The 2004 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on January 26, 2005. It was the twelfth such countdown of the most popular songs of the year, according to listeners of the Australian radio station Triple J.
Voters were limited to 20 votes each - 10 via SMS (charged at 30c each) and 10 via the Internet (no charge).
The poll featured:
- William Shatner's first track to be in a Hottest 100.
- Three separate tracks about yo mama at positions #17, #23 and #25.
- Two versions of Take Me Out - the original by Franz Ferdinand reached #1, the cover by Scissor Sisters reached #44.
- U2's track Vertigo, which wasn't played on Triple J that year, at position #38.
Full list
- Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
- Missy Higgins - Scar
- Eskimo Joe - From the Sea
- The Killers - Somebody Told Me
- Spiderbait - Black Betty
- Missy Higgins - Ten Days
- John Butler Trio - Something's Gotta Give
- Little Birdy - Beautiful To Me
- Powderfinger - Bless My Soul
- The White Stripes - Jolene (Live)
- Modest Mouse - Float On
- The Dresden Dolls - Coin-Operated Boy
- The Killers - Mr Brightside
- Evermore - It's Too Late
- Ben Lee - Gamble Everything for Love
- Grinspoon - Hard Act to Follow
- Butterfingers - Yo Mama
- The Streets - Fit But You Know It
- The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
- Spiderbait - Fuckin' Awesome
- William Shatner - Common People
- Green Day - American Idiot
- Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
- Jet - Look What You've Done
- John Butler Trio - Treat Yo' Mama
- Grinspoon - Better Off Alone
- Sarah Blasko - Don't U Eva
- Beastie Boys - Ch-check It Out
- Franz Ferdinand - This Fire
- The Dresden Dolls - Girl Anachronism
- Kings of Leon - The Bucket
- Eskimo Joe - Older Than You
- The Bees - Chicken Payback
- Machine Gun Fellatio - What the Fuck?
- Scribe - Not Many (remix)
- Jeff Buckley - Forget Her
- Ben Folds - Adelaide
- U2 - Vertigo
- The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
- Little Birdy - This is a Love Song
- Faithless - Mass Destruction
- Lior - This Old Love
- Dogs Die in Hot Cars - Godhopping
- Scissor Sisters - Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand cover)
- Wolfmother - Woman
- Rammstein - Amerika
- The Living End - I Can't Give You What I Haven't Got
- Elliott Smith - Memory Lane
- Missy Higgins - Casualty
- Franz Ferdinand - The Dark of the Matinee
- John Butler Trio - What You Want
- Regurgitator - My Friend Robot
- Placebo - English Summer Rain
- The Waifs - Bridal Train
- The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
- Xavier Rudd - Shelter
- Evermore - For One Day
- Scissor Sisters - Laura
- Xavier Rudd - solace
- Your Wedding Night - Lachlan
- Deep Dish - Flash Dance
- Eskimo Joe - Smoke
- N.E.R.D. - She Wants to Move
- Epicure - Self Destruct in 5
- Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
- Devendra Banhart - Little Yellow Spider
- The Black Keys - 10am Automatic
- Powderfinger - Process This
- The Freestylers - Push Up
- Starsailor - Four to the Floor (remix)
- The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
- Polyphonic Spree - Hold Me Now
- The Panda Band - Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town
- Interpol - Slow Hands
- The Spazzys - Paco Doesn't Love Me
- Interpol - Evil
- Snow Patrol - Run
- Little Birdy - Tonight's the Night
- Dallas Crane - Dirty Hearts
- The Dissociatives - Young Man Old Man
- End of Fashion - Rough Diamonds
- Mylo - Drop the Pressure
- Dallas Crane - Numb All Over
- Dogs Die in Hot Cars - I Love You Because I Have To
- Regurgitator - The Drop
- The Unicorns - I Was Born (A Unicorn)
- Sia - Breathe Me
- A Perfect Circle - Imagine
- Jet - Get What You Need
- Greenskeepers - Lotion
- Decoder Ring - Somersault
- Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
- John Butler Trio - Hello
- The Vines - Ride
- Placebo - Twenty Years
- After the Fall - Mirror Mirror
- Gyroscope - Safe Forever
- Gomez - Catch Me Up
- The Butterfly Effect - Always
- Fabienne Delsol - I'm Gonna Haunt You
Artists with multiple entries
The following individuals or groups had more than one entry in the Hottest 100:
- John Butler Trio - 4 tracks (7, 25, 51, 93)
- Scissor Sisters - 4 tracks (23, 44, 58, 92)
- Franz Ferdinand - 3 tracks (1, 29, 50)
- Missy Higgins - 3 tracks (2, 6, 49)
- Eskimo Joe - 3 tracks (3, 32, 62)
- The Killers - 3 tracks (4, 13, 39)
- Little Birdy - 3 tracks (8, 40, 78)
- Spiderbait - 2 tracks (5, 20)
- Powderfinger - 2 tracks (9, 68)
- The Dresden Dolls - 2 tracks (12, 30)
- Evermore - 2 tracks (14, 57)
- Grinspoon - 2 tracks (16, 26)
- The Streets - 2 tracks (18, 19)
- Jet - 2 tracks (24, 89)
- Dogs Die in Hot Cars - 2 tracks (43, 84)
- Regurgitator - 2 tracks (52, 85)
- Placebo - 2 tracks (53, 95)
- Xavier Rudd - 2 tracks (56, 59)
- Interpol - 2 tracks (74, 76)
- Dallas Crane - 2 tracks (79, 83)
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