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The best hard rock songs of the 2000s

This ranking of the 2000s combines 13 year-end countdowns from 2000 through 2009 with one “songs of the decade” countdowns aired by WJRR. The top song of the '00s is “Here to Stay” by Korn, which charted on 3 countdowns. The decade’s most-charted artists are Nickelback, Godsmack, Linkin Park, Korn and Audioslave.

1,187songs charted

13year-end countdowns

1decade countdowns

Top 100 songs of the '00s

Top 1000 →

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Year
1	Here to Stay Korn	269	3	#9	–	2002
2	So Far Away Staind	262	3	#6	–	2003
3	Lips of an Angel Hinder	250	3	#4	–	2006
4	Bother Stone Sour	238	3	#6	–	2002
5	Dani California Red Hot Chili Peppers	238	3	#4	–	2006
6	I Hate Everything About You Three Days Grace	229	3	#12	–	2003
7	I Stand Alone Godsmack	228	3	#1	1	2002
8	Like a Stone Audioslave	227	3	#4	–	2003
9	Poem Taproot	225	3	#19	–	2002
10	American Idiot Green Day	224	3	#9	–	2004
11	Someday Nickelback	221	3	#17	–	2003
12	Bring Me to Life Evanescence	220	3	#8	–	2003
13	Here Without You 3 Doors Down	218	3	#19	–	2003
14	Through Glass Stone Sour	211	3	#2	–	2006
15	Crazy Bitch Buckcherry	210	3	#5	–	2006
16	Weak and Powerless A Perfect Circle	205	3	#14	–	2003
17	Are You Gonna Be My Girl Jet	204	3	#4	–	2003
18	Toxicity System of a Down	202	3	#4	–	2002
19	Slither Velvet Revolver	196	3	#1	1	2004
20	Down With the Sickness Disturbed	196	2	#3	–	2001
21	Meant to Live Switchfoot	193	3	#3	–	2004
22	Last Resort Papa Roach	193	2	#4	–	2000
23	Headstrong Trapt	193	3	#19	–	2003
24	Hemorrhage (In My Hands) Fuel	189	2	#6	–	2000
25	Happy? Mudvayne	189	2	#6	–	2005
26	Chop Suey System of a Down	189	2	#2	–	2001
27	Duality Slipknot	186	2	#7	–	2004
28	Save Me Shinedown	186	2	#8	–	2005
29	How You Remind Me Nickelback	183	2	#5	–	2001
30	Breaking the Habit Linkin Park	182	2	#10	–	2004
31	Feelin' Way Too Damn Good Nickelback	182	2	#2	–	2004
32	One Step Closer Linkin Park	182	2	#1	1	2000
33	Can't Stop Red Hot Chili Peppers	181	2	#10	–	2003
34	No Way Back Foo Fighters	180	2	#5	–	2006
35	Call Me When You're Sober Evanescence	178	2	#9	–	2006
36	The Reason Hoobastank	178	2	#7	–	2004
37	Liberate Disturbed	178	2	#4	–	2003
38	Bodies Drowning Pool	178	2	#10	–	2001
39	So Cold Breaking Benjamin	177	2	#4	–	2004
40	All My Life Foo Fighters	177	2	#2	–	2002
41	Awake Godsmack	176	2	#13	–	2000
42	Fall to Pieces Velvet Revolver	176	2	#12	–	2004
43	Numb Linkin Park	175	4	#25	–	2003
44	The Red Chevelle	173	2	#8	–	2002
45	Prayer Disturbed	172	2	#3	–	2002
46	Seven Nation Army The White Stripes	172	2	#6	–	2003
47	Open Your Eyes Alter Bridge	170	2	#16	–	2004
48	Savior Rise Against	169	2	#8	–	2009
49	Animal I Have Become Three Days Grace	169	2	#1	1	2006
50	In the End Linkin Park	169	2	#11	–	2001
51	Judith A Perfect Circle	169	2	#9	–	2000
52	Enemy Sevendust	168	2	#16	–	2003
53	I Disappear Metallica	167	2	#3	–	2000
54	Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave	167	2	#4	–	2005
55	Times Like These Foo Fighters	167	2	#3	–	2003
56	Original Fire Audioslave	164	2	#14	–	2006
57	Control Puddle of Mudd	164	2	#9	–	2001
58	Land of Confusion Disturbed	164	2	#3	–	2006
59	Stupify Disturbed	164	2	#4	–	2000
60	Cold Hard Bitch Jet	163	2	#5	–	2004
61	Vertigo U2	163	2	#14	–	2004
62	When You Were Young The Killers	161	2	#7	–	2006
63	Get Stoned Hinder	161	3	#25	–	2005
64	Tell Me Baby Red Hot Chili Peppers	161	2	#17	–	2006
65	I Am the Highway Audioslave	160	2	#21	–	2003
66	Not Falling Mudvayne	159	3	#44	–	2002
67	The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails	158	2	#17	–	2005
68	Somewhere I Belong Linkin Park	158	2	#8	–	2003
69	Woman Wolfmother	158	2	#20	–	2006
70	One Thing Finger Eleven	156	3	#11	–	2004
71	Wasteland 10 Years	156	2	#16	–	2005
72	Steady, As She Goes The Raconteurs	156	2	#3	–	2006
73	Hit That The Offspring	156	3	#9	–	2003
74	Aerials System of a Down	155	2	#5	–	2002
75	World Wide Suicide Pearl Jam	155	2	#11	–	2006
76	Schism Tool	155	2	#7	–	2001
77	Show Me How to Live Audioslave	154	2	#15	–	2003
78	Best of You Foo Fighters	153	2	#5	–	2005
79	Halo Soil	153	2	#25	–	2001
80	Never Again Nickelback	152	2	#13	–	2002
81	Savin' Me Nickelback	152	2	#21	–	2006
82	Rockstar Nickelback	151	2	#22	–	2006
83	Alive P.O.D.	151	2	#13	–	2001
84	Anger Rising Jerry Cantrell	151	2	#20	–	2002
85	B.Y.O.B. System of a Down	151	2	#2	–	2005
86	Away From The Sun 3 Doors Down	150	2	#14	–	2004
87	Gasoline Seether	150	2	#22	–	2003
88	Cochise Audioslave	149	2	#20	–	2002
89	Paralyzer Finger Eleven	149	2	#1	1	2007
90	Running Blind Godsmack	148	2	#6	–	2004
91	She Hates Me Puddle of Mudd	148	2	#11	–	2002
92	Rollin' Limp Bizkit	147	2	#16	–	2000
93	I Dare You Shinedown	147	2	#8	–	2006
94	Forever Papa Roach	144	2	#4	–	2007
95	Miss Murder AFI	143	2	#23	–	2006
96	Taking My Life Away Default	141	3	#17	–	2003
97	Getting Away With Murder Papa Roach	141	3	#28	–	2004
98	No Light 3rd Strike	140	2	#17	–	2002
99	One Little Victory Rush	138	2	#27	–	2002
100	Praise Sevendust	137	3	#34	–	2001

Station countdowns of the '00s

Listener-voted “best of the decade” countdowns as broadcast.

WJRR · 2010 WJRR Top 101 Songs of the Decade 101 songs

About this ranking

The 2000s ranking adds together two kinds of evidence: the year-end countdowns from each year of the decade, and the retrospective “songs of the decade” countdowns that stations aired afterwards. Year-end lists capture what listeners loved at the time; decade countdowns capture what lasted. Every appearance earns percentile-based points, and the totals are ranked. See the methodology for details.