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BEST OF 2012 : Your Say

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Right-o then! We’ve had our say as to which tracks we thought were the shining examples of pop in 2012, but you might sorely disagree. You might have a track that you think really epitomises world class pop this year. That perhaps you think was a glaring omission from our list – and you think it needs to be mentioned.
So now it’s over to you. Simply hit the “comments” button on this post (below) and let us know which pop track(s) you think should be right up there with the year’s best. We’ll list them below as you deliver your verdict!
It’s our little segment we like to call “Your Say”.

2 Shoes – Turn Me On, Turn Me Out (Arlen)
360 – Child (A1)
Ivi Adamou – La La Love (brett b)
Agnes – All I Want Is You (Anonymous #2)
Agnes – One Last Time (Anonymous #2)
Agnes – Watching It Burn (The Queen Of Coach)
Christina Aguilera – Blank Page (TOMMY SCHROETER)
Christina Aguilera & Blake Shelton – Just A Fool (JL)
Christina Aguilera – Your Body (Anonymous #1, Anonymous #5, A1, Arlen, Anonymous #15)
Kris Allen – The Vision Of Love (JL, Brett)
Eric Amarillo – Men Halla (brett b)
Azaelia Banks ftg. Lazy Jay – 212 (popmusicity, echo123, Ivan)
Daniel Bedingfield – Secret Fear (Anonymous #10)
Brandy & Monica – It All Belongs To Me (Anonymous #2)
Chris Brown – Don’t Wake Me Up (JJ, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Alexandra Burke – Elephant (Arlen, Luke)
Alexandra Burke – Let It Go (Arlen)
Mariah Carey ftg. Meek Mills & Rick Ross – Triumphant (TOMMY SCHROETER)
Cascada – Summer Of Love (Luke)
Cheryl – Call My Name (Joseph, Anonymous #1, Arlen)
Cheryl – Ghetto Baby (Anonymous #1)
Cheryl – Under The Sun (JL, Arlen)
Cinnamon Girl – Friends (Arlen)
Kelly Clarkson – Dark Side (Stampy, JL)
Clubfeet – Heartbreak (echo123)
Matt Corby – Souls A’Fire (TOMMY SCHROETER)
Israel Cruz – Body (Anonymous #7)
Cub Scouts – Told You So (echo123)
Lana Del Rey – Born To Die (A1, Stampy)
Lana Del Rey – National Anthem (A1)
Lana Del Rey – Ride (Anonymous #15)
Cosima DeVito – Right Here, Right Now (Anonymous #13)
Diandra – Outta My Head (Steve)
Disclosure ftg. Sam Smith – Latch (popmusicity)
Drake ftg. Rihanna – Take Care (JJ)
Florence & The Machine – Never Let Me Go (Anonymous #2)
Friendly Fires – Hurting (A1)
Fun. ftg. Janelle Monae – We Are Young (Stampy, Anonymous #7)
Girls Aloud – Something New (Kirk, The Queen Of Coach, Arlen, Robbie)
Delta Goodrem – Dancing With A Broken Heart (mixman000)
Delta Goodrem – Sitting On Top Of The World (Luke, Sitting)
Delta Goodrem – Wish You Were Here (harrypotter1994, Anonymous #14)
Gotye ftg. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know (Matt)
Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen (Anonymous #2, Stampy)
Ellie Goulding – Figure 8 (harrypotter1994)
Macy Gray – Free (brett b)
Skylar Grey – C’mon Let Me Ride (Anonymous #3)
David Guetta ftg. Sia – She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) (brett b)
Gypsy & The Cat – Bloom (echo123)
Whitney Houston & R.Kelly – I Look To You (TOMMY SCHROETER)
Icona Pop – I Love It (Kirk, echo123, brett b)
Samantha Jade – What You’ve Done To Me (Luke, Anonymous #12, Anonymous #14, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Tyler James – Single Tear (Arlen)
Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe (Luke, A1, Will, Matt)
JLS – Hold Me Down (TOMMY SCHROETER)
JLS – Hottest Girl In The World (Arlen)
Karmin – Brokenhearted (JL)
Keane – Sovereign Light Cafe (popmusicity)
Ke$ha – Die Young (Joseph)
Alicia Keys – Brand New Me (TOMMY SCHROETER)
Kid Mac – She Goes Off (echo123)
Labrinth ftg. Emeli Sande – Beneath Your Beautiful (Will, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Lady Antbellum – We Own The Night (brett b)
