The 2008

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was announced on January 26, 2009. It was the sixteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station,

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. 2008 was also the first year of the countdown where Triple J made public the full list of songs that did not make the list proper. Coined as the "Hottest 200", the list was released online the day after the main countdown. Voting commenced on

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, 26 December 2008, and closed on 18 January 2009. The second half of the countdown was broadcast live from Parramatta Park in

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, with live crosses to the

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, held at

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. Over 800,000 votes were received, a record number at the time.

Full list

#101–#200 List

For the first time since the 1991 countdown, on 27 January 2009, Richard Kingsmill published the #101–#200 list on his blog.

Artists with multiple entries

Countries represented

2008 Triple J Album Poll

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100. The Presets won the J Award for '' Apocalypso''.

CD release

Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 16 is the compilation featuring the best of the Top 100 voted tracks on two CDs. It went on sale on 6 March 2009.

DVD Release

The 2008 Hottest 100 DVD compilation was released on 10 April 2009. #Kings of Leon – "Sex On Fire" (#1) #MGMT – "Electric Feel" (#2) #Empire of the Sun – "Walking On A Dream" (#4) #The Presets – "Talk Like That" (#6) #The Ting Tings – "That's Not My Name" (#9) #Kaiser Chiefs – "Never Miss A Beat" (#25) #Birds of Tokyo – "Broken Bones" (#20) #Drapht – "Jimmy Recard" (#10) #Ladyhawke – "My Delirium" (#11) #Cut Copy – "Lights & Music" (#15) #The Herd – "The King Is Dead" (#13) #Dizzee Rascal feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome – "Dance Wiv Me" (#17) #Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" (#35) #The Living End – "White Noise" (#23) #Josh Pyke – "The Lighthouse Song" (#27) #Lily Allen – "The Fear" (#46) #Architecture In Helsinki – "That Beep" (#28) #Vampire Weekend – "Oxford Comma" (#30) # The Kooks – "Always Where I Need to Be" (#33) #Cog – "Bird of Feather" (#31) #The Grates – "Burn Bridges" (#34) #PNAU feat. Ladyhawke – "Embrace" (#12) #Does It Offend You, Yeah – "Dawn of the Dead" (#64) #British India – "I Said I'm Sorry" (#37) #Cold War Kids – "Something Is Not Right With Me" (#38) #Ida Maria – "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" (#39) #Emiliana Torrini – "Jungle Drum" (#42) #Little Red – "Coca-Cola" (#47) #Something With Numbers – "Stay With Me Bright Eyes" (#48) #Laura Marling – "Ghosts" (#43) #Pez feat. 360 & Hailey Cramer – "The Festival Song" (#7) #Mystery Jets feat. Laura Marling – "Young Love" (#49) #Ash Grunwald – "Breakout" (#50) #The Butterfly Effect – "Window and the Watcher" (#53) #The Getaway Plan – "Where the City Meets the Sea" (#59) #Santigold – "L.E.S. Artistes" (#57) #Bliss n Eso – "The Sea is Rising" (#61) #Hot Chip – Ready for the Floor (#69) #Death Cab forCutie – "I Will Possess Your Heart" (#36) #Faker – "Sleepwalking" (#62) #Black Kids – "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You" (#74) #Tame Impala – "Half Full Glass of Wine" (#75)

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External links

Voting list
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