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Top 100 Songs of 2012

The year 2012 was the year I was very obsessed with the indie rock albums of fun. and Foster The People. Expect all tracks from “Some Nights” and “Torches” in the list.

Another artist that I became a follower of that year was Adele Adkins. From releasing her live video album ‘Live At The Royal Albert Hall,’ to winning big in the GRAMMYs, to being the first female solo act to place 3 songs in the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100 concurrently, the English singer-songwriter was indeed the Artist of the Years 2011 to 2012. Expect some tracks from her as well.

  1. We Are Young – fun. ft. Janelle Monáe [Top Pick: June 2012]
  1. Some Nights – fun. [Top Pick: July, September & October 2012]
  1. I Would Do Anything For You – Foster The People [Top Pick: April 2012]
  1. Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye ft. Kimbra [Top Pick: May 2012]
  1. Ehu Girl – Kolohe Kai
  1. Good Time – Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
  1. Call It What You Want – Foster The People
  1. Don’t Stop (Colors On The Walls) – Foster The People
  1. Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites – Skrillex
  1. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift
  1. Payphone – Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa
  2. Summer Paradise – Simple Plan ft. Sean Paul
  3. Warrant – Foster The People
  4. Carry On – fun. [Top Pick: August 2012]
  5. The Fighter – The Fray [Top Pick: January 2012]
  6. Houdini – Foster The People
  7. Undercover Martyn – Two Door Cinema Club
  8. She Was Mine – AJ Rafael ft. Jesse Barrera
  9. Some Nights (Intro) – fun.
  10. Tongue Tied – GROUPLOVE
  1. Cool Down – Kolohe Kai
  2. Take Care – Drake ft. Rihanna
  3. Lego House – Ed Sheeran
  4. Not Over You – Gavin DeGraw
  5. Run For Your Life – The Fray
  6. Kiss Me Again – We Are The In Crowd ft. Alex Gaskarth
  7. Starships – Nicki Minaj
  8. Everything Is Sound – Jason Mraz
  9. We’ll Be Coming Back – Calvin Harris ft. Example
  10. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
  1. Set Fire To The Rain – Adele
  2. I Can’t Make You Love Me – Adele
  3. Oh Darling – Plug In Stereo ft. Cady Groves
  4. The A-Team – Ed Sheeran
  5. One More Night – Maroon 5
  6. She’s So Mean – Matchbox Twenty
  7. Sweet Disposition – The Temper Trap
  8. Be Honest – Jason Mraz ft. Inara George
  9. Paso (The Nini Anthem) – Sak Noel [Top Pick: November 2012]
  10. Rolling In The Deep – Adele
  1. Hall Of Fame – The Script ft. will.i.am
  2. Drive By – Train
  3. Everywhere Everything – This Century
  4. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) – P!nk
  5. Now Or Never – Outasight
  6. First Of The Year (Equinox) – Skrillex
  7. Pumped Up Kicks – Foster The People
  8. Fade Into Darkness – Avicii
  9. A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
  10. Somebody That I Used To Know (Gotye Cover) – Walk Off The Earth [Top Pick: February 2012]
  1. United State Of Pop 2011 (World Go Boom) – DJ Earworm
  2. I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz
  3. Gangnam Style – PSY
  4. Cough Syrup – Young The Giant
  5. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
  6. I Never Knew You (Live) – Jason Mraz
  7. Chin Music For The Unsuspecting Hero – Foster The People
  8. 50 Ways To Say Goodbye – Train
  9. Miss You – Foster The People
  10. Young, Wild & Free – Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa ft. Bruno Mars [Top Pick: March 2012]
  1. Someone Like You (Live Acoustic) – Adele
  2. Blue Moon / Heart And Soul (Piano Duet)
  3. If I Die Young – The Band Perry
  4. Lights – Ellie Goulding
  5. Levels – Avicii
  6. Why Am I The One – fun.
  7. 1961 – The Fray
  8. Out On The Town – fun.
  9. Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin
  10. It Gets Better – fun.
  1. One Foot – fun.
  2. Waste – Foster The People
  3. Die Young – Ke$ha
  4. Part Of Me – Katy Perry
  5. La La – The Cab
  6. The Real World – Owl City
  7. Glad You Came – The Wanted
  8. Wish You Were Here – Avril Lavigne
  9. Talk Shows On Mute (Live @ Festival Hall Melbourne 2012) – Incubus
  10. Wild Ones – Flo Rida ft. Sia
  1. Called Out In The Dark – Snow Patrol
  2. Whistle – Flo Rida
  3. Top Of The Pops 2011 [What The Fuck] – Mashup-Germany
  4. Dancin’ In The Moonlight (Toploader Cover) – Lily Alexandrea
  5. Here I Am Alive – Yellowcard
  6. It’s Time – Imagine Dragons
  7. Girl Gone Wild – Madonna
  8. Feel Again – OneRepublic
  9. You Da One – Rihanna
  10. This Kiss – Carly Rae Jepsen
  1. Shut The Front Door (Too Young For This) – Forever The Sickest Kids
  2. All Alright – fun.
  3. Climax – Usher
  4. The One That Got Away – Katy Perry
  5. Dirty Little Secret (at Sundance ASCAP Music Café) – The All-American Rejects
  6. Fucking Best Song Everrr – Wallpaper.
  7. Life On The Nickel – Foster the People
  8. Anything Could Happen – Ellie Goulding
  9. Stars – fun.
  10. If You Could See Me Now – The Script

