franz ferdinand take me out

Voters were limited to 20 votes each - 10 via SMS (charged at 30c each) and 10 via the Internet (no charge).

From early in the voting process, it became very obvious that Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out would be the clear winner of this Hottest 100. Throughout the countdown, numerous references were made to this well-established fact, including announcers sarcastically claiming "Ha-ha! You thought they'd be #1" when the Dark of the Matinee was played at #50. When Take Me Out was officially announced as #1, it was reported that it had received more than double the votes of any other song.

The poll also featured:

• William Shatner's first track to be in a Hottest 100.
• Three separate tracks about yo mama at positions #17, #23 and #25.
• Two versions of Take Me Out - the original by Franz Ferdinand reached #1, the cover by Scissor Sisters reached #44.
• U2's track Vertigo, which was not played on Triple J that year, at position #38.

Full list

1. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
2. Missy Higgins - Scar *
3. Eskimo Joe - From the Sea *
4. The Killers - Somebody Told Me
5. Spiderbait - Black Betty *
6. Missy Higgins - Ten Days *
7. John Butler Trio - Something's Gotta Give *
8. Little Birdy - Beautiful To Me *
9. Powderfinger - Bless My Soul *
10. The White Stripes - Jolene (Live)
11. Modest Mouse - Float On
12. The Dresden Dolls - Coin-Operated Boy
13. The Killers - Mr Brightside
14. Evermore - It's Too Late
15. Ben Lee - Gamble Everything for Love *
16. Grinspoon - Hard Act to Follow *
17. Butterfingers - Yo Mama *
18. The Streets - Fit But You Know It
19. The Streets - Dry Your Eyes
20. Spiderbait - Fuckin' Awesome *
21. William Shatner - Common People
22. Green Day - American Idiot
23. Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama
24. Jet - Look What You've Done *
25. John Butler Trio - Treat Yo' Mama *
26. Grinspoon - Better Off Alone *
27. Sarah Blasko - Don't U Eva *
28. Beastie Boys - Ch-check It Out
29. Franz Ferdinand - This Fire
30. The Dresden Dolls - Girl Anachronism
31. Kings of Leon - The Bucket
32. Eskimo Joe - Older Than You *
33. The Bees - Chicken Payback
34. Machine Gun Fellatio - What the Fuck? *
35. Scribe - Not Many (remix)
36. Jeff Buckley - Forget Her
37. Ben Folds - Adelaide
38. U2 - Vertigo
39. The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
40. Little Birdy - This is a Love Song *
41. Faithless - Mass Destruction
42. Lior - This Old Love *
43. Dogs Die in Hot Cars - Godhopping
44. Scissor Sisters - Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand cover)
45. Wolfmother - Woman *
46. Rammstein - Amerika
47. The Living End - I Can't Give You What I Haven't Got *
48. Elliott Smith - Memory Lane
49. Missy Higgins - Casualty *
50. Franz Ferdinand - The Dark of the Matinee
51. John Butler Trio - What You Want *
52. Regurgitator - My Friend Robot *
53. Placebo - English Summer Rain
54. The Waifs - Bridal Train *
55. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk
56. Xavier Rudd - Shelter *
57. Evermore - For One Day
58. Scissor Sisters - Laura
59. Xavier Rudd - solace *
60. Your Wedding Night - Lachlan *
61. Deep Dish - Flash Dance
62. Eskimo Joe - Smoke *
63. N.E.R.D. - She Wants to Move
64. Epicure - Self Destruct in 5 *
65. Chemical Brothers - Galvanize
66. Devendra Banhart - Little Yellow Spider
67. The Black Keys - 10am Automatic
68. Powderfinger - Process This *
69. The Freestylers - Push Up
70. Starsailor - Four to the Floor (remix)
71. The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon
72. Polyphonic Spree - Hold Me Now
73. The Panda Band - Sleepy Little Deathtoll Town *
74. Interpol - Slow Hands
75. The Spazzys - Paco Doesn't Love Me *
76. Interpol - Evil
77. Snow Patrol - Run
78. Little Birdy - Tonight's the Night *
79. Dallas Crane - Dirty Hearts *
80. The Dissociatives - Young Man Old Man *
81. End of Fashion - Rough Diamonds *
82. Mylo - Drop the Pressure
83. Dallas Crane - Numb All Over *
84. Dogs Die in Hot Cars - I Love You Because I Have To
85. Regurgitator - The Drop *
86. The Unicorns - I Was Born (A Unicorn)
87. Sia - Breathe Me *
88. A Perfect Circle - Imagine
89. Jet - Get What You Need *
90. The Greenskeepers - Lotion
91. Decoder Ring - Somersault *
92. Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
93. John Butler Trio - Hello *
94. The Vines - Ride
95. Placebo - Twenty Years
96. After the Fall - Mirror Mirror *
97. Gyroscope - Safe Forever *
98. Gomez - Catch Me Up
99. The Butterfly Effect - Always *
100. Fabienne Delsol - I'm Gonna Haunt You

46 of the 100 tracks are by Australian artists (marked with *)

Artists with multiple entries

The following individuals or groups had more than one entry in the Hottest 100:

• John Butler Trio - 4 tracks (7, 25, 51, 93)
• Scissor Sisters - 4 tracks (23, 44, 58, 92)
• Franz Ferdinand - 3 tracks (1, 29, 50)
• Missy Higgins - 3 tracks (2, 6, 49)
• Eskimo Joe - 3 tracks (3, 32, 62)
• The Killers - 3 tracks (4, 13, 39)
• Little Birdy - 3 tracks (8, 40, 78)
• Spiderbait - 2 tracks (5, 20)
• Powderfinger - 2 tracks (9, 68)
• The Dresden Dolls - 2 tracks (12, 30)
• Evermore - 2 tracks (14, 57)
• Grinspoon - 2 tracks (16, 26)
• The Streets - 2 tracks (18, 19)
• Jet - 2 tracks (24, 89)
• Dogs Die in Hot Cars - 2 tracks (43, 84)
• Regurgitator - 2 tracks (52, 85)
• Placebo - 2 tracks (53, 95)
• Xavier Rudd - 2 tracks (56, 59)
• Interpol - 2 tracks (74, 76)
• Dallas Crane - 2 tracks (79, 83)

See also

• 2004 in music