Every year I make a playlist of the top 40 songs that I added to my iTunes in the last year, just as a way to end the year with the soundtrack to it. Quick rules of it are that, no the song doesn’t have to be released in 2012, and it’s based partly on plays, star rating and when I added it to my library.
Anyway, here is my Top 40 of 2012:
40. Ellie Goulding – “Lights” (2010)
39. Marina & the Diamonds – “Primadonna”
38. The Black Keys – “Lonely Boy” (2011)
37. Swedish House Mafia – “Greyhound”
36. LMFAO – “Sexy and I Know It” (2011)
35. Florence + the Machine – “Spectrum” (Calvin Harris remix) (2011)
34. Phil Phillips – “Sea of Love” (1959)
33. Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”
32. Daft Punk – “Derezzed” (2010)
31. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks” (2011)
30. Gimbal & Sinan – “Llamas With Hats” (2010)
29. Porter Robinson – “Unison” (Knife Party Remix)
28. Azealia Banks – “Liquorice”
27. The Prodigy – “Invaders Must Die” (2008)
26. Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now” (2009)
25. Fatman Scoop – “Be Faithful” (1999)
24. Foster the People – “Pumped Up Kicks” (2010)
23. Gotye – “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2011)
22. fun. – “We Are Young” (feat. Janelle Monae)
21. The Killers – “The Way it Was”
20. Marina & the Diamonds – “Hollywood” (2010)
19. Psy – “Gangnam Style”
18. The Wombats – “Techno Fan” (2011)
17. fun. – “Some Nights”
16. Two Door Cinema Club – “What You Know” (2010)
15. Knife Party – “Rage Valley”
14. The Killers – “Runaways”
13. The Killers – “From Here On Out”
12. LCD Soundsystem – “Live Alone” (2011)
11. Owl City – “Good Time” (feat. Carly Rae Jepsen)
10. Knife Party – “Internet Friends” (2011)
9. The Rapture – “Whoo! Alright – Yeah… Uh Huh” (2006)
8. The All-American Rejects – “Beekeeper’s Daughter”
7. The Lightning Seeds – “Pure” (1989)
6. Passion Pit – “Talk a Walk”
5. Billy Ocean – “Love Really Hurts Without You” (1976)
4. Light Asylum – “A Certain Person” (2011)
3. Passion Pit – “Smile Upon Me” (2008)
2. Passion Pit – “Carried Away”
1. Azealia Banks – “212” (feat. Lazy Jay) (2011)