Jessie J's Domino was the UK's most played pop song in 2012

Domino edges out songs by Gotye, Emeli Sandé and Maroon 5, according to licensing organisation PPL

 

Dotty … Jessie J's Domino was the UK's sixth bestselling single in 2012, but scored the most plays. Photograph: Newspix/Rex Features

Jessie J's Domino was the most played pop song in the UK last year. The single, originally released in 2011, beat songs by Emile Sande, Rihanna and Carley Rae Jepsen according to a list compiled by the music licensing organisation PPL.

PPL's rankings are drawn from a combination of radio play, the use of songs in TV shows and licensing data for music played in pubs, shops and clubs. "[It] is always an impressive insight into what the nation has been listening to the previous year," said PPL's PR and communications Jonathan Morrish.

 

 

Jessie J's Domino reached No 1 in January 2012, more than four months after it entered the chart at No 54. It stayed at the top for two weeks. The song is a surprising leader of PPL's list: We Found Love, by Rihanna and Calvin Harres, spent six weeks in the chart's top spot, and in terms of pure sales, Domino was only 2012's sixth-bestselling single.

The runners-up on PPL's list include Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know, which was officially the bestselling song of 2012, Sandé's Next To Me and Maroon 5's Moves Like Jagger. We Found Love is at No 8, just ahead of Jepsen's pop favourite Call Me Maybe and another Maroon 5 track, Payphone.

Most played pop songs of 2012:

1 Jessie J – Domino

2 Gotye ft Kimbra – Somebody That I Used to Know

3 Emeli Sandé – Next to Me

4 Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger

5 David Guetta ft Sia – Titanium

6 Olly Murs – Dance with Me Tonight

7 Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

8 Rihanna and Calvin Harris – We Found Love

9 Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe

10 Maroon 5 – Payphone