# Triple J Hottest 100, 2016

The 2016 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on January 26, 2017. It is the 24th countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
2016's countdown broke several Hottest 100 records, including number of votes (over 2.25 million), number of songs by Australian acts both in the whole list (66 out of the 100) and at its top (all of the top four), and longest absence between countdowns (16 years for Paul Kelly). With the first-place win of Australian producer Flume for "Never Be like You", 2016 marks a record-breaking fourth consecutive annual countdown in which the number-one track was by an Australian act, after Vance Joy in 2013, Chet Faker in 2014, and The Rubens in 2015. Flume became the first electronic dance music producer to top the countdown.

## Background

Triple J's Hottest 100 lets members of the public vote online for their top ten songs of the year, with these votes used to identify the year's 100 most popular songs. Any song that premiered between December 2015 and November 2016 was eligible for 2016's Hottest 100. Triple J published a list of 1,909 eligible songs on their 2016 Voting List. Voting commenced on 12 December 2016, as announced by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki in a nature mockumentary depicting a live music event. The short film featured cameo appearances from many musicians, along with Dr Karl doing a shoey.
Several artists and presenters made their Hottest 100 votes public. The artists most often voted for by Triple J presenters were: D.D Dumbo; Kanye West; Julia Jacklin, who was not ultimately featured in the countdown; and A.B. Original, who are vocal critics of Australia Day (in 2016, Triple J announced a review of the countdown's date in response to criticism from the group and others). On 12 December, bookmakers Sportsbet.com.au and William Hill placed Flume's "Never Be like You" as the song most likely to take out first place by a significant margin, with a Sportsbet representative stating that they have "never seen such a short favourite at this stage".
Voting closed on 23 January 2017. By 25 January, the day before the countdown, bookmakers and media reports identified Flume's "Never Be like You" and Amy Shark's "Adore" as the clear frontrunners for first place.

