# Triple J Hottest 100, 2022

The 2022 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 28 January 2023. It was the 30th annual countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as voted for by listeners of Australian radio station triple j. The day before, the Hottest 200 played, counting down songs 200–101. Merchandise sales from the event supported the Australian Conservation Foundation.
Australian musician Flume's song "Say Nothing" featuring May-a was voted into first place. Australian band Spacey Jane had the most entries, with six, including three in the top 10. Over 2.4 million votes were submitted, and 57 entries in the countdown originated from Australian artists.

## Background

Any song initially released between 1 December 2021 and 30 November 2022 was eligible for the triple j Hottest 100 of 2022. 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. Voting opened on 13 December 2022, and closed on 23 January 2023.
The 2021 triple j Hottest 100 culminated with the Wiggles' Like a Version cover of Tame Impala's "Elephant" reaching number one. Over $1.2 million was raised for crisis support organisation Lifeline, the countdown's partner.

### Projections

On 10 January 2023, triple j announced there were fewer than 125 votes separating the top two songs. Online database 100 Warm Tunas, "the internet's most accurate prediction" of Hottest 100 results, was favouring "In the Wake of Your Leave" by Australian alternative rock band Gang of Youths to take the top spot, followed by "Hardlight" by Fremantle-based rock band Spacey Jane and "Stars in My Eyes" by Brisbane-based pop rock band Ball Park Music. The former two bands also had major wins in the triple j Album Poll and the 2022 J Awards respectively. On the day of the countdown, Sportsbet had English DJs Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal's "B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)" and Australian producer Flume's "Say Nothing" as the most likely to win outright.

