Similarly to the previous post on the best albums of 2012, the staff of musiclipse.com made a list of the best songs we’ve heard in 2012. See our choices below!
| 50. It’s Only Life – The Shines |
| 49. How to Dress Well – Cold Nites |
| 48. Cry of Judas – The Mountain Goats |
| 47. Laura – Bat For Lashes |
| 46. Hey Jane – Spiritualized |
| 45. Gone Tomorrow – Lambchop |
| 44. Gun Has no Trigger – Dirty Projectors |
| 43. Take My Bones Away – Baroness |
| 42. Wasted Days – Cloud Nohings |
| 41. Wave Goodbye – Ty Segall Band |
| 40. My Kind of Women – Mac DeMarco |
| 39. Home Again – Michael Kiwanuka |
| 38. Only in My Dreams – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti |
| 37. 1904 – The Talles Man on Earth |
| 36. We Take Care of Our Own – Bruce Springsteen |
| 35. Lighthouse – Patrick Watson |
| 34. Affection – Crystal Castles |
| 33. Werewolf – Fiona Apple |
| 32. Fineshrine – Purity Ring |
| 31. Take a Walk – Passion Pit |
| 30. Chained – The XX |
| 29. Lay Your Cards Out – Poliça |
| 28. Tempest – Deftones |
| 27. Know Me – Frankie Rose |
| 26. Fuji-san – Patti Smith |
| 25. Five Seconds – Twin Shadow |
| 24. Genesis – Grimes |
| 23. Default – Django Django |
| 22. The House That Heaven Built – Japandroids |
| 21. Is Your Love Big Enough? – Lianna La Havas |
| 20. Ruin – Cat Power |
| 19. Kill for Love – Chromatics |
| 18. Museum of Flight – Damien Jurado |
| 17. Hood – Perfume Genius |
| 16. Sixteen Saltines – Jack White |
| 15. Monoliths – Lotus Plaza |
| 14. Lord knows – Dum Dum Girls |
| 13. Nocturne – Wild Nothing |
| 12. Tessellate – Alt-J |
| 11. Adorn – Miguel |
| 10. Wildest Moments – Jessie Ware |
| 9. R U Mine? – Arctic Monkeys |
| 8. Destiny (feat. Pional) – John Talabot |
| 7. Heartbreaker – The Walkmen |
| 6. Myth – Beach House |
| 5. All I Can – Sharon Van Etten |
| 4. Hold On – Alabama SHakes |
| 3. Yet Again – Grizzly Bear |
| 2. Elephant – Tame Impala |
| 1. Pyramids – Frank Ocean |
