2012 Was a Good Year

[@Roderickrulezzz]

A legendary year filled with so much Minecraft.

[@idontcheckmynotifications]

*Sweden fading in*

[@lotusluv]

and it was the year of black ops 2

[@MiloTheWalrus]

So much Minecraft

[@legoguy5555]

2012 songs vs their Minecraft counterparts

[@delco2035]

froglights moment

[@ItsSvetsi]

I've always maintained the Call Me Maybe is a huge banger. Carly's vocals literally sound like she's smiling the entire time and really convey the feeling of flirtiness. And the chorus strings! My god, the strings!

[@carlyslayjepsen]

In every single song of hers, you can really hear her smiling and that melts my heart every time. God, I love her so much.

[@amnesia998]

Typical pop trash. I'll never understand the appeal.

[@carlyslayjepsen]

@@amnesia998 nobody cares what you think lol

[@SteveDHacksaw]

@@carlyslayjepsen it’s more than just hearing her smiling, she just strikes me as honest on any emotion she tackles. Gimme Love has a certain legitimate scale and drama that I feel like I don’t get from her contemporaries

[@codyssmith73]

If you love the song, I suggest looking into Marianas Trench. Their lead vocalist Josh Ramsay helped co-write & produce the track for Carly as both are 604 Records alumni.

[@perriwinkleiii5361]

I think it's a miracle that Somebody That I Used To Know became as popular as it did on the pop charts given how different it was from all the other hits of the time. It's so understated, yet sure of itself. It wasn't gaudy dance pop but it managed to resonate just as loudly.

[@DeadstormX27]

Being in highschool and hearing it non stop made me think i hated it and now hearing it i always am surprised how good it really is

[@chairwood]

I liked the KZbin poops they made out of it

[@fuckingloser2817]

Still hate the dance mixes that tried to push the song into clubs tho. Radio really tried to push a square into a circle hole

[@johnwise9811]

@@DeadstormX27 same

[@Baloo_The_Bear]

@@DeadstormX27 it's amazing how having a song plastered into your head can make you hate it, and then when you finally go to listen to it on your own terms it manages to be amazing. Our brains: "don't you dare influence me peasant"

[@meelsie143]

2012 was THAT summer for me. So many good memories. More days at the local pool than not. Old enough to experience the world but young enough to not be weighed down by it. I’ll always look back fondly on that year and it’s music 🥲🧡

[@celthefox]

Same, damn, the nostalgia

[@romerorobertoandres9761]

It seems like everyone had the best summer of their life back then

[@Desnes7]

"Old enough to experience...young enough to not be weighed down" love that.

[@shanaaynay69]

Yep same here, I was 22 years old. No care in the world with so many bangers playing on the radio. You definitely hit it on the head with "old enough to experience the world but young enough not to be weighted down by it"

[@bryson0206]

damn

[@unwritten_zephyr]

Somebody That I Used to Know is not only one of the best pop songs of all time, but one of the best breakup songs of all time. Perfect track through and through.

[@hallehuckleberry]

i literally had no idea that was released in 2012. i thought it was some random 90s/80s or even 70s track that someone made a music video for lmfaoo

[@juri_xiii9977]

It's FECAL MATTER. Like 99,9 % of Popular music..

[@adamswanson338]

@@juri_xiii9977 how could somebody say something so brave and based

[@musicalman1995]

@@juri_xiii9977 you life must be so boring if you don’t like pop music.

[@truthwooph4083]

I hate the production, and his voice, I do get why people like it though !

[@gab_gallard]

I remember when Somebody That I Uses To Know dropped. Many of my friends were going crazy saying that there was finally somebody at the level of David Bowie or Peter Gabriel to bring inventiveness and art to mainstream pop once again, and that the future of pop was gonna be bright... Its been 10 years.

[@alessandroscuderi7300]

The lead singer hated the fame and stopped releasing music altogether from Gotye soon after just so he could get less coverage. Just made music with his friends in another band and for fun. Its a shame because he had a really unique style that would made many bangers.

[@DIMM4_]

Call me maybe is so iconic, just hearing that violin play those 3 notes will instantly take you back.

[@truthwooph4083]

I miss how the song would put people in a good mood 🤗 Nowadays everyone's agitated beyond belief especially me !

[@PM-vv3uc]

even my metal friend has this song as a guilty pleasure.

[@Wackaz]

You hit the nail on the head man. Well said.

