The Hot 100 is an annual music poll presented by Brisbane community radio station 4ZZZ since 1977. Listeners vote on their favourite songs of the year online, and tune into the countdown on New Year's Day. "All the Rage" by Brisbane band Mitch, Please is the latest song to top the countdown.
History 4ZZZ broadcast the first Hot 100 in 1977. The idea was raised in the station's subscriber magazine Radio Times, which outlined that whoever submitted a list of 100 songs closest to the station's chosen list of its favourite 100 songs would win a prize of five records.
The 4ZZZ Hot 100 partially inspired the Australian national youth broadcaster Triple J to begin its own Hottest 100 countdown from 1989. When former 4ZZZ presenter Andy Nehl moved to Triple J, he pitched the idea of an annual countdown to the station, which had not yet expanded to Brisbane. When Triple J expanded nationally and started running its own Hot 100, 4ZZZ accused Triple J of copying its intellectual property. The national broadcaster eventually renamed its countdown to the Hottest 100.
To celebrate 50 years of 4ZZZ, the 2025 Hot 100 was held on 7 December instead of New Year's Day, as this was the broadcast date of the first Hot 100.
Voting Each year the 4ZZZ counts down songs from the previous year. The station usually provides a shortlist on 1 December, but listeners can vote for any song released in the eligible timeframe.
List of winners Adapted from the 4ZZZ Hot 100 Archive. +List of songs voted number one in the 4ZZZ Hot 100YearArtistSong1976The Beach BoysGood Vibrations1980Sex PistolsAnarchy in the UK1982The ClashLondon Calling1983Joy DivisionLove Will Tear Us Apart1984President's XISummer Vacation1985Echo & The BunnymenThe Cutter1986The CultShe Sells Sanctuary1987Painters and DockersDie Yuppie Die1988The PrimitivesCrash1989Dinosaur Jr.Freak Scene1990Sonic YouthKool Thing1991Chopper DivisionChill Out America1992MinistryJesus Built My Hotrod1993The BreedersCannonball1994Beastie BoysSabotage1995Wishing ChairDreaming1996Escape From ToytownFish n Chip Bitch From Ipswich1997BlurSong 21998Not from ThereSich Offnen1999RegurgitatorI Wanna Be a Nudist2000The Dandy WarholsBohemian Like You2001Gazoonga AttackCinderella2002The White StripesFell in Love with a Girl2003Dollar BarCute Gurls Have the Best Diseases2004Dick NastyI'm More Australian Than A Book of Bush Poetry by Russell Crowe2005The DisablesASIO2006Texas TeaMacy and Me2007Texas TeaWhiskey and Wine2008The Emu SmugglersBorn and Bred (On Triple Zed)2009I Heart HiroshimaShakeytown2010Transvaal Diamond SyndicateHomeAlbums2011Gotye featuring KimbraSomebody That I Used to Know2012VelociraptorCynthia2013The FlangipanisI'm Drunk, So What, Fuck You2014Violent SohoSaramona Said2015The FlangipanisGetting Shit For Free2016The FlangipanisDouble Standards2017The FlangipanisSportsball2018WaaxLabrador2019GoatzillaDropbear (The Legend of)2020The FlangipanisAsshole Aunt2021WaaxMost Hated Girl2022Square Tugs featuring Polly CookeI Don't Like It2023Square TugsOne Minute Love Song2024Amyl and the SniffersU Should Not Be Doing That2025Mitch, PleaseAll The Rage
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