Every song that charted in 2012

Combined ranking of all 341 songs from the rock year-end countdowns of 2012. ← Top 100 of 2012

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Little Talks Of Monsters And Men	637	7	#1	1
2	I Will Wait Mumford & Sons	623	7	#1	1
3	Madness Muse	497	7	#5	–
4	Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye	452	5	#1	1
5	Ho Hey Lumineers	441	6	#1	1
6	Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys	440	6	#2	–
7	Take A Walk Passion Pit	401	6	#3	–
8	Tongue Tied Grouplove	353	4	#4	–
9	Hold On Alabama Shakes	351	5	#3	–
10	Midnight City M83	326	4	#4	–
11	Little Black Submarines The Black Keys	312	5	#11	–
12	Lonely Boy The Black Keys	295	4	#6	–
13	Runaways The Killers	287	5	#5	–
14	We Are Young fun.	282	3	#1	1
15	Burn It Down Linkin Park	275	3	#4	–
16	Simple Song The Shins	272	6	#8	–
17	45 The Gaslight Anthem	270	6	#9	–
18	It's Time Imagine Dragons	267	4	#14	–
19	Some Nights fun.	251	4	#13	–
20	Default Django Django	237	4	#8	–
21	Too Close Alex Clare	233	3	#3	–
22	Everybody Talks Neon Trees	223	3	#7	–
23	Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) Silversun Pickups	219	4	#11	–
24	Anna Sun Walk the Moon	217	3	#2	–
25	Oh Love Green Day	213	4	#14	–
26	Youth Without Youth Metric	205	3	#7	–
27	Trojans Atlas Genius	201	4	#5	–
28	R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys	197	3	#1	1
29	Freedom At 21 Jack White	193	3	#20	–
30	Get Free Major Lazer	193	2	#2	–
31	Love Interruption Jack White	188	5	#37	–
32	Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	185	2	#2	–
33	Sixteen Saltines Jack White	183	4	#23	–
34	We Are Young f/Janelle Monae fun.	183	2	#5	–
35	Disparate Youth Santigold	183	4	#12	–
36	California Delta Spirit	181	3	#30	–
37	Lost Frank Ocean	178	2	#8	–
38	Kill Your Heroes AWOLNATION	171	3	#13	–
39	Breathing Underwater Metric	164	4	#21	–
40	These Days Foo Fighters	163	3	#12	–
41	Shake It Out Florence + The Machine	154	3	#21	–
42	Days Go By The Offspring	148	3	#23	–
43	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls Foster The People	146	3	#21	–
44	Paradise Coldplay	146	2	#16	–
45	Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	144	2	#1	1
46	Would That Not Be Nice Divine Fits	140	2	#27	–
47	Days Are Forgotten Kasabian	132	2	#32	–
48	Top Of The World Slightly Stoopid	130	2	#10	–
49	Reunion M83	130	2	#33	–
50	The House That Heaven Built Japandroids	127	3	#29	–
51	Breezeblocks Alt J	126	2	#3	–
52	Satellite Rise Against	125	2	#17	–
53	Itchin' On A Photograph Grouplove	123	3	#38	–
54	Chained The xx	121	3	#23	–
55	Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men	112	5	#47	–
56	We Come Running Youngblood Hawke	110	3	#34	–
57	Spread Too Thin Dirty Heads	105	2	#26	–
58	Octopus Bloc Party	104	2	#21	–
59	Tessellate Alt J	103	2	#31	–
60	Sleep Alone Two Door Cinema Club	103	4	#28	–
61	Jump Into The Fog Wombats	101	2	#10	–
62	Elephant Tame Impala	100	2	#7	–
63	Not Your Fault AWOLNATION	99	3	#44	–