[@joshh.2159]

I also love the song because me and Carly Rae Jepsen share a birthday(not the same year I'm 23 she's 36 but November 21st)

[@khodges72]

@@joshh.2159 Interesting. Does your mother also share a maiden name with hers?

[@theecoodabenjakobz]

This Fantano series is so fun, I love going over these songs and getting nostalgia from these tracks I used to listen to back then!

[@philly_sports1558]

I remember hearing Call Me Maybe on the radio all the time when I was in junior high and absolutely hating it. I thought I was "too tough" and "too cool" to like a song like that. Now that I'm an adult, I can really appreciate just how well crafted of a pop song it is. It's absolutely adorable and extremely catchy and fun. I totally understand why it was as massive as it was.

[@historianofmanythings4294]

I never hated the song but like I was definitely not a fan of mainstream pop music at the time and only listened to 90s rap. Fast forward a decade later and now I’m a huge Carly rae jepsen fan and ended up buying VIP tickets for her current tour😂

[@BigOwl51]

@@historianofmanythings4294 same. I was a metalhead at the start of the 2010s and at the end my number one genre on Spotify was “dance pop”

[@sammy2nd]

gotta say this has real copypasta potential

[@nonono7973]

Peggy is that you?

[@historianofmanythings4294]

@@BigOwl51 yup I started listening to her music avidly when she released dedicated in 2019. She’s amazing

[@betagoodness]

Personally, I think the production on We Are Young really works in the song's favor. It sounds so loud and cramped, just like a crowded bar full of shitfaced people going crazy. Even Janelle Monae's feature works for me, because it's like she's the love interest that gets drowned out by the party, which fits the lyrics of the song.

[@Arat1t1]

Aim and Ignite is still a way better album than Some Nights, I maintain that it's one of the best pop albums of all time.

[@natebello]

Exactly I love the depth in the production

[@JohnDoe-pm9ip]

Ugh, I fucking hate this track

[@vvvictoriav5958]

I disagreed with what he said about it, until I went and listened to it again for the first time in years. He’s right, it’s god awful.

[@JohnDoe-pm9ip]

@@vvvictoriav5958 it sounds like Hell, if Hell’s soundtrack was written by High School drama kids

[@paolocruz7917]

Call Me Maybe and Somebody That I Used to Know was overplayed to the point of annoyance during their released but definitely aged like fine wine.

[@AverageUser-]

Call me maybe was unbearable though.. that’s the difference.

[@antiantiderivative]

@@AverageUser- and still is unbearable

[@Waack_]

@@AverageUser- nah it's 🔥

[@DefenestrateYourself]

@@AverageUser- your opinion is average, therefore not worth reflecting on

[@lethybridtheorygolucastheo2191]

"Paolo Cruz" More reasons to add why 2012 was an amazing year for mainstream music. Also, around that time Lana Del Rey got mainstream which brought Indie Pop to be mainstream and was a backlash to the club boom of the Late 00's Early 2010s . A year later, the genre would blow up due to the success of Lorde's Royals which is imo the Smells Like Teen Spirit of the 2010's. To me, Alternative Pop being a backlash to the club boom with artists such as Pitbull and Flo Rida is like how Nirvana ended Hair Metal in the 1990s imo

[@PianoHits]

2012 was like the year 2010 - 2011 trained for. There was a pop danthology mega mix I listened to so much from that year. 👌

[@SteeZy644]

2012 was lit bc half of us genuinely thought we were gonna die

[@soupalot]

Why?

[@kurtman8954]

Same thing 2020 so lit

[@lemonine2712]

@@soupalot Everyone thought the world would end in December of 2012. Something about the Mayan calendar I don’t really remember why but I do remember it was a HUGE deal back then lmao it was all over the news and everything it genuinely terrified me for a bit too.

[@PatTurn]

...Half?

[@egorzimowski3505]

we have several new wars in 2022 and there's a threat of a nuclear attack, so we still can die. 2022 is even better then

[@4W0RD5]

The entire Making Mirrors album from Gotye is so fuckin underrated. Everyone always seems to talk about him like he's a one hit wonder but he's got so many other good songs. Making Mirrors might actually be my favourite album from 2011

[@shootatsquare]

💯

[@Yogkog]

Goated album

[@frafrafrafrafra]

Some of his songs are just so good, for example Heart's a Mess and Eyes Wide Open

[@JohnDarksoul69]

being an one hit wonder doesn't mean he's a bad artist, just as having lots of hits doesn't mean an artist is good. there are a lot of one hit wonders out there whose music is pretty solid overall despite not achieving the same recognition, gotye is definitely one of them. now just look at drake, he has lots of hits and most of his singles chart pretty high... and yet his career has been extremely mediocre for years now.

