The 2013 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on January 26, 2014. It is the 21st countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners to Australian radio station

Triple J Triple J is an Australian government-funded national radio station founded in 1975 as a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). It aims to appeal to young listeners of alternative music, and plays far more Australian conten ...

. The countdown received 1.49 million votes. Voting commenced on 20 December 2013, and closed on 20 January 2014.

Full list

#101–#200 List

On 27 January 2014, Triple J broadcast the second 100 songs of the countdown.

Artists with multiple entries

Countries represented

Minor statistics

*Vance Joy joins

Denis Leary Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Born in Massachusetts, he first came to prominence as a stand-up comedian, especially through appearances on MTV (including the comedic song " Asshole") and th ...

(1993),

Alex Lloyd Alexander Lloyd (Birth name, né Wasiliev; born 19 September 1974) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Four of his albums, ''Black the Sun'', ''Watching Angels Mend'', ''Distant Light (Alex Lloyd album), Distant Light'' and ''Alex Lloyd (al ...

(2001) and

Bernard Fanning Bernard Joseph Fanning (born 15 August 1969) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of Queensland alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989. Born and raised in Toowong, Brisbane, Fanning ...

(2005) as the only outright solo countdown winners. **Vance Joy is also the first

Triple J Unearthed Triple J Unearthed is an Australian digital radio station and online music discovery platform. It is a sister station of Triple J, owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Unearthed began in 1995 as a regional talent competition open to ...

artist to place first in the Hottest 100. Beating the second place finishes by

Killing Heidi Killing Heidi are an Australian rock band, formed in Violet Town, Victoria in 1996, initially as a folk-pop duo by siblings Ella and Jesse Hooper. The band has released three studio albums: '' Reflector'' (March 2000), which reached No.&nb ...

(

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

Grinspoon Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales, which formed in 1995 by Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar, Kristian Hopes on drums and frontman Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar. Also in that year, Grinspoon ...

(

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

Missy Higgins Melissa Morrison "Missy" Higgins (born 19 August 1983) is an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her most popular singles include "Scar", " Steer", and " Where I Stood". Her Australian number-one albums are '' The Sound of White'' (2004 ...

(

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

), Art vs. Science (

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

) and Little Red (

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

). *This is the first known instance where the total number of votes tallied was less than the previous year, tallying in at 1.49 million votes (2012 tallied over 1.5 million). *

Illy Illycaffè S.p.A. (branded and stylised as illy) is an Italian coffee company specializing in espresso, headquartered in Trieste. Illy markets its coffee globally in silver and red pressurized, oxygen-free cans; operates a network of cafes on sh ...

's "Ausmusic Month Medley" featured four songs that previously made it into the Hottest 100: " Tomorrow" by

Silverchair Silverchair was an Australian Rock music, rock band, which formed in 1992 as Innocent Criminals in Newcastle, New South Wales, with Daniel Johns on vocals and guitars, Ben Gillies on drums, and Chris Joannou on bass guitar. The group got thei ...

(#5 in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

), " The Nosebleed Section" by

Hilltop Hoods Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip hop group that formed in 1994 in Blackwood, Adelaide, South Australia. They are regarded as pioneers of the " larrikin-like" style of Australian hip hop. The group was founded by Suffa (Matthew David Lambert) ...

(#9 in

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

), " My Happiness" by

Powderfinger Powderfinger were an Australian Rock music, 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 ...

(#1 in

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

) and "On Top" by

Flume A flume is a human-made channel for water, in the form of an open declined gravity chute whose walls are raised above the surrounding terrain, in contrast to a trench or ditch. Flumes are not to be confused with aqueducts, which are built to t ...

(#67 in

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

). The song also featured numerous references from various other songs. *This is the fifth consecutive countdown that Illy has appeared in, having first featured in the 2009 Hottest 100. *The songs "

Born to Die ''Born to Die'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012, through Interscope Records and Polydor Records as her major label debut. A reissue of the album, subtitled '' The Paradis ...

