Your Top 5 Tracks of the Year

21stCenturyBoy · 07/12/12 - 01:28

As we're coming to the end of 2012, I thought it would be fun to do a retrospective and see what everyone has as their personal "Top 5" Tracks of the Year. Links (and maybe a bonus Worst Song Of The Year) also appreciated.

Mine are-

1) Chevy Thunder (Spector) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW_HMJLKHso
2) Ho Hey (The Lumineers) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCBSSwgtg4
3) Stars (Grace Potter & The Nocturnals) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml7TmC__eDc
4) Running To The Sea (Royksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKM6IxUDpVs
5) DJ Ease My Mind (Niki & The Dove) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnexkG4RrtA

kryskrys · 07/12/12 - 02:19

I'm embarrassed by how generic my top five are. I do listen to a lot of music outside the charts, but these are the five songs that have really stuck in my head this year:

1. Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
2. Tulisa - Young
3. Cheryl Cole - Call My Name
4. Loreen - Euphoria
5. Little Mix - DNA

21stCenturyBoy · 07/12/12 - 02:25

I love Euphoria!

Listened to it a lot at the start of the year when it was still competing in Melodifestivalen and I got a bit sick of it by June!

lmddawson · 07/12/12 - 09:46

I really wanna include M83's Midnight City, but it's from 2011

1) Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks
2) P!nk – Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
3) Bastille - What Would You Do
4) Imagine Dragons – Bleeding Out
5) Lifehouse/Natasha Bedingfield – Between The Raindrops

so many good ones though!

Jamesollier18 · 07/12/12 - 11:35

not in the mainstream as I have fallen out of favour with most chart music over the last 3 years, but mine are these:

Paul van Dyk - 'The Sun After Heartbreak' feat. Sue McLaren & Arty - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc5CQXy5Ubs

Omnia and IRA - The Fusion - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GDl-Ti7WBg

Super8 - alba - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiQmX2Nojf4

Hanski - Fools Paradise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHiXgUoml4Y

Store N Forward - Oregano (Original Mix) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHo9nJhFURs

LM · 07/12/12 - 11:39

Ooh this is gonna be hard. No particular order

Stooshe - Black Heart
Little Mix - Wings
Paloma Faith - Picking Up The Pieces
Girls Aloud - Something New
Taylor Swift - Safe & Sound

Flying4X · 07/12/12 - 11:54

Train - Drive By (sorry about the other 4 but that's all I can think of)

LandslideBrad · 07/12/12 - 11:55

Rihanna - Diamonds
Cher Lloyd - Riot
Justin Bieber - Love Me Like You Do
Little Mix - How Ya Doin'
2NE1 - I Love You

Littlegreen42 · 07/12/12 - 14:35

Girls Aloud - Something New
Lana Del Rey - Bel Air
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (2012 Remix)
Ellie Goulding - Dead In The Water
Regina Spektor - Firewood

CuBz90 · 07/12/12 - 14:53

Fun - Stars
Fun - Some Nights
Fun - Carry On
Fun - Why am I the one
Fun - All Alone

[Deleted User] · 07/12/12 - 15:09

Carrie Underwood - Blown Away
Pink - Try/Truth about Love

Not been a great year IMO.

umr3000 · 07/12/12 - 15:36

My Top 5 Favourite Singles of 2012

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (Ft. Kimbra)
Usher - Climax
Rita Ora - R.I.P. (Ft. Tinie Tempah)
Maroon 5 - Payphone (Ft. Wiz Khalifa)
Emeli Sande - My Kind of Love

[Deleted User] · 07/12/12 - 15:56

Plan B - Ill Manors
B.O.B - So Good
Angel - Wonderful
Cover Drive - Explode
Chris Brown - Don't Wake Me Up

Ryan11 · 07/12/12 - 16:04

1 Starships - Nicki Minaj
2 Call My Name - Cheryl Cole
3 22 - Taylor Swift
4 I Almost Do - Taylor Swift
5 Still (New Version) - Tamia

AdzPower · 07/12/12 - 16:31

Geez, I wouldn't even know where to start!
But I'll try anyway.
1. TVXQ - Catch Me
2. Leona Lewis - Fireflies
3. Lana Del Rey - National Anthem
4. EXO - Mama
5. Alexandra Burke - Heartbreak On Hold

Tough decision actually, it'll probably change tomorrow lol.

SweetHeartHolly · 07/12/12 - 16:53

1.) "No Hurry"-Zac Brown Band
2.) "Time Is Love"-Josh Turner
3.) "Missing You Crazy"-Jon Pardi
4.) "Hard To Love"-Lee Brice
5.) "Tornado"-Little Big Town
6.) "Creepin'"-Eric Church

God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

P.S. Yeah I know I listed six, but I couldn't decide which song not to include, I think that they are all awesome!

[Deleted User] · 07/12/12 - 16:54

These may or may not have been released this year, but I definitely discovered them this year, so in no particular order:

Bo Bruce - 'Fighting Arizona'

Honestly right, I made a point of never watching The Voice, just the same as The X Factor because I just really don't 'get' the whole popularity contest they all turn into. Judges bitching for the sake of viewers and headlines and substandard singers glorified as something new and exciting? No ta. However, I did know of Bo when she was on the Orange unsignedAct shortlist, and was surprised to hear she was a contestant on The Voice and my blind cynicism meant I'd missed a whole series of live performances. Those who've heard her will have a tough time trying to argue she has a powerful voice, but personally I can't stand powerhouse vocalists who blast you with volume as a cheap substitute for emotion.

This song was written after she was sent to a rehabilitation clinic in the Arizona desert by her father to stop her drug addiction, and it's really a wonderful song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH2aJCOTlRU

Imagine Dragons - 'It's Time'

What a song. This is the type of song that just rings with celebration and accomplishment. Over a stomping melody, chiming riffs and a chorus chant at home in buildings no lesser in size than the biggest arenas, 'It's Time' is Imagine Dragons' finest hour. Lead singer Dan Reynolds wrote the song whilst contemplating whether or not he should quit music altogether, but the result was for the better, hence the chorus' final line "I'm never changing who I am". It's catchy, it's loud, it's mid-tempo. It's lyrics speak of triumphing over adversary, and it's just a shame that the song never really has the success it deserved. It was the perfect soundtrack to the recent Stephen Chbosky adaptation of his novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sENM2wA_FTg

Coldplay - 'Charlie Brown'

A lot of the time, I pay more attention to lyrical connections in songs, but at the same time melody is immensely important. I've got to want to remember the lyrics and be able to hear them back in my head clearly. Whilst the lyrical connection to 'Charlie Brown', which contains one of Coldplay greatest ever riffs (alongside the storming 'Lovers In Japan' and perhaps the psychedelic 'Hurts Like Heaven'), isn't so strong as it could've been, few can deny the sheer awesomeness of that riff. A sparkling, ambitious and beautifully matured interpretation of modern rock lifts Coldplay out of the MOR-wilderness for this track. Even the mentions of "All the boys.../All the girls..." can't diminish the spectroscopic abandon that this song overflows with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTFBJgnNgU4

Kasabian - 'Goodbye Kiss'

Wistful sentiment isn't something that is commonly aligned with Kasabian who, throughout their earlier years were happy enough to make as many reference to British lad culture per song as possible. Oh sure, pretty much all Kasabian's music sits well with me when I feel like punching faces to the sound of jagged electro-rock such as 'Fast Fuse' and 'Club Foot', but 'Goodbye Kiss' is something quite different. There's still every finger pointing to the song being a work of Kasabian, but it's reserved delivery and honest lyrics make it stand out amongst an album of more of the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZarE8_M3fc

Aiden Grimshaw - 'This Island'

Now, honestly, who the hell saw this coming? I mean fair enough the gloom-pop wobble from his time on The X Factor translates with the same slicing and unnerving intensity but the D&B productions and the effervescent synths buzzing around his deep vocal register on 'This Island' feel more like a psychotic Rob Swire than the trembling, bequiffed teenager we saw every Saturday back in 2010. With a glassy, slickly-polished production pumped full of more energy than an 808 on crack, the ice-cold sentiment of Grimshaw's inner angst burns with his trademark intensity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfbBx05N4Dk

There's plenty of others, but these came to me first. Hope you all enjoy.

cheesebiggins · 07/12/12 - 17:11

Tulisa- Young
Conor Maynard ft. Ne-Yo- Turn Around
Emeli Sande & Labrinth- Beneath Your Beautiful
Tamar Braxton- Love and War
Olly Murs- Troublemaker

Dandem · 07/12/12 - 17:13

1. All-American Rejects - Beekeeper's Daughter
2. Aiden Grimshaw - Curtain Call
3. Deaf Havana - Hunstanton Pier
4. Biffy Clyro - Stingin' Belle
5. The Killers - Runaways

Robertfitz · 07/12/12 - 17:15

In no particular order

1. Melanie Fiona - Gone and never coming back
2. Hoodie Allen - Lucky man
3. Sam Sparrow - Shades of grey
4. Delilah - Tabitha, Mummy and me

And soley for entertainment value and James Arthurs cover on XF

5. Lmfao - Sexy and I know it

[Deleted User] · 07/12/12 - 17:15

my top 5 Singles of 2012 -

Florence & The Machine - Spectrum
Niki & The Dove - Somebody
gossip - Perfect World
Lana Del Rey - National Anthem
&
grimes - genesis

Rose-Addict · 07/12/12 - 20:08

1. Alesha Dixon - Do It Our Way
2. Leona Lewis - Lovebird
3. Owl City ft Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time
4. Pink - Run
5. Ellie Goulding - My Blood

1992 · 07/12/12 - 20:18

So hard to pick. I hate doing these things lol.

#1 Little Mix - Wings
#2 Little Mix - DNA
#3 Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah - RIP
4. Tulisa - Young

Hundreds of songs could be at 5 so I will randomly pick:

#5 Coldplay ft. Rihanna - Princess Of China

2012 has been a brilliant year for music!

Hopefully 2013 is just as good!

Sex · 07/12/12 - 20:54

Solange Knowles: Losing you
Cheryl Cole: Call my name
Bruno Mars: Locked out of heaven
All Lana Del rey songs
.................................

Sex · 07/12/12 - 20:55

Josh Pinder wrote: »

my top 5 Singles of 2012 -

Florence & The Machine - Spectrum
Niki & The Dove - Somebody
gossip - Perfect World
Lana Del Rey - National Anthem
&
grimes - genesis

Love this song...

gav016 · 07/12/12 - 22:02

1. Sky Ferreira - Everything Is Embarassing
2. Santigold - Disparate Youth
3. Lana Del Rey - Ride
4. Loreen - Euphoria
5. Aiden Grimshaw - Curtain Call.

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