List of UK top 10 singles in 2012
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The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles with airplay figures and digital downloads excluded from the official chart. This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2012, as well as songs which peaked in 2011 and 2013 but were in the top 10 in 2012. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time.
144 singles were in the top ten in 2012. American rapper Flo Rida and Barbadian singer Rihanna shared the highest number of top ten singles in 2012 with five. Flo Rida recorded one solo single which reached the top spot - "Good Feeling" - and also featured on Olly Murs number-one single "Troublemaker". His other top ten entries were "Wild Ones" featuring Sia (number 4), "Whistle" (2) and "I Cry" (3). Rihanna had number-ones with "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris (released in 2011) and "Diamonds", and also charted in 2012 with "Where Have You Been" (6), "Stay" featuring Mikky Ekko (4) and a guest appearance on Coldplay's "Princess of China", which reached number four. Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, singers Emeli Sande and Rita Ora, will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas and French DJ David Guetta all had four top ten singles in 2012. Gotye, Carly Rae Jepsen, Conor Maynard and Psy were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2012.
Gotye had the best-selling single of the year with "Somebody That I Used to Know" featuring Kimbra which spent 18 weeks in the top 10, including 5 weeks at the top spot, and sold 1,318,000 copies. "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen was the second best-selling single of 2012, selling 1,143,000 copies. Songs by Fun, Psy, Nicki Minaj and Maroon 5 were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.
Top-ten singles
Jessie J achieved two top-ten singles in 2012, firstly with the number-one single "Domino" (January) and then with "LaserLight" (April).
Gotye holds the record for most weeks within the top 10—having spent eighteen
consecutive weeks inside with "Somebody That I Used to Know" from January to June.
Calvin Harris scored a further four top ten singles in 2012 with "We Found Love", "Let's Go", "We'll Be Coming Back" and '"Sweet Nothing"—also producing the top ten singles "Call My Name" (Cheryl), "Where Have You Been" (Rihanna) and "Spectrum" (Florence and the Machine).
- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Single peaked in 2011 but charted in 2012. | |
| Single released in 2012 but peaked in 2013. | |
| (#) | Year-end top ten single position and rank |
| Entered | The date that the song first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the song reached in the UK Singles Chart. |
| Entered | Weeks in top 10 |
Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached |
Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles in 2011 | ||||||
| 9 October | 14 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna (featuring Calvin Harris) | 1 | 9 October | 6 |
| 9 October | 7 | "Sexy and I Know It"[A] | LMFAO | 5 | 16 October | 1 |
| 30 October | 9 | "Earthquake"[A] | Labrinth (featuring Tinie Tempah) | 2 | 30 October | 1 |
| 6 November | 8 | "Lego House"[A] | Ed Sheeran | 5 | 13 November | 2 |
| 20 November | 11 | "Good Feeling" | Flo Rida | 1 | 8 January | 1 |
