Facts for 2005

The 2005 Hottest 100 was the thirteenth annual Hottest 100 countdown since the change of the format which allowed only songs from the previous year to be voted for.

The Countdown

The countdown took place in January of 2006 and featured a mixture of 59 different artists which is currently the lowest amount of artists in a single countdown. The countdown was broadcast live from the Sydney Big Day Out festival, which was held on the same day.

2005 also features the distinction of having Wolfmother reach 6 tracks in the countdown. Although Dave Grohl was involved with 10 tracks in 2002 and Jack White reached 6 tracks in 2003, this is the the first time that a band had done so.

The 2005 countdown was won by Bernard Fanning, making him the first person to win the countdown 3 times. He has previously been a winner in 1999 and 2000 with his involvement with Powderfinger. Additionally, Fanning is one of the few #1 placegetters to be a solo performer. In addition to Fanning, Denis Leary (1993), Alex Lloyd (2001), Vance Joy (2013), Chet Faker (2013), and Kendrick Lamar (2017) also topped the chart as a solo performer.

With 'Catch My Disease' at #2, the 2005 Hottest 100 marks the second time that Ben Lee has reached the #2 position.

Gorillaz became the third band to achieve 2 tracks in the top 5. This was done previously by The Offspring in 1994 and Powderfinger in 2000 and was also done by Kings of Leon and MGMT in 2008.

At #11, 'Figjam', by Butterfingers, features a small snippet of the song '77%', by The Herd. In the 2003 countdown, '77%' was voted into #46.

DVDA reached #51 with their song 'America, Fuck Yeah!' from the film 'Team America: World Police'. This is only one of a few movie themes to be voted in. The others being from the movies 'Mission: Impossible' in 1996, 'Mission: Impossible II' in 2000, 'Somersault' in 2004 and the James Bond film 'Quantam Of Solace' in 2008.

At #61, Green Day's track 'Jesus Of Suburbia' becomes the equal longest song in a countdown. At 9:08, it is equal only to Kanye West's 'Runaway' in 2010.

At #72, The Bedroom Philosopher made his first appearance with his song 'I'm So Postmodern'. Similarly, The Herd's appearance with 'I Was Only 19' at #18 was the first time that a track from Triple J's Like A Version sessions made it in. On Wednesday, February 22nd (one day short of 5 weeks after the countdown), The Bedroom Philosopher made an appearance on Like A Version to perform his 'Hottest 100 Acoustic Megamix'. Due to reasons of copyright, it is not available on either the artist's, or Triple J's, websites. However, it was made available on The Bedroom Philosopher's website briefly after the performance. The 'Acoustic Megamix' was a cover of 30 of the songs that had featured in the countdown.

To see which songs featured in the 'Hottest 100 Acoustic Megamix', click here.

At #100, The Cat Empire's 'Party Started' marks the 2nd time that the band has made it to number 100 in a countdown. They previously reached this minor milestone in 2003 and again reached it in the 2011 Australian Albums countdown.
Additionally, 'Party Started' holds the distinction as being the song that put Australia into theleading position for the most entries for a country in a countdown. At the end of the 2004 countdown, Australia and the United States had featured an equal 459 songs each throughout the countdowns. The Cat Empire's appearance tipped Australia into a leading position they have not reliinquished to date.

The countdown also features the moderately rare distinction of having no artists reach consecutive entries. This has also happened in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Artists Featured

Wolfmother managed to perform the best in the countdown, with a record 6 tracks, their best reaching #6. Bloc Party and The Cat Empire each had 4 tracks, their best reaching #23 and #25 respectively.
Ben Lee, Franz Ferdinand, Gorillaz, Missy Higgins, System Of A Down and The White Stripes each had 3 tickets, while 14 other artists achieved 2 tracks each.

Artists With Multiple Entries

6 Tracks

4 Tracks

3 Tracks

2 Tracks

Countries Featured

The 2005 Hottest 100 featured artists from 6 countries, which is currently the least amount in a countdown, including 50 from Australia, 30 from the USA and 14 from England.
Notable is the fact that this is the first time that Australia overtook the United States in their respective totals of tracks in all of the countdowns, as indicated by the leaderboard on the right side of the page.

Norway appeared for the first time, with 1 track, which is the same as their effort for their second appearance in 2008.

A Couple Of Notes

‘Feel Good Inc.', at #3, was a collaboration between Gorillaz and De La Soul, who are English and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an English entry for simplicity.

‘Dirty Harry', at #41, was a collaboration between Gorillaz, Bootie Brown, and The San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus, who are English, American, and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an English entry for simplicity.

Countries Represented in the 2005 Countdown

Flag	Country	Entries
	Australia	50
	Canada	1
	England	14
	Iceland	2
	Norway	1
	Scotland	3
	USA	29