It’s been a great week of celebrating Australian music as triple j unveiled the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs last Saturday (26 July), and this week, Double J revealed which songs just missed the cut on the Hottest 200.
This countdown drew in a total of 2,655,826 votes, making it the most votes counted since the 2020 poll attracted almost 2.8 million. The record still belongs to the 2019 Hottest 100, however, which counted 3.21 million votes in total.
As the national youth broadcaster noted ahead of the countdown last weekend, only 30 votes separated the songs coming in at #100 and #101. Last Saturday, the excitement kicked off with The Screaming Jets’ Better, and coming in at #101 on the Hottest 200 was Kylie Minogue’s iconic 2000s hit, Spinning Around.
The Hottest 200 of Australian Songs is packed with surprises (TISM followed by Helen Reddy? Chains into This Heart Attack?) and the long-awaited presence of artists who didn’t make last weekend’s countdown. Sia missed out on the Hottest 100, but she appeared twice on the Hottest 200 with Breathe Me at #172 and Chandelier right on #102.
Considering the strength of Australia’s heavy music scene, listeners last week were disappointed that some of the country’s most successful bands didn’t make the cut. However, it was close, with the Parkway Drive anthem, Carrion, at #106, and a bit further up in the list, The Amity Affliction’s Pittsburgh at #155.
The Hottest 200 also marked solid showings for Ben Lee, Sunnyboys, Savage Garden—their hit single I Want You made it to the Hottest 100, but fans also voted for To The Moon & Back (#114), and Truly Madly Deeply (#107)—Pete Murray, Spiderbait, Divinyls, Grinspoon, Hoodoo Gurus, Amy Shark, Something For Kate, The Middle East, and more.
Check out the Hottest 200 of Australian Songs below, and tune in to Double J today from 10 am to hear the countdown in its entirety.
The Hottest 200 of Australian Songs
200. Pez — The Festival Song [Ft. 360/Hailey Cramer]
199. Kate Miller-Heidke — Caught In The Crowd
198. Tash Sultana — Jungle
197. Warumpi Band — Blackfella/Whitefella
196. The Wiggles — Hot Potato
195. The Go-Betweens — Cattle and Cane
194. INXS — Don't Change
193. Pete Murray — So Beautiful
192. Sticky Fingers — Gold Snafu
191. Mental As Anything — Live It Up
190. Tame Impala — Borderline
189. Flume — Rushing Back [Ft. Vera Blue]
188. Boy & Bear — Feeding Line
187. TISM — Greg! The Stop Sign!!
186. Helen Reddy — I Am Woman
185. The Angels — No Secrets
184. FISHER — Losing It
183. Ocean Alley — Yellow Mellow
182. Middle Kids — Edge Of Town
181. Ruby Fields — Dinosaurs
180. Olivia Newton-John — Hopelessly Devoted To You
179. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue — Where The Wild Roses Grow
178. John Butler Trio — Better Than
177. Xavier Rudd — Follow The Sun
176. Flume — Say Nothing [Ft. MAY-A]
175. Kylie Minogue — Confide in Me
174. Killing Heidi — Mascara
173. Ball Park Music — Exactly How You Are
172. Sia — Breathe Me
171. Royel Otis — Oysters In My Pocket
170. Frenzal Rhomb — Never Had So Much Fun
169. A.B. Original — January 26
168. Ball Park Music — She Only Loves Me When I'm There
167. Bernard Fanning — Songbird
166. RÜFÜS DU SOL — You Were Right
165. Amyl And The Sniffers — U Should Not Be Doing That
164. Tina Arena — Chains
163. Faker — This Heart Attack
162. Sneaky Sound System — UFO
161. Eskimo Joe — From The Sea
160. Sunnyboys — Alone With You
159. Troye Sivan — Rush
158. Dom Dolla — Saving Up
157. Paul Kelly — Before Too Long
156. The Preatures — Is This How You Feel?
155. The Amity Affliction — Pittsburgh
154. Cub Sport — Come On Mess Me Up
153. The Getaway Plan — Where The City Meets The Sea
152. Angie McMahon — Slow Mover
151. Bluejuice — Broken Leg
150. Bliss N Eso — Addicted
149. Mallrat — Charlie
148. Sticky Fingers — Rum Rage
147. Nikki Webster — Strawberry Kisses
146. Art vs Science — Parlez Vous Francais
145. Spacey Jane — Lots of Nothing
144. The Cruel Sea — The Honeymoon Is Over
143. Divinyls — Pleasure And Pain
142. Vanessa Amorosi — Absolutely Everybody
141. Jebediah — Harpoon
140. Amy Shark — Adore
139. INXS — New Sensation
138. John Butler Trio — Zebra
137. The Temper Trap — Fader
136. The Presets — This Boy's In Love
135. The Rubens — Hoops
134. Missy Higgins — Steer
133. Lime Cordiale — Robbery
132. Birds Of Tokyo — Plans
131. The Chats — Smoko
130. Tame Impala — Elephant
129. Shannon Noll — What About Me
128. The Whiltams — Blow Up The Pokies
127. Jebediah — Leaving Home
126. Youth Group — Forever Young
125. G Flip — The Worst Person Alive
124. The Saints — (I'm) Stranded
123. Boy & Bear — Southern Sun
122. Archie Roach — Took The Children Away
121. Ocean Alley — Knees
120. Something For Kate — Monsters
119. Divinyls — Boys In Town
118. The Triffids — Wide Open Road
117. Flight Facilities — Crave You [Ft. Giselle]
116. Christine Anu — Island Home
115. Thirsty Merc — In the Summertime
114. Savage Garden — To The Moon & Back
113. Hoodoo Gurus — What's My Scene
112. Alex Lloyd — Amazing
111. Spacey Jane — Feeding the Family
110: Pete Murray — Better Days
109: The Middle East — Blood
108: Birds Of Tokyo — Lanterns
107: Savage Garden — Truly Madly Deeply
106: Parkway Drive — Carrion
105: Spiderbait — Buy Me A Pony
104: Ben Lee — Catch My Disease
103: Grinspoon — Just Ace
102: Sia — Chandelier
101: Kylie Minogue — Spinning Around
