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Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012

The year-end countdown (2012) from Lightning 100 in Nashville, TN ranks 101 songs, with “Hold On” by Alabama Shakes at number one. The list features 74 different artists; Lumineers has the most entries with three songs.

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Printed counting up from #1; #1-44 are a numbered HTML list and #45 onward are numbered in the text. The last entry is printed as #101 "(This is the point one song)" and is given here as #100.1. Video-link notes dropped. Corrected: Tounge Tied (7), Breezblocks (37), Graffitti6 (45, 81), Love Interrupted (57).

# Song ListsBest
1 Hold On Alabama Shakes 38 #1
2 Ho Hey Lumineers 63 #1
3 It's Time Imagine Dragons 36 #1
4 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 65 #1
5 We Are Young fun. 47 #1
6 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys 53 #1
7 Tongue Tied Grouplove 41 #4
8 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men 56 #1
9 Only Love Ben Howard 4 #9
10 The A Team Ed Sheeran 5 #10
11 Anna Sun Walk the Moon 22 #2
12 Take A Walk Passion Pit 43 #3
13 Queen Of California John Mayer 6 #13
14 I'm Getting Ready Michael Kiwanuka 6 #14
15 The Walk Mayer Hawthorne 24 #4
16 That Wasn't Me Brandi Carlile 12 #16
17 I'm Shakin' Jack White 15 #7
18 I Ain't The Same Alabama Shakes 10 #18
19 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
20 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons 57 #1
21 Chains Of Love Ryan Adams 4 #16
22 Reboot the Mission The Wallflowers 9 #13
23 Happy Pills Norah Jones 10 #23
24 Runaways The Killers 19 #5
25 Shadow Days John Mayer 5 #25
26 Live and Die Avett Brothers 13 #4
27 My Oh My Tristan Prettyman 3 #27
28 Cough Syrup Young the Giant 44 #3
29 Charlie Brown Coldplay 9 #12
30 Home Phillip Phillips 4 #11
31 Down In The Valley The Head and the Heart 9 #2
32 Lego House Ed Sheeran 2 #32
33 Simple Song The Shins 37 #3
34 No Light, No Light Florence And The Machine 11 #16
35 Too Close Alex Clare 23 #3
36 Silenced by the Night Keane 8 #25
37 Breezeblocks Alt J 37 #2
38 Watching You Watch Him Eric Hutchinson 6 #27
39 Some Nights fun. 31 #2
40 Mercy Dave Matthews Band 5 #12
41 February Seven Avett Brothers 4 #41
42 Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men 38 #3
43 Hypocritical Kiss Jack White 2 #43
44 Classy Girls Lumineers 1 #44
45 Free Graffiti 6 5 #29
46 Madness Muse 49 #2
47 Stars Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 4 #21
48 A Little Bit of Everything Dawes 20 #2
49 Set Fire To The Rain Adele 16 #19
50 Babel Mumford & Sons 14 #19
51 Waiting Whigs 1 #51
52 Stubborn Love Lumineers 29 #9
53 California Delta Spirit 9 #30
54 Birds Of A Feather The Civil Wars 1 #54
55 Love Is A Country The Wallflowers 4 #26
56 Alabama Pines Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit 2 #56
57 Love Interruption Jack White 20 #2
58 Revolution Dr. John 5 #35
59 Rooftop Dave Matthews Band 1 #59
60 See It For Yourself Sugar And The Hi-Lows 1 #60
61 It's Only Life The Shins 10 #6
62 Let Her Go Passenger 6 #16
63 I'll Be Waiting Adele 4 #7
64 Half Moon Blind Pilot 2 #64
65 North Side Gal JD McPherson 16 #11
66 Paradise Coldplay 51 #8
67 This Head I Hold Electric Guest 14 #1
68 Never Go Back Grace Potter & The Nocturnals 4 #33
69 I'm Writing a Novel Father John Misty 12 #35
70 Trojans Atlas Genius 40 #3
71 Lonesome Dr. Dog 5 #53
72 Keep Your Heart Young Brandi Carlile 4 #72
73 Hello Hello Missy Higgins 1 #73
74 My Body Young the Giant 39 #3
75 Firebug JD McPherson 5 #45
76 In The End Snow Patrol 1 #76
77 Another One The Features 4 #29
78 Itchin' On A Photograph Grouplove 14 #21
79 Modern Love Matt Nathanson 2 #14
80 Change Churchill 12 #39
81 Stare Into The Sun Graffiti 6 3 #81
82 1957 Milo Greene 6 #8
83 Caught Me Thinking Bahamas 3 #54
84 Put The Gun Down ZZ Ward 6 #23
85 Myth Beach House 14 #19
86 Hero Family Of The Year 11 #3
87 I've Got This Friend The Civil Wars 2 #28
88 Teardrop Windows Benjamin Gibbard 4 #61
89 Run Away Sarah Jarosz 1 #89
90 Down To You Bonnie Raitt 1 #90
91 I'll Still Be There Brandi Carlile 1 #91
92 Knock Knock Band of Horses 7 #51
93 Old Pine Ben Howard 1 #93
94 Alone Trampled by Turtles 4 #7
95 Two Fingers Jake Bugg 10 #8
96 We Are The Tide Blind Pilot 2 #96
97 The Boxer Jerry Douglas 3 #89
98 The Undercurrent Maximo Park 2 #29
99 House We Grew Up In The Weeks 1 #99
100 The Way It Is The Sheepdogs 3 #26
100.1 Forever Together Foxy Shazam 1 #101

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About this countdown

Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 was broadcast by Lightning 100 (Nashville, TN) in 2012. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Indie & Adult Alternative rankings.

Source: Lightning 100, "2012 Count-up Countdown".

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