Top 10 Songs of 2012

Here are my top 10 Songs from 2012. Read em and weep. A cross section of artists and style of music which is just how I like it. I can't put these songs in order but if I had to choose my favourite song it would be between Bat for Lashes and Lanas!

LAURA - Bat for Lashes

I fell in love with this song after the first play. Its a very simple ballad but it just gets to the heart of me. I have never been a huge fan of Natasha Khan but this song is amazing and takes me to another place.

NATIONAL ANTHEM - Lana del Rey 

Lana del Rey has been one of my favourite acts this year. I probably played her album more than any other this year. I love the opening lyrics to this song - "I'm your national anthem, God you're so handsome, take me to the Hamptons, Bugatti Veyron". Pure brilliance.

THE WORLD IS OURS - Catcall 

The Best Australian pop song of 2012! I adore Catcall. Catherine Kelleher is amazing and it is obscene that this song has only been viewed 54,000 times on utubes. This woman should be HUGE!!!!!

TWO WAY STREET - Kimbra 

I fell in love with Kimbra in the first part of 2012. I saw her live at the Enmore Theatre and this was my favourite song from her longplayer.

TITANIUM - Sia  

So I just LOVE LOVE LOVE this song sung by Australian (from my hometown of Adelaide) Sia. The song is by David Guetta but lets be honest the vocal by Sia is KILLER! The song i most heard everytime i walked into a shop in 2012!

STARSHIPS - Nicki Minaj 

This song reminds me of my EuroHoliday and i heard this a number of times while I was overseas.

MY MAN - Oh Mercy 

I was disappointed by the album Deep Heat but it did contain this gem of a song which i played on repeat.

TIMEBOMB - Kylie Minogue 

2012 has been Kylie's year as she celebrated K25. Timebomb was released in the middle of the year and is a fabulous dance track. I managed to see Kylie this year on her Anti Tour and you can read about that here as well as my Kylie K25 post.

HANDS - Alpine 

OK so this technically is a 2011 track but i fell in love with this band this year and they also released their longplayer. Their dreamy vocals and European sound really make me smile.

LEAVING - Pet Shop Boys

The Pets have been going for something like 27 years and they released their Elysium album this year. This was a standout track on Elysium (their 11th studio album) and as a proud Pet Shop Boys Fan Club member I just love Neil and Chris.

Sunday Song by Kimbra (again)

I went to see the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney which is a must for me every year. This is an annual art prize in portraiture. This year there is an amazing portrait of the New Zealand singer Kimbra. Here it is for you. Isn't it amazing? The artist is Vincent Fantauzzo who has painted some of the most popular entries in the Archibald over the last few years.

A video was made to accompany the portrait of Kimbra's song BUILD IT UP. Art coming to life? Check it out below. Totes Amazeballs!!!

Sunday Song by Kimbra

Its the day after Mardi Gras so what we need is something to soothe us this Sunday. I LOVE the KIMBRA album 'Vows'. I have been listening to it all week and one of my fave tracks is TWO WAY STREET. Here is Kimbra singing it LIVE at Sing Sing Studios.

Gotye is Number 1 in the UK

Gotye's SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW is Number 1 in the UK. Congratulations to the Melbourne based band. The song was Number 1 in Australia for 8 weeks in 2011 and basically topped every list there was and also made it into my Top Ten of 2011. The song has also been a big hit in Europe and reached Number 1 in a number of countries. The song is currently at Number 12 on the USA Billboard Hot 100. Will it reach Number 1 there?

Top 10 songs of 2011

Every year, I compile my top 10 songs of the year. I have done this since 2007. Its just about all i can manage at this time of year in the way of lists, what with the Christmas shopping and the card writing and the ginger bread making. I really enjoy contemplating the music which i have listened to and reminiscing about the year that has been. I don't usually list songs in order but this year there has been a standout track which is my Number 1. All other songs are in random order.

1. Adele - Someone Like You. Song of the Year, Artist of the Year/Decade, Album of the Year, Lyric of the year. I mean it was all about Adele in 2011. This song features my best lyric of the year 'Only yesterday, was the time of our lives, we were born and raised in a summer haze. Bound by the surprise of our glory days." This was song was on REPEAT all year!

2. Duran Duran - The Man who Stole the Leopard. This was my favourite track on All You Need is Now. I think the reason i love this song is that it seemed to be the sequel to The Chauffeur (another of my fave Duran songs) from the Rio album. EPIC

3. Nicola Roberts - Lucky Day. I am a man who loves POP and for me this is like TRIPLE XXX POP PORN! The most underrated song in 2011. Not even on the radar in Australia unfortunately. I also have a spare copy of this on 7inch. If anyone wants it let me know.

4. Beth Ditto - Open Heart Surgery. I bought Beth's ep not thinking anything amazing would be on it and this track is just ACE! 

5. Strange Talk - Climbing Walls. First Australian act and a new band who i hope will be releasing their debut album in 2012. I discovered this watching Rage one Saturday morning (the last bastion of Saturday music television) and just love the 80's pop feel of this song.

6. Gotye (featuring Kimbra) - Somebody that I used to know. This was song of the year in Australia. Local act does good and sells truckloads and stays at number 1 for weeks on end!

7. The Saturdays - All Fired Up. This is my dance song of the year. I heard this via youtube as the band are like non-existent in Australia. Its a great club song. If only i had the opportunity to dance to it! 

8. Metronomy - The Bay. Have you seen the video to this song? Stop reading this and google it now! A great summer track even though i heard it in winter.

9.Nicki Minaj - Super Bass. The best chorus and because i danced to this song about 5 times at the party of the year (Ellis Parrinder's 40th birthday)! 

10. Lana Del Ray - Video Games. Late entrant for me. Amazing song from the amazing Lana!

There were many other artists who came close to making the top 10. The runners-up were Lykke Li, Sophie Ellis Bextor, Washington, Beyonce, Dolly Parton, Friendly Fires and Oh Mercy.