Which Songs Didn't Make The Cut For The Hottest 100 Of Australian Songs?

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