## Full list

* Note: Australian artists
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 1 | Never Be like You | Flume featuring Kai | Australia/Canada |
| 2 | Adore | Amy Shark | Australia |
| 3 | Jungle | Tash Sultana | Australia |
| 4 | 1955 | Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne & Tom Thum | Australia |
| 5 | Redbone | Childish Gambino | United States |
| 6 | Believe (Like a Version) | DMA's | Australia |
| 7 | Papercuts | Illy featuring Vera Blue | Australia |
| 8 | Say It | Flume featuring Tove Lo | Australia/Sweden |
| 9 | Stranger | Peking Duk featuring Elliphant | Australia/Sweden |
| 10 | Starboy | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | Canada/France |
| 11 | Chameleon | Pnau | Australia |
| 12 | Cocoon | Milky Chance | Germany |
| 13 | Love$ick | Mura Masa featuring A$AP Rocky | United Kingdom/United States |
| 14 | Viceroy | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 15 | Genghis Khan | Miike Snow | Sweden |
| 16 | January 26 | A.B. Original featuring Dan Sultan | Australia |
| 17 | The Opposite of Us | Big Scary | Australia |
| 18 | All Night | Chance the Rapper featuring Knox Fortune | United States |
| 19 | 7 | Catfish and the Bottlemen | United Kingdom |
| 20 | On Hold | The xx | United Kingdom |
| 21 | Death to the Lads | The Smith Street Band | Australia |
| 22 | Ultralight Beam | Kanye West | United States |
| 23 | Catch 22 | Illy featuring Anne-Marie | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 24 | Come On Mess Me Up | Cub Sport | Australia |
| 25 | Because I Love You | Montaigne | Australia |
| 26 | Make Them Wheels Roll | Safia | Australia |
| 27 | Drive | Gretta Ray | Australia |
| 28 | Frankie Sinatra | The Avalanches | Australia |
| 29 | Our Town | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 30 | Innerbloom (What So Not Remix) | Rüfüs | Australia |
| 31 | One Dance | Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla | Canada/Nigeria/United Kingdom |
| 32 | Notion | Tash Sultana | Australia |
| 33 | Bullshit | Dune Rats | Australia |
| 34 | Scott Green | Dune Rats | Australia |
| 35 | World of Our Love | Client Liaison | Australia |
| 36 | Sad Songs | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 37 | Smoke & Retribution | Flume featuring Vince Staples & Kučka | Australia/United States |
| 38 | Youth | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 39 | Step Up the Morphine | DMA's | Australia |
| 40 | Surfin' | Kid Cudi featuring Pharrell | United States |
| 41 | I Feel It Coming | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | Canada/France |
| 42 | Heartlines | Broods | New Zealand |
| 43 | Final Song | MØ | Denmark |
| 44 | Satan | D.D Dumbo | Australia |
| 45 | Dumb Things (Like a Version) | A.B. Original featuring Paul Kelly & Dan Sultan | Australia |
| 46 | Dang! | Mac Miller featuring Anderson .Paak | United States |
| 47 | Walrus | D.D Dumbo | Australia |
| 48 | Creepin | Kingswood | Australia |
| 49 | Higher | Hilltop Hoods featuring James Chatburn | Australia |
| 50 | Strange Diseases | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 51 | Outcast at Last | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 52 | Love Yourself (Like a Version) | Halsey | United States |
| 53 | Blanket | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 54 | Bored to Death | Blink-182 | United States |
| 55 | Say a Prayer for Me | Rüfüs | Australia |
| 56 | Keeping Score (Like a Version) | Paces featuring Guy Sebastian | Australia |
| 57 | Twice | Catfish and the Bottlemen | United Kingdom |
| 58 | Girlie Bits | Ali Barter | Australia |
| 59 | Solo | Frank Ocean | United States |
| 60 | Drinkee | Sofi Tukker | Germany/United States |
| 61 | Gamma Knife | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Australia |
| 62 | Marinade | Dope Lemon | Australia |
| 63 | Life Itself | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 64 | Alaska | Maggie Rogers | United States |
| 65 | All Fucked Up | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 66 | Hold Up | Beyoncé | United States |
| 67 | I Bring the Weather with Me | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 68 | Next to You | L D R U featuring Savoi | Australia |
| 69 | So Sentimental | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 70 | Wolfie | Golden Features featuring Julia Stone | Australia |
| 71 | Free | Broods | New Zealand |
| 72 | Famous | Kanye West | United States |
| 73 | No Shade | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 74 | Lost (Season One) | Camp Cope | Australia |
| 75 | Because I'm Me | The Avalanches | Australia |
| 76 | This Could Be Heartbreak | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 77 | Soundcheck | Catfish and the Bottlemen | United Kingdom |
| 78 | Settle | Vera Blue | Australia |
| 79 | Burn the Witch | Radiohead | United Kingdom |
| 80 | Gemini Feed | Banks | United States |
| 81 | Panda | Desiigner | United States |
| 82 | Think About It | Thundamentals featuring Peta & the Wolves | Australia |
| 83 | Simulation | Tkay Maidza | Australia |
| 84 | Pink + White | Frank Ocean | United States |
| 85 | My Love Is Gone | Safia | Australia |
| 86 | Dopamine | Bliss n Eso featuring Thief | Australia |
| 87 | Uptown Folks | Dope Lemon | Australia |
| 88 | Me and Your Mama | Childish Gambino | United States |
| 89 | Over You | Safia | Australia |
| 90 | Anything Near Conviction | Luca Brasi | Australia |
| 91 | Subways | The Avalanches | Australia |
| 92 | How to Taste | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 93 | High and Low | Empire of the Sun | Australia |
| 94 | Fading | Vallis Alps | Australia |
| 95 | Lose It | Flume featuring Vic Mensa | Australia/United States |
| 96 | Hanging by a Thread | Elk Road featuring Natalie Foster | Australia |
| 97 | You Don't Think You Like People Like Me | Alex Lahey | Australia |
| 98 | Season 2 Episode 3 | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 99 | Too Good | Drake featuring Rihanna | Canada/Barbados |
| 100 | Brace | Birds of Tokyo | Australia |

