Triple J Hottest 100 2014

The 2014 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day, 26 January 2015. It was the 22nd countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J. It was won by “Talk Is Cheap”, one of three songs that Chet Faker had in the top 10 (the others being “1998” and “Gold”).[1]

Voting commenced in mid-December 2014, and closed on 18 January 2015. Voters nominated ten songs that were released between December 2013 and November 2014 and submitted them through the Triple J website.[2] In total, over 2 million votes were cast, breaking the previous record set in 2012. The year’s countdown was notable for having seven Australian artists in the top ten and the top three positions being awarded to Australians, the first year for both to have occurred.

BuzzFeed campaigned for Taylor Swift’s song “Shake It Off” as a protest against Triple J’s exclusion of the song from their shortlist of songs,[3] but the track was eventually disqualified.[4]

Full list[edit]
Artists with multiple entries[edit]
Four tracks[edit]
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Two tracks[edit]
Countries represented[edit]
* The 2014 Hottest 100 marks only the third time all Top 3 songs have been from Australian artists, following the countdowns for 1999 and 2006.
* 78 unique musical acts appeared on this countdown, 15 of which featured additional artists collaborating.
* This year’s Hottest 100 gathered over 2 million votes, the first to break the 2 million vote mark and the holds the record for the highest number of votes in a single countdown.
* Chet Faker is the first artist to win the Hottest 100, Triple J Album Poll, the J Award and achieve the most tracks in a countdown in a single year.
* Chet Faker joins Denis Leary (1993), Alex Lloyd (2001), Bernard Fanning (2005) and Vance Joy (2013) as the only outright solo countdown winners.
* Chet Faker became the second artist to chart three times in the top 10 places after Powderfinger achieved the feat in 2003.
* A week after the Hottest 100 was announced, the songs placed 101–200th in the poll were announced, with “Tell Me” by Golden Features featuring Nicole Millar taking 101st position.[5]
* Royal Blood became the fourth band after Doves in 2000, Bloc Party in 2008 and Cut Copy in 2011 to make the albums poll but not feature in the Hottest 100. It was later revealed by Triple J that the band had come 102nd, 105th and 117th.

CD release[edit]
The Triple J Hottest 100 CD for 2014 is the twenty second edition of the series. The track list was revealed on Triple J’s Facebook page on 2 February 2015;[6] the double-CD was released on 27 February 2015.[7]

CD 1 1. Chet Faker – “Talk Is Cheap” (1)
2. Peking Duk feat. Nicole Millar – “High” (2)
3. Hilltop Hoods – “Cosby Sweater” (3)
4. Milky Chance – “Stolen Dance” (4)
5. Ásgeir – “King And Cross” (10)
6. ZHU – “Faded” (11)
7. Alison Wonderland – “I Want U” (37)
8. The Amity Affliction – “Pittsburgh” (22)
9. alt-J – “Every Other Freckle” (14)
10. Thundamentals feat. Thom Crawford – “Something I Said” (30)
11. TV On The Radio – “Happy Idiot” (49)
12. Kim Churchill – “Window To The Sky” (42)
13. Meg Mac – “Roll Up Your Sleeves” (24)
14. Carmada – “Maybe” (41)
15. San Cisco – “Run” (33)
16. Courtney Barnett – “Pickles From The Jar” (51)
17. Banks – “Beggin For Thread” (27)
18. The Kite String Tangle – “Arcadia” (15)
19. Ball Park Music – “She Only Loves Me When I’m There” (19)
20. Childish Gambino – “Sober” (31)
21. Lana Del Rey – “West Coast” (32)

CD 2 1. Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – “Uptown Funk” (6)
2. Sia – “Chandelier” (9)
3. Vance Joy – “Mess Is Mine” (13)
4. Glass Animals – “Gooey” (12)
5. The Preatures – “Somebody’s Talking” (29)
6. Future Islands – “Seasons (Waiting On You)” (23)
7. Illy feat. Scarlett Stevens – “Tightrope” (17)
8. Sticky Fingers – “Gold Snafu” (20)
9. Bluejuice – “I’ll Go Crazy” (25)
10. The Griswolds – “Beware The Dog” (28)
11. SBTRKT feat. Ezra Koenig – “New Dorp, New York” (34)
12. FKA Twigs – “Two Weeks” (45)
13. First Aid Kit – “My Silver Lining” (38)
14. DMA’s – “Delete” (48)
15. Kingswood – “I Can Feel That You Don’t Love Me” (56)
16. Allday – “You Always Know The DJ” (35)
17. Flight Facilities feat. Emma Louise – “Two Bodies” (39)
18. Broods – “Mother & Father” (40)
19. Jamie T – “Zombie” (43)
20. The Smith Street Band – “Surrender” (69)
21. Caribou – “Can’t Do Without You” (55)

(The number in brackets is the song position in the Hottest 100.)

Top 10 Albums of 2014[edit]
A smaller poll of Triple J listeners’ favourite albums of the year was held in December 2014.[8]

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