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# | Title | Artist | Time | Country |
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1 | Big Jet Plane | Angus & Julia Stone | 3:59 | ![]() |
2 | Rock It | Little Red | 3:30 | ![]() |
3 | Dance The Way I Feel | Ou Est Le Swimming Pool | 3:17 | ![]() |
4 | Plans | Birds Of Tokyo | 3:39 | ![]() |
5 | Fall At Your Feet | Boy & Bear | 4:31 | ![]() |
6 | Teenage Crime | Adrian Lux | 2:44 | ![]() |
7 | Fuck You | Cee-Lo Green | 3:41 | ![]() |
8 | Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves) | The Wombats | 3:38 | ![]() |
9 | Magic Fountain | Art vs. Science | 4:44 | ![]() |
10 | Somebody To Love Me (feat. Boy George & Andrew Wyatt) | Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. | 4:58 | ![]() |
11 | ABC News Theme (Remix) | Pendulum | 2:43 | ![]() |
12 | Rapunzel | Drapht | 3:23 | ![]() |
13 | Clap Your Hands | Sia | 3:59 | ![]() |
14 | Runaway (feat. Pusha T) | Kanye West | 9:08 | ![]() |
15 | Barbra Streisand | Duck Sauce | 3:39 | ![]() |
16 | Mace Spray | The Jezabels | 5:08 | ![]() |
17 | Bang Bang Bang (feat. Q-Tip & MNDR) | Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. | 3:54 | ![]() |
18 | There's Nothing In The Water We Can't Fight | Cloud Control | 3:59 | ![]() |
19 | Crave You (feat. Giselle) | Flight Facilities | 4:11 | ![]() |
20 | Sunday Best | Washington | 3:21 | ![]() |
21 | Undercover Martyn | Two Door Cinema Club | 2:45 | ![]() |
22 | Jellylegs | Children Collide | 3:32 | ![]() |
23 | Addicted | Bliss N Eso | 3:51 | ![]() |
24 | Talking Like I'm Falling Down Stairs | Sparkadia | 3:57 | ![]() |
25 | Eyes Wide Open | Gotye | 3:07 | ![]() |
26 | Not In Love (feat. Robert Smith) | Crystal Castles | 3:46 | ![]() |
27 | You Got The Dirtee Love (feat. Dizzee Rascal) | Florence And The Machine | 3:34 | ![]() |
28 | Radar Detector | Darwin Deez | 3:08 | ![]() |
29 | It Can Wait (feat. Owl Eyes) | Illy | 3:37 | ![]() |
30 | O.N.E. | Yeasayer | 5:24 | ![]() |
31 | Bloodbuzz Ohio | The National | 4:32 | ![]() |
32 | Pumped Up Kicks | Foster The People | 4:00 | ![]() |
33 | Solitude Is Bliss | Tame Impala | 3:56 | ![]() |
34 | Punching In A Dream | The Naked And Famous | 3:59 | ![]() |
35 | The Bike Song (feat. Kyle Falconer & Spank Rock) | Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. | 4:23 | ![]() |
36 | Opposite Of Adults | Chiddy Bang | 3:14 | ![]() |
37 | Doncamatic (feat. Daley) | Gorillaz | 3:22 | ![]() |
38 | Young Blood | The Naked And Famous | 4:07 | ![]() |
39 | Revolution | The John Butler Trio | 5:06 | ![]() |
40 | Baby, I'm Gettin' Better | Gyroscope | 3:18 | ![]() |
41 | Down By The River | Bliss N Eso | 2:54 | ![]() |
42 | On Melancholy Hill | Gorillaz | 3:54 | ![]() |
43 | We No Speak Americano | Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP | 4:30 | ![]() |
44 | Baptism | Crystal Castles | 4:13 | ![]() |
45 | Rabbit Song | Boy & Bear | 2:57 | ![]() |
46 | Way Back Home | Bag Raiders | 4:17 | ![]() |
47 | Wild At Heart | Birds Of Tokyo | 4:01 | ![]() |
48 | Witchcraft | Pendulum | 4:13 | ![]() |
49 | Easy To Love | The Jezabels | 4:50 | ![]() |
50 | One Life Stand | Hot Chip | 5:24 | ![]() |
51 | Ambling Amp | Yeasayer | 3:56 | ![]() |
52 | Overpass | The John Steel Singers | 4:15 | ![]() |
53 | Reflections | Bliss N Eso | 3:06 | ![]() |
54 | Holidays (feat. Alan Palomo) | Miami Horror | 4:27 | ![]() |
55 | Giving Up The Gun | Vampire Weekend | 4:46 | ![]() |
56 | Bring Night | Sia | 2:58 | ![]() |
57 | Kickstarts | Example | 3:02 | ![]() |
58 | The Suburbs | Arcade Fire | 5:15 | ![]() |
59 | Rich Kids | Washington | 3:03 | ![]() |
60 | My Eagle | Children Collide | 2:50 | ![]() |
61 | Jackson's Last Stand | Ou Est Le Swimming Pool | 3:06 | ![]() |
62 | Hold On | Angus & Julia Stone | 4:25 | ![]() |
63 | Ready To Start | Arcade Fire | 4:16 | ![]() |
64 | Jona Vark | Gypsy & The Cat | 3:39 | ![]() |
65 | One Step | Dead Letter Circus | 3:29 | ![]() |
66 | Audience | Cold War Kids | 3:02 | ![]() |
67 | Holiday | Vampire Weekend | 2:18 | ![]() |
68 | Dog (feat. Lisa Mitchell) | Andy Bull | 3:29 | ![]() |
69 | Watercolour | Pendulum | 5:04 | ![]() |
70 | Paper Romance | Groove Armada | 6:19 | ![]() |
71 | The Piper's Song | Gypsy & The Cat | 3:41 | ![]() |
