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My 2012 Playlist

I know I'm a little behind on this, but it took awhile to compile a comprehensive list of all my favorite songs from 2012.

For one thing, some of the songs I randomly started listening to throughout the year were not from 2012.  (Personally, this was the year of "Smoke from a Distant Fire" and "Young Hearts Run Free.")

Plus, I didn't want to include one song from an album if the overall album was amazing and you should just listen to the whole thing from start to finish (P!nk, Emeli Sande, Chris Wallace, etc.)

Lastly, and admittedly, I avoided some of the more obvious choices ("Somebody That I Used to Know," "Call Me Maybe," etc, because why beat a dead horse?)

So here are the single stand-outs from 2012 in no particular order.

Feel free to argue with me.

1.  "Anna Sun" Walk the Moon
2.  "2 Reasons" Trey Songz
3.  "Runaway" The Killers
4.  "I Ain't the Same" Alabama Shakes
5.  "Forrest Gump" Frank Ocean
6.  "Treasure" Bruno Mars
7.  "Gold Trans Am" Ke$ha
8.  "Prima Donna" Marina and the Diamonds
9.  "Picking Up the Pieces" Paloma Faith
10.  "Everything Is Embarrassing" Sky Ferreira
11.  "Anything Can Happen" Ellie Goulding
12.  "Not Even the King" Alicia Keys
13.  "Girl Gone Wild" Madonna
14.  "Run Free" Rebecca Ferguson
15.  "Brokenhearted" Karmin
16.  "Use Me" Miguel
17.  "Laura" Bat for Lashes
18.  "Losing You" Solange
19.  "Somewhere" Scissor Sisters
20.  "Me Without You" TobyMac
21.  "All of Me" Tanlines
22.  "Is Anybody Out There?" K'naan
23.  "So Fly" Elle Varner
24.  "Down with the Trumpets" Rizzle Kicks
25.  "So Good" B.o.B.
26.  "The Once and Future Carpenter" The Avett Brothers
27.  "Parachute Heart" Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
28.  "The Magic Clap" The Coup
29.  "The Only Place" Best Coast
30.  "Do It With a Rockstar" Amanda Palmer & Grand Theft Orchestra
31.  "Firewood" Regina Spektor
32.  "Whistle" Flo Rida
33.  "We Take Care of Our Own" Bruce Springsteen

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  1. JosephineJanuary 8, 2013 at 4:20 AM

    This list makes me feel old. The only one I know is 31., LOVE Regina!

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