Year-end consensus · Indie & Adult Alternative · one countdowns combined
The best indie rock songs of 2000
One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2000: 93XRT. Combining every list, the top indie rock song of 2000 is “Beautiful Day” by U2, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. U2 was the year’s most-charted artist, with two different songs placing 2 times across the countdowns.
Top 100 songs of 2000
Ranked by combined points across every 2000 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.
Every station’s number one of 2000
| Station | Number one song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|
| 93XRT | Beautiful Day U2 | WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2000 |
All 2000 countdowns in this ranking
About the 2000 ranking
Radio stations count down their listeners’ favorite songs at the end of every year. Each station’s list reflects its own audience, so a song that ruled Los Angeles could miss the top ten in Chicago. To find the songs that defined 2000 everywhere, RockLists gives every appearance percentile-based points (a number one earns 100, the last position earns close to zero) and adds them up across all one qualifying countdowns. Each radio format is ranked separately, so classic rock and hard rock countdowns never shift the indie & aaa results; use the tabs above to switch formats. Read the full methodology.