocean United States 57 Float Away Seth Sentry Australia 58 Babel Mumford & Sons United Kingdom 59 Love This Cosmo Jarvis United Kingdom 60 Love Interruption Jack White United States 61 Caress Your Soul Sticky Fingers Australia 62 Just What I Am Kid Cudi featuring King Chip United States 63 Wolf First Aid Kit Sweden 64 Tessellate alt-J United Kingdom 65 Genesis Grimes Canada 66 The Best We Got The Rubens Australia 67 On Top Flume featuring T.Shirt Australia/United States 68 Silhouettes Avicii Sweden 69 Lonely Boy (Like a Version) Matt Corby Australia 70 Promises The Presets Australia 71 Swimming Pools (Drank) Kendrick Lamar United States 72 All the Rowboats Regina Spektor United States 73 Draw a Crowd Ben Folds Five United States 74 Simple Song The Shins United States 75 Madness Muse United Kingdom 76 Heard It All Illy Australia 77 Love Is All I Got Feed Me and Crystal Fighters United Kingdom 78 Household Goods Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs United Kingdom 79 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys United States 80 Super Rich Kids Frank Ocean featuring Earl Sweatshirt United States 81 Something Good alt-J United Kingdom 82 Disparate Youth Santigold United States 83 She's a Riot The Jungle Giants Australia 84 Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom Hilltop Hoods Australia 85 Fineshrine Purity Ring Canada 86 Summertime Sadness Lana Del Rey United States 87 Chronicles of a Fallen Love The Bloody Beetroots featuring Greta Svabo Bech Italy/Denmark 88 Down the Road C2C France 89 Maybe Tomorrow Chance Waters featuring Lilian Blue Australia 90 Sleep Alone Two Door Cinema Club United Kingdom 91 So Good Allday & C1 Australia 92 Spiritus Lisa Mitchell Australia 93 Dance Bear Snakadaktal Australia 94 45 The Gaslight Anthem United States 95 Andy Last Dinosaurs Australia 96 Clique Kanye West featuring Big Sean and Jay Z United States 97 I'm Shakin' Jack White United States 98 Warrior Kimbra featuring Mark Foster and A-Trak New Zealand/United States/Canada 99 Bad Girls M.I.A. United Kingdom 100 Cough Cough Everything Everything United Kingdom
#101–#200 List On 1 February 2013, Triple J broadcast the "second Hottest 100" countdown. #SongArtistCountry of origin101Don't Save MeHaimUnited States102Rabbit HoleThe Temper TrapAustralia103Survival ExpertSomething for KateAustralia104LanguagePorter RobinsonUnited States105Idea of HappinessVan SheAustralia106ForeverHaimUnited States107Chasing GhostsThe Amity AfflictionAustralia108Need Your LoveThe Temper TrapAustralia109KarmageddonAbbe MayAustralia110My SceneSeth SentryAustralia111MercyKanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 ChainzUnited States112ChainedThe xxUnited Kingdom113Where Ya BeenIlly featuring PezAustralia114BoyEmma LouiseAustralia115Drinking From the SunHilltop HoodsAustralia116Die a Happy ManTuka featuring Jane TyrrellAustralia117Unashamed DesireMissy HigginsAustralia118Get in My LifeHermitudeAustralia119Speaking in TonguesHilltop Hoods featuring Chali 2naAustralia/United States120PasserbyGrinspoonAustralia121InhalerFoalsUnited Kingdom122Apocalypse DreamsTame ImpalaAustralia123The House That Heaven BuiltJapandroidsCanada124Bless This MessLisa MitchellAustralia125PyramidsFrank OceanUnited States126I'm CorruptDCUPAustralia127HyperParadiseHermitudeAustralia128Jah No PartialMajor Lazer featuring Flux PavilionUnited States/United Kingdom129Youth in TroubleThe PresetsAustralia130How Can You Swallow So Much SleepBombay Bicycle ClubAustralia131Souls A’FireMatt CorbyAustralia132That's What's UpEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic ZerosUnited States133I Fink U FreekyDie AntwoordSouth Africa134Ill ManorsPlan BUnited Kingdom135Dark DaysParkway DriveAustralia136RunawaysThe KillersUnited States137EscapeAstaAustralia138Give Me TimeEagle & the WormAustralia139Hearts a Mess (Like a Version)Missy HigginsAustralia140Sweet SourBand of SkullsUnited Kingdom141Heart of a LionThe GriswoldsAustralia142Wild LoveGosslingAustralia143She's My BabyKingswoodAustralia144National AnthemLana Del ReyUnited States145Playing with FirePlan B featuring LabrinthUnited Kingdom146MedusaKingswoodAustralia147Neighbour NeighbourViolent SohoAustralia148Hollywood Forever Cemetery SingsFather John MistyUnited States149Do It with a RockstarAmanda Palmer & The Grand Theft OrchestraUnited States150OctopusBloc PartyUnited Kingdom151JamaicaVan SheAustralia152RocksteadyThe Bloody BeetrootsItaly153Knee Length SocksUrthboyAustralia154Born at the Right TimeDappled CitiesAustralia155Do It AnywayBen Folds FiveUnited States156Bird on the BuffaloAngus StoneAustralia157HeartbreakClubfeet featuring ChelaAustralia158Off to the RacesLana Del ReyUnited States159Gonna Make ItVydamoAustralia160Left AloneFlume featuring Chet FakerAustralia161Above the WaterArt of SleepingAustralia162Don’t Ever Want To Be FoundThe RubensAustralia163Water BombsTwinsyAustralia164This Head I HoldElectric GuestUnited States165Broken BrightsAngus StoneAustralia166BloomGypsy & The CatAustralia167The WaveMiike SnowSweden168All Your GoldBat for LashesUnited Kingdom169Beauty in the BricksSpit SyndicateAustralia170TinderboxViolent SohoAustralia171Hang LooseAlabama ShakesUnited States172TruthBloc PartyUnited Kingdom173Clouds & CreamSticky FingersAustralia174The KeepersSantigoldUnited States175Don’t Wanna Grow Up AnymoreBob EvansAustralia176Video Games (Like a Version)BluejuiceAustralia177The Only PlaceBest CoastUnited States178Someone PurerMystery JetsUnited Kingdom179MythBeach HouseUnited States180Empty HandsArt of SleepingAustralia181Can't Hold UsMacklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray DaltonUnited States182No BeefAfrojack and Steve Aoki featuring Miss PalmerNetherlands/United States183Frivolous LifeYesYou featuring Marcus AzonAustralia184Yet AgainGrizzly BearUnited States185RideLana Del ReyUnited States186Be Ready When I Say GoEmperorsAustralia187Fitzpleasurealt-JUnited Kingdom188Baguette?Tyler TouchéAustralia189Told You SoCub ScoutsAustralia190BeautifulTZUAustralia191The GamePezAustralia192Open LetterThe Amity AfflictionAustralia193Sharp ShooterHungry Kids of HungaryAustralia194Seeing RedAlpineAustralia195Wake UpDead Letter CircusAustralia196SeptemberSt. LuciaUnited States197Miracle CureSomething for KateAustralia198Wicked GamesThe WeekndCanada199Chaos TheoryShockOneAustralia200CentipedeKnife PartyAustralia
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistTracks4Flume4, 12, 18, 673alt-J3, 64, 81Frank Ocean8, 56, 802Macklemore & Ryan Lewis1, 15Of Monsters and Men2, 47Tame Impala7, 9Mumford & Sons5, 58The Rubens10, 66Calvin Harris11, 32Florence Welch11, 32The Black Keys13, 79Rudimental16, 20John Newman16, 20Ball Park Music(23, 27Seth Sentry26, 57Lana Del Rey34, 86Two Door Cinema Club37, 90Grimes38, 65Chance Waters45, 89San Cisco48, 53The Presets52, 70Jack White60, 97
Countries represented CountryTotalAustralia41United States29United Kingdom23Canada4Sweden4Iceland2New Zealand1France1Italy1Faroe Islands1
Records For the second year in a row, the songs "Lonely Boy" and "Brother" charted in the countdown. This time "Lonely Boy" was covered by Matt Corby, who ranked at No. 3 (with his song "Brother") behind the original song by The Black Keys in the previous year's Hottest 100 (at No. 2). The version of "Brother" that appears in this year's countdown is a cover by Thundamentals. There were eight songs in a row by Australian artists between positions No. 55 and No. 48. This is the equal longest run of Australian songs since 1999. For the fourth consecutive year, an artist from Triple J Unearthed made it into the Top 10 of the countdown. Flume ranked at No. 4 this year. "Thrift Shop" is the first hip-hop song to top the chart in Hottest 100 history. It also breaks the record of highest ranking hip-hop song, which was previously set by Coolio, the Gorillaz and Hilltop Hoods, all of whom placed third in 1995, 2005, 2006 and 2009. "My Heart Is on Fire" by Asta marks the first appearance in the countdown by the winning entry in Unearthed High. 2011 winners Snakadaktal charted in the previous countdown with a song they had recorded after winning the competition. For the first time since 2008, no Australian artist featured in the Top 3. For the first time since 1993, the four highest charting artists in this year's countdown were all debutants. Additionally, the four highest charting artists in this year's countdown were acts from four nations. This is the first time in the poll's history this has occurred.