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Hilltop Hoods
Band Adelaide Australia Formed 1991
Hilltop Hoods formed in 1991 in Adelaide, Australia. Hilltop Hoods has 35 chart appearances on 19 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2003–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “The Nosebleed Section”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #2. The station that charted Hilltop Hoods most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 35 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2006.
Hilltop Hoods came up in Adelaide, South Australia, and turned Aussie hip-hop into something that fills festival fields. Suffa and Pressure are the MCs who founded the crew; DJ Next was with them at the start, and when he left in 1999 DJ Debris took over the decks. Their records came out on Obese Records, and after the debut EP Back Once Again in 1997 they found their footing with The Calling in 2003, whose "The Nosebleed Section" is loose-limbed and live-and-loud, with a groove that bumps like a festival sound system.
The albums since have been a string of number ones in Australia: The Hard Road in 2006, State of the Art in 2009, Drinking From the Sun in 2012, Walking Under Stars in 2014 and The Great Expanse in 2019. The hits kept pace, from "Chase That Feeling" and "I Love It", with Sia, to "Cosby Sweater" and "1955". Their ARIA shelf is heaving with Best Urban Album wins, and Debris even took home Engineer of the Year for his work on State of the Art.
They've worked the festival circuit hard, from Big Day Out to Splendour in the Grass, and they hold the record for the most songs voted into the Triple J Hottest 100 by anybody.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Hilltop Hoods on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Nosebleed Section | 4 | #2 | – | 2003 | |
| 2 | Cosby Sweater | 3 | #3 | – | 2014 | |
| 3 | 1955 | 3 | #4 | – | 2016 | |
| 4 | I Love It | 2 | #10 | – | 2011 | |
| 5 | Chase That Feeling | 1 | #3 | – | 2009 | |
| 6 | The Hard Road | 1 | #3 | – | 2006 | |
| 7 | I'm Good? | 1 | #9 | – | 2020 | |
| 8 | Exit Sign | 1 | #10 | – | 2019 | |
| 9 | Clown Prince | 1 | #23 | – | 2006 | |
| 10 | Leave Me Lonely | 1 | #24 | – | 2018 | |
| 11 | Recapturing the Vibe (Restrung) | 1 | #26 | – | 2007 | |
| 12 | Won't Let You Down | 1 | #36 | – | 2014 | |
| 13 | Laced Up | 1 | #37 | – | 2023 | |
| 14 | Still Standing | 1 | #37 | – | 2009 | |
| 15 | What a Great Night! | 1 | #41 | – | 2006 | |
| 16 | Clark Griswold | 1 | #44 | – | 2018 | |
| 17 | Dumb Enough | 1 | #44 | – | 2003 | |
| 18 | Higher | 1 | #49 | – | 2016 | |
| 19 | A Whole Day's Night | 1 | #54 | – | 2022 | |
| 20 | Can't Stop/In the Air Tonight (originally by Red Hot Chili Peppers/Phil Collins) | 1 | #56 | – | – | |
| 21 | Stopping All Stations | 1 | #56 | – | 2006 | |
| 22 | Walking Under Stars | 1 | #57 | – | 2014 | |
| 23 | Don't Happy, Be Worry | 1 | #67 | – | 2025 | |
| 24 | Show Business | 1 | #71 | – | 2022 | |
| 25 | Recapturing The Vibe | 1 | #77 | – | 2006 | |
| 26 | Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom | 1 | #84 | – | 2012 | |
| 27 | Something Bigger Than This | 1 | #86 | – | 2025 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Hilltop Hoods as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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