# Triple J Hottest 100, 2020

The 2020 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 23 January 2021. It is the 28th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by listeners of Australian radio station triple j. The countdown was announced on the fourth weekend of January.
English band Glass Animals was voted into first place with their single "Heat Waves", becoming the first British act to top the annual list in 11 years, with the previous case being when Mumford & Sons won the 2009 countdown with "Little Lion Man". Australian band Lime Cordiale achieved the most entries in the countdown, at five.

## Background

The triple j Hottest 100 allows members of the public to vote online for their top ten songs of the year, which are then used to calculate the year's 100 most popular songs. Any song initially released between 1 December 2019 and 30 November 2020 was eligible for 2020's Hottest 100.
Voting opened on 8 December 2020. Several artists and presenters made their votes public, including Billie Eilish, Flume, and Glass Animals. The artists most often voted for by these artists were Tkay Maidza, Tame Impala, Spacey Jane, and The Strokes.

### Projections

Prior to the countdown, two favourites had emerged. Various music blogs and bookmakers placed "Heat Waves" by English psych-pop band Glass Animals and "Booster Seat" by Australian indie-rock band Spacey Jane as the two songs most likely to take first place. Glass Animals previously placed 12th in 2014, also ranking in the top 40 in 2016 and 2019; while Spacey Jane debuted at 80th in 2019. Both songs respectively placed in first and second on the countdown.

## Full list

* Note: Australian artists
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 1 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 2 | Booster Seat | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 3 | The Difference | Flume and Toro y Moi | Australia/United States |
| 4 | Cherub | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 5 | Lost in Yesterday | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 6 | WAP | Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion | United States |
| 7 | Hyperfine | G Flip | Australia |
| 8 | Sending Me Ur Loving | The Jungle Giants | Australia |
| 9 | I'm Good? | Hilltop Hoods | Australia |
| 10 | Therefore I Am | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 11 | On Our Own | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 12 | Get on the Beers | Mashd N Kutcher featuring Dan Andrews | Australia |
| 13 | Rockstar | Mallrat | Australia |
| 14 | Tombstone | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 15 | Skin | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 16 | Screw Loose | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 17 | Is It True | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 18 | Tangerine | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 19 | You Should Be Sad | Halsey | United States |
| 20 | Addicted to the Sunshine | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 21 | Energy | Stace Cadet and KLP | Australia |
| 22 | Complicated | Eves Karydas | Australia |
| 23 | Good News | Mac Miller | United States |
| 24 | Blue World | Mac Miller | United States |
| 25 | Reality Check Please | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 26 | No Plans to Make Plans | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 27 | Under the Thunder | Skegss | Australia |
| 28 | Straightfaced | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 29 | Dribble | Sycco | Australia |
| 30 | Bagi-la-m Bargan | Birdz featuring Fred Leone | Australia |
| 31 | Reasons | San Cisco | Australia |
| 32 | Criminals | DMA's | Australia |
| 33 | Breathe Deeper | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 34 | Everybody Rise | Amy Shark | Australia |
| 35 | Running Red Lights | The Avalanches featuring Rivers Cuomo and Pink Siifu | Australia/United States |
| 36 | Forget Me Too | Machine Gun Kelly featuring Halsey | United States |
| 37 | So Done | The Kid Laroi | Australia |
| 38 | Parasite Eve | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 39 | Righteous | Juice Wrld | United States |
| 40 | Come & Go | Juice Wrld and Marshmello | United States |
| 41 | I Still Dream About You | The Smith Street Band | Australia |
| 42 | Whats Poppin | Jack Harlow | United States |
| 43 | Together | Ziggy Alberts | Australia |
| 44 | You & I | G Flip | Australia |
| 45 | As Long as You Care | Ruel | Australia |
| 46 | Pretty Lady | Tash Sultana | Australia |
| 47 | Animals | Architects | United Kingdom |
| 48 | Ain't It Different | Headie One, AJ Tracey and Stormzy | United Kingdom |
| 49 | Wishing Well | Juice Wrld | United States |
| 50 | Nothing to Love About Love | Peking Duk and The Wombats | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 51 | Your Love (Déjà Vu) | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 52 | The Glow | DMA's | Australia |
| 53 | In Your Eyes | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 54 | Blue (Flume Remix) | Eiffel 65 | Italy/Australia |
| 55 | I Think You're Great | Alex the Astronaut | Australia |
| 56 | On the Line | San Cisco | Australia |
| 57 | Sobercoaster | Beddy Rays | Australia |
| 58 | Fly Away | Tones and I | Australia |
| 59 | Gimme Love | Joji | Japan |
| 60 | Go | The Kid Laroi and Juice Wrld | Australia/United States |
| 61 | Pretty Grim | Ruby Fields | Australia |
| 62 | Run | Joji | Japan |
| 63 | Day & Age | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 64 | Soak Me in Bleach | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 65 | C'mon | Amy Shark featuring Travis Barker | Australia/United States |
| 66 | Fantasising | Skegss | Australia |
| 67 | Boss Bitch | Doja Cat | United States |
| 68 | Lie to Me | Vera Blue | Australia |
| 69 | Second | Hope D | Australia |
| 70 | Low | Chet Faker | Australia |
| 71 | Obey | Bring Me the Horizon and Yungblud | United Kingdom |
| 72 | Way Down | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 73 | Don't Need You | Genesis Owusu | Ghana/Australia |
| 74 | Scream Drive Faster | Laurel | United Kingdom |
| 75 | Photo ID | Remi Wolf | United States |
| 76 | Baby It's You | London Grammar | United Kingdom |
| 77 | House Arrest | Sofi Tukker and Gorgon City | United States/United Kingdom |
| 78 | Lady Marmalade (Like a Version) | G Flip | Australia |
| 79 | My Future | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 80 | Freaks | Fisher | Australia |
| 81 | Weightless | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 82 | The Clap | The Chats | Australia |
| 83 | Down for You | Cosmo's Midnight and Ruel | Australia |
| 84 | Chicken Tenders | Dominic Fike | United States |
| 85 | Too Tough Terry | Dune Rats | Australia |
| 86 | Laugh Now Cry Later | Drake featuring Lil Durk | Canada/United States |
| 87 | Three Leaf Clover | Teenage Joans | Australia |
| 88 | Heart Attack | Bronson featuring Lau.ra | Australia/United States/United Kingdom |
| 89 | In Her Eyes | The Jungle Giants | Australia |
| 90 | No Time to Die | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 91 | Charlie (Like a Version) | Bugs | Australia |
| 92 | These Days | Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 93 | Lemonade | Internet Money and Gunna featuring Don Toliver and Nav | United States/Canada |
| 94 | Rain | Aitch and AJ Tracey featuring Tay Keith | United Kingdom/United States |
| 95 | Loose Ends | Illy featuring G Flip | Australia |
| 96 | Germaphobe | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 97 | Audacity | Stormzy featuring Headie One | United Kingdom |
| 98 | Your Man | Joji | Japan |
| 99 | Itch | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 100 | Kool | Benee | New Zealand |