[@joshuadeneumoustier8523]

Still in my top 5 albums of all time, hearing it on iTunes when it came out absolutely transcded me. Making Mirrors will always remain the soundtrack of one of the best years of my life.

[@neverhowever3231]

i’m too nostalgic for this year, i couldn’t rank these songs honestly they all occupy my heart

[@AirGuitar]

Same lol

[@joshuadeneumoustier8523]

2012 was unreal Nostalgia wise, seeing these songs turn a decade old hits different.

[@henrypoopenstein]

Year I graduated highschool, was too busy being a born in "Le Wrong Generation" teen to even give any of these songs a chance (except Gotye cuz it sounded like 80s music 🤣)

[@snsdgen]

I was in 2nd grade in 2012 and this music reminds me of playing with monster high dolls, studying for spelling tests, and watching Minecraft smps.

[@Mynutshard]

Holy shit I am old

[@johanliebert6734]

Anthony is doing his best not to post the 1970's 10/10 albums knowing there won't be Pink Floyd in there

[@rafiansyaharya5817]

And nick drake

[@zackzallie8735]

He's totally edging right there. lol

[@bozozero9784]

I just can’t wait to see which Zappa album he picks

[@shitpostbotmin]

I'll be surprised if he doesn't put the wall in as a 10

[@TechnoAdamGuy]

@@bozozero9784 probably apostrophe

[@mondaymediaofficial]

Azealia Banks - "212" Until this year per a KZbinrs' video about 2010's hits, I'm not sure I even knew this song back in the day unless it was just briefly in passing. However, after hearing it, I'm sad I didn't know it. Despite Azealia's terrible views and personality, the song is such a banger. The production and beat transitions are flawless, the lyrics are so hard hitting and only seem to increase in intensity through the song. It's truly a track that was far ahead of its time for the lane it was in. 9/10

[@herbenthusiastic]

It sucks she’s such a garbage person, 212 definitely bangs

[@rawlzi116]

I remember hearing it as a kid, the trippy beat was so addictive, with vocal inflections and effects on azealia

[@martinebonita2658]

Im a closeted azaelia defender

[@Setashi]

Lights honestly belongs right up there with Call Me Maybe and Somebody That I Use To Know in my eyes. It's an incredibly well-made pop song.

[@spenserwalker4361]

AMEN! 🙏🏾 It’s a classic track that is just as great today as it was ten years ago and it’s an undeniable delight anytime I hear that first synth pattern hit my eardrums!

[@Joe-vz7ll]

your opinion is wrong 🕺

[@benjiusofficial]

idk, I feel like the vocal performance is what carries it; the production and musicality elsewise are pretty mid.

[@zaiah9252]

@@benjiusofficial I think I may agree. Lights is a good song with interesting lyrics and vocals but the song as a whole is above average whole Call me maybe is like an altimeter

[@differentname6904]

pov: ur opinion is wrong

[@fetamean]

I'm glad you gave Call Me Maybe and Carly the recognition she deserved. I wasn't a fan of that song originally when I heard it, I mean, I was graduating high school in 2012 and I wanted to hear Avenged Sevenfold and System of a Down and shit but I'd always had a pop side to me and when I discovered Carly's album EMOTION, I was floored. I thought it was better 80s pop than The Weeknd. The Weeknd still slaps but I'm a huge Carly fan.

[@markusabelius]

I often tell my music-loving friends that 2012 is my fave year in music. not for these pop singles, but the albums that came out that year. there's my gateway to Grimes with an all-time fave in Visions. then there's K-Dot's GKMC, Frank Ocean's Channel Orange, Tame Impala's Lonerism, Beach House's Bloom, and even the G.O.O.D. Music Cruel Summer mixtape!

[@devonofficial1699]

100% how I feel down to the select albums. I also was 19 that year so the nostalgia for it is crazy

[@jonl7893]

Cruel summer is so ass 💀

[@ArmLegLegArmHead47]

@@jonl7893 Mercy.1, Don't Like.1, Clique, New God Flow.1 and Creepers are amazing fuck u talking about

[@squiggles1239]

Likewise! GKMC, Channel Orange, Born to Die, Lonerism and Food and Liquor 2 for me off the top

[@dyldragon1]

2011 and 2012 were unbeatable for rap fans

[@karacoconutag]

I can't think about "Glad You Came" without hearing the Kidz Bop version that turns "hand you another drink, drink it if you can" into "hand you another dance, dance it if you can." The things my brain decides to remember after 10 years, I swear.