64	Home Again Michael Kiwanuka	98	2	#7	–
65	Thinkin Bout You Frank Ocean	98	2	#43	–
66	Adventures Of Rain Dance… Red Hot Chili Peppers	98	1	#3	–
67	All The Rowboats Regina Spektor	98	2	#29	–
68	Holdin On Flume	97	1	#4	–
69	This Head I Hold Electric Guest	97	2	#16	–
70	Emmylou First Aid Kit	96	1	#5	–
71	Keep You Close dEUS	95	1	#3	–
72	Alone Trampled by Turtles	93	1	#7	–
73	Warpaint School is Cool	93	1	#4	–
74	Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Tame Impala	92	1	#9	–
75	My Gun The Rubens	91	1	#10	–
76	Sweet Nothing Calvin Harris	90	1	#11	–
77	Live and Die Avett Brothers	90	1	#10	–
78	Wait For Me Rise Against	89	2	#27	–
79	Strange Attractor Animal Kingdom	89	1	#12	–
80	Lost In Forever P.O.D.	89	1	#11	–
81	Sleepless Flume	89	1	#12	–
82	Hollywood Forever Cemetary Sings Father John Misty	89	1	#11	–
83	I Love It Icona Pop	87	1	#14	–
84	Man On Fire Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	87	1	#13	–
85	Not Giving In Rudimental	85	1	#16	–
86	Headlights Morning Parade	84	1	#17	–
87	Clair de Lune Flight Facilities	84	1	#17	–
88	The Only Place Best Coast	84	2	#55	–
89	Wandering Star Polica	83	1	#16	–
90	HyperParadise (Flume Remix) Hermitude	83	1	#18	–
91	Crazy Sufferin' Style Selah Sue	83	1	#8	–
92	Stubborn Love Lumineers	82	1	#17	–
93	Angels The xx	82	1	#19	–
94	How It Starts The Features	82	1	#20	–
95	Feel the Love Rudimental	81	1	#20	–
96	Fitzpleasure Alt J	81	1	#18	–
97	Fire Escape Civil Twilight	81	1	#21	–
98	Dark Horses Switchfoot	80	1	#19	–
99	Latch Disclosure	80	1	#21	–
100	Myth Beach House	80	1	#19	–
101	The Pit Silversun Pickups	80	2	#40	–
102	I'm Shakin' Jack White	79	2	#23	–
103	Trembling Hands The Temper Trap	79	1	#22	–
104	Andrew in Drag The Magnetic Fields	79	1	#20	–
105	No Light, No Light Florence + The Machine	78	2	#56	–
106	Coming Down Ball Park Music	78	1	#23	–
107	Look Around Red Hot Chili Peppers	78	2	#37	–
108	Space Absynthe Minded	78	1	#10	–
109	I'm Into You Chet Faker	77	1	#24	–
110	Midnight on the Interstate Trampled by Turtles	76	1	#22	–
111	Bangarang Skrillex	76	1	#25	–
112	Tallulah Company of Thieves	76	1	#26	–
113	Dear Science Seth Sentry	75	1	#26	–
114	It's Only Life The Shins	75	1	#27	–
115	1904 The Tallest Man On Earth	74	1	#24	–
116	Surrender Ball Park Music	74	1	#27	–
117	The Sound Of Winter Bush	73	2	#38	–
118	Who David Byrne & St. Vincent	73	1	#25	–
119	Let's Go Matt And Kim	72	3	#44	–
120	Sail AWOLNATION	72	1	#15	–
121	Viking Death March Billy Talent	72	1	#15	–
122	Cherry Lips Loon Lake	72	1	#29	–
123	Video Games Lana Del Rey	72	1	#26	–
124	So American Portugal. The Man	72	1	#30	–
125	Laura Bat For Lashes	71	1	#30	–
126	Shuffle Bombay Bicycle Club	71	1	#31	–
127	Sky Is The Limit Rebelution	70	1	#28	–
128	Eyes Wide Open Gotye	70	2	#25	–
129	Back & Forth Foo Fighters	70	1	#13	–
130	Damini Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker	70	1	#16	–
131	Gasoline Alpine	70	1	#31	–
132	Mean To Me Ben Kweller	70	1	#32	–
