The 50 Best Music Videos of 2012

I have embedded the first couple, for the rest, you can click on the link to be taken to YouTube. If you would like to purchase the music video or the song, click the iTunes button next to the name to be taken to the store.


1. The Baddest Man Alive - The Black Keys featuring RZA


2. Do it Anyway - Ben Folds Five


3. Mercy - Kanye West featuring Big Sean, Pusha T, and 2 Chainz


4. Somebody That I Used to Know - Goyte featuring Kimbra


5. Leave the Lights On - Meiko


6. Lost in the Echo - Linkin Park

7. Pyramids - Frank Ocean

8. Bad Girls - M.I.A.

9. Stray Heart - Green Day

10. Bottom of the River - Delta Rae

11. Simple Song - The Shins

12. No Church in the Wild - Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean

13. Every Single Night - Fiona Apple

14. Happy Pills - Norah Jones

15. Mustache Man (Wasted) - Cake

16. Sweet Talk - Jessie Ware

17. Easy Way Out - Gotye

18. Warrior - Kimbra, Mark Foster, and A-Trak

19. Man on Fire - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero

20. Sixteen Saltines - Jack White

21. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together - Taylor Swift

22. Brendan’s Death Song - Red Hot Chili Peppers

23. Curtain - Eve 6

24. All the Rowboats - Regina Spektor

25. Little Talks - Of Monsters and Men

26. (Expletive Deleted) in Paris - Jay-Z and Kanye West

27. Dance in the Graveyards - Delta Rae

28. All I Need Is Love - Cee-Lo Green featuring the Muppets

29. Diversity - Family of the Year

30. Payphone - Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa

31. Some Nights - Fun.

32. Princess of China - Coldplay and Rihanna

33. Ships in the Night - Mat Kearney

34. Queen of California - John Mayer

35. Ho Hey - The Lumineers

36. Knock Knock - Band of Horses

37. Duquesne Whistle - Bob Dylan

38. Let's Go - Matt and Kim

39. One Woman Army - Kate Earl

40. I'm Shakin' - Jack White

41. Heartbeat - JJAMZ

42. Houdini - Foster the People

43. Hurts Like Heaven - Coldplay

44. Ray Charles - Chiddy Bang

45. I Knew You Were Trouble - Taylor Swift

46. Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas) - Regina Spektor

47. One More Night - Maroon 5

48. Cherokee - Cat Power

49. Cheerleader - St. Vincent

50. Tongue Tied - Grouplove

The 50 Best Music Videos of 2011

The links will lead you to YouTube and if you are interested in buying the video or song, click the corresponding iTunes badge.

1. In Your Arms - Kina Grannis



2. Howlin’ for You - The Black Keys



3. Make Some Noise - Beastie Boys



4. Muppet Show Theme Song - The Muppets and OK Go



5. Walk - Foo Fighters



6. Hello - Martin Solveig & Dragonette

7. Lonely Boy - The Black Keys

8. Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win - Beastie Boys and Santigold

9. All Is Not Lost - OK Go

10. The Shrine / An Argument - Fleet Foxes

11. Red Solo Cup - Toby Keith

12. Good Man - Raphael Saadiq

13. ‘Til the End of Time - Timothy Bloom featuring V

14. Gonna Get Over You - Sara Bareilles

15. Cry Baby - Cee-Lo Green

16. All Of The Lights - Kanye West

17. Camera - Matt and Kim

18. Uncharted - Sara Bareilles

19. Sadness Is a Blessing - Lykke Li

20. Don't Stop (Color on the Walls) - Foster the People

21. We All Go Back to Where We Belong (John Version) - R.E.M.

22. Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells

23. Paradise - Coldplay

24. Day Dreams - Raphael Saadiq

25. Monster - Kanye West featuring Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj

26. Go Outside - Cults

27. Free My Mind - Katie Herzig

28. Call Your Girlfriend - Robyn

29. Michael Jackson - Das Racist

30. Someone Like You - Adele

31. Bizness - tUnE-yArDs

32. From The Clouds - Jack Johnson

33. The Lazy Song - Bruno Mars

34. The Walk - Mayer Hawthorne

35. Invisible - Skylar Grey

36. Block After Block - Matt and Kim

37. Settle Down - Kimbra

38. Otis - Kanye West & Jay-Z

39. Called Out of the Dark - Snow Patrol

40. Long Time - Cake

41. Even if I Don’t - Rachael Yamagata

42. Single Girls – Laura Jansen

43. Sing Your Own Song - John Wesley Harding

44. Say You Like Me - We The Kings

45. The Last Huzzah - Mr. (Expletive Deleted) eXquire featuring Despot, Das Racist, Danny Brown, and El-P

46. ÜBerlin - R.E.M.

47. Girl Panic - Duran Duran

48. Holy Holy - Wye Oak

49. Young Blood - The Naked and Famous

50. Rolling in the Deep - Adele