2009 seemed to be a great year for all the English bands according to the Hottest 100 which was counted down today. 29 songs came from England and most of them been near the top of the list, unfortunately only 5 of the 36 Australian songs made the Top 20. Also only 5 of my picks made the list.
100 Wheels Foo Fighters
99 Hell Tegan and Sara
98 New Fang Them Crooked Vultures
97 Laughing With Regina Spektor
96 Ghosts N Stuff Deadmau5
95 Panic Switch Silversun Pickups
94 Blue Lips Regina Spektor
93 Thump Bertie Blackman
92 Skeleton Boy Friendly Fires
91 I’ve Got Friends Manchester Orchestra
90 Kiss With A Fist Florence and the Machine
89 D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) Jay-Z
88 Creeping Out Sara NOFX
87 The Darkest Side The Middle East
86 Too Many Dicks (On The Dance Floor) Flight Of The Conchords
85 Underdog Kasabian
84 United States of Eurasia Muse
83 Raindrops Basement Jaxx
82 Sometimes Miami Horror
81 The Cave Mumford & Sons
80 Holiday Dizzee Rascal
79 Getting Wise Yves Klein Blue
78 Remember Me Tame Impala
77 She’s a Genius Jet
76 11th Dimension Julian Casablancas
75 New Moon Rising Wolfmother
74 Friend In The Field Art vs. Science
73 Heartbreaker MSTRKRFT (ft. John Legend)
72 You’ve Changed Sia
71 Byrds of Prey Bertie Blackman
70 My Girls Animal Collective
69 Meet Me on the Equinox Death Cab for Cutie
68 Omen The Prodigy
67 Cement Washington
66 Pictures Illy
65 Foreign Land Eskimo Joe
64 Blood The Middle East
63 All I Know Karnivool
62 One More Chance Bloc Party
61 Two Weeks Grizzly Bear
60 22 Lily Allen
59 I’m Not Alone Calvin Harris
58 Love Lost The Temper Trap
57 The Good News Philadelphia Grand Jury
56 Islands The xx
55 No You Girls Franz Ferdinand
54 Crying Lightning Arctic Monkeys
53 Animal Miike Snow
52 Horchata Vampire Weekend
51 Where Did All The Love Go? Kasabian
50 Buttons (CSS Remix) Sia
49 All of the Dreamers Powderfinger
48 Science of Fear The Temper Trap
47 Set Fire to the Hive Karnivool
46 Blood Bank Bon Iver
45 Drumming Song Florence and the Machine
44 Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) Florence and the Machine
43 Awesome The Bloody Beetroots (ft. The Cool Kids)
42 Vanilla British India
41 Audacity of Huge Simian Mobile Disco (ft. Chris Keating)
40 And the Boys Angus & Julia Stone
39 One Way Road The John Butler Trio
38 Little Secrets Passion Pit
37 Still Standing Hilltop Hoods
36 (If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To Weezer
35 Resistance Muse
34 Brother Little Birdy
33 Pursuit of Happiness Kid Cudi (ft. MGMT & Ratatat)
32 Ramona Was A Waitress Paul Dempsey
The Waitress Song Seth Sentry
30 Hurt Feelings Flight Of The Conchords
29 All I Want Sarah Blasko
28 We Won’t Run Sarah Blasko
27 In for the Kill La Roux
26 Help I’m Alive Metric
25 Zero Yeah Yeah Yeahs
24 Carol Brown Flight Of The Conchords
23 Warp 1.9 The Bloody Beetroots (ft. Steve Aoki)
22 Cousins Vampire Weekend
21 Fader The Temper Trap
20 Sleepyhead Passion Pit
19 Undisclosed Desires Muse
18 Shooting Stars Bag Raiders
17 Fire Kasabian
16 Heavy Cross Gossip
15 Home Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
14 Sticks ‘n’ Stones Jamie T
13 1901 Phoenix
12 Bonkers Dizzee Rascal and Armand van Helden
11 Heads Will Roll Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10 Dog Days Are Over Florence and the Machine
9 Uprising Muse
8 Not Fair Lily Allen
7 Coin Laundry Lisa Mitchell
6 Bulletproof La Roux
5 Broken Leg Bluejuice
4 Lisztomania Phoenix
3 Chase That Feeling Hilltop Hoods
2 Parlez Vous Francais? Art vs. Science
1 Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons
