The 2011 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day 26 January, 2012. It is the nineteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

Voting commenced on 14 December 2011, and closed on 16 January, 2012. A separate poll for the most popular album of the year was held in late November and early December 2011, with Making Mirrors by Gotye being voted the most popular album of the year.

1: Gotye feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know

2: The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
3: Matt Corby – Brother
4: Boy & Bear – Feeding Line
5: M83 – Midnight City
6: Lana Del Rey – Video Games
7: San Cisco – Awkward
8: 360 feat. Gossling – Boys Like You
9: The Jezabels – Endless Summer
10: Hilltop Hoods – I Love It’ (Ft. Sia)

Lana Del Rey – ‘Video Games’

360 Ft. Gossling – ‘Boys Like You’
 

 11: Calvin Harris – Feel So Close
12: Architecture In Helsinki – Contact High
13: Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out
14: Foster The People – Call It What You Want
15: Foster The People – Helena Beat
16: Grouplove – Tongue Tied
17: Seeker Lover Keeper – Even Though I’m A Woman
18: The Wombats – Jump Into The Fog
19: Nero – Promises
20: Bluejuice – Act Yr Age

Foster The People – ‘Call It What You Want’

Bluejuice – ‘Act Yr Age’

21: Skrillex – Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites
22: Snakadaktal – Air
23: Emma Louise – Jungle
24: The Wombats – 1996
25: Kimbra – Cameo Lover
26: The Wombats – Techno Fan
27: Example – Changed The Way You Kiss Me
28: Owl Eyes – Pumped Up Kicks (Like A Version)
29: Drapht – Sing It (The Life Of Riley)
30: Calvin Harris – Bounce (Ft. Kelis)

Emma Louise – ‘Jungle’

Drapht – ‘Sing It (The Life Of Riley)’

31: Ball Park Music – It’s Nice To Be Alive
32: Noah And The Whale – L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N
33: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Otis (Ft. Otis Redding)
34: Gotye – I Feel Better
35: Illy – Cigarettes
36: Florence + The Machine – No Light, No Light
37: 360 – Killer
38: Ball Park Music – All I Want Is You
39: Benny Benassi – Cinema (Skrillex Remix)
40: Foster The People – Houdini

Noah and the Whale – ‘L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N’

Ball Park Music – ‘All I Want Is You’

41: The Strokes – Under Cover Of Darkness
42: Florence + The Machine – What The Water Gave Me
43: Grouplove – Itchin’ On A Photograph
44: Hermitude – Speak Of The Devil
45: The Kooks – Junk Of The Heart (Happy)
46: Active Child – Hanging On
47: Sparkadia – Mary
48: Art Vs Science – A.I.M. Fire!
49: Boy & Bear – Milk & Sticks
50: Boy & Bear – Part Time Believer

Hermitude – ‘Speak Of The Devil’

Sparkadia – ‘Mary’

51: The Drums – Money
52: Kimbra – Good Intent
53: Bon Iver – Holocene
54: The Grates – Turn Me On
55: Architecture In Helsinki – Escapee
56: Sparkadia – China
57: The Rubens – Lay It Down
58: Lykke Li – I Follow Rivers
59: Washington – Holy Moses
60: Joe Goddard – Gabriel

Kimbra – ‘Good Intent’

61: Radiohead – Lotus Flower
62: Stonefield – Black Water Rising
63: Foo Fighters – Rope
64: Owl Eyes – Raiders
65: Kasabian – Re-Wired
66: Bon Iver – Perth
67: New Navy – Zimbabwe
68: Arctic Monkeys – Don’t Sit Down Cause I’ve Moved Your Chair
69: Bon Iver – Calgary
70: Jebediah – She’s Like A Comet

Owl Eyes – ‘Raiders’

71: Luke Million – Arnold
72: Flight Facilities – Foreign Language
73: Skrillex – First Of The Year (Equinox)
74: Drapht – Bali Party (Ft. Nfa)
75: Skream & Example – Shot Yourself In The Foot Again
76: Redcoats – Dreamshaker
77: Metronomy – The Look
78: Husky – History’s Door
79: SBTRKT – Wildfire {Ft. Little Dragon}
80: Pnau – The Truth

Redcoats – ‘Dreamshaker’

81: Busby Marou – Biding My Time
82: Little Dragon – Ritual Union
83: The Kills – Future Starts Slow
84: 360 – Throw It Away (Ft. Josh Pyke)
85: Cosmo Jarvis – Gay Pirates
86: Seeker Lover Keeper – Light All My Lights
87: Gotye – In Your Light
88: Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffle
89: Beirut – Santa Fe
90: Beastie Boys – Make Some Noise

Cosmo Jarvis – ‘Gay Pirates’

91: City and Colour – Fragile Bird
92: James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
93: Kimbra – Two Way Street
94: The Wombats – Our Perfect Disease
95: Grouplove – Naked Kids
96: The Strokes – Machu Picchu
97: Foo Fighters – Arlandria
98: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Niggas in Paris
99: The Beards – You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man (triple j recording)
100: Mr Little Jeans – The Suburbs

Artists with multiple entries :

Four
The Wombats (18, 24, 26, 94)
Kimbra (Three times solo and once with Gotye) (1, 25, 52, 93)

Three
360 (8, 37, 84)
Bon Iver (53, 66, 69)
Boy & Bear (4, 49, 50)
Florence and the Machine (13, 36, 42)
Foster the People (14, 15, 40)
Gotye (1, 34, 87)
Grouplove (16, 43, 95)
Skrillex (21, 39, 73)

Two
Architecture in Helsinki (12, 55)
Ball Park Music (31, 38)
Calvin Harris (11, 30)
Drapht (29, 74)
Example (27, 75)
Foo Fighters (63, 97)
Jay-Z & Kanye West (33, 98)
Little Dragon (79, 82)
Owl Eyes (28, 64)
Seeker Lover Keeper (17, 86)
Sparkadia (47, 56)
The Strokes (41, 96)

Countries represented :

Australia – 44
United Kingdom – 25
United States – 25
New Zealand – 4
Sweden – 3
Canada – 1
France – 1
Italy – 1
Norway – 1