538 Hitzone: Best of 2012

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Balada
live recording of:
Balada
writer:
Cassio Sampaio
Gusttavo Lima3:20
2Gangnam Style
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Schoolboy (American label) (in 2012) and Universal Republic Records (2006–2012) (in 2012)
music videos:
Gangnam Style by PSY (South Korean singer and rapper)
part of:
Billboard Decade End Chart: Streaming Songs (2010s) (number: 1), MAMA Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 2012 winner), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012 (number: 47), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2013 (number: 55) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 237)
recording of:
강남스타일 (Gangnam Style)
lyricist:
Jai Sang Park (PSY, South Korean singer and rapper)
composer:
Jai Sang Park (PSY, South Korean singer and rapper) and Keon Hyung Yoo
publisher:
A.D.O. Songs of Universal, Inc., Sony Music Entertainment Korea Inc. (not an imprint, post-2008 subsidiary), Sony/ATV Music Publishing HK Korea, Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Universal Tunes
PSY4.33:41
3Candy
programming:
Jacknife Lee
bass and keyboard [keyboards]:
Jacknife Lee
cello:
Peggy Baldwin, Richard Dodd (cellist) and John Krovoza
double bass [contrabass]:
Denise Briese
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Bill Rieflin
guitar:
Jacknife Lee and Blake Mills
harp:
Marcia Dickstein (American harpist)
piano:
Chris Thornberry (pianist)
saxophone:
Alex Budman, Brandon Fields, Glenn Berger (saxophonist) and Bob Sheppard (American jazz musician)
trombone:
Vikram Devasthali (US jazz trombonist, works with KNOWER and Louis Cole) and Garrett Smith (trombone)
trumpet:
Stewart Cole and Ray Monteiro
viola:
Caroline Buckman (violist), Lauren Chipman and Rodney Wirtz
violin:
Daphne Chen, Eric Gorfain, Gina Kronstadt, Marisa Kuney, Neli Nikolaeva (violinist), Radu Pieptea (violinist), Wes Precourt (violinist) and Amy Wickman
background vocals:
Barbara Gruska, Alex Lilly and Samantha Sidley
vocals:
Robbie Williams
conductor:
Owen Pallett (Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist & vocalist)
instruments arranger:
Owen Pallett (Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist & vocalist)
concertmaster:
Eric Gorfain
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Farrell Music Ltd (in 2012)
recording of:
Candy
writer:
Gary Barlow, Terje Olsen (Todd Terje) and Robbie Williams
publisher:
Farrell Music Ltd, Smalltown Supermusic, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd and Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia
quotes lyrics from:
Ring a Ring o’ Roses (a.k.a. Ring Around the Rosie)
Robbie Williams33:22
4Call Me Maybe
engineer and producer:
Josh Ramsay
assistant mixer:
Zach Blackstone and Brock McFarlane
mixer:
Dave Ogilvie (Canadian producer, engineer, and musician)
additional editor:
Nik Pesut
bass guitar, drums (drum set), guitar, keyboard, strings and background vocals:
Tavish Crowe
lead vocals:
Carly Rae Jepsen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Interscope Records (part of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2012) and School Boy (American label) (in 2012)
recorded at:
Umbrella Studio in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
mixed at:
Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Warehouse Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
music videos:
Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012 (number: 2), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 8), The Gummy Awards: Your Top 20 Tracks of 2012 (number: 10), Huffington Post: 100 Best Canadian Songs Ever (number: 35), Stereogum: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 36), Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 43), Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 56) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 436)
recording of:
Call Me Maybe
publisher:
Tavish Crowe
writer:
Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen and Josh Ramsay
publisher:
BMG Gold Songs, BMG Platinum Songs US, BMG Rights Management (see annotation), Charlie Rae Music, Crowe Music Publishing, Jepsen Music Publishing, Regular Monkey Productions, Inc., Regular Monkey Publishing, Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Universal Music Publishing Canada I
Carly Rae Jepsen4.13:15
5Euphoria
producer:
Peter Boström
part of:
Winners of Melodifestivalen (number: 2012), Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest (number: 2012) and Winners of the Eurovision Song Contest (number: 2012)
recording of:
Euphoria
writer:
Peter Boström and Thomas G:son
publisher:
Peer Music (“Peermusic—the global independent”) and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
Loreen4.353:01
6Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
programming, engineer and producer:
Greg Kurstin
additional engineer:
Jesse Shatkin (US hip-hop producer Jesse Shatkin)
assistant mixer:
Phil Seaford
mixer:
Serban Ghenea and John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer)
bass, guitar and keyboard:
Greg Kurstin
recorded at:
Earthstar Creation Center in Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States and Echo Studio in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
music videos:
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (official video) by P!nk (American singer/songwriter)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012 (number: 37)
recording of:
Blow Me (One Last Kiss) (in 2012)
writer:
Alecia Moore (American singer/songwriter) and Gregory Kurstin
P!nk3.44:17
7Don’t You Worry Child
producer:
Swedish House Mafia
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 2012)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2013 (number: 26)
recording of:
Don’t You Worry Child
writer:
Steve Angello, Axwell (Swedish DJ, record producer and remixer), Sebastian Ingrosso, John Martin (famous for vocals on songs by Swedish House Mafia) and Michel Zitron
publisher:
Lateral Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing AB (Sweden)
Swedish House Mafia3.33:33
8Let Her Go
recording engineer and mixer:
Chris Vallejo
producer:
Mike Rosenberg (British singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg, formerly of the band Passenger) and Chris Vallejo
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Mike Rosenberg (British singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg, formerly of the band Passenger)
cello:
Janine Boubbov
drums (drum set), shakers and tambourine:
Glenn Wilson (Australian drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Cameron Undy
piano and synthesizer:
Stuart Hunter (Pianist/Composer)
viola:
Shelley Soerensen
violin:
Madeleine Boud (violinist) and Kerry Martin (violinist)
background vocals:
Stu Larsen and Georgia Mooney (singer/songwriter)
strings arranger:
James Steendam
recorded at and mixed at:
Linear Studios in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2014 (number: 19), Billboard Decade End Chart: Adult Contemporary Songs (2010s) (number: 50) and Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2013 (number: 97)
recording of:
Let Her Go
lyricist and composer:
Michael David Rosenberg (British singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg, formerly of the band Passenger)
Passenger3.74:12
9I Follow Rivers
recording engineer:
Janne Hansson (engineer), Lasse Mårtén (producer, mixer and engineer), Hans Stenlund and Björn Yttling
producer:
Björn Yttling
mixer:
Lasse Mårtén (producer, mixer and engineer)
bass guitar [bass], guitar [guitars], organ [organs] and piano:
Björn Yttling
drums (drum set) [drums]:
John Eriksson (Swedish drummer and percussionist) and Lars Skoglund
percussion:
John Eriksson (Swedish drummer and percussionist), Lykke Li, Dag Lundquist and Björn Yttling
background vocals [backing vocals]:
Mariam Wallentin (vocalist), Björn Yttling and Zhala Rifat
vocals:
Lykke Li
recorded at:
Atlantis Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden, Decibel Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden and Högalid Studio in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
mixed at:
Decibel Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
part of:
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 125)
recording of:
I Follow Rivers
lyricist:
Lykke Li Zachrisson
composer:
Lykke Li Zachrisson, Rick Nowels and Björn Yttling
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
Lykke Li4.33:37
10Come Together
Kane3:42
11Tacata’
recording of:
Tacatà
Tacabro3:32
12Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
The Babysitters Circus4:04
13Scream
assistant recording engineer:
Jorge Velasco and Eric Weaver
recording engineer:
Mark “Exit” Goodchild and Sam Holland (sound engineer)
programming:
Shellback
producer:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer) and Shellback
assistant mixer:
Phil Seaford
mixer:
Serban Ghenea and John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer)
keyboard:
Shellback
background vocals:
Max Martin (Swedish record producer)
lead vocals:
Usher (American R&B singer‐songwriter)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012 (number: 44)
recording of:
Scream
writer:
Savan Kotecha, Max Martin (Swedish record producer), Shellback and Usher Raymond IV (American R&B singer‐songwriter)
Usher3.73:57
14Keep Your Head Up
assistant producer:
Andrew Bond (Ben Howard collaborator)
producer:
Chris Bond (UK producer/multi‐instrumentalist, active 2010s–present)
assistant mixer:
Jonathan Gilmore
mixer:
Mike Crossey
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Ben Howard
drums (drum set), electric guitar, organ and percussion:
Chris Bond (UK producer/multi‐instrumentalist, active 2010s–present)
background vocals:
Chris Bond (UK producer/multi‐instrumentalist, active 2010s–present) and India Bourne
recording of:
Keep Your Head Up
lyricist and composer:
Ben Howard
publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. (renamed as Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. since 2019‐05‐16)
Ben Howard3.353:52
15Payphone
recording engineer:
Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy and Shellback
programming:
benny blanco (producer Benjamin Levin), Shellback and James Valentine (Maroon 5)
assistant engineer:
Andrew "Muffman" Luftman, Eric Eylands, Sam "Såklart" Holland (sound engineer) and Scott "Yarmov" Yarmovsky
engineer:
benny blanco (producer Benjamin Levin), Jonathan Mann (founder of Jump Street Records), Chris Sclafani and Bradford Smith (engineer(?))
