* The Kid Laroi, at #2 with ‘Stay’, was the highest place First Nations act in the Hottest 100’s history. * There were 102 f-bombs across the countdown – “as many as the last two countdowns combined”, the broadcaster relayed. * 8 songs in the countdown were uploaded to triple j Unearthed last year. * There were five Aussies in the Top 10: The Kid Laroi, Spacey Jane, Gang of Youths and Rufus Du Sol. * 25 artists made their Hottest 100 debut. * More than 2.5 million votes were submitted. “(We) can’t believe we made it into the top 10, let alone the top spot! It’s an incredible start to the year!” 12 number-crunching from the 2021 Hottest 100 “We’ve had so many people coming up to us telling us how much they love the song, and we’re so happy that it resonated with so many people. “It was a totally different experience to singing our usual songs like ‘Fruit Salad Yummy Yummy!’ The Wiggles commented that when they were first approached to appear on Like A Version, they were immediately struck with ‘Elephant’.
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The current and original lineups hit the road together next month with two tours – The Fruit Salad TV Big Show Tour and the OG Tour for over 15’s. Side Two features the act reinterpret AC/DC’s ‘Thunderstruck’, Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, James Brown’s ‘Get on the Good Foot’, The Rolling Stones’ ‘She’s A Rainbow’, Melanie’s ‘Brand New Key’, The Chats’ ‘Pub Feed’ and Fatboy Slim’s ‘Praise You’, among others. Side One sees Spacey Jane, DZ Deathrays, The Chats, Stella Donnelly, San Cisco, Emily Wurramara, Polish Club, Dami Im, Donny Benet, Emma Donovan and The Putbacks, Custard, Melbourne Ska Orchestra and Luca Brasi take on Wiggles songs as ‘Hot Potato’, ‘Say the Dance, Do the Dance’ and ‘Red Car’. It includes the original and current lineups join forces with other acts. The two tracks come from the March 11-due double album ReWiggled. The Wiggles follow up ‘Elephant’ with the January 28 interpretation of Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba’s ‘Apple Crumble’. The original reached #14 on the Hottest 100. “My heartfelt congratulations to The Wiggles – and thanks to Kevin Parker for an amazing song!” “It’s not often in this business that you get to be part of something so special. The win sets up the next album by The Wiggles, who last year were named as the third-most streamed local artist on Spotify in Australia.ĪBC Music’s head of music and events, Natalie Waller relayed, “When we came up with the concept for this forthcoming record, none of us envisaged it kicking off with such a massive impact via the Like A Version cover of ‘Elephant’. “In a year where many of us were wishing we could go back in time, The Wiggles’ heart-warming, nostalgia-filled cover of ‘Elephant’ was a gift that was sorely needed, even if we didn’t know it at the time,” he said. Triple j’s music director Nick Findlay suggested the track’s appeal was that it offered Australian comfort amid the challenges of the ongoing pandemic. “The Wiggles mashing up a Tame Impala song and ‘Fruit Salad’ is something I never thought I’d hear in my lifetime.” “Congratulations to The Wiggles on their first number one in the Triple J Hottest 100,” Parker wrote. “So proud and honoured they chose my song to cover. It performed better than Impala’s original which peaked at #7 in 2012. It was the first time since the countdown began in 1993 that a cover took the top spot. Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker was quick to heap his blessing on The Wiggles’ 2021 triple j Hottest 100 win with a cover of ‘Elephant’.
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