Looking back at 2012 song-ically, it certainly was a year of cool sounds, new voices, groovy and groovin’ beats and over all some killer tracks. Many of the songs brought a new vibe to the music of the movies, songs flavored with new influences, and songs that we never would have thought we would hear in a Bollywood flick. There were classic beats that got us up and dancing not to mention the grooves of today that got us to move to the music. We met some new singers we can’t wait to hear more of and some of our favorites blew us away with outstanding vocals. 2012 was full of surprises and we enjoyed so many of them, 50 in fact and every single note! As always we loved these songs when they first came out but once we saw them in the movie we loved them even more! Check out our list of what we feel were the best songs of 2012!
1.‘Duaa’ – Shanghai – Nandini Shrikar, Arijit Singh & Shekhar Ravjiani – Vishal-Shehkhar
2.‘Saans’ – Jab Tak Hai Jaan – Mohit Chauhan & Shreya Ghoshal – A.R. Rahman
3.‘Kyon’ – Barfi! – Papon & Sunidhi Chauhan – Pritam
4.‘Paani Da Rang’ – Vicky Donor – Ayushman Khurana – Abhishek – Akshay
5.‘Mashallah’ – Ek Tha Tiger – Wajid Ali & Shreya Ghoshal – Sajid-Wajid
6.‘Phir Le Aaya Dil’ (All versions) – Barfi! – Arijit Singh – Pritam
7.‘Raabta’ (All versions) – Agent Vinod – Arijit Singh, Hamsika Iyer & Joy – Pritam
8.‘Daaru Desi’ – Cocktail – Benny Dayal & Shalmali Kholgade – Pritam
9.‘Pareshaan’ – Ishaqzaade – Shalmali Kholgade – Amit Trivedi
10.‘Vele’ – Student of the Year – Vishal-Shekhar – Vishal-Shekhar
11.‘Jee Le Zaara’ – Talaash – Vishal Dadlani – Ram Sampath
12.‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ – Jab Tak Hai Jaan – Javed Ali, Shakthisree Gopalan – A.R. Rahman
13.‘Hunter’ – Gangs Of Wasseypur – Vedesh Sookoo,Rajneesh,Shyamoo & Munna – Sneha Khanwalkar
14.‘Khudaaya’ – Shanghai – Shekhar Ravjiani & Raja Hasan – Vishal-Shehkhar
15.‘Main Kya Karoon’ – Barfi! – Nikhil Paul George – Pritam
16.‘Saiyaan’ – Agneepath – Roop Kumar Rathod – Ajay & Atul Gogavale
17.‘Dagabaaz Re’ – Dabangg 2 – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Shreya Ghoshal – Sajid-Wajid
18.‘Yaariyaan’ – Cocktail – Shilpa Rao & Mohan Kanan – Pritam
19.‘Tore Bina’ – Kahaani – Sukhwinder Singh – Vishal-Shekhar
20.‘Keh Ke Loonga’ – Gangs Of Wasseypur – Sneha Khanwalkar & Amit Trivedi – Sneha Khanwalkar
21.‘Ishq Wala Love’ – Student of the Year – Shekhar Ravjiani, Salim Merchant & Neeti Mohan – Vishal-Shekhar
22.‘Piya O Re Piya’ – Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya – Atif Aslam & Shreya Ghoshal – Sajid-Wajid
23.‘Mahek Bhi’ – Aiyyaa – Shreya Ghoshal – Amit Trivedi
24.‘Second Hand Jawaani’ – Cocktail – Neha Kakkar, Miss Pooja & Nakash Aziz – Pritam
25.‘Saiyaara’ – Ek Tha Tiger – Mohit Chauhan – Sohail Sen
26.‘Khwahishein’ – Heroine – Shreya Ghoshal – Salim-Sulaiman
27.‘Mar Jaiyaan’ – Vicky Donor – Vishal Dadlani & Sunidhi Chauhan – Abhishek-Akshay
28.‘Deva Shree Ganesha’ – Agneepath – Ajay Gogavale – Ajay & Atul Gogavale
29.‘Bharat Mata Ki’ – Shanghai – Kirti Sagathia, Vishal Dadlani, Arun Ingle, Mandar Apte, Chintamani Sohoni & Dibakar Banerjee – Vishal-Shekhar
30.‘Darmiyaan’ – Jodi Breakers – Shafqat Amanat Ali & Clinton Cerejo – Salim-Sulaiman
31.‘Aahatein’ – Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu – Karthik & Shilpa Rao – Amit Trivedi
32.‘Chikni Chameli’ – Agneepath – Shreya Ghoshal – Ajay & Atul Gogavale
33.‘Dhak Dhuk’ – English Vinglish – Amit Trivedi – Amit Trivedi
34.‘Go Go Govinda’ – OMG! Oh My God – Shreya Ghosal, Aman Trikha – Himesh Reshammiya
35.‘Saaiyaan’ – Heroine – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Salim-Sulaiman
36.‘Aami Shotti Bolch’ – Kahaani – Usha Uthup – Vishal-Shekhar
37.‘Allah Jaane’ – Teri Meri Khaani – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan – Sajid-Wajid
38.‘Ishaqzaade’ – Ishaqzaade – Javed Ali & Shreya Ghoshal – Amit Trivedi
39.‘Wakda’ – Aiyyaa – Amit Trivedi – Amit Trivedi
40.‘Voh Dekhnay Mein’ – London Paris New York-Ali Zafar – Ali Zafar
41.‘Aa Re Pritam Pyare’ – Rowdy Rathore – Mamta Sharma & Sarosh Sami – Sajid-Wajid
42.‘Aga Bai’ – Aiyyaa – Shalmali Kholgade & Monali Thakur – Amit Trivedi
43.‘Chokra Jawan’ – Ishaqzaade – Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Dadlani – Amit Trivedi
44.‘Heer’ – Jab Tak Hai Jaan – Harshdeep Kaur – A.R. Rahman
45.‘Rab Ka Shukrana’ – Jannat 2 – Anupam Amod – Pritam
46.‘Badla Nazara’ – English Vinglish – Shilpa Rao & Amit Trivedi – Amit Trivedi
47.‘Ala Barfi’ – Barfi! – Mohit Chauhan – Pritam
48.‘Balma’ – Khiladi 786 – Shreya Ghoshal & Sreeram – Himesh Reshammiya
49.‘Fevicol Se’ – Dabangg 2 – Mamta Sharma-Sajid-Wajid
50.‘Halkat Jawani’ – Heroine– Sunidhi Chauhan – Salim-Sulaiman
Special Mentions: We also have some special mentions we just have to add which includes one gorgeous song with a Tagore poem as lyrics: Amitabh Bachchan’s gorgeous ‘Ekla Cholo Re’ from Kahaani, one spoken poem to music:‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan – The Poem’ and then some of the best instrumentals we have heard including the Theme of Luv Shuv Te Chicken Khurana, Ek Tha Tiger’s theme music, Agent Vinod’s theme song, and Ekk Deewana Tha’s 4 tracks also get a Wah!