Elen Levon – Dancing To The Same Song (Luke, Rick, Kelly, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Amelia Lily – You Bring Me Joy (Arlen)
Leona Lewis – Fireflies (JL)
Little Mix – DNA (Arlen)
Little Mix – Wings (Arlen)
Loreen – Euphoria (brett b, Steve)
Demi Lovato – Give Your Heart A Break (TOMMY SCHROETER)
M83 – Midnight City (A1)
Madonna – Girl Gone Wild (A1, Arlen)
Madonna – Masterpiece (A1)
Madonna – Turn Up The Radio (A1)
Marina & The Diamonds – How To Be A Heartbreaker (Matt)
Marina & The Diamonds – Power & Control (A1)
Marina & The Diamonds – Primadonna (Anonymous #2, Stampy)
Maroon 5 – One More Night (Anonymous #1)
Jessica Mauboy – Gotcha (Anonymous #18)
Jessica Mauboy – Sugar Pie, Honey Pie (TOMMY SCHROETER)
George Michael – White Light (A1)
Nicki Minaj – Freedom (TOMMY SCHROETER)
Nicki Minaj – Pound The Alarm (TOMMY SCHROETER)
Nicki Minaj – Starships (A1, Stampy)
Nicki Minaj – Va Va Voom (JJ)
Kylie Minogue – Flower (Anonymous #14)
Kylie Minogue – Timebomb (Anonymous #4, Arlen, Anonymous #8, Anonymous #9, Anonymous #15)
Alanis Morissette – Guardian (JL)
Olly Murs – Troublemaker (The Queen Of Coach)
Naughty Boy ftg. Emeli Sande – Wonder (harrypotter1994, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Neon Hitch – Fuck U Betta
Olivia Newton-John – Weightless (Brett)
Niki And The Dove – Mother Protect (echo123)
No Doubt – Settle Down (A1)
Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks (popmusicity, echo123)
Ola – I’m In Love (Arlen)
One Direction – One Thing (Stampy)
Paulini – Heartbreak Is Over (Steve)
Charlotte Perrelli – The Girl (Steve)
Katy Perry – Wide Awake (Joseph, Ivan)
Pet Shop Boys – Leaving (A1)
P!nk – Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (popmusicity, JL)
P!nk – Try (harrypotter1994)
Psy – Gangnam Style (A1)
Queen Of Hearts – Neon (Robbie)
Ricki-Lee – Burn It Down (Luke, Joseph, Stephanie, Alice, Rick, Anonymous #7, Anonymous #16, Kay, Anonymous #17, Matt, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Ricki-Lee – Do It Like That (Stampy, Anonymous #16)
Rihanna – Diamonds (Luke, Anonymous #1, Anonymous #17, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Rihanna – Where Have You Been (Joseph, A1)
Hayley Rinehart – Free (brett b)
Roxette – The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye (Bassflow Remake) (Steve)
Paulina Rubio – Boys Will Be Boys (brett b)
Reidun Sæther – High On Love (Steve)
Emeli Sande – Next To Me (Ivan)
The Saturdays – 30 Days (Steve)
Scissor Sisters – Let’s Have A Kiki (Kirk)
Scissor Sisters – Only The Horses (A1)
Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars (Rhiannon, Lorrie, Sue, Anonymous #6, Maddy Brown, Anonymous #11, Toni M, Will, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Guy Sebastian – Don’t Worry Be Happy (Lorrie)
Guy Sebastian – Get Alone (Lorrie, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Guy Sebastian – Gold (Lorrie, TOMMY SCHROETER)
Serebro – Mama Lover (brett b)
Ed Sheeran – Lego House (JL)
The Shins – Simple Song (popmusicity)
Sia – Wild Ones edit (A1)
Sam Sparro – I Wish I Never Met You (popmusicity)
Alexandra Stan – Lemonade (Luke)
Stooshe – Black Heart (Anonymous #2)
Strange Talk – Falling In Love (echo123)
Tove Styrke – Call My Name (Steve)
Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child (JJ, echo123)
Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble (Anonymous #1, JJ, Will, Anonymous #18)
Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (Anonymous #1, Stampy, JL, Ivan, Anonymous #18)
Tooji – Stay (Steve)
Tulisa – Young (Arlen)
Usher – Climax (Ivan)
Usher – Numb (TOMMY SCHROETER)
The Veronicas – Lolita (Stampy, Steve)
Diana Vickers – Music To Make The Boys Cry (popmusicity)
Walk The Moon – Anna Sun (echo123)
War Of Words – Panic (popmusicity)
will.i.am ftg. Britney Spears – Scream & Shout (TOMMY SCHROETER)
Robbie Williams – Candy (popmusicity)
Will Young – Losing Myself (A1)