| 27 November | 8 | "Dance with Me Tonight" | Olly Murs | 1 | 11 December | 1 |
| 27 November | 8 | "Levels"[B] | Avicii | 4 | 27 November | 3 |
| 11 December | 6 | "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"[B] | Lloyd (featuring André 3000 and Lil Wayne) | 3 | 11 December | 1 |
| 11 December | 7 | "Paradise" | Coldplay | 1 | 1 January | 1 |
| 18 December | 3 | "Cannonball" | Little Mix | 1 | 18 December | 1 |
| 25 December | 2 | "Wherever You Are" | Military Wives (featuring Gareth Malone) | 1 | 25 December | 1 |
| Singles in 2012 | ||||||
| 1 January | 7 | "Mama Do the Hump" | Rizzle Kicks | 2 | 22 January | 1 |
| 8 January | 3 | "Troublemaker" | Taio Cruz | 3 | 8 January | 1 |
| 8 January | 9 | "Domino" (#8) | Jessie J | 1 | 15 January | 2 |
| 15 January | 13 | "Titanium" (#4) | David Guetta (featuring Sia) | 1 | 5 February | 1 |
| 22 January | 2 | "Antidote" | Swedish House Mafia vs Knife Party | 4 | 22 January | 1 |
| 22 January | 1 | "Kiss the Stars" | Pixie Lott | 8 | 22 January | 1 |
| 29 January | 4 | "Twilight" | Cover Drive | 1 | 29 January | 1 |
| 29 January | 12 | "Wild Ones" (#10) | Flo Rida (featuring Sia) | 4 | 29 January | 3 |
| 29 January | 18 | "Somebody That I Used to Know" (#1) | Gotye (featuring Kimbra) | 1 | 12 February | 5 |
| 29 January | 4 | "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"[C] | Kelly Clarkson | 8 | 29 January | 3 |
| 29 January | 2 | "International Love" | Pitbull (featuring Chris Brown) | 10 | 29 January | 2 |
| 5 February | 3 | "Alone Again" | Alyssa Reid (featuring Jump Smokers) | 2 | 5 February | 1 |
| 5 February | 2 | "Born to Die" | Lana Del Rey | 9 | 5 February | 1 |
| 12 February | 3 | "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)" | will.i.am (featuring Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger) | 3 | 12 February | 1 |
| 19 February | 5 | "Hot Right Now" | DJ Fresh (featuring Rita Ora) | 1 | 19 February | 1 |
| 19 February | 8 | "Next to Me" | Emeli Sandé | 2 | 19 February | 3 |
| 19 February | 1 | "One Thing" | One Direction | 9 | 19 February | 1 |
| 26 February | 11 | "Starships" (#7) | Nicki Minaj | 2 | 18 March | 1 |
| 26 February | 4 | "Turn Me On"[D] | David Guetta (featuring Nicki Minaj) | 8 | 26 February | 2 |
| 26 February | 1 | "Ass Back Home" | Gym Class Heroes (featuring Neon Hitch) | 9 | 26 February | 1 |
| 4 March | 1 | "Rockstar" | Dappy (featuring Brian May) | 2 | 4 March | 1 |
| 4 March | 1 | "Drunk" | Ed Sheeran | 9 | 4 March | 1 |
| 11 March | 2 | "Love Me" | Stooshe (featuring Travie McCoy) | 5 | 11 March | 1 |
| 11 March | 1 | "Bright Lights" | Tinchy Stryder (featuring Pixie Lott) | 7 | 11 March | 1 |
| 11 March | 1 | "Seven Nation Army" | Marcus Collins | 9 | 11 March | 1 |
| 18 March | 1 | "Elephant" | Alexandra Burke (featuring Erick Morillo) | 3 | 18 March | 1 |
| 18 March | 1 | "Niggas in Paris" | Jay-Z & Kanye West | 10 | 18 March | 1 |
| 25 March | 3 | "Part of Me" | Katy Perry | 1 | 25 March | 1 |
| 25 March | 5 | "She Doesn't Mind" | Sean Paul | 2 | 25 March | 3 |
| 25 March | 3 | "Last Time" | Labrinth | 4 | 25 March | 1 |
| 25 March | 1 | "Proud" | JLS | 6 | 25 March | 1 |
| 1 April | 3 | "Turn Up the Music" | Chris Brown | 1 | 1 April | 1 |
| 1 April | 1 | "ill Manors" | Plan B | 6 | 1 April | 1 |
| 8 April | 12 | "Call Me Maybe" (#2) | Carly Rae Jepsen | 1 | 8 April | 4 |
