Triple J Hottest 100
January 28th, 2007
On Friday Triple J, the national youth radio network, played the Hottest 100 songs of 2006 as voted by listeners. The 100 songs can be seen here.
Each person is entitled to vote for their 10 favourite tracks for the year. For the record, here are the ten tracks I voted for, and the position they reached in the final list:
Augie March - One Crowded Hour - #1
Blue King Brown - Stand Up - #-
Darren Hanlon - Happiness Is A Chemical - #68
Faker - Love for Sale - #-
Grates - 19-20-20 - #10
Mach Pelican - Radio - #-
OK GO - Here It Goes Again - #14
Snow Patrol - You’re All I Have - #-
Wolf And Cub - This Mess - #-
Sekiden - Up In The Air - #-
I’m not surprised that Mach Pelican and Sekiden didn’t make it into the 100 - I love their songs, but they didn’t seem to gain much traction. I’m a little surprised that Wolf and Cub didn’t crack the 100. I’m very surprised that the Snow Patrol track I voted for didn’t make it, but the band was well represented by two other songs. Likewise, Blue King Brown just cracked the 100 (in position 100) with another of their tracks. I am flabbergasted that The Faker track didn’t rate highly - I guess it was a victim of a very early release in the year, and not in too many peoples minds by year end.
Big congratulations to Augie March for hitting the top spot - a very talented Australian band who have been doing the hard yards for years. Congratulations also to Brisbane band The Grates, and to Darren Hanlon, one of my favourite songwriters ever.
Me and a couple australian exchange students had a little Australia day party the other day. We couldn’t have a barbie as there is 1 foot of snow outside, but we were at least able to listne to some Austrlian music. P.S. I must have been the only Australian person who didn’t know who Wolfmuther are!