# Triple J Hottest 100, 2004

The 2004 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 2005. It was the twelfth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J.
Voters were limited to 20 votes each: 10 via SMS (charged at 30c each) and 10 via the Internet (no charge).
Triple J presenter Craig Reucassel encouraged voters to vote for the Media Watch theme music on the condition that his counterpart Chris Taylor would do a nude run through the Big Day Out if it made the Hottest 100. While announcing the count, Reucassel called number 7 for the Media Watch theme, initiating Taylor on a streak through the music festival. Upon Taylor's return, Reucassel explained that Media Watch was ineligible due to not being recorded in 2004 and announced the real number 7. Missy Higgins was also in the studio and Reucassel goaded her into accepting a similar challenge should she win the Hottest 100.
From early in the countdown, it became obvious that Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" would be the clear winner of the Hottest 100. Throughout the countdown, numerous references were made to this well-established fact, including announcers sarcastically claiming "Ha-ha! You thought they'd be #1" when "The Dark of the Matinée" was played at #50 as well a mock promotional piece heard in between in which votes for other bands such as Placebo and Jet were ignored in favour of Franz Ferdinand. When "Take Me Out" was officially announced as #1, it was reported that it had received more than double the votes of any other song. As with receiving more than double the votes, the presenters felt it sensible to also play a live version of "Take Me Out" directly after the studio version played at #1.
There were a record 475,000 voters that participated in the poll.
As in previous years, a CD featuring 40 (not necessarily the top 40) songs was released. A DVD, containing film clips of songs from the Hottest 100 was also released. A countdown of the videos of each song was shown on the ABC music series Rage in March.

