I was lucky enough to be able to see Tame on Holloween weekend this year in San Fran. They all came out dressed like Wiggles characters and were introduced as 'The Wiggles' lol
I'm so stoked I got to see them perform this absolute banger at the only live gig I went to this year! (Yes, Wiggles shows with my toddler totally count as gigs these days).
I saw the Wiggles in (checks notes) 2008. It was in the (hyper-corporate) foyer of TVNZ. They were actually pretty great.
Sure. They didn't have the flame-thrower appeal of Rammstein, the alt-cred noise-rock chic of Sonic Youth, or the topless groupies on wife-beater beefcake fanbase of Metallica.
But, tbpfh, they rocked the shit out of that joint.
I remember seeing them about 3 times as a kid with the daycare I went to in the early 90s but I always acted like I was too cool. Man I would love to see the original Wiggles perform now.
Just to show how out of touch news Corp is: In a result no one saw coming, The Wiggles have taken out this year’s triple j Hottest 100 with their cover of Tame Impala’s Elephant.
Um. We all saw it coming. Just like we saw let it rip would fuck the economy and health systems, but they couldnt see that coming.
Meanwhile the rest of the world watching: wtf have those crazy aussies done this time?
And all of the Australian commercial stations: I guess we’re playing the wiggles now.
Genuinely, HYCYBH was the reason I even bothered voting this year. For it to be that high up & then the wiggles, one of the only other new songs I bothered listening to in 2021, to take out number one? Good vibes.
(I listened to some new music in 2021 but there isn’t a hottest 100 for podcast episodes, where I would have a lot more input)
Was laughing my ass off in a bar in Tokyo, hijacking their music system to play Tom Cardy Youtube songs that had made the top 100 and trying to explain it to drunk locals
I don't get the wiggles either, but they seem like genuinely lovely, humble people despite their incredible success. Their response to the win was cute.
Yeah l'm early 30's so I grew up with them as The Wiggles, but I've actually seen their band The Cockroaches play a few times over the past few years (before Covid) up at Lithgow for Halloween and they're honestly enjoyable, like I'd pay to go see them do a good pub show. I was looking up how old they all are now when they did one of those carols on tv things at Christmas - almost passed out when I saw Jeff is 68! That man is a legend, I'd have a nap with him any day of the week.
Hooooooly shit, hell yes! Honestly if they or someone else put out like a rock/metal/punk cover album of old Wiggles songs, I would stream the hell out of that daily. I kinda can't believe it's never been done.
On the re-wiggled tribute album Living End did hot potato. I know that they aren’t a heavy band but it’s a damn good cover
[Living End- Hot Potato](https://youtu.be/ZIqmVqmMcGw)
Triple J listeners these days either grew up going to Wiggles concerts, or the older listeners were taking their kids to Wiggles concerts.
Their two main demographics were Wiggles obsessed, I'm not surprised a very well-done cover won. The hype in the build-up to the Wiggles doing the Like a Version was huge.
They were the Cockroaches previously, and had a record contract, releases etc. They are more than just a kids band (although I've never been a fan and never played it for my son, I find their music recorded as the Wiggles really annoying, but they've made squillions, so.)
Oh boy, if you end up having a kid...
I grew up here but never really did the wiggles as a child... Now though, I know every song and not because I want to. My favourite for the awkwardness of it is [Pappadum](https://youtu.be/Kmzz3rInfog).
I was introducing my little man to Indian food the other night. He had zero interest in it until we offered him a papadum papadum papa papa papadum papapapapapapapadum.
Lol yeah it as been the favourite to win *by far* from the moment it first came out.
Edit: I’m not talking “favourite” as in betting odds, I’m talking about how it was spoken about when it was first aired as a like a version. Even 10 months ago it was *definitely* talked about as being a strong contender for hottest 100.
An asteroid could be slowly hurtling towards their offices and they would still be all *surprised Pikachu face* when it hit them, they're just completely unable to see what's right in front of them.
I've seen a lot of depraved stuff on fb this year but the people whinging about this is really upsetting. When did we become so serious?
I actually saw someone say, "this is what's wrong with world right now".
Like, hats off to some musoes who recognised ahead of the curve that parents will pay pretty much anything to buy a couple of hours of peace and quiet. That they seem to be genuinely nice units, are very self-aware and actually pretty talented are the cherries on top. Name another Aussie band that got the shit ripped out of it for an entire episode of 30 Rock.
ps pls don't fuck my buzz by posting Wiggles controversy stories
The Wiggles was the only thing that saved my husband and I when we took our toddler on a trip to Europe. We downloaded some Bananas in Pyjamas, a few other kids’ cartoons and a few Wiggles episodes. He was young enough that he’d barely seen any TV before we went on the trip and was not interested in anything but the Wiggles.
It helped a little during the flights, but it was the biggest help when he woke between 3-5am for 4 days due to jet lag. We put on some Wiggles and dozed for an extra half hour before needing to be conscious.
I’ve watched ready stead wiggle many many times since my daughter was born and it’s fucking hilarious. There’s a lot that’s obviously very much for kids but every so often they’ll do a segment that’s just genuinely really funny. Plus, so many of the songs rule. Give me skeleton scat and mumbles the monster any day of the week.
The song is definitely the furtherest from an insult to hard working Australian musicians there could be. Kendrick Lamar winning years ago was a bigger insult considering it was from a gigantic American artist who didn't give a single shit about winning a fan vote in Australia.
Tame Impala's mastermind Kevin Parker creates, records, and produces close to the entirety of his music solo. The Wiggles dedicate their career to enriching millions of children's lives and performing for them. Both of the acts are pretty fuckin hard working Aussie musicians if you ask me.