72 | I Can Talk | Two Door Cinema Club | 2:57 | ![]() |
73 | Time To Wander | Gypsy & The Cat | 3:55 | ![]() |
74 | Lucidity | Tame Impala | 4:32 | ![]() |
75 | Coming Around | Hungry Kids Of Hungary | 3:27 | ![]() |
76 | Radioactive | Kings Of Leon | 3:26 | ![]() |
77 | Shutterbugg (feat. Cutty) | Big Boi | 3:35 | ![]() |
78 | Stylo (feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack) | Gorillaz | 4:31 | ![]() |
79 | Slow Motion | Little Red | 3:34 | ![]() |
80 | Howlin' For You | The Black Keys | 3:12 | ![]() |
81 | Echoes | Klaxons | 3:45 | ![]() |
82 | Tighten Up | The Black Keys | 3:31 | ![]() |
83 | Modern Man | Arcade Fire | 4:40 | ![]() |
84 | The Hardest Part | Washington | 4:13 | ![]() |
85 | I Feel Better | Hot Chip | 4:42 | ![]() |
86 | Queensland | Evil Eddie | 4:09 | ![]() |
87 | The Saddest Thing I Know | Birds Of Tokyo | 3:08 | ![]() |
88 | Monster (feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver) | Kanye West | 6:19 | ![]() |
89 | Barricade | Interpol | 4:09 | ![]() |
90 | Finally See Our Way | Art vs. Science | 4:24 | ![]() |
91 | Northcote (So Hungover) | The Bedroom Philosopher | 3:45 | ![]() |
92 | I Can Change | LCD Soundsystem | 5:56 | ![]() |
93 | Anyone's Ghost | The National | 2:54 | ![]() |
94 | Time To Smile | Xavier Rudd & Izintaba | 3:34 | ![]() |
95 | The High Road | Broken Bells | 3:52 | ![]() |
96 | Go Do | Jónsi | 4:41 | ![]() |
97 | Sleepwalker | Parkway Drive | 4:01 | ![]() |
98 | Spanish Sahara | Foals | 6:50 | ![]() |
99 | Big | Dead Letter Circus | 3:42 | ![]() |
100 | Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) | Muse | 3:50 | ![]() |
Facts for 2010
The 2010 Hottest 100 was the eighteenth 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 2011 and featured a mixture of 65 different artists. Over 1,260,000 votes, from 152 different countries, were counted in the countdown.
Angus & Julia Stone's 'Big Jet Plane' marks the first time since The Cranberries in 1994 that female vocals featured in the top song. It also marks the first time since 1996 that a female was involved with the winning song.
Incidentally, the song had been released the previous year by Angus Stone's solo project 'Lady Of The Sunshine' on the album ' Smoking Gun'. The song is almost identical to the charting version by Angus & Julia Stone, except for the obvious addition of Julia Stone's vocals.
Little Red became the fifth 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 Art vs. Science in 2009. The record was broken however, when Vance Joy reached #1 with 'Riptide' in 2013.
At #3, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool charted with their song 'Dance The Way I Feel'. On August 20th, 2010, almost one year exactly since the track was released, lead singer Charles Haddon committed suicide after a performance in Belgium. While the song's popularity was already well apparent in Australia, many fans thought that Haddon's death may have influenced the vote.
Boy & Bear's cover of Crowded House's 'Fall At Your Feet' at #5 is currently the equal-highest position that a cover song has reached. It was first accomplished by Björk in 1995 with 'It's Oh So Quiet', and again by Spiderbait in 2004 with their cover of 'Black Betty'.
At #14, Kanye West's track 'Runaway' becomes the equal longest song in a countdown. At 9:08, it is equal only to Green Day's 'Jesus Of Suburbia' in 2005.
Crystal Castles and Robert Smith reached #26 with their cover of Platinum Blonde's 'Not In Love'; the first time that Robert Smith has charted since The Cure's 'Wrong Number' in 1997. His 13 year abscence became the equal longest time any artist has had between charting songs, with the record being matched 2 years later when Ben Folds Five charted for the first time since 1999. Zack De La Rocha also matched the record in 2014 when he featured on Run The Jewels' 'Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)', his first appearance since Rage Against The Machine last charted in 2001. However, this record was later beaten in the 2016 countdown by The Avalanches, making their reappearence after 15 years, and beaten later in that same countdown, by Paul Kelly, who reappeared after a 16 year absence.
