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Year-end consensus · Alternative & Modern Rock · 16 countdowns combined

The best alternative rock songs of 2001

16 radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2001: KROQ, 91X, Live 105, Q101, WHFS, K-Rock, WFNX, 107.7 The End, 89X, CD101, CFNY 102.1 The Edge, The Buzz, John Peel (BBC Radio 1), Virgin Radio, Triple J and Radio & Records. Combining every list, the top alternative rock song of 2001 is “Hash Pipe” by Weezer, which appeared on 14 of the 16 countdowns. Eleven different songs were voted number one somewhere: “It's Been Awhile” by Staind (4 stations), “In the End” by Linkin Park (2 stations), “Outside” by Staind (2 stations), “One Step Closer” by Linkin Park and “For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is)” by Pete Yorn and others. Linkin Park was the year’s most-charted artist, with five different songs placing 38 times across the countdowns.

16countdowns
432songs charted
11different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2001

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Ranked by combined points across every 2001 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s
1 Hash Pipe Weezer
1,281		 14 #2 –
2 Schism Tool
1,233		 14 #1 1
3 How You Remind Me Nickelback
1,214		 14 #2 –
4 Smooth Criminal Alien Ant Farm
1,214		 14 #4 –
5 It's Been Awhile Staind
1,155		 12 #1 4
6 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz
1,090		 13 #3 –
7 Fat Lip Sum 41
1,075		 13 #3 –
8 In the End Linkin Park
1,049		 12 #1 2
9 I Wish You Were Here Incubus
1,022		 13 #5 –
10 Crawling Linkin Park
969		 11 #2 –
11 Chop Suey System of a Down
927		 11 #1 1
12 One Step Closer Linkin Park
906		 11 #1 1
13 Alive P.O.D.
897		 11 #4 –
14 The Rock Show blink-182
896		 12 #6 –
15 My Way Limp Bizkit
894		 11 #5 –
16 Control Puddle of Mudd
859		 11 #9 –
17 Drive Incubus
855		 9 #1 1
18 Butterfly Crazytown
834		 12 #10 –
19 Island in the Sun Weezer
829		 13 #7 –
20 Short Skirt/Long Jacket Cake
808		 13 #6 –
21 Stay Together for the Kids blink-182
799		 12 #16 –
22 Fade Staind
783		 11 #13 –
23 Southside Moby
743		 9 #7 –
24 Last Nite The Strokes
727		 12 #1 1
25 Renegades of Funk Rage Against the Machine
718		 9 #5 –
26 Yellow Coldplay
681		 9 #4 –
27 Down With the Sickness Disturbed
663		 9 #5 –
28 Breakdown Tantric
634		 10 #12 –
29 Awake Godsmack
606		 8 #15 –
30 Your Disease Saliva
592		 10 #7 –
31 Blurry Puddle of Mudd
591		 10 #22 –
32 My Sacrifice Creed
590		 10 #19 –
33 Giving In Adema
584		 11 #26 –
34 Drops of Jupiter Train
579		 10 #4 –
35 Hanging By a Moment Lifehouse
575		 8 #3 –
36 Outside Staind
559		 7 #1 2
37 Movies Alien Ant Farm
558		 10 #17 –
38 Elevation U2
531		 11 #23 –
39 In Too Deep Sum 41
530		 12 #24 –
40 Parallel Universe Red Hot Chili Peppers
500		 7 #5 –
41 You Wouldn't Believe 311
498		 9 #36 –
42 Beautiful Day U2
489		 7 #4 –
43 The Space Between Dave Matthews Band
484		 9 #12 –
44 Warning Green Day
481		 10 #18 –
45 The People That We Love Bush
476		 12 #43 –
46 Flavor of the Weak American Hi-Fi
467		 7 #18 –
47 Bodies Drowning Pool
455		 9 #9 –
48 Waiting Green Day
452		 8 #26 –
49 Between Angels and Insects Papa Roach
451		 9 #16 –
50 Bleed American Jimmy Eat World
444		 11 #32 –
51 Hemorrhage (In My Hands) Fuel
438		 5 #4 –
52 The Hollow A Perfect Circle
417		 9 #42 –
53 Want You Bad The Offspring
411		 7 #4 –
54 Dream On Depeche Mode
408		 11 #24 –
55 Because I Got High Afroman
393		 8 #17 –
56 Trouble Coldplay
390		 8 #27 –
57 Dig In Lenny Kravitz
386		 11 #17 –
