Radio format
Hard Rock & Metal
Active rock, hard rock and heavy metal stations and polls. RockLists has 99 countdowns from 17 stations in this format.
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1978–2025year rankings
Greatest hard rock songs of all time
Top 100 →| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Master of Puppets Metallica | 26 | #1 | 14 | 2022 | |
| 2 | One Metallica | 26 | #2 | – | 1997 | |
| 3 | The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden | 26 | #2 | – | – | |
| 4 | Paranoid Black Sabbath | 26 | #5 | – | – | |
| 5 | Enter Sandman Metallica | 27 | #3 | – | 1991 | |
| 6 | Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine | 24 | #2 | – | 1993 | |
| 7 | Chop Suey System of a Down | 20 | #2 | – | 2001 | |
| 8 | Ace of Spades Motorhead | 20 | #3 | – | – | |
| 9 | Schism Tool | 19 | #2 | – | 2001 | |
| 10 | Run to the Hills Iron Maiden | 26 | #11 | – | 1997 | |
| 11 | Black Fuel Channel Zero | 18 | #1 | 2 | – | |
| 12 | Fear of the Dark Iron Maiden | 18 | #2 | – | – | |
| 13 | Thunderstruck AC/DC | 25 | #2 | – | 1990 | |
| 14 | Angel of Death Slayer | 18 | #5 | – | – | |
| 15 | Raining Blood Slayer | 18 | #4 | – | – | |
| 16 | Wait and Bleed Slipknot | 20 | #13 | – | 2000 | |
| 17 | Sonne Rammstein | 18 | #9 | – | 2001 | |
| 18 | Walk Pantera | 19 | #4 | – | 1997 | |
| 19 | The Sea Is Dying Steak Number Eight | 16 | #3 | – | – | |
| 20 | Help Channel Zero | 18 | #8 | – | – | |
| 21 | Highway to Hell AC/DC | 19 | #2 | – | – | |
| 22 | Duality Slipknot | 19 | #10 | – | 2004 | |
| 23 | Davidian Machine Head | 18 | #10 | – | – | |
| 24 | Primo Victoria Sabaton | 15 | #6 | – | – | |
| 25 | Toxicity System of a Down | 20 | #14 | – | 2002 |
Best hard rock songs by year
Countdown series
All series →- SiriusXM OctaneSiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of the Year
- 98KUPD98KUPD Top 98 Countdown
- WCCC The RockWCCC Top 106 Songs of the Year
- 93.3 WMMRWMMR Top 25 of the Year
- 93X93X Top Songs of the Year
- 94.3 KILOKILO Top Songs of the Year
- KISWKISW 25 from 50
- KISWKISW Top 1000
- The BearThe Bear Top 107 Songs of the Year
- KISWKISW 25 from 50 (decade countdown)
- KISWKISW 25 from 50 (special countdown)
- 94.1 WJJOWJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100
Stations
- The Bear CKQB-FM · 106.9 FM Ottawa, ON
- WCCC The Rock WCCC-FM · 106.9 FM Hartford, CT
- 101 WRIF WRIF · 101.1 FM Detroit, MI
- 93.3 WMMR WMMR · 93.3 FM Philadelphia, PA
- 93X KXXR · 93.7 FM Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN
- 94.1 WJJO WJJO · 94.1 FM Madison, WI
- 94.3 KILO KILO · 94.3 FM Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO
- 97.1 The Eagle KEGL · 97.1 FM Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
- 98KUPD KUPD · 97.9 FM Phoenix, AZ
- KBPI 107.9 FM Denver, CO
- KISW 99.9 FM Seattle-Tacoma, WA
- SiriusXM Octane Channel 37 National (SiriusXM satellite radio)
- Triple M Australia (national network)
- WJRR 101.1 FM Orlando, FL
- KNAC 105.5 FM (later online) Los Angeles, CA
- WRCX Rock 103.5 WRCX · 103.5 FM Chicago, IL
- Z-Rock Satellite Music Network United States (syndicated network)
Latest countdowns
- Studio Brussel · 2026 Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2026)
- 94.1 WJJO · 2025 WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2025
- 98KUPD 98KUPD Top 98 of 2025
- 93X 93X Top 25 Songs of 2025
- Studio Brussel · 2025 Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2025)
- 93.3 WMMR WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2024
- 98KUPD 98KUPD Top 98 of 2024
- 94.3 KILO KILO's Top 30 Kountdown of 2024
- 93X 93X Top 24 Songs of 2024
- Studio Brussel · 2024 Studio Brussel De Zwaarste Lijst (2024)
- 93.3 WMMR WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2023
- 94.1 WJJO · 2023 WJJO Frequent Rocker Top 100 Songs of 2023