The 2005 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2006. It was the thirteenth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J.

The broadcast began at 10am AEDT and finished a little before 7pm when the top song was announced. Broadcast live from the Sydney Big Day Out from 12pm AEDT, it regularly crossed to winning artists and listeners around Australia.

Voters were limited to 20 votes each – 10 via SMS (charged at 30c per message) and 10 via the Internet (at no charge).

Wolfmother had the most entries in the countdown with six, at that point the most by an artist in a single countdown. Their record was not equalled until the 2022 countdown 17 years later, by Spacey Jane, and was not surpassed until the following 2023 countdown, by G Flip.

Full list Note: Australian artists

# Song Artist Country of origin 1 Wish You Well Bernard Fanning Australia 2 Catch My Disease Ben Lee Australia 3 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz featuring De La Soul United Kingdom/United States 4 Best of You Foo Fighters United States 5 Dare Gorillaz featuring Shaun Ryder United Kingdom 6 Mind's Eye Wolfmother Australia 7 My Doorbell The White Stripes United States 8 O Yeah End of Fashion Australia 9 Joker & the Thief Wolfmother Australia 10 Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand United Kingdom 11 Figjam Butterfingers Australia 12 Computer Camp Love Datarock Norway 13 Gold Digger Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx United States 14 Songbird Bernard Fanning Australia 15 Flame Trees Sarah Blasko Australia 16 Apple Tree Wolfmother Australia 17 Blue Orchid The White Stripes United States 18 I Was Only 19 The Herd Australia 19 Middle of the Hill Josh Pyke Australia 20 DOA Foo Fighters United States 21 Hurricane Faker Australia 22 Do-Do's & Whoa-Oh's Kisschasy Australia 23 Two More Years Bloc Party United Kingdom 24 Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Bloodhound Gang United States 25 The Car Song The Cat Empire Australia 26 Fix You Coldplay United Kingdom 27 B.Y.O.B. System of a Down United States 28 Everyday I Love You Less and Less Kaiser Chiefs United Kingdom 29 Fast Girl Gyroscope Australia 30 Concrete Boots After the Fall Australia 31 The Special Two Missy Higgins Australia 32 My Enemy Cog Australia 33 Phoenix The Butterfly Effect Australia 34 I Predict a Riot Kaiser Chiefs United Kingdom 35 Girl Beck United States 36 Speed of Sound Coldplay United Kingdom 37 Dimension Wolfmother Australia 38 Sly The Cat Empire Australia 39 Colossal Wolfmother Australia 40 Helicopter Bloc Party United Kingdom 41 Dirty Harry Gorillaz featuring Bootie Brown United Kingdom/United States 42 Sweet as Sugar Grinspoon Australia 43 Autumn Flow Lior Australia 44 Sunnyroad Emilíana Torrini Iceland 45 Positive Tension Bloc Party United Kingdom 46 Juicebox The Strokes United States 47 Stuff and Nonsense Missy Higgins Australia 48 An Honest Mistake The Bravery United States 49 What's on Your Radio The Living End Australia 50 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom 51 Be Yourself Audioslave United States 52 America, Fuck Yeah Dvda United States 53 We're All in This Together Ben Lee Australia 54 Two Shoes The Cat Empire Australia 55 Landed Ben Folds United States 56 It'5! Architecture in Helsinki Australia 57 Radio/Video System of a Down United States 58 Little Sister Queens of the Stone Age United States 59 Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole Martha Wainwright Canada 60 All the Money or the Simple Life Honey The Dandy Warhols United States 61 Jesus of Suburbia Green Day United States 62 Beware Wolf Gyroscope Australia 63 Divorcee by 23 Clare Bowditch & the Feeding Set Australia 64 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Jack Johnson United States 65 Always Worth It Sarah Blasko Australia 66 Gabrielle Ween United States 67 The Denial Twist The White Stripes United States 68 Ashes The Beautiful Girls Australia 69 Jesus I Was Evil Butterfingers Australia 70 This Year The Mountain Goats United States 71 Run Cog Australia 72 I'm So Postmodern The Bedroom Philosopher Australia 73 Better Together Jack Johnson United States 74 The Sound of White Missy Higgins Australia 75 Qué Onda Guero Beck United States 76 Hypnotize System of a Down United States 77 First Day of My Life Bright Eyes United States 78 The Fighter After the Fall Australia 79 Fuck Forever Babyshambles United Kingdom 80 Believe The Chemical Brothers United Kingdom 81 Let's Take the Long Way Home The Beautiful Girls Australia 82 Smoke It The Dandy Warhols United States 83 Filthy/Gorgeous Scissor Sisters United States 84 White Unicorn Wolfmother Australia 85 Tightrope Walker Epicure Australia 86 Into the Dark Ben Lee Australia 87 We Can't Hear You The Herd Australia 88 Like Eating Glass Bloc Party United Kingdom 89 Bastard Ben Folds United States 90 Walk Away Franz Ferdinand United Kingdom 91 Heartstopper Emilíana Torrini Iceland 92 Messages Xavier Rudd Australia 93 The Fallen Franz Ferdinand United Kingdom 94 On This Side Clare Bowditch & the Feeding Set Australia 95 Face Without a Name Kisschasy Australia 96 Six Months in a Leaky Boat Little Birdy Australia 97 Themata Karnivool Australia 98 Why Do You Love Me Garbage United States 99 Evie, Pt. 1 The Wrights Australia 100 Party Started The Cat Empire Australia