## Full list

* Note: Australian artists
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 1 | Say Nothing | Flume featuring May-a | Australia |
| 2 | B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All) | Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal | United Kingdom |
| 3 | Hardlight | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 4 | Bad Habit | Steve Lacy | United States |
| 5 | It's Been a Long Day | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 6 | Sitting Up | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 7 | About Damn Time | Lizzo | United States |
| 8 | Stars in My Eyes | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 9 | In the Wake of Your Leave | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 10 | Glimpse of Us | Joji | Japan |
| 11 | Gay 4 Me | G Flip featuring Lauren Sanderson | Australia/United States |
| 12 | First Class | Jack Harlow | United States |
| 13 | New Gold | Gorillaz featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown | United Kingdom/Australia/United States |
| 14 | Delilah (Pull Me Out of This) | Fred Again | United Kingdom |
| 15 | Facts of Life | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 16 | God Is a Freak | Peach PRC | Australia |
| 17 | Get Inspired | Genesis Owusu | Ghana/Australia |
| 18 | Turn On the Lights Again | Fred Again and Swedish House Mafia featuring Future | United Kingdom/Sweden/United States |
| 19 | Stranger Days | Skegss | Australia |
| 20 | Shirt | SZA | United States |
| 21 | Backseat of My Mind | Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 22 | Vegas | Doja Cat | United States |
| 23 | Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (Like a Version) | Dune Rats | Australia |
| 24 | Cuff It | Beyoncé | United States |
| 25 | Pulling Through | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 26 | Jungle | Fred Again | United Kingdom |
| 27 | Camp Dog | King Stingray | Australia |
| 28 | Big City Life | Luude and Mattafix | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 29 | Clarity | Vance Joy | Australia |
| 30 | Shooting Stars (Like a Version) | Flume featuring Toro y Moi | Australia/United States |
| 31 | Wish You Well | Baker Boy featuring Bernard Fanning | Australia |
| 32 | TV | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 33 | Thousand Miles | The Kid Laroi | Australia |
| 34 | Colin | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 35 | Let's Go | King Stingray | Australia |
| 36 | 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) | Lizzo | United States |
| 37 | Miracle Maker | Dom Dolla featuring Clementine Douglas | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 38 | Strangers | Bring Me the Horizon | United Kingdom |
| 39 | Doja | Central Cee | United Kingdom |
| 40 | Yet | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 41 | N95 | Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 42 | Break My Soul | Beyoncé | United States |
| 43 | Yellow (Like a Version) | King Stingray | Australia |
| 44 | Rich Flex | Drake and 21 Savage | Canada/United Kingdom |
| 45 | This Is Why | Paramore | United States |
| 46 | Ripple | Sycco featuring Flume and Chrome Sparks | Australia/United States |
| 47 | Growing Up Is | Ruel | United Kingdom/Australia |
| 48 | It's a Killa | Fisher and Shermanology | Australia/Netherlands |
| 49 | Star Walkin' (League of Legends Worlds Anthem) | Lil Nas X | United States |
| 50 | Slugger 1.4 (2014 Export.WAV) | Flume | Australia |
| 51 | I Like You (A Happier Song) | Post Malone featuring Doja Cat | United States |
| 52 | Burn Dem Bridges | Skin on Skin | Australia |
| 53 | 6L GTR | The Chats | Australia |
| 54 | A Whole Day's Night | Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne and Tom Thum | Australia |
| 55 | Girl Sports | Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers | Australia |
| 56 | Deepest Darkness | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 57 | Leaving for London | Pacific Avenue | Australia |
| 58 | I'm in Love with You | The 1975 | United Kingdom |
| 59 | Double Vision | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 60 | Country Club | Lime Cordiale | Australia |
| 61 | Messy in Heaven | Venbee and Goddard | United Kingdom |
| 62 | Home | Ocean Alley | Australia |
| 63 | Teddy | Teenage Dads | Australia |
| 64 | Anakin | The Rions | Australia |
| 65 | Forever Drunk | Peach PRC | Australia |
| 66 | The Brown Snake | Thelma Plum | Australia |
| 67 | Escapism | Raye featuring 070 Shake | United Kingdom/United States |
| 68 | Yeah the Girls | Fisher featuring Meryll | Australia/Netherlands |
| 69 | Maybe | Machine Gun Kelly featuring Bring Me the Horizon | United States/United Kingdom |
| 70 | Only Wanna Be with You | Amy Shark | Australia |
| 71 | Show Business | Hilltop Hoods featuring Eamon | Australia/United States |
| 72 | Static | Steve Lacy | United States |
| 73 | No Choice | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 74 | She's All I Wanna Be | Tate McRae | Canada |
| 75 | Bothers Me | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 76 | Jimmy Cooks | Drake featuring 21 Savage | Canada/United Kingdom |
| 77 | There'd Better Be a Mirrorball | Arctic Monkeys | United Kingdom |
| 78 | Kamikaze | Violent Soho | Australia |
| 79 | Body Paint | Arctic Monkeys | United Kingdom |
| 80 | Walkin | Denzel Curry | United States |
| 81 | Beach Boy | Benee | New Zealand |
| 82 | Is This What It Feels Like to Feel Like This? | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 83 | Handful | Beddy Rays | Australia |
| 84 | The 30th | Billie Eilish | United States |
| 85 | Everybody's Saying Thursday's the Weekend | DMA's | Australia |
| 86 | Glitch | Parkway Drive | Australia |
| 87 | GTFO | Genesis Owusu | Ghana/Australia |
| 88 | Oh Caroline | The 1975 | United Kingdom |
| 89 | Show Me Your God | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 90 | I Don't Wanna Do Nothing Forever | The Smith Street Band | Australia |
| 91 | Free | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 92 | Alright | Sam Fender | United Kingdom |
| 93 | Holy Moley | Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 94 | Lupa | King Stingray | Australia |
| 95 | Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me at All) | Omar Apollo | United States |
| 96 | Waste of Space | G Flip | Australia |
| 97 | Betty (Get Money) | Yung Gravy | United States |
| 98 | Bad Memories | Meduza and James Carter featuring Elley Duhé and Fast Boy | Italy/United Kingdom/United States/Germany |
| 99 | Sidelines | Phoebe Bridgers | United States |
| 100 | Danielle (Smile on My Face) | Fred Again | United Kingdom |

