Top Songs of 2012


Rank All Time Rank Artist Song Genres
1
83
Grimes Oblivion Synthpop
2
113
Frank Ocean Pyramids Alternative R&B, Electropop
3
225
M.I.A. Bad Girls Pop Rap, UK Hip Hop
4
283
Frank Ocean Thinkin Bout You Alternative R&B
5
592
Sky Ferreira Everything Is Embarrassing Alternative R&B, Synthpop
6
620
Japandroids The House That Heaven Built Indie Rock
7
646
Solange Losing You Alternative R&B, Synthpop
8
697
Tame Impala Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
9
743
Usher Climax Alternative R&B
10
929
Disclosure feat. Sam Smith Latch Dance-Pop, UK Bass
11
1105
Beach House Myth Dream Pop, Indie Pop
12
1201
Taylor Swift All Too Well Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
13
1223
Todd Terje Inspector Norse Nu-Disco, Space Disco
14
1333
Miguel Adorn Alternative R&B
15
1354
Bat for Lashes Laura Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
16
1385
Fiona Apple Every Single Night Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
17
1569
Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX I Love It Dance-Pop, Electropop
18
1639
Kendrick Lamar Swimming Pools (Drank) Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
19
1644
Grimes Genesis Synthpop
20
1734
Major Lazer feat. Amber Coffman Get Free Art Pop, Downtempo, Dub
21
1888
Tame Impala Elephant Neo-Psychedelia
22
1902
CHVRCHES The Mother We Share Electropop, Synthpop
23
2191
alt-J Breezeblocks Indie Pop, Indietronica
24
2227
First Aid Kit Emmylou Alt-Country, Americana, Folk Pop
25
2275
Jessie Ware Wildest Moments Alternative R&B, Pop Soul
26
2310
Parquet Courts Stoned and Starving Indie Rock, Post-Punk
27
2322
Jai Paul Jasmine Alternative R&B, UK Bass
28
2328
Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz Mercy Trap
29
2403
Twin Shadow Five Seconds New Wave, Synthpop
30
2484
TNGHT Higher Ground Trap [EDM]
31
2544
Kendrick Lamar Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
32
2595
Grizzly Bear Yet Again Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
33
2635
The xx Angels Dream Pop
34
2745
Purity Ring Fineshrine Indietronica, Synthpop, Witch House
35
2959
Dirty Projectors Gun Has No Trigger Art Pop
36
2971
Savages Husbands Post-Punk
37
2998
Rhye Open Alternative R&B, Smooth Soul, Sophisti-Pop
38
3068
Spiritualized Hey Jane Art Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
39
3107
Mac DeMarco Ode to Viceroy Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
40
3273
Jessie Ware Running Alternative R&B
41
3444
Kendrick Lamar Sing About Me (I'm Dying of Thirst) Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
42
3471
Blawan Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage? Industrial Techno
43
3624
Death Grips I've Seen Footage Hardcore Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop
44
3634
Rhye The Fall Alternative R&B, Smooth Soul, Sophisti-Pop
45
3639
Chairlift I Belong in Your Arms New Wave, Synthpop
46
3644
Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz Beez in the Trap Hardcore Hip Hop, Snap
47
3667
Tegan and Sara Closer Electropop
48
3680
Chief Keef feat. Lil Reese I Don't Like Drill
49
3741
Santigold Disparate Youth Alternative Dance, Indietronica
50
3857
Foals My Number New Wave, Post-Punk Revival
51
4071
Le1f Wut East Coast Hip Hop, Pop Rap
52
4182
Kendrick Lamar Backseat Freestyle Hardcore Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
53
4238
Cloud Nothings Wasted Days Emo, Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
54
4245
Palma Violets Best of Friends Indie Rock
55
4424
Blur Under the Westway Alternative Rock, Chamber Pop
56
4446
Frank Ocean Bad Religion Alternative R&B