additional producer:
Robopop
producer:
Shellback
assistant mixer:
Phil Seaford
mixer:
John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer)
additional acoustic guitar, additional bass and additional background vocals:
Shellback
additional guitar:
Robopop
additional keyboard and additional synthesizer:
benny blanco (producer Benjamin Levin), Robopop and Shellback
drums (drum set):
Matt Flynn (Maroon 5 drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Mickey Madden
guitar [lead and rhythm]:
James Valentine (Maroon 5)
keyboard, synthesizer and background vocals:
PJ Morton
guest lead vocals:
Wiz Khalifa (US rapper)
lead vocals:
Adam Levine (Maroon 5’s lead vocalist)
recorded at:
Conway Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
mixed at:
MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
engineered at:
Jon Mann Studios in Reston, Virginia, United States and Record Plant Studios (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
edit of:
Payphone (explicit) by Maroon 5 (fka Kara’s Flowers (1994-2001)) feat. Wiz Khalifa (US rapper)
recording of:
Payphone
lyricist:
Benjamin Levin (producer Benjamin Levin), Cameron Jibril Thomaz (US rapper) and Adam Levine (Maroon 5’s lead vocalist)
composer:
Benjamin Levin (producer Benjamin Levin), Daniel Thomas Omelio, Johan Karl Schuster and Ammar Malik
arranger:
Daniel Thomas Omelio and Johan Karl Schuster
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs, E A R Entertainment Ltd., Kobalt Music Publishing Limited (UK), Lotzah Balls Soup, Maru Cha Cha, Matza Ball Music, Music Edition Discoton GmbH, MXM Music, Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG. (– 2017), Sudgee Music, Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Where da Kasz At and Wiz Khalifa Publishing
Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa3.53:53
16New Age
recording of:
New Age
writer:
Guy Chambers (English songwriter and record producer) and Marlon Roudette
Marlon Roudette3:16
17Soldier
recording of:
Soldier
lyricist and composer:
Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw33:33
18Whistle
producer:
DJ Frank E (Justin Franks) and David Glass (songwriter & producer)
lead vocals:
Flo Rida (American rapper)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (from 2012 to present, in 2012) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2012)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012 (number: 17)
recording of:
Whistle
writer:
David Glass (songwriter & producer), Breyan Isaac, Justin Franks (Justin Franks), Marcus Killian, Antonio Mobley, Joshua Ralph, Arthur Scott Pingrey and Tramar Dillard (American rapper)
Flo Rida3.93:46
19Million Voices
edit of:
Million Voices (extended mix) by Otto Knows (SE | electronic)
recording of:
Million Voices
writer:
Otto Jettman (SE | electronic)
Otto Knows33:12
20Da Bop
WTF!3:04
21Domino
assistant recording engineer:
Clint Gibbs
programming and producer:
Cirkut and Dr. Luke
assistant engineer:
Phil Seaford (task: engineered for mix)
engineer:
John Hanes (audio engineer, mixer) (task: engineered for mix) and Emily Wright
mixer:
Serban Ghenea
additional vocals:
Claude Kelly
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Republic Records (2006–2012) (in 2011)
produced for:
Kasz Money Productions, Inc.
music videos:
Domino (video mix) by Jessie J (English singer-songwriter) and Domino by Jessie J (English singer-songwriter)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012 (number: 46)
recording of:
Domino
writer:
Łukasz Gottwald, Henry Walter, Jessica Cornish (English singer-songwriter), Claude Kelly and Max Martin (Swedish record producer)
publisher:
Kasz Money Publishing (ASCAP affiliated), KMR Music Royalties II SCSp, MXM Music AB, Oneirology Publishing, Prescription Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Studio Beast Music (publishing company linked to Claude Kelly) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd. (UK), Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH (2017 – present) and Sony Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH
Jessie J3.33:53
22Starships
assistant recording engineer:
Jon Sher
recording engineer:
Ariel Chobaz (American audio engineer) and Trevor Muzzy
programming and producer:
Carl Falk (Swedish guitarist and songwriter), Rami (Swedish record producer and songwriter) and RedOne
mixer:
Carl Falk (Swedish guitarist and songwriter), Trevor Muzzy and Rami (Swedish record producer and songwriter)
editor:
Trevor Muzzy (lead vocals [vocal]) and Rami (Swedish record producer and songwriter) (lead vocals [vocal])
guitar [guitars]:
Carl Falk (Swedish guitarist and songwriter)
instruments:
Carl Falk (Swedish guitarist and songwriter), Rami (Swedish record producer and songwriter) and RedOne
additional vocals:
Carl Falk (Swedish guitarist and songwriter), Wayne Hector and Mohombi
lead vocals:
Nicki Minaj
vocals:
Carl Falk (Swedish guitarist and songwriter) and Wayne Hector
mixed for and produced for:
RedOne Productions
recorded at:
Conway Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Kinglet Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
mixed at:
Conway Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012 (number: 9) and BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
Starships
writer:
Carl Falk (Swedish guitarist and songwriter), Wayne Hector, Nadir Khayat, Onika Maraj (Nicki Minaj) and Rami Yacoub (Swedish record producer and songwriter)
publisher:
2101 Songs, Harajuku Barbie Music, Money Mack Music (BMI), Songs of RedOne, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Sony ATV Songs LLC and Warner/Chappell Music Publishing Ltd (renamed as Warner Chappell Music Publishing Ltd. since 2019‐05‐16)
is based on:
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Nicki Minaj3.73:30
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part of:Hitzone (TMF / Yorin / Radio 538) (number: B2012) (order: 116)