### #101–200 list

On 29 January 2023, Triple J announced the songs that made the #101–200 positions.
| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 101 | Starlight | Dave | United Kingdom |
| 102 | Nail Tech | Jack Harlow | United States |
| 103 | Running Up That Hill (Like a Version) | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 104 | Passing Through | Sly Withers | Australia |
| 105 | Why Does It Always Rain on Me? (Like a Version) | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 106 | Singing Blackbird | Adam Newling | Australia |
| 107 | Milk | Beddy Rays | Australia |
| 108 | Pamela Aniston | Dune Rats | Australia |
| 109 | Get Me Outta Here | G Flip | Australia |
| 110 | Die Hard | Kendrick Lamar, Blxst & Amanda Reifer | United States/Barbados |
| 111 | The Foundations of Decay | My Chemical Romance | United States |
| 112 | Cowboys Don't Cry | Oliver Tree | United States |
| 113 | Haircut | Spacey Jane | Australia |
| 114 | Manny | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 115 | Ur Mum | Wet Leg | United Kingdom |
| 116 | Looking for Somebody (To Love) | The 1975 | United Kingdom |
| 117 | Ready for the Sky | Budjerah | Australia |
| 118 | Honest | Peking Duk featuring Slayyyter | Australia/United States |
| 119 | Surprise Me | Mallrat featuring Azealia Banks | Australia/United States |
| 120 | Heaven Takes You Home | Swedish House Mafia featuring Connie Constance | Sweden/United Kingdom |
| 121 | Edging | Blink-182 | United States |
| 122 | Waiting For You | The Terrys | Australia |
| 123 | Where I Go | Old Mervs | Australia |
| 124 | What a Memorable Night | Dune Rats | Australia |
| 125 | Cracker Island | Gorillaz featuring Thundercat | United Kingdom/United States |
| 126 | Hollow | Flume featuring Emma Louise | Australia |
| 127 | I'm Tired | Labrinth & Zendaya | United Kingdom/United States |
| 128 | Forget You | Slowly Slowly | Australia |
| 129 | Massive | Drake | Canada |
| 130 | Happiness | The 1975 | United Kingdom |
| 131 | The Perfect Pair | Beabadoobee | United Kingdom |
| 132 | Catch My Disease (Like a Version) | The Terrys | Australia |
| 133 | Double Espresso | Dice | Australia |
| 134 | So Good | Halsey | United States |
| 135 | Your Love | Mallrat | Australia |
| 136 | Coal Makes Me Cum | The Chaser | Australia |
| 137 | Sacrifice | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 138 | Dua Lipa | Jack Harlow | United States |
| 139 | Always Got the Love | Cub Sport | Australia |
| 140 | Holiday | Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 141 | My Love | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 142 | Say My Name (Like a Version) | Glass Animals | United Kingdom |
| 143 | You In Everything | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 144 | Baby | Aitch & Ashanti | United Kingdom/United States |
| 145 | Father Time | Kendrick Lamar featuring Sampha | United States/United Kingdom |
| 146 | Hide & Seek | Stormzy | United Kingdom |
| 147 | T's to Cross | Hockey Dad | Australia |
| 148 | Sirens | Flume featuring Caroline Polachek | Australia/United States |
| 149 | Cash In Cash Out | Pharrell Williams featuring 21 Savage & Tyler, the Creator | United States |
| 150 | Not Another Rockstar | Maisie Peters | United Kingdom |
| 151 | Luvin U is Easy | Confidence Man | Australia |
| 152 | Spend It | Peking Duk featuring Circa Waves | Australia/United Kingdom |
| 153 | 2am | Foals | United Kingdom |
| 154 | The Kingdom is Within You | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 155 | Terrible | Teenage Joans | Australia |
| 156 | Someone Else's Problem | Ruel | Australia |
| 157 | Proof | Methyl Ethel featuring Stella Donnelly | Australia |
| 158 | Vigil | Golden Features | Australia |
| 159 | I Feel Electric | Daniel Johns featuring Moxie Raia | Australia/United States |
| 160 | Out of Time | The Weeknd | Canada |
| 161 | Mercury | Steve Lacy | United States |
| 162 | Is It Worth Being Sad | Meg Mac | Australia |
| 163 | Waterfall | Disclosure & Raye | United Kingdom |
| 164 | October Passed Me By | Girl in Red | Norway |
| 165 | Weirder & Weirder | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 166 | Rich Spirit | Kendrick Lamar | United States |
| 167 | Pity Party | Stand Atlantic featuring Royal & the Serpent | Australia/United States |
| 168 | Can't Do Without (My Baby) | Cosmo's Midnight | Australia |
| 169 | Cranky Boy | Northeast Party House | Australia |
| 170 | Wait For U | Future featuring Drake & Tems | United States/Canada/Nigeria |
| 171 | Alien Superstar | Beyoncé | United States |
| 172 | Emo Girl | Machine Gun Kelly featuring Willow | United States |
| 173 | Goal of the Century | Gang of Youths | Australia |
| 174 | Seventeen Going Under (Like a Version) | Camp Cope | Australia |
| 175 | Catalonia | Vance Joy | Australia |
| 176 | Highest Building | Flume featuring Oklou | Australia/France |
| 177 | Surround Sound | JID featuring 21 Savage & Baby Tate | United States |
| 178 | Oysters in My Pocket | Royel Otis | Australia |
| 179 | You Against Yourself | Ruel | Australia |
| 180 | Situation 99 | The Terrys | Australia |
| 181 | Holiday | Crooked Colours | Australia |
| 182 | I Don't Need To Hide | DMA's | Australia |
| 183 | Exit Sign | Teenage Dads | Australia |
| 184 | Sweetest Pie | Megan Thee Stallion & Dua Lipa | United States/United Kingdom |
| 185 | King | Florence and the Machine | United Kingdom |
| 186 | King Billy Cokebottle | A.B. Original | Australia |
| 187 | Twin Flame | Kaytranada & Anderson .Paak | Canada/United States |
| 188 | Red Flags | The Buoys | Australia |
| 189 | Running With the Hurricane | Camp Cope | Australia |
| 190 | 10:35 | Tiësto featuring Tate McRae | Netherlands/Canada |
| 191 | Don't Fade | Vance Joy | Australia |
| 192 | 2 Die 4 | Tove Lo | Sweden |
| 193 | Palm Beach Banga | Fisher | Australia |
| 194 | Good Times | Jungle | United Kingdom |
| 195 | Why Do I Keep You? | Telenova | Australia |
| 196 | Flip Me Upside Down | The Wombats | United Kingdom |
| 197 | Haircut | Alex the Astronaut | Australia |
| 198 | Teeth | Mallrat | Australia |
| 199 | Summer in New York | Sofi Tukker | United States |
| 200 | Song 2 (Like a Version) | Baker Boy | Australia |

## Countries represented

| Country | # |
| Australia | 57 |
| United States | 28 |
| United Kingdom | 25 |
| Canada | 3 |
| Ghana | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |

## Artists with multiple entries

| # | Artist | Tracks |
| 6 | Spacey Jane | 3, 5, 6, 25, 40, 75 |
| 4 | Flume | 1, 30, 46, 50 |
| 4 | Fred Again | 14, 18, 26, 100 |
| 4 | Lime Cordiale | 15, 34, 60, 93 |
| 4 | King Stingray | 27, 35, 43, 94 |
| 3 | Ocean Alley | 56, 59, 62 |
| 2 | Steve Lacy | 4, 72 |
| 2 | Lizzo | 7, 36 |
| 2 | G Flip | 11, 96 |
| 2 | Tame Impala | 13, 73 |
| 2 | Peach PRC | 16, 65 |
| 2 | Genesis Owusu | 17, 87 |
| 2 | Thelma Plum | 21, 66 |
| 2 | Doja Cat | 22, 51 |
| 2 | Beyoncé | 24, 42 |
| 2 | Billie Eilish | 32, 84 |
| 2 | Bring Me the Horizon | 38, 69 |
| 2 | Drake | 44, 76 |
| 2 | 21 Savage | 44, 76 |
| 2 | Fisher | 48, 68 |
| 2 | Hilltop Hoods | 54, 71 |
| 2 | The 1975 | 58, 88 |
| 2 | Arctic Monkeys | 77, 79 |

