The concept is simple: Australian music lovers vote for their favourite songs of the past year and triple j counts down the most popular 100 across a day of wild and wonderful radio.

Are you ready to give your favourite Australian artists their well-deserved flowers? To celebrate 50 years of triple j, we're cracking open the countdown box for the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs!

From "Sloop John B" to "Help Me, Rhonda" to "God Only Knows," here are our picks for the 25 greatest Beach Boys songs of all-time.