Artist · chart history
The Presets
Band Sydney Australia Formed 2003
The Presets formed in 2003 in Sydney, Australia. The Presets has 10 chart appearances on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2007–2025. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “My People”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #18. The station that charted The Presets most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 10 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.
The Presets are a Sydney duo, Julian Hamilton on vocals and keyboards and Kim Moyes on drums and keyboards, and they make electronic music with the muscle of a rock band. Signed to Modular, they put out two EPs, Blow Up and Girl and the Sea, before their debut album, Beams, arrived in 2005 to warm reviews. Then they hit the road for two years, including a run as Daft Punk's Australian support act, and it showed.
Apocalypso, in 2008, is the big one: a pounding, sweaty, dark-edged club record that debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart and took home six ARIA Awards that year, Album of the Year among them. "My People" rumbles like a warehouse party with the fire exits locked, "This Boy's in Love" swoons, "Yippiyo-Ay" gallops, and "Talk Like That" won them another ARIA, for Best Dance Release, in 2009, the same year the pair were named APRA Songwriters of the Year. They're rightly seen as key players in Australia's late-2000s dance music boom, and their live shows are known for their energy.
Pacifica followed in September 2012, with "Ghosts" and "Promises", reaching No. 3 on the ARIA chart, and Hi Viz arrived in June 2018 with "Martini" and "Do What You Want". Along the way they remixed tracks for Kings of Leon, Silverchair and Lenny Kravitz.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Presets on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My People | 3 | #18 | – | 2007 | |
| 2 | Talk Like That | 1 | #6 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | This Boy's in Love | 1 | #8 | – | 2008 | |
| 4 | Ghosts | 1 | #52 | – | 2012 | |
| 5 | Yippiyo-Ay | 1 | #56 | – | 2008 | |
| 6 | Martini | 1 | #57 | – | 2018 | |
| 7 | Promises | 1 | #70 | – | 2012 | |
| 8 | Do What You Want | 1 | #93 | – | 2017 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | My People | Triple J Hottest 100 of Australian Songs (2025) |
| 2018 | 57 | Martini | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 |
| 2017 | 93 | Do What You Want | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 |
| 2013 | 77 | My People | Triple J Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years (2013) |
| 2012 | 52 | Ghosts | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 |
| 2012 | 70 | Promises | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2012 |
| 2008 | 6 | Talk Like That | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2008 | 8 | This Boy's in Love | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2008 | 56 | Yippiyo-Ay | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2007 | 18 | My People | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 |
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