### #101-200 List

On 24 January, 2021, Triple J announced the songs that made the #101-200 positions.
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 101 | R U 4 Me? | Middle Kids | Australia |
| 102 | My High | Disclosure, Aminé & Slowthai | United Kingdom/United States |
| 103 | Concert For Aliens | Machine Gun Kelly | United States |
| 104 | Distance | Ruel | Australia |
| 105 | Heavy Weather | The Rubens | Australia |
| 106 | Teardrops | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 107 | Every Day is a Holiday | Dope Lemon featuring Winston Surfshirt | Australia |
| 108 | Send It! | Hooligan Hefs | Australia |
| 109 | Kyoto | Phoebe Bridgers | United States |
| 110 | Life Is a Game of Changing | DMA's | Australia |
| 111 | Bad Child | Tones and I | Australia |
| 112 | 10% | Kaytranada featuring Kali Uchis | Canada/United States |
| 113 | Pick It Up Again | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 114 | Hot Chicken | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 115 | Nothing For Free | Pendulum | Australia |
| 116 | Say It Over | Ruel featuring Cautious Clay | Australia/United States |
| 117 | Lying On the Floor | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 118 | After Hours | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 119 | Save Your Tears | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 120 | Yesteryear | Cosmo's Midnight | Australia |
| 121 | After All This Time | Allday | Australia |
| 122 | Cotton Candy | Yungblud | United Kingdom |
| 123 | Good Eye | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 124 | Up In There | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 125 | Shook | Tkay Maidza | Australia |
| 126 | Anything | Alison Wonderland & Valentino Khan | Australia/United States |
| 127 | Death Bed (Coffee for Your Head) | Powfu featuring Beabadoobee | Canada/United Kingdom |
| 128 | Savage Remix | Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyoncé | United States |
| 129 | Better Days | Baker Boy, Dallas Woods & Sampa the Great | Australia/Zambia |
| 130 | Time Of My Life | The Rubens | Australia |
| 131 | Bad Decisions | The Strokes | United States |
| 132 | Moving Blind | Dom Dolla & Sonny Fodera | Australia |
| 133 | Move | Baker Boy | Australia |
| 134 | Blurry | Stand Atlantic | Australia |
| 135 | Snail | Benee | New Zealand |
| 136 | Dreamland | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 137 | Honey | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Australia |
| 138 | Laying Low | Chillinit | Australia |
| 139 | Impossible | Nothing but Thieves | United Kingdom |
| 140 | Window | Still Woozy | United States |
| 141 | In This State | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 142 | Hit Different | SZA featuring Ty Dolla $ign | United States |
| 143 | Diet | Denzel Curry & Kenny Beats | United States |
| 144 | Good Things | Wafia | Australia |
| 145 | Kingslayer | Bring Me the Horizon featuring Babymetal | United Kingdom/Japan |
| 146 | Things I Thought Were Mine | Alfie Templeman | United Kingdom |
| 147 | Daylight | Joji & Diplo | Japan/United States |
| 148 | Love Language | Crooked Colours | Australia |
| 149 | Tell Me Why | The Kid Laroi | Australia |
| 150 | Stupid Is as Stupid Does | Dune Rats featuring K. Flay | Australia/United States |
| 151 | Spark Up! | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 152 | Fired Up | DZ Deathrays | Australia |
| 153 | Wrong | The Kid Laroi featuring Lil Mosey | Australia/United States |
| 154 | Simmer | Hayley Williams | United States |
| 155 | Franchise | Travis Scott featuring Young Thug & M.I.A. | United States/United Kingdom |