### #101 – #200 List

On 29 January 2017, Triple J broadcast the second 100 songs of the countdown.
| # | Song | Artist | Country of Origin |
| 101 | Chlorine | Trophy Eyes | Australia |
| 102 | 33 "GOD" | Bon Iver | United States |
| 103 | People-Vultures | King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard | Australia |
| 104 | No Problem | Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz | United States |
| 105 | Don Quixote | Drapht featuring Hilltop Hoods | Australia |
| 106 | Sides | Allday featuring NYNE | Australia |
| 107 | Glowed Up | Kaytranada featuring Anderson .Paak | Canada/Haiti/United States |
| 108 | Stop Me (Stop You) | Nick Murphy | Australia |
| 109 | One By One | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 110 | Glad That You're Gone | The Hard Aches | Australia |
| 111 | Surprise Yourself | Jack Garratt | United Kingdom |
| 112 | The Boys | Lisa Mitchell | Australia |
| 113 | Ivy | Frank Ocean | United States |
| 114 | Too Soon | DMA's | Australia |
| 115 | Till It Kills Me | Montaigne | Australia |
| 116 | Real Friends | Kanye West | United States |
| 117 | Illuminate | Emma Louise | Australia |
| 118 | Life on Mars (Like a Version) | Sarah Blasko | Australia |
| 119 | You Don't Get Me High Anymore | Phantogram | United States |
| 120 | Bulls | The Cat Empire | Australia |
| 121 | SloMo | San Cisco | Australia |
| 122 | What If I Go | Mura Masa featuring Bonzai | United Kingdom/Ireland |
| 123 | Welcome to Your Life | Grouplove | United States |
| 124 | Off White Limousine | Client Liaison | Australia |
| 125 | Just a Lover | Hayden James featuring George Maple | Australia |
| 126 | Done | Camp Cope | Australia |
| 127 | How to Make Gravy (Like a Version) | Luca Brasi | Australia |
| 128 | Karate | Babymetal | Japan |
| 129 | Rolling Dice | Just a Gent featuring Ella Vos & Joey Chavez | Australia/United States |
| 130 | RA | Slumberjack | Australia |
| 131 | Man | Skepta | United Kingdom |
| 132 | Knife Edge | Matt Corby | Australia |
| 133 | Run | Tourist | United Kingdom |
| 134 | Brother | D.D Dumbo | Australia |
| 135 | Unwind | Gretta Ray | Australia |
| 136 | Quality of Life | Hellions | Australia |
| 137 | Fall Together | The Temper Trap | Australia |
| 138 | Paranoia | A Day to Remember | United States |
| 139 | Blood in the Cut | K.Flay | United States |
| 140 | Healing | Rudimental featuring J Angel | United Kingdom |
| 141 | Nihilist Party Anthem | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 142 | Crave You (Like a Version) | Elk Road featuring Lisa Mitchell | Australia |
| 143 | Whipping Boy | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 144 | Higher | The Naked and Famous | New Zealand |
| 145 | Detroit Rock Ciggies | The Bennies | Australia |
| 146 | Native Tongue | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 147 | For You | Northeast Party House | Australia |
| 148 | Messiah | M-Phazes & Alison Wonderland | Australia |
| 149 | Brighter | Rüfüs | Australia |
| 150 | Black Beatles | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | United States |
| 151 | Freedom | Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 152 | Ultralight Beam (Like a Version) | Cub Sport | Australia |
| 153 | Thresher | Hellions | Australia |
| 154 | Someone That Loves You | Honne & Izzy Bizu | United Kingdom |
| 155 | Blood on My Leather | DZ Deathrays | Australia |
| 156 | Leef | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 157 | I Remember | AlunaGeorge | United Kingdom |
| 158 | Come Down | Anderson .Paak | United States |
| 159 | Lone | What So Not & Ganz featuring Joy | Australia/Netherlands |
| 160 | Thick as Thieves | The Temper Trap | Australia |
| 161 | Chains (Like a Version) | Matt Corby | Australia |
| 162 | Numb & Getting Colder | Flume featuring Kučka | Australia |
| 163 | Shelter | Porter Robinson & Madeon | United States/France |
| 164 | Colourblind | Hands Like Houses | Australia |
| 165 | Standing in the Rain | Action Bronson, Mark Ronson & Dan Auerbach | United States/United Kingdom |
| 166 | Lazarus | David Bowie | United Kingdom |
| 167 | Waiting | What So Not, Skrillex & RL Grime | Australia/United States |
| 168 | Never Say Never | Thundamentals | Australia |
| 169 | Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams | Camp Cope | Australia |
| 170 | Spring Has Sprung | Skegss | Australia |
| 171 | Be With You | Rüfüs | Australia |
| 172 | 2 Black 2 Strong | A.B. Original | Australia |
| 173 | Dog Years | Maggie Rogers | United States |
| 174 | Refuge | Northlane & In Hearts Wake | Australia |
| 175 | Sooth Lady Wine | Matt Corby | Australia |
| 176 | Fake Love | Drake | Canada |
| 177 | Angel | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 178 | Stranger Things Theme | Luke Million | Australia |
| 179 | Breathe Life (Like a Version) | Vera Blue | Australia |
| 180 | Flight 101 | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 181 | Westway | Sticky Fingers | Australia |
| 182 | DVP | PUP | Canada |
| 183 | Something Strange | Sticky Fingers featuring Remi | Australia |
| 184 | A Night out With | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 185 | Mob Rule | Bad//Dreems | Australia |
| 186 | For Good | Remi featuring Sampa the Great | Australia/Zambia |
| 187 | Devil's Calling | Parkway Drive | Australia |
| 188 | Goosebumps | Travis Scott featuring Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 189 | Sorry | Beyoncé | United States |
| 190 | I Need a Forest Fire | James Blake featuring Bon Iver | United Kingdom/United States |
| 191 | BOSS | Disclosure | United Kingdom |
| 192 | Conqueror | Aurora | Norway |
| 193 | Take a Chance | Flume featuring Little Dragon | Australia/Sweden |
| 194 | I Thought We Knew Each Other | British India | Australia |
| 195 | Alarm | Anne-Marie | United Kingdom |
| 196 | What You Mean to Me | Montaigne | Australia |
| 197 | Couldn't Believe | Broods | New Zealand |
| 198 | Same Drugs | Chance the Rapper | United States |
| 199 | Easier | Mansionair | Australia |
| 200 | Aubrey | Running Touch | Australia |