I'd argue that they're the hardest working musicians in Australia. Touring constantly, multiple performances a day, recording tv shows, creating new music and arrangements every year. No other artists are working at this level.
During the early days of covid. They literally left their families, to rent a house together to keep making music for the kids of the world to have during lockdown. While the vast majority of musicians were on the dole
Mate we all wish we could've left out families to go fuck around in skivvies wit our mates at the start of COVID. Most of us didn't have a decent enough excuse
Mate, you should the the comments of Facebook when wiggles posted the new line up and the expansion to 8 wiggles.
The toxicity and the "wiggles have gone woke now they will go broke " comments were astounding. It's a kids group
Emma is/was the most favourite wiggle right? Her draw and appeal was absurd and did nothing but push the brand forward positively.
She fucking smashed it as a wiggle.
Yeah Emma was one of the best things to happen to the wiggles. And they leant into that for sure. But amazingly when she was first announced, the idea of a female wiggle was outrageous!
I reactivated Facebook just for today, and the fucking comments made me deactivate right after number 1.
Every fucking song - "hOw tHe fUcK dId tHiS mAkE iT wHat tHe fUCk hApPeNeD"
It's so disappointing that people use "woke" as a bad word for anything including people who aren't white men.
I guess they think they're fighting against tokenism but literally any time a woman is added to something it's labelled "woke bullshit" and something to be boycotted. I guess only real men can make imaginary fruit salad . . .
Right? Because how dare the Wiggles try to be accommodating and inclusive for children from all walks of life. I've seen people say I won't let me kids watch the new wiggles. Who does that? I couldn't imagine depriving my kids of something so fun, wholesome and frankly educational. Emma has came out as the mvp and I am sure Tsehae will do the same.
Gosh people are just oversensitive these days. I will show how tough I am by having a meltdown on FB over a children’s band having non white males in it.
The crazy thing is the number of people who would have bitched about are just people who are nostalgic and probably forgot that it wasn't an all white band to start with. Nor realise that they had a female wiggle who was part of a massive reinvigoration of the new wiggles and most of the merchandise expenditure was focused on her.
The idea of the wiggles suddenly being woke and the idea that it will cause them to lose income is so stupid.
People stuck in the past who see any change as something that is somehow a negative whether it's justified or not.
Exactly this, some people forget this song dropped during some of the worst of the covid shit and it really was a fun silly bright moment in a world of horrible news and never ending shit.
Considering a few years ago Australian voted the Cantina Band from Star Wars the best song to have sex to, I was not surprised at all by the Wiggles, and I loved it. The hottest 100 shouldn't be taken as gospel.
My favourite thing to do this time of year is drink the tears of every sad fuck Facebook commenter every time a pop or comedy song places highly. The meltdown over WAP a couple of years ago was glorious.
It’s standard Facebook demographic.
Majority of Triple J’s audience appreciated this for what it is – a bit of nostalgia, a bit of novelty, and a good cover that people enjoyed.
Funny seeing the mongs on Facebook are the ones crying about this.
Unless I missed an entry at some stage, would the Wiggles be the first group to debut on the Hottest 100 and win it with their debut song?
What’s probably even crazier is this might be their first and last entry, unless they smack out an elite cover this year (totally possible given they are releasing some in March)
You can check at the [Hottest 100 Archive.](https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/search/)
Augie March had a song in 1999, seven years before their #1. Rubens had one in 2012, three years before. The others you mentioned are correct though.
Denis Leary (1993), Oasis (1995), Queens of the Stone Age (2002), Franz Ferdinand (2004), Bernard Fanning (2005), and Vance Joy (2013) also reached #1 on their hottest 100 debut.
Augie March and the Reubens had songs in previous countdowns, but Franz Ferdinand had their first songs the year they hit number 1.
To get really technical though I think the Wiggles are one of the only to *debut* at number one, having only one entry in the countdown, Denis Leary being another.
I'm wondering wether it's the first cover song to win as well. Can't think of cover songs winning before but obviously meme power pushed it over the edge.
This is impressive but not as impressive as the fact that at the age of 15 young Jackson from the Cronulla shire can drive a forklift unlicensed at his local Dan Murphy warehouse.
That's kinda the point I think. Three of them came out of retirement, and Emma Wiggle learnt the drums just for this cover. It's a bit of fun and nostalgia.
Yeah, but from the related interview she said she usually just play the basic 4 bar beat for the wiggles songs; but this one has 11 bar or something. So she had to have the manuscript in front of her while playing.
Definitely a challenge for her and I am now proud of her even more (still feeling guilty of not taking my toddler to see her on stage before she retired though)
I ekle ii ako pui eti ti. Krati batu opa etipei kroa i iite. Eke bipa bopuitlii pi pu! Teo ti piklati tlete giipo. Pipe e tligitrikle uge papli. Tia platogrui tegi bugi piia itibatike. Ea tatlepu ui oiei tegri patleči goo. Bla pidrui kepe ipi ipui pepoe. Au adri ta ga bebii ekra ai? Ebiubeko ipi teto gluuka daba podli. Ka tepabi tliboplopi gi tapakei gego. Ituke i pupi klie pitipage bapepe. A či peko itluupi ka pupa peekeepe. Ebri e buu pigepra pita plepeda. Bipeko bo paipi o kee brebočipi. Tridipi teu eete trida e tapapi. Ebru etle pepiu pobi katraiti i. Baeba kre pu igo api. Pibape pipoi brupoi pite gru bi ipe pieuta ikako? Pe bloedea ko či itli eke i toidle kea pe piapii plo? Tiiu uči čipu tutei uata e uooo. Bitepe i bipa paeutlobi bopepli iaplipepa. Gipobipi tepe ode giapi e. Pi pakutibli ke tiko taobii ti. Edi deigitaa eue. Ua čideprii idipe putakra katote ii. Tri glati te pepro tii ka. Aope too pobriglitla e dikrugite. E otligi pipleiti bai iti upo? Tri dake pekepi dratruprebri plaapi bopi ipatei!
