The 2004 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on 26 January 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.
Contents
Voters were limited to 20 votes each: 10 via SMS (charged at 30c each) and 10 via the Internet (no charge).
From early in the voting process, it became very obvious that Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out would be the clear winner of this Hottest 100. Throughout the countdown, numerous references were made to this well-established fact, including announcers sarcastically claiming "Ha-ha! You thought they'd be #1" when the Dark of the Matinee was played at #50 as well a mock promotional piece heard in between in which votes for other bands such as Placebo were ignored in favour of Franz Ferdinand. When Take Me Out was officially announced as #1, it was reported that it had received more than double the votes of any other song. As with receiving more than double the votes, the presenters felt it sensible to also play a live version of Take Me Out directly after the studio version played at #1.
There were a record 475,000 voters that participated in the poll.
Full list
Note: Australian artists
47 of the 100 songs are by Australian artists
Artists with multiple entries
The following individuals or groups had more than one entry in the Hottest 100: Four entries
Three entries
Two entries
Top 10 Albums of 2004
Bold indicates winner of the Hottest 100.
CD release
The 2-CD set titled triple j – Hottest 100: Vol 12 Various Artists was released 2005-03-06. It is a compilation of 40 of the top 100 songs.