## 2022 Triple J Album Poll

Voting for the triple j Album Poll was held across November and December and was announced on 11 December 2022. Indie rock band Spacey Jane topped the poll for the second time, following their win with debut album Sunlight in 2020. Weirder & Weirder at second place and The Car at ninth mark both Ball Park Music's and Arctic Monkeys' seventh appearances each in the annual poll, with every prior studio album from both bands making an appearance in past polls.
For the first time in a Triple J album poll, two albums were tired in a single position, with Steve Lacy and The 1975 sharing the #13 position.
* Note: Australian artists
Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100. Gang of Youths won the J Award for Angel in Realtime.
| # | Artist | Album | Country of origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 |
| 1 | Spacey Jane | Here Comes Everybody | Australia | 3, 5, 6, 25, 40, 75, (3, 12 in 2021) |
| 2 | Ball Park Music | Weirder & Weirder | Australia | 8, (21 in 2021) |
| 3 | Gang of Youths | Angel in Realtime | Australia | 9, (6, 57 in 2021) |
| 4 | Ocean Alley | Low Altitude Living | Australia | 56, 59, 62, (20 in 2021) |
| 5 | King Stingray | King Stingray | Australia | 27, 35, 94, (46, 56 in 2021) |
| 6 | Sly Withers | Overgrown | Australia | DNC (104 in Hottest 200) |
| 7 | Wet Leg | Wet Leg | United Kingdom | (45 in 2021) (115 in Hottest 200) |
| 8 | Daniel Johns | FutureNever | Australia | DNC (159 in Hottest 200) |
| 9 | Arctic Monkeys | The Car | United Kingdom | 77, 79 |
| 10 | Beddy Rays | Beddy Rays | Australia | 83, (57 in 2020) |
| 11 | Flume | Palaces | Australia | 1 |
| 12 | The Wombats | Fix Yourself, Not the World | United Kingdom | 82 (32 in 2021) |
| 13 | Steve Lacy | Gemini Rights | United States | 4, 72 |
| 13 | The 1975 | Being Funny in a Foreign Language | United Kingdom | 58, 88 |
| 15 | Kendrick Lamar | Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers | United States | 41 |
| 16 | Slowly Slowly | Daisy Chain | Australia | (92 in 2021) (128 in Hottest 200) |
| 17 | Julia Jacklin | Pre Pleasure | Australia | DNC |
| 18 | Dope Lemon | Rose Pink Cadillac | Australia | (27 in 2021) |
| 19 | Vance Joy | In Our Own Sweet Time | Australia | 29 (15 in 2021) |
| 20 | The Chats | Get Fucked | Australia | 53 |

## Minor statistics

* Flume is the second artist behind Powderfinger to win the Hottest 100 for a second time.
* With Hilltop Hoods being voted into the countdown twice, this marks their 22nd and 23rd appearances in a Hottest 100, overtaking Powderfinger and Foo Fighters' 22 appearances each to become the most featured artist in Hottest 100 history.
* With Spacey Jane having six tracks voted into the countdown, they match an annual record set by Wolfmother in the 2005 poll. The band becomes the fourth artist to place thrice in the top 10, following Powderfinger in 2003, Chet Faker in 2014, and Gang of Youths in 2017; and the eighth artist in the countdown's history to have two songs poll in the top 5.
* For the second year in a row, Spacey Jane finish third in the Hottest 100. Furthermore, Spacey Jane are the first artist to feature in the top 3 of a countdown for the third consecutive year. The previous record was two consecutive years held by The Cranberries (1993–94), Powderfinger (1999–2000), Kings of Leon (2007–08) and Flume (2019–20)
* Ten songs in the countdown were from First Nations artists, beating the previous record of six songs in the 2020 countdown.
* For the first time since 2017, Billie Eilish did not feature in the top 10.
* Six previous winners of the Hottest 100 appeared in this year's countdown – Bernard Fanning (2005) Vance Joy (2013), The Rubens (2015), Flume (2016), Kendrick Lamar (2017), Ocean Alley (2018) & Billie Eilish (2019), equaling the record set in the previous year's countdown.