The 2006

Triple J Hottest 100 The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll presented by the publicly-funded Australian youth radio station Triple J. Members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite Music of Australia, Australian and alternative music of th ...

was announced on 26 January 2007. It is the fourteenth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as voted by listeners of the Australian radio station

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. Voting began on 1 January 2007, and closed on 21 January 2007. 671,024 votes were counted in this year's poll. The broadcast began at 10 am, and at midday, crossed to Hyde Park in

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for a live broadcast of the countdown, beginning at #75. The top 10 was announced from 6 pm, by breakfast team Myf Warhurst, Jay and the Doctor, when announcing the winning song, presenters labelled

Augie March Augie March are an Australian Pop music, pop and indie rock band formed in 1996 in Shepparton, Victoria. Since 2001 the group consists of vocalist and rhythm guitarist Glenn Richards, lead guitarist Adam Donovan, bass guitarist Edmondo Ammen ...

's victory as a huge upset given that " Black Fingernails, Red Wine" by

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, Aus ...

and "

Crazy Insanity, madness, lunacy, and craziness are behaviors caused by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns. Insanity can manifest as violations of societal norms, including a person or persons becoming a danger to themselves or to other ...

" by

Gnarls Barkley Gnarls Barkley is an American soul music, soul duo composed of singer-songwriter CeeLo Green and producer Danger Mouse (musician), Danger Mouse. They released their debut studio album, ''St. Elsewhere (album), St. Elsewhere'', in 2006. It contai ...

were the favorites to win the countdown. The broadcast was also the first time the Hottest 100 had a live video webcast through the Triple J Website, showing film clips of each video and live footage from Hyde Park.

Full list

Artists with multiple entries

Countries represented

Notes

The Living End The Living End is an Australian punk rock band from Melbourne, formed in 1994. Since 2002, the line-up consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals), and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in 1997 after ...

, with their song Wake Up at No. 53, made it into the countdown for the tenth year in a row, having featured in every annual countdown since

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are the first winning artist since

Spiderbait Spiderbait is an Australian alternative rock band from Finley, New South Wales, formed in 1989 by bass guitarist and singer Janet English, drummer and singer Kram, and guitarist Damian Whitty. In 2004, the group's cover version of the 1930s Lea ...

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to only feature once in the countdown. * This was the first countdown since

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to feature an all-Australian top 3. * " The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide Is Press Coverage" by

Panic! at the Disco Panic! at the Disco was an American pop rock band formed in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2004 by high school friends Ryan Ross (guitar) and Spencer Smith (musician), Spencer Smith (drums), who recruited classmates Brendon Urie (vocals and ...

is the longest song title to feature in a Hottest 100 countdown.

Top 10 Albums of 2006

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100 in 2006 and 2007. Hilltop Hoods won the J Award for ''The Hard Road''.

CD Release

DVD Release

# Augie March - "One Crowded Hour" (#1) # Eskimo Joe - "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" (#2) # Hilltop Hoods - "The Hard Road" (#3) # The Killers - "When You Were Young" (#4) # The Grates - "19-20-20" (#10) # Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy" (#6) # Gotye - "Hearts a Mess" (#8) # Muse - "Supermassive Black Hole" (#18) # Lily Allen - "Smile" (#15) # Little Birdy - "Come On Come On" (#11) # Scissor Sisters - "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" (#5) # OK Go - "Here It Goes Again" (#14) # The Butterfly Effect - "Gone" (#32) # Bob Evans - "Don't You Think It's Time?" (#37) # Camille - "Ta Douleur" (#26) # Justice vs. Simian - "We Are Your Friends" (#62) # Placebo feat. Alison Mosshart - "Meds" (#25) # The Living End - "Wake Up" (#53) # Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Gold Lion" (#24) # Something With Numbers - "Apple of the Eye (Lay Me Down)" (#64) # Something for Kate - "Cigarettes and Suitcases" (#51) # Hot Chip - "Over and Over" (#60) # Angus & Julia Stone - "Paper Aeroplane" (#43) # Peter Bjorn and John feat. Victoria Bergsman- "Young Folks" (#16) # Freestylers feat. Pendulum & SirReal - "Painkiller" (#82) # Infadels - "Love Like Semtex" (#85) # Beck - "Nausea" (#69) # Josh Pyke - "Memories & Dust" (#38) # Lady Sovereign - "Love Me or Hate Me" (#44) # Wolfmother - "Love Train" (#80) # Sarah Blasko - "" (#79) # Lupe Fiasco - "Kick, Push" (#19) # The Cops - "Call Me Anytime" (#33) # Regina Spektor - "Fidelity" (#20) # Basement Jaxx feat. Martina Sorbara - "Take Me Back to Your House" (#40) # Darren Hanlon - "Happiness Is a Chemical" (#68) # The John Butler Trio - "Funky Tonight" (#12) # Butterfingers - "Get Up Outta the Dirt" (#83) # Red Riders - "Slide In Next To Me" (#96) # Jet - "Rip It Up" (#76) # Ben Harper - "Better Way" (#87) # Gossip - "Standing In The Way Of Control" (#98)

References

External links

Triple J Hottest 100
{{Triple J 2006 in Australian music Australia Triple J Hottest 100

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