Every song that charted in 2012

Combined ranking of all 287 songs from the alternative rock year-end countdowns of 2012. ← Top 100 of 2012

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Little Talks Of Monsters And Men	541	6	#1	1
2	I Will Wait Mumford & Sons	529	6	#1	1
3	Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys	440	6	#2	–
4	Madness Muse	406	6	#5	–
5	Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye	388	4	#1	1
6	Tongue Tied Grouplove	353	4	#4	–
7	Ho Hey Lumineers	341	5	#5	–
8	Midnight City M83	326	4	#4	–
9	Take A Walk Passion Pit	316	5	#3	–
10	Little Black Submarines The Black Keys	312	5	#11	–
11	Lonely Boy The Black Keys	295	4	#6	–
12	Runaways The Killers	287	5	#5	–
13	Burn It Down Linkin Park	275	3	#4	–
14	It's Time Imagine Dragons	267	4	#14	–
15	Hold On Alabama Shakes	254	4	#9	–
16	Some Nights fun.	251	4	#13	–
17	45 The Gaslight Anthem	244	5	#9	–
18	Too Close Alex Clare	233	3	#3	–
19	Everybody Talks Neon Trees	223	3	#7	–
20	Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings) Silversun Pickups	219	4	#11	–
21	Anna Sun Walk the Moon	217	3	#2	–
22	Oh Love Green Day	213	4	#14	–
23	Simple Song The Shins	204	5	#8	–
24	Trojans Atlas Genius	194	3	#5	–
25	We Are Young fun.	194	2	#1	1
26	Freedom At 21 Jack White	193	3	#20	–
27	Get Free Major Lazer	193	2	#2	–
28	We Are Young f/Janelle Monae fun.	183	2	#5	–
29	Youth Without Youth Metric	174	2	#7	–
30	Kill Your Heroes AWOLNATION	171	3	#13	–
31	These Days Foo Fighters	163	3	#12	–
32	R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys	161	2	#1	1
33	Shake It Out Florence + The Machine	154	3	#21	–
34	Days Go By The Offspring	148	3	#23	–
35	Sixteen Saltines Jack White	146	3	#23	–
36	Don't Stop (Color On The Walls Foster The People	146	3	#21	–
37	Paradise Coldplay	146	2	#16	–
38	Default Django Django	145	3	#19	–
39	Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	144	2	#1	1
40	Disparate Youth Santigold	133	3	#12	–
41	Days Are Forgotten Kasabian	132	2	#32	–
42	Top Of The World Slightly Stoopid	130	2	#10	–
43	Reunion M83	130	2	#33	–
44	Love Interruption Jack White	128	4	#44	–
45	Satellite Rise Against	125	2	#17	–
46	California Delta Spirit	124	2	#30	–
47	Itchin' On A Photograph Grouplove	123	3	#38	–
48	Chained The xx	121	3	#23	–
49	We Come Running Youngblood Hawke	110	3	#34	–
50	Spread Too Thin Dirty Heads	105	2	#26	–
51	Octopus Bloc Party	104	2	#21	–
52	Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men	103	4	#47	–
53	Sleep Alone Two Door Cinema Club	103	4	#28	–
54	Jump Into The Fog Wombats	101	2	#10	–
55	Not Your Fault AWOLNATION	99	3	#44	–
56	Breezeblocks Alt J	98	1	#3	–
57	Adventures Of Rain Dance… Red Hot Chili Peppers	98	1	#3	–
58	Holdin On Flume	97	1	#4	–
59	Keep You Close dEUS	95	1	#3	–
60	Elephant Tame Impala	94	1	#7	–
61	Lost Frank Ocean	93	1	#8	–
62	Warpaint School is Cool	93	1	#4	–
63	Feels Like We Only Go Backwards Tame Impala	92	1	#9	–
64	My Gun The Rubens	91	1	#10	–
65	Sweet Nothing Calvin Harris	90	1	#11	–
66	Wait For Me Rise Against	89	2	#27	–
67	Strange Attractor Animal Kingdom	89	1	#12	–
68	Lost In Forever P.O.D.	89	1	#11	–
69	Sleepless Flume	89	1	#12	–
70	I Love It Icona Pop	87	1	#14	–
71	Breathing Underwater Metric	86	3	#41	–
72	Same Love Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	86	1	#15	–
73	This Head I Hold Electric Guest	85	1	#16	–
74	Home Again Michael Kiwanuka	85	1	#7	–
75	Not Giving In Rudimental	85	1	#16	–
76	Headlights Morning Parade	84	1	#17	–
77	Clair de Lune Flight Facilities	84	1	#17	–
78	HyperParadise (Flume Remix) Hermitude	83	1	#18	–
79	Crazy Sufferin' Style Selah Sue	83	1	#8	–
80	Angels The xx	82	1	#19	–
81	How It Starts The Features	82	1	#20	–
82	Feel the Love Rudimental	81	1	#20	–
83	Fire Escape Civil Twilight	81	1	#21	–
84	Dark Horses Switchfoot	80	1	#19	–
85	Latch Disclosure	80	1	#21	–
86	The Pit Silversun Pickups	80	2	#40	–
87	Trembling Hands The Temper Trap	79	1	#22	–
88	No Light, No Light Florence + The Machine	78	2	#56	–
89	Coming Down Ball Park Music	78	1	#23	–
90	Look Around Red Hot Chili Peppers	78	2	#37	–
91	Space Absynthe Minded	78	1	#10	–
92	I'm Into You Chet Faker	77	1	#24	–
93	Bangarang Skrillex	76	1	#25	–
94	Tallulah Company of Thieves	76	1	#26	–
95	Dear Science Seth Sentry	75	1	#26	–
96	It's Only Life The Shins	75	1	#27	–
97	Surrender Ball Park Music	74	1	#27	–
98	The Sound Of Winter Bush	73	2	#38	–
99	Sail AWOLNATION	72	1	#15	–
100	Viking Death March Billy Talent	72	1	#15	–
101	Cherry Lips Loon Lake	72	1	#29	–
102	So American Portugal. The Man	72	1	#30	–
103	Laura Bat For Lashes	71	1	#30	–
104	Shuffle Bombay Bicycle Club	71	1	#31	–
105	Sky Is The Limit Rebelution	70	1	#28	–
106	Eyes Wide Open Gotye	70	2	#25	–
107	Back & Forth Foo Fighters	70	1	#13	–
108	Damini Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker	70	1	#16	–
109	Gasoline Alpine	70	1	#31	–
110	Mean To Me Ben Kweller	70	1	#32	–
111	Where Will We Go IAMDYNAMITE	69	1	#29	–
112	Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Remix) Florence And The Machine	69	1	#32	–
113	Would That Not Be Nice Divine Fits	69	1	#33	–
114	Can't Get Better Than This Parachute Youth	68	1	#33	–
115	All Of Me Tanlines	68	1	#34	–
116	Spectrum Florence And The Machine	68	1	#14	–
117	After Midnight blink-182	67	1	#31	–
118	Born to Die Lana Del Rey	67	1	#34	–
119	The Grand Optimist City And Colour	66	1	#18	–
120	Run Alone 360	66	1	#35	–
121	Survival Muse	65	1	#15	–
122	Paddling Out Miike Snow	65	1	#36	–
123	The House That Heaven Built Japandroids	64	2	#29	–
124	Push and Shove No Doubt	64	1	#19	–
125	Sun Two Door Cinema Club	64	1	#37	–
126	Tightrope Walk the Moon	64	2	#64	–
127	Surrender Angels & Airwaves	64	1	#34	–
128	Oblivion Grimes	63	1	#38	–
129	The Underside School is Cool	63	1	#16	–
130	Let's Go Matt And Kim	62	2	#44	–
131	Walk Foo Fighters	62	1	#20	–
132	Seven Seas Blues Monster Truck	62	1	#20	–
133	Stay Useless Cloud Nothings	61	1	#41	–
134	Fade Away Selah Sue	60	1	#17	–
135	I Can Make You Love Me British India	60	1	#41	–
136	Hurricane Ms Mr	59	1	#42	–
137	Rope Foo Fighters	58	1	#39	–
138	Let Yourself Go Green Day	58	2	#45	–
139	Stairway Yukon Blonde	58	1	#22	–
140	Miss Atomic Bomb The Killers	58	2	#43	–
141	AKA...What A Life! Noel Gallagher High Flying...	57	1	#45	–