[@sivaramakrishnankn1721]

Pop danthology 2012 is one of the best nostalgia trips of all time.

[@i.lydsss]

WORD that whole series is legitimately how I remember what year pop songs came out in. RIP

[@Udontkno7]

dj earworm man

[@Stefan_Gerards]

2011 even better

[@fuckingloser2817]

Check DJ Drybones 2012 mix

[@thecodebrief]

I'm surprised fantano did not mention gangnam style at all lmao.

[@madeleinep.828]

The nostalgia is crazy with this one. I felt like screaming "S-TIER!" about, like, half of these. Also, I have no idea how Gangnam Style isn't here.

[@the_cosine4353]

He bases this off the top 10 of Billboard's top 100 of 2012. Gangnam style is #47 on that list.

[@progunjack5556]

The song got cut off by year, only getting popular around the last half of 2012, I'm pretty sure if there's a list of the most popular songs from the last half of 2012 to the end of the first half of 2013 "Gangnam Style" would be in the top 10 of that list

[@yappingfornothing]

because billboard doesn't track stream numbers yet when gangnam style was huge, the song doesn't even reach number 1 on the hot 100 because of that

[@kahn5234]

Call Me Maybe always puts a smile on my face. Nostalgia hits like a truck

[@truthwooph4083]

I always felt she was a freak in the sheets 👀 did you ever get that impression ?

[@valto5477]

@@truthwooph4083 huh

[@crysisbai]

@@truthwooph4083 bruh

[@kahn5234]

@@truthwooph4083 ayo that came out of nowhere bro

[@videojames1]

@@truthwooph4083 youtube comments moment

[@94nolo]

My parents got divorced in 2012.

[@mitchlmitten5874]

It's funny how eleven year old me first heard stuff like Gotye and Fun on the radio and thought it was all boring, but now I look back on it like it's the defining sound of my childhood. 2012 music hits different

[@truthwooph4083]

I just miss the world making sense 😂 and those songs remind me of that time XD

[@shamsielshahar120]

Fun is still boring for me, not really my cup of tea. I enjoyed Gotye's music from the moment I discovered him with his most famous song.

[@theenglishproject212]

@@shamsielshahar120 fun? boring? Did you listen to their first album…….

[@Murmaider4]

Gotye was my gay awakening as a teen

[@zaiah9252]

Honestly We are young and Somebody that I used to know maybe in my top 10 best songs of the decade

[@chasefaulknor5172]

Im currently going to school at Full Sail University for Recording arts and im learning alot about production and mixing and just improving my critical listening skills. This has been a fun series to watch because my critical listening skills have gotten better so its fun to hear all these old songs from my childhood and realize how dated some of these songs are but goddamn re listening to tracks like “Bad Romance” and “Somebody that I used to know”, its amazing to hear how well these songs hold up today! Fun stuff Anthony!

[@vb2388]

Yes, Messi also scored 91 goals in 2012..

[@derraumdeuter3671]

Yo I seen you at YJR's page bruh 💀

[@monsterwith21faces92]

@@derraumdeuter3671 yo me too I've seen him too You're a fricking Messi meat rider but I don't mind🗿

[@nic5250]

Wow that’s so coo-… ZzZzZZzZ

[@mitchelgreen891]

the real reason this year is goated

[@internettrashgang68]

@@nic5250 ?

[@KoenRH2803]

Appreciate the Gotye love! I highly recommend trying out his 2 albums, personally I like a lot of those tracks way more than his most famous song. I hope he’ll return someday!

[@zackzallie8735]

I can't believe 2012 was 31 years ago.

[@thelastpepsi9369]

It’s kinda depressing how big Somebody I Used to Know was and how completely under the radar Gotye’s other material was. It’s solid stuff

[@GanymedePrincss]

Instantly fell in love with that Gotye song even as a hardcore edgy alternative metal teen. Absolutely a banger for the ages.

[@The_Room_2_Doggys_Revenge]

With all the covers that song got, there's even probably one for alternative metal

[@ideac.]

2012 was such a good year honestly It was pretty much the definition of the early 10's The internet was starting to become bigger, everything felt to fresh and new in comparison to the 2000's Its been 10 years since 2012 and to this day i still consider it my favorite year

[@jugan170]

One of my favorites bc of Sosa

[@johnflores9915]

It felt like an extension of the 2000s other than tech advances

[@thefrog4990]

2012 was such a good year

[@DiscountSeanConnery]

Brotha 2012 and 2013 were my shit. That’s the last time I can remember turning on the radio and consistently hearing bangers

[@goh02]

Yeah, I remember every song was positive vibes and party bangers. The EDM invasion was insane.

[@devonofficial1699]

Two of my favorite years for music ever. Albums, artists, and singles changed everything

[@zachspeirs5506]

Ong something happened to pop since

[@sahulianhooligan7046]

@@zachspeirs5506 Lorde happened

[@lowceyn2875]

@@zachspeirs5506 simply saturation, like what happend to metal and will happen to hip hop

[@tyden13]

Yo m'melon gotta say, Gotye still makes pretty interesting music just under different monikers. Ondioline Orchestra, The Basics, etc.

[@thomasnewton6491]

Gotye's Making Mirrors and Like Drawing Blood are absolute gems, well worth a listen if anyone hasn't heard them all the way through

[@Lancelot30]

Completely agree

[@pharlap12]

Absolutely agree! I still regularly return to "Thanks for your Time" and "State of the Art" to this day.

[@undressedbroccoli]

yessssssss, I really hope he'll make another album some day

[@carlbig3118]

°boardface° is great as well, I miss the guy so much, I know he's playing and writing music with his band The Basics plus he's been doing other side projects (archivial of the ondioline and production of some new indie artists) but in comparison of the quality of his projects as Gotye, The Basics' stuff is almost trash in my opinion

[@kevingreene4090]

Smoking Mirrors is good too

[@xayax7920]

I wasn’t really into pop music as a kid (I was entering my preteens in 2012) but the very first joke I made in Minecraft was covering a friends house in torches, laughing through the lyrics “baby you light up my world like nobody else” Good memories

[@brivooo5381]

I don’t know why I’m getting a 2012 nostalgia rush from a comment so simple. Those were indeed great times.

[@DonPasquale_]

Absolutely agree that Somebody That I Used to Know is genuinely one of the best pop songs of all time, incredible song in every aspect

[@zoewiththeumlaut8256]

If my mom wasnt stuck in 2012 and had ‘we are young’ and ‘somebody I used to know’ on repeat on her playlist for the past 10 years I’d totally agree

[@rezz__emiya5948]

i only pulled up to make sure you put call me maybe in S tier, everything Carly Rae came out with was pure gold, and excited for her currently dropping album.

[@jonamcc]

I turned 21 in 2012 and so that's when I started hearing all these songs in awful college bars, so these all have pretty strong nostalgia value for me.

[@wtfftw3000]

2008-2013 were amazing years, but the peak of it was 2012, definitely a crazy year for me, especially because I was young and was basically hearing these bops as well as other hits from prior years that I missed out on and never heard. Also hip-hop/rap albums were also pulling out bangers. Man that year was filled up with adrenaline.

[@brocksamson9737]

2012 was a beautiful year for music and life in general. This really make me miss all the boy band poppy music we had at the time. Really gave me positive vibes. Justin Bieber, 1D, hell even Austin Mahone! And the fashion, snap backs and high top shoes galore. Good times man, good times.

[@arrogantschmuck9593]

Oh God, I'm not ready for all the shitting he's going to do on Radioactive in the next part. I've got such a nostalgia for it 😭

[@themuslimwall]

Not like it matters. I love Fantano and Imagine Dragons both.

[@beyris]

Fantano go five seconds without calling songs he doesn't like dated challenge (impossible)

[@spenserwalker4361]

Radioactive bangs! So just remember we’ll all be there collectively disagreeing with him together!😎

[@Hola-tq4pg]

I'm honestly more scared for Macklemore considering Anthony has claimed his opinion on him multiple times

[@arrogantschmuck9593]

@@spenserwalker4361 Thank you comrade! ✊️

[@river8477]

Starships has probably the best hook in all of early 2010s pop music, name a hook that's just as catchy while also giving that trademark pop-melon-choly sound

[@the_o_man]

You are absolutely right with that title. I miss 2012

[@mattdevito4928]

Also insane year for rap singles too. Motto, Maad city, Clique, Mercy, N*gg*s in Paris, Dance a$$, rack city (last two are more guilty pleasures)… also Money Store came out that year. Great year for the radio

[@Mindcreat0r]

Can’t believe you put “Stronger” in D tier. I know it’s off Graduation and I know that one line about gay women hasn’t aged too well but the Daft Punk sample along with classic Kanye production and flow make it a classic imo

[@chasinghaze0962]

Don't forget Carly's other song with Owl City: Good times. That song was also a banger for me. I think it was pretty popular too

[@janellelives5158]

We don’t even have to try it’s always a good time!

[@GonzoCiosain]

2012 actually was a good year. I will always associate Death Grips' music with extreme heat and the smell of house paint from listening to Ex-Military and The Money Store while painting houses in Arizona that summer.

[@Mr___f]

I remember when Lights released in like late 2010 I was playing OG one nonstop until the Bassnectar remix dropped. I still think that remix is the pinnacle of pop EDM remixes from that era.

[@brivooo5381]

EDM was crazy in 2012. Calvin Harris released too many hits and bangers that year and “18 Months” was a success.

[@ricardoediza2690]

I think Anthony should try doing this with Todd In The Shadows because it would be interesting and funny seeing their takes on the year's biggest hits

[@maad1670]

wonder why Fantano hasnt done an interview with him

[@guyfierieprotectorofthesau6089]

@@maad1670 he can’t find him, he’s in the shadows

[@maad1670]

@@guyfierieprotectorofthesau6089 Touche

[@ItsRenzio]

Despite production issues, We Are Young deserves an A cause it's one of the most memorable song of 2012, it aged well, it's well written and it's very catchy. Change my mind

[@Lakest02]

Anthony, just because We Are Young is C-tier doesn't mean you get to put Boyfriend by Justin Bieber in S-tier.

[@sanguine_paradise]

2012 is that one year where everyone agrees it was good. I was too young to remember some stuff, but hell the songs threw me back into the past. Good times, indeed

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

For the year where everyone thought the world was going to end, it seemed like it was one of the best years of the 2010’s

[@AverageUser-]

Meh

[@brivooo5381]

2012 was one of the best years.

[@aoBubs]

who the heck actually thought the world would end. everyone I knew just joked about it

[@alphachestnut]

@@aoBubs The joke came from people who actually did believe it

[@johnflores9915]

Felt like an extension of the 2000s ending with 2013 though

[@connorbiddle4703]

I was in highschool from 2010-2014 so this series is very much a nostalgia trip for me thanks melon guy

[@Sam_Berghammer]

Carly then went on to make the best of the best pop albums in Emotion and Emotion Side B. I could blast Run Away With Me, Higher and Cry all day long

[@R-H-B]

This feels kinda weird cuz I only just got into Carly’s music and all these comments are having the same realisations that I had two weeks ago

[@kahn5234]

And she’s one of the most likeable singers. You can tell her music bangs when there’s a bunch of 30 year old dudes bopping in the audiences

[@sephjy1370]

Add up Dedicated and Dedicated Side B!

[@alysdaxei]

Carley Rae Jepsen is an amazing artist. One thing I love about her is that her sound and quality have been consistent. She has set some trends but she also just does whatever she wants.

[@rockofshame]

God that Gotye song was so fucking good. The rest of the album was strong too. Hope he does come back

[@larkstonguesinaspic4814]

For me 2012 is forever defined by Tame Impala's Lonerism. Life changing album for me.

[@Amouroso]

LETS GOO I LOVE THIS SERIES. 2013 vid is gonna slap, I have a soft spot for those hits

[@Cyranek]

can't believe gangnam style didn't make the list

[@rodmunch6865]

I'm pretty sure that was 2013. It might have been released in 2012 but I don't think it got really big until 2013

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

2012 didn’t have to cut me off and make it like we never happened and that we were nothing. I don’t need it’s love, but it treats me like a stranger and that feels so rough.

[@N3rdburgring]

As someone who has never and will never go out of my way to listen to their music, that “what makes you beautiful” song was always kinda catchy and harmless to me

[@UncleHyena]

Call Me Maybe is awesome I’ve been listening to it proudly these past few weeks. While my friends are still stuck in their ‘ew pop’ phase, my sister and I have never been closer in our music tastes thanks to our revisit with that song and I cannot be happier. You really start to realise, ironically as derivative and mainstream as Pop attends to be, there really is an ‘elite’ in pop music that stands the test of the time past all the filth, looking at you Chainsmokers

[@R-H-B]

I used to be the same until Adele’s 30 album came out, which was the first non-hiphop album I’d ever heard. And now I’m a huge pop fan

[@yappingfornothing]

there are some good pop records under the pile of mediocre pop records, carly's emotion made me realize that

[@UncleHyena]

@@yappingfornothing Exactamundo

[@sephjy1370]

I've been recently stuck to Carly's recent albums and damn, Call Me Maybe isn't even her best song to offer lol

[@27flash27]

Somebody That I Used to Know is so sick that it often comes up in memes in 80s version, in sped up version, in cinematic/epic version and it always sounds fucking amazing

[@jacksonsenter5784]

I’d say the production on we are young gets the job done, the opening drum beat is extremely recognizable (was a TikTok trend) and the snare gives the song a lot of drive. Also a pretty memorable vocal performance especially when he exclaims “I just thought” and of course the chorus is killer. Easy S tier for me.

[@spenserwalker4361]

Glad to see “Somebody That I Used to Know” getting the love it deserves! Such a beautiful track with great vocals , killer chemistry, and a certain baroque melancholy that’s practically impossible to find in any other modern pop songs.

[@SplendidCoffee0]

Ahhh, one of my middle school years. Great tunes

[@Laz3rCat95]

Senior year of HS for me

[@beyris]

I was in 5th grade back in 2012

[@pranavdhokre8980]

I was in my 10th too!!

[@Michael-cv5wk]

Looking back, 2012 was a HUGE shift into the current state of pop music. A lot of the music on this list is still relevant today, and the days of electro pop and pitbull felt so far behind it.

[@operationb.e.n6480]

'Call Me Maybe' >>> Beethoven's 9th symphony

[@h3cz_]

My middle school years had nothing but bangers. So so so grateful to have lived through that. 2010 - 2013. Never forget, all we have now is the memories 😞

[@brivooo5381]

2010-2013 was lit gahhh

[@TheDetrimentalGamers]

I’m ready for the ”Albums that are 10’s from the ‘70s” Give it to me Melon😩

[@daniellavaladez7820]

I second this

[@tonygunk8157]

I third this

[@billybobmybutt]

i fifths this

[@TonyJuanPailos]

I fourth this because this was fifted before being fourthed

[@ashantinyongo7632]

@@TonyJuanPailos you actually should’ve 8thed this, @billybobmybutt was following the Fibonacci sequence

[@BestBoyPatrick]

God. This year. God FUCKING DAMN. My CHILDHOOD. This and 2013/14 were my radio prime. Somebody you used to know has always been an all timer for me. I loved it from the moment I heard it. I’ve always loved we are young, just beautiful nostalgia. The Wanted and glad you came, one direction. God Damn the nostalgia. I remember hating call me maybe because I was a boy and boys weren’t allowed to like that music (also I was a snob because my family were big music people). Looking back it’s a nostalgic banger. God I love this year, even the awful songs

[@beerados3989]

“Somebody that I used to know” was playing as I drove my 3-month old puppy to my home back in 2012. He’s a proper geezer now. Also shouts out CRJ. She only makes fire strictly speaking

[@spenserwalker4361]

I don’t know if you’ve heard Brontë from him but it’s a phenomenal song and the video involves a puppy so it’s pretty appropriate ha.

[@magicwindow6682]

thank you especially for the praise for Somebody That I Used to Know because I don't care if people think it was overplayed or is overrated - it is freaking amazing and an all-time great

[@thegroove14]

Can’t wait for the 2013 singles video when he has to grade the Harlem Shake.

[@WolfHunterJason]

We Are Young is my favourite song, after all these years I finally found a clip of you talking about it you think it’s a C tier? I want to cry

[@hilowize]

My biggest claim to fame is that Carly Rae Jepsen’s bandmate tavish sold me some skinny jeans when I was in middle school

[@Zultzify]

thx for this anthony, was 13 years old in 2012 and that was the last year of my childhood imo. got into smokin weed and drinking from a young age and it really took that edge out of my life. Still struggling with it a lot honestly, dont understand how some do the straight edge lifestyle

[@anamelessyoutuber1462]

2012 was one of the best year's for Billboard. Change my mind.

[@UnorthodoxIndividual]

Why would I change your mind when you're right?

[@someguycp]

theres really like 3/4 songs i’d give a 9/10 or above (die young, lights, Somebody that i used to know), and it competes with 2018 for the weakest ten best hit songs. for comparison 2011 had eight 9/10s and 2013 had six edit: going through 2018, it had a LOT more good songs than i remember (a lot more than 2012 as well). 2010/2019 might be the closest thing to 2012 but even then i think their lists are better

[@goh02]

Peak of EDM music. Best year of 2010s.

[@monsterwith21faces92]

It was definitely one of the Billboard years

[@thefrog4990]

You're correct. Great year for music.

[@Bensterr23]

That Ellie Goulding album fucking rocks, I love it

[@benjiusofficial]

Fantano: "It's no Backstreet's Back." Me: EVERYBOOOOODDYY

[@CantEscapeFlorida]

YEEEEEAAAHHHH

[@srk4manu]

Hell yeah 2012 was an AMAAAAZING year for me I turned 20 got high for the first time United was on smoke with Van Persie I was introduced to Led Zep and Classic Rock....all this with these gems playing on the radio aaarrgghh

[@writh2656]

Lights is a certified hood CLASSIC

[@jugan170]

You would think even tho internet artists didn't chart super high back then that he woulda at leasr mentioned Sosa bc 2012 and 2013 are known as his years, especially 2012

[@DJSlaughter]

2012 was actually my favorite year in music

[@irooaedn]

Good time by Owl City ft Carly Rae Jepsen was probably my favorite song from this year

[@zaiah9252]

Oh good time is such a fun pop summer song. It’s by no means great or mind blowing but it works and knows what it wants to be without being pretentious

[@Rosenrot0eme]

The vocals on Lights only sounds run of the mill now because every electronic pop track in the 2010s was trying to imitate it.

[@bitticlan]

Call Me Maybe and Somebody That I Used To Know could not be more different songs, but because both of them were written, constructed, and produced so magnificently they both wound up being surprise dominant smashes. I'm still blown away that Somebody That I Used To Know was the mega smash it was because it was from an artist that was unknown to the US and it didn't sound anything like what was popular at the time.

[@justingerald]

It's just an undeniable song.

[@Chamathkaraperera]

Both of those songs are annoying trash.

[@sephjy1370]

Carly was also unknown back then. You never really expect mega smash songs from a name that popped up out of nowhere

[@james___worth]

“before you came into my life, i missed you so bad” is probably one of, if not the best lines in a pop song ever 💘

[@dukeofcurls3183]

there are not enough positive words in the world that can be said about Somebody That I Used to Know

[@AndrewPRoberts]

Jepson and Gotye are both in that category of artists that people normally think of as one hit wonders who have a FANTASTIC discography

[@ApocalypseMoose]

I can't wait for the 2013 video and see him put Radioactive in the Ω tier.

[@michawrzosek5417]

Both Somebody That I Used to Know and Call Me Maybe are extremely nostalgic to me but for different reasons. The Gotye one I loved from the start and I was really glad that it stuck around for so long. Listening to it felt like participating in something legendary, kind of like what I'd imagine a 12-year-old boy would feel while hearing idk Stairway to Heaven in 1971. Call Me Maybe on the other hand was this annoying pop tune that was catchy but also too candy for my taste at that time. I associate it with parodies mostly, be it some Minecraft one or the one about Mario sung to me by that slightly awkward goofy friend. I rediscovered this tune maybe 2 years ago and I love it! Really takes me back

[@roshango125ab]

I remember when I was an edgy teenager I thought I hated Call Me Maybe.......little did I know I'd become a Carly Stan in college just a few years later

[@joniboni5029]

its incredible how experimental hip hop artist jpegmafia not only had a substantial influence on vaporwave music, but also wrote the 2010s best pop tune long before being a succesful rapper

[@goh02]

Peak of EDM music along with 2013. The Best music years of 2010s.

[@RoyaleExtreme]

2016 would like a word

[@ey3z4ya]

@@RoyaleExtreme Earlier than that

[@johntremendol]

Skrillex was the messiah of this period

[@gx1tar1er]

@@RoyaleExtreme 2016 you had The Chainsmoker (hated EDM act) & EDM was on its way out of mainstream before it's replaced by rap.. Also they made the mainstream music changed to chill EDM-pop, less danceable, less bright.

[@kJ922-h3j]

The 90s and early 2000s would like a word

[@zackzallie8735]

2012 is also the year my favorite albums was released:- 1. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City - Kendrick Lamar 2. Lonerism - Tame Impala 3. Channel Orange - Frank Ocean 4. Bloom - Beach House 5. The Money Store - Death Grips 6. An Awesome Wave - alt-J