133	North Side Gal JD McPherson	70	1	#28	–
134	Where Will We Go IAMDYNAMITE	69	1	#29	–
135	Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Remix) Florence And The Machine	69	1	#32	–
136	Can't Get Better Than This Parachute Youth	68	1	#33	–
137	All Of Me Tanlines	68	1	#34	–
138	Spectrum Florence And The Machine	68	1	#14	–
139	After Midnight blink-182	67	1	#31	–
140	Born to Die Lana Del Rey	67	1	#34	–
141	The Grand Optimist City And Colour	66	1	#18	–
142	Run Alone 360	66	1	#35	–
143	Do It Anyway Ben Folds Five	65	1	#32	–
144	Survival Muse	65	1	#15	–
145	Paddling Out Miike Snow	65	1	#36	–
146	Push and Shove No Doubt	64	1	#19	–
147	Sun Two Door Cinema Club	64	1	#37	–
148	Tightrope Walk the Moon	64	2	#64	–
149	Surrender Angels & Airwaves	64	1	#34	–
150	Oblivion Grimes	63	1	#38	–
151	The Underside School is Cool	63	1	#16	–
152	Walk Foo Fighters	62	1	#20	–
153	Seven Seas Blues Monster Truck	62	1	#20	–
154	I'm Writing a Novel Father John Misty	62	1	#35	–
155	Stay Useless Cloud Nothings	61	1	#41	–
156	Skyfall Adele	61	1	#36	–
157	Fade Away Selah Sue	60	1	#17	–
158	I Can Make You Love Me British India	60	1	#41	–
159	Hurricane Ms Mr	59	1	#42	–
160	The Baddest Man Alive The Black Keys	58	1	#38	–
161	Rope Foo Fighters	58	1	#39	–
162	Let Yourself Go Green Day	58	2	#45	–
163	Stairway Yukon Blonde	58	1	#22	–
164	Miss Atomic Bomb The Killers	58	2	#43	–
165	That Wasn't Me Brandi Carlile	57	1	#39	–
166	AKA...What A Life! Noel Gallagher High Flying...	57	1	#45	–
167	Follow the Sun Xavier Rudd	57	1	#44	–
168	Young and Dumb Chance Waters	56	1	#45	–
169	Yet Again Grizzly Bear	55	2	#45	–
170	Three White Horses Andrew Bird	55	1	#41	–
171	White Doves Young Empires	54	1	#24	–
172	Where We Land P. O. S.	54	1	#42	–
173	Pumped up Kicks Foster The People	54	1	#43	–
174	King And All Of His Men Wolf Gang	53	1	#49	–
175	Fred Astaire San Cisco	53	1	#48	–
176	Twisted Tales Jane's Addiction	53	1	#44	–
177	Quatre Mains dEUS	53	1	#20	–
178	I'll Be Gone Linkin Park	52	1	#25	–
179	Brother (Like a Version) Thundamentals	52	1	#49	–
180	Synthetica Metric	52	1	#44	–
181	Knock Knock Band of Horses	51	1	#51	–
182	My Heart Is on Fire Asta	51	1	#50	–
183	Let Us Hear Your Voice Pennywise	51	1	#46	–
184	Don't Break The Needle J. Walston Roddy/The Business	50	1	#52	–
185	The Way It Is The Sheepdogs	50	1	#26	–
186	This Fire Birds of Tokyo	50	1	#51	–
187	Go Right Ahead The Hives	50	1	#53	–
188	Ghosts The Presets	49	1	#52	–
189	Goodbye Kiss Kasabian	49	1	#54	–
190	Closer Tegan and Sara	48	2	#71	–
191	Night And Day Hot Chip	48	1	#47	–
192	Albatross Big Wreck	48	1	#27	–
193	Wild Things San Cisco	48	1	#53	–
194	I Follow Rivers Triggerfinger	48	1	#22	–
195	Blue Jeans Lana Del Rey	47	1	#48	–
196	I Got Burned The Bamboos	47	1	#54	–
197	That Old Black Hole Dr. Dog	46	1	#49	–
198	Internet Friends Knife Party	46	1	#55	–
199	Radioactive Imagine Dragons	45	1	#51	–
200	Only Life I Know Brother Ali	45	1	#50	–
