The 2013 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2014. It is the 21st countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners to Australian radio station Triple J. The countdown received 1.49 million votes.
Voting commenced on 20 December 2013, and closed on 20 January 2014.
Full list Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin 1 Riptide Vance Joy Australia 2 Royals Lorde New Zealand 3 Get Lucky Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers France/United States 4 Do I Wanna Know? Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom 5 Drop the Game Flume and Chet Faker Australia 6 Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom 7 Young and Beautiful Lana Del Rey United States 8 Resolution Matt Corby Australia 9 Is This How You Feel? The Preatures Australia 10 Strong London Grammar United Kingdom 11 The Wire Haim United States 12 Tennis Court Lorde New Zealand 13 Retrograde James Blake United Kingdom 14 Covered in Chrome Violent Soho Australia 15 Team Lorde New Zealand 16 Reflektor Arcade Fire Canada 17 Lose Yourself to Dance Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams France/United States 18 Arabella Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom 19 Given the Chance The Kite String Tangle Australia 20 Black Skinhead Kanye West United States 21 Take Me Rüfüs Australia 22 Lanterns Birds of Tokyo Australia 23 When a Fire Starts to Burn Disclosure United Kingdom 24 Waiting All Night Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre United Kingdom 25 Your Body Is a Weapon The Wombats United Kingdom 26 Step Vampire Weekend United States 27 Falling Haim United States 28 Recover Chvrches United Kingdom 29 My Number Foals United Kingdom 30 Alive Empire of the Sun Australia 31 Diane Young Vampire Weekend United States 32 Smiles Don't Lie Thundamentals Australia 33 Ways to Go Grouplove United States 34 Desert Night Rüfüs Australia 35 Hey Now London Grammar United Kingdom 36 Ratchet Bloc Party United Kingdom 37 Gun Chvrches United Kingdom 38 Pizza Guy Touch Sensitive Australia 39 Get Lucky (Like a Version) San Cisco Australia 40 Born to Die The Amity Affliction Australia 41 Southern Sun Boy & Bear Australia 42 White Lies Max Frost United States 43 3005 Childish Gambino United States 44 The Breach Dustin Tebbutt Australia 45 Global Concepts Robert DeLong United States 46 If I Had a Tail Queens of the Stone Age United States 47 Free Rudimental featuring Emeli Sandé United Kingdom 48 Stand Still Flight Facilities featuring Micky Green Australia 49 Doin' It Right Daft Punk featuring Panda Bear France/United States 50 Love Me Again John Newman United Kingdom 51 Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat Fatboy Slim and Riva Starr featuring Beardyman United Kingdom 52 Scar Cloud Control Australia 53 Ohio Kingswood Australia 54 Afterlife Arcade Fire Canada 55 Harlequin Dream Boy & Bear Australia 56 If I Could Change Your Mind Haim United States 57 Keep On Running Andy Bull Australia 58 Instant Crush Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas France/United States 59 Bound 2 Kanye West United States 60 Lies Chvrches United Kingdom 61 Wasting My Young Years London Grammar United Kingdom 62 Embrace Goldroom featuring Ariela Jacobs United States/Australia 63 You & Me (Flume Remix) Disclosure featuring Eliza Doolittle United States/Australia 64 Graceless The National United States 65 Melt Chet Faker featuring Kilo Kish Australia/United States 66 Ausmusic Month Medley (Like a Version) Illy Australia 67 Act Your Age Bliss N Eso Australia 68 Sweet Nothing (Like a Version) Something For Kate Australia 69 White Noise Disclosure featuring AlunaGeorge United Kingdom 70 Australia Street Sticky Fingers Australia 71 Changing of the Seasons Two Door Cinema Club United Kingdom 72 I Sat by the Ocean Queens of the Stone Age United States 73 Thank You Busta Rhymes featuring Q-Tip, Kanye West and Lil Wayne United States 74 Jessica Major Lazer featuring Ezra Koenig United States 75 I Spy Mikhael Paskalev Norway 76 Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues SAFIA Australia 77 Youngbloods Illy featuring Ahren Stringer Australia 78 Fantasy MS MR United States 79 Fuckin' Problems A$AP Rocky featuring 2 Chainz, Drake and Kendrick Lamar United States/Canada 80 Always Panama Australia 81 Baby I Am Nobody Now Andy Bull Australia 82 Dojo Rising Cloud Control Australia 83 The End The Jezabels Australia 84 Summer Forgive Me British India Australia 85 Sangria Remi Australia 86 Sleepwalking Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom 87 Only One John Butler Trio Australia 88 Leeward Side Josh Pyke Australia 89 Brighter Than Gold The Cat Empire Australia 90 Unbelievers Vampire Weekend United States 91 Tonight Rüfüs Australia 92 Shadow Moses Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom 93 Elevate St. Lucia United States/South Africa 94 House of Dreams Bliss N Eso Australia 95 Play with Fire Vance Joy Australia 96 Luck Now Big Scary Australia 97 My God Is the Sun Queens of the Stone Age United States 98 Dead Star Shine Horrorshow Australia 99 Without You Dillon Francis featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs United States/United Kingdom 100 We Are Karnivool Australia
#101–#200 List On 27 January 2014, Triple J broadcast the second 100 songs of the countdown. #SongArtistCountry of origin101What Doesn't Kill YouJake BuggUnited Kingdom102YouthDaughterUnited Kingdom103Hard out HereLily AllenUnited Kingdom104Hearts Like OursThe Naked & FamousNew Zealand105Oh SailorMr Little Jeans featuring the Silverlake Conservatory of Music Youth ChoraleNorway/United States106Let GoRAC featuring Kele and MNDRUnited States/United Kingdom107When I Was YoungBlink-182United States108Do or DieFlux Pavilion featuring Childish GambinoUnited Kingdom/United States109Miracle MileCold War KidsUnited States110Help Me Lose My MindDisclosure featuring London GrammarUnited Kingdom111Borderlines and AliensGrouploveUnited States112PromisesCloud ControlAustralia113DipDanny BrownUnited States114Blood on the LeavesKanye WestUnited States115Can You Feel My HeartBring Me the HorizonUnited Kingdom116Right Back at It AgainA Day to RememberUnited States117On & OnIllyAustralia118One for the RoadArctic MonkeysUnited Kingdom119PursuitGesaffelsteinFrance120I Didn't BelieveFlight Facilities featuring Elizabeth RoseAustralia121Stalking to a Stranger (Planets Collide Remix)Hunters & CollectorsAustralia122Steal the LightThe Cat EmpireAustralia123Reservoir DogsBliss n Eso featuring 360, Pez, Seth Sentry and DraphtAustralia124CirrusBonoboUnited Kingdom125So Good at Being in TroubleUnknown Mortal OrchestraNew Zealand126The WoodpileFrightened RabbitUnited Kingdom127Better DaysEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic ZerosUnited States128Attracting FliesAlunaGeorgeUnited Kingdom129Bassline JunkieDizzee RascalUnited Kingdom130I Am What You Want Me to BeThe Jungle GiantsAustralia131BridgesBroodsNew Zealand132Come a Little CloserCage the ElephantUnited States133Red Light, Green LightDune RatsAustralia134Everything You WantedClubfeetAustralia135Home Is Where the Heart IsBliss N EsoAustralia136Around HereThelma PlumAustralia137In The AisleViolent SohoAustralia138SupersoakerKings of LeonUnited States139Three Headed WomenBoy & BearAustralia140Avant GardenerCourtney BarnettAustralia141S.O.S.BluejuiceAustralia142Holding On for LifeBroken BellsUnited States143400 LuxLordeNew Zealand144Smoke TrailsJackie OnassisAustralia145F for YouDisclosureUnited Kingdom146Skin to BoneThe Jungle GiantsAustralia147KemosabeEverything EverythingUnited Kingdom148BrontosaurusTkay Maidza featuring Bad CopAustralia149Easy EasyKing KruleUnited Kingdom150Every LieMeg MacAustralia151HandsSaskwatchAustralia152I Miss YouTa-kuAustralia153HigherJust Blaze and Baauer featuring Jay-ZUnited States154Plastic SouvenirsBritish IndiaAustralia155Running to the SeaRöyksopp featuring Susanne SundførNorway156Need U (100%)Duke Dumont featuring A*M*EUnited Kingdom157ComfortableThe Aston Shuffle featuring Will HeardAustralia/England158Watch Out for This (Bumaye)Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican and FS GreenUnited States/Jamaica/Netherlands159Pony (Like a Version)Abbe MayAustralia160LodestarDead Letter CircusAustralia161Put Your Curse on MeStonefieldAustralia162Giorgio by MoroderDaft PunkFrance163ByegoneVolcano ChoirUnited States164WolfPyramidFrance165ThirstCity and ColourCanada166EntertainmentPhoenixFrance167My LifeBliss N Eso featuring Ceekay JonesAustralia/United States168Dream a Little CrazyArchitecture in HelsinkiAustralia169Fall UnderneathSnakadaktalAustralia170I Need AnswersAstaAustralia171Quantum FluxNorthlaneAustralia172Claude MonetAlldayAustralia173Where I Find YouDustin TebbuttAustralia174We Are the SameLurch & ChiefAustralia175PsyllaGlass AnimalsUnited Kingdom176Rock U ToniteWave RacerAustralia177EidolonKarnivoolAustralia178One Way TriggerThe StrokesUnited States179CavalierJames Vincent McMorrowIreland180Ducks Fly TogetherThe Smith Street BandAustralia181The Good LifeElizabeth RoseAustralia182Snap Out of ItArctic MonkeysUnited Kingdom183Bird MachineDJ Snake featuring AlesiaFrance184SundreamRüfüsAustralia185Trying to Be CoolPhoenixFrance186Hung on TightSnakadaktalAustralia187AnimalsMartin GarrixNetherlands188Right HereRudimental featuring FoxesUnited Kingdom189Love IlluminationFranz FerdinandUnited Kingdom190DemonsThe NationalUnited States191UnforgivenRüfüsAustralia192I AmDead Letter CircusAustralia193Tear It DownThe Aston ShuffleAustralia194No WavesFidlarUnited States195I’ve Been ThinkingThe OccupantsAustralia196Let Her GoJagwar MaAustralia197Under Your SkinDan SultanAustralia198Love You DeserveStonefieldAustralia199Buzzcut SeasonLordeNew Zealand200New SlavesKanye WestUnited States
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistTracks4Daft Punk3, 17, 49, 58Ezra Koenig26, 31, 74, 903Lorde2, 12, 15Arctic Monkeys4, 6, 18London Grammar10, 35, 61Haim 11, 27, 56Kanye West20, 59, 73RÜFÜS21, 34, 91Disclosure 23, 63, 69Vampire Weekend6, 31, 90Chvrches28, 37, 60Queens of the Stone Age46, 72, 972Vance Joy1, 95Pharrell Williams3, 17Flume5, 63Chet Faker5, 65Arcade Fire16, 54Ian Kenny22, 100Rudimental24, 47Ahren Stringer40, 77Boy & Bear41, 55Cloud Control 52, 82Andy Bull57, 81Illy 66, 77Bliss n Eso67, 94Bring Me the Horizon86, 92
Countries represented CountryTotalAustralia45United States29United Kingdom23New Zealand3Canada3Norway1South Africa1
Records Vance Joy joins Denis Leary (1993), Alex Lloyd (2001) and Bernard Fanning (2005) as the only outright solo countdown winners. Vance Joy is also the first Triple J Unearthed artist to place first in the Hottest 100. Beating the second place finishes by Killing Heidi (1999), Grinspoon (2002), Missy Higgins (2004), Art vs. Science (2009) and Little Red (2010). This is the first known instance where the total number of votes tallied was less than the previous year, tallying in at 1.49 million votes (2012 tallied over 1.5 million). Illy's "Ausmusic Month Medley" featured four songs that previously made it into the Hottest 100: "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (#5 in 1994), "The Nosebleed Section" by Hilltop Hoods (#9 in 2003), "My Happiness" by Powderfinger (#1 in 2000) and "On Top" by Flume (#67 in 2012). The song also featured numerous references from various other songs. This is the fifth consecutive countdown that Illy has appeared in, having first featured in the 2009 Hottest 100. The songs "Born to Die" by Lana Del Rey and "Sweet Nothing" by Calvin Harris featured in the countdown for the second year in a row after a covers by The Amity Affliction and Something for Kate featured at #40 and #68 respectively. Two versions of "Get Lucky" appeared in the countdown, the original by Daft Punk at number 3 and San Cisco's cover at number 39; this is the first time it has happened since 2004. St. Lucia is the first artist from South Africa to feature in the Hottest 100. Bliss n Eso's song "Act Your Age" (#67) samples Bluejuice's "Act Yr Age", which came in at #20 in 2011.
Top 10 Albums of 2013 A smaller poll of Triple J listeners' favorite albums of the year was held in December 2013.
Note: Australian artists