Triple J Hottest 100, 2011

2011 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown	26 January 2012
Countdown highlights
Winning song	Gotye featuring Kimbra ("Somebody That I Used to Know")
Most entries	The Wombats (4) Kimbra (4)

The 2011 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day 26 January 2012. It is the nineteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

Voting commenced on 14 December 2011, and closed on 16 January 2012. A separate poll for the most popular album of the year was held in late November and early December 2011, with Making Mirrors by Gotye being voted the most popular album of the year.

On 8 February 2012, Triple J announced the tracks voted #101 to #200

Full list

Note: Australian artists

#	Song	Artist	Country of origin
1	Somebody That I Used to Know	Gotye featuring Kimbra	Australia and New Zealand
2	Lonely Boy	The Black Keys	United States
3	Brother	Matt Corby	Australia
4	Feeding Line	Boy & Bear	Australia
5	Midnight City	M83	France
6	Video Games	Lana Del Rey	United States
7	Awkward	San Cisco	Australia
8	Boys like You	360 featuring Gossling	Australia
9	Endless Summer	The Jezabels	Australia
10	I Love It	Hilltop Hoods featuring Sia	Australia
11	Feel So Close	Calvin Harris	United Kingdom
12	Contact High	Architecture in Helsinki	Australia
13	Shake It Out	Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom
14	Call It What You Want	Foster the People	United States
15	Helena Beat	Foster the People	United States
16	Tongue Tied	Grouplove	United States
17	Even Though I'm a Woman	Seeker Lover Keeper	Australia
18	Jump into the Fog	The Wombats	United Kingdom
19	Promises	Nero	United Kingdom
20	Act Yr Age	Bluejuice	Australia
21	Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites	Skrillex	United States
22	Air	Snakadaktal	Australia
23	Jungle	Emma Louise	Australia
24	1996	The Wombats	United Kingdom
25	Cameo Lover	Kimbra	New Zealand
26	Techno Fan	The Wombats	United Kingdom
27	Changed the Way You Kiss Me	Example	United Kingdom
28	Pumped Up Kicks (Like a Version)	Owl Eyes	Australia
29	Sing It (The Life of Riley)	Drapht	Australia
30	Bounce	Calvin Harris featuring Kelis	United Kingdom
31	It's Nice to Be Alive	Ball Park Music	Australia
32	L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N.	Noah and the Whale	United Kingdom
33	Otis	Jay Z and Kanye West	United States
34	I Feel Better	Gotye	Australia
35	Cigarettes	Illy	Australia
36	No Light, No Light	Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom
37	Killer	360	Australia
38	All I Want Is You	Ball Park Music	Australia
39	Cinema (Skrillex Remix)	Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go	Italy, United Kingdom and United States
40	Houdini	Foster the People	United States
41	Under Cover of Darkness	The Strokes	United States
42	What the Water Gave Me	Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom
43	Itchin' on a Photograph	Grouplove	United States
44	Speak of the Devil	Hermitude	Australia
45	Junk of the Heart (Happy)	The Kooks	United Kingdom
46	Hanging On	Active Child	United States
47	Mary	Sparkadia	Australia
48	A.I.M. Fire!	Art vs. Science	Australia
49	Milk & Sticks	Boy & Bear	Australia
50	Part Time Believer	Boy & Bear	Australia
51	Money	The Drums	United States
52	Good Intent	Kimbra	New Zealand
53	Holocene	Bon Iver	United States
54	Turn Me On	The Grates	Australia
55	Escapee	Architecture in Helsinki	Australia
56	China	Sparkadia	Australia
57	Lay It Down	The Rubens	Australia
58	I Follow Rivers	Lykke Li	Sweden
59	Holy Moses	Washington	Australia
60	Gabriel	Joe Goddard featuring Valentina	United Kingdom
61	Lotus Flower	Radiohead	United Kingdom
62	Black Water Rising	Stonefield	Australia
63	Rope	Foo Fighters	United States
64	Raiders	Owl Eyes	Australia
65	Re-Wired	Kasabian	United Kingdom
66	Perth	Bon Iver	United States
67	Zimbabwe	New Navy	Australia
68	Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair	Arctic Monkeys	United Kingdom
69	Calgary	Bon Iver	United States
70	She's Like a Comet	Jebediah	Australia
71	Arnold	Luke Million	Australia
72	Foreign Language	Flight Facilities featuring Jess Higgs	Australia
73	First of the Year (Equinox)	Skrillex	United States
74	Bali Party	Drapht featuring N'fa	Australia
75	Shot Yourself in the Foot Again	Example and Skream	United Kingdom
76	Dreamshaker	Redcoats	Australia
77	The Look	Metronomy	United Kingdom
78	History's Door	Husky	Australia
79	Wildfire	SBTRKT featuring Little Dragon	United Kingdom and Sweden
80	The Truth	Pnau	Australia
81	Biding My Time	Busby Marou	Australia
82	Ritual Union	Little Dragon	Sweden
83	Future Starts Slow	The Kills	United Kingdom and United States
84	Throw It Away	360 featuring Josh Pyke	Australia
85	Gay Pirates	Cosmo Jarvis	United Kingdom
86	Light All My Lights	Seeker Lover Keeper	Australia
87	In Your Light	Gotye	Australia
88	Shuffle	Bombay Bicycle Club	United Kingdom
89	Santa Fe	Beirut	United States
90	Make Some Noise	Beastie Boys	United States
91	Fragile Bird	City and Colour	Canada
92	The Wilhelm Scream	James Blake	United Kingdom
93	Two Way Street	Kimbra	New Zealand
94	Our Perfect Disease	The Wombats	United Kingdom
95	Naked Kids	Grouplove	United States
96	Machu Picchu	The Strokes	United States
97	Arlandria	Foo Fighters	United States
98	Niggas in Paris	Jay-Z and Kanye West	United States
99	You Should Consider Having Sex with a Bearded Man	The Beards	Australia
100	The Suburbs	Mr Little Jeans	Norway

