Mario Anzuoni/ReutersCarly Rae Jepsen performing in July at the Teen Choice Awards. Her “Call Me Maybe†was one of the year's most ubiquitous songs.This week, in part two of our year-end music discussions - last week we covered the best albums of 2012 - the Times pop critics Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica, Nate Chinen and Ben Ratliff discuss the best songs of 2012.
Topics unpacked: freak hits by Psy and Carly Rae Jepsen; internet commotions from Riff Raff and Kittie Pryde; the Taylor Swift effect; the resigned ballads of Bonnie Raitt and Alan Jackson; Usher and Miguel's Art&B; the rampaging of Reivers.
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