The 2014 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on January 26, 2015. It was the 22nd countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J. It was won by "Talk Is Cheap", one of three songs that Chet Faker had in the top 10 (the others being "1998" and "Gold").
Voting commenced in mid-December 2014, and closed on 18 January 2015. Voters nominated ten songs that were released between December 2013 and November 2014 and submitted them through the Triple J website. In total, over 2 million votes were cast, breaking the previous record set in 2012. The year's countdown was notable for having seven Australian artists in the top ten and the top three positions being awarded to Australians, the first year for both to have occurred.
BuzzFeed campaigned for Taylor Swift's song "Shake It Off" but the track was eventually disqualified. Swift would later appear in the 2024 countdown, featuring on Gracie Abrams' song "Us".
Full list Note: Australian artists
# Song Artist Country of origin 1 Talk Is Cheap Chet Faker Australia 2 High Peking Duk featuring Nicole Millar Australia 3 Cosby Sweater Hilltop Hoods Australia 4 Stolen Dance Milky Chance Germany 5 Take Me Over Peking Duk featuring Safia Australia 6 Uptown Funk Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars United Kingdom/United States 7 Gold Chet Faker Australia 8 1998 Chet Faker Australia 9 Chandelier Sia Australia 10 King and Cross Ásgeir Iceland 11 Faded Zhu United States 12 Gooey Glass Animals United Kingdom 13 Mess Is Mine Vance Joy Australia 14 Every Other Freckle alt-J United Kingdom 15 Arcadia The Kite String Tangle Australia 16 Left Hand Free alt-J United Kingdom 17 Tightrope Illy featuring Scarlett Stevens Australia 18 Yellow Flicker Beat Lorde New Zealand 19 She Only Loves Me When I'm There Ball Park Music Australia 20 Gold Snafu Sticky Fingers Australia 21 (Lover) You Don't Treat Me No Good (Like a Version) Chet Faker Australia 22 Pittsburgh The Amity Affliction Australia 23 Seasons (Waiting on You) Future Islands United States 24 Roll Up Your Sleeves Meg Mac Australia 25 I'll Go Crazy Bluejuice Australia 26 Hunger of the Pine alt-J United Kingdom 27 Beggin for Thread Banks United States 28 Beware the Dog The Griswolds Australia 29 Somebody's Talking The Preatures Australia 30 Something I Said Thundamentals featuring Thom Crawford Australia 31 Sober Childish Gambino United States 32 West Coast Lana Del Rey United States 33 Run San Cisco Australia 34 New Dorp. New York SBTRKT featuring Ezra Koenig United Kingdom/United States 35 You Always Know the DJ Allday Australia 36 Won't Let You Down Hilltop Hoods featuring Maverick Sabre Australia/United Kingdom 37 I Want U Alison Wonderland Australia 38 My Silver Lining First Aid Kit Sweden 39 Two Bodies Flight Facilities featuring Emma Louise Australia 40 Mother & Father Broods New Zealand 41 Maybe Carmada Australia 42 Window to the Sky Kim Churchill Australia 43 Zombie Jamie T United Kingdom 44 Flashed Junk Mind Milky Chance Germany 45 Two Weeks FKA twigs United Kingdom 46 Grandma's Hands Meg Mac Australia 47 Tennis Court (Flume Remix) Lorde New Zealand/Australia 48 Delete DMA's Australia 49 Happy Idiot TV on the Radio United States 50 First Time Vance Joy Australia 51 Pickles from the Jar Courtney Barnett Australia 52 Sunshine Flight Facilities featuring Reggie Watts Australia/United States 53 i Kendrick Lamar United States 54 Do I Wanna Know? (Like a Version) Chvrches United Kingdom 55 Can't Do Without You Caribou Canada 56 ICFTYDLM Kingswood Australia 57 Walking Under Stars Hilltop Hoods Australia 58 Everything Is Shit Except My Friendship with You Ball Park Music Australia 59 Monument (The Inevitable End Version) Röyksopp and Robyn Norway/Sweden 60 Sweatpants Childish Gambino United States 61 Talk Too Much Andy Bull Australia 62 Heart Beats Slow Angus & Julia Stone Australia 63 Red Eyes The War on Drugs United States 64 Don't Lean on Me The Amity Affliction Australia 65 Right