Triple J Hottest 100, 2010
The 2010 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced and played on January 26, 2011. It is the eighteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.
Voting commenced at midnight on Monday 20 December 2010, and closed at midnight on Sunday 16 January 2011. 1.26 million votes were recorded from 152 countries, a new record number of votes.
Full list
#101–#200 List
On 10 February 2011, Richard Kingsmill revealed the #101–#200 list on his blog.| # | Song | Artist | Country of origin |
| 101 | XXXO | M.I.A. | United Kingdom |
| 102 | Rill Rill | Sleigh Bells | United States |
| 103 | Miami | Foals | United Kingdom |
| 104 | Odessa | Caribou | Canada |
| 105 | Power | Kanye West | United States |
| 106 | Save Our Town | Philadelphia Grand Jury | Australia |
| 107 | All Summer | Kid Cudi, Best Coast & Rostam Batmanglij | United States |
| 108 | I <3 U So | Cassius | France |
| 109 | Mowgli's Road | Marina & The Diamonds | United Kingdom |
| 110 | Colours | Grouplove | United States |
| 111 | Pyro | Kings of Leon | United States |
| 112 | Swoon | The Chemical Brothers | United Kingdom |
| 113 | Avalanche | British India | Australia |
| 114 | Katy on a Mission | Katy B | United Kingdom |
| 115 | From Above | Ben Folds & Nick Hornby | United States/United Kingdom |
| 116 | Tenderoni | Kele | United Kingdom |
| 117 | I Believe You Liar | Washington | Australia |
| 118 | Home | LCD Soundsystem | United States |
| 119 | Palaces of Montezuma | Grinderman | Australia |
| 120 | Through the Clover | Stonefield | Australia |
| 121 | Everything You Wanted | Kele | United Kingdom |
| 122 | Laredo | Band of Horses | United States |
| 123 | I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman | k-os | Canada |
| 124 | Close to You | John Butler Trio | Australia |
| 125 | Settle Down | Kimbra | New Zealand |
| 126 | 40 Day Dream | Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros | United States |
| 127 | Superfast Jellyfish | Gorillaz featuring De La Soul & Gruff Rhys | United Kingdom/United States |
| 128 | Boyfriend | Best Coast | United States |
| 129 | Anchors | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 130 | iFly | Ball Park Music | Australia |
| 131 | Hey Ya! | Sarah Blasko | Australia |
| 132 | Drunk Girls | LCD Soundsystem | United States |
| 133 | The Show Goes On | Lupe Fiasco | United States |
| 134 | Your Love | The Aston Shuffle | Australia |
| 135 | Work | Bluejuice | Australia |
| 136 | Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) | My Chemical Romance | United States |
| 137 | Falling | The Cat Empire | Australia |
| 138 | All of the Lights | Kanye West featuring Rihanna & Kid Cudi | United States/Barbados |
| 139 | For You | Angus & Julia Stone | Australia |
| 140 | Meditation Song #2 | Cloud Control | Australia |
| 141 | What Do I Know About Pain? | Gyroscope | Australia |
| 142 | Dancing on My Own | Robyn | Sweden |
| 143 | Stop Trying | Sia | Australia |
| 144 | Snake Charmer | Bag Raiders | Australia |
| 145 | When You Walk in the Room | Fyfe Dangerfield | United Kingdom |
| 146 | Some of the Places I Know | Gyroscope | Australia |
| 147 | Symphonies | Dan Black featuring Kid Cudi | United Kingdom/United States |
| 148 | Parade of the Dead | Hilltop Hoods | Australia |
| 149 | Dance Yrself Clean | LCD Soundsystem | United States |
| 150 | Come Back Home | Two Door Cinema Club | United Kingdom |
| 151 | All These Things | Darren Hanlon | Australia |
| 152 | I Look to You | Miami Horror featuring Kimbra | Australia/New Zealand |
| 153 | Beneath The Satellites | British India | Australia |
| 154 | Death By Diamonds And Pearls | Band of Skulls | United Kingdom |
| 155 | American Slang | The Gaslight Anthem | United States |
| 156 | Shampain | Marina & The Diamonds | United Kingdom |
| 157 | Hold on My Heart | Sarah Blasko | Australia |
| 158 | Derezzed | Daft Punk | France |
| 159 | Just Got Started | 360 featuring Pez | Australia |
