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Triple J's Hottest 100 of the 2010s: the top 30 songs of the decade

The top 3 according to 69 votes from people: "The Less I Know the Better" – Tame Impala · "Covered in Chrome" – Violent Soho · "Pumped Up Kicks" – Foster the People. (Updated Jul 3, 2020.)

Tame Impala's "The Less I Know the Better" ahead of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" and Arctic Monkeys' "Do I Wanna Know?": the top 30 of the Hottest 100 of the Decade, voted by Triple J listeners and counted down on 14 March 2020.

H. McLean · · 30 items · 69 votes · 0 comments

Top 30

  1. 1

    "The Less I Know the Better" – Tame Impala

    No. 1. Australia, 2015.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  2. 2

    "Covered in Chrome" – Violent Soho

    No. 4. Australia, 2013.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    "Pumped Up Kicks" – Foster the People

    No. 7. United States, 2010.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  4. 4

    "Never Be Like You" – Flume featuring Kai

    No. 8. Australia/Canada, 2016.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  5. 5

    "Talk Is Cheap" – Chet Faker

    No. 11. Australia, 2014.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  6. 6

    "Delete" – DMA's

    No. 21. Australia, 2014.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 1

    3
  7. 7

    "Breezeblocks" – Alt-J

    No. 12. United Kingdom, 2012.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  8. 8

    "Runaway" – Kanye West featuring Pusha T

    No. 14. United States, 2010.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  9. 9

    "Riptide" – Vance Joy

    No. 13. Australia, 2013.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  10. 10

    "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra

    No. 2. Australia/New Zealand, 2011.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  11. 11

    "Innerbloom" – Rüfüs Du Sol

    No. 5. Australia, 2015.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  12. 12

    "Big Jet Plane" – Angus & Julia Stone

    No. 9. Australia, 2010.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  13. 13

    "Brother" – Matt Corby

    No. 10. Australia, 2011.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  14. 14

    "Australia Street" – Sticky Fingers

    No. 15. Australia, 2013.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  15. 15

    "It's Nice to Be Alive" – Ball Park Music

    No. 17. Australia, 2011.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  16. 16

    "Redbone" – Childish Gambino

    No. 28. United States, 2016.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  17. 17

    "Magnolia" – Gang of Youths

    No. 6. Australia, 2015.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  18. 18

    "Holdin On" – Flume

    No. 18. Australia, 2012.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  19. 19

    "Midnight City" – M83

    No. 22. France, 2011.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  20. 20

    "Niggas in Paris" – Kanye West and Jay-Z

    No. 24. United States, 2011.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1
  21. 21

    "Do I Wanna Know?" – Arctic Monkeys

    No. 3. United Kingdom, 2013.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  22. 22

    "Royals" – Lorde

    No. 16. New Zealand, 2013.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  23. 23

    "Let It Happen" – Tame Impala

    No. 26. Australia, 2015.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  24. 24

    "3005" – Childish Gambino

    No. 27. United States, 2013.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  25. 25

    "Little Talks" – Of Monsters and Men

    No. 30. Iceland, 2011.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  26. 26

    "Let Me Down Easy" – Gang of Youths

    No. 19. Australia, 2017.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  27. 27

    "Cosby Sweater" – Hilltop Hoods

    No. 20. Australia, 2014.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  28. 28

    "Clair de Lune" – Flight Facilities featuring Christine Hoberg

    No. 25. Australia/United States, 2012.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  29. 29

    "King Kunta" – Kendrick Lamar

    No. 23. United States, 2015.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  30. 30

    "Video Games" – Lana Del Rey

    No. 29. United States, 2011.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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