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Year-end countdown · The Current · December 31, 2012

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012

The year-end countdown (December 31, 2012) from The Current in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN ranks 89 songs, with “Old Friend” by Sea Wolf at number one. The list features 67 different artists; Alabama Shakes has the most entries with three songs.

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The source lists an unranked bonus track after #1, labeled "89.3" (Dinosaur Jr., "Watch The Corners"), which is not part of the numbered 1-89 countdown and is omitted here.

# Song ListsBest
89 Old Friend Sea Wolf 1 #89
88 Lonesome Dr. Dog 1 #88
87 Splitter Calexico 1 #87
86 Ruin Cat Power 2 #86
85 Elephant Tame Impala 10 #6
84 Trojans Atlas Genius 13 #4
83 I Don't Recall Lavender Diamond 2 #83
82 Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men 11 #3
81 Let's Go Matt And Kim 5 #44
80 This Head I Hold Electric Guest 5 #16
79 Hang Loose Alabama Shakes 3 #79
78 Home Again Michael Kiwanuka 3 #7
77 Every Single Night Fiona Apple 1 #77
76 Henrietta Yeasayer 1 #76
75 Nancy From Now On Father John Misty 5 #13
74 Movement And Location Punch Brothers 1 #74
73 I Am Not Waiting Anymore Field Report 1 #73
72 Amongster Polica 1 #72
71 After You Chastity Brown 2 #71
70 I Ain't The Same Alabama Shakes 2 #70
69 Charmer Aimee Mann 2 #69
68 My Country TuneYards 1 #68
67 45 The Gaslight Anthem 8 #9
66 The Descent Bob Mould 1 #66
65 Breezeblocks Alt J 11 #2
64 A Candle's Fire Beirut 1 #64
63 Youth Without Youth Metric 7 #7
62 Awkward San Cisco 4 #7
61 Lofticries Purity Ring 2 #61
60 Reminisce John Mark Nelson 1 #60
59 I Never Knew You Avett Brothers 1 #59
58 R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys 13 #1
57 Sixteen Saltines Jack White 7 #23
56 Sleeping Ute Grizzly Bear 1 #56
55 The Only Place Best Coast 3 #55
54 Default Atoms For Peace 1 #54
53 Get Down P. O. S. 1 #53
52 40 Mark Strasse The Shins 1 #52
51 Below My Feet Mumford & Sons 1 #51
50 Only Life I Know Brother Ali 1 #50
49 That Old Black Hole Dr. Dog 6 #49
48 Blue Jeans Lana Del Rey 3 #48
47 Night And Day Hot Chip 1 #47
46 Disparate Youth Santigold 6 #12
45 Yet Again Grizzly Bear 3 #45
44 Synthetica Metric 1 #44
43 Thinkin Bout You Frank Ocean 6 #43
42 Where We Land P. O. S. 1 #42
41 Three White Horses Andrew Bird 1 #41
40 California Delta Spirit 4 #30
39 That Wasn't Me Brandi Carlile 2 #39
38 The Baddest Man Alive The Black Keys 1 #38
37 Love Interruption Jack White 6 #37
36 Skyfall Adele 3 #36
35 I'm Writing a Novel Father John Misty 6 #35
34 The House That Heaven Built Japandroids 7 #29
33 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 23 #1
32 Do It Anyway Ben Folds Five 1 #32
31 Tessellate Alt J 8 #31
30 Simple Song The Shins 12 #8
29 All The Rowboats Regina Spektor 2 #29
28 North Side Gal JD McPherson 4 #28
27 Would That Not Be Nice Divine Fits 5 #27
26 Video Games Lana Del Rey 11 #6
25 Who David Byrne & St. Vincent 2 #25
24 1904 The Tallest Man On Earth 1 #24
23 I'm Shakin' Jack White 4 #23
22 Midnight on the Interstate Trampled by Turtles 2 #22
21 Breathing Underwater Metric 8 #21
20 Andrew in Drag The Magnetic Fields 1 #20
19 Myth Beach House 7 #19
18 Fitzpleasure Alt J 4 #18
17 Stubborn Love Lumineers 8 #14
16 Wandering Star Polica 2 #16
15 Take A Walk Passion Pit 12 #3
14 Lost Frank Ocean 3 #8
13 Man On Fire Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros 3 #13
12 We Are Young fun. 12 #1
11 Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings Father John Misty 5 #11
10 Live and Die Avett Brothers 3 #10
9 Madness Muse 16 #5
8 Default Django Django 7 #8
7 Alone Trampled by Turtles 3 #7
6 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons 19 #1
5 Emmylou First Aid Kit 6 #5
4 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men 21 #1
3 Hold On Alabama Shakes 17 #3
2 Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 5 #2
1 Ho Hey Lumineers 20 #1

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About this countdown

The Current Top 89 Songs of 2012 was voted by The Current’s listeners (Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN) in December 31, 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: The Current, "The Top 89 Songs of 2012".

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