# Triple J Hottest 100, 2009

The 2009 Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 17, was announced on January 26, 2010. It is the seventeenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
Voting commenced on Boxing Day, 26 December 2009, and closed on 17 January 2010. 1.1 million votes were received, a record number.
Controversy began when it was rumoured that the winner had been unintentionally leaked by the ABC. The ABC Shop website promoted the February issue of Jmag with a description stating "Topping the 2009 countdown is Mumford & Sons' 'Little Lion Man'". Triple J neither confirmed nor denied the rumour with some even claiming it was a hoax, amounting to a clever marketing campaign. The leak led Sportingbet Australia to close all betting on the countdown. The leak proved to be accurate. For the first time, the number one song was performed live on air by the winning artist, Mumford & Sons, from Triple J studios, followed by the studio version of the song.

## Full list

| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 1 | Little Lion Man | Mumford & Sons | United Kingdom |
| 2 | Parlez Vous Francais? | Art vs. Science | Australia |
| 3 | Chase That Feeling | Hilltop Hoods | Australia |
| 4 | Lisztomania | Phoenix | France |
| 5 | Broken Leg | Bluejuice | Australia |
| 6 | Bulletproof | La Roux | United Kingdom |
| 7 | Coin Laundry | Lisa Mitchell | Australia |
| 8 | Not Fair | Lily Allen | United Kingdom |
| 9 | Uprising | Muse | United Kingdom |
| 10 | Dog Days Are Over | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 11 | Heads Will Roll | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | United States |
| 12 | Bonkers | Dizzee Rascal & Armand van Helden | United Kingdom/United States |
| 13 | 1901 | Phoenix | France |
| 14 | Sticks 'n' Stones | Jamie T | United Kingdom |
| 15 | Home | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | United States |
| 16 | Heavy Cross | Gossip | United States |
| 17 | Fire | Kasabian | United Kingdom |
| 18 | Shooting Stars | Bag Raiders | Australia |
| 19 | Undisclosed Desires | Muse | United Kingdom |
| 20 | Sleepyhead | Passion Pit | United States |
| 21 | Fader | The Temper Trap | Australia |
| 22 | Cousins | Vampire Weekend | United States |
| 23 | Warp 1.9 | The Bloody Beetroots featuring Steve Aoki | Italy/United States |
| 24 | Carol Brown | Flight of the Conchords | New Zealand |
| 25 | Zero | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | United States |
| 26 | Help I'm Alive | Metric | Canada |
| 27 | In for the Kill | La Roux | United Kingdom |
| 28 | We Won't Run | Sarah Blasko | Australia |
| 29 | All I Want | Sarah Blasko | Australia |
| 30 | Hurt Feelings | Flight of the Conchords | New Zealand |
| 31 | The Waitress Song | Seth Sentry | Australia |
| 32 | Ramona Was a Waitress | Paul Dempsey | Australia |
| 33 | Pursuit of Happiness | Kid Cudi featuring MGMT and Ratatat | United States |
| 34 | Brother | Little Birdy | Australia |
| 35 | Resistance | Muse | United Kingdom |
| 36 | (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To | Weezer | United States |
| 37 | Still Standing | Hilltop Hoods | Australia |
| 38 | Little Secrets | Passion Pit | United States |
| 39 | One Way Road | John Butler Trio | Australia |
| 40 | And the Boys | Angus & Julia Stone | Australia |
