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$e. Kae Tempest‘s collaborative effort with Kevin Abstract, More Pressure, was the most popular track from an overseas act, coming in at number eight.
Huge thank you to Daniel Midgley from Because Language for his statistical wizardry throughout the year. Check out the full list below.
The Top 100 Most Played tracks at RTRFM for 2022
1. Anna Schneider – Gaslight 
2. Web Rumors – Heaven
3. Mia June – Fish in a Bowl
4. Blue Honey – Colin
5. Anesu – Melanin
6. Methyl Ethel – Proof (feat. Stella Donnelly)
7. Dallas Woods – Grime
9. Jewel Owusu – ur not my friend (feat. Mali Jo$e & NAMESAKE)
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
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