58 Days of the Week Stone Temple Pilots
385		 11 #41 –
59 I Did It Dave Matthews Band
385		 9 #33 –
60 I'll Be Here Awhile 311
383		 8 #15 –
61 No One Cold
374		 8 #29 –
62 Hit or Miss New Found Glory
357		 8 #27 –
63 The Middle Jimmy Eat World
355		 8 #19 –
64 Voices Disturbed
354		 6 #28 –
65 Greed Godsmack
338		 5 #6 –
66 Innocent Fuel
332		 7 #29 –
67 Fuck Authority Pennywise
306		 7 #23 –
68 Crawling in the Dark Hoobastank
306		 9 #39 –
69 Photograph Weezer
304		 8 #41 –
70 For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is) Pete Yorn
303		 6 #1 1
71 Duck and Run 3 Doors Down
302		 5 #8 –
72 Walk On U2
298		 8 #51 –
73 I Might Be Wrong Radiohead
290		 8 #9 –
74 Loser 3 Doors Down
271		 4 #23 –
75 Outside Aaron Lewis
266		 3 #11 –
76 Crystal New Order
265		 4 #9 –
77 Where's Your Head At? Basement Jaxx
264		 5 #4 –
78 19-2000 Gorillaz
262		 8 #15 –
79 Weapon of Choice Fatboy Slim
253		 6 #21 –
80 Life Our Lady Peace
249		 6 #38 –
81 Rollin' Limp Bizkit
246		 4 #33 –
82 Nice to Know You Incubus
245		 6 #35 –
83 Digital Bath Deftones
241		 7 #20 –
84 Man Overboard blink-182
240		 6 #40 –
85 Stellar Incubus
240		 4 #12 –
86 Deep Nine Inch Nails
235		 9 #45 –
87 Threesome Fenix TX
230		 6 #11 –
88 Feel So Numb Rob Zombie
223		 7 #29 –
89 Lateralus Tool
218		 7 #36 –
90 Flavor of the Week American Hi-Fi
214		 4 #21 –
91 Shiver Coldplay
214		 6 #34 –
92 Stupify Disturbed
213		 3 #19 –
93 Million Miles Away The Offspring
213		 4 #28 –
94 Defy You The Offspring
211		 7 #41 –
95 One Armed Scissor At the Drive In
210		 5 #46 –
96 Name of the Game The Crystal Method
209		 7 #29 –
97 Youth of the Nation P.O.D.
209		 5 #23 –
98 It Don't Matter Rehab
207		 6 #51 –
99 Wasting My Time Default
201		 6 #14 –
100 Sunny Hours Long Beach Dub All-Stars
200		 8 #49 –

Every station’s number one of 2001

StationNumber one songCountdown
KROQ In the End Linkin Park KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2001
91X In the End Linkin Park 91X Top 91 Songs of 2001
Live 105 It's Been Awhile Staind Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001
Q101 It's Been Awhile Staind Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
WHFS It's Been Awhile Staind WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2001
K-Rock Outside Staind K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001
WFNX One Step Closer Linkin Park WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2001
107.7 The End It's Been Awhile Staind The End Top 107 Songs of 2001
89X Outside Staind 89X Top 89 Songs of 2001
CD101 For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is) Pete Yorn CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2001
CFNY 102.1 The Edge Schism Tool CFNY Top 30 Songs of 2001
The Buzz Chop Suey System of a Down The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2001
John Peel (BBC Radio 1) Chinese Whispers Melys John Peel's Festive Fifty of 2001
Virgin Radio Last Nite The Strokes Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2001
Triple J Amazing Alex Lloyd Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001
Radio & Records Drive Incubus Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2001

All 2001 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2001 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 2001 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 16 qualifying countdowns. Each radio format is ranked separately, so classic rock and hard rock countdowns never shift the alternative results; use the tabs above to switch formats. Read the full methodology.