2012 Hot ZV

Radio Filler #100-91

#100 Hot Chelle Rae - Honestly

Sorry Kelly Clarkson fans, this likely wasn't the "Honestly" you were hoping for. Hot Chelle Rae had my #1 song of 2011 with "Tonight, Tonight" and they place three tracks in the top 100 this year, and this is the first! This is a great song and I love the chorus!

Peak: #11
Weeks: 11

#99 Taylor Swift - State Of Grace

The first of a whopping eight tracks that Taylor Swift managed to place in the Top 100 this year! This was definitely an adventure Taylor Swift took and her venture definitely paid off.

Peak: #8
Weeks: 7

#98 Walk The Moon - Anna Sun

The only track you will see from this band, as I didn't care for "Tightrope". Still, this song has an excellent hook and it really drew me in, but had a quick burn rate.

Peak: #2
Weeks: 7

#97 Taylor Swift - Starlight

The second song of the eight-song Taylor rampage. This song really managed to captivate me right when the CD first came out. It's actually still charting as of the 12.29.12 chart!

Peak: #10
Weeks: 10

#96 Train - Drive By

While this is super catchy, this song proved forgettable overall. The burn rate really prevents me from revisiting it now. However Train does have one song that ranks higher!

Peak: #11
Weeks: 8

#95 Justin Bieber - Maria

The first song of four that the reigning King Of Pop places in the Top 100! This song has an excellent intro and Justin really tapes into the Michael Jackson vibes here. Sadly this one did burn out a bit quickly.

Peak: #3
Weeks: 7

#94 Manika - Good Girls

Sorry Carrie Underwood fans, this is not the "Good Girl" you were hoping for! This is her only entry, but this song is surprisingly refreshing! While it didn't last too long, it actually has a fairly decent replay value now! The song is just cute and innocent.

Peak: #4
Weeks: 7

#93 Give Me All Your Luvin' ft. M.I.A. & Nicki Minaj - Madonna

No, you won't be seeing M.I.A. or Madonna after this entry. However this is the first of eight times you will see Nicki Minaj! And let's be real, the only reason I was able to like the song as much as I did was because of Nicki delivering here.

Peak: #11
Weeks: 10

#92 One Direction - One Thing

Hey! This band where I couldn't tell you who was who or even name all five of them. Yeah. This song was enjoyable! They have another song which charts higher! No, it's not "What Makes You Beautiful"! No it's not anything from their new CD either!

Peak: #5
Weeks: 9

#91 Justin Bieber - Thought Of You

The next song from your Justin Timberlake replacement-but-not-really-because-Bieber-Is-Better-anyway! This song is awesome! Our lord and saviour Bieber delivers his angelic vocals here and slays the flawless instrumental while Pulse stays so pressed Justin doesn't even need to use a dry cleaner!

Peak: #10
Weeks: 11


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Radio Filler #80-71

#80 Linkin Park - Lost In The Echo

A great track from the album! I know a lot of people were excited about this being a single, but this honestly didn't feel like a smash single to me (which proved to be right with its under performance). Of course, I still think this is a great song by a great band on an amazing album! This will be the first of a whopping five entries you will see for the band!

Peak: #9
Weeks: 12

#79 Ke$ha - Crazy Kids

The second of three Ke$ha songs. This song quite clearly is low due to the fact that it is still smashing on my chart and will likely chart on the 2013 countdown as well. This is pretty much as high as a song can get when it comes to having multiple weeks at number one and only a couple weeks on the chart. The chorus to this song is great, I absolutely love it. It keeps me hooked in and really shows the knack Ke$ha has for crafting ear-pleasing melodies.

Peak: #1 (2 Weeks)
Weeks: 5

#78 Taylor Swift - Red

A beautiful song from Taylor Swift that instantly caught on for me right when it was released a promo single! Unfortunately for this song, the quick dominance of other tracks ended up making this one get lost in the shuffle somewhat. Still it's a great song with a clever chorus. Still, this isn't even in the top 5 Taylor Swift tracks of the year, which is amazing considering how good this song is!

Peak: #4
Weeks: 8

#77 PSY (싸이) - What Would Have Been? (어땠을까) ft. Park Jung Hyun (박정현)

The PSY domination continues with this flawless ballad collaboration. I absolutely love his raps in this song and Park really brings a mesmerising chorus here. The whole ambiance for this song is magical. This was one of the quick highlights of the album and it rose up my chart quickly. Of course, there are still two more PSY tracks that managed to best it, and you likely won't be seeing either of them for a little while. Again sorry for the pitched video here too.

Peak: #3
Weeks: 10

#76 Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe

You would be surprised to see this song so high considering I've never spoken fondly of it. It's because this song has a unrepresentative chart run. Really this only charted for nine weeks; but when it became a big hit I pretty much forced it on myself to try and like this song. It didn't work, it essentially got six weeks of free points due to that. I calculated how things would have been without those six weeks, and funnily enough it would have gotten a #101 peak (which would have pushed a sixth Linkin Park track into the top 100). And that honestly would be an accurate representation for both of the songs.

Peak: #7
Weeks: 15

#75 fun. - We Are Young ft. Janelle Monáe

This is a song that simply didn't have a burn rate. It was never a super smash song that I was all over, but I was fine listening to it for quite some time. It's definitely a real agreeable song and I feel this is a good spot for it to land. It stuck around for quite some time and I still can listen to it casually. It's simply not something I'd obsess over but not something where I'd wanna immediately jump to another song. fun. only has a single entry higher than this one. There is also another track with the same name as this that ranks higher this year as well!

Peak: #12
Weeks: 21 (3 weeks of the 21 were spent in 2011 and not counted towards the 2012 chart)
#243 on the 2011 chart

#74 David Guetta - Turn Me On ft. Nicki Minaj

This was another track with a similar story to the one above. It lasted a little while, but never really broke through, only scraping a top ten peak. Still this is an enjoyable song and yet another entry for the slay-machine Nicki Minaj. This is her highest entry as a featured artist, her five remaining hits are all solo entries. As for David Guetta, he's out of luck.

Peak: #10
Weeks: 12

#73 Muse - Madness

Here is another song that is still charting, although it might not last too much longer. This was a song that took a long while for me to grow interested in it. Then it grew on me in a big way. However its burn factor ended up being fairly high, so it's one of those songs that I probably can revisit, but not really spam too often in the future. Still this is a good song and definitely really progressive for the band and the dubstep influences are awesome.

Peak: #2
Weeks: 7

#72 Hot Chelle Rae - Why Don't You Love Me ft. Demi Lovato

An absolutely beautiful song from the band and Demi Lovato here. This is her only entry and the second highest entry from the band. The song really sounds sweet and innocent. Both the band and Demi prove very convincing here. It really feels like high school love being sung about in this song and it just comes off as really cute. A great track from them!

Peak: #7
Weeks: 13

#71 Passion Pit - Take A Walk

A song that is still charting! This is a really fun song from the band. I never really cared for any songs from them until I discovered this. The chorus is catchy, the verses are fun, and the lyrics a definitely tongue in cheek. This is just a good song all around. The song managed to quickly ascend the charts and is now lingering and packing on the weeks, but will it be enough to make the list next year as well?

Peak: #4
Weeks: 10


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