Year-end countdown · Triple J · 2004

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004

The year-end countdown for 2004 from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Take Me Out” by Franz Ferdinand at number one. The list features 71 different artists; John Butler Trio has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Take Me Out Franz Ferdinand 55 #1
2 Scar Missy Higgins 2 #2
3 From the Sea Eskimo Joe 1 #3
4 Somebody Told Me The Killers 50 #1
5 Black Betty Spiderbait 3 #5
6 Ten Days Missy Higgins 1 #6
7 Something's Gotta Give John Butler Trio 1 #7
8 Beautiful to Me Little Birdy 1 #8
9 Bless My Soul Powderfinger 1 #9
10 Jolene (live) The White Stripes 1 #10
11 Float On Modest Mouse 55 #1
12 Coin-Operated Boy The Dresden Dolls 17 #1
13 Mr. Brightside The Killers 80 #1
14 It's Too Late Evermore 1 #14
15 Gamble Everything for Love Ben Lee 1 #15
16 Hard Act to Follow Grinspoon 1 #16
17 Yo Mama Butterfingers 1 #17
18 Fit But You Know It The Streets 3 #18
19 Dry Your Eyes The Streets 11 #1
20 F***kin Awesome Spiderbait 1 #20
21 Common People William Shatner 3 #21
22 American Idiot Green Day 50 #1
23 Take Your Mama Scissor Sisters 10 #23
24 Look What You've Done Jet 27 #23
25 Treat Yo Mama John Butler Trio 1 #25
26 Better Off Alone Grinspoon 1 #26
27 Don't U Eva Sarah Blasko 1 #27
28 Ch-Check It Out Beastie Boys 27 #6
29 This Fire Franz Ferdinand 25 #21
30 Girl Anachronism The Dresden Dolls 3 #25
31 The Bucket Kings of Leon 16 #28
32 Older Than You Eskimo Joe 1 #32
33 Chicken Payback The Bees 1 #33
34 What the Fuck? Machine Gun Fellatio 1 #34
35 Not Many (remix) Scribe 1 #35
36 Forget Her Jeff Buckley 12 #30
37 Adelaide Ben Folds 1 #37
38 Vertigo U2 45 #4
39 Smile Like You Mean It The Killers 24 #10
40 This is a Love Song Little Birdy 1 #40
41 Mass Destruction Faithless 6 #41
42 This Old Love Lior 1 #42
43 Godhopping Dogs Die in Hot Cars 1 #43
44 Take Me Out Scissor Sisters 1 #44
45 Woman Wolfmother 23 #6
46 Amerika Rammstein 1 #46
47 I Can't Give You What I Haven't Got The Living End 1 #47
48 Memory Lane Elliott Smith 1 #48
49 Casualty Missy Higgins 1 #49
50 The Dark of the Matinee Franz Ferdinand 1 #50
51 What You Want John Butler Trio 1 #51
52 My Friend Robot Regurgitator 1 #52
53 English Summer Rain Placebo 1 #53
54 Bridal Train The Waifs 1 #54
55 Walk Idiot Walk The Hives 23 #32
56 Shelter Xavier Rudd 1 #56
57 For One Day Evermore 1 #57
58 Laura Scissor Sisters 5 #58
59 Solace Xavier Rudd 1 #59
60 Lachlan Your Wedding Night 1 #60
61 Flash Dance Deep Dish 1 #61
62 Smoke Eskimo Joe 1 #62
63 She Wants To Move N.E.R.D. 2 #63
64 Self-Destruct in 5 Epicure 1 #64
65 Galvanize The Chemical Brothers 17 #8
66 Little Yellow Spider Devendra Banhart 1 #66
67 10 AM Automatic The Black Keys 15 #22
68 Process This Powderfinger 1 #68
69 Push Up Freestylers 1 #69
70 Four to the Floor (remix) Starsailor 1 #70
71 C'mon C'mon The Von Bondies 19 #27
72 Hold Me Now Polyphonic Spree 1 #72
73 Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town The Panda Band 1 #73
74 Slow Hands Interpol 32 #10
75 Paco Doesn't Love Me The Spazzys 1 #75
76 Evil Interpol 23 #5
77 Run Snow Patrol 32 #13
78 Tonight's the Night Little Birdy 1 #78
79 Dirty Hearts Dallas Crane 1 #79
80 Young Man Old Man The Dissociatives 1 #80
81 Rough Diamonds End of Fashion 1 #81
82 Drop the Pressure Mylo 1 #82
83 Numb All Over Dallas Crane 1 #83
84 I Love You Cause I Have To Dogs Die in Hot Cars 3 #54
85 The Drop Regurgitator 1 #85
86 I Was Born (a Unicorn) The Unicorns 1 #86
87 Breathe Me Sia 11 #27
88 Imagine A Perfect Circle 8 #24
89 Get What You Need Jet 1 #89
90 Lotion Greenskeepers 1 #90
91 Somersault Decoder Ring 1 #91
92 Comfortably Numb Scissor Sisters 1 #92
93 Hello John Butler Trio 1 #93
94 Ride The Vines 20 #43
95 Twenty Years Placebo 1 #95
96 Mirror Mirror After the Fall 1 #96
97 Safe Forever Gyroscope 1 #97
98 Catch Me Up Gomez 1 #98
99 Always The Butterfly Effect 1 #99
100 I'm Gonna Haunt You Fabienne Delsol 1 #100

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About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2004 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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