57
4466
Andrés New for U Deep House
58
4487
Jessie Ware 110% / If You're Never Gonna Move Synthpop, UK Bass
59
4516
Taylor Swift We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Teen Pop
60
4631
Perfume Genius Hood Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
61
4735
Father John Misty Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings Indie Rock
62
4785
Arctic Monkeys R U Mine? Hard Rock, Indie Rock
63
4805
Death Grips Hacker Electro House, Glitch Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Industrial Hip Hop
64
4825
Jack White Sixteen Saltines Blues Rock, Garage Rock
65
5032
AlunaGeorge Your Drums, Your Love Alternative R&B
66
5098
Killer Mike feat. Bun B, T.I. & Trouble Big Beast Hardcore Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop
67
5494
Foals Inhaler Indie Rock
68
5680
El-P The Full Retard East Coast Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
69
5786
Haim Forever Indie Pop, Pop Rock
70
5851
Kacey Musgraves Merry Go 'Round Contemporary Country, Country Pop
71
5967
Chromatics Cherry Dream Pop, Synthpop, Synthwave
72
5973
Cat Power Ruin Art Pop, Piano Rock, Synthpop
73
5978
Hot Chip Flutes Electropop, Synthpop
74
5979
A$AP Rocky feat. 2 Chainz, Drake and Kendrick Lamar Fuckin' Problems East Coast Hip Hop, Pop Rap
75
6043
Rihanna Diamonds Contemporary R&B, Pop
76
6044
Jake Bugg Lightning Bolt Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
77
6094
Lana Del Rey Ride Art Pop
78
6196
Mumford & Sons I Will Wait Americana, Indie Folk
79
6258
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti Only in My Dreams Hypnagogic Pop, Indie Pop, Psychedelic Pop
80
6459
John Talabot feat. Pional Destiny Balearic Beat
81
6505
OFWGKTA Oldie Abstract Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Jazz Rap, West Coast Hip Hop
82
6583
Cloud Nothings Stay Useless Indie Rock
83
6629
Taylor Swift I Knew You Were Trouble Dance-Pop, Electropop
84
6738
The Shins Simple Song Indie Pop
85
6747
Dean Blunt feat. Inga Copeland The Narcissist Hypnagogic Pop
86
7004
Earl Sweatshirt Chum West Coast Hip Hop
87
7051
Burial Kindred 2-Step, Future Garage
88
7091
Tame Impala Apocalypse Dreams Neo-Psychedelia, Space Rock
89
7256
Zebra Katz feat. Njena Reddd Foxxx Ima Read Ballroom, Hip House, UK Bass
90
7489
Passion Pit Take a Walk Electropop, Indie Pop
91
7575
Plan B Ill Manors Conscious Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop
92
7649
The Magnetic Fields Andrew in Drag Indie Pop
93
7686
Andy Stott Numb Ambient Dub, Minimal Techno
94
8011
Jack White I'm Shakin' Blues Rock, Garage Rock
95
8040
Azealia Banks 1991 Hip House, UK Garage
96
8061
Danny Brown Grown Up Conscious Hip Hop
97
8069
Grizzly Bear Sleeping Ute Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Progressive Rock
98
8119
Villagers Nothing Arrived Indie Pop
99
8192
Kendrick Lamar feat. Gunplay Cartoon and Cereal Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
100
8365
Temples Shelter Song Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
101
8377
ScHoolboy Q feat. A$AP Rocky Hands on the Wheel Gangsta Rap, West Coast Hip Hop
102
8495
Killer Mike Reagan Hardcore Hip Hop, Political Hip Hop, Southern Hip Hop
103
8537
Muse Madness Pop Rock, Synthpop
104
8720
The Lumineers Ho Hey Folk Pop, Indie Folk, Indie Pop
105
8799
Jeremih 773 Love Contemporary R&B
106
8847
Laurel Halo Light + Space Ambient Pop
107
8874
Fiona Apple Werewolf Jazz Pop, Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
108
8899
ScHoolboy Q THere He Go Gangsta Rap, West Coast Hip Hop
109
8944
A$AP Rocky Goldie East Coast Hip Hop
110
9047