| 41 | Audacity of Huge | Simian Mobile Disco featuring Chris Keating | United Kingdom/United States |
| 42 | Vanilla | British India | Australia |
| 43 | Awesome | The Bloody Beetroots featuring The Cool Kids | Italy/United States |
| 44 | Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 45 | Drumming Song | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 46 | Blood Bank | Bon Iver | United States |
| 47 | Set Fire to the Hive | Karnivool | Australia |
| 48 | Science of Fear | The Temper Trap | Australia |
| 49 | All of the Dreamers | Powderfinger | Australia |
| 50 | Buttons (CSS Remix) | Sia | Australia/Brazil |
| 51 | Where Did All the Love Go? | Kasabian | United Kingdom |
| 52 | Horchata | Vampire Weekend | United States |
| 53 | Animal | Miike Snow | Sweden |
| 54 | Crying Lightning | Arctic Monkeys | United Kingdom |
| 55 | No You Girls | Franz Ferdinand | United Kingdom |
| 56 | Islands | The xx | United Kingdom |
| 57 | The Good News | Philadelphia Grand Jury | Australia |
| 58 | Love Lost | The Temper Trap | Australia |
| 59 | I'm Not Alone | Calvin Harris | United Kingdom |
| 60 | 22 | Lily Allen | United Kingdom |
| 61 | Two Weeks | Grizzly Bear | United States |
| 62 | One More Chance | Bloc Party | United Kingdom |
| 63 | All I Know | Karnivool | Australia |
| 64 | Blood | The Middle East | Australia |
| 65 | Foreign Land | Eskimo Joe | Australia |
| 66 | Pictures | Illy | Australia |
| 67 | Cement | Washington | Australia |
| 68 | Omen | The Prodigy | United Kingdom |
| 69 | Meet Me on the Equinox | Death Cab for Cutie | United States |
| 70 | My Girls | Animal Collective | United States |
| 71 | Byrds of Prey | Bertie Blackman | Australia |
| 72 | You've Changed | Sia | Australia |
| 73 | Heartbreaker | MSTRKRFT featuring John Legend | Canada/United States |
| 74 | Friend in the Field | Art vs. Science | Australia |
| 75 | New Moon Rising | Wolfmother | Australia |
| 76 | 11th Dimension | Julian Casablancas | United States |
| 77 | She's a Genius | Jet | Australia |
| 78 | Remember Me | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 79 | Getting Wise | Yves Klein Blue | Australia |
| 80 | Holiday | Dizzee Rascal | United Kingdom |
| 81 | The Cave | Mumford & Sons | United Kingdom |
| 82 | Sometimes | Miami Horror | Australia |
| 83 | Raindrops | Basement Jaxx | United Kingdom |
| 84 | United States of Eurasia | Muse | United Kingdom |
| 85 | Underdog | Kasabian | United Kingdom |
| 86 | Too Many Dicks (On the Dance Floor) | Flight of the Conchords | New Zealand |
| 87 | The Darkest Side | The Middle East | Australia |
| 88 | Creeping Out Sara | NOFX | United States |
| 89 | D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) | Jay-Z | United States |
| 90 | Kiss with a Fist | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 91 | I've Got Friends | Manchester Orchestra | United States |
| 92 | Skeleton Boy | Friendly Fires | United Kingdom |
| 93 | Thump | Bertie Blackman | Australia |
| 94 | Blue Lips | Regina Spektor | United States |
| 95 | Panic Switch | Silversun Pickups | United States |
| 96 | Ghosts 'n' Stuff | deadmau5 featuring Rob Swire | Canada/Australia |
| 97 | Laughing With | Regina Spektor | United States |
| 98 | New Fang | Them Crooked Vultures | United States |
| 99 | Hell | Tegan and Sara | Canada |
| 100 | Wheels | Foo Fighters | United States |

