96.5 The Buzz · Year-end countdown series

The Buzz Top 96 of the Year

RockLists has 3 editions of the The Buzz Top 96 of the Year, from 2012 to 2016. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Lazaretto” by Jack White, which appears in 1 edition.

3editions

2012–2016years

3different #1s

2missing years

Every edition and its number one

Year	Countdown	Number one	Size
2012	Top 96 Songs of 2012 partial	This Head I Hold Electric Guest	96
2014	Top 96 Songs of 2014	Lazaretto Jack White	96
2016	Top 96 Songs of 2016	Life Itself Glass Animals	96

Missing from the archive: 2013, 2015. Have one of these?

How the top songs moved between editions

Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.

#	Song	'12	'14	'16
1	Lazaretto Jack White	–	1	–
2	Life Itself Glass Animals	–	–	1
3	This Head I Hold Electric Guest	1	–	–
4	River Bishop Briggs	–	–	2
5	Love Interruption Jack White	2	–	–
6	Gooey Glass Animals	–	2	–
7	Adelaide Meg Myers	–	3	–
8	Ophelia Lumineers	–	–	3
9	Simple Song The Shins	3	–	–
10	Too Close Alex Clare	4	–	–
11	Left Hand Free Alt J	–	4	–
12	I Want You Marian Hill	–	–	4
13	Soundcheck Catfish and the Bottlemen	–	–	5
14	Ho Hey Lumineers	5	–	–
15	I Wanna Get Better Bleachers	–	5	–
16	Kathleen Catfish and the Bottlemen	–	6	–
17	Wow Beck	–	–	6
18	I Will Wait Mumford & Sons	6	–	–
19	HandClap Fitz and the Tantrums	–	–	7
20	Take A Walk Passion Pit	7	–	–
21	Beggin For Thread Banks	–	7	–
22	Fever The Black Keys	–	8	–
23	All We Ever Knew The Head and the Heart	–	–	8
24	Some Nights fun.	8	–	–
25	Madness Muse	9	–	–
26	Agora Bear Hands	–	9	–
27	Casual Party Band of Horses	–	–	9
28	Would You Fight For My Love?Jack White	–	10	–
29	Heathens Twenty One Pilots	–	–	10
30	Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men	10	–	–
31	Every Other Freckle Alt J	–	11	–
32	Good Grief Bastille	–	–	11
33	Let's Go Matt And Kim	11	–	–
34	You & Me The Hunna	–	–	12
35	Freedom At 21 Jack White	12	–	–
36	Reverse Somekindawonderful	–	12	–
37	Beware The Dog Griswolds	–	13	–
38	You Dont Get Me High Anymore Phantogram	–	–	13
39	Sixteen Saltines Jack White	13	–	–
40	45 The Gaslight Anthem	14	–	–
41	Desire Meg Myers	–	14	–
42	Welcome to Your Life Grouplove	–	–	14
43	All This Could Be Yours Cold War Kids	–	15	–
44	Giant Banks & Steelz	–	–	15
45	Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)Silversun Pickups	15	–	–
46	Runaways The Killers	16	–	–
47	Reflections Misterwives	–	16	–
48	Something to Believe In Young the Giant	–	–	16
49	Talk to Much Coin	–	–	17
50	Strange Attractor Animal Kingdom	17	–	–
51	Best Friend Foster The People	–	17	–
52	Habits Tove Lo	–	18	–
53	Take It All Back JUDAH & THE LION	–	–	18
54	We Come Running Youngblood Hawke	18	–	–
55	Headlights Morning Parade	19	–	–
56	Mother & Father Broods	–	19	–
57	Blood In The Cut K. Flay	–	–	19
58	Rollercoaster Bleachers	–	20	–
59	Wednesday Night Melody Bleached	–	–	20
60	Spread Too Thin Dirty Heads	20	–	–