The 2004

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was announced on 26 January 2005. It was the twelfth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the

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n radio station

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. Voters were limited to 20 votes each: 10 via

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(charged at 30c each) and 10 via the

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(no charge). U2's "

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" placed at number 38, despite having not been played on Triple J. Triple J presenter

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encouraged voters to vote for the '' Media Watch'' theme music on the condition that his counterpart Chris Taylor would do a nude run through the

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if it made the hottest 100. While announcing the count, Reucassel called number 7 for the Media Watch theme, initiating Taylor on a streak through the music festival. Upon Taylor's return,

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explained that Media Watch was ineligible due to not being recorded in 2004 and announced the real number 7.

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was also in the studio and Reucassel goaded her into accepting a similar challenge should she win the Hottest 100. Higgins grew increasingly nervous as the count continued. From early in the voting process, it became very obvious that Franz Ferdinand's " Take Me Out" would be the clear winner of this Hottest 100. Throughout the countdown, numerous references were made to this well-established fact, including announcers sarcastically claiming "Ha-ha! You thought they'd be #1" when "

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" was played at #50 as well a mock promotional piece heard in between in which votes for other bands such as

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were ignored in favour of

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. When " Take Me Out" was officially announced as #1, it was reported that it had received more than double the votes of any other song. As with receiving more than double the votes, the presenters felt it sensible to also play a live version of " Take Me Out" directly after the studio version played at #1. There were a record 475,000 voters that participated in the poll.

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Note: Australian artists 47 of the 100 songs are by Australian artists

Artists with multiple entries

The following individuals or groups had more than one entry in the Hottest 100: Four entries *

John Butler Trio The John Butler Trio are an Australian roots/rock band led by guitarist and vocalist John Butler, an APRA and ARIA-award-winning musician. They formed in Fremantle in 1998 with Jason McGann on drums, Gavin Shoesmith on bass and John Butler on vo ...

(7, 25, 51, 93) *

Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters were an American pop rock band formed in 2001. Its members include Jake Shears and Ana Matronic as vocalists, Babydaddy as multi-instrumentalist, Del Marquis as lead guitar/bassist, and Randy Real (who replaced Paddy Boom) as dr ...

(23, 44, 58, 92) Three entries *

(1, 29, 50) *

(2, 6, 49) *

Eskimo Joe Eskimo Joe are an Australian alternative rock band that was formed in 1997 by Stuart MacLeod, on lead guitar, Joel Quartermain, on drums and guitar, and Kavyen Temperley, on bass guitar and vocals, in East Fremantle, Western Australia, Austral ...

(3, 32, 62) *

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(4, 13, 39) *

Little Birdy Little Birdy were an Australian alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia, in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue. They gaine ...

(8, 40, 78) Two entries *

Spiderbait Spiderbait is an Australian alternative rock band from Finley, New South Wales, formed in 1991 by bass guitarist and singer Janet English, drummer and singer Kram (musician), Kram, and guitarist Damian Whitty. In 2004 the group's cover version o ...

(5, 20) *

Powderfinger Powderfinger were an Australian rock band formed in Brisbane in 1989. From 1992 until their break-up in 2010, the line-up consisted of vocalist Bernard Fanning, guitarists Darren Middleton and Ian Haug, bass guitarist John Collins and drummer ...

(9, 68) *

The Dresden Dolls The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (lead vocals and piano; additional: keyboards, harmonica, ukulele) and Brian Viglione (drums and backing vocals; ad ...

(12, 30) * Evermore (14, 57) *

Grinspoon Grinspoon are an Australian Rock music, rock band from Lismore, New South Wales, formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, G ...

(16, 26) *

The Streets The Streets are an English music project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner. The project has released six studio albums: ''Original Pirate Material'' (2002), ''A Grand Don't Come for Free'' (2004), ''The Hardest Way to M ...

(18, 19) * Jet (24, 89) * Dogs Die in Hot Cars (43, 84) *

Regurgitator Regurgitator are an Australian rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, formed in late 1993 by Quan Yeomans on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards; Ben Ely on bass guitar, keyboards and vocals; and Martin Lee on drums. Their debut studio album, '' ...

(52, 85) *

(53, 95) *

Xavier Rudd Xavier Rudd (born 29 May 1978) is an Australian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. Several of Rudd's songs incorporate socially conscious themes, such as spirituality, humanity, environmentalism and the rights of Indigen ...

(56, 59) *

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(74, 76) *

Dallas Crane Dallas Crane are a triple ARIA Award nominated Australian alternative rock band from Melbourne. Their self-titled third album was released on 10 July 2004, and peaked in the ARIA Albums Chart top 50. Its lead single, "Dirty Hearts" (June ...

(79, 83)

Top 10 Albums of 2004

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.

CD release

The 2-CD set titled ''triple j – Hottest 100: Vol 12 Various Artists'' was released 2005-03-06. It is a compilation of 40 of the top 100 songs., Catalogue Number 5318135

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Artists with multiple entries

Top 10 Albums of 2004

CD release

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