Music in 2012: My 100 Songs of the Year (#100-51)


The time of the year's arrived where we reflect on the rest of it and make arbitrary decisions as to which bits of it we enjoyed the most. The major flaw in this process is that tomorrow I shall, most likely, have changed my mind, and be in a different emotional state that appreciates a song more than any of my choices today. For the most part, I've hand-picked 100 songs I've enjoyed in all seasons, and I think will emerge from the year as clear favourites. Let's get started with the first fifty...





#100 - "National Anthem", Lana del Rey
#99 - "We Were Children", Tribes
#98 - "Headphones", Little Boots
#97 - "The Only Place", Best Coast
#96 - "DJ, Ease My Mind", Niki + the Dove
#95 - "A Matter of Time", The Killers
#94 - "Nostradamus and Me", Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
#93 - "Bavarian #1 (Say You Will)", Miike Snow
#92 - "Gooo", TNGHT
#91 - "Let's Have a Kiki", Scissor Sisters




 #90 - "We'll Be Coming Back", Calvin Harris + Example
#89 - "Bonfire", Knife Party
#88 - "Big Mouth", Santigold
#87 - "Don't Deny Your Heart", Hot Chip
#86 - "All That Matters (The Beautiful Life)", Ke$ha
#85 - "Dead in the Water", Ellie Goulding
#84 - "Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control", Tame Impala
#83 - "Phone Sex", Blood Diamonds & Grimes
#82 - "New God Flow", G.O.O.D. Music
#81 - "Like the Wind", NoNoNo




#80 - "The One", Twin Shadow
#79 - "Night Light", Jessie Ware
#78 - "Circumambient", Grimes
#77 - "m.A.A.d. city", Kendrick Lamar
#76 - "Trouble", Leona Lewis
#75 - "DoYaThing", Gorillaz, James Murphy and Andre 3000
#74 - "Cyan", Kindness
#73 - "Wasted Days", Cloud Nothings
#72 - "Grew Up at Midnight", The Maccabees
#71 - "Sun Goes Down", Icona Pop 




#70 - "Masquerade", Nicki Minaj
#69 - "On and On and On", Jack White
#68 - "Regret", Fiona Apple
#67 - "On the Sea", Beach House
#66 - "Everything is Embarrassing", Sky Ferreira
#65 - "Lost", Frank Ocean
#64 - "Born to Lose", Sleigh Bells
#63 - "Dance Again", Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull
#62 - "Good Times", Cooly G
#61 - "Scream", Usher 




#60 - "Gangnam Style (강남스타일)", PSY
#59 - "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)", Nelly Furtado
#58 - "Your Love", Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
#57 - "Liquorice", Azealia Banks
#56 - "Silhouettes", Avicii
#55 - "Losing You", Solange
#54 - "Hit Me", Mystikal
#53 - "Va Va Voom", Nicki Minaj
#52 - "Hood", Perfume Genius
#51 - "Push and Shove", No Doubt 




Well this is where I cut off for fear of boring you to death - but the next fifty are in the process of being sorted and ranked in what can only be described as pain akin to Sophie's Choice. Pray for me.

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