Gotye had the shortest odds in Hottest 100 history. Picture: Nic Gibson Source: The Daily Telegraph
MELBOURNE musician Gotye has topped this year's Triple J's Hottest 100.
His break-up ode, Somebody That I Used to Know, was the unbackable favorite by everyone from music fans to bookmakers.
The duet with New Zealand singer Kimbra was the highest-selling Australian song of last year.
Gotye, aka Wally De Backer, is back in Melbourne before embarking on a sellout US tour next month.
Somebody That I Used to Know is No.58 in the US this week and No.21 in the UK.
The video has had over 50 million views on YouTube.
Gotye's success complemented another Australian-heavy list.
While commercial radio avoids homegrown talent, Triple J listeners voted 10 songs into the Top 20 of the Hottest 100.
Sydney folk band Boy & Bear scored four songs in the Hottest 100, completing an impressive year since the release of their ARIA winning debut Moonfire.
British band The Wombats had four songs in the Top 100, US band Foster the People had three placings.
While their No.1 hit Pumped Up Kicks made No.32 in the 2011 Hottest 100 (it was released in 2010),a cover of the song by Owl Eyes made No.28 this year.
The Hottest 100 showed the impact Triple J's Unearthed program continues to have.
Unearthed, which now has its own devoted radio station, discovered Perth teenagers San Cisco, whose Awkward was a surprise inclusion at No.7.
Sydney's Matt Corby continued his meteoric rise after ejecting himself from the Australian Idol machine.
Corby's Brother, only released in November, made No.3.
Ironically Corby performed a cover of the No.2 track, US duo the Black Keys' Lonely Boy, on Triple J last week - missing out on eligibility for this year's Hottest 100.
The Black Keys' track was another late contender, only released in November.
The countdown, the biggest music poll in the world, received a remarkable 1,378,869 votes this year.
This year saw US band Foo Fighters eclipse the now defunct Powderfinger to have the most songs surfacing in Hottest 100 countdowns since they began.
THE HOTTEST 100
100. The Suburbs - Mr Little Jeans
99. You Should Consider Having Sex With a Bearded Man - The Beards
98. Niggas in Paris - Jay-Z & Kanye West
97. Arlandria - Foo Fighters
96. Machu Picchu - The Strokes
95. Naked Kids - Grouplove
94. Our Perfect Disease - The Wombats
93. Two Way Street - Kimbra
92. The Wilhem Scream - James Blake
91. Fragile Bird - City and Colour
90. Make Some Noise - Beastie Boys
89. Santa Fe - Beirut
88. Shuffle - Bombay Bicycle Club
87. In Your Light - Gotye
86. Light All My Lights - Seeker Lover Keeper
85. Gay Pirates - Cosmo Jarvis
84. Throw It Away (featuring Josh Pyke) - 360
83. Future Starts Slow - The Kills
82. Ritual Union - Little Dragon
81. Biding My Time - Busby Marou
80. The Truth - Pnau
79. Wildfire (featuring Little Dragon) - SBTRKT
78. History's Door - Husky
77. The Look - Metronomy
76. Dreamshaker - Redcoats
75. Shot Yourslef in the Foot Again - Skream & Example
74. Bali Party (featuring Nfa) - Drapht
73. First of the Year (Equinox) - Skrillex
72. Foreign Language - Flight Facilities
71. Arnold - Luke Milion
70. She's Like A Comet - Jebediah
69. Calgary - Bon Iver
68. Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair - Arctic Monkeys
67. Zimbabwe - Navy
66. Perth - Bon Iver
65. Re-wired - Kasabian
64. Raiders - Owl Eyes
63. Rope - Foo Fighters
62. Black Water Rising - Stonefield
61. Lotus Flower - Radiohead
60. Gabriel - Joe Goddard
59. Holy Moses - Washington
58. I Follow Rivers - Lykke Li
57. Lay It Down - The Rubens
56. China - Sparkadia
55. Escapee - Architecture in Helsinki
54. Turn Me On - The Grates
53. Holocene - Bon Iver
52. Good Intent - Kimbra
51. Money - The Drums
50. Part Time Believer - Boy & Bear
49. Milk and Sticks - Boy & Bear
48. A.I.M. Fire! - Art vs Science
47. Mary - Sparkadia
46. Hanging On - Active Child
45. Junk of the Heart (Happy) - The Kooks
44. Speak of the Devil - Hermitude
43. Itchin' on a Photograph - Grouplove
42. What the Water Gave Me - Florence + the Machine
41. Under Cover of Darkness - The Strokes
40. Houdini - Foster the People
39. Cinema (Skrillex remix) - Benny Benassi
38. All I Want Is You - Ball Park Music
37. Killer - 360
36. No Light, No Light - Florence + the Machine
35. Cigarettes - Illy
34. I Feel Better - Gotye
33. Otis (featuring Otis Redding) - Jay-Z and Kanye West
32. L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. - Noah and The Whale
31. It's Nice To Be Alive - Ball Park Music
30. Bounce (featuring Kelis) - Calvin Harris
29. Sing It (The Life of Riley) - Drapht
28. Pumped Up Kicks (Like A Version) - Owl Eyes
27. Changed The Way You Kiss Me - Example
26. Techno Fan - The Wombats
25. Cameo Lover - Kimbra
24. 1996 - The Wombats
23. Jungle - Emma Louise
22. Air - Snakadaktal
21. Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites - Skrillex
20. Act Yr Age - Bluejuice
19. Promises - Nero
18. Jump Into The Fog - The Wombats
17. Even Though I'm A Woman - Seeker Lover Keeper
16. Tongue Tied - Grouplove
15. Helena Beat - Foster The People
14. Call It What You Want - Foster The People
13. Shake It Out - Florence + The Machine
12. Contact High - Architecture in Helsinki
11. Feel So Close - Calvin Harris
10. I Love It (featuring Sia) - Hilltop Hoods
9. Endless Summer - The Jezabels
8. Boys Like You (featuring Gossling) - 360
7. Awkward - San Cisco
6. Video Games - Lana Del Rey
5. Midnight City - M83
4. Feeding Line - Boy & Bear
3. Brother - Matt Corby
2. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys
1. Somebody That I Used to Know (featuring Kimbra) - Gotye
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