## Artists with multiple entries

| # | Artist | Tracks |
| 5 | Violent Soho | 14, 53, 69, 73, 92 |
| 4 | Flume | 1, 8, 37, 95 |
| 3 | Catfish and the Bottlemen | 19, 57, 77 |
| 3 | Safia | 26, 85, 89 |
| 3 | The Avalanches | 28, 75, 91 |
| 3 | Sticky Fingers | 29, 36, 51 |
| 3 | Glass Animals | 38, 63, 98 |
| 3 | The Amity Affliction | 65, 67, 76 |
| 2 | Tash Sultana | 3, 32 |
| 2 | Hilltop Hoods | 4, 49 |
| 2 | Montaigne | 4, 25 |
| 2 | Childish Gambino | 5, 88 |
| 2 | DMA's | 6, 39 |
| 2 | Illy | 7, 23 |
| 2 | Vera Blue | 7, 78 |
| 2 | The Weeknd | 10, 41 |
| 2 | Daft Punk | 10, 41 |
| 2 | Nick Littlemore | 11, 93 |
| 2 | A.B. Original | 16, 45 |
| 2 | Dan Sultan | 16, 45 |
| 2 | Kanye West | 22, 72 |
| 2 | Rüfüs | 30, 55 |
| 2 | Drake | 31, 99 |
| 2 | Dune Rats | 33, 34 |
| 2 | Pharrell | 40, 84 |
| 2 | Broods | 42, 71 |
| 2 | D.D Dumbo | 44, 47 |
| 2 | Frank Ocean | 59, 84 |
| 2 | Dope Lemon | 62, 87 |
| 2 | Beyoncé | 66, 84 |

## Countries represented

| Country | Total |
| Australia | 66 |
| United States | 21 |
| United Kingdom | 12 |
| Canada | 5 |
| Sweden | 3 |
| France | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| New Zealand | 2 |
| Barbados | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| Nigeria | 1 |