201	Float Away Seth Sentry	44	1	#57	–
202	Afterlife Switchfoot	44	1	#52	–
203	Below My Feet Mumford & Sons	44	1	#51	–
204	Baby Says Kills	44	1	#59	–
205	Babel Mumford & Sons	43	1	#58	–
206	This Ladder Is Ours Joy Formidable	43	1	#53	–
207	Charlie Brown Coldplay	43	1	#60	–
208	40 Mark Strasse The Shins	43	1	#52	–
209	Love This Cosmo Jarvis	42	1	#59	–
210	Get Down P. O. S.	42	1	#53	–
211	Default Atoms For Peace	40	1	#54	–
212	Heavyweight Our Lady Peace	40	1	#31	–
213	Caress Your Soul Sticky Fingers	40	1	#61	–
214	Change Churchill	40	1	#56	–
215	Just What I Am Kid Cudi	39	1	#62	–
216	It's Real Real Estate	39	1	#64	–
217	Been Away Too Long Soundgarden	38	2	#40	–
218	Sleeping Ute Grizzly Bear	38	1	#56	–
219	Wolf First Aid Kit	38	1	#63	–
220	Stuck In My ID Reptar	37	1	#66	–
221	Lost In The Echo Linkin Park	36	1	#59	–
222	Lessons In Love (All Day… Neon Trees	36	2	#60	–
223	Chalk Outline Three Days Grace	36	1	#33	–
224	Genesis Grimes	36	1	#65	–
225	Always Something Cage The Elephant	36	1	#67	–
226	Dum Dum Dum Renée	35	1	#27	–
227	The Best We Got The Rubens	35	1	#66	–
228	Houdini Foster The People	35	1	#68	–
229	I Never Knew You Avett Brothers	35	1	#59	–
230	Adolescents Incubus	34	1	#61	–
231	On Top Flume	34	1	#67	–
232	Blood For Poppies Garbage	34	1	#69	–
233	Reminisce John Mark Nelson	34	1	#60	–
234	Silhouettes Avicii	33	1	#68	–
235	I Like It Foxy Shazam	33	1	#62	–
236	Lofticries Purity Ring	33	1	#61	–
237	Wetsuit Vaccines	33	1	#28	–
238	Crush Sleigh Bells	32	1	#71	–
239	Carry On fun.	32	1	#35	–
240	We Don't Sleep Tonight Young Empires	32	1	#35	–
241	Lonely Boy (Like a Version) Matt Corby	32	1	#69	–
242	Awkward San Cisco	31	1	#62	–
243	Called Out In The Dark Snow Patrol	31	1	#72	–
244	Promises The Presets	31	1	#70	–
245	The Fear Ben Howard	30	1	#29	–
246	Swimming Pools (Drank) Kendrick Lamar	30	1	#71	–
247	A Candle's Fire Beirut	29	1	#64	–
248	Sweet Sour Band Of Skulls	29	1	#74	–
249	How'd You Like That The Kooks	28	1	#75	–
250	Michigan Left Arkells	28	1	#37	–
251	Draw a Crowd Ben Folds Five	28	1	#73	–
252	Danger Zone The Van Jets	28	1	#30	–
253	Underneath The Sycamore Death Cab for Cutie	27	1	#76	–
254	The Descent Bob Mould	27	1	#66	–
255	The Keepers Santigold	26	1	#77	–
256	Here Comes The Light The Van Jets	25	1	#31	–
257	Heard It All Illy	25	1	#76	–
258	My Country TuneYards	25	1	#68	–
259	Prozac Rock Margot & The Nuclear So And So	24	1	#79	–
260	Don't Stop Slightly Stoopid	24	1	#70	–
261	Let's Fall in Love Mother Mother	24	1	#39	–
262	Love Is All I Got Feed Me and Crystal Fighters	24	1	#77	–
263	Charmer Aimee Mann	24	1	#69	–
264	Need Your Love The Temper Trap	23	1	#80	–
265	Household Goods Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs	23	1	#78	–
266	Perfect World The Gossip	23	1	#32	–
267	I Ain't The Same Alabama Shakes	22	1	#70	–
268	What Makes A Good Man? Heavy	22	1	#81	–
269	Bridge Burning Foo Fighters	22	1	#72	–
270	Mustache Man (Wasted) Cake	21	1	#82	–