### #101–#200 List

On 31 January 2010, Richard Kingsmill revealed the "second 100 songs" (#101–#200) list on his blog.
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 101 | (Ain't) Telling the Truth | Bluejuice | Australia |
| 102 | Dominos | The Big Pink | United Kingdom |
| 103 | Comeback | Grinspoon | Australia |
| 104 | Clean White Love | Lisa Mitchell | Australia |
| 105 | For Emma | Bon Iver | United States |
| 106 | Ready for the Weekend | Calvin Harris | United Kingdom |
| 107 | The Reeling | Passion Pit | United States |
| 108 | That Look You Give That Guy | Eels | United States |
| 109 | On Tour | Bliss n Eso | Australia |
| 110 | Out the Airlock | Paul Dempsey | Australia |
| 111 | Little Did I Know | Funkoars featuring Ash Grunwald | Australia |
| 112 | Cornerstone | Arctic Monkeys | United Kingdom |
| 113 | Audition | Mos Def featuring Slick Rick | United States |
| 114 | Gimme Sympathy | Metric | Canada |
| 115 | Scattered Diamonds | Hungry Kids of Hungary | Australia |
| 116 | Romeo and Juliet (Like a Version) | Lisa Mitchell | Australia |
| 117 | Kiss of Life | Friendly Fires | United Kingdom |
| 118 | The Light You Burned | Hilltop Hoods featuring Trials | Australia |
| 119 | Daniel | Bat for Lashes | United Kingdom |
| 120 | Heart | Bertie Blackman | Australia |
| 121 | The Space on the Wall | Dead Letter Circus | Australia |
| 122 | Bruises | Chairlift | United States |
| 123 | Without You (New Version) | Empire of the Sun | Australia |
| 124 | Bird on a Wire | Sarah Blasko | Australia |
| 125 | Hollywood | Art vs. Science | Australia |
| 126 | Where Yah From | Drapht | Australia |
| 127 | Simple Boy | Karnivool | Australia |
| 128 | Fast Friends | Paul Dempsey | Australia |
| 129 | I Remember | Deadmau5 & Kaskade | Canada/United States |
| 130 | Shining Down | Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos | United States |
| 131 | The Girl and the Robot | Röyksopp | Norway |
| 132 | Gold Guns Girls | Metric | Canada |
| 133 | Lasso | Phoenix | France |
| 134 | Let's Go Surfing | The Drums | United States |
| 135 | Battle for the Sun | Placebo | United Kingdom |
| 136 | Goliath | Karnivool | Australia |
| 137 | aNYway | Duck Sauce | Canada/United States |
| 138 | Run | Grinspoon | Australia |
| 139 | Sex From the Bong (Like a Version) | Something with Numbers | Australia |
| 140 | Audience | Cold War Kids | United States |
| 141 | Down River | The Temper Trap | Australia |
| 142 | For What It's Worth | Placebo | United Kingdom |
| 143 | Head, First, Down | Whitey | Australia |
| 144 | The Start of War | Clare Bowditch & The New Slang | Australia |
| 145 | Fresh Blood | Eels | United States |
| 146 | Heartbreak Scorsese | Snob Scrilla | Australia |
| 147 | Mind Eraser, No Chaser | Them Crooked Vultures | United States |
| 148 | Young Cardinals | Alexisonfire | Canada |
| 149 | Under Pressure (Like a Version) | Ben Harper & Relentless7 | United States |
| 150 | Lay It Down | Peter Bjorn and John | Sweden |
| 151 | Crystalised | The xx | United Kingdom |
| 152 | One Life Stand | Hot Chip | United Kingdom |
| 153 | It's Nice to Know You Work Alone | Silversun Pickups | United States |
| 154 | Sigh No More | Mumford & Sons | United Kingdom |
| 155 | Mexican Mavis | Boy & Bear | Australia |
| 156 | Chaka Demus | Jamie T | United Kingdom |
| 157 | Dirtee Cash | Dizzee Rascal | United Kingdom |
| 158 | Hairdo | Little Birdy | Australia |
| 159 | Summarize | Little Birdy | Australia |
| 160 | Tigerlily | La Roux | United Kingdom |
| 161 | So Human | Lady Sovereign | United Kingdom |
| 162 | Spaceship | Phrase | Australia |
| 163 | No Turning Back | Sarah Blasko | Australia |
| 164 | While You Wait for the Others | Grizzly Bear | United States |
| 165 | White Feather | Wolfmother | Australia |
| 166 | The Price | Dappled Cities | Australia |
| 167 | Medicate | AFI | United States |
| 168 | I'm Not Your Toy | La Roux | United Kingdom |
| 169 | Gifted | N.A.S.A. featuring Kanye West, Santigold, & Lykke Li | United States/Sweden |
| 170 | Gold Canary | Cloud Control | Australia |
| 171 | How to Tame Lions | Washington | Australia |
| 172 | I'm Going to Kill You | Philadelphia Grand Jury | Australia |
| 173 | Unnatural Selection | Muse | United Kingdom |
| 174 | Vlad the Impaler | Kasabian | United Kingdom |
| 175 | A Community Service Announcement | Jonathan Boulet | Australia |
| 176 | Quicksand | La Roux | United Kingdom |
| 177 | No One Loves Me & Neither Do I | Them Crooked Vultures | United States |
| 178 | Sick Muse | Metric | Canada |
| 179 | Ordinary | Red Riders | Australia |
| 180 | Inshalla | Eskimo Joe | Australia |
| 181 | I Belong to You (+Mon Cœur S'ouvre a ta Voix) | Muse | United Kingdom |
| 182 | There's No Secrets This Year | Silversun Pickups | United States |
| 183 | Moth's Wings | Passion Pit | United States |
| 184 | Black Cats | Bertie Blackman | Australia |
| 185 | Sundown Syndrome | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 186 | White Blank Page | Mumford & Sons | United Kingdom |
| 187 | Change | Daniel Merriweather featuring Wale | Australia/United States |
| 188 | All Is Love | Karen O and The Kids | United States |
| 189 | Fifty in Five | Hilltop Hoods | Australia |
| 190 | Percussion Gun | White Rabbits | United States |
| 191 | You Got the Love | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 192 | So Jealous | Lisa Mitchell | Australia |
| 193 | MK Ultra | Muse | United Kingdom |
| 194 | Sunny Afternoon (Like a Version) | The Cat Empire | Australia |
| 195 | With This Ship | The Basics | Australia |
| 196 | Bounce | MSTRKRFT featuring N.O.R.E. & Isis | Canada/United States |
| 197 | Oh! Hark! | Lisa Mitchell | Australia |
| 198 | Hillatoppa | Hilltop Hoods | Australia |
| 199 | Back to the Start | Lily Allen | United Kingdom |
| 200 | Shruggin | Urthboy featuring Jane Tyrrell | Australia |