142	Follow the Sun Xavier Rudd	57	1	#44	–
143	Young and Dumb Chance Waters	56	1	#45	–
144	White Doves Young Empires	54	1	#24	–
145	Pumped up Kicks Foster The People	54	1	#43	–
146	King And All Of His Men Wolf Gang	53	1	#49	–
147	Fred Astaire San Cisco	53	1	#48	–
148	Twisted Tales Jane's Addiction	53	1	#44	–
149	Quatre Mains dEUS	53	1	#20	–
150	I'll Be Gone Linkin Park	52	1	#25	–
151	Brother (Like a Version) Thundamentals	52	1	#49	–
152	Knock Knock Band of Horses	51	1	#51	–
153	My Heart Is on Fire Asta	51	1	#50	–
154	Let Us Hear Your Voice Pennywise	51	1	#46	–
155	Don't Break The Needle J. Walston Roddy/The Business	50	1	#52	–
156	The Way It Is The Sheepdogs	50	1	#26	–
157	This Fire Birds of Tokyo	50	1	#51	–
158	Go Right Ahead The Hives	50	1	#53	–
159	Ghosts The Presets	49	1	#52	–
160	Goodbye Kiss Kasabian	49	1	#54	–
161	Closer Tegan and Sara	48	2	#71	–
162	Albatross Big Wreck	48	1	#27	–
163	Wild Things San Cisco	48	1	#53	–
164	I Follow Rivers Triggerfinger	48	1	#22	–
165	I Got Burned The Bamboos	47	1	#54	–
166	Internet Friends Knife Party	46	1	#55	–
167	Radioactive Imagine Dragons	45	1	#51	–
168	Thinkin Bout You Frank Ocean	45	1	#56	–
169	The Only Place Best Coast	45	1	#58	–
170	Float Away Seth Sentry	44	1	#57	–
171	Afterlife Switchfoot	44	1	#52	–
172	Baby Says Kills	44	1	#59	–
173	Babel Mumford & Sons	43	1	#58	–
174	This Ladder Is Ours Joy Formidable	43	1	#53	–
175	Charlie Brown Coldplay	43	1	#60	–
176	Love This Cosmo Jarvis	42	1	#59	–
177	Heavyweight Our Lady Peace	40	1	#31	–
178	Caress Your Soul Sticky Fingers	40	1	#61	–
179	Change Churchill	40	1	#56	–
180	Just What I Am Kid Cudi	39	1	#62	–
181	It's Real Real Estate	39	1	#64	–
182	Been Away Too Long Soundgarden	38	2	#40	–
183	Wolf First Aid Kit	38	1	#63	–
184	Tessellate Alt J	37	1	#64	–
185	Stuck In My ID Reptar	37	1	#66	–
186	Lost In The Echo Linkin Park	36	1	#59	–
187	Lessons In Love (All Day… Neon Trees	36	2	#60	–
188	Chalk Outline Three Days Grace	36	1	#33	–
189	Genesis Grimes	36	1	#65	–
190	Always Something Cage The Elephant	36	1	#67	–
191	Dum Dum Dum Renée	35	1	#27	–
192	The Best We Got The Rubens	35	1	#66	–
193	Houdini Foster The People	35	1	#68	–
194	Adolescents Incubus	34	1	#61	–
195	On Top Flume	34	1	#67	–
196	Blood For Poppies Garbage	34	1	#69	–
197	Silhouettes Avicii	33	1	#68	–
198	I Like It Foxy Shazam	33	1	#62	–
199	Wetsuit Vaccines	33	1	#28	–
200	Crush Sleigh Bells	32	1	#71	–
201	Carry On fun.	32	1	#35	–
202	We Don't Sleep Tonight Young Empires	32	1	#35	–
203	Lonely Boy (Like a Version) Matt Corby	32	1	#69	–
204	Called Out In The Dark Snow Patrol	31	1	#72	–
205	Promises The Presets	31	1	#70	–
206	The Fear Ben Howard	30	1	#29	–
207	Swimming Pools (Drank) Kendrick Lamar	30	1	#71	–
208	Sweet Sour Band Of Skulls	29	1	#74	–
209	All The Rowboats Regina Spektor	29	1	#72	–
210	How'd You Like That The Kooks	28	1	#75	–
211	Michigan Left Arkells	28	1	#37	–
212	Draw a Crowd Ben Folds Five	28	1	#73	–
213	Danger Zone The Van Jets	28	1	#30	–
214	Underneath The Sycamore Death Cab for Cutie	27	1	#76	–
215	The Keepers Santigold	26	1	#77	–
216	Here Comes The Light The Van Jets	25	1	#31	–
217	Heard It All Illy	25	1	#76	–
218	Prozac Rock Margot & The Nuclear So And So	24	1	#79	–
219	Don't Stop Slightly Stoopid	24	1	#70	–
220	Let's Fall in Love Mother Mother	24	1	#39	–
221	Love Is All I Got Feed Me and Crystal Fighters	24	1	#77	–
222	Need Your Love The Temper Trap	23	1	#80	–
223	Household Goods Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs	23	1	#78	–
224	Perfect World The Gossip	23	1	#32	–
225	What Makes A Good Man? Heavy	22	1	#81	–
226	Bridge Burning Foo Fighters	22	1	#72	–
227	Mustache Man (Wasted) Cake	21	1	#82	–
228	Super Rich Kids Frank Ocean	21	1	#80	–
229	Panopticon The Smashing Pumpkins	21	1	#73	–
230	Hapiness Sam Sparro	20	1	#33	–
231	Something Good Alt J	20	1	#81	–
232	Settle Down No Doubt	20	1	#74	–
233	Apartment Young the Giant	19	1	#84	–
234	Porcupine f/Lincoln Parish Iration	19	1	#75	–
235	Under The Gun Electric Guest	18	1	#85	–
236	She's a Riot The Jungle Giants	18	1	#83	–
237	Give & Take Netsky	18	1	#34	–
238	Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom Hilltop Hoods	17	1	#84	–
239	We Got the Love I Mother Earth	16	1	#43	–
240	Fineshrine Purity Ring	16	1	#85	–
241	Another One The Features	16	1	#88	–
242	Minerals Oliver Trolley	15	1	#78	–
243	Control Goose	15	1	#35	–
244	Summertime Sadness Lana Del Rey	15	1	#86	–
245	Chronicles of a Fallen Love The Bloody Beetroots	14	1	#87	–
246	Victoria Eve 6	13	1	#80	–
247	Down the Road C2C	13	1	#88	–
248	Hit The Ground (Superman) Big Pink	13	1	#91	–
249	Kill the DJ Green Day	13	1	#36	–
250	Let It In Sam Roberts Band	12	1	#45	–
251	Maybe Tomorrow Chance Waters	12	1	#89	–
252	Fever Maps & Atlases	12	1	#92	–
253	Hard Times Family Wagon	11	1	#82	–
254	Tear It Up Delta Spirit	11	1	#93	–
255	The Dog Is Mine K-OS	10	1	#46	–
256	So Good Allday & C1	10	1	#91	–
257	Spiritus Lisa Mitchell	9	1	#92	–
258	Where The Kids Are Blondfire	9	1	#84	–
259	Underground Jane's Addiction	9	1	#95	–
260	Surprise Surprise Billy Talent	8	1	#47	–
261	Dance Bear Snakadaktal	8	1	#93	–
262	Hurts Like Heaven Coldplay	8	1	#96	–
263	Help Is On The Way Rise Against	8	1	#85	–
264	I'm A Bird Marco Z	8	1	#38	–
265	Pelican The Maccabees	7	1	#97	–
266	Gimme Twice The Royal Concept	7	1	#86	–
267	Andy Last Dinosaurs	6	1	#95	–
268	Spectrum Florence + The Machine	6	1	#98	–
269	Tempest Deftones	5	1	#87	–
270	Twenty Radios Bodyspasm	5	1	#39	–
271	Clique Kanye West	5	1	#96	–
272	Yet Again Grizzly Bear	5	1	#99	–
273	Bug Wavves	4	1	#88	–
274	Wolves Big Wreck	4	1	#49	–
275	I'm Shakin' Jack White	4	1	#97	–
276	Back Of Your Neck Howler	4	1	#100	–
277	Plaster Beast Patrol	3	1	#89	–
278	Warrior Kimbra	3	1	#98	–
279	Away Frm U Oberhofer	3	1	#101	–
280	Duquense's Horse Geppetto & The Whales	3	1	#40	–
281	Thrift Shop f/Wanz Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	2	1	#90	–
282	At Transformation The Tragically Hip	2	1	#50	–
283	Professional Griefers Deadmau5	2	1	#50	–
284	Bad Girls M.I.A.	2	1	#99	–
285	The Celestials The Smashing Pumpkins	2	1	#102	–
286	Dangerous Audio Addiction	1	1	#91	–
287	Cough Cough Everything Everything	1	1	#100	–