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Year-end countdown · 97X · December 2012

97X Top 97 Songs of 2012

The year-end countdown (December 2012) from 97X in Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ranks 97 songs, with “We Are Young” by fun. at number one. The list features 58 different artists; The Black Keys has the most entries with five songs.

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Page dated December 31, 2012. The songs are an HTML numbered list (1-97); ranks follow that numbering. Artists are printed in capitals (some surname-first, e.g. 'CLARE, ALEX', 'WHITE, JACK') and are recased and turned around here; 'f/' credits are written as feat.

# Song ListsBest
1 We Are Young fun. 47 #1
2 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye 65 #1
3 These Days Foo Fighters 33 #3
4 I Will Wait Mumford & Sons 57 #1
5 Madness Muse 49 #2
6 Little Talks Of Monsters And Men 56 #1
7 Ho Hey Lumineers 63 #1
8 Some Nights fun. 31 #2
9 Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys 53 #1
10 Tongue Tied Grouplove 41 #4
11 It's Time Imagine Dragons 36 #1
12 Sail AWOLNATION 52 #1
13 Satellite Rise Against 19 #2
14 Take A Walk Passion Pit 43 #3
15 Burn It Down Linkin Park 19 #3
16 Little Black Submarines The Black Keys 41 #3
17 Too Close Alex Clare 23 #3
18 Not Your Fault AWOLNATION 27 #8
19 Lonely Boy The Black Keys 78 #1
20 Midnight City M83 55 #4
21 Pumped up Kicks Foster The People 83 #1
22 Face to the Floor Chevelle 21 #20
23 My Body Young the Giant 39 #3
24 Tighten Up The Black Keys 82 #1
25 Walk Foo Fighters 54 #1
26 Lay Me Down Dirty Heads 46 #1
27 Don't Stop (Color On The Walls Foster The People 22 #15
28 Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) Silversun Pickups 11 #7
29 Radioactive Imagine Dragons 39 #1
30 Cough Syrup Young the Giant 44 #3
31 Look Around Red Hot Chili Peppers 8 #15
32 Spread Too Thin Dirty Heads 12 #6
33 The Sound Of Winter Bush 27 #2
34 Oh Love Green Day 15 #8
35 Help Is On The Way Rise Against 28 #3
36 Tonight Seether 18 #7
37 Runaways The Killers 19 #5
38 I'm Not A Vampire Falling in Reverse 1 #38
39 Wait For Me Rise Against 6 #23
40 Kill Your Heroes AWOLNATION 14 #9
41 Dark Horses Switchfoot 19 #11
42 Days Go By The Offspring 9 #11
43 Itchin' On A Photograph Grouplove 14 #21
44 We Come Running Youngblood Hawke 15 #18
45 Love Interruption Jack White 20 #2
46 Simple Song The Shins 37 #3
47 Hats Off To The Bull Chevelle 5 #6
48 Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant 55 #2
49 After Midnight blink-182 21 #14
50 45 The Gaslight Anthem 18 #1
51 Afterlife Switchfoot 5 #27
52 I Like It Foxy Shazam 4 #31
53 Trojans Atlas Genius 40 #3
54 Fire Escape Civil Twilight 8 #21
55 Paradise Coldplay 51 #8
56 Lost In The Echo Linkin Park 6 #35
57 Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men 38 #3
58 Baby Come Home Bush 3 #24
59 Narcissistic Cannibal Korn 10 #34
60 Shake It Out Florence And The Machine 53 #3
61 Monarchy of Roses Red Hot Chili Peppers 18 #28
62 Everybody Talks Neon Trees 18 #3
63 Aberdeen Cage The Elephant 20 #7
64 Chalk Outline Three Days Grace 6 #17
65 Colours Grouplove 20 #6
66 I Come Alive The Used 4 #6
67 The Pit Silversun Pickups 19 #6
68 Howlin' for You The Black Keys 58 #1
69 Sleep Alone Two Door Cinema Club 15 #22
70 Sixteen Saltines Jack White 16 #13
71 Panic Sublime with Rome 21 #7
72 Country Song Seether 16 #6
73 Bridge Burning Foo Fighters 6 #50
74 Charlie Brown Coldplay 9 #12
75 A Heavy Abacus Joy Formidable 8 #15
76 Headlights Morning Parade 11 #17
77 Let Yourself Go Green Day 9 #26
78 Anna Sun Walk the Moon 22 #2
79 Hold On Alabama Shakes 38 #1
80 Been Away Too Long Soundgarden 9 #15
81 Apartment Young the Giant 5 #45
82 Make It Stop (september's Children) Rise Against 12 #6
83 Are You On Your Way Middle Class Rut 3 #65
84 This Ladder Is Ours Joy Formidable 5 #28
85 Change Churchill 12 #39
86 Tempest Deftones 9 #36
87 Freedom At 21 Jack White 15 #12
88 Carry On fun. 19 #12
89 Amen Paper Tongues 1 #89
90 Holding On To You Twenty One Pilots 8 #3
91 The Afterlife Bush 2 #55
92 Helena Beat Foster The People 35 #6
93 All I Want A Day To Remember 27 #13
94 Hurts Like Heaven Coldplay 3 #84
95 Times They Are A-Changin' Flogging Molly 3 #38
96 Eyes Wide Open Gotye 7 #25
97 The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers 48 #3

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About this countdown

97X Top 97 Songs of 2012 was broadcast by 97X (Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL) in December 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: 97X (97xonline.com), "Top 97 Songs of 2012" (Wayback Machine).

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