Sleigh Bells Comeback Kid Noise Pop
111
9084
Future Turn On the Lights Pop Rap, Southern Hip Hop, Trap
112
9237
Kendrick Lamar feat. Jay Rock Money Trees Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
113
9253
The Men Open Your Heart Garage Punk, Indie Rock
114
9260
Liars No. 1 Against the Rush Art Rock, Minimal Synth
115
9273
Future Same Damn Time Southern Hip Hop, Trap
116
9317
Joy Orbison Ellipsis House, UK Funky
117
9336
Lana Del Rey National Anthem Art Pop, Pop Rap
118
9363
David Byrne & St. Vincent Who Art Pop
119
9497
Barnt Geffen Tech House
120
9546
Fiona Apple Hot Knife Art Pop, Cabaret, Singer/Songwriter
121
9648
Chromatics Back from the Grave Dream Pop, Synthpop
122
9792
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz Thrift Shop Comedy Rap, Pop Rap
123
9796
The Rolling Stones Doom and Gloom Blues Rock
124
9861
Saint Etienne Tonight Dance-Pop, Synthpop

Songs "bubbling under" the all-time top 10,000:
DIIV Doused Neo-Psychedelia, Post-Punk
Chromatics Lady Dream Pop, Synthpop, Synthwave
Adele Skyfall Blue Eyed Soul, Cinematic Classical, Film Soundtrack
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert Same Love Conscious Hip Hop, Pop Rap
Tanlines All of Me Indietronica, Synthpop
Lower Dens Brains Dream Pop
Él Mató a Un Policía Motorizado Más o menos bien Indie Rock
Big Sean, Jay-Z and Kanye West Clique Pop Rap
Gepe feat. Pedropiedra En la naturaleza (4-3-2-1-0) Folk Pop, Latin Alternative, Latin Electronic
Kendrick Lamar feat. MC Eiht m.A.A.d city Conscious Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
Ty Segall Band I Bought My Eyes Garage Punk, Noise Rock
The Vaccines Teenage Icon Indie Rock
Baroness Take My Bones Away Stoner Rock
Burial Loner Ambient House, Future Garage
Blood Diamonds feat. Grimes Phone Sex Balearic Beat, Electropop
Cat Power Nothing But Time Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Cat Power Cherokee Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Leonard Cohen Going Home Singer/Songwriter
Frank Ocean Lost Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul
Melody's Echo Chamber I Follow You Dream Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball Country Rock
Jack White Love Interruption Acoustic Blues, Blues Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Angel Haze Werkin' Girls West Coast Hip Hop
Autre Ne Veut Counting Alternative R&B, Art Pop, Synthpop
The xx Chained Dream Pop, Indie Pop
Dum Dum Girls Lord Knows Dream Pop, Indie Pop
fun. Some Nights Pop Rock
Loreen Euphoria Dance-Pop, Electropop
Bomba Estéreo El alma y el cuerpo Latin Alternative
John Talabot feat. Pional So Will Be Now Balearic Beat, Microhouse
The Walkmen We Can't Be Beat Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Bruce Springsteen We Take Care of Our Own Pop Rock
Holy Other Held Ambient Dub
Psy Gangnam Style Dance-Pop, Electropop, Hip House, K-Pop
Yeasayer Henrietta Indietronica, Psychedelic Pop
Frankie Rose Know Me Dream Pop, Indie Pop
How to Dress Well & It Was You Alternative R&B
Death Grips Get Got Abstract Hip Hop, Glitch Hop, Industrial Hip Hop
Django Django Hail Bop Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Synthpop
Azealia Banks Liquorice Hip House
Mac DeMarco My Kind of Woman Indie Pop, Jangle Pop
DIIV How Long Have You Known? Dream Pop, Post-Punk
Converge Aimless Arrow Metalcore, Post-Hardcore
Bruce Springsteen Death to My Hometown Celtic Rock
Parquet Courts Borrowed Time Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
St. Vincent Krokodil Noise Pop
Frankie Rose Interstellar Dream Pop, Indie Pop
The Beach Boys That's Why God Made the Radio Pop
