FEELING HOT, HOT, HOT!
Australia Day is known for many things but our favourite by far is getting boozy and listening to the Triple J Hottest 100 Countdown.
It has been an Aussie tradition since 1989 and a tradition as old as the Triple J station itself. Voters even use to mail in their votes for their favourite tracks…talk about dedication!
Originally called ‘Hot 100’ Triple J changed the rules so the same song couldn’t win multiple years in a row. A mini hiatus in 1992 meant that in ’93 “The freshly-named Hottest 100 was relaunched as a yearly poll of the top tunes from the past 12 months” (ABC). In more recent times, the date of the countdown changed and is no longer held on the 26th January. Instead, the countdown is now on the Saturday before the public holiday (23rd of January).
In anticipation for countdown, we thought we would take a look back on the number 1 top spots for the last 30 years to get you all excited for the big day.
HOTTEST 100 TOP SPOT PLAYLIST
1989-90: Joy Division – “Love Will Tear Us Apart” (1980)
1991: Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
1993: Denis Leary – “Asshole”
1994: The Cranberries – “Zombie”
1995: Oasis – “Wonderwall”
1996: Spiderbait – “Buy Me a Pony”
1997: The Whitlams – “No Aphrodisiac”
1998: The Offspring – “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)”
1999: Powderfinger – “These Days”
2000: Powderfinger – “My Happiness”
2001: Alex Lloyd – “Amazing”
2002: Queens of the Stone Age – “No One Knows”
2003: Jet – “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”
2004: Franz Ferdinand – “Take Me Out”
2005: Bernard Fanning – “Wish You Well”
2006: Augie March – “One Crowded Hour”
2007: Muse – “Knights of Cydonia”
2008: Kings of Leon – “Sex on Fire”
2009: Mumford & Sons – “Little Lion Man”
2010: Angus & Julia Stone – “Big Jet Plane”
2011: Gotye featuring Kimbra – “Somebody That I Used to Know”
2012: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz – “Thrift Shop”
2013: Vance Joy – “Riptide”
2014: Chet Faker – “Talk Is Cheap”
2015: The Rubens – “Hoops”
2016: Flume featuring Kai – “Never Be like You”
2017: Kendrick Lamar – “Humble”
2018: Ocean Alley – “Confidence”
2019: Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy”
Artists around the world used their time in lockdown to produce new music with lots of hits being released, making it a tough choice this year! So many tracks to boost our mood, motivate us during workouts and overall ride the wave that was 2020 with us. Who do you think will win the top spot the strange year that was 2020?
This public holiday we’ll be playing the hits from the countdown, getting boozy with your favourite bottomless brunch and of course our Pinsa Romana Pizzas!
We know you are all loving the Flour Child sound at our venue and since we’re talking music, we thought we would compile a playlist for you to also enjoy until your next visit…
FLOUR CHILD SOUND PLAYLIST
Finder – Carl Cox
Head & Heart (feat. MNEK) – Joel Corry
Lovelife (with Jeremih) – Benny Benassi
Paradise (fat. Dermot Kennedy) – Meduza
Can’t Feel My Face – Steve Void, Fets, Koosen, Ember Island
Ride It (Jonas Blue Remix) – Regard, Jonas Blue
Piece Of Your Heart – Meduza, Goodboys
Lasting Lover – Sigala, James Arthur
I Don’t Wanna Know – Silience
Lovefool (feat. Pia Mia) – twocolors
Pump It Up – Endor
Moving Blind – Sonny Fodera, Dom Dolla
The Power – Duke Dumont, Zak Abel
Too Much (feat. Usher) – Marshmello, Imanbek
Sorry – Joel Corry
Secrets – Regard, Raye
Say My Name – Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike VS Regard
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Sgt Slick
The Business – Tiesto
All Around The World (La La La) – R3HAB, A Touch Of Class