Honorable Mentions:
All Alone – fun.
Beautiful Goodbye – Maroon 5
Chasing Pavements – Adele
Domino – Jessie J
Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) – Ne-Yo
Like We Did (Windows Down) – The Maine
Numb – Usher
One And Only – Adele
Save Me – Gotye
Turning Tables – Adele

I’ll carry you back to the years: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2011, 2010, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001, and 2000. Listen to the Picks of the Decade 2010s Spotify playlist below.

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Top Songs of 2006 (+ 2001 & 2016)

I got tired of listing down my top songs each month back in 2006.

I remember not getting sick of Ne-Yo‘s first number-one single from his debut album “In My Own Words“ and became my top pick of that year.

So Sick – Ne-Yo

Here are my top songs of the year 2006 per month: (Every song reminds me of what it used to be.)

January: not recorded

February: So Sick – Ne-Yo

March: not recorded

April: King Without A Crown – Matisyahu

May: not recorded

June: Gallery – Mario Vazquez

July: Unfaithful – Rihanna

August: Me & U – Cassie

September: Breaking Free – Zac Efron & Vanessa Anne Hudgens

October: Get Up – Ciara ft. Chamillionaire

November: Walk Away (Remember Me) No Rap Radio Edit – Paula DeAnda

December: not recorded

– I hope that I can turn back the time as there are months that were left blank for reasons I don’t remember what those songs were now. –

10 years later, the lead single from DJ Snake‘s debut album was an all-alright song pick for me. It features vocals of British singer Bipolar Sunshine.

Middle – DJ Snake ft. Bipolar Sunshine

In 2001, American singer-songwriter Brandy and her brother Ray J covered a Phil Collins original for Collin’s tribute album “Urban Renewal.”

This was my pick back in 2001. I was really young. I remembered its music video being aired almost every day on MYX. (The early 2000-era myx when it wasn’t merged yet with another music cable channel VID-OK.)

Another Day In Paradise – Brandy & Ray J

Here are other top songs of the year so you won’t get sick of love songs: 2000, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2020.

You may turn off the radio, follow my Spotify account, and listen to the songs from the noughties compiled into a playlist like the one below. Another playlist from the decade 2000s here: Part 2 & Part 3.

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2020 Picks (So Far)

Move all night with the picks of the year as 2020’s not slowing down. Here are some songs that move my year 2020 so far. Spoilers ahead: Lots of songs gained popularity on the video-sharing app TikTok.

Top 3 Songs of June 2020:
1. “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” – Jawsh 685 x Jason Derulo
A catchy siren beat from a New Zealand music producer has a popular culture dance on TikTok.

2. “Confidence” – Ocean Alley
Listened to Australian radio station Triple J’s Hottest 100 Of The Decade 2010s and this reggae rock jam gave me LSS the most.

3. “Savage Remix” – Megan Thee Stallion ft. Beyoncé
Both the original version and this Queen B-featuring remix are popular in TikTok.

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Top 3 Songs of the Year 2020 so far:
1. “Dance Monkey” – Tones and I
Can’t get enough of this massive Australian global hit.

2. “Say So” – Doja Cat
Gotta say this is the best TikTok song that went viral this year.

3. “ROXANNE” – Arizona Zervas
It’s the addicting hook that won’t get this song out of our heads.


Intermission: Keep up #TheNewNormal from day to night to morning featuring The Weeknd‘s smash hit “Blinding Lights” plus other top 40 songs of DaBaby, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, Fonzy, and more. Follow Spinnin’ Rabbit on Spotify and listen to The New Normal playlist.


Top 3 Throwback Songs:
1. “Astronomia” – Vicetone & Tony Igy [2014]
This may not be a throwback track to most of us. But how ironic is it that despite the pandemic we are facing right now, a coffin dance became the funniest best meme that came out this year?

2. “Pare Ko” – Eraserheads [1993]
Has anyone seen “Ang Huling El Bimbo: The Musical” when it’s full pre-recorded performance was shown on YouTube for 2 days last May 2020? That was a world-class Filipino theatre! The hit musical was so great it made me researched, read articles, and watched documentaries on the Filipino mainstream rock disruptors the Eraserheads.

3. “Cariño Brutal” – Slapshock [2009 – MYX Live! Performance is not available in Spotify]
Slapshock was the first (and hopefully won’t be the last this year – dammit COVID-19!) Filipino rock act I’ve seen this decade when they performed at a Dickies event in SM Cebu last January.

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