The best No 1 records: fun. – We Are Young (ft Janelle Monae)

2012: And the best No 1 of 2012? It can only be the one that's topping the charts at the time of writingLooking back at the last 60 years of No 1s may arouse feelings of nostalgia, or you may be overwhelmed by the musty scent of bygone eras. Yet all these songs were young once, and all felt in some way vibrant as they topped the charts. We Are Young by fun. certainly seems like the sound of now – scrubbing up Arcade Fire's way with an anthemic chorus and laying on a life-affirming lyric fit fo...

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