The results are in for another year of Triple J’s self-described “world’s largest musical democracy.”

After 1,492,619 votes were cast, Melbourne singer-songwriter Vance Joy claimed the top spot in this year’s Hottest 100 with his uke-led track, ‘Riptide’.

The 25-year-old musician beat out strong contenders to reach the #1 position in the annual countdown, pipping Lorde’s ‘Royals’ at #2 to the top spot – one of three tracks from the 17-year-old New Zealand sensation in the Top 20 – and another popular favourite, ‘Get Lucky’ by Daft Punk, who had the most songs on the list with four separate entries.

Vance Joy’s #1 position also led a strong Australian presence on the list as one of 44 Australian artists featured in this year’s Hottest 100, the most of any country, with the US and the UK trailing with 24 and 23 represented acts respectively.

“Vance Joy’s ‘Riptide’ is a first for the Hottest 100 in a couple of respects,” said Triple J’s Richard Kingsmill of the Hottest 100 result, the first time an Aussie has topped the poll since Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ in 2011.

“We’ve never had a winning song from an artist who is so new that they’ve not even had an album to their name yet. It’s also the first #1 to have been written on a ukulele.” Vance Joy had a second song from its debut five-track EP in the Top 100, with ‘Play With Fire’ scraping in at #95 on the list.

‘Riptide’ was also the #1 prediction of the Warmest 100 after it made a surprise last-minute comeback using a new method to trace social media votes for the Triple J music poll, though with slightly less accuracy than last year’s debut. Failing to accurately predict the #2 and #3 positions from Lorde and Daft Punk.

Interestingly ‘Get Lucky’ was joined in the Top 100 by the cover version of the track by Perth pop rockers San Cisco for Like A Version (at #39), another Hottest 100 first.

It was also one of several Like A Version renditions in this year’s poll, including Something For Kate’s take on the Florence Welch-sung Calvin Harris hit ‘Some Sweet Nothing’ at #68 and Illy’s Ausmusic Month Medley landing at #66.

Meanwhile, The Amity Affliction’s hardcore take on Lana Del Rey’s ‘Born To Die’ came in at #40 while the US neo-chanteuse herself came in at #7 with her ballad from The Great Gatsby, ‘Young And Beautiful.’

Other strong performing international acts included Arctic Monkeys, with three cuts from AM (voted by Triple J Listeners as the Best Album of 2013) in the Top 20, London Grammar’s ‘Strong’ hitting #10 (one of three by the UK trio in the list), and Haim as ‘The Wire’ slotted at #11 (one of three by the LA siblings).

Other strong performing Aussie acts included Flume And Chet Faker, Matt Corby, The Preatures, Violent Soho, and Unearthed act The Kite String Tangle, who all had positions in the Top 20.

Triple J is broadcasting the #101 to #200 results on air today from 10am.

View the full Hottest 100 rankings below or a full breakdown here. 

Triple J Hottest 100 Results

1 Riptide Vance Joy
2 Royals Lorde
3 Get Lucky Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers
4 Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys
5 Drop the Game Flume and Chet Faker
6 Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High Arctic Monkeys
7 Young and Beautiful Lana Del Ray
8 Resolution Matt Corby
9 Is This How You Feel? The Preatures
10 Strong London Grammar
11 The Wire Haim
12 Tennis Court Lorde
13 Retrograde James Blake
14 Covered in Chrome Violent Soho
15 Team Lorde
16 Reflektor Arcade Fire
17 Lose Yourself to Dance Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams
18 Arabella Arctic Monkeys
19 Given the Chance The Kite String Tangle
20 Black Skinhead Kanye West
21 Take Me RUFUS
22 Lanterns Birds of Tokyo
23 When a Fire Starts to Burn Disclosure
24 Waiting All Night Rudimantal featuring Ella Eyre
25 Your Body is a Weapon The Wombats
26 Step Vampire Weekend
27 Falling Haim
28 Recover Chvrches
29 My Number Foals
30 Alive Empire of the Sun
31 Diane Young Vampire Weekend
32 Smiles Don’t Lie Thundamentals
33 Ways to Go Grouplove
34 Desert Night RUFUS
35 Hey Now London Grammar
36 Ratchet Bloc Party
37 Gun Chvrches
38 Pizza Guy Touch Sensitive
39 Get Lucky (Like a Version) San Cisco
40 Born To Die The Amity Affliction
41 Southern Sun Boy & Bear
42 White Lies Max Frost
43 3005 Childish Gambino
44 The Breach Dustin Tebbutt
45 Global Concepts Robert DeLong
46 If I Had A Tail Queens Of The Stone Age
47 Free Rudimental featuring Emeli Sande
48 Stand Still Flight Facilities featuring Micky Green
49 Doin’ It Right Daft Punk featuring Panda Bear
50 Love Me Again John Newman
51 Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr
52 Scar Cloud Control
53 Ohio Kingswood
54 Afterlife Arcade Fire
55 Harlequin Dream Boy & Bear
56 If I Could Change Your Mind Haim
57 Keep On Running Andy Bull
58 Instant Crush Daft Punk featuring Julian Casablancas
59 Bound 2 Kanye West
60 Lies Chvrches
61 Wasting My Young Years London Grammar
62 Embrace Goldroom
63 You & Me (Flume Remix) Disclosure
64 Graceless The National
65 Melt Chet Faker featuring Kilo Kish
66 Ausmusic Month Medley (Like A Version) Illy
67 Act Your Age Bliss N Eso
68 Sweet Nothing (Like A Version) Something For Kate
69 White Noise Disclosure featuring AlunaGeorge
70 Australia Street Sticky Fingers
71 Changing Of The Seasons Two Door Cinema Club
72 I Sat By The Ocean Queens Of The Stone Age
73 Thank You Busta Rhymes featuring Q-Tip
74 Jessica Major Lazer featuring Ezra Koenig
75 I Spy Mikhael Paskalev
76 Listen To Soul, Listen To Blues SAFIA
77 Youngbloods Illy featuring Ahren Stringer
78 Fantasy MS MR
79 Fuckin’ Problems A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz, & Kendrick Lamar
80 Always Panama
81 Baby I Am Nobody Now Andy Bull
82 Dojo Rising Cloud Control
83 The End The Jezabels
84 Summer Forgive Me British India
85 Sangria Remi
86 Sleepwalking Bring Me The Horizon
87 Only One John Butler Trio
88 Leeward Side Josh Pyke
89 Brighter Than Gold The Cat Empire
90 Unbelievers Vampire Weekend
91 Tonight RUFUS
92 Shadow Moses Bring Me The Horizon
93 Elevate St Lucia
94 House Of Dreams Bliss N Eso
95 Play With Fire Vance Joy
96 Luck Now Big Scary
97 My God Is The Sun Queens Of The Stone Age
98 Dead Star Shine Horrorshow
99 Without You Dillon Francis featuring Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
100 We Are Karnivool

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