## Artists with multiple entries

| # | Artist | Tracks |
| 4 | Muse | 9, 19, 35, 84 |
| 4 | Florence and the Machine | 10, 44, 45, 90 |
| 3 | Kasabian | 17, 51, 85 |
| 3 | The Temper Trap | 21, 48, 58 |
| 3 | Flight of the Conchords | 24, 30, 86 |
| 3 | Sia | 24, 50, 72 |
| 2 | Mumford & Sons | 1, 81 |
| 2 | Art vs. Science | 2, 74 |
| 2 | Hilltop Hoods | 3, 37 |
| 2 | Phoenix | 4, 13 |
| 2 | La Roux | 6, 27 |
| 2 | Lily Allen | 8, 60 |
| 2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 11, 25 |
| 2 | Dizzee Rascal | 12, 80 |
| 2 | Passion Pit | 20, 38 |
| 2 | Vampire Weekend | 22, 52 |
| 2 | The Bloody Beetroots | 23, 43 |
| 2 | Sarah Blasko | 28, 29 |
| 2 | Karnivool | 47, 63 |
| 2 | Bertie Blackman | 71, 93 |
| 2 | The Middle East | 64, 87 |
| 2 | Regina Spektor | 94, 97 |
| 2 | Dave Grohl | 98, 100 |

## Countries represented

| Country | # |
| Australia | 38 |
| United Kingdom | 29 |
| United States | 28 |
| Canada | 4 |
| New Zealand | 3 |
| France | 2 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 |

## Top 20 Albums of 2009

Bold indicates Hottest 100 winner. Sarah Blasko won the J Award for As Day Follows Night.
| # | Artist | Album | Country of Origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 |
| 1 | Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | France | 4, 13 |
| 2 | The Temper Trap | Conditions | Australia | 21, 48, 58 |
| 3 | Muse | The Resistance | United Kingdom | 9, 19, 35, 84 |
| 4 | Mumford & Sons | Sigh No More | United Kingdom | 1, 81 |
| 5 | Florence and the Machine | Lungs | United Kingdom | 10, 44, 45, 90 |
| 6 | Sarah Blasko | As Day Follows Night | Australia | 28, 29 |
| 7 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | It's Blitz! | United States | 11, 25 |
| 8 | Paul Dempsey | Everything Is True | Australia | 35 |
| 9 | Lisa Mitchell | Wonder | Australia | 7 (91 in 2008) |
| 10 | Passion Pit | Manners | United States | 20, 38 |
| 11 | Lily Allen | It's Not Me, It's You | United Kingdom | 8, 60 (46, 90 in 2008) |
| 12 | Kasabian | West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum | United Kingdom | 17, 51, 85 |
| 13 | Hilltop Hoods | State of the Art | Australia | 3, 37 |
| 14 | La Roux | La Roux | United Kingdom | 6, 27 |
| 15 | Metric | Fantasies | Canada | 26 |
| 16 | Arctic Monkeys | Humbug | United Kingdom | 54 |
| 17 | Karnivool | Sound Awake | Australia | 47, 63 |
| 18 | Bertie Blackman | Secrets & Lies | Australia | 71, 93 |
| 19 | Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest | United States | 61 |
| 20 | Them Crooked Vultures | Them Crooked Vultures | United States | 98 |
Countries Represented in the 2009 Triple J Album Poll :
| Country | # |
| Australia | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 7 |
| United States | 4 |
| France | 1 |
| Canada | 1 |