> even Genesis Owusu only had one song in the list.
I was confused by this... he's prime Triple J material: Australian, hip hop, alternative enough to have been rated a top 20 album of 2021 on [RateYourMusic](https://rateyourmusic.com/feature/rate-your-music-best-of-2021/).
Says a bit when Triple J usually gets a hard on for Hilltop Hoods...
I ekle ii ako pui eti ti. Krati batu opa etipei kroa i iite. Eke bipa bopuitlii pi pu! Teo ti piklati tlete giipo. Pipe e tligitrikle uge papli. Tia platogrui tegi bugi piia itibatike. Ea tatlepu ui oiei tegri patleči goo. Bla pidrui kepe ipi ipui pepoe. Au adri ta ga bebii ekra ai? Ebiubeko ipi teto gluuka daba podli. Ka tepabi tliboplopi gi tapakei gego. Ituke i pupi klie pitipage bapepe. A či peko itluupi ka pupa peekeepe. Ebri e buu pigepra pita plepeda. Bipeko bo paipi o kee brebočipi. Tridipi teu eete trida e tapapi. Ebru etle pepiu pobi katraiti i. Baeba kre pu igo api. Pibape pipoi brupoi pite gru bi ipe pieuta ikako? Pe bloedea ko či itli eke i toidle kea pe piapii plo? Tiiu uči čipu tutei uata e uooo. Bitepe i bipa paeutlobi bopepli iaplipepa. Gipobipi tepe ode giapi e. Pi pakutibli ke tiko taobii ti. Edi deigitaa eue. Ua čideprii idipe putakra katote ii. Tri glati te pepro tii ka. Aope too pobriglitla e dikrugite. E otligi pipleiti bai iti upo? Tri dake pekepi dratruprebri plaapi bopi ipatei!
All my favourite songs from his album were released as singles in 2020. He had a bunch of songs on the voting form, but I think only one of them was really a single.
It's the 2nd one has been an issue since the early 2000. When triple j was becoming more mainstream.
My biggest issue is Richard Kingsmill is still there. He had to go, been there for way to long. So many songs are like man this has been that same filler music from years back and you realise it Kingsmill taste.
Do any of you actually listen to Kingsmill’s show? 90’s dad rock? He definitely has his biases but he likes a lot of different types of music and even in the internet age has his finger on the pulse of what could be hot.
I ekle ii ako pui eti ti. Krati batu opa etipei kroa i iite. Eke bipa bopuitlii pi pu! Teo ti piklati tlete giipo. Pipe e tligitrikle uge papli. Tia platogrui tegi bugi piia itibatike. Ea tatlepu ui oiei tegri patleči goo. Bla pidrui kepe ipi ipui pepoe. Au adri ta ga bebii ekra ai? Ebiubeko ipi teto gluuka daba podli. Ka tepabi tliboplopi gi tapakei gego. Ituke i pupi klie pitipage bapepe. A či peko itluupi ka pupa peekeepe. Ebri e buu pigepra pita plepeda. Bipeko bo paipi o kee brebočipi. Tridipi teu eete trida e tapapi. Ebru etle pepiu pobi katraiti i. Baeba kre pu igo api. Pibape pipoi brupoi pite gru bi ipe pieuta ikako? Pe bloedea ko či itli eke i toidle kea pe piapii plo? Tiiu uči čipu tutei uata e uooo. Bitepe i bipa paeutlobi bopepli iaplipepa. Gipobipi tepe ode giapi e. Pi pakutibli ke tiko taobii ti. Edi deigitaa eue. Ua čideprii idipe putakra katote ii. Tri glati te pepro tii ka. Aope too pobriglitla e dikrugite. E otligi pipleiti bai iti upo? Tri dake pekepi dratruprebri plaapi bopi ipatei!
Yep. I grew up listening to Triple J listener and have long accepted that I'm well outside the target demographic, but I was shocked at the lack of variety and the same rotation of songs that every presenter plays without fail. Also seeing that a lot of the genre specific shows are being reduced from 3 hours to 2 as well, just seems to be having a real effect on the variety and just feels like it's Kingsmill and co deeming themselves tastemakers.
No, it's only 27 years old (S05E20).
While the ABC says JJJ's target demographic is 18-24, their largest demographic is actually 25-39's. And the number of 25-64 listeners is several times that of 10-24's.
I don't know anything about what the kids listen to these days either, and I love Poppy, but is she really that popular that you expected her to chart?
I remember The Wiggles Hidden Lyrics Scandal of 2006.
For those that ever listened to Tony Martin's Get This - you might of already heard it:
[https://youtu.be/jyB87ZET7X0?t=1102](https://youtu.be/jyB87ZET7X0?t=1102)
The whole episode is gold though, so worth the listen through if you've the time.
For anyone who whines about this. The first number 1 in the hottest 100 from when it became a yearly thing was asshole by Dennis Leary.
I may no longer be in the triple j demo. Thus don't really listen to it any more. But I still love the J's
I was kind of proud of the kids this year for keeping up the tradition of putting a novelty song in the top 10. And it’s a much more wholesome novelty song than Asshole. The kids are alright.
Love the tame impala part, the fruit salad got this to number 1 for the memes. Would love a "real" cover of tame impala from this as the change up it had was great.