Artists with multiple entries

Four

• The Wombats (18, 24, 26, 94)
• Kimbra (Three times solo and once with Gotye) (1, 25, 52, 93)

Three

• Gotye (1, 34, 87)
• Boy & Bear (4, 49, 50)
• 360 (8, 37, 84)
• Florence and the Machine (13, 36, 42)
• Foster the People (14, 15, 40)
• Grouplove (16, 43, 95)
• Bon Iver (53, 66, 69)
• Skrillex (two original and one remix) (21, 39, 73)

Two

• Calvin Harris (11, 30)
• Architecture in Helsinki (12, 55)
• Seeker Lover Keeper (17, 86)
• Example (27, 75)
• Owl Eyes (28, 64)
• Drapht (29, 74)
• Ball Park Music (31, 38)
• Jay-Z & Kanye West (33, 98)
• The Strokes (41, 96)
• Sparkadia (47, 56)
• Foo Fighters (63, 97)
• Little Dragon (One original and one collaboration with SBTRKT) (79, 82)

Countries represented

• Australia – 44
• United States – 26
• United Kingdom – 25
• New Zealand – 4
• Sweden – 3
• Canada – 1
• France – 1
• Italy – 1
• Norway – 1

Notes

• "Somebody That I Used to Know" became the first collaboration between separate artists to top the Hottest 100.
• For the second consecutive year and the third time ever, the #1 song featured a female vocalist. This was also the second consecutive year the #1 song was a duet between a male and a female artist.
• Kimbra became the first New Zealand artist to feature in the #1 song of a Hottest 100.
• The original version by Arcade Fire of the #100 song, "The Suburbs", was the #58 song in the previous year's Hottest 100. Similarly, Owl Eyes' cover of "Pumped Up Kicks" was #28, four places higher than what the original version by Foster the People could manage the previous year.
• For the third year in a row an artist from Triple J Unearthed got in the Top 10. This year it was Boy & Bear, San Cisco and The Jezabels. Also, the 2010 and 2011 Unearthed High winners (Stonefield and Snakadaktal) both made their first appearances in the Hottest 100. This is the first time this has been done.
• Producer Francois Tetaz helped write, produce and mix eight songs that charted in the countdown. The songs he helped write/produce/mix were all the songs by Architecture in Helsinki, Kimbra and Gotye.
• This is the first countdown since 1995 not to feature any previous Hottest 100 winners.

Top 20 Albums of 2011

Note: Australian artists

This edition was hosted by Triple J presenter Caroline Tran, instead of regular presenter Richard Kingsmill. It was broadcast on 11 December, the final show of "2011" for 2011. It was announced that Making Mirrors won by an unprecedented margin.

Voting was held from 25 November right until the day before the countdown (10 December).

Bold indicates winner of the 2011 J Award and Hottest 100.

#	Artist	Album	Country of origin	Tracks charted in the Hottest 100
1	Gotye	Making Mirrors	Australia	1, 34, 87 (25 in 2010)
2	Foster the People	Torches	United States	14, 15, 40 (32 in 2010)
3	Boy & Bear	Moonfire	Australia	4, 49, 50
4	The Wombats	This Modern Glitch	United Kingdom	18, 24, 26, 94 (8 in 2010)
5	Bon Iver	Bon Iver	United States	53, 66, 69
6	The Jezabels	Prisoner	Australia	9
7	Florence + the Machine	Ceremonials	United Kingdom	13, 36, 42
8	Architecture in Helsinki	Moment Bends	Australia	12, 55 (28 in 2008)
9	Art vs. Science	The Experiment	Australia	48 (9, 90 in 2010)
10	Ball Park Music	Happiness and Surrounding Suburbs	Australia	31, 38
11	The Strokes	Angles	United States	41, 96
12	Grouplove	Never Trust a Happy Song	United States	16, 43, 95
13	Radiohead	The King of Limbs	United Kingdom	61
14	Kimbra	Vows	New Zealand	25, 52, 93
15	Jay-Z & Kanye West	Watch the Throne	United States	33, 98
16	Drapht	The Life of Riley	Australia	29, 74 (12 in 2010)
17	Sparkadia	The Great Impression	Australia	47, 56 (24 in 2010)
18	Arctic Monkeys	Suck It and See	United Kingdom	68
19	Foo Fighters	Wasting Light	United States	63, 97
20	Cut Copy	Zonoscope	Australia	DNC (118 in Hottest 200 - 101)

Notes

• For the second year in a row the ARIA album of the year comes 3rd in the Triple J Album Poll.
• Gotye is the first J Award winner since Wolfmother in 2005 to win the Triple J Album Poll. He is also the first artist to win the Triple J Album Poll twice.
• Cut Copy are the first band since Bloc Party in 2008 to get in the Top 20 Album Poll and not feature in the Hottest 100.

