List of number-one singles of 2012 (Ireland)

The Irish Singles Chart is a record chart compiled by Chart-Track on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday.^[1]

X Factor winner James Arthur hit number one with his debut single Impossible which spent five weeks at number one, three weeks in 2012 and 2 weeks in 2013.

Issue date	Song	Artist	Reference
5 January	"Cannonball"	Little Mix	[2]
12 January	"Good Feeling"	Flo Rida	[3]
19 January	"Domino"	Jessie J	[4]
26 January			[5]
2 February	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	[6]
9 February			[7]
16 February	"Next to Me"	Emeli Sandé	[8]
23 February			[9]
1 March	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	[10]
8 March			[11]
15 March			[12]
22 March	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	[13]
29 March			[14]
5 April			[15]
12 April			[16]
19 April	"We Are Young"	Fun featuring Janelle Monáe	[17]
26 April			[18]
3 May			[19]
10 May	"The Rocky Road to Poland"	Various artists	[20]
17 May			[21]
24 May			[22]
31 May	"Euphoria"	Loreen	[23]
7 June			[24]
14 June	"Call My Name"	Cheryl	[25]
21 June	"Whistle"	Flo Rida	[26]
28 June			[27]
5 July			[28]
12 July	"This Is Love"	will.i.am featuring Eva Simons	[29]
19 July	"Spectrum (Say My Name)"	Florence and the Machine	[30]
26 July			[31]
2 August	"We'll Be Coming Back"	Calvin Harris featuring Example	[32]
9 August	"How We Do (Party)"	Rita Ora	[33]
16 August	"Little Talks"	Of Monsters and Men	[34]
23 August			[35]
30 August	"Wings"	Little Mix	[36]
6 September	"Hall of Fame"	The Script featuring will.i.am	[37]
13 September			[38]
20 September			[39]
27 September			[40]
4 October	"Live While We're Young"	One Direction	[41]
11 October	"Skyfall"	Adele	[42]
18 October	"Sweet Nothing"	Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch	[43]
25 October	"Beneath Your Beautiful"	Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé	[44]
1 November			[45]
8 November			[46]
15 November			[47]
22 November			[48]
29 November	"Tiny Dancer A Song for Lily Mae"	Various	[49]
6 December			[50]
13 December	"Impossible"	James Arthur	[51]
20 December			[52]
27 December			[53]

Rita Ora gained her first number one hit with How We Do (Party).

Emeli Sandé hit number one twice in 2012 with Next to Me and Beneath Your Beautiful, a collaboration with Labrinth.

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2012 (Ireland)