" by

Lana Del Rey Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known professionally as Lana Del Rey, is an American singer-songwriter. Lana Del Rey discography, Her music is noted for its melancholic exploration of Glamour (presentation), glamor and Romanc ...

and " Sweet Nothing" by

Calvin Harris Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris (and sometimes under the stage name Love Regenerator), is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'' (2007 ...

featured in the countdown for the second year in a row after a covers by

The Amity Affliction The Amity Affliction is an Australian post-hardcore band from Gympie, Queensland, formed in 2003. The band's current line-up consists of Joel Birch (lead vocals), Dan Brown (guitar), Jonathan Reeves (bass, vocals) and Joe Longobardi (drums). Th ...

and

Something for Kate Something for Kate are an Australian alternative rock band, which formed in 1994 with Paul Dempsey on lead vocals and guitar, and Clint Hyndman on drums. They were joined in 1998 by Stephanie Ashworth on bass guitar and backing vocals. The gro ...

featured at #40 and #68 respectively. *Two versions of " Get Lucky" appeared in the countdown, the original by

Daft Punk Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining house music, funk, disco, tech ...

at number 3 and

San Cisco San Cisco is an Australian indie pop band that formed in 2009 in Fremantle, Western Australia. The band are a three-piece, and currently consists of Jordi Davieson (guitar, lead vocals), Josh Biondillo (guitar, vocals) and Scarlett Stevens ( ...

's cover at number 39; this is the first time it has happened since

. *

St. Lucia Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. Part of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent ...

is the first artist from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

to feature in the Hottest 100. *

Bliss n Eso Bliss n Eso (formerly known as Bliss n' Esoterikizm) are an Australian hip hop trio based in Sydney. The group consists of emcees Bliss and Eso, and DJ Izm, and they are currently signed to Melbourne record label Illusive Sounds, and are manag ...

's song "Act Your Age" (#67) samples

Bluejuice Bluejuice was an Australian band based in Sydney, active between 2000 and 2014. The group's final line-up consisted of co-lead vocalists Jake Stone and Stavros Yiannoukas, bassist Jamie Cibej, and drummer James Hauptmann. The band released thr ...

's "Act Yr Age", which came in at #20 in

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

CD release

The Triple J Hottest 100 CD for 2013 is the twenty first edition of the series. The double-CD was released on 28 February 2014.

DVD Release

# Vance Joy – "Riptide" (#1) # Lorde – "Royals" (#2) # Arctic Monkeys – "Do I Wanna Know?" (#4) # Lana Del Rey – "Young and Beautiful" (#7) # Flume & Chet Faker – "Drop the Game" (#5) # Matt Corby – "Resolution" (#8) # The Preatures – "Is This How You Feel?" (#9) # Haim – "The Wire" (#11) # London Grammar – "Strong" (#10) # James Blake – "Retrograde" (#13) # Kanye West – "Black Skinhead" (#20) # Violent Soho – "Covered in Chrome" (#14) # Arcade Fire – "Reflektor" (#16) # The Kite String Tangle – "Given the Chance" (#19) # RÜFÜS – "Take Me" (#21) # Birds of Tokyo – "Lanterns" (#22) # Disclosure – "When a Fire Starts to Burn" (#23) # Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre – "Waiting All Night" (#24) # The Wombats – "Your Body Is a Weapon" (#25) # Chvrches – "Recover" (#28) # Illy featuring Ahren Stringer – "Youngbloods" (#77) # Foals – "My Number" (#29) # Empire of the Sun – "Alive" (#30) # Vampire Weekend – "Diane Young" (#31) # Thundamentals – "Smiles Don't Lie" (#32) # Grouplove – "Ways to Go" (#33) # Bloc Party – "Ratchet" (#36) # Touch Sensitive – "Pizza Guy" (#38) # Boy & Bear – "Southern Sun" (#41) # Max Frost – "White Lies" (#42) # Childish Gambino – "3005" (#43) # Robert DeLong – "Global Concepts" (#45) # Flight Facilities featuring Micky Green – "Stand Still" (#48) # John Newman – "Love Me Again" (#50) # Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr featuring Beardyman – "Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat" (#51) # Cloud Control – "Scar" (#52) # Kingswood – "Ohio" (#53) # Andy Bull – "Keep On Running" (#57) # The National – "Graceless" (#64) # Bliss n Eso – "Act Your Age" (#67) # Sticky Fingers – "Australia Street" (#70) # Two Door Cinema Club – "Changing of the Seasons" (#71) # Queens of the Stone Age – "My God is the Sun" (#97) # Bring Me the Horizon – "Sleepwalking" (#86) # Busta Rhymes featuring Q-Tip, Kanye West and Lil Wayne – "Thank You" (#73) # Mikhael Paskalev – "I Spy" (#75) # SAFIA – "Listen to Soul, Listen to Blues" (#76) # Panama – "Always" (#80) # Dillon Francis featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – "Without You" (#99) # The Jezabels – "The End" (#83)

Top 10 Albums of 2013

A smaller poll of Triple J listeners' favorite albums of the year was held in December 2013.

Notes

References

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