| 160 | Forever and Ever, Amen | The Drums | United States |
| 161 | Alter Ego | Tame Impala | Australia |
| 162 | Circles | Birds of Tokyo | Australia |
| 163 | Get Some | Lykke Li | Sweden |
| 164 | King of the Beach | Wavves | United States |
| 165 | Down For the Count | Girl Talk | United States |
| 166 | Airplanes | Local Natives | United States |
| 167 | Falling Away | Big Scary | Australia |
| 168 | Celestica | Crystal Castles | Canada |
| 169 | Take Me Over | Cut Copy | Australia |
| 170 | Madder Red | Yeasayer | United States |
| 171 | Peek-A-Boo | Bertie Blackman | Australia |
| 172 | Saddest Summer | The Drums | United States |
| 173 | Tightrope | Janelle Monáe featuring Big Boi | United States |
| 174 | Family Affair | Bliss n Eso | Australia |
| 175 | Four Seasons in One Day | Paul Kelly & Angus Stone | Australia |
| 176 | Louder Than Ever | Cold War Kids | United States |
| 177 | Dark Fantasy | Kanye West | United States |
| 178 | No Surprises | Regina Spektor | United States |
| 179 | The Chase | Illy featuring Oliver Daysoul | Australia/United States |
| 180 | Bright Lights Bigger City | CeeLo Green | United States |
| 181 | This Orient | Foals | United Kingdom |
| 182 | Moon Theory | Miami Horror | Australia |
| 183 | This Too Shall Pass | OK Go | United States |
| 184 | Harmony To My Heartbeat | Sally Seltmann | Australia |
| 185 | Feeling's Gone | The Cat Empire | Australia |
| 186 | Lost in the World | Kanye West featuring Bon Iver | United States |
| 187 | Black Crow | Angus & Julia Stone | Australia |
| 188 | Crossfire | Brandon Flowers | United States |
| 189 | Wristwatch | Hungry Kids of Hungary | Australia |
| 190 | It's All My Fault | Nicholas Roy | Australia |
| 191 | Animal Rights | deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner | Canada/United States |
| 192 | Devil's Spoke | Laura Marling | United Kingdom |
| 193 | Youngbloods | The Amity Affliction | Australia |
| 194 | Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) | Arcade Fire | Canada |
| 195 | Dirtee Disco | Dizzee Rascal | United Kingdom |
| 196 | Modern Day Addiction | Clare Bowditch & The New Slang | Australia |
| 197 | Memories | Weezer | United States |
| 198 | Mitsubitchi | The Subs | Belgium |
| 199 | Broken Bones | The Holidays | Australia |
| 200 | Doubt | Delphic | United Kingdom |
Statistics
Records
- Angus & Julia Stone are the first Australian band to win the Hottest 100 since Augie March in 2006. This is also the first countdown since 1994 which features female vocalist in the winning song. Julia Stone is also the first woman to win the Hottest 100 time since Janet English in 1996.
- For a second year in a row a Triple J Unearthed artist has cracked the Top 10.
- John Butler Trio scored the No. 39 position for the second year in a row.
- Both members of Gnarls Barkley got a respective track in the list with different bands; Danger Mouse with Broken Bells and Cee-Lo Green with a solo track.
- Ian Kenny has now appeared in the Hottest 100 every year since 2005 with both Karnivool and Birds of Tokyo.
- For the first time since 2005 no artist from France appeared in the Hottest 100.
- Chiddy Bangs "Opposite of Adults" samples the song "Kids" by MGMT which came fifth in the 2008 countdown.
- "Runaway" by Kanye West becomes the equal longest song to appear in a countdown, alongside "Jesus of Suburbia" by Green Day which came in at No. 61 in 2005.
- Robert Smith's collaboration on the Crystal Castles cover of "Not in Love" set the record for the longest absence between countdowns ; Smith last appeared in the 1997 countdown with The Cure.
- Nicki Minaj is the first artist from Trinidad and Tobago to appear in the Hottest 100.
- Following Charles Haddon's death in August 2010, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool's two appearances marks the first posthumous appearance of an artist since Jeff Buckley in the 2004 countdown.
