Anyway, here's a bunch of things that happened in the countdown.
And don't forget this amazing list of the Hottest 100 songs that missed the Hottest 100.
Most appearances by an act in the history of the countdown
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| Hilltop Hoods hold the records for most appearances and entries in the Hottest 100. |
The bods at triple j like to talk about who has the most "entries" in the Hottest 100. Unofficial Hottest 100 historian Patrick Avenell likes to talk about "appearances". I wrote a whole thing about it, but let's look at where the records stand now, starting with "appearances". And no, I'm not counting the "all-time" countdowns, so don't @ me.
Counting featurings, remixes, withs, versuses, and Xs, here's where the table now stands after Hilltop Hoods scored two entries in the 2022 countdown.
24 - Hilltop Hoods
22 - Powderfinger, Foo Fighters, Flume
20 - Kanye West
19 - Tame Impala
17 - Silverchair, Muse, Grinspoon
16 - The Wombats, The Living End, Lime Cordiale, John Butler Trio, Billie Eilish
15 - Regurgitator, Arctic Monkeys
14 - You Am I, Spacey Jane, Something for Kate, Placebo, Pearl Jam, Ocean Alley, G Flip, Florence And The Machine
13 - Rüfüs Du Sol/Rüfüs, Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, Illy, Green Day, Bring Me The Horizon, Ball Park Music
12 - The Smashing Pumpkins, The Cat Empire, The Amity Affliction, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, Garbage, Eskimo Joe, DMA's
Note this is appearances as a named act, not as individuals. It's also worth noting that Billie Eilish strengthened her lead as the most successful woman in the history of the Hottest 100.
Most appearances by individuals in the history of the countdown
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| Dave Grohl holds the record for most individual performances in the Hottest 100. |
But for shits and gigs, let's have a look at the individuals table. I haven't built a proper database for this, because it's a real rabbit-hole, but with the bare minimum of research here's what I've got, which is probably wrong. From what I can tell, there were no records set here, but Bernard Fanning, Hilltop Hoods and Flume all shortened Dave Grohl's seemingly unassailable lead.
31 - Dave Grohl
25 - Bernard Fanning
24 - Suffa, Pressure, DJ Debris
22 - The non-Bernards of Powderfinger, Flume
21 - Nate Mendel
20 - Kanye West
19 - Tame Impala aka Kevin Parker
18 - Daniel Johns
17 - Ian Kenny, Jack White (if he really is singing on the Electric Six track Danger! High Voltage, otherwise he's on 16), Chris Joannou, Ben Gillies, all three members of Muse, all four members of Grinspoon, Chris Cheney, Quan Yeomans, Damon Albarn
16 - Paul Dempsey, Scott Owen, The Wombats, Lime Cordiale, John Butler, Billie Eilish
15 - Florence Welch, Taylor Hawkins, Ben Ely, Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders, Tim Rogers, Thom Yorke
Most entries by an act in the history of the countdown
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| The record shared by Powderfinger for most entries in the Hottest 100 has been surpassed. |
Now lets do it by the Dave-Ruby-Howe-approved-triple-j-certified book, and not count featurings, remixes etc.... Note that Flume is the biggest loser when you look at the list this way.
23 - Hilltop Hoods
22 - Powderfinger, Foo Fighters
19 - Kanye West
18 - Tame Impala
17 - Silverchair, Muse, Grinspoon, Flume
16 - The Wombats, The Living End, Lime Cordiale, John Butler Trio, Billie Eilish
15 - Regurgitator, Arctic Monkeys
Most countdowns appeared in
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| Foo Fighters are now tied for most Hottest 100 countdowns appeared in. |
If consistency is key, then here's the table that matters most - the table for most countdowns appeared in, which is another record equalled by Hilltop Hoods this year. By comparison, Spacey Jane's 14 entries have appeared across just four countdowns.
13 - Hilltop Hoods, Foo Fighters
12 - Kanye West
11 - The Living End
10 - The Wombats, The Chemical Brothers, Illy
9 - Tame Impala, Something for Kate, San Cisco, Radiohead, Powderfinger, Pearl Jam, John Butler Trio, Grinspoon, Flume, Arctic Monkeys
Most countdowns between first and most recent appearance
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| Damon Albarn set a new record for most countdowns between first and most recent appearance. |
This longevity record is once again as big as it can possibly be. There have been 30 countdowns and only one artist appeared in both the first Hottest 100 in 1993 and the 2022 countdown. This table is a bit inexact probably, but to the best I can figure it goes like this:
30 countdowns apart - Damon Albarn (Blur - For Tomorrow at #90 in 1993, and Gorillaz - New Gold at #13 in 2022)
29 - Paul Kelly (with Christine Anu - Last Train at #61 in 1993, and with Ziggy Ramo - Little Things at #99 in 2021)
27 - Bernard Fanning (three songs with Powderfinger in 1996, and with Baker Boy - Wish You Well at #31 in 2022)
22 - Zack de la Rocha (two songs with Rage Against The Machine in 1993, and with Run The Jewels in 2014), Dave Grohl (Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box at #20 in 1993, and Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing at #84 in 2014)
21 - Pat Smear (Nirvana - About A Girl from the MTV Unplugged concert at #7 in 1994, and Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing at #84 in 2014)
20 - Tim Rogers (You Am I - Adam's Ribs at #50 in 1993, and with The Bamboos in 2012), Hilltop Hoods (first appearance in 2003, most recent in 2022)
19 - Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters - Down In The Park at #21 in 1996, and Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing at #84 in 2014)
18 - Robert Smith (The Cure - Friday I'm In Love at #39 in 1993, and with Crystal Castles in 2010), and three quarters of Arctic Monkeys (Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders played on I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor in 2005 and two songs in 2022's Hottest 100)
Most wins
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| Flume is only the second act to win twice. |
Oh yeah, that's right - the big one. Flume and Powderfinger are the only acts to win twice, though Bernard Fanning has three wins thanks to his solo victory with Wish You Well in 2005.