Nicki Minaj Starships Dance-Pop, Electropop
Bobby Womack Please Forgive My Heart Southern Soul
Lotus Plaza Monoliths Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Hot Chip Night and Day Indietronica, Synthpop
Julio Bashmore Au Seve House
Bob Mould The Descent Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Laleh Some Die Young Pop
Kendrick Lamar feat. Dr. Dre The Recipe West Coast Hip Hop
Divine Fits My Love Is Real Indietronica, Synthpop
King Krule Rock Bottom Indie Pop, Post-Punk, Singer/Songwriter
Charli XCX You're the One Electropop, Synthpop
Juicy J feat. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz Bandz a Make Her Dance Trap
Los Punsetes Alférez provisional Indie Rock
Jagwar Ma Come Save Me Baggy / Madchester, Neo-Psychedelia
Kindness House Deep House, Nu-Disco
Sharon Van Etten Give Out Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Best Coast The Only Place Twee Pop
The Mountain Goats Cry for Judas Indie Folk
Head High Rave House, Techno
Julia Holter Marienbad Art Pop, Baroque Pop
Pet Shop Boys Leaving Synthpop
THEESatisfaction QueenS Alternative R&B, Neo-Soul
Bob Dylan Pay in Blood Singer/Songwriter
Father John Misty Nancy from Now On Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk
Joey Bada$$ Survival Tactics Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop
SOAK Sea Creatures Singer/Songwriter
Boddika & Joy O Swims Acid House, Techno
Espanto Rock'n Roll Indie Folk
Beach House Lazuli Dream Pop, Indie Pop
Dr. Dog Lonesome Indie Pop
CHVRCHES Lies Electropop, Synthpop
Leonard Cohen The Darkness Blues Rock, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Animal Collective Today's Supernatural Neo-Psychedelia, Noise Pop
Neil Young and Crazy Horse Walk Like a Giant Country Rock, Psychedelic Rock
M. Ward Primitive Girl Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Chief Keef Love Sosa Drill
Julia Holter In the Same Room Art Pop, Indietronica
The Tallest Man On Earth 1904 Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Dirty Projectors Dance for You Art Pop, Indie Pop
Baauer Harlem Shake Trap [EDM]
Hot Chip Motion Sickness Indietronica, Synthpop
Poliça Wandering Star Indie Pop
Angel Haze Cleaning Out My Closet Conscious Hip Hop
Disclosure feat. Sinead Harnett Boiling UK Bass, UK Funky
Susanne Sundfør White Foxes Art Pop, Indietronica, Synthpop
Burial and Four Tet Nova Ambient House, Future Garage
Burial Ashtray Wasp Future Garage
AlunaGeorge Just a Touch Alternative R&B, Electropop
Lambchop Gone Tomorrow Alt-Country, Chamber Folk
Valerie June Workin' Woman Blues Americana
Purity Ring Obedear Synthpop, Witch House
El Perro del Mar Walk on By Electropop
Bat for Lashes All Your Gold Art Pop
Bloc Party Octopus Dance-Punk, Post-Punk Revival
Disclosure What's in Your Head UK Bass, UK Funky
Michael Kiwanuka Home Again Contemporary Folk, Soul
Parquet Courts Master of My Crafts Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock, Post-Punk
The Walkmen Heaven Post-Punk Revival
Girl Unit Ensemble UK Bass
Liars Brats Electronic
The xx Fiction Ambient Pop, Dream Pop, Indie Pop
How to Dress Well Cold Nites Alternative R&B, Ambient Pop
Torche Kicking Stoner Rock
Objekt Cactus Dubstep, UK Bass
Evy Jane Sayso Alternative R&B, Wonky
Everything Everything Cough Cough Art Pop, Indietronica
Frank Ocean Sweet Life Neo-Soul
Jake Bugg Broken Singer/Songwriter
Y.N.RichKids Hot Cheetos and Takis Children's Music, Trap
Crystal Castles Wrath of God Synthpop
Tame Impala Mind Mischief Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Matthew E. White Brazos Singer/Songwriter, Soul
Anathema Untouchable Alternative Rock