Codex's Year End Charts: 2012 Edition (DONE)

[Juan Carlos]

I just listened to "Pound the Alarm" and I prefer it instead of "Starships". Also, as you said, Codex, before Nicki Minaj says Pound the Alarm, it reminds me of Britney Spears's "Stronger" Great to see "Princess of China" in the Top 5.

[Lozzy]

Love "Starships" and "Pound The Alarm"; glad you ranked "Starships" higher.

"Princess Of China" - no thanks.

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#3 - Ke$ha - Die Young Ke$ha waited 2 years to release this highly anticipated song, but it paid off. It's shocking how she has such an amazing ear for hooks. Every line in the song is effing irresistable! "LOOKing FOR some TROuble tonIGHT, tAKE my haND I'll show you the WILD SIDE". <-- Pop gold. I love how it builds up to the breakdown with the "we're gonna die young" and heavy drums. The breakdown itself imo is very unique? This might sound stupid, since I know it sounds a lot like Hangover and Good Feeling. BUT, for me it has a very pleasant, soft, euphoric, melow feel to it which I LOVE and is rare for me in dance songs. Another thing I thing that is perfect about this song is the bridge. Instead of stripping it down and having some cheesy bridge like in 80% of the songs today, it just changes the instrumentation to give it a fresh feel before coming back in with that orgasmic last chorus. The drop and hook at the same time? Save me. Shout out for the acoustic version aswell! It's actually very beautiful, which I didn't think would be possible for this song. Date Added: 2012/09/25

[Lozzy]

Perfection.

[josh]

glad this isn't your #1 but means my prediction was wrong.

what are the other 2 songs? where have you been? and?

[hitseeker.]

Great choice!

[Lozzy]

Mar 14, 2013 12:51:19 GMT -5 josh said:

what are the other 2 songs? where have you been? and?

"Turn Me On".

[hitseeker.]

Omg one of them is "Where Have You Flawless Been"? Betta be #1 then!

[Lozzy]

Mar 14, 2013 12:53:37 GMT -5 hitseeker. said:

Omg one of them is "Where Have You Flawless Been"? Betta be #1 then!

I suppose it's better than "Turn Me On", so I agree. In my mind "Die Young" will be the #1 though.

[josh]

WHYB >> TMO >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DY

[hitseeker.]

1. Where Have You Been
2. Die Young
3. Turn Me On

[Juan Carlos]

"Die Young" is a great song, but I think it's better than "Turn Me On". So, this is going to be a battle between David Guetta, Giorgio Tuinfort and Black Raw and Dr. Luke, Cirkut and Calvin Harris in production with vocals by Nicki Minaj and Rihanna, respectively. Interesting.
BTW, I agree with João. This should have been the Top 3.

[WotUNeed]

"Die Young" is completely deserving.

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#2 - David Guetta - Turn Me On (feat. Nicki Minaj) "TOUCH ME. SAVE MY LIIIIIIIIFE COME ON AND TURN ME ON. TURN ME ON. TURN ME ON." Damn. I think this is David Guetta's first year end top 10. He got really close last year with Who's That Chick though, and When Love Takes Over/Sexy Bitch could possibly have been top 10's if I had a list in 2009. Turn Me On sounds a lot like Only Girl (top 5 2010 :D, it follows a similar formula. But what really makes me like it is how it has an overall very dark, mystical feel, mainly from the amazing beat during the verses. I love the "OOOooooooooooOOOoooooooooooOOOooooooooo"'s before the chorus, how haunting and creepy they are. The lyrics are kind of cheesy but they're the good kind of cheesy. What I really like about Nicki in general is how she doesn't need a rent-a-rapper to do bridges, she can do her own. :P She goes absolutely crazy, imo and it fits the song perfectly. "D-D-D-D don't let me die young, I just want you to fart on my young" <3 Date Added: 2011/09/19

and now... ;)

Ladies and gentlemen!	May I present to you...

#1 - Rihanna - Where Have You Been ... Yup. Rihanna gets a second year end #1 in a row, same album, same producer. This actually occupied the #2 spot on my weekly chart behind We Found Love for a couple weeks when the album came out, it got massive album track plays, getting 150 plays in 2011 alone. Then in January once We Found Love ended it's 14 week run at #1, this picked up momentum again and didn't die down until the summer, amassing a colossal amount of plays. It was obvious from then that it would be the #1 song of the year. Die Young has around 245 plays, Turn Me On has 270 (+ 40 in 2011), while Where Have You Been has 500! That's not even including the 150 from 2011. It has literally no burn rate. Even right now while writing this I decided to listen to it again, and before I knew it it had another 10 plays. I really like songs where I can imagine epic performances, big sets, huge choreography, hundreds of dancers, special effects. This song is the perfect example of that. "Somewhere in the CROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWD" and I just imagine hundreds of dancers jumping in from behind the scenes doing intense choreography with Rihanna standing in the middle, calling them out, as their goddess. The "Where Have You Been all my l-i-i-i-i-i-i-" might be grating at first... but after a while it hypnotizes you and pulls you into the song, and then out of nowhere comes a dark grimy breakdown that shocked me when I first heard it. This. this is how you combine two different songs. Take note The Time (Dirty Bit). Then that second chorus, gives me so much life. It's a build up and a breakdown at the same time, building up to an even bigger breakdown. What kind of epic? It doesn't even stop there. Then in comes that deep buzzing sound in the background during the bridge and I just... can't handle it. Absolutely brilliant song! Date Added: 2011/11/13

[Lozzy]

Very disappointing top two. Great gifs though! And great countdown overall.