| 15 April | 2 | "Boyfriend" | Justin Bieber | 2 | 15 April | 1 |
| 15 April | 1 | "Climax" | Usher | 4 | 15 April | 1 |
| 15 April | 14 | "We Are Young"[F] (#3) | Fun (featuring Janelle Monáe) | 1 | 27 May | 1 |
| 15 April | 1 | "Level Up" | Sway | 8 | 15 April | 1 |
| 22 April | 2 | "Can't Say No" | Conor Maynard | 2 | 22 April | 1 |
| 22 April | 1 | "Ordinary People" | John Legend | 4 | 22 April | 1 |
| 22 April | 4 | "Laserlight" | Jessie J (featuring David Guetta) | 5 | 22 April | 2 |
| 22 April | 2 | "So Good" | B.o.B | 7 | 22 April | 1 |
| 29 April | 2 | "Let's Go" | Calvin Harris (featuring Ne-Yo) | 2 | 29 April | 1 |
| 29 April | 7 | "Too Close" | Alex Clare | 4 | 13 May | 1 |
| 29 April | 6 | "Drive By" | Train | 6 | 13 May | 1 |
| 6 May | 4 | "Young" | Tulisa | 1 | 6 May | 1 |
| 6 May | 1 | "Sparks" | Cover Drive | 4 | 6 May | 1 |
| 13 May | 4 | "R.I.P." | Rita Ora (featuring Tinie Tempah) | 1 | 13 May | 2 |
| 13 May | 1 | "Live My Life" | Far East Movement (featuring Justin Bieber) | 7 | 13 May | 1 |
| 13 May | 5 | "Where Have You Been" | Rihanna | 6 | 20 May | 3 |
| 20 May | 1 | "30 Days" | The Saturdays | 7 | 20 May | 1 |
| 20 May | 1 | "Oliver Twist" | D'banj | 9 | 20 May | 1 |
| 27 May | 2 | "Chasing the Sun" | The Wanted | 2 | 27 May | 1 |
| 27 May | 2 | "Picking Up the Pieces"[E] | Paloma Faith | 7 | 27 May | 1 |
| 3 June | 11 | "Feel the Love" | Rudimental (featuring John Newman) | 1 | 3 June | 1 |
| 3 June | 1 | "Euphoria" | Loreen | 3 | 3 June | 1 |
| 3 June | 1 | "When She Was Mine" | Lawson | 4 | 3 June | 1 |
| 10 June | 2 | "Sing" | Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth | 1 | 10 June | 1 |
| 10 June | 9 | "Whistle" | Flo Rida | 2 | 10 June | 2 |
| 10 June | 3 | "Scream" | Usher | 5 | 10 June | 1 |
| 10 June | 2 | "The Power" | DJ Fresh (featuring Dizzee Rascal) | 6 | 10 June | 1 |
| 10 June | 7 | "Princess of China" | Coldplay (featuring Rihanna) | 4 | 10 June | 1 |
| 17 June | 4 | "Call My Name" | Cheryl | 1 | 17 June | 1 |
| 17 June | 1 | "Payphone" | Precision Tunes | 9 | 17 June | 1 |
| 24 June | 8 | "Payphone" (#9) | Maroon 5 (featuring Wiz Khalifa) | 1 | 24 June | 2 |
| 24 June | 8 | "Black Heart" | Stooshe | 3 | 29 July | 1 |
| 1 July | 5 | "This Is Love" | will.i.am (featuring Eva Simons) | 1 | 1 July | 1 |
| 1 July | 6 | "Don't Wake Me Up" | Chris Brown | 2 | 8 July | 1 |
| 1 July | 4 | "Wide Awake" | Katy Perry | 9 | 8 July | 2 |
| 15 July | 8 | "Spectrum (Say My Name)" | Florence and the Machine | 1 | 15 July | 3 |
| 15 July | 3 | "Pound the Alarm"[G] | Nicki Minaj | 8 | 12 August | 1 |
| 29 July | 2 | "Vegas Girl" | Conor Maynard | 4 | 29 July | 1 |
| 29 July | 3 | "Brokenhearted" | Karmin | 6 | 29 July | 2 |
| 5 August | 5 | "Heatwave" | Wiley (featuring Ms D) | 1 | 5 August | 2 |
| 5 August | 4 | "We'll Be Coming Back" | Calvin Harris (featuring Example) | 2 | 5 August | 2 |
| 12 August | 1 | "Taking Over Me" | Lawson | 3 | 12 August | 1 |
| 12 August | 2 | "Lost in Your Love" | Redlight | 5 | 12 August | 1 |
| 19 August | 4 | "How We Do (Party)" | Rita Ora | 1 | 19 August | 1 |
| 19 August | 3 | "Read All About It, Pt. III" | Emeli Sandé | 3 | 19 August | 1 |
| 19 August | 1 | "One Day Like This" | Elbow | 4 | 19 August | 1 |
| 19 August | 1 | "Running Up that Hill"[H] | Kate Bush | 6 | 19 August | 1 |
| 19 August | 2 | "Simply Amazing" | Trey Songz | 8 | 19 August | 1 |
| 19 August | 1 | "Language" | Porter Robinson | 9 | 19 August | 1 |
| 26 August | 4 | "Bom Bom" | Sam and the Womp | 1 | 26 August | 1 |
| 26 August | 10 | "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"[K] | Taylor Swift | 4 | 26 August | 1 |
| 26 August | 1 | "Watchtower" | Devlin (featuring Ed Sheeran) | 7 | 26 August | 1 |
| 26 August | 2 | "Wonderful" | Angel | 9 | 26 August | 1 |
| 2 September | 4 | "Wings" | Little Mix | 1 | 2 September | 1 |
| 2 September | 2 | "Harder Than You Think"[I] | Public Enemy | 4 | 2 September | 1 |
| 2 September | 4 | "Good Time" | Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen | 5 | 2 September | 1 |
| 9 September | 4 | "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" | Ne-Yo | 1 | 9 September | 1 |
| 9 September | 7 | "Hall of Fame" | The Script (featuring will.i.am) | 1 | 16 September | 2 |
| 9 September | 3 | "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" | Pink | 3 | 9 September | 1 |
| 9 September | 3 | "Some Nights"[J] | Fun | 7 | 30 September | 1 |
| 16 September | 3 | "You Bring Me Joy" | Amelia Lily | 2 | 16 September | 1 |
| 16 September | 6 | "I Cry" | Flo Rida | 3 | 30 September | 1 |
| 23 September | 2 | "Say Nothing" | Example | 2 | 23 September | 1 |
| 23 September | 17 | "Gangnam Style" (#6) | Psy | 1 | 30 September | 1 |
| 30 September | 2 | "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" | David Guetta (featuring Sia) | 8 | 30 September | 1 |
| 30 September | 4 | "Turn Around" | Conor Maynard (featuring Ne-Yo) | 8 | 14 October | 1 |
| 7 October | 14 | "Diamonds" | Rihanna | 1 | 7 October | 1 |
| 7 October | 6 | "Skyfall" | Adele | 2 | 14 October | 1 |
| 7 October | 2 | "Live While We're Young" | One Direction | 3 | 7 October | 1 |
| 7 October | 2 | "Anything Could Happen" | Ellie Goulding | 5 | 7 October | 2 |
| 14 October | 6 | "Don't You Worry Child"[M] | Swedish House Mafia (featuring John Martin) | 1 | 14 October | 1 |
| 14 October | 1 | "Trouble" | Leona Lewis (featuring Childish Gambino) | 7 | 14 October | 1 |
| 21 October | 3 | "Sweet Nothing" | Calvin Harris (featuring Florence Welch) | 1 | 21 October | 1 |
| 21 October | 1 | "Standing in the Dark" | Lawson | 6 | 21 October | 1 |
| 21 October | 3 | "One More Night" | Maroon 5 | 8 | 21 October | 1 |
| 28 October | 10 | "Beneath Your Beautiful"[L] | Labrinth (featuring Emeli Sandé) | 1 | 28 October | 1 |
| 28 October | 1 | "Hottest Girl in the World" | JLS | 6 | 28 October | 1 |
| 28 October | 1 | "Wonder" | Naughty Boy (featuring Emeli Sandé) | 10 | 28 October | 1 |
| 4 November | 6 | "Candy"[L] | Robbie Williams | 1 | 4 November | 2 |
| 4 November | 2 | "Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)" | Wiley (featuring Skepta, JME & Ms D) | 3 | 4 November | 1 |
| 11 November | 1 | "I Found You" | The Wanted | 3 | 11 November | 1 |
| 11 November | 1 | "Do You Think of Me?" | Misha B | 9 | 11 November | 1 |
| 11 November | 1 | "Shine Ya Light" | Rita Ora | 10 | 11 November | 1 |
| 18 November | 5 | "Little Things" | One Direction | 1 | 18 November | 1 |
| 18 November | 10 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Bruno Mars | 2 | 18 November | 3 |
| 18 November | 1 | "DNA" | Little Mix | 3 | 18 November | 1 |
| 18 November | 6 | "The Power of Love" | Gabrielle Aplin | 1 | 9 December | 1 |
