The 2007

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 January 26, 2008. It was the fifteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station

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. Voting began on 1 January 2008, and closed on 20 January 2008. More than 700,000 votes were counted in the poll. The broadcast began at 10 a.m. AEST, and for the first time was broadcast live to all time zones (as opposed to being on a delayed broadcast). Triple J hosted two live sites, one at

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. The 2007 poll was the closest in Hottest 100 history with only 13 votes separating the number 1 and 2 songs. The 2007 Hottest 100 contained 52 works by Australian artists, equaling the record set in

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Full list

Artists with multiple entries

Countries represented

Trivia

* This is the first Hottest 100 not to feature

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since

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. Ending their streak of ten consecutive appearances. *

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Knights of Cydonia "Knights of Cydonia" is a song by English rock band Muse. It is the closing track on their fourth studio album, ''Black Holes and Revelations'' (2006), and was released as the third single on 27 November 2006. The title refers to the Cydonia re ...

" was first released July 2006, making the song over 18 months old when it was awarded the No. 1 spot. *

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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" is a song by French duo Daft Punk, released on 13 October 2001 as the fourth single from their second studio album ''Discovery (Daft Punk album), Discovery''. A live version of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronge ...

" made an appearance twice in the countdown, in a live version at No. 7, and sampled in

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's " Stronger", at No. 20. * For the first time since the 1991 countdown, Triple J revealed what song came in at No. 101 spot. No. 101 belonged to "

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. * The song "Recapturing the Vibe" by

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charted in the countdown for the second year in a row, with a 'restrung' version featuring at No. 26. *

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, made their fifth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, with both artists having featured in every annual countdown since

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Top 10 Albums of 2007

CD release

Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 15 is the compilation featuring the best of the Top 100 voted tracks on two CDs. It went on sale 8 March 2008.

DVD Release

# Muse – "Knights of Cydonia" (#1) # Silverchair – "Straight Lines" (#2) # Daft Punk – "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Live)" (#7) # The Chemical Brothers feat. Fatlip- "The Salmon Dance" (#21) # Architecture in Helsinki – "Heart It Races" (#19) # The Bumblebeez – "Dr Love" (#93) # The John Butler Trio – "Better Than" (#4) # Foo Fighters – "The Pretender" (#6) # The Panics – "Don't Fight It" (#10) # M.I.A. – "Paper Planes" (#17) # Justice – "D.A.N.C.E." (#35) # Urthboy – "We Get Around" (#25) # The Wombats – "Let's Dance to Joy Division" (#12) # Operator Please – "Just a Song About Ping Pong" (#27) # Modest Mouse – "Dashboard" (#41) # Klaxons – "Golden Skans" (#54) # The Presets – "My People" (#18) # Bloc Party – "Flux" (#48) # Faker – "This Heart Attack" (#5) # Tegan and Sara – "Back in Your Head" (#42) # Gyroscope – "Snakeskin" (#16) # Kisschasy – "Opinions Won’t Keep You Warm at Night" (#32) # José González – "Down the Line" (#72) # My Chemical Romance – "Teenagers" (#44) # Midnight Juggernauts – "Into the Galaxy" (#57) # Digitalism – "Pogo" (#69) # Bluejuice – "Vitriol" (#11) # Missy Higgins – "Steer" (#53) # Amy Winehouse – "Rehab" (#67) # Kings of Leon – "On Call" (#3) # Kasabian – "Shoot the Runner" (#75) # Hilltop Hoods – "Recapturing the Vibe Restrung" (#26) # Jackson Jackson – "Eliza" (#87) # Regina Spektor – "Samson" (#95) # Angus & Julia Stone – "Wasted" (#31) # Cold War Kids – "Hang Me Up to Dry" (#8) # The Beautiful Girls – "I Thought About You" (#38) # Cog – "What If" (#47) # Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos – "Superstar" (#43) # Muscles – "Sweaty" (#76) # Josh Pyke – "Lines on Palms" (#79) # Editors – "Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors" (#65)

References

External links

Triple J Hottest 100
{{Triple J 2007 in Australian music Australia Triple J

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