Now Allday Australia 66 Work Work clipping. featuring Cocc Pistol Cree United States 67 Busy Earnin' Jungle United Kingdom 68 Drown Bring Me the Horizon United Kingdom 69 Surrender The Smith Street Band Australia 70 Is It a Banger? Odd Mob Australia 71 The Weigh Down The Amity Affliction Australia 72 Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) Run the Jewels featuring Zack de la Rocha United States 73 Do It Again Röyksopp and Robyn Norway/Sweden 74 I Got U Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones United Kingdom 75 Live It Up 360 featuring Pez Australia 76 Micro Wars Kingswood Australia 77 Since Last Wednesday Highasakite Norway 78 Quit Your Job Thundamentals Australia 79 Lazaretto Jack White United States 80 I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore Rise Against United States 81 Fade Out Lines The Avener France 82 Dreamers Hopium featuring Phoebe Lou Australia 83 Wrong Direction British India Australia 84 Something from Nothing Foo Fighters United States 85 Get Away Chvrches United Kingdom 86 Just for You Sticky Fingers Australia 87 Bad Apples Briggs Australia 88 Gina Works at Hearts DZ Deathrays Australia 89 First Cold War Kids United States 90 Got Love Thundamentals featuring Solo Australia 91 Bridges (Like a Version) Meg Mac Australia 92 Love Me Less One Day Australia 93 Georgia Vance Joy Australia 94 Liquorlip Loaded Gun Sticky Fingers Australia 95 How Much Does Your Love Cost? Thelma Plum Australia 96 Paranoia, Ghosts & Other Sounds Safia Australia 97 Between Friends Japanese Wallpaper featuring Jesse Davidson Australia 98 Luna Bombay Bicycle Club United Kingdom 99 Trippin' The Light Fantastic Ball Park Music Australia 100 Switch Lanes Tkay Maidza Australia
#101–#200 List On 1 February 2015, Triple J announced the songs placed 101–200th in the poll. #SongArtistCountry of origin101Tell MeGolden Features featuring Nicole MillarAustralia102Little MonsterRoyal BloodUnited Kingdom103Pray to GodCalvin Harris featuring HaimUnited Kingdom/United States104So Soldier#1 Dads featuring Ainslie WillsAustralia105Figure It OutRoyal BloodUnited Kingdom106TorrentÁsgeirIceland107L.A.FBroodsNew Zealand108Going HomeÁsgeirIceland109ArrowsFences featuring Macklemore & Ryan LewisUnited States110Coming of AgeFoster the PeopleUnited States111CocoonCatfish & the BottlemenUnited Kingdom112I Don't Wanna Die AnymoreThe Smith Street BandAustralia113Cocaine LionBall Park MusicAustralia114StunnerMilky ChanceGermany115Tell MeRL Grime and What So NotUnited States/Australia116Heavenly FatherBon IverUnited States117Ten Tonne SkeletonRoyal BloodUnited Kingdom118BullitWatermätFrance119Down on My LuckVic MensaUnited States120OrdinaryThe PreaturesAustralia121FeverThe Black KeysUnited States122Talk TalkGeorge MapleAustralia123BonesDustin TebbuttAustralia124Rum RageSticky FingersAustralia125All This Could Be YoursCold War KidsUnited States126Forgive & ForgetThe KooksUnited Kingdom127Inspector NorseTodd TerjeNorway128CarolThe Peep TempelAustralia129UltraviolenceLana Del ReyUnited States130Look of LoveThe JezabelsAustralia131Create/DestroyArt vs. ScienceAustralia132All the Rage Back HomeInterpolUnited States133I'm Not Coming BackHuskyAustralia134Leave Your Windows OpenOne DayAustralia135Break the BankSchoolboy QUnited States136The Same ManDan SultanAustralia137MerewifWillow BeatsAustralia138My Heart is a WheelMegan WashingtonAustralia139Paradise AwaitsZhuUnited States140Land of PleasureSticky FingersAustralia141Happy (Like a Version)John Butler TrioAustralia142Price of Fame360 featuring GosslingAustralia143Better Than It Ever Could BeThe PreaturesAustralia144FlickerPorter RobinsonUnited States145Born to Break Your HeartSaskwatchAustralia146Breathe InJapanese Wallpaper featuring WafiaAustralia147PoolGlass AnimalsUnited Kingdom148Aerosol CanMajor Lazer featuring Pharrell WilliamsUnited States149BrainBanksUnited States150Cigarettes & LonelinessChet FakerAustralia151DaffodilsMark Ronson featuring Kevin