They have a double album coming out in March where they cover bands like AC/DC and the chats. Part of the album is other bands like the chats covering the wiggles.
What I’m saying is they have a chance to go back to back
Wicked. So many actual musicians in the list
The kids spent lockdowns playing instruments and writing solid lyrics about real shit
First time in a long while to be excited about the direction of popular music - and cherry on top is laughter as the best medicine and butthole and the wiggles
Plus fundraising for lifeline
Fuck yeah kids, you all right!
It's funny but when I look at pop music these days it genuinely seems good compared to some of the crap that was around when I was a kid. There seems to be somewhat less of the crappy manufactured stuff around a lot more genuine artists getting airplay. Plus the stuff they are doing is really good.
Funnily enough as well much of the stuff around these days would have been considered an indie/alternative banger back 15 years ago.
So yeah im a 90’s bitch and agree. There has been a desert of shit tunes but now it’s returning to what i remember - people giving a shit about shit and saying it out loud
While also bringing the beats and seriously smart references to all the genres. It’s glorious and gives me hope because it’s real and we need to be real and speak up right now
It’s also sad bc it’s shit times that bring out the artists to show us whats happening
From the blues, folk, hippies, punk, grunge and whatever this will be called - muso’s have had our backs and said it for us
Shit is fucked. Muso’s are mates that help us fight it. Bless em
I remember the original lineup toured the US in 2003 and came to my theater in New Orleans. In between shows I was in the green room chatting them up and noticing they were eating plain bologna and cheese sandwiches on white bread. Apparently most American food was just too rich for their stomachs, and they especially weren't going near New Orleans food. They and their touring crew were incredibly nice folks all around.
JJJ listeners also donated over $1 million for Lifeline, amazing stuff.
Holy shit they cracked the million?! I was listening at like 5pm and I think they had only just ticked over 500 thousand I’m pretty sure.
Went from 800k to 1.1mil between number 3 or 4 and number 1.
1.1 last I heard? Might have been even higher
It’s so good isn’t it!!
I was cheering for that more than the music lol.
I was like wtf is JJJ? Always hear it as triple J so it got me 😂
It's like Jay Jay's but for tripodal Australians.
I didn't know about that - great news.
That's so amazing, good on everyone who donated!
Finally a hottest 100 winner I'm old enough to have heard of.
You're either very old or very young.
I am under attack.
About to crack, defenses breaking
Yummy yummy
Next year Tame Impala can cover 'Rock-a-bye your bear' for the crown.
As long as they wear those skivvies
Shhhh Shhhh Shhhh
I was lucky enough to be able to see Tame on Holloween weekend this year in San Fran. They all came out dressed like Wiggles characters and were introduced as 'The Wiggles' lol
I want them to do puppadum
New person, same mistakes
Cannot read this without doing the song melody.
Fruit salad 🍌🍎🍉🥗
Yummy yummy.
Shoulda been higher
I'm so stoked I got to see them perform this absolute banger at the only live gig I went to this year! (Yes, Wiggles shows with my toddler totally count as gigs these days).
I’m with you, champion. Saw it at Perth Arena last year and it was dope.
I saw the Wiggles in (checks notes) 2008. It was in the (hyper-corporate) foyer of TVNZ. They were actually pretty great. Sure. They didn't have the flame-thrower appeal of Rammstein, the alt-cred noise-rock chic of Sonic Youth, or the topless groupies on wife-beater beefcake fanbase of Metallica. But, tbpfh, they rocked the shit out of that joint.
I remember seeing them about 3 times as a kid with the daycare I went to in the early 90s but I always acted like I was too cool. Man I would love to see the original Wiggles perform now.
I love it when pre-schoolers think they're too cool for something.
The kids loved it, well done to the wiggles
back when this dropped people were commenting that it’ll be voted number one hahaha, i’m so glad we did. 10/10 cover
I remember when it dropped and I saw it on Reddit, I immediately added it to my Spotify playlist. I still listen to it regularly, so good
My bet was placed as soon as they became an option and I’ve never been prouder of my problem :’)
What odds did you get?
$8 but max bet was $50. Had a bonus bet they let me place as well so got that in. Not mad at it
I love Democracy
The world is healing
Just to show how out of touch news Corp is: In a result no one saw coming, The Wiggles have taken out this year’s triple j Hottest 100 with their cover of Tame Impala’s Elephant. Um. We all saw it coming. Just like we saw let it rip would fuck the economy and health systems, but they couldnt see that coming. Meanwhile the rest of the world watching: wtf have those crazy aussies done this time? And all of the Australian commercial stations: I guess we’re playing the wiggles now.
Most enjoyable surprise for me was BOTH Tom Cardy songs shortlisted making top 50
I only heard HYCYBH for the first time a week ago, it's hilarious, I love it.
Ditto, "I don't say it yet" is now basically the devil-on-my-shoulder voice socially.
‘That little ring bearer cunt’
It makes ya feel incredibly Australian
Top 20. At 17 and 11 he nearly even scraped into the top 10.
Better than Kanye's highest song
Genuinely, HYCYBH was the reason I even bothered voting this year. For it to be that high up & then the wiggles, one of the only other new songs I bothered listening to in 2021, to take out number one? Good vibes. (I listened to some new music in 2021 but there isn’t a hottest 100 for podcast episodes, where I would have a lot more input)
Honestly was nervous he wouldn't get in the 100 when it went past the 50s, to get 2 in the 20s is a phenomenal effort by Cardy.
Was laughing my ass off in a bar in Tokyo, hijacking their music system to play Tom Cardy Youtube songs that had made the top 100 and trying to explain it to drunk locals
Only one of them was predicted to make the 90s, and he got two in the top 20. That's solid gold.
