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Year-end countdown · Triple J · January 26, 2009

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008

The year-end countdown (January 26, 2009) from Triple J in Australia (national) ranks 100 songs, with “Sex On Fire” by Kings of Leon at number one. The list features 70 different artists; Kings of Leon has the most entries with four songs.

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Positions 101–200 ("Hottest 200") were also announced; only 1–100 included here.

# Song ListsBest
1 Sex On Fire Kings of Leon 82 #1
2 Electric Feel MGMT 42 #2
3 Use Somebody Kings of Leon 64 #1
4 Walking On A Dream Empire of the Sun 19 #4
5 Kids MGMT 66 #1
6 Talk Like That The Presets 1 #6
7 The Festival Song Pez 1 #7
8 This Boy's in Love The Presets 1 #8
9 That's Not My Name The Ting Tings 18 #9
10 Jimmy Recard Drapht 2 #10
11 My Delirium Ladyhawke 2 #11
12 Embrace Pnau 1 #12
13 The King Is Dead The Herd 1 #13
14 No Sex for Ben The Rapture 1 #14
15 Lights and Music Cut Copy 3 #15
16 You Don'T Know Me Ben Folds 20 #1
17 Dance wiv Me Dizzee Rascal 1 #17
18 Time To Pretend MGMT 51 #1
19 Business Time Flight of the Conchords 5 #19
20 Broken Bones Birds of Tokyo 1 #20
21 Skinny Love Bon Iver 27 #7
22 Silhouettic Birds of Tokyo 1 #22
23 White Noise The Living End 1 #23
24 Closer Kings of Leon 5 #24
25 Never miss a beat Kaiser Chiefs 7 #13
26 Paris Is Burning Ladyhawke 1 #26
27 The Lighthouse Song Josh Pyke 1 #27
28 That Beep Architecture in Helsinki 1 #28
29 Make You Happy Josh Pyke 1 #29
30 Oxford Comma Vampire Weekend 21 #10
31 Bird of Feather Cog 1 #31
32 A-Punk Vampire Weekend 44 #6
33 Always Where I Need to Be The Kooks 13 #33
34 Burn Bridges The Grates 1 #34
35 Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 5 #35
36 I Will Possess Your Heart Death Cab for Cutie 43 #1
37 I Said I'm Sorry British India 1 #37
38 Something Is Not Right With Me Cold War Kids 10 #35
39 I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked Ida Maria 11 #18
40 Eye of the Storm Bliss n Eso 1 #40
41 I Will Never Love You More Soko 1 #41
42 Jungle Drum Emiliana Torrini 3 #42
43 Ghosts Laura Marling 1 #43
44 Flippers Art vs. Science 1 #44
45 Ice Cream (Triple J live acoustic version) Muscles 1 #45
46 The Fear Lily Allen 17 #5
47 Coca-Cola Little Red 1 #47
48 Stay with Me Bright Eyes Something With Numbers 1 #48
49 Young Love Mystery Jets 1 #49
50 Breakout Ash Grunwald 1 #50
51 Wild Eyed Boy Birds of Tokyo 1 #51
52 Human The Killers 36 #6
53 Window and the Watcher The Butterfly Effect 1 #53
54 Baby Pnau 1 #54
55 Your Party Ween 1 #55
56 Yippiyo-Ay The Presets 1 #56
57 L.E.S. Artistes Santigold 15 #21
58 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa Vampire Weekend 13 #10
59 Where the City Meets the Sea The Getaway Plan 1 #59
60 The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room) Flight of the Conchords 1 #60
61 The Sea is Rising Bliss n Eso 1 #61
62 Sleepwalking Faker 1 #62
63 2020 The Herd 1 #63
64 Dawn of the Dead Does It Offend You, Yeah? 1 #64
65 White Winter Hymnal Fleet Foxes 26 #9
66 Farewell Rocketship Children Collide 1 #66
67 Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros Flight of the Conchords 1 #67
68 We Are the People Empire of the Sun 3 #64
69 Ready For The Floor Hot Chip 4 #69
70 Crawl Kings of Leon 9 #19
71 One (Blake's Got a New Face) Vampire Weekend 1 #71
72 No One's Gonna Love You Band of Horses 13 #72
73 Spaceman The Killers 25 #9
74 I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You Black Kids 6 #24
75 Half Full Glass of Wine Tame Impala 1 #75
76 Polka Yves Klein Blue 1 #76
77 Falling Drapht 1 #77
78 Shut Up And Let Me Go The Ting Tings 11 #16
79 Jealousy Sparkadia 1 #79
80 Aw Yeah The Grates 1 #80
81 Pork And Beans Weezer 38 #1
82 Ulysses Franz Ferdinand 16 #6
83 Carve Your Name The Grates 1 #83
84 Re-Education (Through Labor) Rise Against 27 #4
85 1981 Gyroscope 1 #85
86 Beautiful Ugly Muph & Plutonic 1 #86
87 Another Way to Die Jack White and Alicia Keys 1 #87
88 The Day That Never Comes Metallica 15 #8
89 Love Lockdown Kanye West 2 #19
90 Fuck You Lily Allen 3 #90
91 Neopolitan Dreams Lisa Mitchell 1 #91
92 Propane Nightmares Pendulum 11 #13
93 Gobbledigook Sigur Ros 5 #48
94 Woodstock 2008 Bliss n Eso 1 #94
95 Wearing My Rolex Wiley 1 #95
96 Flex (Dave Spoon Reflex) Dizzee Rascal 1 #96
97 Are You Interested? Cog 1 #97
98 I Like It, I Love It Lyrics Born 1 #98
99 Don't Worry About Nothin' Muph & Plutonic 1 #99
100 It's A War Dukes of Windsor 1 #100

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About this countdown

Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 was voted by Triple J’s listeners (Australia (national)) in January 26, 2009. 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.

Source: Wikipedia, "Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2008".

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