Statistics

Artists with multiple entries #ArtistEntries6Wolfmother 6, 9, 16, 37, 39, 845Kele Okereke23, 40, 45, 80, 884Bloc Party23, 40, 45, 88The Cat Empire25, 38, 54, 1003Ben Lee 2, 53, 86Gorillaz 3, 5, 41The White Stripes7, 17, 67Franz Ferdinand 10, 90, 93System of a Down27, 57, 76Missy Higgins31, 47, 742Bernard Fanning1, 14Foo Fighters4, 20Butterfingers11, 69Sarah Blasko15, 65The Herd18, 87Kisschasy 22, 95Coldplay 26, 36Kaiser Chiefs 28, 34Gyroscope 29, 62After the Fall30, 78Cog 32, 71Beck 35, 75Emiliana Torrini44, 91Chris Cheney49, 99Ben Folds 55, 89The Dandy Warhols60, 82Clare Bowditch63, 94Jack Johnson64, 71

Countries Represented CountryEntriesAustralia50United States30United Kingdom17Iceland2Norway1Canada1

Records Bernard Fanning set a new record as the only artist to win the Hottest 100 three times, having previously won the countdown with Powderfinger in 1999 and 2000. Fanning also joins Denis Leary (1993) and Alex Lloyd (2001) as the only outright solo countdown winners. Ben Lee is the first artist to finish second twice in the Hottest 100, previously finishing second with "Cigarettes Will Kill You" in 1998. Similarly, The Cat Empire are the first artist to secure the No. 100 spot for a second time, having first done so in 2003 Gorillaz featured twice in the Top 5, the first act to do so since Powderfinger in 2000. "Jesus of Suburbia" by Green Day becomes the longest song to appear in a countdown at 9:08. "Runaway" by Kanye West would later equaled this record in 2010. The Living End made their ninth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having featured in every annual countdown since 1997. Similarly, The Chemical Brothers made their fifth consecutive appearance, having appeared in every annual countdown since 2000. The White Stripes appeared in the Top 10 for the third consecutive year, equaling Powderfinger's record set between 1998 and 2000.

Top 10 Albums of 2005 Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100. Wolfmother won the inaugural J Award for their self-titled album.