ParkerUnited Kingdom/Australia152Hey Now (Like a Version)KarnivoolAustralia153Your GraduationModern BaseballUnited States154Are You What You Want to Be?Foster the PeopleUnited States155BugattiTiga featuring Pusha TCanada/United States156If You GoSticky FingersAustralia157The Art of the HandshakeHilltop HoodsAustralia158Death's HandThe Amity AfflictionAustralia159SeeyaDeadmau5 featuring Colleen D'AgostinoCanada/United States160Hold Me DownMansionairAustralia161To MeChet FakerAustralia162Eez-ehKasabianUnited Kingdom163Get HomeAngus & Julia StoneAustralia164Best FriendFoster the PeopleUnited States165Feels Like We Only Go Backwards (Like a Version)Alex TurnerUnited Kingdom166Give It AllThe Amity AfflictionAustralia167Stolen Dance (Like a Version)ÁsgeirIceland168Wasted PilotsAirlingAustralia169DownThe KooksUnited Kingdom170West Coast (Like a Version)James Vincent McMorrowIreland171GoGrimes featuring Blood DiamondsCanada/United States172I Blame MyselfSky FerreiraUnited States173Memories That You CallOdesza featuring MonsoonsirenUnited States/India174Never Gonna ChangeBroodsNew Zealand175DivineIn Hearts WakeAustralia176Never Tear Us Apart (Like a Version)AlldayAustralia177Lost & FadingThe Amity AfflictionAustralia178Burn the PagesSiaAustralia179You Are the OneSafiaAustralia180Good MistakeMr Little JeansNorway181Long Way DownRobert DeLongUnited States182EarthwalkerIn Hearts WakeAustralia183Telegraph Ave.Childish GambinoUnited States184What the Devil Has MadeMatt CorbyAustralia185AttakRustie featuring Danny BrownUnited Kingdom/United States186F.M.L.The Amity AfflictionAustralia187RotNorthlaneAustralia188Goodbye FutureThe PresetsAustralia189DreamlandSticky FingersAustralia190A HeartbreakAngus & Julia StoneAustralia191RecessSkrillex and Kill the Noise featuring Fatman Scoop and Michael AngelakosUnited States192LacedDMA'sAustralia193U-HuhTkay MaidzaAustralia194Down by the RiverMilky ChanceGermany195The HauntedNortheast Party HouseAustralia196Dalai Lama, Big Banana, MarijuanaDune RatsAustralia197SurviveL-FRESH the Lion featuring MK-1Australia198SatisfyNeroUnited Kingdom199CuckooRaleigh Ritchie featuring Little SimzUnited Kingdom200WeekendPrioryUnited States
Statistics
Artists with multiple entries #ArtistEntries4Chet Faker1, 7, 8, 213Hilltop Hoods3, 36, 57Vance Joy13, 50, 93alt-J14, 16, 26Ball Park Music19, 58, 99Sticky Fingers20, 86, 94The Amity Affliction22, 64, 71Meg Mac 24, 46, 91Thundamentals30, 78, 902Peking Duk2, 5Milky Chance 4, 44Safia5, 96Scarlett Stevens17, 33Lorde 18, 47Childish Gambino31, 60Allday 35, 65Flight Facilities39, 52Chvrches54, 85Kingswood56, 76Röyksopp59, 73Robyn59, 73
Countries represented CountryTotalAustralia60United States18United Kingdom15New Zealand3Sweden3Norway3Germany2Canada1France1Iceland1
Records The 2014 Hottest 100 marks only the third time all Top 3 songs have been from Australian artists, following the countdowns for 1999 and 2006. 78 unique musical acts appeared on this countdown, 15 of which featured additional artists collaborating. This year's Hottest 100 gathered over 2 million votes, the first to break the 2 million vote mark and the holds the record for the highest number of votes in a single countdown. Chet Faker is the first artist to win the Hottest 100, Triple J Album Poll, the J Award and achieve the most tracks in a countdown in a single year. Chet Faker joins Denis Leary (1993), Alex Lloyd (2001), Bernard Fanning (2005) and Vance Joy (2013) as the only outright solo countdown winners. Chet Faker became the second artist to chart three times in the top 10 places after Powderfinger achieved the feat in 2003. Royal Blood became the fourth band after Doves in 2000, Bloc Party in 2008 and Cut Copy in 2011 to make the albums poll but not feature in the Hottest 100. It was later revealed by Triple J that the band had come 102nd, 105th and 117th. Vance Joy is the first artist since Franz Ferdinand in 2005 to feature in the Hottest 100 the year after winning the countdown.