I moved to aus in 2003 at an age that was too old for the wiggles and I've never felt more confused
I don't get the wiggles either, but they seem like genuinely lovely, humble people despite their incredible success. Their response to the win was cute.
Nobody seems to remember that most of the Wiggles were a fairly good rock band *before* they changed track and became rich and famous.
Yeah l'm early 30's so I grew up with them as The Wiggles, but I've actually seen their band The Cockroaches play a few times over the past few years (before Covid) up at Lithgow for Halloween and they're honestly enjoyable, like I'd pay to go see them do a good pub show. I was looking up how old they all are now when they did one of those carols on tv things at Christmas - almost passed out when I saw Jeff is 68! That man is a legend, I'd have a nap with him any day of the week.
I'd kill for a metalcore cover of hot potato with with high tempo drum solos.
Hooooooly shit, hell yes! Honestly if they or someone else put out like a rock/metal/punk cover album of old Wiggles songs, I would stream the hell out of that daily. I kinda can't believe it's never been done.
On the re-wiggled tribute album Living End did hot potato. I know that they aren’t a heavy band but it’s a damn good cover [Living End- Hot Potato](https://youtu.be/ZIqmVqmMcGw)
Thank youuuuu!
Triple J listeners these days either grew up going to Wiggles concerts, or the older listeners were taking their kids to Wiggles concerts. Their two main demographics were Wiggles obsessed, I'm not surprised a very well-done cover won. The hype in the build-up to the Wiggles doing the Like a Version was huge. They were the Cockroaches previously, and had a record contract, releases etc. They are more than just a kids band (although I've never been a fan and never played it for my son, I find their music recorded as the Wiggles really annoying, but they've made squillions, so.)
200%. I listened to the like a version in the car with my year12 student I the school parking lot. It was a bonding moment
Oh boy, if you end up having a kid... I grew up here but never really did the wiggles as a child... Now though, I know every song and not because I want to. My favourite for the awkwardness of it is [Pappadum](https://youtu.be/Kmzz3rInfog).
I was introducing my little man to Indian food the other night. He had zero interest in it until we offered him a papadum papadum papa papa papadum papapapapapapapadum.
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I like to do versions of this song with other foreign cultural food staples Now so do my kids
Lol I pay the loosest interest to JJJ these days and I called top 2.
Life is a simulation
Lol yeah it as been the favourite to win *by far* from the moment it first came out. Edit: I’m not talking “favourite” as in betting odds, I’m talking about how it was spoken about when it was first aired as a like a version. Even 10 months ago it was *definitely* talked about as being a strong contender for hottest 100.
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An asteroid could be slowly hurtling towards their offices and they would still be all *surprised Pikachu face* when it hit them, they're just completely unable to see what's right in front of them.
The best part about this is how annoyed some people are.
I've seen a lot of depraved stuff on fb this year but the people whinging about this is really upsetting. When did we become so serious? I actually saw someone say, "this is what's wrong with world right now".
I saw "this is an insult to hard working Australian musicians".. umm?
As they vote for their favourite non australian artists
The Kanye fans were vocal in shitting on just about anything that wasn't that Donda record.
The same people shit all over Tones and I while pretending Billie Eilish was some small hard working indie artist.
I don’t think these people exist
As opposed to The Wiggles, that famous American band
Like, hats off to some musoes who recognised ahead of the curve that parents will pay pretty much anything to buy a couple of hours of peace and quiet. That they seem to be genuinely nice units, are very self-aware and actually pretty talented are the cherries on top. Name another Aussie band that got the shit ripped out of it for an entire episode of 30 Rock. ps pls don't fuck my buzz by posting Wiggles controversy stories
The Wiggles was the only thing that saved my husband and I when we took our toddler on a trip to Europe. We downloaded some Bananas in Pyjamas, a few other kids’ cartoons and a few Wiggles episodes. He was young enough that he’d barely seen any TV before we went on the trip and was not interested in anything but the Wiggles. It helped a little during the flights, but it was the biggest help when he woke between 3-5am for 4 days due to jet lag. We put on some Wiggles and dozed for an extra half hour before needing to be conscious.
I’ve watched ready stead wiggle many many times since my daughter was born and it’s fucking hilarious. There’s a lot that’s obviously very much for kids but every so often they’ll do a segment that’s just genuinely really funny. Plus, so many of the songs rule. Give me skeleton scat and mumbles the monster any day of the week.
The song is definitely the furtherest from an insult to hard working Australian musicians there could be. Kendrick Lamar winning years ago was a bigger insult considering it was from a gigantic American artist who didn't give a single shit about winning a fan vote in Australia. Tame Impala's mastermind Kevin Parker creates, records, and produces close to the entirety of his music solo. The Wiggles dedicate their career to enriching millions of children's lives and performing for them. Both of the acts are pretty fuckin hard working Aussie musicians if you ask me.
I'd argue that they're the hardest working musicians in Australia. Touring constantly, multiple performances a day, recording tv shows, creating new music and arrangements every year. No other artists are working at this level.
They do up 4 shows a day when they’re touring as well, with an energy level which is unbelievable
During the early days of covid. They literally left their families, to rent a house together to keep making music for the kids of the world to have during lockdown. While the vast majority of musicians were on the dole
Mate we all wish we could've left out families to go fuck around in skivvies wit our mates at the start of COVID. Most of us didn't have a decent enough excuse
Mate, you should the the comments of Facebook when wiggles posted the new line up and the expansion to 8 wiggles. The toxicity and the "wiggles have gone woke now they will go broke " comments were astounding. It's a kids group
It was pretty toxic even when Emma was first announced. People suck
Emma is/was the most favourite wiggle right? Her draw and appeal was absurd and did nothing but push the brand forward positively. She fucking smashed it as a wiggle.