- As of the 2025 Hottest 100, the 2010 countdown is the last Hottest 100 not to feature at least one Like a Version.
Top 20 Albums of 2010
Triple J Listeners voted for their favourite album of 2010 in a similar format to the Hottest 100. Voters were allowed to vote for any album released in 2010 and were limited to ten votes.Bold indicates the winner of the Hottest 100, while Tame Impala's Innerspeaker won the J Award for Australian Album of the Year.
| # | Artist | Album | Country of origin | Tracks in the Hottest 100 |
| 1 | Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Canada | 58, 63, 83 |
| 2 | Tame Impala | Innerspeaker | Australia | 33, 74 |
| 3 | Angus & Julia Stone | Down the Way | Australia | 1, 62 |
| 4 | Vampire Weekend | Contra | United States | 55, 67 |
| 5 | Cloud Control | Bliss Release | Australia | 18 |
| 6 | LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | United States | 92 |
| 7 | Washington | I Believe You Liar | Australia | 20, 59, 84 |
| 8 | The National | High Violet | United States | 31, 93 |
| 9 | Two Door Cinema Club | Tourist History | United Kingdom | 21, 72 |
| 10 | Yeasayer | Odd Blood | United States | 30, 51 |
| 11 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | United States | 14, 88 |
| 12 | Birds of Tokyo | Birds of Tokyo | Australia | 4, 47, 87 |
| 13 | Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. | Record Collection | United Kingdom | 10, 17, 35 |
| 14 | Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | United Kingdom | 42, 78 |
| 15 | Sia | We Are Born | Australia | 13, 56 |
| 16 | Foals | Total Life Forever | United Kingdom | 98 |
| 17 | The Black Keys | Brothers | United States | 80, 82 |
| 18 | Little Red | Midnight Remember | Australia | 2, 79 |
| 19 | Children Collide | Theory of Everything | Australia | 22, 60 |
| 20 | Hungry Kids of Hungary | Escapades | Australia | 75 |
CD Release
DVD release
- Angus & Julia Stone – "Big Jet Plane"
- Little Red – "Rock It"
- Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – "Dance the Way I Feel"
- Birds of Tokyo – "Plans"
- Adrian Lux – "Teenage Crime"
- Cee-Lo Green – "Fuck You"
- The Wombats – "Tokyo "
- Art vs. Science – "Magic Fountain"
- Mark Ronson & the Business Intl. feat. Boy George & Andrew Wyatt – "Somebody to Love Me"
- Drapht – "Rapunzel"
- Sia – "Clap Your Hands"
- Duck Sauce – "Barbra Streisand"
- The Jezabels – "Mace Spray"
- Cloud Control – "There's Nothing in the Water We Can't Fight"
- Flight Facilities feat. Giselle – "Crave You"
- Washington – "Sunday Best"
- Two Door Cinema Club – "Undercover Martyn"
- Children Collide – "Jellylegs"
- Bliss n Eso – "Addicted"
- Sparkadia – "Talking Like I'm Falling Down Stairs"
- Gotye – "Eyes Wide Open"
- Darwin Deez – "Radar Detector"
- Illy feat. Owl Eyes – "It Can't Wait"
- Yeasayer – "O.N.E."
- The National – "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
- Tame Impala – "Solitude is Bliss"
- The Naked and Famous – "Punching in a Dream"
- Chiddy Bang – "Opposite of Adults"
- Gorillaz feat. Daley – "Doncomatic"
- John Butler Trio – "Revolution"
- Gyroscope – "Baby, I'm Gettin' Better"
- Yolanda Be Cool vs. DCUP – "We Speak No Americano"
- Boy & Bear – "Rabbit Song"
- Bag Raiders – "Way Back Home"
- Hot Chip – "One Life Stand"
- The John Steel Singers – "Overpass"
- Miami Horror feat. Alan Palamo – "Holidays"
- Vampire Weekend – "Giving Up the Gun"
- Arcade Fire – "The Suburbs"
- Hungry Kids of Hungary – "Coming Around"
- Big Boi feat. Cutty – "Shutterbugg"
- Klaxons – "Echoes"
- Evil Eddie – "Queensland"
- The Bedroom Philosopher – "Northcote "
- Angus & Julia Stone – "Big Jet Plane "