Triple J Hottest 100 of Like a Version

The Hottest 100 of Like a Version was announced by Australian youth radio station Triple J on 15 July 2023. It was the broadcaster's first countdown compiling covers from their live music segment, Like a Version, which was celebrating its 20th year. Voting opened on 23 May, and closed on 10 July 2023.[1][2]

Like a Version Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown15 July 2023
Charity partnerNone
Countdown highlights
Winning song"Believe" by DMA's (cover of Cher)
Most entriesGang of Youths (3)
Chronology
← Previous
2022
Next →
2023

Australian rock band DMA's were voted into number one with their 2016 cover of "Believe" by Cher. Meanwhile, Gang of Youths had the most tracks in the countdown, with all three of their covers on the segment polling, and tied with Tame Impala in having the most songs covered by other artists.[3]

Background

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The Hottest 100 is an annual music poll hosted by national youth radio station Triple J. The countdown has been held since 1989, and compiles the top songs of that year as voted by listeners. Several one-off special countdowns have also been announced through the years, including the Hottest 100 of the Past 20 Years (2013) and of the 2010s (2020).[1]

Every Friday morning, Triple J broadcasts Like a Version, a live music segment where an artist performs an original track and covers another artist's song. The programme began in 2004.[4]

The Hottest 100 of Like a Version was announced on 18 May 2023, when Triple J uploaded over 400 classic covers from the segment on their YouTube channel.[5] The entire voting list for the countdown contained 850 covers from over 650 artists.[6]

Predictions

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On 14 July 2023, Australian online bookmaker Sportsbet was favouring the DMA's 2016 cover of "Believe" by Cher, followed by Denzel Curry's 2019 cover of "Bulls on Parade" by Rage Against the Machine,[7] which were voted into first and second, respectively. In the days before the event, Triple J revealed some facts about the countdown: Australian artists make up 80% of the full list, 17 artists would make their Hottest 100 debut, and only three tracks are from 2008 or earlier.[8]