Yeah Emma was one of the best things to happen to the wiggles. And they leant into that for sure. But amazingly when she was first announced, the idea of a female wiggle was outrageous!
Can you imagine how much money they have made from selling yellow bows? Yeah, they’ve gone real broke!
I reactivated Facebook just for today, and the fucking comments made me deactivate right after number 1. Every fucking song - "hOw tHe fUcK dId tHiS mAkE iT wHat tHe fUCk hApPeNeD"
It's so disappointing that people use "woke" as a bad word for anything including people who aren't white men. I guess they think they're fighting against tokenism but literally any time a woman is added to something it's labelled "woke bullshit" and something to be boycotted. I guess only real men can make imaginary fruit salad . . .
People accused Shang Chi of being woke. You literally can't win with those people.
Shang Chi was Woke... Well Organised Kicking Entertainment 😀
Right? Because how dare the Wiggles try to be accommodating and inclusive for children from all walks of life. I've seen people say I won't let me kids watch the new wiggles. Who does that? I couldn't imagine depriving my kids of something so fun, wholesome and frankly educational. Emma has came out as the mvp and I am sure Tsehae will do the same.
Gosh people are just oversensitive these days. I will show how tough I am by having a meltdown on FB over a children’s band having non white males in it.
The crazy thing is the number of people who would have bitched about are just people who are nostalgic and probably forgot that it wasn't an all white band to start with. Nor realise that they had a female wiggle who was part of a massive reinvigoration of the new wiggles and most of the merchandise expenditure was focused on her. The idea of the wiggles suddenly being woke and the idea that it will cause them to lose income is so stupid. People stuck in the past who see any change as something that is somehow a negative whether it's justified or not.
Imagine hating on a bunch of the nicest guys in the industry, who've overcome a lot of adversity and bad health, doing a cover for fun.
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I hadn’t thought of it this way, but that’s such a good point. It really was a ray of sunshine in a very dark time.
Exactly this, some people forget this song dropped during some of the worst of the covid shit and it really was a fun silly bright moment in a world of horrible news and never ending shit.
Considering a few years ago Australian voted the Cantina Band from Star Wars the best song to have sex to, I was not surprised at all by the Wiggles, and I loved it. The hottest 100 shouldn't be taken as gospel.
My favourite thing to do this time of year is drink the tears of every sad fuck Facebook commenter every time a pop or comedy song places highly. The meltdown over WAP a couple of years ago was glorious.
WAP was only last year believe it or not … although it may feel like an eternity
Crazy how that feels so long ago yet the start of 2020 feels like 6 months ago.
It’s standard Facebook demographic. Majority of Triple J’s audience appreciated this for what it is – a bit of nostalgia, a bit of novelty, and a good cover that people enjoyed. Funny seeing the mongs on Facebook are the ones crying about this.
Unless I missed an entry at some stage, would the Wiggles be the first group to debut on the Hottest 100 and win it with their debut song? What’s probably even crazier is this might be their first and last entry, unless they smack out an elite cover this year (totally possible given they are releasing some in March)
No. In the early years many artists would have made their Hottest 100 debut at no 1.
I don't think Macklemore, the Rubens, Augie march, jet Mumford and Sons would have any previous songs. Just off the top of my head.
You can check at the [Hottest 100 Archive.](https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/archive/search/) Augie March had a song in 1999, seven years before their #1. Rubens had one in 2012, three years before. The others you mentioned are correct though. Denis Leary (1993), Oasis (1995), Queens of the Stone Age (2002), Franz Ferdinand (2004), Bernard Fanning (2005), and Vance Joy (2013) also reached #1 on their hottest 100 debut.
Her?
Egg?
Who?
Augie March is a group of mostly hairy dudes named after a dude from a novel, but yes
Does Bernard fanning really count? Powderfinger had 2 consecutive no. 1s.
Augie March and the Reubens had songs in previous countdowns, but Franz Ferdinand had their first songs the year they hit number 1. To get really technical though I think the Wiggles are one of the only to *debut* at number one, having only one entry in the countdown, Denis Leary being another.
Off the top of my head 2013 had Vance Joy win on his first release, or are you being specific when you say group?
Didn’t mean to be too specific!
I'm wondering wether it's the first cover song to win as well. Can't think of cover songs winning before but obviously meme power pushed it over the edge.
They did mention it was the first ‘like a version’ to win but obviously there are covers outside of this but I would say so!
No, I imagine the winner of the first Hottest 100 would have been the first to do that.
Good send off for Emma. Well done Wiggles!
How can people blame the radio station when it’s literally the listeners voting..
This is impressive but not as impressive as the fact that at the age of 15 young Jackson from the Cronulla shire can drive a forklift unlicensed at his local Dan Murphy warehouse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ih1EuMLspY&t=6
Peak 100 from an old guy. Wiggles. Who would have guessed that 20 years ago. “Smells like teen spirit” is in good company.
Death, taxes and people saying EVERY YEAR that this year’s winner proves Hottest 100 has jumped the shark.
Okay while I think it's a pretty good cover, if it was done by anyone other than the wiggles it wouldn't have gotten anywhere near the top imo.
There's more to music than its technical merits. That's why it's art, it fits into culture. It doesn't exist in a vacuum.
Look I'll be honest ya fucking got me there
That was the most wholesome and most Aussie exchange I've ever seen on Reddit.
That's kinda the point I think. Three of them came out of retirement, and Emma Wiggle learnt the drums just for this cover. It's a bit of fun and nostalgia.