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Comments

  1. Delta Goodrem – Dancing With A Broken Heart…the singlre version is amazing but sadly dulled down on the album

  2. Two of my fav tracks of 2012 is “Neon” Queen of Hearts (would love to see her featured on this blog someday soon *hint* lol) & Something New – Girls Aloud

  3. Guy Sebastian Featuring Carmen Smith Gold
    Guy Sebastian – Get Along
    Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars
    Ricki-Lee – Burn It Down
    Jessica Mauboy – Sugar Pie, Honey Pie
    Jessica Mauboy – gotcha
    JLS- Hold Me Down
    Usher – Numb
    Will.I.Am Feat Britney Spears – Scream & Shout
    Demi Lovato – Give Your heart a Break
    Emeli Saude & naughty Boy – Wonder
    Emeli Saude & Labrinth – Beneath your Beautiful
    Samantha Jade- What You’ve Done To Me
    Elen Levon- Dancing To The Same Song
    Mariah Carey Feat Meek mills & Rick Ross – Triumphant
    Christina Aguilera – Blank Page
    Rihanna- Diamonds
    Chris Brown- Don’t wake me up
    Alicia Keys – Brand New Me
    Nicki Minaj – Pound The Alarm
    Nicki Minaj- Freedom
    Whitney Houston & R.Kelly- I Look To You
    Matt Corby – Souls A’Fire

  6. Jessica Mauboy – Gotcha
    Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
    Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble

  7. 10. The Veronicas – Lolita
    09. Paulini – Heartbreak Is Over (Oxford Hustlers Radio Edit)
    08. Tove Styrke – Call My Name
    07. Tooji – Stay
    06. Reidun Sæther – High On Love
    05. The Saturdays – 30 Days
    04. Charlotte Perrelli – The Girl
    03. Roxette – The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye (Bassflow Remake)
    02. Diandra – Outta My Head
    01. Loreen – Euphoria

  8. My favourite songs of the year were
    “How To Be A Heartbreaker” – Marina And The Diamonds
    “Burn It Down” – Ricki-Lee
    “Call Me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen
    “Somebody That I Used To Know” – Gotye/Kimbra

  13. Well my top 10 is like the
    1. Loreen – euphoria
    2. Lady Antebellum – We Own The Night
    3. Hayley Rinehart- Free
    4. Macy Gray – Sail
    5. Icona Pop – I Love It
    6. Ivi Adamou – La La Love
    7. David Guetta – She Wolf
    8. Paulina Rubio – Boys Will Be Boys
    9. Serebro – Mama Lover
    10. Eric Amarillo – Men Halla

  14. Hi auspOp, my favs were:
    Guy Sebastian – Battle Scars
    Labrinth/Emeli Sande – Beneath Your Beautiful
    Carly Rae Jepson – Call Me Maybe
    Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble
    thanks!

  15. Samantha Jade – What You’ve Done To Me
    Delta Goodrem – Wish You Were Here
    Kylie Minogue – Flower

  19. Had a tumultuous time in a relationship in 2012 – felt very battle scarred going through it so for me I so related to Guy and Lupe’s Battle Scars – incredible song for me – on repeat still…

  21. I would like to thank AusPop for (again) introducing me to some of the great tracks I have enjoyed this year (especially those that I would not have heard in any other way).

    For example
    Ruby Frost’s – Volition album, and
    Daniel Bedingfield – Secret Fear EP

  23. Sorry aus pop it’s Luke again I forgot to say these hits
    Alexandra Burke elephant
    Alexandra stan lemonade (even no it’s not out in aus)
    Cascada summer of love
    Delta sitting on top of the world
    From Luke

  26. Top 5:
    1. Katy Perry – Wide Awake
    2. Emeli Sande – Next To Me
    3. Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
    4. Usher – Climax
    5. Azaelia Banks – 212

  28. Cinnamon Girl – Friends
    Cheryl – Call My Name and Under The Sun
    Girls Aloud – Something New
    Ola – I’m In Love
    2 Shoes – Turn Me On (Turn Me Out)
    Christina Aguilera – Your Body
    Little Mix – Wings and DNA
    Tulisa – Young
    JLS – Hottest Girl In The World
    Amelia Lily – You Bring Me Joy
    Tyler James – Single Tear
    Alexandra Burke – Elephant and Let It Go
    Madonna – Girl Gone Wild
    Kylie – Timebomb
    Neon Hitch – Fuck U Betta

    I could go on, but they were the absolute best for me ;)

  30. Hi I loved
    Burn it down by ricki lee
    And
    Elen levon dancing to the same song
    Thay were stand outs this year
    From Rick

