This was a great year in music. Here is my list of favorite tunes. Most of them came off of albums from my “Top 50 Albums of 2012” list, with a handful of top 40 tunes thrown in. What were your favorite songs this year?

1. Alabama Shakes – “Hold On”
2. Japandroids – “The House That Heaven Built”
3. Kishi Bashi – “Bright Whites”
4. Ben Sollee – “Unfinished”
5. The Shins – “Simple Song”
6. Menomena – “Plumage”
7. Fiona Apple – “Every Single Night”
8. Maps & Atlases – “Winter”
9. Beach House – “Myth”
10. Wilco & Billy Bragg – “When The Roses Bloom Again”
11. Divine Fits – “My Love Is Real”
12. Frank Ocean – “Thinkin Bout You”
13. Neon Trees – “Everybody Talks”
14. Passion Pit – “Take A Walk”
15. The Tallest Man On Earth – “Leading Me Now”
16. Jack White – “Hypocritical Kiss”
17. Ramona Falls – “Spore”
18. Gotye – “Somebody That I Used To Know”
19. Paul Banks – “The Base”
20. Menomena – “Pique”
21. Mumford & Sons – “I Will Wait”
22. Dr. Dog – “Vampire”
23. The Lumineers – “Ho Hey”
24. Ben Sollee – “Whole Lot to Give”
25. The Killers – “Runaways”
26. Galactic – “Ha Di Ka”
27. Imagine Dragons – “It’s Time”
28. The Helio Sequence – “One More Time”
29. Ramona Falls – “Bodies of Water”
30. Ultraista – “Bad Insect”
31. Of Monsters And Men – “Little Talks”
32. Alabama Shakes – “Rise to the Sun”
33. Two Door Cinema Club – “Next Year”
34. Here We Go Magic – “How Do I Know”
35. Frank Ocean – “Pyramids”
36. Divine Fits – “Would That Not Be Nice”
37. Kishi Bashi – “Manchester”
38. Dr. Dog – “Lonesome”
39. Dirty Projectors – “About to Die”
40. Delta Spirit – “Teat It Up”
41. Glen Hansard – “This Gift”
42. David Byrne & St. Vincent – “Who”
43. The Walkmen – “Heartbreaker”
44. Passion Pit – “Mirrored Sea”
45. Paul Weller – “The Attic”
46. Andrew Bird – “Eyeoneye”
47. Father John Misty – “Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings”
48. Fun. – “We Are Young”
49. Trampled By Turtles – “Alone”
50. Sigur Ros – “Fjogur piano”