| 18 November | 1 | "Ho Hey" | The Lumineers | 8 | 18 November | 1 |
| 18 November | 1 | "Love Is Easy" | McFly | 10 | 18 November | 1 |
| 25 November | 8 | "Troublemaker" | Olly Murs (featuring Flo Rida) | 1 | 25 November | 2 |
| 25 November | 1 | "Something New" | Girls Aloud | 2 | 25 November | 1 |
| 25 November | 3 | "Girl on Fire" | Alicia Keys | 5 | 25 November | 5 |
| 2 December | 2 | "Die Young" | Kesha | 7 | 9 December | 1 |
| 9 December | 1 | "Try" | Pink | 8 | 9 December | 1 |
| 16 December | 7 | "Impossible" (#5) | James Arthur | 1 | 16 December | 3 |
| 16 December | 9 | "Scream & Shout" | will.i.am (featuring Britney Spears) | 1 | 13 January | 2 |
| 16 December | 10 | "Stay"[M] | Rihanna (featuring Mikky Ekko) | 4 | 23 December | 4 |
| 23 December | 2 | "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" | Justice Collective | 1 | 23 December | 1 |
| 23 December | 11 | "I Knew You Were Trouble" | Taylor Swift | 2 | 13 January | 1 |
Entries by artist
| Artist | Country or countries of origin | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Flo Rida |  United States |
5 |
| Rihanna |  Barbados |
5 |
| Calvin Harris |  United Kingdom |
4 |
| David Guetta |  France |
4 |
| Emeli Sandé | United Kingdom |
4 |
| Rita Ora |  Kosovo United Kingdom |
4 |
| will.i.am | United States |
4 |
| Chris Brown | United States |
3 |
| Conor Maynard | United Kingdom |
3 |
| Ed Sheeran | United Kingdom |
3 |
| Labrinth | United Kingdom |
3 |
| Lawson | United Kingdom |
3 |
| Little Mix | United Kingdom |
3 |
| Ne-Yo | United States |
3 |
| Nicki Minaj |  Trinidad and Tobago |
3 |
| One Direction | United Kingdom  Ireland |
3 |
| Sia |  Australia |
3 |
Notes
- ^ The singles "Lego House", "Earthquake" and "Sexy and I Know It" re-entered the top 10 at numbers 7, 8 and 9 respectively on 1 January.
- ^ The singles "Levels" and "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" re-entered the top 10 at numbers 4 and 10 respectively on 8 January.
- ^ The single "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 4 March.
- ^ The single "Turn Me On" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 11 March.
- ^ The single "Picking Up the Pieces" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 24 June.
- ^ The single "We Are Young" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 29 July.
- ^ The single "Pound the Alarm" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 12 August.
- ^ The single "Running Up that Hill" entered the top 10 at number 6 on 19 August following its usage at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony; the original version peaked at number 3 in August 1985.
- ^ The single "Harder Than You Think" was originally released in 2007, but entered the top 10 after it was used by Channel 4 in their coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
- ^ The single "Some Nights" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 30 September.
- ^ The single "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 21 October.
- ^ The singles "Candy" and "Beneath Your Beautiful" re-entered the top 10 at numbers 9 and 10 respectively on 30 December.
- ^ The singles "Stay" and "Don't You Worry Child" re-entered the top 10 at numbers 7 and 9 respectively on 6 January.
See also
References
- ↑ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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