# Artist Album Country of origin Tracks in the Hottest 100 1 Wolfmother Wolfmother Australia 6, 9, 16, 37, 39, 84 (45 in 2004 & 80 in 2006) 2 Bloc Party Silent Alarm United Kingdom 23, 40, 45, 88 3 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan United States 7, 17, 67 4 Bernard Fanning Tea & Sympathy Australia 1, 14 5 Gorillaz Demon Days United Kingdom 3, 5, 41 6 Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better United Kingdom 10, 90, 93 7 Foo Fighters In Your Honor United States 4, 20 8 Queens of the Stone Age Lullabies to Paralyze United States 58 9 Ben Lee Awake Is the New Sleep Australia 2, 53, 86 (15 in 2004) 10 System of a Down Mezmerize United States 27, 57

CD release The 2-CD set titled triple j – Hottest 100: Vol 13 Various Artists was released in 2006. It is a compilation of 41 of the top 100 songs.

CD 1 Bernard Fanning – "Wish You Well" Wolfmother – "Colossal" Gorillaz feat. De La Soul – "Feel Good Inc." Franz Ferdinand – "Do You Want To" End of Fashion – "O Yeah" Bloc Party – "Two More Years" The Chemical Brothers – "Believe" Josh Pyke – "Middle of the Hill" Martha Wainwright – "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" The Dandy Warhols – "All the Money or the Simple Life Honey" After the Fall – "Concrete Boots" Ween – "Gabrielle" Butterfingers – "Figjam" Cog – "My Enemy" Sarah Blasko – "Flame Trees" The Beautiful Girls – "Ashes" Beck – "Girl" The Strokes – "Juicebox" The Living End – "What's on Your Radio" Kisschasy – "Do-Do's and Whoa-oh's" The Herd – "I Was Only 19 (Live)"CD 2 Ben Lee – "Catch My Disease" Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx – "Gold Digger" Datarock – "Computer Camp Love" Kaiser Chiefs – "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" Queens of the Stone Age – "Little Sister" Faker – "Hurricane" The Mountain Goats – "This Year" Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set – "Divorcee By 23" The Bravery – "An Honest Mistake" System of a Down – "B.Y.O.B." Gyroscope – "Fast Girl" The Cat Empire – "The Car Song" Babyshambles – "Fuck Forever" Bright Eyes – "First Day of My Life" Emiliana Torrini – "Sunnyroad" Architecture in Helsinki – "It's 5!" Bloodhound Gang – "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" Foo Fighters – "DOA" The Butterfly Effect – "Phoenix" Wolfmother – "Mind's Eye (Live)"

DVD Release

Bernard Fanning – "Wish You Well" Wolfmother – "Mind's Eye" Gorillaz feat. De La Soul – "Feel Good Inc." Franz Ferdinand – "Do You Want To" End of Fashion – "O Yeah" Bloc Party – "Two More Years" The Chemical Brothers – "Believe" Josh Pyke – "Middle of the Hill" The Dandy Warhols – "All the Money or the Simple Life Honey" After the Fall – "Concrete Boots" Butterfingers – "Figjam" Cog – "My Enemy" The Beautiful Girls – "Ashes" Beck – "Girl" The Strokes – "Juicebox" (Directors Cut) The Living End – "What's on Your Radio" Kisschasy – "Do-Do's and Whoa-oh's" Ben Lee – "Catch My Disease" Datarock – "Computer Camp Love" Kaiser Chiefs – "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" Queens of the Stone Age – "Little Sister" Faker – "Hurricane" The Mountain Goats – "This Year" Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set – "Divorcee By 23" The Bravery – "An Honest Mistake" System of a Down – "B.Y.O.B." Gyroscope – "Fast Girl" The Cat Empire – "The Car Song" Babyshambles – "Fuck Forever" Bright Eyes – "First Day of My Life" Emiliana Torrini – "Sunnyroad" Architecture in Helsinki – "It's 5!" Bloodhound Gang – "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" Foo Fighters – "DOA" The Butterfly Effect – "Phoenix" The Bedroom Philosopher – "I'm So Post Modern" Grinspoon – "Sweet as Sugar" Scissor Sisters – "Filthy/Gorgeous" Karnivool – "Themata" Epicure – "Tightrope Walker"

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References

External links Triple J Hottest 100 Voting List