[PLAYLIST] The Best COVER SONGS of 2012

Cover songs are still my favorite way for emerging bands to put their own sound on a hit song and get easy attention. However 2012 was for some reason a slow year for cover songs. Luckily a handful of bands did them well and left us with flipped and twisted takes on old classics and net hits alike. Here are my 10 favorites (#1 at the bottom). What did I miss?

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NOTE: Some covers may have been released before 2012. The rules for my best of lists are if the song hit my radar (and thus this blog) in 2012.

Be sure to catch all the 2012 “BEST OF” lists!

• Best Albums
• Best EPs
• Best Songs – Pt. 1 (Jan-June)
• Best Songs – Pt.2 (July-Dec)
• Best Remixes - Pt. 1 (Jan-June)
• Best Remixes – Pt.2 (July-Dec)
• Best Music Videos
• Best Cover Songs
• Best Party Songs — YOU ARE HERE!

[Artwork by Jacob Youngblood Ziegler]

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