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Year-end consensus · Alternative & Modern Rock · 22 countdowns combined

The best alternative rock songs of 2001

22 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, 102.7 WEQX, 97X, 99X, John Peel (BBC Radio 1), Virgin Radio, WBCN, WBER, WHTG, Triple J and Radio & Records. Combining every list, the top alternative rock song of 2001 is “Hash Pipe” by Weezer, which appeared on 20 of the 22 countdowns. 15 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), “Schism” by Tool (2 stations) and “Chop Suey” by System of a Down (2 stations) and others. Linkin Park was the year’s most-charted artist, with five different songs placing 49 times across the countdowns.

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615songs charted
15different #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
1,818		 20 #2 –
2 Schism Tool
1,699		 19 #1 2
3 How You Remind Me Nickelback
1,663		 19 #2 –
4 Smooth Criminal Alien Ant Farm
1,601		 19 #4 –
5 Fat Lip Sum 41
1,556		 19 #3 –
6 Clint Eastwood Gorillaz
1,502		 18 #2 –
7 It's Been Awhile Staind
1,499		 16 #1 4
8 The Rock Show blink-182
1,474		 20 #6 –
9 I Wish You Were Here Incubus
1,459		 19 #5 –
10 In the End Linkin Park
1,422		 17 #1 2
11 Chop Suey System of a Down
1,347		 16 #1 2
12 Crawling Linkin Park
1,344		 16 #1 1
13 Alive P.O.D.
1,301		 17 #4 –
14 Drive Incubus
1,230		 13 #1 1
15 Control Puddle of Mudd
1,155		 15 #9 –
16 Island in the Sun Weezer
1,112		 18 #4 –
17 My Way Limp Bizkit
1,095		 14 #5 –
18 Southside Moby
1,086		 13 #7 –
19 Short Skirt/Long Jacket Cake
1,084		 17 #6 –
20 Yellow Coldplay
1,060		 14 #3 –
21 Fade Staind
1,056		 15 #13 –
22 Stay Together for the Kids blink-182
1,046		 17 #16 –
23 Flavor of the Weak American Hi-Fi
1,043		 16 #12 –
24 Butterfly Crazytown
1,023		 15 #10 –
25 One Step Closer Linkin Park
1,005		 12 #1 1
26 Breakdown Tantric
945		 14 #5 –
27 Hanging By a Moment Lifehouse
930		 12 #1 1
28 My Sacrifice Creed
882		 15 #16 –
29 Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) Train
876		 13 #1 1
30 Your Disease Saliva
863		 14 #5 –
31 The Space Between Dave Matthews Band
846		 14 #4 –
32 Down With the Sickness Disturbed
836		 11 #5 –
33 Last Nite The Strokes
833		 14 #1 1
34 Renegades of Funk Rage Against the Machine
781		 10 #5 –
35 In Too Deep Sum 41
761		 16 #24 –
36 Giving In Adema
755		 14 #25 –
37 Blurry Puddle of Mudd
738		 14 #22 –
38 You Wouldn't Believe 311
704		 14 #30 –
39 Elevation U2
702		 14 #14 –
40 Awake Godsmack
677		 9 #15 –
41 Dream On Depeche Mode
653		 16 #24 –
42 Outside Staind
635		 8 #1 2
43 Beautiful Day U2
628		 9 #4 –
44 Hit or Miss New Found Glory
627		 14 #24 –
45 Movies Alien Ant Farm
617		 12 #17 –
46 Warning Green Day
593		 13 #18 –
47 Trouble Coldplay
592		 12 #27 –
48 Bleed American Jimmy Eat World
569		 14 #30 –
49 Voices Disturbed
555		 9 #13 –
50 Bodies Drowning Pool
552		 12 #9 –
51 The People That We Love Bush
541		 14 #43 –
52 The Middle Jimmy Eat World
525		 11 #19 –
53 Between Angels and Insects Papa Roach
524		 10 #16 –
54 Walk On U2
524		 13 #31 –
55 Days of the Week Stone Temple Pilots
520		 15 #41 –
56 Hemorrhage (In My Hands) Fuel
515		 6 #4 –
57 Because I Got High Afroman
507		 12 #9 –
58 I Did It Dave Matthews Band
503		 11 #33 –
59 Want You Bad The Offspring
500		 8 #4 –
60 Parallel Universe Red Hot Chili Peppers
500		 7 #5 –
61 Innocent Fuel
482		 11 #24 –
62 Waiting Green Day
482		 9 #26 –
63 Dig In Lenny Kravitz
480		 15 #17 –
64 Duck and Run 3 Doors Down
477		 8 #8 –
65 I'll Be Here Awhile 311
476		 10 #15 –
66 No One Cold
466		 10 #21 –
67 Outside Aaron Lewis
440		 6 #1 1
68 Greed Godsmack
428		 7 #6 –
69 Photograph Weezer
427		 11 #41 –
70 Loser 3 Doors Down
418		 6 #13 –
71 The Hollow A Perfect Circle
417		 9 #42 –
72 19-2000 Gorillaz
414		 11 #15 –
73 Rockin The Suburbs Ben Folds
408		 6 #12 –
74 Crawling in the Dark Hoobastank
404		 11 #39 –
75 I Might Be Wrong Radiohead
395		 10 #9 –
76 Where's Your Head At? Basement Jaxx
384		 7 #4 –
77 Crystal New Order
368		 6 #9 –
78 Weapon of Choice Fatboy Slim
367		 9 #21 –
79 Nice to Know You Incubus
348		 8 #35 –
80 Bad Day Fuel
336		 9 #31 –
81 Youth of the Nation P.O.D.
335		 8 #23 –
82 Wasting My Time Default
333		 9 #14 –
83 For Nancy ('Cos It Already Is) Pete Yorn
333		 7 #1 1
84 Name of the Game The Crystal Method
312		 9 #29 –
85 Shiver Coldplay
307		 8 #32 –
86 Fuck Authority Pennywise
306		 7 #23 –
87 It Don't Matter Rehab
306		 9 #42 –
88 Feel So Numb Rob Zombie
302		 9 #29 –
89 Stupify Disturbed
302		 4 #19 –
90 Sing Travis
296		 8 #8 –
91 One Armed Scissor At the Drive In
292		 7 #37 –
92 Life Our Lady Peace
290		 7 #38 –
93 Imitation of Life R.E.M.
287		 9 #10 –
94 The Shame of Life Butthole Surfers
283		 7 #13 –
95 Deep Nine Inch Nails
283		 10 #45 –
96 Stellar Incubus
279		 5 #12 –
97 Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out of U2
271		 6 #9 –
98 Threesome Fenix TX
267		 8 #11 –
99 Life On A Chain Pete Yorn
260		 4 #10 –
100 Defy You The Offspring
257		 9 #41 –

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
102.7 WEQX Drops of Jupiter Train WEQX Top 102.7 of 2001
97X Crawling Linkin Park 97X Top 97 Songs of 2001
99X Evolution Revolution Love Tricky 99X 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
WBCN Schism Tool WBCN Top 41 Songs of 2001
WBER Chop Suey! System Of A Down WBER Listener Countdown 2001
WHTG Beautiful Flickerstick G106.3 Top 106 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 22 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.