SYN Coldest 100 Countdown : The Full 2010 List

There has always been one day of the year where around 80% of Australians gather around a radio and help countdown a definitive list of 100  Awesome Songs as voted by listeners.

Now, there are 2 days for such an event… One of those counts down the most popular and outstanding tracks of the year, the other is SYN’s Coldest 100 Countdown.

Starting as an idea for a radio sketch, the idea grew into a full 9 hour radio marathon event [Listen To Selected Highlights Here], counting down the 100 songs that you never hear on radio any more. One hit wonders, forgotten classics, obscure tracks, you name it…SYN played it.

The countdown was produced and hosted by SYNners Jackie Doran & Leon Sjogren (that’s me!!) and was full of nostalgia, music trivia, some fantastic tunes and unfortunately some pretty shite tunes too, but that was the idea. Votes were gathered through SYN’s website and right here at Watch Out For, and no matter what song it was, as long as it had enough votes, it got played…

That’s how Daryl Somers & Ossie Ostrich’s song ‘Im Gonna Be An Engineer ‘ made it to #23!

For those who missed the countdown, here is the complete list of songs:

SYN COLDEST 100 COUNTDOWN – 2010

100. Joan Osbourne -0 What If God Was One Of Us?
99. Public Enemy – Fight The Power
98. Everclear – Heroin Girl
97. Michelle Branch – Everywhere
96. Pandora – Little Bit Of This
95. Shampoo – Trouble
94. The Hooters – And We Danced
93. The Lucksmiths – Guess How Much I Love You?
92. Stone Temple Pilots – Sour Girl
91. Warren G feat. Nate Dogg – Rugulate
90. Nikola Sarcevic – Lovetrap
89. Hunters & Collectors – Holy Grail
88. Metallica – No Leaf Clover
87. Taxiride – Everywhere You Go
86. Third-Eye Blind – Semi Charmed Kind Of Life
85. Aqua – Dr. Jones
84. Jewel – You Were Meant For Me
83. OMC – How Bizzare
82. Gary Numan – Cars
81. Moloko – Sing It Back
80. Grinspoon – More Than You Are
79. Babylon Zoo – Spaceman
78. Fastball – The Way
77. The Mavis’s – Cry
76. Nena – 99 Luftballoon
75. Blind Melon – No Rain
74. Severed Heads – Dead Eyes Open
73. Frenzal Rhomb – Dugadugabowbow
72. You Am I – Heavy Heart
71. J. Geils Band – Centrefold
70. Underworld – Underneath the Radar
69. Teddy Geiger – For You I Will
68. Fountains Of Wayne – Stacey’s Mom
67. Inner Circle – Make You Sweat
66. East 17 – House Of Love
65. Paula Abdul – Rush Rush
64. Republica – Ready To Go
63. Air – Playground Love
62. Dr Dre – What’s The Difference
61. LEN – Steal My Sunshine
60. Gina G – Little Bit
59. They Might Be Giants – Dr. Worm
58. Unique II – Break My Stride
57. Cake – Short Skirt/ Long Jacket
56. Marcy Playground – Sex & Candy
55. Spoon – The Underdog
54. Jebidiah – Animal
53. Debelah Morgan – Dance With Me
52. Merril Baimbridge – Mouth
51. Zhane – Mr DJ
50. Nightmare – Brainbug
49. Tracy Chapman – Give Me One Reason
48. Darren Hayes – Popular
47. Lazaro’s Dog – Home Entertainment System
46. Junior Senior – Move Your Feet
45. Filter – Take A Picture
44. Butthole Surfers – Pepper
43. The Calling – Wherever You Will Go
42. The Avalnches – Frontier Pyschiatrist
41. Crazy Town – Butterfly
40. Prodigy – Voodoo People
39. Machine Gun Fellatio – Rollercoaster
38. Alannis Morisette – You Oughta Know
37. Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5
36. Hocus Pocus – Here’s Johnny
35. Superman Lovers – Here’s Johnny
34. Chris Franklin – Bloke
33. You Am I – Purple Sneakers
32. Custard – Apartment
31. N.E.R.D – She Wants To Move
30. Baha Men – Who Let The Dogs Out
29. Bomfunk MC – Freestyler
28. Shaggy – It Wasn’t Me
27. Papa Roach – Last Resort
26. The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
25. Tal Bachman – She’s So High
24. Spiller – Groovejet (If This Aint Love)
23. Daryl Somers & Ossie – I Wanna Be An Engineer
22. Deep Blue Something – Breakfast At Tiffanys
21. Mr President – Coco Jumbo
20. The Vengaboys – We Like To Party
19. The Wallflowers – One Headlight
18. Bush – Glycerine
17. Eminem – Without Me
16. Daft Punk – Around The World
15. Aqua – Turn Back Time
14. Billie Piper – Honey To The Bee
13. BZ feat. Joanne – Jackie
12. 4 Non Blondes – Whats Up
11. Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate
10. D12 & Eminem – Purple Pills
9. The Bloodhound Gang – The Bad Touch
8. Beastie Boys – Intergalactic
7. Custard – Girls Like That
6. Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Impression That I Get
5. The Cardigans – Lovefool
4. Smashmouth – Walking On The Sun
3. Josh Abrahams feat Amiel – Addicted To Bass
2. White Town – Your Woman

And drum roll please……

1. Presidents of The United States - Peaches

After the countdown, we contacted The Presidents of the United States, (the band, not the actual presidents, it would be a logistical nightmare) Band member Jason Finn was ecstatic that they were Number 1 in such a trivial countdown and offered to chat to us in the coming weeks (WATCH THIS SPACE!)

After such a successful first running of the event, it’s safe to say that the Coldest 100 will return next year.

Bigger…Better…and with less Baha-Men.

A big thanks to everyone involved in the first ever Coldest 100 : 90.7 SYN  FM, WATCH OUT FOR and Jackie Doran! See you in 2011!