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Rock radio countdowns from the United States

RockLists has 385 countdowns from 35 stations in the United States. Combining all of them, the song United States listeners voted for most is “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana, which appears on 76 countdowns.

Stations in United States

Top 50 songs voted by United States listeners

Combined points across every countdown from the United States that counts toward the rankings, all formats together.

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s Year
1 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
7,329		 76 #1 22 1991
2 How Soon is Now? The Smiths
6,655		 72 #1 10 1984
3 Just Like Heaven The Cure
6,641		 71 #1 3 1987
4 Sunday Bloody Sunday U2
6,377		 76 #2 – 1983
5 Under the Bridge Red Hot Chili Peppers
6,265		 69 #1 3 1992
6 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones
6,016		 73 #1 1 1988
7 Come As You Are Nirvana
5,970		 73 #3 – 1992
8 Alive Pearl Jam
5,967		 72 #2 – 1992
9 With or Without You U2
5,951		 77 #3 – 1987
10 Losing My Religion R.E.M.
5,818		 70 #1 1 1991
11 Jeremy Pearl Jam
5,797		 69 #2 – 1992
12 Bizarre Love Triangle New Order
5,761		 68 #1 3 1986
13 Blue Monday New Order
5,732		 67 #1 1 1983
14 One U2
5,692		 73 #1 1 1992
15 Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Clash
5,632		 74 #8 – 1982
16 London Calling The Clash
5,578		 72 #4 – 1980
17 Loser Beck
5,560		 65 #2 – 1994
18 Blister in the Sun Violent Femmes
5,509		 63 #1 4 –
19 Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction
5,485		 60 #1 7 1990
20 Creep Radiohead
5,484		 61 #1 1 1993
21 New Year's Day U2
5,470		 74 #4 – 1983
22 Rock the Casbah The Clash
5,450		 75 #1 1 1982
23 I Melt With You Modern English
5,346		 67 #2 – 1983
24 Black Pearl Jam
5,272		 67 #1 1 1992
25 Burning Down the House Talking Heads
5,239		 75 #13 – 1983
26 Even Flow Pearl Jam
5,169		 64 #5 – 1992
27 Jane Says Jane's Addiction
5,125		 63 #2 – 1988
28 Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division
5,109		 63 #1 1 2005
29 Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails
5,087		 58 #1 1 1990
30 Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers
5,071		 61 #4 – 1991
31 Pride (In the Name of Love) U2
4,955		 64 #1 1 1984
32 Everlong Foo Fighters
4,901		 64 #1 1 1997
33 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode
4,875		 62 #4 – 1989
34 Boys Don't Cry The Cure
4,872		 62 #1 1 1986
35 Dear God XTC
4,807		 62 #2 – 1987
36 Rock Lobster The B-52's
4,790		 62 #5 – 2005
37 It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M.
4,782		 61 #2 – 1987
38 Today The Smashing Pumpkins
4,774		 56 #2 – 1993
39 Black Hole Sun Soundgarden
4,722		 64 #2 – 1994
40 Longview Green Day
4,647		 55 #1 2 1994
41 Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode
4,615		 62 #2 – 1990
42 Sabotage Beastie Boys
4,614		 58 #3 – 1994
43 Roxanne The Police
4,572		 60 #10 – –
44 Wonderwall Oasis
4,568		 61 #1 1 1995
45 Beds are Burning Midnight Oil
4,546		 70 #3 – 1988
46 The One I Love R.E.M.
4,545		 66 #5 – 1987
47 Where the Streets Have No Name U2
4,521		 66 #12 – 1987
48 Lithium Nirvana
4,512		 61 #11 – 1992
49 Dead Man's Party Oingo Boingo
4,507		 56 #1 1 1985
50 Song 2 Blur
4,474		 52 #2 – 1997

Artists from United States

814 charting artists in the archive come from the United States (per MusicBrainz). The biggest, by countdown results everywhere:

  1. 1R.E.M.Athens, Georgia97 songs
  2. 2Pearl JamSeattle, Washington103 songs
  3. 3Red Hot Chili PeppersLos Angeles, California52 songs
  4. 4NirvanaAberdeen, Washington45 songs
  5. 5Green DayBerkeley, California70 songs
  6. 6The Smashing PumpkinsChicago, Illinois50 songs
  7. 7Foo FightersSeattle, Washington65 songs
  8. 8Talking HeadsNew York City, New York42 songs
  9. 9Beastie BoysNew York City, New York43 songs
  10. 10Nine Inch NailsCleveland, Ohio46 songs
  11. 11WeezerLos Angeles, California50 songs
  12. 12BeckLos Angeles, California43 songs
  13. 13MetallicaLos Angeles61 songs
  14. 14Stone Temple PilotsSan Diego, California32 songs
  15. 15Bruce SpringsteenLong Branch86 songs
  16. 16The OffspringGarden Grove, California37 songs
  17. 17The B-52'sAthens34 songs
  18. 18Linkin ParkAgoura Hills, California43 songs
  19. 19Jane's AddictionLos Angeles, California31 songs
  20. 20The RamonesQueens, New York42 songs
  21. 21Violent FemmesMilwaukee, Wisconsin21 songs
  22. 22The ReplacementsMinneapolis39 songs
  23. 23blink-182Poway, California34 songs
  24. 24The PixiesBoston, Massachusetts35 songs
  25. 25The White StripesDetroit, Michigan25 songs
  26. 26The KillersLas Vegas, Nevada27 songs
  27. 27Rage Against the MachineLos Angeles, California23 songs
  28. 28Alice In ChainsSeattle, Washington27 songs
  29. 29SublimeLong Beach, California18 songs
  30. 30Social DistortionFullerton26 songs