CD release

CD 1 Gotye Featuring Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used to Know" (#1) The Black Keys - "Lonely Boy" (#2) M83 - "Midnight City" (#5) Hilltop Hoods Featuring Sia - "I Love It" (#10) Grouplove - "Tongue Tied" (#16) Skrillex - "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" (#21) Ball Park Music - "It's Nice to Be Alive" (#31) The Grates - "Turn Me On" (#54) Redcoats - "Dreamshaker" (#76) Hermitude - "Speak of the Devil" (#44) Noah and the Whale - "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N." (#32) The Jezabels - "Endless Summer" (#9) 360 Featuring Gossling - "Boys Like You" (#8) Art vs. Science - "A.I.M. Fire!" (#48) Sparkadia - "Mary" (#47) The Drums - "Money" (#51) Jebediah - "She's Like a Comet" (#70) Radiohead - "Lotus Flower" (#61) Snakadaktal - "Air" (#22) Stonefield - "Black Water Rising" (#62) Example - "Changed the Way You Kissed Me" (#27)

CD 2 Matt Corby - "Brother" (#3) San Cisco - "Awkward" (#7) Lana Del Rey - "Video Games" (#6) Architecture In Helsinki - "Contact High" (#12) Kimbra - "Cameo Lover" (#25) Drapht - "Sing It (The Life of Riley)" (#29) The Wombats - "Jump Into the Fog" (#18) Florence and the Machine - "Shake It Out" (#13) Joe Goddard Featuring Valentina - "Gabriel" (#60) Boy & Bear - "Feeding Line" (#4) Arctic Monkeys - "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair" (#68) Nero - "Promises" (#19) Foster the People - "Helena Beat" (#15) Bombay Bicycle Club - "Shuffle" (#88) Seeker Lover Keeper - "Even Though I'm a Woman" (#17) Calvin Harris - "Feel So Close" (#11) New Navy - "Zimbabwe" (#67) Bluejuice - "Act Yr Age" (#20) Emma Louise - "Jungle" (#23) The Rubens - "Lay It Down" (#57) Pnau - "The Truth" (#80)

For the first time ever the Hottest 100 CD was released digitally on iTunes

DVD

1. Gotye Featuring Kimbra - "Somebody That I Used to Know"
2. The Black Keys - "Lonely Boy"
3. Matt Corby - "Brother" (Live)
4. Boy & Bear - "Feeding Line"
5. M83 - "Midnight City"
6. San Cisco - "Awkward"
7. 360 featuring Gossling - "Boys Like You"
8. The Jezabels - "Endless Summer"
9. Hilltop Hoods Featuring Sia - "I Love It"
10. Calvin Harris - "Feel So Close"
11. Architecture in Helsinki - "Contact High"
12. Florence and the Machine - "Shake It Out"
13. Foster the People - "Helena Beat"
14. Grouplove - Tongue Tied
15. Seeker Lover Keeper - "Even Though I'm a Woman"
16. The Wombats - "Jump Into the Fog"
17. Nero - "Promises"
18. Bluejuice - "Act Yr Age"
19. Snakadaktal - "Air"
20. Emma Louise - "Jungle"
21. Kimbra - "Cameo Lover"
22. Example - "Changed the Way You Kissed Me"
23. Drapht - "Sing It (The Life of Riley)"
24. Ball Park Music - "It's Nice to Be Alive"
25. Noah and the Whale - "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N."
26. Illy - "Cigarettes"
27. Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go - "Cinema" (Skrillex Remix)
28. Hermitude - "Speak of the Devil"
29. The Kooks - "Junk of the Heart (Happy)"
30. Active Child - "Hangin' On"
31. Sparkadia - "Mary"
32. Art vs. Science - "A.I.M. Fire!"
33. The Drums - "Money"
34. The Grates - "Turn Me On"
35. Lykke Li - "I Follow Rivers"
36. Joe Goddard featuring Valentina - "Gabriel"
37. Stonefield - "Black Water Rising"
38. Owl Eyes - "Raiders"
39. Kasabian - "Re-Wired"
40. Arctic Monkeys - "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"
41. Jebediah - "She's Like a Comet"
42. Husky - "History's Door"
43. Pnau - "The Truth"
44. Bubsy Marou - "Biding My Time"
45. City and Colour - "Fragile Bird"