Top 40 Favorite Songs of 2012
January 7, 2013
The song topics on this year’s list range from inner city hardships to terrorism to coming of age to challenging political leaders. There was somewhat of a renaissance musically; artists strayed away from their comfort zones. Below is a list of favorite tracks from 2012:
40. Twin Shadow- “Five Seconds”
39. Solange- “Losing You”
38. Best Coast- “Do You Love Me Like You Used To”
37. Sigur Rus- “Varúð”
36. The Dandy Warhols- “Alternative Power to the People”
35. Melody’s Echo Chamber- “Mount Hopeless”
34. Beach House- “Lazuli”
33. Andrew Bird- “Near Death Experience Experience”
32. The Mars Volta- “Empty Vessels Make the Loudest Sound”
31. Air- “Astronomic Club”
30. Tamaryn-”I’m Gone”
29. The Helio Sequence- “Harvester of Souls”
28. Fiona Apple- “Jonathan”
27. The Smashing Pumpkins- “Oceania”
26. Liars- “No.1 Against the Rush”
25. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – “We Drift Like Worried Fire”
24. John Frusciante- “Ratiug”
23. Odd Future- “Oldie”
22. Big Boi- “Lines (featuring A$AP Rocky & Phantogram)”
21. Santigold- “Disparate Youth”
20. Azealia Banks- “1991″
19. Flying Lotus- “See Thru to U (featuring Erykah Badu)”
18. Kanye West- “Mercy (featuring Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz)”
17. El-P- “The Full Retard”
16. Killer Mike- “Reagan”
15. Brother Ali- “Mourning in America”
14. Aesop Rock- “ZZZ Top”
13. Blu & Exile- “A Man”
12. Lupe Fiasco- “Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)”
11. Ab-Soul- “Terrorist Threats (featuring Danny Brown & Jhene Aiko)”
10. Frank Ocean- “Pyramids”
9. Meshell Ndegeocello- “To Be Young, Gifted and Black (featuring Cody ChestnuTT)”
8. Robert Glasper- “Afro Blue (featuring Erykah Badu)”
7. Animal Collective- “New Town Burnout”
6. Grizzly Bear- “Sleeping Ute”
5. Tame Impala- “Mind Mischief”
4. Cody ChestnuTT- “What Kind of Cool (Will We Think of Next)”
3. Kendrick Lamar- “Cartoon & Cereal (featuring Gunplay)”
2. Kendrick Lamar- “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst”
1. Nas- “A Queens Story”
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*”Cartoon & Cereal” is not available on Spotify
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