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Best 50 Songs Of 2012

So here we are standing at the edge of 2012, staring into the void ahead that is 2013. Before we anticipate what the new year might bring, it is time to stop and reflect on some of the best tracks to have appeared over the last 12 months.

And what better way to launch CROSSRADAR by taking a look at what’s been ticking our boxes this year?

So with no further ado, and in no particular order…

Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
Charlotte Church – How Not To Be Surprised When You’re a Ghost
Jason Lytle – Dept. Of Disappearance
Haim – Forever
Colour The Atlas – Snow
The Sea and Cake – Harps
Cassie – Whalers
Passion Pit – I’ll Be Alright
Jessie Ware – Wildest Moments
Sleigh Bells – Comeback Kid
Saint Etienne – Tonight
The Rocket Summer – Revival
Kodaline – All I Want
Lightships – Sweetness In Her Spark
Miike Snow – The Wave
Absolutely Free – Ufo
Cheryl – Under The Sun – Radio Version
Swans – Song for a Warrior
Lightning Bolt – King Kandy
Django Django – Default
The Vaccines – Teenage Icon
Japandroids – The House That Heaven Built
Electric Youth – The Best Thing
Lucy Rose – Bikes
Rebecca Ferguson – Backtrack
Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait
David Guetta – Titanium – feat. Sia
The Killers – Runaways
LCMDF – I Go Insane
Lana Del Rey – Ride
Jack White – Sixteen Saltines
Charli XCX – So Far Away
The Babies – Moonlight Mile
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Only In My Dreams
JJ – Beautiful Life
Jake Bugg – Lightning Bolt
Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen
Beach House – Myth
Tame Impala – Elephant
Summer Camp – Life
Best Coast – The Only Place
Altar Eagle – Parallel Lives
Saturday Looks Good To Me – Sunglasses
Veronica Falls – My Heart Beats
Fiona Apple – Every Single Night
Susanne Sundfør – White Foxes
School Of Seven Bells – Lafaye
Solange – Losing You
Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
One Direction – Live While We’re Young