## CD release

Triple J's Hottest 100 Volume 17 is the compilation featuring the best of the Top 100 voted tracks on two CDs.
| CD 1 Mumford & Sons – "Little Lion Man" (#1) Phoenix – "Lisztomania" (#4) Art vs. Science – Parlez Vous Français?" (#2) La Roux – "Bulletproof" (#6) Muse – "Uprising" (#9) "Hilltop Hoods" – Chase That Feeling (#3) Gossip – "Heavy Cross" (#16) Bluejuice – "Broken Leg" (#5) John Butler Trio – "One Way Road" (#39) Kasabian – "Fire" (#17) Florence and the Machine – "Dog Days Are Over" (#10) Miike Snow – "Animal" (#53) Simian Mobile Disco feat. Chris Keating – "Audacity of Huge" (#41) Lisa Mitchell – "Coin Laundry" (#7) Weezer – "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" (#36) Powderfinger – "All of the Dreamers" (#49) The Middle East – "Blood" (#64) The xx – "Islands" (#56) Kid Cudi feat. MGMT & Ratatat – "Pursuit of Happiness" (#33) Bag Raiders – "Shooting Stars" (#18) Sia – "Buttons (CSS Remix)" (#50) | CD 2 Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden – "Bonkers" (#12) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Heads Will Roll" (#11) Vampire Weekend – "Cousins" (#22) Passion Pit – "Sleepyhead" (#20) Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – "Home" (#15) Lily Allen – "Not Fair" (#8) Paul Dempsey – "Ramona Was a Waitress" (#32) The Temper Trap – "Fader" (#21) The Bloody Beetroots feat. Steve Aoki – "Warp 1.9" (#23) Karnivool – "Set Fire to the Hive" (#47) Metric – "Help I'm Alive" (#26) Sarah Blasko – "We Won't Run" (#28) Seth Sentry – "The Waitress Song" (#31) Grizzly Bear – "Two Weeks" (#61) Basement Jaxx – "Raindrops" (#83) Miami Horror – "Sometimes" (#82) Philadelphia Grand Jury – "The Good News" (#57) Jamie T – "Sticks 'n' Stones" (#14) Arctic Monkeys – "Crying Lightning" (#54) Washington – "Cement" (#67) Animal Collective – "My Girls" (#70) |

### DVD Release

* Mumford & Sons – "Little Lion Man" (#1)
* Art vs. Science – Parlez Vous Français?" (#2)
* "Hilltop Hoods" – Chase That Feeling (#3)
* Phoenix – "Lisztomania" (#4)
* Bluejuice – "Broken Leg" (#5)
* La Roux – "Bulletproof" (#6)
* Lisa Mitchell – "Coin Laundry" (#7)
* Lily Allen – "Not Fair" (#8)
* Muse – "Uprising" (#9)
* Florence and the Machine – "Dog Days Are Over" (#10)
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs – "Heads Will Roll" (#11)
* Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden – "Bonkers" (#12)
* Jamie T – "Sticks 'n' Stones" (#14)
* Gossip – "Heavy Cross" (#16)
* Kasabian – "Fire" (#17)
* Bag Raiders – "Shooting Stars" (#18)
* Passion Pit – "Sleepyhead" (#20)
* The Temper Trap – "Fader" (#21)
* Vampire Weekend – "Cousins" (#22)
* The Bloody Beetroots feat. Steve Aoki – "Warp 1.9" (#23)
* Metric – "Help I'm Alive" (#26)
* Sarah Blasko – "We Won't Run" (#28)
* Seth Sentry – "The Waitress Song" (#31)
* Paul Dempsey – "Ramona Was a Waitress" (#32)
* Kid Cudi feat. MGMT & Ratatat – "Pursuit of Happiness" (#33)
* Little Birdy – "Brother" (#34)
* Weezer – "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" (#36)
* John Butler Trio – "One Way Road" (#39)
* Angus & Julia Stone – "And the Boys" (#40)
* Simian Mobile Disco feat. Chris Keating – "Audacity of Huge" (#41)
* British India – "Vanilla" (#42)
* Karnivool – "Set Fire to the Hive" (#47)
* Powderfinger – "All of the Dreamers" (#49)
* Sia – "Buttons" (#50)
* Miike Snow – "Animal" (#53)
* Arctic Monkeys – "Crying Lightning" (#54)
* Philadelphia Grand Jury – "The Good News" (#57)
* Bertie Blackman – "Byrds of Prey" (#71)
* Bloc Party – "One More Chance" (#62)
* Grizzly Bear – "Two Weeks" (#61)
* The Middle East – "Blood" (#64)
* Animal Collective – "My Girls" (#70)