triple j Hottest 100 gets grubby

JUNGLE GIANTS SWING INQueensland band Jungle Giants just made the voting cut off with In Her Eyes, now their seventh Hottest 100 placing – their Sending Me UR Loving should feature higher later. Three Leaf Clover by Teenage Joans was tipped to be Top 40 by Warm Tunas – oops. Canadian rapper Drake lobbed his lucky seventh Hottest 100 song with Laugh Now Cry Later. Brisbane band Dune Rats displayed why the Hottest 100 has language warnings with Too Tough Terry and only Sunshine Coast punks The Chats could open a song called The Clap with the lyric “last week pulled a root in the back of me ute”. The Chats reached No. 21 last year with Pub Feed. Perth band Spacey Jane also debuted in the Hottest 100 last year (reaching No. 80 with Good For You) and almost match that with Weightless. However their track Booster Seat is one of the contenders to reach No. 1

89. Jungle Giants – In Her Eyes88. Bronson ft. Lau.ra – Heart Attack87. Teenage Joans – Three Leaf Clover86. Drake ft Lil Durk – Laugh Now Cry Later 85. Dune Rats – Too Tough Terry84. Dominic Fike – Chicken Tenders83. Cosmo’s Midnight ft Ruel – Down For You82. The Chats – The Clap81. Spacey Jane – Weightless80. Fisher – FreaksBILLIE EILISH MAKES HER FIRST APPEARANCEKiwi newcomer Benee made her fourth appearance (she had three songs last year, with Glitter making No. 19) with her single Kool scraping in at No. 100. NSW surf rockers Hockey Dad notched up their sixth and seventh Hottest 100 placing with Itch and Germpahobe and NYC dance act Joji lobbed at No. 98 with Your Man – a Hottest 100 newbie.UK rapper Stormzy’s Audacity is now his third Hottest 100 placing – he made No. 27 last year with Vossi Bop. Illy’s Loose Ends (with G-Flip) is now his tenth Hottest 100 appearance. Thelma Plum’s Powderfinger cover is now her sixth placing since 2014.Billie Eilish’s Bond theme No Time To Die is her tenth Hottest 100 song to date – her hit Bad Guy topped last year’s poll. It won’t be the last Eilish song you’ll hear today.

100. Benee – Kool 99: Hockey Dad – Itch98: Joji – Your Man97. Stormzy ft. Headie One – Audacity96. Hockey Dad – Germaphobe – Hockey Dad95. Illy ft. G-Flip – Loose Ends 94. Aitch x AJ Tracey – Rain93. Internet Money ft Gunna, Don Toliver and NAV – Lemonade92. Thelma Plum – These Days 91. Bugs – Charlie (Triple J Like a Version)90. Billie Eilish – No Time to DieGLASS ANIMALS TOP FAVOURITES AS DAN ANDREWS TIPPED FOR MENTIONBritish band Glass Animals remain the favourite to top today’s triple j Hottest 100.Their song Heat Waves has been singled out by Nicholas Whyte, who runs the 100 Warm Tunas prediction page by collating votes posted on social media.Heat Waves was released in June last year, but the buzz around the song’s Hottest 100 popularity has seen it crack the ARIA Top 50 six weeks ago – it currently sits at No. 17.Other songs expected to poll in the Top 5 include Brisbane band Ball Park Music with Cherub, Perth band Spacey Jane’s Booster Seat, Flume’s collaboration with US artist Toro y Moi The Difference and Melbourne’s G Flip with Hyperfine.

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews could make his Hottest 100 debut this year – Brisbane dance duo Mashd N Kutcher sampled quotes from his pandemic press conferences for the viral hit Get on The Beers. 100 Warm Tunas currently has it scoring a Top 15 placing.The Hottest 100 starts at midday on triple j and will end around 8pm.

HOTTEST 100 STATS • 66 of the 100 songs are from Australian artists, tying with 2016 for the most locals in one year.• 26 acts are making their Hottest 100 debut this year• There are 61 f-bombs on 19 songs on this year’s countdown• Two artists are set to make their seventh consecutive Hottest 100 countdown appearance, while six others will mark their fourth consecutive run.• On Sunday triple j will play the songs that just missed out on the Hottest 100, airing songs from 101 to 200 starting from 10am