The Buzz · Year-end countdown series
The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Year
RockLists has 21 editions of the The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Year, from 1998 to 2025. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Too Sweet” by Hozier, which appears in 2 editions.
21editions
1998–2025years
21different #1s
7missing years
Every edition and its number one
Missing from the archive: 1999, 2007, 2008, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022. Have one of these?
How the top songs moved between editions
Each song’s position in every edition. A dash means it did not appear.
| # | Song | '98 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '23 | '24 | '25 |
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| 1 | Too SweetHozier | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | FirstCold War Kids | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 3 | Sad In CarolinaDexter and the Moonrocks | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Under YouFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 9 | – |
| 5 | Come A Little CloserCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | One More Timeblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 25 | 7 | – |
| 7 | DOAFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | Take It All BackJUDAH & THE LION | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 5 | – | – | – | – |
| 9 | Up All NightBeck | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 14 | – | – | – |
| 10 | Do I Wanna KnowArctic Monkeys | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 40 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | StargazingMyles Smith | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 32 | 10 |
| 12 | The Emptiness MachineLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 26 |
| 13 | Waiting For The EndLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | Waste a MomentKings of Leon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 17 | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | Soul Meets BodyDeath Cab for Cutie | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 16 | All In My Headblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 20 |
| 17 | TrojansAtlas Genius | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18 | Stressed OutTwenty One Pilots | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | AfraidNeighbourhood | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 27 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | A Symptom of Being HumanShinedown | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 5 | – |
| 21 | Still BreathingGreen Day | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 44 | 6 | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | Are You Gonna Be My GirlJet | – | – | – | – | 14 | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 23 | Ho HeyLumineers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | 29 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Dial DrunkNoah Kahan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 47 | – |
| 25 | NumbLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | 24 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Mr. BrightsideThe Killers | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Little Black SubmarinesThe Black Keys | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 26 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | Meant to LiveSwitchfoot | – | – | – | – | 29 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | Mountain At My GatesFoals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 41 | 19 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | DetroitBadflower | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 25 |
| 31 | can't slow downAlmost Monday | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 51 | 11 |
| 32 | Figure It OutRoyal Blood | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 46 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | OnlyNine Inch Nails | – | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | These DaysFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 51 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | Take A WalkPassion Pit | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 19 | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | Whatever It TakesImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 62 | 4 | – | – | – |
| 37 | PompeiiBastille | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | I Only Lie When I Love YouRoyal Blood | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 17 | – | – | – |
| 39 | RadioactiveImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 66 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 40 | My Name Is HumanHighly Suspect | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 66 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | TeamLorde | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 57 | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | All We Ever KnewThe Head and the Heart | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 48 | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | I Bet My LifeImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 63 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 44 | Adventure of a LifetimeColdplay | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 45 | Shut Up & DanceWalk the Moon | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | ClocksColdplay | – | – | – | 56 | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 47 | HypnotizeSystem of a Down | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 40 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Fire and the FloodVance Joy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 39 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | Mountain SoundOf Monsters And Men | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 68 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | Carry Onfun. | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 62 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | She's Out Of Her Mindblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 50 | 25 | – | – | – | – |
| 52 | It's About TimeYoung the Giant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 65 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | ParadiseColdplay | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 53 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 54 | The Sky Is A NeighborhoodFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 42 | – | – | – |
| 55 | DriveIncubus | – | 66 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | UnsteadyX Ambassadors | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 56 | 20 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Shake Me DownCage The Elephant | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 72 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 58 | Kings & Queens30 Seconds to Mars | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | Trip SwitchNothing But Thieves | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 77 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 60 | AwakenBreaking Benjamin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 9 |