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 Imposible which spent five weeks at number one, three weeks in 2012 and 2 weeks in 2013.

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.

identifies Irish musical acts.

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"	Various artists	[49]
6 December			[50]
13 December	"Impossible"	James Arthur	[51]
20 December			[52]
27 December			[53]