Full list

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Note: Australian artists
# Song Cover artist Covered artist Cover artist country Year Annual Hottest 100 position
1 "Believe" DMA's Cher Australia 2016 6
2 "Bulls on Parade" Denzel Curry Rage Against the Machine United States 2019 5
3 "Baby Come Back" Ocean Alley Player Australia 2018 16
4 "I Touch Myself" Lime Cordiale Divinyls Australia 2019 17
5 "Dumb Things" A.B. Original featuring Paul Kelly and Dan Sultan Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls Australia 2016 45
6 "Blood" Gang of Youths The Middle East Australia 2017 41
7 "Yellow" King Stingray Coldplay Australia 2022 43
8 "Brother" Thundamentals Matt Corby Australia 2012 49
9 "(Lover) You Don't Treat Me No Good" Chet Faker Sonia Dada Australia 2014 21
10 "Elephant" The Wiggles Tame Impala Australia 2021 1
11 "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" Dune Rats The Angels Australia 2022 23
12 "Ausmusic Month Medley" Illy Silverchair/Hilltop Hoods/Powderfinger/Paul Kelly/Flume Australia 2013 66
13 "Welcome to the Black Parade" Alex Lahey My Chemical Romance Australia 2019 83
14 "Here Comes the Sun" Spacey Jane The Beatles Australia 2021 30
15 "Keeping Score" Paces featuring Guy Sebastian L D R U Australia 2016 56
16 "Shooting Stars" Flume and Toro y Moi Bag Raiders Australia/United States 2022 30
17 "Better in Blak" Beddy Rays Thelma Plum Australia 2021
18 "I Was Only 19" The Herd Redgum Australia 2005
19 "Here Comes Your Man" Skegss Pixies Australia 2019 90
20 "I Will Follow You into the Dark" Yungblud and Halsey Death Cab for Cutie United Kingdom/United States 2019
21 "How to Make Gravy" Luca Brasi Paul Kelly Australia 2016
22 "Lady Marmalade" G Flip Labelle (via Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya and Pink) Australia 2020 78
23 "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" Arctic Monkeys Tame Impala United Kingdom 2014
24 "Breathe (In the Air)"/"Comfortably Numb"/"Money" Ocean Alley Pink Floyd Australia 2021 54
25 "Charlie" Bugs Mallrat Australia 2020 91
26 "So Into You" Childish Gambino Tamia United States 2015
27 "Delete" Sticky Fingers DMA's Australia 2015 84
28 "Time After Time" Triple One Cyndi Lauper Australia 2021
29 "Do I Wanna Know?" Chvrches Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom 2014 54
30 "The Special Two" Dear Seattle Missy Higgins Australia 2019
31 "Edge of Town" Paul Dempsey Middle Kids Australia 2017 88
32 "Hey, Ma" The Vanns Bon Iver Australia 2020
33 "What Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?" Nothing but Thieves Gang of Youths United Kingdom 2018 72
34 "Read My Mind" Catfish and the Bottlemen The Killers United Kingdom 2015
35 "Get Lucky" San Cisco Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers Australia 2013 39
36 "when the party's over" Cub Sport Billie Eilish Australia 2019
37 "Catch My Disease" The Terrys Ben Lee Australia 2022
38 "Seventeen Going Under" Camp Cope Sam Fender Australia 2022
39 "Why Does It Always Rain on Me?" Gang of Youths Travis Australia 2022
40 "Magnolia" Odette Gang of Youths Australia 2018
41 "Electric Feel" Tash Sultana MGMT Australia 2017 78
42 "Big Yellow Taxi" Allday featuring The Veronicas Joni Mitchell Australia 2019
43 "Hearts a Mess" Missy Higgins Gotye Australia 2012
44 "That Don't Impress Me Much" Haim Shania Twain United States 2017
45 "Sweet Nothing" Something for Kate Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch Australia 2013 68
46 "Running Up That Hill" The Wombats Kate Bush United Kingdom 2022
47 "Song 2" Baker Boy Blur Australia 2022
48 "Lonely Boy" Matt Corby The Black Keys Australia 2012 69
49 "The Scientist" Sly Withers Coldplay Australia 2021
50 "Paranoid Android" Ball Park Music Radiohead Australia 2020
51 "Africa" Dave Winnel Toto Australia 2022
52 "4ever" San Cisco Clairo Australia 2018
53 "My Happiness" Ball Park Music Powderfinger Australia 2017
54 "Teardrop" Aurora Massive Attack Norway 2017
55 "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" Polaris Eskimo Joe Australia 2020
56 "Can't Stop"/"In the Air Tonight" Hilltop Hoods Red Hot Chili Peppers/Phil Collins Australia 2019
57 "Life on Mars?" Sarah Blasko David Bowie Australia 2016
58 "A Girl Like You" Tame Impala Edwyn Collins Australia 2021 66
59 "I Try" Hockey Dad Macy Gray Australia 2019
60 "Chains" Matt Corby Tina Arena Australia 2016
61 "My Boo" Flume featuring Kučka, Ngaiire, Vera Blue and Vince Staples Ghost Town DJ's Australia/Paupua New Guinea/United States 2016
62 "Say My Name" Glass Animals Destiny's Child United Kingdom 2022
63 "Knowing Me, Knowing You" Angie McMahon ABBA Australia 2019
64 "The Unguarded Moment" Ruby Fields The Church Australia 2019
65 "Rhiannon" Sticky Fingers Fleetwood Mac Australia 2012
66 "Cardigan" Something for Kate Taylor Swift Australia 2021
67 "Heaven" Confidence Man Bryan Adams (via DJ Sammy and Yanou featuring Do) Australia 2022
68 "Bridges" Meg Mac Broods Australia 2014 91
69 "Blackfella/Whitefella" Bad Dreems featuring Peter Garrett, Mambali and Emily Wurramara Warumpi Band Australia 2019
70 "Enter Sandman" Art vs. Science Metallica Australia 2015
71 "Let It Happen" Meg Mac Tame Impala Australia 2017
72 "Zombie" Cxloe The Cranberries Australia 2020
73 "Love Is in the Air" Stella Donnelly John Paul Young Australia 2020
74 "LOVE." Chvrches Kendrick Lamar United Kingdom 2018
75 "All My Friends" Gang of Youths LCD Soundsystem Australia 2015
76 "Changes" JK-47 2Pac featuring Talent Australia 2021
77 "Passionfruit" Angus & Julia Stone Drake Australia 2018
78 "Skinny Love" Slowly Slowly Bon Iver Australia 2019
79 "Someday" Julia Jacklin The Strokes Australia 2017
80 "Dancing On My Own" Tove Lo Robyn Sweden 2022
81 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" ASAP Rocky Otis Redding United States 2018
82 "Bad" Billie Eilish Michael Jackson United States 2018
83 "Naïve" Tyne-James Organ The Kooks Australia 2021
84 "The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows" Gretta Ray Gang of Youths Australia 2021
85 "End of the Road" Bluejuice Boyz II Men Australia 2014
86 "Across the Universe" Aurora The Beatles Norway 2019
87 "Big Jet Plane" Tuka Angus & Julia Stone Australia 2015 81
88 "UFO" Ocean Grove Sneaky Sound System Australia 2021
89 "Forever Young" Tones and I Alphaville (via Youth Group) Australia 2019
90 "Smoko" Wet Leg The Chats United Kingdom 2022
91 "Teacher's Pet" Grentperez Jack Black (School of Rock) Australia 2022
92 "Don't You (Forget About Me)" Boy & Bear featuring Annie Hamilton Simple Minds Australia 2021
93 "Roll Up Your Sleeves" Urthboy Meg Mac Australia 2015
94 "Righteous" Stand Atlantic Juice Wrld Australia 2020
95 "Lazy Eye" Violent Soho Silversun Pickups Australia 2016
96 "Redbone" Northeast Party House Childish Gambino Australia 2017
97 "Alive" George Alice Rüfüs Du Sol Australia 2022
98 "Be Alright" Amy Shark Dean Lewis Australia 2018
99 "Real Love" Regina Spektor John Lennon United States 2007 29
100 "Kids" The Kooks MGMT United Kingdom 2008

Artists with multiple entries

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Three entries

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Two entries

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Most covered artists

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Three tracks

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Two tracks

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Nations represented

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  • Australia – 81
  • United Kingdom – 10
  • United States – 8
  • Norway – 2
  • Sweden – 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "triple j's Hottest 100 of Like A Version: Here are all the dates and details". Triple J. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  2. ^ Patterson, Sarah (18 May 2023). "Triple j's Hottest 100 of Like A Version is on the way". Radio Today. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Hottest 100 in Numbers". Triple J. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. ^ Sutton, Kane (18 May 2023). "Ahead of a historic Hottest 100 vote, we look back at the evolution of Like A Version". ABC News. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  5. ^ Fu, Eddie (18 May 2023). "triple j uploads Like a Version covers archive to YouTube". Consequence. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  6. ^ "triple j's Hottest 100 Of Like A Version: Voting Is Open!". B&T. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Triple J's Hottest 100 Like A Version". Sportsbet. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  8. ^ "triple j Leaks Countdown Teasers Ahead of Hottest 100 of Like A Version This Weekend". Music Feeds. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.