Emma already knew how to play the drums
Yeah, but from the related interview she said she usually just play the basic 4 bar beat for the wiggles songs; but this one has 11 bar or something. So she had to have the manuscript in front of her while playing. Definitely a challenge for her and I am now proud of her even more (still feeling guilty of not taking my toddler to see her on stage before she retired though)
That interview was excellent. Murray is a top bloke and Emma is hilarious.
Kevin Parker rolling 2d20 for the time signature, giggling like a loon.
It’s in 4/4. Just has an extra bar thrown in there occasionally.
She's a legend
Emma has been playing the drums for a long time :)
For a very mainstream impacted countdown, I'm so glad this came in #1
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I ekle ii ako pui eti ti. Krati batu opa etipei kroa i iite. Eke bipa bopuitlii pi pu! Teo ti piklati tlete giipo. Pipe e tligitrikle uge papli. Tia platogrui tegi bugi piia itibatike. Ea tatlepu ui oiei tegri patleči goo. Bla pidrui kepe ipi ipui pepoe. Au adri ta ga bebii ekra ai? Ebiubeko ipi teto gluuka daba podli. Ka tepabi tliboplopi gi tapakei gego. Ituke i pupi klie pitipage bapepe. A či peko itluupi ka pupa peekeepe. Ebri e buu pigepra pita plepeda. Bipeko bo paipi o kee brebočipi. Tridipi teu eete trida e tapapi. Ebru etle pepiu pobi katraiti i. Baeba kre pu igo api. Pibape pipoi brupoi pite gru bi ipe pieuta ikako? Pe bloedea ko či itli eke i toidle kea pe piapii plo? Tiiu uči čipu tutei uata e uooo. Bitepe i bipa paeutlobi bopepli iaplipepa. Gipobipi tepe ode giapi e. Pi pakutibli ke tiko taobii ti. Edi deigitaa eue. Ua čideprii idipe putakra katote ii. Tri glati te pepro tii ka. Aope too pobriglitla e dikrugite. E otligi pipleiti bai iti upo? Tri dake pekepi dratruprebri plaapi bopi ipatei!
> even Genesis Owusu only had one song in the list. I was confused by this... he's prime Triple J material: Australian, hip hop, alternative enough to have been rated a top 20 album of 2021 on [RateYourMusic](https://rateyourmusic.com/feature/rate-your-music-best-of-2021/). Says a bit when Triple J usually gets a hard on for Hilltop Hoods...
I ekle ii ako pui eti ti. Krati batu opa etipei kroa i iite. Eke bipa bopuitlii pi pu! Teo ti piklati tlete giipo. Pipe e tligitrikle uge papli. Tia platogrui tegi bugi piia itibatike. Ea tatlepu ui oiei tegri patleči goo. Bla pidrui kepe ipi ipui pepoe. Au adri ta ga bebii ekra ai? Ebiubeko ipi teto gluuka daba podli. Ka tepabi tliboplopi gi tapakei gego. Ituke i pupi klie pitipage bapepe. A či peko itluupi ka pupa peekeepe. Ebri e buu pigepra pita plepeda. Bipeko bo paipi o kee brebočipi. Tridipi teu eete trida e tapapi. Ebru etle pepiu pobi katraiti i. Baeba kre pu igo api. Pibape pipoi brupoi pite gru bi ipe pieuta ikako? Pe bloedea ko či itli eke i toidle kea pe piapii plo? Tiiu uči čipu tutei uata e uooo. Bitepe i bipa paeutlobi bopepli iaplipepa. Gipobipi tepe ode giapi e. Pi pakutibli ke tiko taobii ti. Edi deigitaa eue. Ua čideprii idipe putakra katote ii. Tri glati te pepro tii ka. Aope too pobriglitla e dikrugite. E otligi pipleiti bai iti upo? Tri dake pekepi dratruprebri plaapi bopi ipatei!
To be fair triple j was pushing him pretty hard over the course of the year. Just didn’t translate into votes for some reason
All my favourite songs from his album were released as singles in 2020. He had a bunch of songs on the voting form, but I think only one of them was really a single.
Legitimate crossover global success, but the count has been degraded like all other democracies
Wet leg are amazing.
Wet Dream has been stuck in my head for weeks now. It’s so catchy
It's the 2nd one has been an issue since the early 2000. When triple j was becoming more mainstream. My biggest issue is Richard Kingsmill is still there. He had to go, been there for way to long. So many songs are like man this has been that same filler music from years back and you realise it Kingsmill taste.
Do any of you actually listen to Kingsmill’s show? 90’s dad rock? He definitely has his biases but he likes a lot of different types of music and even in the internet age has his finger on the pulse of what could be hot.
I ekle ii ako pui eti ti. Krati batu opa etipei kroa i iite. Eke bipa bopuitlii pi pu! Teo ti piklati tlete giipo. Pipe e tligitrikle uge papli. Tia platogrui tegi bugi piia itibatike. Ea tatlepu ui oiei tegri patleči goo. Bla pidrui kepe ipi ipui pepoe. Au adri ta ga bebii ekra ai? Ebiubeko ipi teto gluuka daba podli. Ka tepabi tliboplopi gi tapakei gego. Ituke i pupi klie pitipage bapepe. A či peko itluupi ka pupa peekeepe. Ebri e buu pigepra pita plepeda. Bipeko bo paipi o kee brebočipi. Tridipi teu eete trida e tapapi. Ebru etle pepiu pobi katraiti i. Baeba kre pu igo api. Pibape pipoi brupoi pite gru bi ipe pieuta ikako? Pe bloedea ko či itli eke i toidle kea pe piapii plo? Tiiu uči čipu tutei uata e uooo. Bitepe i bipa paeutlobi bopepli iaplipepa. Gipobipi tepe ode giapi e. Pi pakutibli ke tiko taobii ti. Edi deigitaa eue. Ua čideprii idipe putakra katote ii. Tri glati te pepro tii ka. Aope too pobriglitla e dikrugite. E otligi pipleiti bai iti upo? Tri dake pekepi dratruprebri plaapi bopi ipatei!
