Year-end countdown · Triple J · 2005

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005

The year-end countdown for 2005 from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Wish You Well” by Bernard Fanning at number one. The list features 59 different artists; Wolfmother has the most entries with six songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Wish You Well Bernard Fanning 2 #1
2 Catch My Disease Ben Lee 16 #2
3 Feel Good Inc. Gorillaz 80 #1
4 Best of You Foo Fighters 75 #1
5 Dare Gorillaz 40 #1
6 Mind's Eye Wolfmother 1 #6
7 My Doorbell The White Stripes 42 #7
8 O Yeah End of Fashion 1 #8
9 Joker and the Thief Wolfmother 22 #9
10 Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand 34 #10
11 Fig Jam Butterfingers 1 #11
12 Computer Camp Love Datarock 1 #12
13 Gold Digger Kanye West 7 #13
14 Songbird Bernard Fanning 1 #14
15 Flame Trees Sarah Blasko 1 #15
16 Apple Tree Wolfmother 1 #16
17 Blue Orchid The White Stripes 35 #5
18 I Was Only 19 The Herd 2 #18
19 Middle of the Hill Josh Pyke 1 #19
20 DOA Foo Fighters 43 #9
21 Hurricane Faker 1 #21
22 Do-Do's and Whoa-Oh's Kisschasy 1 #22
23 Two More Years Bloc Party 3 #23
24 Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo Bloodhound Gang 2 #24
25 The Car Song The Cat Empire 6 #25
26 Fix You Coldplay 47 #13
27 B.Y.O.B. System of a Down 33 #1
28 Everyday I Love You Less and Less Kaiser Chiefs 3 #28
29 Fast Girl Gyroscope 1 #29
30 Concrete Boots After the Fall 1 #30
31 The Special Two Missy Higgins 2 #31
32 My Enemy Cog 1 #32
33 Phoenix The Butterfly Effect 1 #33
34 I Predict a Riot Kaiser Chiefs 31 #5
35 Girl Beck 36 #17
36 Speed of Sound Coldplay 45 #2
37 Dimension Wolfmother 1 #37
38 Sly The Cat Empire 5 #38
39 Colossal Wolfmother 1 #39
40 Helicopter Bloc Party 20 #11
41 Dirty Harry Gorillaz 4 #22
42 Sweet as Sugar Grinspoon 1 #42
43 Autumn Flow Lior 1 #43
44 Sunny Road Emiliana Torrini 1 #44
45 Positive Tension Bloc Party 1 #45
46 Juicebox The Strokes 32 #12
47 Stuff and Nonsense Missy Higgins 1 #47
48 An Honest Mistake The Bravery 34 #3
49 What's On Your Radio The Living End 2 #49
50 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor Arctic Monkeys 48 #2
51 Be Yourself Audioslave 32 #4
52 America, F**k Yeah! Team America 1 #52
53 We're All in This Together Ben Lee 2 #53
54 Two Shoes The Cat Empire 2 #13
55 Landed Ben Folds 25 #14
56 It's 5! Architecture in Helsinki 1 #56
57 Radio/Video System of a Down 4 #53
58 Little Sister Queens of the Stone Age 35 #2
59 Bloody Mother F***ing Asshole Martha Wainwright 1 #59
60 All the Money or the Simple Life Honey The Dandy Warhols 1 #60
61 Jesus of Suburbia Green Day 35 #11
62 Beware Wolf Gyroscope 1 #62
63 Divorcee at 23 Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set 1 #63
64 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Jack Johnson 28 #7
65 Always Worth It Sarah Blasko 1 #65
66 Gabrielle Ween 1 #66
67 The Denial Twist The White Stripes 27 #1
68 Ashes The Beautiful Girls 1 #68
69 Jesus I Was Evil Butterfingers 1 #69
70 This Year The Mountain Goats 14 #11
71 Run Cog 1 #71
72 I'm So Post Modern The Bedroom Philosopher 1 #72
73 Better Together Jack Johnson 7 #47
74 The Sound of White Missy Higgins 1 #74
75 Que Onda Guero Beck 6 #30
76 Hypnotize System of a Down 28 #10
77 First Day of My Life Bright Eyes 17 #57
78 The Fighter After the Fall 1 #78
79 F*** Forever Babyshambles 1 #79
80 Believe The Chemical Brothers 1 #80
81 Let's Take the Long Way Home The Beautiful Girls 1 #81
82 Smoke It The Dandy Warhols 4 #40
83 Filthy Gorgeous Scissor Sisters 1 #83
84 white Unicorn Wolfmother 9 #84
85 Tightrope Walker Epicure 1 #85
86 Into the Dark Ben Lee 2 #76
87 We Can't Hear You The Herd 1 #87
88 Like Eating Glass Bloc Party 2 #88
89 Bastard Ben Folds 1 #89
90 Walk Away Franz Ferdinand 2 #29
91 Heartstopper Emiliana Torrini 1 #91
92 Messages Xavier Rudd 1 #92
93 The Fallen Franz Ferdinand 14 #15
94 On This Side Clare Bowditch and the Feeding Set 1 #94
95 Face Without a Name Kisschasy 1 #95
96 Six Months in a Leaky Boat Little Birdy 1 #96
97 Themata Karnivool 1 #97
98 Why Do You Love Me Garbage 24 #26
99 Evie (Pt. 1) The Wrights 1 #99
100 Party Started The Cat Empire 1 #100

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Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 was broadcast by Triple J (Australia (national)). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Contributed by Keith Murphy. Thank you!

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