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Top 100 Songs of 2012 (Top 20)

These are the best songs of last year according to me, because everybody else’s list is awful.

Previous: 100 - 81, 80-61, 60-41, 40-21.

(Also, these were 2011’s tracks.)

20. Anita Baker “Lately”
The Grand Dame of late-night mumblecore R&B updated one of Tyrese’s early hits and snagged a Grammy nomination for it.

19. Grimes “Genesis”
I never know what Claire Boucher is saying. Does it mean anything? Do we even care? Experimental indie pop that remains accessible for normal people is hard to come by.

18. The Vaccines “Teenage Icon”
The Vaccines have been bringing 2001 back to indie rock for a couple of albums now, especially with their second single from Come of Age.

17. Madonna “Girl Gone Wild”
Easily Madonna’s best single since “Hung Up,” “GGW” proves Madonna is still at the top of the heap for infectious dance music.

16. Fiona Apple “Hot Knife”
Fiona Apple gets a little sassy and a little tounge-in-cheek on this bouncy jazz-influenced cut.

Watch this video.

K.Will & Hyorin “Whenever You Call”

Sometimes, I bring up K-pop around other people who aren’t as cool as me. One of the reactions I get is, “Koreans can’t sing. Why are you listening to that?”

Well. Here it go. Boom. Tell me these two aren’t sAngin this Mariah Carey joint. I mean, the pronunciation is hella-awkward, but they are giving me harmony like Whoa.

Hyorin better get it with her cute self. She is definitely the Beyonce of SISTAR.

Look at this photo.

Sometimes, you accidentally listen to a lot of k-pop. See, what had happened was, I’ve been getting stuff I missed since that concert in California last week and I’ve decided three things:

2NE1 really is one of the best pop groups on the planet. That is just so much sass in one place I can’t even take it.
SISTAR has a lot of weak songs, but I feel like they have a shot at actually becoming a big deal since A) Three of them are pretty good singers B) Bora is ridiculously pretty and C) Hyolyn can saaaaannnnng.
Girls’ Generation needs more subgroups like TaeTiSeo. They are really giving me actual girl group vocals and not just processed pop fluff. I hope the next breakout has Hyoyeon in it with some kind of hip-hop flavor.

Watch this video.

Sistar “Alone”

So last night, Google had a live k-pop concert from California and I fell IN LOVE with this song. I’m so glad the video lived up to it. This might be my new summer jam until further notice.