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Collin's Best of 2012
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#50-#35
200 to 101
100 to 51
50 to 35
| #50: Madonna / Superstar
I'm your biggest fan, it's true; hopelessly attracted to you
Opening the top 50 is this AMAZING summery track. I read somewhere that this is one of the sweetest songs Madonna has ever done, and I can't help but agree. It's SO sweet, and I want to just sing along to every silly lyric and bathe in it. One great example to prove MDNA's quality.
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Album: MDNA / Album Ranking: #4
Plays total: 48 / Released: 2012 / Madonna's Top 200 Appearance: 8 of 10
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| #49: Marina & the Diamonds / Radioactive
Baby, I'm gonna leave you drowning - until you reach for my hand
You could tell Marina didn't quite know what direction she was going in when she wrote this, but the second I saw Stargate in the production credits I knew I'd love it... and I did. This song really makes Marina stand out (even more) among her peers, it's not something basic. It's Marina.
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Album: Electra Heart / Album Ranking: #10
Plays total: 36 / Released: 2012 / Marina & the Diamonds' Top 200 Appearance: 3 of 7
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| #48: Ke$ha / Only Wanna Dance With You
You got to me, you saw through me, you're in for it now
I compiled the demo, final version and final w/rap verse edited in to come to total of 90+ plays of this track in 2012. It's been a pretty significant slice of my year, this song. And why wouldn't it be? It's infectious, pure K$, pure c**k pop, tbh. I just wish she hadn't removed that rap verse... sigh.
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Album: Warrior / Album Ranking: #1
Plays total: 91 / Released: 2012 / Ke$ha's Top 200 Appearances: 9 of 12
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| #47: Nicki Minaj / Young Forever
I used to think that we’d run away, one lovely, pretty summer day
I used to listen to this on YouTube when it leaked before PF:RR. I remember blasting it and making dinner. This is pop BLISS, and I don't care that it's Nicki, she pulls it off damn well. It had me and my friends screaming #PrettySummerDay all damn year. It's just such a beautiful bop.
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Album: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded / Album Ranking: #5
Plays total: 50 / Released: 2012 / Nicki Minaj's Top 200 Appearance: 8 of 12
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| #46: Crystal Castles / Kerosene
Thank you for defiling me; language pure as binary
Any Crystal Castles fan knows that this song is just great. It's this engine machine-sounding type of track, pure, deep and dark electronica. Alice's voice slithers along so gloriously What's perfect about this song is that it's best at what Crystal Castles does best: being indescribable.
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Album: Crystal Castles III / Album Ranking: #2
Plays total: 68 / Released: 2012 / Lana Del Rey's Top 200 Appearance: 6 of 8
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| #45: Björk / Unravel
My heart comes undone; slowly unravels, in a ball of yarn
This song throws me back into early 2012, blasting it in the dead of winter. This has to be one of the most emotionally-inducing songs I've ever heard. It sounds like someone poured every single feeling into it. That someone being queen Björk, of course. Her final entry in my countdown
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Album: Homogenic / Album Ranking: #13
Plays total: 44 / Released: 1997 / Björk's Top 200 Appearance: 8 of 8
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| #44: Kreayshawn / Summertime (feat. V Nasty)
Can we go to Hawaii, so you can roll my blunts when I get too high
The best part about this song is that I didn't even know it in summer. It's actually good enough to listen to and feel like summer in any damn season. It's full of one-liners that I have shamelessly memorized, and so have my friends. It's SO catchy and delicious, proof of Kreay's greatness.
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Album: Somethin' Bout Kreay / Album Ranking: #6
Plays total: 45 / Released: 2012 / Kreayshawn's Top 200 Appearance: 3 of 7
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| #43: William Orbit / Spiral (feat. Sugababes & Kenna)
Nothing's really sane, but everything's amazing
He's known for creating wonderful music with Madonna, but this song can stand on its' own. It's beautiful, layered and features amazing vocalists. I can't say much about it, it speaks for itself. It's such a beautiful piece and enforces Orbit as a great musical engineer. He's really got it.
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Album: Hello Waveforms / Album Ranking: Honorable Mention
Plays total: 42 / Released: 2004 / William Orbit's Top 200 Appearance: 1 of 1
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| #42: Lana Del Rey / Born to Die
Walking through the city streets; is it by mistake or design?
If this song doesn't completely prove Lana's major talent in lyricism, I don't know what will. This song gets stuck in my head at least once a week, and for more than the lyrics, but the melody, as well. It's almost an instant classic, and WHY wasn't it? I don't even know. But I love it.
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Album: Born to Die / Album Ranking: #3
Plays total: 49 / Released: 2011 / Lana Del Rey's Top 200 Appearance: 12 of 15
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| #41: Amanda Blank / A Love Song (feat. Santigold)
For the first time in my life, I see I need love
Maybe Amanda really found her true love, because she has dropped off the face of the music scene after this album. I really, really love this song. It's a seemingly cliche love song that actually is so beautiful and intricate. I'm surprised there isn't more acclaim around this girl.
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Album: I Love You / Album Ranking: N/A
Plays total: 28 / Released: 2009 / Amanda Blank's Top 200 Appearance: 2 of 2
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| #40: Rihanna / Watch N Learn
Just because I can’t kiss back, doesn’t mean you can’t kiss that
This song peaked at #40 last year, as well. Not even on purpose, wow I ADORE this song. As my last Rih entry of 2012, this track has me bumping ALL over the place. Like, what kind of jam did her and Hit-Boy make with this? It's not single material but it certainly is IN-CRED-I-BLE.
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Album: Talk That Talk / Album Ranking: #15
Plays total: 40 / Released: 2011 / Rihanna's Top 200 Appearance: 6 of 6
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| #39: Marina & the Diamonds / Lonely Hearts Club
Laugh track on a TV show; echoes in the dark alone
I'll forever wonder why this was snubbed from the album when Homewrecker exists This song is absolutely beautiful; it goes along with her tour, as well. The random dubstep influence actually works for once, and Marina's special touch gives it such a great vibe. Love it.
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Album: Electra Heart / Album Ranking: #10
Plays total: 62 / Released: 2012 / Marina & the Diamonds' Top 200 Appearance: 4 of 7
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| #38: Lana Del Rey / On Our Way
Take me to the K Mart; pick me up pink lip gloss
This is Lana's best unreleased song of ever. It's 100% fitting on Born To Die, so I'm sad. It's basically acoustic, full of Lana moaning out vocal runs and hilariously GREAT lyrics that are so quotable that it's not even fair. Plus it reminds me of driving in the summer. Oh, it's so beautiful
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Album: N/A / Album Ranking: N/A
Plays total: 38 / Released: 2011 / Lana Del Rey's Top 200 Appearance: 13 of 15
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| #37: Rye Rye / Shake It to the Ground
I'm not a gangsta girl, but I'm a ghetto superstar
Though it's old, I had put off listening to Rye Rye until this year to listen to her debut all at once. This song is a BANGER, though, like what kind of booty-exploding jam? And it's full of catchy rhymes that anyone would be silly not to enjoy and admit its' impressive flow. Rye Rye is the bitch.
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Album: Go! Pop! Bang! / Album Ranking: #14
Plays total: 34 / Released: 2007 / Rye Rye's Top 200 Appearance: 3 of 4
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| #36: Karmin / Hello
Let me keep going, baby till I'm dead and gone; that's my only wish
Though it's not necessarily single material, this song still managed to do moderately well as one. They really impressed me with this track, and I knew Stargate and Karmin would only be a good thing the second I heard about it. The flow, the singing and the lyrics are all so catchy!
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Album: Hello / EP Ranking: #3
Plays total: 55 / Released: 2012 / Karmin's Top 200 Appearance: 4 of 4
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| #35: Marina & the Diamonds / Primadonna
I know I've got a big ego; really don't know why it's such a big deal, though
This song S-L-A-Y-S everything. It's jam-packed with hit after hit lyric, INCREDIBLE production, everything in smash formula. And it didn't smash. I'll eternally be bitter, but the song is definitely at cult status, and that's deserving. This song goes so hard, and it made me check for Marina. AMAZING.
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Album: Electra Heart / Album Ranking: #10
Plays total: 35 / Released: 2012 / Marina & the Diamonds' Top 200 Appearance: 5 of 7
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I love all of these songs Marina made quite the impact on this update
My next set will get down to #21, and then comes the top 20
Thanks everyone for commenting, I'll get back ASAP! Leave links!
PS: if you like the ones you know, you should definitely check out the ones you don't.
There are so many songs I adored in this set, so many songs that impacted my life this year.
I can't believe there's still 34 more than this
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9/16
Lana Born to Die is so amazing!
I love Karmin & Rihanna too
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5/16. Nicki, Ke$ha, Madonna, Rihanna.
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Born to Die + Hello
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Ke$ha, Bjork, Kreayshawn, Lana and Rihanna.
Good set despite my not knowing half of these.
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Van Vogue, Cola, We All Want Love, Stupid Hoe
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ATRL Contributor
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The masterpiece that is Kerosene.
RiRi, Lana, Björk, Marina, Ke$ha (one of the few songs like I from the album), Kreay.
Honestly, TRF.
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Lana, Rih, Bjork,
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Marina, Karmin, Madonna and Nicki
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9/16
Primadonna and Born To Die were my faves
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Born To Die, Primadonna & Hello
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Madonna + Lana
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Thanks for the comments, everyone
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Originally posted by THERihFan
The masterpiece that is Kerosene.
RiRi, Lana, Björk, Marina, Ke$ha (one of the few songs like I from the album), Kreay.
Honestly, TRF.
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Keroslay rips me up. Such a great track. OWDWY is one of your few favorites!? Sad, but tasteful
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Originally posted by AshleeSimpsonFan
9/16
Lana Born to Die is so amazing!
I love Karmin & Rihanna too
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It really is Always sticks in my head. OHH MY HEARRTT IT BREAKS, EVERY STEP THAT I TAAAKE
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6/15
Radioactive
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YAAASSS for "Watch N Learn", my fave off TTT. Such a damn BOP
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Primadonna and Lana Del Rey songs.
Watch N Learn Not my favorite song of TTJesus, but still good.
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Marina I hope her last two songs are a bit higher though
I'm not the biggest fan of Summertime, but Kreay
Ke$ha and Lana
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Kreay, Lana, Marina, Ke$ha, Nicki, Rih, makes for an AMAZING set.
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YESS Watch and Learn
Superstar is cute
Primadonna made my list as well
Only Wanna Dance With Ya is one of my faves on Warrior
too good to elaborate for me this update
comment mine too please
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