  32. Of Monsters And Men – Little Talks
    Azaelia Banks ft. Lazy Jay – 212
    Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
    Icona Pop – I Love It
    Niki and the Dove – Mother Protect
    Cub Scouts – Told You So
    Kid Mac – She Goes Off
    Strange Talk – Falling In Love
    Clubfeet – Heartbreak
    Walk The Moon – Anna Sun
    Gypsy and the Cat – Bloom

  34. 01. Blow Me One Last Kiss – P!nk
    02. Just A Fool – Christina Aguilera & Blake Shelton
    03. Brokenhearted – Karmin
    04. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift
    05. Fireflies – Leona Lewis
    06. Under The Sun – Cheryl
    07. Guardian – Alanis Morissette
    08. The Vision Of Love – Kris Allen
    09. Lego House – Ed Sheeran
    10. Dark Side – Kelly Clarkson

  35. My top 10

    1. Lolita – The Veronicas
    2. We Are Young – fun.
    3. We Are Never Ever Getting back Together – Taylor Swift
    4. Born To Die – Lana Del Rey
    5. Dark Side – Kelly Clarkson
    6. Primadonna – Marina & The Diamonds
    7. Anything Could Happen – Ellie Goulding
    8. One Thing – One Direction
    9. Do It Like That – Ricki-Lee
    10. Starships – Nicki Minaj

  37. My favs:

    1. Of Monsters And Men “Little Talks”
    2. Diana Vickers “Music To Make The Boys Cry”
    3. Robbie Williams “Candy”
    4. Azaelia Banks ft. Lazy Jay “212”
    5. P!nk “Blow Me (One Last Kiss)”
    6. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith “Latch”
    7. War Of Words “Panic”
    8. Keane “Sovereign Light Cafe”
    9. Sam Sparro “I Wish I Never Met You”
    10. The Shins “Simple Song”

    Contrary to many opinions, I actually really liked this year in music!

    POPMUSICITY

  38. 1 Leaving Pet Shop Boys
    2 National Anthem Lana Del Ray
    3 Gangnam Style PSY
    4 Turn up the radio Madonna
    5 Starships Nicki Minaj
    6 Born To Die Lana Del Ray
    7 Where have you been ? Rihanna
    8 Masterpiece Madonna
    9 Losing Myself Will Young
    10 Power & Control Marina & The Diamonds
    11 Midnight City M83
    12 Wild Ones (edit) Sia
    13 Child Three-sixty 360
    14 Hurting Friendly Fires
    15 Your Body Christina Aguliera
    16 Girl Gone Wild Madonna
    17 Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen
    18 White Light George Michael
    19 Only The Horses Scissor Sisters
    20 Settle Down No Doubt

  43. From Anonymous 2 again:
    Agnes – One Last Time, All I Want Is You
    Brandy & Monica – It All Belongs To Me
    Ellie Goulding – Anything Could Happen

  44. I’ll say…

    Swedish House Mafia – Don’t You Worry Child
    Chris Brown – Don’t Wake Me Up
    Nicki Minaj – Va Va Voom
    Drake – Take Care ft Rihanna
    Taylor Swift – I Knew You Were Trouble

  45. Guy Sebastian has had a amazing year in 2012… I would say that ARMAGEDDON is undoubtedly his best album todate!

    Strong singles:
    * Battle Scars
    * Get Along
    * Gold
    * Dont Worry Be Happy

    Strong Album tracks

    * Armaggedon
    * Amnesia
    * Beg
    * Died and Gone to Heaven
    * Big Bad World

    Overall, a fabulous album with killer vocals and songwriting as well as beautiful production!

    BEST OF 2012 is my say :)

    Lorrie :)

  47. Stooshe – Black Heart
    Marina & the Diamonds – Primadonna
    Florence & the Machine – Never Let Me Go

  48. My favourites
    We Are Never… – Taylor Swift
    Diamonds – Rihanna
    I Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift
    Your Body – Christina Aguilera
    Call My Name – Cheryl Cole
    Ghetto Baby – Cheryl Cole
    One More Night – Maroon 5

  49. Rihanna – Where have you been
    Cheryl – Call my name
    Katy Perry – Wide awake
    Ke$ha – die young
    Ricki-Lee – Burn it down

  52. my fav songs this year where
    Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepson
    Dancing to the same song Elen Levon
    burn it down ricki lee
    what you’ve done to me samantha jade
    diamonds Rihanna

    from Luke

  53. My personal top 3 this year were in order:
    Girls Aloud “Something New”
    Icona Pop – “I Love It”
    Scissor Sisters “Let’s Have A Kiki”

    I totally loved Elton vs PNAU this year, so can’t argue with your #1 pic of the year. A beautifully realised album.