Year-end countdown · 88.3 The Sting · 2012

88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012

The year-end countdown (2012) from 88.3 The Sting in Cleveland, OH ranks 88 songs, with “The Grand Optimist” by City And Colour at number one. The list features 75 different artists; fun. has the most entries with three songs.

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Counting down from #88 on the station's Top 88 archive page. Spelling fixed: The Mowgli's, Lonely Boy, Neon Trees, Portugal. The Man.

# Song ListsBest
88 The Grand Optimist City And Colour 2 #18
87 You Know Me Air Traffic Controller 2 #62
86 Watching You Watch Him Eric Hutchinson 6 #27
85 Fever Maps & Atlases 2 #85
84 Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men 38 #3
83 Someday's Gone The All-American Rejects 1 #83
82 The Reckless and the Brave All Time Low 1 #82
81 Breezeblocks Alt J 37 #2
80 Kill Your Heroes AWOLNATION 14 #9
79 Same Old Trip Chevelle 1 #79
78 Underneath The Sycamore Death Cab for Cutie 2 #76
77 Spread Too Thin Dirty Heads 12 #6
76 Lego House Ed Sheeran 2 #32
75 Holy Touch Foxy Shazam 1 #75
74 Silenced by the Night Keane 8 #25
73 Let's Go Matt And Kim 13 #11
72 When You See My Friends Mayday Paradise 1 #72
71 Waiting for the Dawn Mowgli's 1 #71
70 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons 57 #1
69 Revival The Rocket Summer 3 #69
68 Dedication Rome 3 #54
67 Burn a Miracle Say Anything 1 #67
66 Here I Am Alive Yellowcard 1 #66
65 Undercover Martyn Two Door Cinema Club 5 #21
64 Afterlife Switchfoot 5 #27
63 Always Summer Yellowcard 1 #63
62 Not Your Fault AWOLNATION 27 #8
61 Teardrop Windows Benjamin Gibbard 4 #61
60 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
59 Always Something Cage The Elephant 4 #41
58 Charlie Brown Coldplay 9 #12
57 The A Team Ed Sheeran 5 #10
56 This Head I Hold Electric Guest 14 #1
55 Blood For Poppies Garbage 8 #30
54 Calling Home Goodnight City Lights 2 #54
53 Shadow Days John Mayer 5 #25
52 Room @ the End of the World Matt Nathanson 4 #2
51 1957 Milo Greene 6 #8
50 Babel Mumford & Sons 14 #19
49 Everybody Talks Neon Trees 18 #3
48 The Pit Silversun Pickups 19 #6
47 Danny, Dakota and the Wishing Well A Silent Film 2 #47
46 Only Love Anthony Green 1 #46
45 Anything Could Happen Ellie Goulding 4 #41
44 Sisterly Fang Island 1 #44
43 Release Me Jack's Mannequin 2 #14
42 Burn It Down Linkin Park 19 #3
41 Stubborn Love Lumineers 29 #9
40 Take A Walk Passion Pit 43 #3
39 The Celestials The Smashing Pumpkins 6 #39
38 Another Lost Apache The Fixers 1 #38
37 The Fighter The Fray 1 #37
36 Sleep Alone Two Door Cinema Club 15 #22
35 Time Bomb 311 4 #35
34 Carry On fun. 19 #12
33 Sunshine Matisyahu 5 #33
32 Jump Into The Fog Wombats 11 #10
31 R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys 29 #1
30 Road Warrior Dan Miraldi 1 #30
29 Comeback Kid Sleigh Bells 2 #29
28 Some Days The Maine 1 #28
27 Radioactive Imagine Dragons 39 #1
26 I'll Be Alright Passion Pit 1 #26
25 Run for your Life The Fray 1 #25
24 Dance All Night Dirty Heads 6 #24
23 Youth Without Youth Metric 17 #7
22 Pass Away Pomegranates 1 #22
21 So American Portugal. The Man 5 #21
20 Simple Song The Shins 37 #3
19 Shake It Out Florence And The Machine 53 #3
18 Call It What You Want Foster The People 2 #14
17 Timelines Motion City Soundtrack 1 #17
16 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men 56 #1
15 Don't Stop (Color On The Walls Foster The People 22 #15
14 Live To Rise Soundgarden 6 #14
13 Roadie Tenacious D 1 #13
12 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys 53 #1
11 Sweater Weather Neighbourhood 35 #2
10 Victoria Eve 6 4 #10
9 Jenny Walk the Moon 1 #9
8 Oh Love Green Day 15 #8
7 Warrior Kimbra 3 #7
6 I Come Alive The Used 4 #6
5 We Are Young fun. 47 #1
4 The House That Heaven Built Japandroids 15 #4
3 Madness Muse 49 #2
2 Some Nights fun. 31 #2
1 Somebody That I Used to Know Goyte 1 #1

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About this countdown

88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2012 was broadcast by 88.3 The Sting (Cleveland, OH) 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 Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Source: WBWC 88.3 The Sting, "Top 88 Songs of 2012".

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