X96 · Year-end countdown series
X96 Top 50 Songs of the Year
RockLists has 15 editions of the X96 Top 50 Songs of the Year, from 2004 to 2023. Across all of them, the most successful song is “Sleepwalking” by All Time Low, which appears in 2 editions.
15editions
2004–2023years
15different #1s
5missing years
Every edition and its number one
| Year | Countdown | Number one | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Top 50 Songs of 2004 | Float OnModest Mouse | 50 |
| 2005 | Top 50 Songs of 2005 | The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails | 50 |
| 2009 | Top 50 Songs of 2009 | UprisingMuse | 50 |
| 2010 | Top 50 Songs of 2010 | AnimalNeon Trees | 50 |
| 2011 | Top 50 Songs of 2011 partial | Pumped up KicksFoster The People | 49 |
| 2012 | Top 50 Songs of 2012 | It's TimeImagine Dragons | 50 |
| 2014 | Top 50 Songs of 2014 | DangerousBig Data | 50 |
| 2016 | Top 50 Songs of 2016 | Life ItselfGlass Animals | 50 |
| 2017 | Top 50 Songs of 2017 | BelieverImagine Dragons | 50 |
| 2018 | Top 50 Songs of 2018 | Whatever It TakesImagine Dragons | 50 |
| 2019 | Top 50 Songs of 2019 | I See YouMissio | 50 |
| 2020 | Top 50 Songs of 2020 | Level Of ConcernTwenty One Pilots | 50 |
| 2021 | Top 50 Songs of 2021 | Heat WavesGlass Animals | 50 |
| 2022 | Top 50 Songs of 2022 | EnemyImagine Dragons | 50 |
| 2023 | Music Quorum 2023 Top 50 Songs | LostLinkin Park | 50 |
Missing from the archive: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2015. 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 | '04 | '05 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '20 | '21 | '22 | '23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SleepwalkingAll Time Low | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 12 |
| 2 | Heat WavesGlass Animals | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 3 | Bad GuyBillie Eilish | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| 4 | DangerousBig Data | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5 | BelieverImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6 | The Hand That FeedsNine Inch Nails | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | AnimalNeon Trees | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8 | EnemyImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 9 | Level Of ConcernTwenty One Pilots | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| 10 | Whatever It TakesImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11 | Pumped up KicksFoster The People | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12 | It's TimeImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13 | Float OnModest Mouse | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14 | HeathensTwenty One Pilots | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15 | LostLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 16 | UprisingMuse | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17 | Used To LikeNeon Trees | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| 18 | BrokenLovelyTheBand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 19 | RopeFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20 | Little TalksOf Monsters And Men | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 21 | Love Song311 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22 | The American Dream Is Killing MeGreen Day | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 23 | Help, Im AliveMetric | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24 | Follow YouImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – |
| 25 | The Sound of SilenceDisturbed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26 | Come With Me NowKongos | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 27 | Something Just Like ThisColdplay & Chainsmokers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 28 | E-ProBeck | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 29 | Hey Look Ma, I Made ItPanic! at the Disco | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – |
| 30 | Undisclosed DesiresMuse | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 31 | Running Up That HillKate Bush | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| 32 | OpheliaLumineers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 33 | I Wanna Get BetterBleachers | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 34 | One More LightLinkin Park | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 35 | An Honest MistakeThe Bravery | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 36 | The CatalystLinkin Park | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 37 | Black SummerRed Hot Chili Peppers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – |
| 38 | TrampolineSHAED | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – |
| 39 | Everything I WantedBillie Eilish | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – |
| 40 | Sit Next To MeFoster The People | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| 41 | The Ballad of Mona LisaPanic! at the Disco | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 42 | Everybody TalksNeon Trees | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 43 | American IdiotGreen Day | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 44 | One More Timeblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| 45 | Feel Good DragAnberlin | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 46 | My Ex's Best FriendMachine Gun Kelly | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – |
| 47 | Bad LiarImagine Dragons | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – |
| 48 | Help Is On The WayRise Against | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 49 | Somebody That I Used To KnowGotye | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 50 | VindicatedDashboard Confessional | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 51 | Love From The Other SideFall Out Boy | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| 52 | No You GirlsFranz Ferdinand | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 53 | Let The Bad Times RollThe Offspring | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| 54 | Something From NothingFoo Fighters | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 55 | Sweet DisasterDreamers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 56 | Bored To Deathblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 57 | Swing Life AwayRise Against | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 58 | This is War30 Seconds to Mars | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 59 | Edgingblink-182 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – |
| 60 | Coffee For Your HeadPOWFU | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – |