In our on-going Best of 2012 posts, here are our favorite songs of 2012. The first spot is a tie, but we just couldn’t decide which one of those we adored more. Click on the numbers to stream the songs. And oh, number 8 is technically not released in 2012 but whatever - it belongs in this Best of 2012 list.

01 Rhye - Open / The Fall (live)
02 Frank Ocean - Thinkin’ About You
03 Bat For Lashes - Laura
04 Haim - Don’t Save Me 
05 Solange - Losing You
06 Mykki Blanco - Wavvy
07 Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments
08 MONEY - Goodnight London
09 Fiona Apple - Anything We Want
10 Kendrick Lamar - Money Trees
11 Lana Del Rey - Ride
12 D E N A - Cash, Diamond Rings, Swimming Pools
13 Howl - Leo Johnson
14 Holy Other - Nothing Here
15 Atoms For Peace - Default
16 Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
17 MS MR - Hurricane
18 M.I.A. - Bad Girls
19 S O H N - The Wheel
20 Mikky Ekko - Pull Me Down
21 Grimes - Genesis
22 Major Lazer - Get Free (ft. Amber Coffman)
23 Jai Paul - Jasmine
24 The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather
25 Cat Power - Cherokee