## Full list

Note: Australian artists
| # | Song | Artist | Country of Origin |
| 1 | Take Me Out | Franz Ferdinand | United Kingdom |
| 2 | Scar | Missy Higgins | Australia |
| 3 | From the Sea | Eskimo Joe | Australia |
| 4 | Somebody Told Me | The Killers | United States |
| 5 | Black Betty | Spiderbait | Australia |
| 6 | Ten Days | Missy Higgins | Australia |
| 7 | Something's Gotta Give | John Butler Trio | Australia |
| 8 | Beautiful to Me | Little Birdy | Australia |
| 9 | Bless My Soul | Powderfinger | Australia |
| 10 | Jolene (Live) | The White Stripes | United States |
| 11 | Float On | Modest Mouse | United States |
| 12 | Coin-Operated Boy | The Dresden Dolls | United States |
| 13 | Mr. Brightside | The Killers | United States |
| 14 | It's Too Late | Evermore | New Zealand |
| 15 | Gamble Everything for Love | Ben Lee | Australia |
| 16 | Hard Act to Follow | Grinspoon | Australia |
| 17 | Yo Mama | Butterfingers | Australia |
| 18 | Fit but You Know It | The Streets | United Kingdom |
| 19 | Dry Your Eyes | The Streets | United Kingdom |
| 20 | Fucken Awesome | Spiderbait | Australia |
| 21 | Common People | William Shatner | Canada |
| 22 | American Idiot | Green Day | United States |
| 23 | Take Your Mama | Scissor Sisters | United States |
| 24 | Look What You've Done | Jet | Australia |
| 25 | Treat Yo Mama | John Butler Trio | Australia |
| 26 | Better Off Alone | Grinspoon | Australia |
| 27 | Don't U Eva | Sarah Blasko | Australia |
| 28 | Ch-Check It Out | Beastie Boys | United States |
| 29 | This Fire | Franz Ferdinand | United Kingdom |
| 30 | Girl Anachronism | The Dresden Dolls | United States |
| 31 | The Bucket | Kings of Leon | United States |
| 32 | Older Than You | Eskimo Joe | Australia |
| 33 | Chicken Payback | The Bees | United Kingdom |
| 34 | What the Fuck | Machine Gun Fellatio | Australia |
| 35 | Not Many – The Remix! | Scribe featuring Savage and Con Psy | New Zealand |
| 36 | Forget Her | Jeff Buckley | United States |
| 37 | Adelaide | Ben Folds | United States |
| 38 | Vertigo | U2 | Ireland |
| 39 | Smile Like You Mean It | The Killers | United States |
| 40 | This Is a Love Song | Little Birdy | Australia |
| 41 | Mass Destruction | Faithless | United Kingdom |
| 42 | This Old Love | Lior | Australia |
| 43 | Godhopping | Dogs Die in Hot Cars | United Kingdom |
| 44 | Take Me Out | Scissor Sisters | United States |
| 45 | Woman | Wolfmother | Australia |
| 46 | Amerika | Rammstein | Germany |
| 47 | I Can't Give You What I Haven't Got | The Living End | Australia |
| 48 | Memory Lane | Elliott Smith | United States |
| 49 | Casualty | Missy Higgins | Australia |
| 50 | The Dark of the Matinée | Franz Ferdinand | United Kingdom |
| 51 | What You Want | John Butler Trio | Australia |
| 52 | My Friend Robot | Regurgitator | Australia |
| 53 | English Summer Rain | Placebo | United Kingdom |
| 54 | Bridal Train | The Waifs | Australia |
| 55 | Walk Idiot Walk | The Hives | Sweden |
| 56 | Shelter | Xavier Rudd | Australia |
| 57 | For One Day | Evermore | New Zealand |
| 58 | Laura | Scissor Sisters | United States |
| 59 | Solace | Xavier Rudd | Australia |
| 60 | Lachlan | Your Wedding Night | Australia |
| 61 | Flashdance | Deep Dish | United States |
| 62 | Smoke | Eskimo Joe | Australia |
| 63 | She Wants to Move | N.E.R.D | United States |
| 64 | Self Destruct in 5 | Epicure | Australia |
| 65 | Galvanize | The Chemical Brothers | United Kingdom |
| 66 | Little Yellow Spider | Devendra Banhart | United States |
| 67 | 10 A.M. Automatic | The Black Keys | United States |
| 68 | Process This | Powderfinger | Australia |
| 69 | Push Up | Freestylers | United Kingdom |
| 70 | Four to the Floor (Thin White Duke Remix) | Starsailor | United Kingdom |
| 71 | C'mon C'mon | The Von Bondies | United States |
| 72 | Hold Me Now | The Polyphonic Spree | United States |
| 73 | Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town | The Panda Band | Australia |
| 74 | Slow Hands | Interpol | United States |
| 75 | Paco Doesn't Love Me | Spazzys | Australia |
| 76 | Evil | Interpol | United States |
| 77 | Run | Snow Patrol | United Kingdom |
| 78 | Tonight's the Night | Little Birdy | Australia |
| 79 | Dirty Hearts | Dallas Crane | Australia |
| 80 | Young Man, Old Man | The Dissociatives | Australia |
| 81 | Rough Diamonds | End of Fashion | Australia |
| 82 | Drop the Pressure | Mylo | United Kingdom |
| 83 | Numb All Over | Dallas Crane | Australia |
| 84 | I Love You 'Cause I Have To | Dogs Die in Hot Cars | United Kingdom |
| 85 | The Drop | Regurgitator | Australia |
| 86 | I Was Born (A Unicorn) | The Unicorns | Canada |
| 87 | Breathe Me | Sia | Australia |
| 88 | Imagine | A Perfect Circle | United States |
| 89 | Get What You Need | Jet | Australia |
| 90 | Lotion | Greenskeepers | United States |
| 91 | Somersault | Decoder Ring | Australia |
| 92 | Comfortably Numb | Scissor Sisters | United States |
| 93 | Hello | John Butler Trio | Australia |
| 94 | Ride | The Vines | Australia |
| 95 | Twenty Years | Placebo | United Kingdom |
| 96 | Mirror Mirror | After the Fall | Australia |
| 97 | Safe Forever | Gyroscope | Australia |
| 98 | Catch Me Up | Gomez | United Kingdom |
| 99 | Always | The Butterfly Effect | Australia |
| 100 | I'm Gonna Haunt You | Fabienne Delsol | France |