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A quick recap :)

#	Clips of songs: 100-76	#	Clips of songs: 75-51
100	Swedish House Mafia - Don't You Worry Child	75	Cascada - Summer Of Love
99	Scissor Sisters - Let's Have a Kiki	74	Carrie Underwood - Good Girl
98	Inna - Un Momento (feat. Juan Magan)	73	Michel Teló - Ai Se Eu Te Pego
97	Rihanna - Cockiness	72	Breathe Carolina - Blackout
96	Leona Lewis - Shake You Up	71	Taylor Swift - Red
95	Adele - Skyfall	70	Havana Brown - We Run The Night (feat. Pitbull)
94	Train - Drive By	69	Jessie J - Domino
93	Foster the People - Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)	68	will.i.am - This is Love (feat. Eva Simons)
92	Ellie Goulding - Figure 8	67	Cheryl Cole - Call My Name
91	Lana Del Rey - Video Games	66	Calvin Harris - I Need Your Love (feat. Ellie Goulding)
90	Loreen - Euphoria	65	Enrique Iglesias - Finally Found You (feat. Sammy Adams)
89	Carly Rae Jepsen - Tonight I'm Getting Over You	64	Oceana - Endless Summer
88	Calvin Harris - We'll Be Coming Back (feat. Example)	63	Ellie Goulding - My Blood
87	Sak Noel - Paso (Nini Anthem)	62	Jennifer Lopez - Dance Again (feat. Pitbull)
86	Marina And The Diamonds - How To Be A Heartbreaker	61	Fun. - We Are Young
85	Fun. - Some Nights	60	Flo Rida - Wild Ones (feat. Sia)
84	Adele - Rumor Has It	59	Katy Perry - Wide Awake
83	Nicki Minaj - The Boys (feat. Cassie)	58	Carly Rae Jepsen - This Kiss
82	Carly Rae Jepsen - Tiny Little Bows	57	Katy Perry - Dressin' Up
81	P!nk - Slut Like You	56	DJ Antoine - Welcome to St. Tropez (feat. Timati & Kalenna)
80	Alexandra Stan - Lemonade	55	Nicki Minaj - Stupid Hoe
79	Usher - Scream	54	Carly Rae Jepsen & Owl City - Good Time
78	Ke$ha - Crazy Kids	53	Christina Aguilera - Let There Be Love
77	Ke$ha - Supernatural	52	Rihanna - Nobody's Business (feat. Chris Brown)
76	Calvin Harris - School	51	Nicki Minaj - Masquerade

50		Demi Lovato - Give Your Heart a Break	25		Calvin Harris - Feel So Close
49		Carrie Underwood - Blown Away	24		Adele - Set Fire to the Rain
48		Drake - Take Care (feat. Rihanna)	23		Florence + The Machine -Spectrum (Say My Name) (Calvin Harris Remix)
47		Justin Bieber - Beauty and a Beat (feat. Nicki Minaj)	22		Chris Brown - Turn Up the Music (feat. Rihanna)
46		Flo Rida - I Cry	21		Psy - Gangnam Style
45		Zedd - Spectrum (feat. Matthew Koma)	20		Maroon 5 - One More Night
44		Alex Clare - Too Close	19		DJ Fresh - Hot Right Now (feat. Rita Ora)
43		Marina & The Diamonds -Primadonna	18		Gym Class Heroes - Ass Back Home (feat. Neon Hitch)
42		David Guetta - Titanium (feat. Sia)	17		Rihanna - Diamonds
41		Calvin Harris - Let's Go (feat. Ne-Yo)	16		Nicki Minaj - Va Va Voom
40		Rihanna - Birthday Cake (feat. Chris Brown)	15		Ellie Goulding - Lights
39		Neon Hitch - Fuck U Betta	14		Christina Aguilera - Fuck Your Body
38		Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe	13		Katy Perry - Part Of Me
37		Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together	12		Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble.
36		David Guetta - She Wolf (Falling to Pieces) (feat. Sia)	11		Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin' (feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.)
35		Madonna - Girl Gone Wild	10		The Wanted - Glad You Came
34		Taylor Swift - Safe & Sound(feat. The Civil Wars)	9		Leona Lewis - Glassheart
33		Calvin Harris - Sweet Nothing(feat. Florence Welch)	8		Kylie Minogue - Timebomb
32		Will.i.am - Scream & Shout(feat. Britney Spears)	7		Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know(feat. Kimbra)
31		Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven	6		Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm
30		Rihanna - Right Now (feat. David Guetta)	5		Coldplay - Princess of China (feat. Rihanna)
29		Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed	4		Nicki Minaj - Starships
28		Flo Rida - Good Feeling	3		Ke$ha - Die Young
27		Kelly Clarkson - What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)	2		David Guetta - Turn Me On (feat. Nicki Minaj)
26		Nicki Minaj - Whip It	1		Rihanna - Where Have You Been

I would like to thank everyone for who spent some time reading/commenting on the countdown! Sean, getmyrocksoff, Libra, Coco, Nightfire, huh, babysquirrel, franklin, dbhmr, B-Boy, nick, Rocky, Landmarx, ToySoldier, jback, Drag, Xiivi, Austin and especially Hitseeker, WotUNeed, Juanito, Slizzard and Josh! Crazy how Josh and Slizzard almost have more posts than me in this thread, lol.

Hope everyone enjoyed it! Sorry it took so long.

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You had the same #1 as me...OMG soul mates <3

[josh]

Mar 14, 2013 12:57:47 GMT -5 josh said:

WHYB >> TMO >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DY

Codex agrees.

Nice countdown. :)

[Juan Carlos]

Yay! A co-produced song by Calvin Harris atop! "Where Have You Been" is a nice song and I love the .gifs as well :)
Great countdown, Codex and thanks for the shoutout!

[hitseeker.]

Omg I love you, flawless #1 yesss! :)

The gifs!! ^_^

Oh yes, and thanks for the shoutout!