Facts for 2009

The 2009 Hottest 100 was the seventeenth 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 2010 and featured a mixture of 71 different artists. Over 1,100,000 votes were counted in the countdown.

The 2009 countdown featured possibly the most controversy of any countdown to date when, only 4 days before the countdown, the winner of the countdown was leaked via the ABC Shop. A descriptive piece for a special Hottest 100 edition Triple J magazine inadvertently stated that the winners of the countdown were Mumford & Sons. (A screenshot of the leak is available here.)
The leak was at first believed to be a hoax, or a clever publicity stunt, and even forced betting agent Sportingbet to stop taking bets on the outcome.
Howeverm the leak turned out to be truthful, and along with the song winning by the largest margin ever, Mumford & Sons, who were in the country for a tour, performed the song live in the studio before the studio version of the track was played.

Art vs. Science became the fourth artist who was Unearthed by Triple J to achieve the #2 position. The then-record high was set in 1999 by Killing Heidi and was again equalled by Grinspoon in 2002, Missy Higgins in 2004 and Little Red in 2010. The record was broken however, when Vance Joy reached #1 with 'Riptide' in 2013.

Prior to the Hilltop Hoods' song 'Chase That Feeling' being announced to have reached #3, announcers mentioned that the band that reached #3 were from Adelaide, prompting Triple J presenter Lindsay McDougall to ask whether the band in question was The Testeagles. The Testeagles managed to chart in the 1999 Hottest 100, reaching #66 with their track 'Turn That Shit Up'.

At #95, Tame Impala charted with their cover of Blue Boy's 'Remember Me'. The original version charted at #91 in 1997.

Despite it not being played by Triple J that year, the Foo Fighter's 'Wheels' reached #100.

The 2009 countdown was also the first time that no artist from the United States made it into the top 10.

For the second time, Richard Kingsmill released the tracks that featured in the positions #101 to #200. For more information on those tracks, click here.

Artists Featured

Florence And The Machine and Muse got 4 tracks each, their best tracks reaching #10 and #9 respectively. Kasabian, The Temper Trap, Flight Of The Conchords and Sia each were involved in 3 tracks each while 17 other artists managed 2 tracks each.

Artists With Multiple Entries

4 Tracks

3 Tracks

2 Tracks

Countries Featured

The 2009 Hottest 100 featured artists from 9 countries, including 36 from Australia, 27 from England and 23 from USA. The 2009 countdown marked the first time that the USA had come third in terms of tracks from a country.

England's 27 tracks and Italy's 5 tracks are currently records for those 2 countries.

A Couple Of Notes

‘Bonkers', at #12, was a collaboration between Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden who are English and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an English entry for simplicity.

‘Warp 1.9', at #23, was a collaboration between The Bloody Beetroots and Steve Aoki who are Italian and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an Italian entry for simplicity.

‘Carol Brown', at #24, was a collaboration between Flight Of The Conchords and Sia (who performed backing vocals) who are from New Zealand and Australia, respectively. However, the track is counted as a New Zealand entry for simplicity.

‘Audacity Of Huge', at #41, was a collaboration between Simian Mobile Disco and Chris Keating (of the band Yeasayer) who are English and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an English entry for simplicity.

‘Awesome', at #43, was a collaboration between The Bloody Beetroots and The Cool Kids who are Italian and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an Italian entry for simplicity.

‘Heartbreaker', at #73, was a collaboration between MSTRKRFT and John Legend who are Canadian and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an Canadian entry for simplicity.

‘Ghosts 'n' Stuff', at #96, was a collaboration between Deadmau5 and Rob Swire (of the band Pendulum) who are Canadian and Australian, respectively. However, the track is counted as an Canadian entry for simplicity.

Countries Represented in the 2009 Countdown

Flag	Country	Entries
	Australia	36
	Canada	4
	England	27
	France	2
	Italy	2
	New Zealand	3
	Scotland	2
	Sweden	1
	USA	23