The 25 Best Mash-Ups of 2012

If you want to give the mash-up a listen, click its name on the first line (where you will find ways to download it most places) and if you would like to download the song that make it up, click those in the second line and it will take you to iTunes. Although I have to say before we get to the list that I am a bit disappointed that no one was able to figure out a way to mash-up Ho Hey and Hip Hop Hooray. Oh well, maybe next year and here are my favorite from the past year.


1. Rock Of Ages (2012) - DJ Schmolli
Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love) vs. Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil) vs. Run-DMC (King of Rock) vs. The Chemical Brothers (Block Rockin' Beats) vs. Twisted Sister (I Wanna Rock) vs. Dio (Stand Up and Shout) vs. AC/DC (Let There Be Rock) vs. many more


2. Somebody That I Used to Know - Norwegian Recycling
Goyte featuring Kimbra (Somebody That I Used to Know) vs. Drake featuring Rihanna (Take Care) vs. Adele (Set Fire to the Rain) vs. Bruno Mars (Grenade)


3. United State of Pop 2012 - DJ Earworm
The Top 40 Songs of 2012


4. Wonderwall Like You - DJ Y alias JY
Adele (Someone Like You) vs. Oasis (Wonderwall)

5. I'm Coming Home - Mashup-Germany
M83 (Midnight City) vs. P.Diddy feat. Skylar Grey (Coming Home) vs. Bob Marley (Could You Be Loved) vs. 3 Doors Down (Kryptonite) vs. Men at Work (Down Under) vs. Rihanna (Diamonds)

6. Fire in Moscow - Michmash
Jimi Hendrix (Fire) vs. Michael Jackson (Stranger In Moscow)

7. Lana Adele Rey - Phil RetroSpector
Adele (Set Fire to the Rain) vs. Lana Del Rey (Born to Die)

8. Master Of Doin' It - Wax Audio
Metallic (Master of Puppets) vs. Herbie Hancock (Doin' It)

9. The Boys Are Back In Heaven (2012) - DJ Schmolli
Eric Clapton (Tears In Heaven) vs. Thin Lizzy (The Boys Are Back In Town)

10. So What'cha Want? A Whole Lotta Love! - BRAT
Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love) vs. Beastie Boys (So What'cha Want)

11. To Be Sweet With You - Colatron
Mr. Big (To Be With You) vs. the Verve (Bitter Sweet Symphony)

12. Just Like Rain - Chocomang
Blind Melon (No Rain) vs. the Cure (Just Like Heaven)

13. The Seas Have No Name - Wax Audio
Queen (Seven Seas of Rhye) vs. U2 (Where the Streets Have No Name)

14. I Reckon I'm Crazy - Colatron
Seal (Crazy) vs. Radiohead (Reckoner)

15. Some Creeps - The Hood Internet
TLC (Creep) vs. Holy Ghost! (Some Children)

16. We Are the World on Fire - DJ Prince
Kings of Leon (Sex On Fire) vs. USA for Africa (We Are the World)

17. South of the Grapevine - Wax Audio
Slayer (South of Heaven) vs. Marvin Gaye (I Heard It Through the Grapevine)

18. The Lonely Song - Mighty Mike
The Police (So Lonely) vs. Bruno Mars (The Lazy Song)

19. Criminal Down - Martinn75
Men at Work (Down Under) vs. Michael Jackson (Smooth Criminal)

20. Maybe We Found Love (So Call Me) - DJ Lobsterdust
Carly Ray Jepsen (Call Me Maybe) vs. Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris (We Found Love)

21. More Than a Scientist - Mighty Mike
Extreme (More Than Words) vs. Coldplay (The Scientist)

22. The Only Love's Theme - G3RSt
Paramore (The Only Exception) vs. Barry White (Love Theme)

23. Titanium 500 - DJ Schmolli
The Proclaimers (I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)) vs. Midnight Oil (Beds Are Burning) vs. David Guetta and Sia (Titanium)

24. Maneater Cream - DOSVEC
Wu-Tang Clan (C.R.E.A.M.) vs. Hall & Oates (Maneater)

25. Dirty Roxanne - MadMixMustang
The Police (Roxanne) vs. Michael Jackson (Dirty Diana)

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 25 Best Albums of 2012

I also included my review of the albums underneath the name for those I wrote about. If you would like to purchase the albums, the album artwork will take you to Amazon and clicking on the title will take you to iTunes.


1. Handwritten - The Gaslight Anthem
Turn the Record Over, I'll See You on the Flip Side

2. What We Saw from the Cheap Seats - Regina Specktor
Today We’re Younger than We’ll Ever Gonna Be

3. Babel - Mumford and Sons
So Give Me Hope in the Darkness so that I Can See the Light

4. Blak and Blu - Gary Clark Jr.

5. The Lumineers - The Lumineers

6. The Man With the Iron Fists (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Various Artists
I Could Take the Pitchfork from the Devil

7. Tempest - Bob Dylan

8. Girl On Fire - Alicia Keys
Don’t Be Mad, It’s a Brand New Kind of Me

9. The Bright Side - Meiko
You Give a Little Heart, Give a Little Soul

10. The Carpenter - The Avett Brothers
Can You Tell That I Am Alive, Let Me Prove it to You

11. Little Broken Hearts - Norah Jones
You Tried to Replace Me but You Didn’t Get Far

12. Channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean

13. Vows - Kimbra
You Can’t Explain Away the Way I Feel

14. The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do - Fiona Apple
He Excites Me, Must Be Like the Genesis of Rhythm

15. Away from the World - Dave Matthews Band
Don’t Waste Time Trying to Be Something You’re Not

16. Born and Raised - John Mayer
I’m a Good Man with a Good Heart, Had a Tugh Time, Got a Rough Start

17. Blunderbuss - Jack White
Who’s Jealous of Who?

18. Sun - Cat Power

19. Write Me Back - R. Kelly
Love Has the Greatest Vision of All Time

20. Port of Morrow - The Shins
I Know Things Can Really Get Rough When You Go it Alone

21. ¡Uno! / ¡Dos! / ¡Tré! - Green Day
Tonight My Heart's on the Loose / I Don’t Want Your Sympathy, I Don’t Want Your Honesty, I Just Want to Get Some Piece of Mind

22. Sweet Sour - Band of Skulls
Something Good, A Little Trouble In Your Neighborhood

23. Voyageur - Kathleen Edwards
When the Weather Breaks We Can Sail the Great Lakes

24. Some Nights - fun.
Let’s Set the World on Fire We'll Burn Brighter than the Sun

25. Red - Taylor Swift
Find Your Peace of Mind with Some Indie Record Much Cooler Than Mind