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Coffee Break: 2012

Alabama Shakes perform in The Current studio
Alabama Shakes perform in The Current studioMPR / Nate Ryan

by Anna Weggel

January 15, 2020

It's the 2012 edition of "The Current's 15 Years in 15 Days."

Each weekday for the next three weeks, we'll ask you to share your favorite songs from the past 15 years for each 9:30 Coffee Break, Jade and Mary Lucia will play back some of their favorite session tracks from each year, and at 6 pm Mark Wheat will air the Top 15 songs of each year, sourced from the Top 89s.

Listen for special programming on air and online as lead up to this weekend's 15th Anniversary Party at First Avenue on Saturday featuring Black Pumas, The Bad Man, Seratones, MaLLY, and 26 Bats!.

And we're inviting you to look back on all the amazing music you've discovered with us over the years by downloading The Current app and streaming The Current 15, a collection of songs from the Top 89 listener polls from every year since the station's launch.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs from 2012 do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

Have an idea for a Coffee Break topic? Submit your idea for a future theme and browse past Coffee Breaks in our archive.

Songs played

Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know feat. Kimbra
Adele - Skyfall
Father John Misty - I'm Writing A Novel
The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag
Metric - Synthetica
The Shins - Simple Song
Chastity Brown - After You