triple j’s Hottest 100 Countdown 2011 (Live Updates)

The Australian institution that is The triple j Hottest 100 Countdown is back again for 2011. Every year it counts down and celebrates the best 100 songs of the year that has passed – as voted by triple j listeners.


Hottest 100 Countdown 2012 Live Updates are here


Besides the obvious choice for Gotye (with Kimbra) to take out #1 with Somebody That I Used To Know, likely top picks from the past year include Boy and Bear’s Feeding Line, 22 million view YouTube sensation Lana del Ray with Video Games, Florence and The Machine’s first single What the Water Gave Me, The Jezabels Rosebud, Kimbra Cameo Lover, 360 Killer, The Grates Turn Me On, Ball Park Music It’s Nice to be Alive and Bluejuice Act Yr Age, to name a few.

What’s your picks or thoughts on this year’s list?


– Foo Fighters #63 track Rope has now taken the band over Powderfinger for the most amount of tracks in the Hottest 100 over the years.

– So far Aussie artists are dominating the mix, with tracks from Kimbra, Seeker Lover Keeper, 360, Busby Marou, Pnau, Drapht, Jebediah, New Navy, Owl Eyes grabbing places throughout the top half of the list.


triple j’s Hottest 100 Countdown 2011 – List Of Songs (Updated Live)

1: Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (Featuring Kimbra)

2: The Black Keys – Lonely Boy

3: Matt Corby – Brother

4: Boy & Bear – Feeding Line

5: M83 – Midnight City

6: Lana Del Rey – Video Games

7: San Cisco – Awkward

8: 360 – Boys Like You (Ft. Gossling)

9: The Jezabels – Endless Summer

10: Hilltop Hoods – I Love It’ (Ft. Sia)

11: Calvin Harris – Feel So Close

12: Architecture In Helsinki – Contact High

13: Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out

14: Foster The People – Call It What You Want

15: Foster The People – Helena Beat

16: Grouplove – Tongue Tied

17: Seeker Lover Keeper – Even Though I’m A Woman

18: The Wombats – Jump Into The Fog

19: Nero – Promises

20: Bluejuice – Act Yr Age

21: Skrillex – Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

22: Snakadaktal – Air

23: Emma Louise – Jungle

24: The Wombats – 1996

25: Kimbra – Cameo Lover

26: The Wombats – Techno Fan

27: Example – Changed The Way You Kiss Me

28: Owl Eyes – Pumped Up Kicks (Like A Version)

29: Drapht – Sing It (The Life Of Riley)

30: Calvin Harris – Bounce (Ft. Kelis)

31: Ball Park Music – It’s Nice To Be Alive

32: Noah And The Whale – L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N

33: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Otis (Ft. Otis Redding)

34: Gotye – I Feel Better

35: Illy – Cigarettes

36: Florence + The Machine – No Light, No Light

37: 360 – Killer

38: Ball Park Music – All I Want Is You

39: Benny Benassi – Cinema (Skrillex Remix)

40: Foster The People – Houdini

41: The Strokes – Under Cover Of Darkness

42: Florence + The Machine – What The Water Gave Me

43: Grouplove – Itchin’ On A Photograph

44: Hermitude – Speak Of The Devil

45: The Kooks – Junk Of The Heart (Happy)

46: Active Child – Hanging On

47: Sparkadia – Mary

48: Art Vs Science – A.I.M. Fire!

49: Boy & Bear – Milk & Sticks

50: Boy & Bear – Part Time Believer

51: The Drums – Money

52: Kimbra – Good Intent

53: Bon Iver – Holocene

54: The Grates – Turn Me On

55: Architecture In Helsinki – Escapee

56: Sparkadia – China

57: The Rubens – Lay It Down

58: Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers

59: Washington – Holy Moses

60: Joe Goddard – Gabriel

61: Radiohead – Lotus Flower

62: Stonefield – Black Water Rising

63: Foo Fighters – Rope

64: Owl Eyes – Raiders

65: Kasabian – Re-Wired

66: Bon Iver – Perth

67: New Navy – Zimbabwe

68: Arctic Monkeys – Don’t Sit Down Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair

69: Bon Iver – Calgary

70: Jebediah – She’s Like A Comet

71: Luke Million – Arnold

72: Flight Facilities – Foreign Language

73: Skrillex – First Of The Year (Equinox)

74: Drapht – Bali Party (Ft. Nfa)

75: Skream & Example – Shot Yourself In The Foot Again

76: Redcoats – Dreamshaker

77: Metronomy – The Look

78: Husky – History’s Door

79: SBTRKT – Wildfire {Ft. Little Dragon}

80: Pnau – The Truth

81: Busby Marou – Biding My Time

82: Little Dragon – Ritual Union

83: The Kills – Future Starts Slow

84: 360 – Throw It Away (Ft. Josh Pyke)

85: Cosmo Jarvis – Gay Pirates

86: Seeker Lover Keeper – Light All My Lights

87: Gotye – In Your Light

88: Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffle

89: Beirut – Santa Fe

90: Beastie Boys – Make Some Noise

91: City and Colour – Fragile Bird

92: James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream

93: Kimbra – Two Way Street

94: The Wombats – Our Perfect Disease

95: Grouplove – Naked Kids

96: The Strokes – Machu Picchu

97: Foo Fighters – Arlandria

98: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Niggas in Paris

99: The Beards – You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man (triple j recording)

100: Mr Little Jeans – The Suburbs

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