Owl Eyes's appearance with Illy at #29 marks the second time that an Australian Idol contestant has featured in a countdown. Lisa Mitchell became the first, back in 2008.
The countdown also features the moderately rare distinction of having no artists reach consecutive entries. This has also happened in 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
Once again, Richard Kingsmill released the tracks that featured in the positions #101 to #200. For more information on those tracks, click here.
Artists Featured
Arcade Fire, Birds Of Tokyo, Bliss N Eso, Gorillaz, Gypsy & The Cat Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., Pendulum and Washington all managed to reach 3 tracks each in the countdown, with Birds Of Tokyo achieving the highest entry at #4.
19 other artists managed to get 2 tracks each.
Artists With Multiple Entries
3 Tracks
- Arcade Fire (58, 63, 83)
- Birds Of Tokyo (4, 47, 87)
- Bliss N Eso (23, 41, 53)
- Gorillaz (37, 42, 78)
- Gypsy & The Cat (64, 71, 73)
- Mark Ronson & The Business Intl (10, 17, 35)
- Pendulum (11, 48, 69)
- Washington (20, 59, 84)
2 Tracks
- Angus & Julia Stone (1, 62)
- Art Vs. Science (9, 90)
- The Black Keys (80, 82)
- Boy & Bear (5, 45)
- Children Collide (22, 60)
- Crystal Castles (25, 44)
- Dead Letter Circus (65, 99)
- Hot Chip (50, 85)
- The Jezabels (16, 49)
- Kanye West (14, 88)
- Little Red (2, 79)
- The Naked And Famous (34, 38)
- The National (31, 93)
- Ou Est Le Swimming Pool (3, 61)
- Sia (13, 56)
- Tame Impala (33, 74)
- Two Door Cinema Club (21, 72)
- Vampire Weekend (55, 67)
- Yeasayer (30, 51)
Countries Featured
The 2010 Hottest 100 featured artists from 8 countries, including 51 from Australia, 21 from USA and 17 from England.
A Couple Of Notes
‘Somebody To Love Me', at #10, was a collaboration between Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., Boy George and Andrew Wyatt who are English, English and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an English entry for simplicity.
‘Bang Bang Bang', at #17, was a collaboration between Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., Q-Tip and MNDR who are English, American and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an English entry for simplicity.
‘Not In Love', at #26, was a collaboration between Crystal Castles and Robert Smith (of The Cure) who are Canadian and English, respectively. However, the track is counted as an Canadian entry for simplicity.
‘The Bike Song', at #35, was a collaboration between Mark Ronson & The Business Intl., Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock who are English, Scottish and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an English entry for simplicity.
‘Stylo', at #78, was a collaboration between Gorillaz, Bobby Womack and Mos Def who are English, American and American, respectively. However, the track is counted as an English entry for simplicity.
Countries Represented in the 2010 Countdown
Flag | Country | Entries |
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Australia | 51 |
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Canada | 5 |
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England | 17 |
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Iceland | 1 |
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Ireland | 2 |
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New Zealand | 2 |
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Sweden | 1 |
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USA | 21 |
Quick Facts
Number Of Artists Featured
- 65 Artists
Most Successful Artists
- Arcade Fire (3 tracks)
- Birds Of Tokyo (3 tracks)
- Bliss N Eso (3 tracks)
- Gorillaz (3 tracks)
- Gypsy & The Cat (3 tracks)
- Mark Ronson & The Business Intl (3 tracks)
- Pendulum (3 tracks)
- Washington (3 tracks)
Number Of Countries Featured
- 8 Countries
Top Three Countries
- Australia (51 tracks)
- USA (21 tracks)
- England (17 tracks)
Unearthed Artists
- Art vs. Science (2 tracks)
- Boy & Bear (2 tracks)
- Busby Marou (1 track)
- Cloud Control (1 tracks)
- Gypsy & The Cat (3 tracks)
- Hungry Kids Of Hungary (1 track)
- The Jezabels (2 tracks)
- The John Steel Singers (1 track)
- Little Red (2 tracks)
- Miami Horror (1 track)
- Washington (3 tracks)
Average Track Time
- 3:59 (3 minutes, 59 seconds)
Shortest Track
- Holiday - Vampire Weekend (2:18)
Longest Track
- Runaway - Kanye West (9:08)
Leaderboard as of 2010
Flag | Country | Total |
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Australia | 737 |
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USA | 615 |
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England | 289 |
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Canada | 30 |
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Ireland | 26 |
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New Zealand | 21 |
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Scotland | 19 |
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Sweden | 15 |
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France | 12 |
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Iceland | 9 |
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Germany | 6 |
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Italy | 5 |
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Jamaica | 5 |
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Wales | 3 |
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Benin | 2 |
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Denmark | 2 |
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Norway | 2 |
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Finland | 1 |
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Senegal | 1 |
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