## Artists with multiple entries

| # | Artist | Entries |
| 4 | John Butler Trio | 7, 25, 51, 93 |
| 4 | Scissor Sisters | 23, 44, 58, 92 |
| 3 | Franz Ferdinand | 1, 29, 50 |
| 3 | Missy Higgins | 2, 6, 49 |
| 3 | Eskimo Joe | 3, 32, 62 |
| 3 | The Killers | 4, 13, 39 |
| 3 | Little Birdy | 8, 40, 78 |
| 2 | Spiderbait | 5, 20 |
| 2 | Powderfinger | 9, 68 |
| 2 | The Dresden Dolls | 12, 30 |
| 2 | Evermore | 14, 57 |
| 2 | Grinspoon | 16, 26 |
| 2 | The Streets | 18, 19 |
| 2 | Jet | 24, 89 |
| 2 | Dogs Die in Hot Cars | 43, 84 |
| 2 | Regurgitator | 52, 85 |
| 2 | Placebo | 53, 95 |
| 2 | Xavier Rudd | 56, 59 |
| 2 | Interpol | 74, 76 |
| 2 | Dallas Crane | 79, 83 |

## Countries represented

| Country | Entries |
| Australia | 47 |
| United States | 28 |
| United Kingdom | 17 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| France | 1 |

## Trivia

* U2's "Vertigo" placed at No. 38, despite having not been played on Triple J.
* Two versions of "Take Me Out" appeared in the countdown, the original by Franz Ferdinand at No. 1 and the Scissor Sisters' cover at No. 44; this is the first time it has happened since 1997.
** With their covers of "Take Me Out" and "Comfortably Numb", the Scissor Sisters are the first band to have multiple covers feature in the same countdown.
* The Living End made their eighth consecutive appearance in the Hottest 100, having featured in every annual countdown since 1997. Similarly, Machine Gun Fellatio made their sixth consecutive appearance, having appeared in every annual countdown since 1999.
* At No. 5, Spiderbait's cover of "Black Betty" ties with Björk's cover of "It's Oh So Quiet" as the highest ranked cover song in a Hottest 100.

## Top 10 Albums of 2004

Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.
| # | Artist | Album | Country of Origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 |
| 1 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | United Kingdom | 1, 29, 50 |
| 2 | John Butler Trio | Sunrise Over Sea | Australia | 25, 51, 93 (8 in 2003) |
| 3 | Missy Higgins | The Sound of White | Australia | 2, 6, 49 (31, 47, 74 in 2005) |
| 4 | Eskimo Joe | A Song Is a City | Australia | 3, 32, 62 |
| 5 | Little Birdy | BigBigLove | Australia | 8, 40, 78 (16, 25 in 2003) |
| 6 | The Killers | Hot Fuss | United States | 4, 13, 39 |
| 7 | Grinspoon | Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills | Australia | 16, 26 |
| 8 | Xavier Rudd | Solace | Australia | 56, 59 (54 in 2003) |
| 9 | Modest Mouse | Good News for People Who Love Bad News | United States | 11 |
| 10 | The Streets | A Grand Don't Come for Free | United Kingdom | 18, 19 |

## CD release

The 2-CD set titled triple j – Hottest 100: Vol 12 Various Artists was released 2005-03-06. It is a compilation of 40 of the top 100 songs.
| CD 1 Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out The Killers – Somebody Told Me Spiderbait – Black Betty Kings of Leon – The Bucket Jet – Look What You've Done Little Birdy – Beautiful To Me Ben Folds – Adelaide Devendra Banhart – Little Yellow Spider Eskimo Joe – From The Sea The Streets – Fit But You Know It Modest Mouse – Float On Decoder Ring – Somersault John Butler Trio – Somethings Gotta Give The Bees – Chicken Payback The Dresden Dolls – Coin-Operated Boy Dallas Crane – Dirty Hearts Ben Lee – Gamble Everything For Love Greenskeepers – Lotion N.E.R.D – She Wants To Move Grinspoon – Hard Act To Follow | CD 2 Missy Higgins – Scar Mylo – Drop The Pressure The Von Bondies – C’mon C’mon The Hives – Walk Idiot Walk Sarah Blasko – Don't U Eva Faithless – Mass Destruction William Shatner – Common People Wolfmother – Woman The Black Keys – 10 A.M. Automatic Dogs Die in Hot Cars – Godhopping Scribe – Not Many – The Remix! Butterfingers – Yo Mama Spazzys – Paco Doesn't Love Me Interpol – Slow Hands Lior – This Old Love Evermore – It's Too Late The Panda Band – Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town Freestylers – Push Up Regurgitator – My Friend Robot Elliott Smith – Memory Lane |