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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

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# Song Strength Lists Best #1s Year
1 Master of Puppets Metallica
2,560
26 #1 14 2022
2 One Metallica
2,317
26 #2 – 1997
3 The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden
2,020
26 #2 – –
4 Paranoid Black Sabbath
1,909
26 #5 – –
5 Enter Sandman Metallica
1,823
27 #3 – 1991
6 Killing in the Name Rage Against the Machine
1,821
24 #2 – 1993
7 Chop Suey System of a Down
1,751
20 #2 – 2001
8 Ace of Spades Motorhead
1,730
20 #3 – –
9 Schism Tool
1,725
19 #2 – 2001
10 Run to the Hills Iron Maiden
1,703
26 #11 – 1997
11 Black Fuel Channel Zero
1,685
18 #1 2 –
12 Fear of the Dark Iron Maiden
1,634
18 #2 – –
13 Thunderstruck AC/DC
1,566
25 #2 – 1990
14 Angel of Death Slayer
1,445
18 #5 – –
15 Raining Blood Slayer
1,423
18 #4 – –
16 Wait and Bleed Slipknot
1,356
20 #13 – 2000
17 Sonne Rammstein
1,351
18 #9 – 2001
18 Walk Pantera
1,300
19 #4 – 1997
19 The Sea Is Dying Steak Number Eight
1,299
16 #3 – –
20 Help Channel Zero
1,295
18 #8 – –
21 Highway to Hell AC/DC
1,280
19 #2 – –
22 Duality Slipknot
1,215
19 #10 – 2004
23 Davidian Machine Head
1,165
18 #10 – –
24 Primo Victoria Sabaton
1,154
15 #6 – –
25 Toxicity System of a Down
1,127
20 #14 – 2002

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