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RTRFM’s 100 Most Played Tracks of 2022

Approximately 65,000 tracks were played on the Sound Alternative in 2022!

A huge amount of music was shared on the Sound Alternative this year. Taylah alone played more than 8,000 unique songs on Breakfast. RTRFM is not playlisted — instead, we gladly trust our presenters to play the most exciting and engaging music they’re unearthing either through the station or by themselves.

Local artists dominated our airwaves this year, with 56% of the top 100 played tracks coming from WA artists and 76% of the top 100 coming from Australian acts.

Female or gender non-conforming artists were also dominant, with 74% of the top 100 most played tracks coming from non-male fronted acts.

The number one spot was taken out by local singer-songwriter Anna Schneider who released her single Gaslight in January.

15 of the top 20 tracks came from WA-based artists; the two interstate artists to feature were King Stingray and Jamaica Moana. King Stingray popped up in the top 100 multiple times along with local artists Mia June, Web Rumors, Erasers, Stella Donnelly, Jewel Owusu, Grace Sanders and Mali Jo$e. Kae Tempest‘s collaborative effort with Kevin Abstract, More Pressure, was the most popular track from an overseas act, coming in at number eight.

Huge thank you to Daniel Midgley from Because Language for his statistical wizardry throughout the year. Check out the full list below.

The Top 100 Most Played tracks at RTRFM for 2022

1. Anna Schneider – Gaslight

2. Web Rumors – Heaven

3. Mia June – Fish in a Bowl

4. Blue Honey – Colin

5. Anesu – Melanin

6. Methyl Ethel – Proof (feat. Stella Donnelly)

7. Dallas Woods – Grime

8. Kae Tempest – More Pressure (feat. Kevin Abstract)

9. Jewel Owusu – ur not my friend (feat. Mali Jo$e & NAMESAKE)

10. Erasers – Constant Connection

11. Web Rumors – Northern Service

12. Nika Mo – Stairs in the Nighttime

13. Widowspeak – Everything Is Simple

14. King Stingray – Camp Dog

15. Dennis Cometti – Death Rattle

16. Jamaica Moana – CYA

17. Angel Olsen – Big Time

18. Last Quokka – Cue

19. Grace Sanders –  Attachment Theory

20. Jewel Owusu – American Honey

21. Sudan Archives – Home Maker

22. Grace Barbé – Fatige (GUM & Ginoli Remix)

23. Stella Donnelly – Flood

24. Wet Leg – Angelica

25. smol fish – this is not a love song

26. Angie Coleman – Who Are You After Me?  

27. Gia Como – Don’t Call Me On Fridays

28. Banjo Lucia – Lion Boy

29. Body Horrors – Hate Crimes (at Paramount)

30. King Stingray – Let’s Go

31. Mike Midnight – Here Comes The Sun

32. Arlo Parks – Softly

33. Cooper Cooper – Anhedonia (Bug Chaser Mix)

34. Erasers – A Breeze

35. Fontanies D.C. – Jackie Down The Line

36. Grace Sanders – Anymore

37. Jenny Hval – Year of Love

38. Loose Fit – Social Graces

39. Mal De Mer – Mirage

40. Motel Marys – Karma

41. Nilufer Yanya – Midnight Sun

42. Shit Narnia – Coax

43. Sugar Wife – Slack (ft. Angie Colman)

44. Blood Knows – Happy To Be Wrong

45. Chiseko – Care (feat. Your Girl Pho)

46. Arno Faraji – On The Move

47. Angel Olsen – All the Good Times

48. dameeela – The Shake Up (feat. Tjaka)

49. Body Type – Sex & Rage

50. Elsy Wameyo – River Nile

51. Sampa The Great – Never Forget

52. Julia Jacklin – I Was Neon

53. Caroline Polachek – Billions

54. Kurt Vile – Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone)

55. Sweat – Small Town

56. Lo – Giver, Lover, Pet

57. Charlie Needs Braces – Daryung

58. Drea – Call Me Up

59. Toro Y Moi – Postman

60. Ghost Care – Bussell Hwy

61. Felivand – Butterfly Wings

62. Body Horrors – Crickets

63. Kae Tempest – I Saw Light

64. Brushtail – Honeyeater 

65. Julia Jacklin – Lydia Wears A Cross

66. Bumpy – Leave It All Behind

67. Greentea Peng – Stuck in the Middle

68. Hector Morlet – Precious Dragonfly

69. Lucy Dacus – Kissing Lessons

70. Big Orange – By The Dozen

71. Dolce Blue – Nothing Bad

72. Free Time – That’s Rare

73. Drea – Yellow (feat Mali Jo$e)

74. Maatakitj – Yornan

75. Spice World – Dying To Go

76. Teen Angst – Leaving Home

77. Weyes Blood – It’s Not Just Me, It’s Everybody

78. Viagra Boys – Punk Rock Loser

79. Alter Boy – I Repent

80. Dry Cleaning – Don’t Press Me

81. Sweat – Sports

82. June Jones – If Only (feat. Katie Dey)

83. Porridge Radio – Back to the Radio

84. Sampa The Great – Lane (feat. Denzel Curry)

85. Siobhan Cotchin – Tucson

86. Ausecuma Beats – Deep Heat (feat. Rara Zulu)

87. Widowspeak – While You Wait

88. Alexia Paranzee – Creed And Colour

89. Big Thief – Simulation Swarm

90. Mali Jo$e – INTERVENTIONS (ft. Mick Jenkins)

91. Rona. – Closure (feat. Helena)

92. Safer Than Milk – Castration Generation

93. Mia June – Try To Cry

94. Cate Le Bon – Remembering Me

95. Dead Tooth Hottie – Mall Grabbing

96. The Manic – Rust

97. Bri Clark – Red Flag

98. Sakidasumi – Wondering Where I’ll Go

99. Scuti – Eating

100. soccer mommy – Shotgun

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