| 156 | Lonely Diamond | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 157 | Rockstar (Black Lives Matter remix) | DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch | United States |
| 158 | Chicago Freestyle | Drake featuring Giveon | Canada/United States |
| 159 | OTT | Allday | Australia |
| 160 | I Wanna Be Here | E^ST | Australia |
| 161 | Tyler Herro | Jack Harlow | United States |
| 162 | Know Your Worth | Khalid & Disclosure | United States/United Kingdom |
| 163 | That's Life | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 164 | Forever Young (Like a Version) | Tones and I | Australia |
| 165 | Black Fingernails, Red Wine (Like a Version) | Polaris | Australia |
| 166 | OK | Wallows | United States |
| 167 | 19 | Slowly Slowly | Australia |
| 168 | Hey, Ma (Like a Version) | The Vanns | Australia |
| 169 | The Water | Hands Like Houses | Australia |
| 170 | Head Like a Sieve | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 171 | Hypermania | Polaris | Australia |
| 172 | Life Is Good | Future featuring Drake | United States/Canada |
| 173 | Dizzy | Azure Ryder | Australia |
| 174 | 3am | Halsey | United States |
| 175 | Toosie Slide | Drake | Canada |
| 176 | Dine N Dash | The Chats | Australia |
| 177 | Just | Run the Jewels featuring Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha | United States |
| 178 | Finally // Beautiful Stranger | Halsey | United States |
| 179 | For the Night | Pop Smoke featuring Lil Baby & DaBaby | United States |
| 180 | Let Me Down | Oliver Tree | United States |
| 181 | La Luh | Choomba | Australia |
| 182 | Tell 'Em I'm Doing Eetswa | Hooligan Hefs | Australia |
| 183 | Fucked Myself Up | Merci, Mercy | Australia |
| 184 | Is Everybody Going Crazy? | Nothing but Thieves | United Kingdom |
| 185 | It's All So Incredibly Loud | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 186 | Ur So F**king Cool | Tones and I | Australia |
| 187 | Cracks | Sly Withers | Australia |
| 188 | All My Friends | Great Gable | Australia |
| 189 | Ticket To Heaven | Alice Ivy featuring Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 190 | Apricots | May-a | Australia |
| 191 | Bad Things | Alison Wonderland | Australia |
| 192 | Dear April (Justice remix) | Frank Ocean | United States/France |
| 193 | Night Garden | Benee featuring Bakar & Kenny Beats | New Zealand/United Kingdom/United States |
| 194 | Wash Us in the Blood | Kanye West featuring Travis Scott | United States |
| 195 | Wolves | Big Sean featuring Post Malone | United States |
| 196 | Race Car Blues | Slowly Slowly | Australia |
| 197 | Cash Machine | Oliver Tree | United States |
| 198 | Driver | Pendulum | Australia |
| 199 | Only Time Makes It Human | King Princess | United States |
| 200 | Posthumous Forgiveness | Tame Impala | Australia |

## Artists with multiple entries

| # | Artist | Tracks |
| 5 | Lime Cordiale | 11, 16, 20, 25, 26 |
| 4 | Spacey Jane | 2, 15, 28, 81 |
| 4 | G Flip | 7, 44, 78, 95 |
| 4 | Juice Wrld | 39, 40, 49, 60 |
| 3 | Glass Animals | 1, 18, 51 |
| 3 | Tame Impala | 5, 17, 33 |
| 3 | Billie Eilish | 10, 79, 90 |
| 3 | Joji | 59, 62, 98 |
| 2 | Flume | 3, 54 |
| 2 | Ball Park Music | 4, 63 |
| 2 | The Jungle Giants | 8, 89 |
| 2 | Ocean Alley | 14, 72 |
| 2 | Halsey | 19, 36 |
| 2 | Mac Miller | 23, 24 |
| 2 | Skegss | 27, 66 |
| 2 | San Cisco | 31, 56 |
| 2 | DMA's | 32, 52 |
| 2 | Amy Shark | 34, 65 |
| 2 | The Kid Laroi | 37, 60 |
| 2 | Bring Me the Horizon | 38, 71 |
| 2 | Ruel | 45, 83 |
| 2 | AJ Tracey | 48, 94 |
| 2 | Stormzy | 48, 97 |
| 2 | Headie One | 48, 97 |
| 2 | Hockey Dad | 96, 99 |

## Countries represented

| Country | # |
| Australia | 65 |
| United States | 24 |
| United Kingdom | 14 |
| Canada | 3 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Ghana | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |