Another year, another great crop of songs. Some of you might be surprised to see a handful of radio smash hits on here, but I’d be lying to myself and you if I didn’t include them in a list of my favorite songs of 2012. There’s a Spotify playlist (with a few extra songs) to stream while you read through the list. Let me know what songs you think knocked it out of the park in 2012 in the comments or on Facebook!

You Ain’t No Picasso’s Favorite Songs of 2012

35 Cody Chesnutt – Don’t Wanna Go The Other Way
34 The Sword – The Veil of Isis
33 King Tuff – Anthem
32 Maps & Atlases – Fever
31 Uncle Acid + the Deadbeats – I’ll Cut You Down
30 Yellow Ostrich – Marathon Runner
29 Dr John – Locked Down
28 Divine Fits – Would That Not Be Nice
27 Friends – I’m His Girl
26 Animal Collective – Applesauce
25 Amanda Mair – Sense
24 Warm Weather – So Far/Vertigo
23 Diplo – Express Yourself
22 Here We Go Magic – Make Up Your Mind
21 Kishi Bashi – Manchester

20 Dan Deacon – True Thrush
19 Miniature Tigers – Boomerang
18 Santigold – GO!
17 David Byrne & St Vincent – Who
16 Electric Guest – This Head I Hold
15 Shearwater – Breaking the Yearlings
14 Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
13 Menomena – Capsule / Don’t Mess With Latexes
12 Michael Kiwanuka – Tell Me A Tale
11 Major Lazer – Get Free

10 Grizzly Bear – Yet Again
9 Deerhoof – Flower
8 Django Django – Default
7 Psy – Gangnam Style
6 Gorillaz + James Murphy, Andre 3000 – DoYaThing
5 Hot Chip – Flutes
4 Tame Impala – Feels Like We Only Go Backwards
3 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Thrift Shop
2 Jesca Hoop – Hospital (Win Your Love) / Peacemaker
1 The Lumineers – Ho Hey

Honorary mention: Flight of the Conchords – Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)