The Less I Know The Better by Australian band Tame Impala has been voted the best song of the 2010s by triple j listeners in the station's Hottest 100 of the Decade countdown.

The track, a piece of psychedelic pop released in 2015 by multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker's musical project, beat out songs by Angus & Julia Stone, Kanye West, Sia and others to be crowned the favourite of the last 10 years.

Other songs in the top 10 included Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) by Australian singer Gotye at number two, Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys at three, Covered In Chrome by Violent Soho at four and Innerbloom by RUFUS DU SOL at five.

Foster The People, Gang of Youths, Flume, Matt Corby and Angus & Julia Stone also featured high in the list.

The station received more than 1.8 million votes for songs released between 2010 and the end of 2019. Just under half the voters were aged 18 to 24.

Speaking to triple j after his song made it to the top spot, Parker said that, "if I am being honest", he had a feeling it would win.

"It's a song that has hung around for long enough," he said.

"It's like the little song that could.

"I think it has aged well."

Tame Impala have had 11 entries in the Hottest 100 over the years, but this the first number one.

"I can't describe how much of a big thing that is to me," Parker said.

Of the 100 artists, 49 were Australian, including eight of the top 10, while 2012 releases featured more often than songs from other years.

All the tracks that won the station's annual countdown, including Gotye's and Flume's, made it into the decade list:

Thrift Shop, by American rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis , which topped the 2012 countdown, came in at number 56

Thrift Shop, by American rap duo , which topped the 2012 countdown, came in at number 56 Humble, by Kendrick Lamar , which won in 2018, came in at 57

Humble, by , which won in 2018, came in at 57 Bad Guy, by Billie Eilish , which one 2020's countdown, came in at number 71

Bad Guy, by , which one 2020's countdown, came in at number 71 Hoops, by Australian band The Reubens , which won 2016's countdown, hit number 46 this time

Hoops, by Australian band , which won 2016's countdown, hit number 46 this time Confidence, by Ocean Alley , which won in 2019, came in at 35

Confidence, by , which won in 2019, came in at 35 Riptide, by Vance Joy , which won in 2014, was at 13

Riptide, by , which won in 2014, was at 13 Talk Is Cheap, by Australian singer Chet Faker , which won in 2015, came in at number 11

Talk Is Cheap, by Australian singer , which won in 2015, came in at number 11 Big Jet Plane, by Angus & Julia Stone, which won in 2011, hit number 9

Meanwhile, a few songs that never charted in an annual list featured on Saturday, including the anthemic Rolling In The Deep by British singer Adele.

That came in at number 97 and marked the first time Adele had appeared in a Hottest 100.

Flume, Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar were among the artists to land more than one song in the 100.

Lorde, Kanye couldn't crack the top 10

When we asked the ABC News Messenger audience last week what they thought might win, Royals by Kiwi singer Lorde, which hit number one in the US Billboard charts when it was released widely in 2013, was a common pick.

But it wasn't to be. It instead came in at number 16, prompting a pretty common refrain:

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On the phone from her native New Zealand, Lorde, aka Ella Yelich-O'Connor, told triple j she looked back fondly on the period when the song made her a global sensation.

"I was 16 to 18, which is such a pivotal time in everyone's lives," she said.

"Mine was going to the Grammys, seeing all this crazy stuff and the world being at my feet in this really exciting way. That will always be indelibly planted in my memory."

Runaway (feat. Pusha T) by Kanye West was also tipped to be a contender for number one, but no luck either for the US rapper, whose song hit number 14.

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Innerbloom by Australian band RUFUS DU SOL came in at number five, despite not having made it into the Hottest 100 at the time of its release.

The track, which runs past nine minutes, has since taken on a special significance for the station's audience, to the point where even the Flume remix of the track made it into the decade countdown, at number 64.

Here are the top-10 songs:

10. Matt Corby - Brother

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9. Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane

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8. Flume - Never Be Like You (feat. Kai)

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7. Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

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6. Gang of Youths - Magnolia

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5. RUFUS DU SOL - Innerbloom

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4. Violent Soho - Covered In Chrome

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3. Arctic Monkeys -Do I Wanna Know?

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2. Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

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1. Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better

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