2008 Hot 100

Broadcast on 1 January 2009 1 EMU SMUGGLERS, THE / Born and bred (on Triple Zed) 2 Skinny Jean / Anhedonia 3 Lords of Wong / Uber Cool Fuck Machine 4 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Dig! Lazarus! Dig! 5 New Jack Rubys / Big! Sexy! Party! 6 My Fiction / Your Tokyo 7 Little Vegas and the Fuzz Parade / Gifthorse 8 Hits, the / Touch of the shorts 9 White Mansions / Heart attack 10 Nova Scotia / Last boy band 11 Shrewms, the / Gimmie Gimmie 12 Grates, the / Burn Bridges 13 Drones, the / the Minotaur 14 Violent Soho / Love is a heavy word 15 Dangermen, the / Heterosexual Superstar 16 Rocketsmiths, the / The boy who cried misery 17 Black Stars, the / Alright baby 18 Dizzy Gotheca / Little beat 19 Butcherbirds / Tiger Paw 20 Schoolfight / Local heroes 21 Nova Scotia / Crawling through the mud 22 Davey Spicer and the Creatures of Habit / Good man 23 Davey Spicer and the Creatures of Habit / Shake it 24 Bloc Party / Mercury 25 Danger Bunnies / Treat me 26 Mr Rascal / Let it roll 27 Danger Bunnies, the / Perfect 28 Danger Bunnies, the / Random 29 Drones, the / River of tears 30 Grates, the / Carve your name 31 Sonic Porno / Eleven 32 Sigur Ros / Goobledigook 33 Pretty Boys, the / I can't lose 34 Pretty Boys, the / Vulture Culture 35 Mass Migration / Sepia 36 Gin Club, the / Ten paces away 37 Stereolab / Self Portrait with electric brain 38 Kewpie Doll / Blood on your hands 39 At Sea / Preacher's wife 40 Mr Rascal / Ode to peace 41 At Sea / Highway man 42 Westminsters, the / Strangers in the dark 43 At Sea / She said 44 Westminsters, the / Mountainous waste 45 Mt Augustus / The warmest winter 46 At Sea / Scream like a Queen 47 Violent Soho / Jesus stole my girlfriend 48 Rapture, the / No sex for Ben 49 Temper Trap / Sweet disposition 50 Violent Soho / Son of Sam 51 Mouthguard / Drink all night 52 Maiden Speech / Don't be afraid of the 80s 53 Texas Tea / Cane farmer's song 54 MGMT / Kids 55 Root / I wish I was Tex Perkins 56 Maiden Speech / Strange girl 57 Neko Case / Hold on, hold on 58 Del Toro / Vizcacho 59 Do the robot / Six dreams and counting 60 Raveonettes, the / You want the candy 61 Six Ft Hick / Acquaintances 62 Emu Smugglers, the / Schweinhund Himmel 63 Danger Bunnies, the / Boys n girls 64 Flamingo Crash / Shoot the lights out 65 Ratatat / Falcon Jab 66 An horse / Warm hands 67 Emu Smugglers, the / Runaway rump 68 Go Set, the / Eastside burning 69 Ringpull / One by one 70 Daft Punk / Around the world / Harder better faster stronger (live) 71 Shrewms, the / Wild and loose 72 New Jack Rubys / Death to the weird 73 Tegan and Sara / the Con 74 Dick Desert and the Shotgun Country Club / George Bush's Chicken 75 Gentle Ben and his Sensitive Side / Abandon ship 76 Beck / Gamma Ray 77 David McCormack / Streets of your town 78 Bluejuice / Vitriol 79 Radiohead / 15 step 80 John Steel Singers, the / Evolution 81 Herd, the / 2020 82 Grates, the / Earthquake 83 Texas Tea / Westerlies 84 Vegas Kings, the / Man 85 Hunz / Draw the line 86 Sonic Porno / Your eyes 87 Muse / Map of the problematique 88 Breeders, the / German Studies 89 Messer Chups, the / Inferno Image 90 REM / Supernatural superserious 91 Lords of Wong / Re-entry 92 My Fiction / Go 93 Le Friken Hecks / Control 94 Davey Spicer and the Creatures of Habit / Ir/responsibility 95 Kissy Trouble Company / Sneaking in 96 Drones, the / Nail it down 97 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Today's Lesson 98 Sue Ray / Last Cigarette 99 MGMT / Time to pretend 100 Jay Reatard / Blood visions Broadcast from midday to 8pm Thursday 1st January 2009 (in reverse order). The music for the period remaining after number 1 was announced until 8pm was: Monster Zoku Onsomb - Earth eaters Sunflower - Ready the Black Seeds - Make a move Re:enactment - Thems burnt puppies the Dirt Bombs - Wreck my flow