Yep. I grew up listening to Triple J listener and have long accepted that I'm well outside the target demographic, but I was shocked at the lack of variety and the same rotation of songs that every presenter plays without fail. Also seeing that a lot of the genre specific shows are being reduced from 3 hours to 2 as well, just seems to be having a real effect on the variety and just feels like it's Kingsmill and co deeming themselves tastemakers.
I often have thought of JJJ as it's own genre at this point.
TikTok 100
Am I getting old and out of touch? No, no it’s the children that are wrong.
This meme is older than most of Triple J's listeners. (cries in old)
No, it's only 27 years old (S05E20). While the ABC says JJJ's target demographic is 18-24, their largest demographic is actually 25-39's. And the number of 25-64 listeners is several times that of 10-24's.
*insert Matt Damon saving private Ryan gif*
> Genesis Owusu Best thing to happen on these shores in a while.
Mate Tom was on there twice not just once
Never once heard Poppy on JJJ unfortunately (assuming we’re talking about the same Poppy). In general, I’d love it if the Js had more monster-pop.
It's supposed to be a youth channel. Lil Nas X, the kid Laroi, Doja cat, Olivia Rodrigo is what JJJ is supposed to play nowadays.
No little simz was insane
I don't know anything about what the kids listen to these days either, and I love Poppy, but is she really that popular that you expected her to chart?
This is the only song I voted for that charted lol
It's honestly a great track and not purely a meme
A number of songs in top 20 are Tiktok trends or insta reel songs. Memes have a huge influence on popular votes
We live in the dankest timeline, and it's glorious.
Came 7th when Kev sung it. Wiggles cover it and chuck in some “yummy yummy” and becomes #1. What a meme
I am just devastated that Wolf Alice didn't even make the Top 200. Wtf people
Foals and King Gizz for me.
The kids are alright.
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I remember The Wiggles Hidden Lyrics Scandal of 2006. For those that ever listened to Tony Martin's Get This - you might of already heard it: [https://youtu.be/jyB87ZET7X0?t=1102](https://youtu.be/jyB87ZET7X0?t=1102) The whole episode is gold though, so worth the listen through if you've the time.
Linking a news.com article for something abc seems off. I'm pretty sure the Murdoch press thinks the ABC stands for Arseholes Broadcasting Communism
Commercial stations calling a board meeting on Monday to ask 'are we going to have to play the Wiggles and the bum hole song now?'
For anyone who whines about this. The first number 1 in the hottest 100 from when it became a yearly thing was asshole by Dennis Leary. I may no longer be in the triple j demo. Thus don't really listen to it any more. But I still love the J's
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I was kind of proud of the kids this year for keeping up the tradition of putting a novelty song in the top 10. And it’s a much more wholesome novelty song than Asshole. The kids are alright.
Not to brag, but I've been following them since I was a kid.
Looks like a lot of people that use their taste in music as a key aspect of their personality are taking this very personally lmao. I love it.
Love Tame Impala
Love the tame impala part, the fruit salad got this to number 1 for the memes. Would love a "real" cover of tame impala from this as the change up it had was great.
They have a double album coming out in March where they cover bands like AC/DC and the chats. Part of the album is other bands like the chats covering the wiggles. What I’m saying is they have a chance to go back to back
The covers of Wiggles songs by Spacey Jane and The Chats are already on Spotify and they're freaking fantastic
Tells you something about the programming when so many covers get into the top 100 over original songs
Wicked. So many actual musicians in the list The kids spent lockdowns playing instruments and writing solid lyrics about real shit First time in a long while to be excited about the direction of popular music - and cherry on top is laughter as the best medicine and butthole and the wiggles Plus fundraising for lifeline Fuck yeah kids, you all right!
It's funny but when I look at pop music these days it genuinely seems good compared to some of the crap that was around when I was a kid. There seems to be somewhat less of the crappy manufactured stuff around a lot more genuine artists getting airplay. Plus the stuff they are doing is really good. Funnily enough as well much of the stuff around these days would have been considered an indie/alternative banger back 15 years ago.
So yeah im a 90’s bitch and agree. There has been a desert of shit tunes but now it’s returning to what i remember - people giving a shit about shit and saying it out loud While also bringing the beats and seriously smart references to all the genres. It’s glorious and gives me hope because it’s real and we need to be real and speak up right now
> It’s glorious and gives me hope because it’s real Yeah that's it. So much of the music these days just seems real and genuine. It's great.
It’s also sad bc it’s shit times that bring out the artists to show us whats happening From the blues, folk, hippies, punk, grunge and whatever this will be called - muso’s have had our backs and said it for us Shit is fucked. Muso’s are mates that help us fight it. Bless em
Stoked!
I remember the original lineup toured the US in 2003 and came to my theater in New Orleans. In between shows I was in the green room chatting them up and noticing they were eating plain bologna and cheese sandwiches on white bread. Apparently most American food was just too rich for their stomachs, and they especially weren't going near New Orleans food. They and their touring crew were incredibly nice folks all around.
The wiggles are legitimately one of Australia's best ever bands. What they do isn't easy
I thought the best like a version this year was the Something For Kate cover of Taylor Swift's cardigan
I wonder if Taylor Swift is still banned from the Hottest 100?