Most songs in a single countdown (and other related records)
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| Spacey Jane equalled the record for most songs in a single countdown. |
Spacey Jane finally equalled Wolfmother's long-standing record of six songs in a single countdown. But if you want to get super-nerdy (and who doesn't?), then there are a few more records to unpack within those six songs.
Spacey Jane now have the record for the most songs in the top 75 of a countdown - Wolfmother's lowest-scoring song in its triumphant 2005 effort was #84, while Spacey Jane's lowest was #75.
As for the top 50, Spacey Jane and Wolfmother each had five of their six songs in the top half of the countdown, with Lime Cordiale the other band to achieve that feat. In fact, all three bands landed five in the top 40. But Lime Cordiale's five all finished in the top 26 of the countdown - a feat that's unlikely to be beaten any time soon. The weird thing about Lime Cordiale's five-in-the-top-26 effort is that they didn't get a single song in the top 10 that year - their songs came in at 11, 16, 20, 25, and 26.
But perhaps most impressively, Spacey Jane are the first band to get three songs in the top six. Previous to 2022, Powderfinger and Gang of Youths had scored three songs in the top 10.
The "hottest number"
The concept of the "hottest number" was devised by Tyler Jenke for his sadly dormant Hottest 100 Unofficial Database. The way it works is "a song in the #1 position gets 100 points, #2 gets 99 points, and so on until the #100 songs get 1 point". Simple right?
The hottest number could be seen as a bit of a nonsense stat, but it's a bit of show of quality amid the quantity. Yes, it's one thing to have lots of appearances, but how high were those appearances?
Hilltop Hoods were already on top of the table but have extended their lead by 77 points with the 2022 countdown. Here's the table as it stands now going by total points:
1. Hilltop Hoods 1589
2. Powderfinger 1467
3. Flume 1454
4. Foo Fighters 1245
5. Tame Impala 1219
6. Lime Cordiale 1106
7. John Butler Trio 1062
8. Grinspoon 1053
9. Silverchair 1046
10. The Living End 1017
11. Spacey Jane 1009
This stat gets really fun when you start looking at what an act's average hottest number is - the higher the better. Of course there are some acts with a perfect average of 100 - The Wiggles, Denis Leary, Wanz, Kai, and May-A all have an unblemished record when it comes to the hottest number - they've all appeared on one song, and it landed at #1.
But let's sort the hottest number average by acts with more than one appearance in the countdown (number of songs in brackets).
1. Mataya 93.00 (2)
2. Phoenix 92.50 (2)
3. DJ Snake 91.00 (2)
4. Ryan Lewis 89.67 (3)
5. The Verve 88.00 (2)
6. Tom Cardy 87.00 (2)
7. MGMT 86.50 (4)
8. Bluejuice 85.75 (4)
9. Bernard Fanning 85.67 (3)
10. The Cranberries 85.00 (3)
Now (because we're having fun aren't we?) let's look at the hottest number average for acts with five or more appearances.
1. Gang of Youths 78.67 (9)
2. Chet Faker 78.00 (9)
3. Tool 76.29 (7)
4. Gorillaz 74.00 (9)
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers 73.83 (12)
6. Calvin Harris 72.86 (7)
7. Bush 72.80 (5)
8. Korn 72.40 (5)
9. Spacey Jane 72.07 (14)
10. The Killers 71.63 (8)
11. Peking Duk 70.45 (11)
12. SZA 70.00 (5)
To look at this a different way, every SZA appearance averages getting voted in at #31, and every Chet Faker song averages #23.
Shall we do the hottest number average for acts with 10 appearances or more?
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers 73.83 (12)
2. Spacey Jane 72.07 (14)
3. Peking Duk 70.45 (11)
4. Lime Cordiale 69.13 (16)
5. Rüfüs Du Sol 68.77 (13)
6. Lorde 66.77 (13)
7. Powderfinger 66.68 (22)
8. Ball Park Music 66.54 (13)
9. John Butler Trio 66.38 (16)
10. Hilltop Hoods 66.21 (24)
11. Flume 66.09 (22)
We could do this backwards too - which is the act with the lowest hottest number average with 10 appearances or more? In other words, who's had lots of appearances in the Hottest 100, but on average lands towards the bottom of the countdown?
1. Bring Me the Horizon 33.62 (13)
2. Metallica 34.60 (10)
3. Ben Harper 35.60 (10)
4. The Amity Affliction 38.75 (12)
5. Kanye West 38.95 (20)
6. Queens of the Stone Age 39.27 (11)
7. The Chemical Brothers 39.64 (11)
8. Bliss n Eso 39.80 (10)
9. Josh Pyke 40.10 (10)
10. Flight Facilities 43.00 (10)
Lots of heavy music there and no surprises that Bring Me The Horizon tops the "coolest" number - they've never gone higher than #38, yet have had 13 appearances.
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