271	After You Chastity Brown	21	1	#71	–
272	Super Rich Kids Frank Ocean	21	1	#80	–
273	Panopticon The Smashing Pumpkins	21	1	#73	–
274	Amongster Polica	20	1	#72	–
275	Hapiness Sam Sparro	20	1	#33	–
276	Something Good Alt J	20	1	#81	–
277	Settle Down No Doubt	20	1	#74	–
278	Apartment Young the Giant	19	1	#84	–
279	I Am Not Waiting Anymore Field Report	19	1	#73	–
280	Porcupine f/Lincoln Parish Iration	19	1	#75	–
281	Under The Gun Electric Guest	18	1	#85	–
282	She's a Riot The Jungle Giants	18	1	#83	–
283	Movement And Location Punch Brothers	18	1	#74	–
284	Give & Take Netsky	18	1	#34	–
285	Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom Hilltop Hoods	17	1	#84	–
286	Nancy From Now On Father John Misty	17	1	#75	–
287	We Got the Love I Mother Earth	16	1	#43	–
288	Fineshrine Purity Ring	16	1	#85	–
289	Henrietta Yeasayer	16	1	#76	–
290	Another One The Features	16	1	#88	–
291	Minerals Oliver Trolley	15	1	#78	–
292	Control Goose	15	1	#35	–
293	Summertime Sadness Lana Del Rey	15	1	#86	–
294	Every Single Night Fiona Apple	15	1	#77	–
295	Chronicles of a Fallen Love The Bloody Beetroots	14	1	#87	–
296	Victoria Eve 6	13	1	#80	–
297	Down the Road C2C	13	1	#88	–
298	Hit The Ground (Superman) Big Pink	13	1	#91	–
299	Kill the DJ Green Day	13	1	#36	–
300	Hang Loose Alabama Shakes	12	1	#79	–
301	Let It In Sam Roberts Band	12	1	#45	–
302	Maybe Tomorrow Chance Waters	12	1	#89	–
303	Fever Maps & Atlases	12	1	#92	–
304	Hard Times Family Wagon	11	1	#82	–
305	Tear It Up Delta Spirit	11	1	#93	–
306	The Dog Is Mine K-OS	10	1	#46	–
307	So Good Allday & C1	10	1	#91	–
308	Spiritus Lisa Mitchell	9	1	#92	–
309	Where The Kids Are Blondfire	9	1	#84	–
310	Underground Jane's Addiction	9	1	#95	–
311	Surprise Surprise Billy Talent	8	1	#47	–
312	Dance Bear Snakadaktal	8	1	#93	–
313	I Don't Recall Lavender Diamond	8	1	#83	–
314	Hurts Like Heaven Coldplay	8	1	#96	–
315	Help Is On The Way Rise Against	8	1	#85	–
316	I'm A Bird Marco Z	8	1	#38	–
317	Pelican The Maccabees	7	1	#97	–
318	Gimme Twice The Royal Concept	7	1	#86	–
319	Andy Last Dinosaurs	6	1	#95	–
320	Spectrum Florence + The Machine	6	1	#98	–
321	Tempest Deftones	5	1	#87	–
322	Twenty Radios Bodyspasm	5	1	#39	–
323	Clique Kanye West	5	1	#96	–
324	Ruin Cat Power	4	1	#86	–
325	Bug Wavves	4	1	#88	–
326	Wolves Big Wreck	4	1	#49	–
327	Back Of Your Neck Howler	4	1	#100	–
328	Splitter Calexico	3	1	#87	–
329	Plaster Beast Patrol	3	1	#89	–
330	Warrior Kimbra	3	1	#98	–
331	Away Frm U Oberhofer	3	1	#101	–
332	Duquense's Horse Geppetto & The Whales	3	1	#40	–
333	Lonesome Dr. Dog	2	1	#88	–
334	Thrift Shop f/Wanz Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	2	1	#90	–
335	At Transformation The Tragically Hip	2	1	#50	–
336	Professional Griefers Deadmau5	2	1	#50	–
337	Bad Girls M.I.A.	2	1	#99	–
338	The Celestials The Smashing Pumpkins	2	1	#102	–
339	Old Friend Sea Wolf	1	1	#89	–
340	Dangerous Audio Addiction	1	1	#91	–
341	Cough Cough Everything Everything	1	1	#100	–