What was the top hard rock song of 2002?

Combining 2 year-end radio countdowns, the top hard rock song of 2002 is "Here to Stay" by Korn, which appeared on 2 of the lists.

Year-end consensus · Hard Rock & Metal · two countdowns combined

The best hard rock songs of 2002

Two radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2002: WCCC The Rock and KNAC. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 2002 is “Here to Stay” by Korn, which appeared on two of the two countdowns. Two different songs were voted number one somewhere: “I Stand Alone” by Godsmack and “I'm Hiding” by Korn. Korn was the year’s most-charted artist, with four different songs placing 5 times across the countdowns.

2countdowns

185songs charted

2different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2002

All 185 songs →

Ranked by combined points across every 2002 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Here to Stay Korn	185	2	#9	–
2	I Stand Alone Godsmack	184	2	#1	1
3	Prayer Disturbed	172	2	#3	–
4	Toxicity System of a Down	168	2	#4	–
5	Poem Taproot	160	2	#19	–
6	Aerials System of a Down	155	2	#5	–
7	Never Again Nickelback	152	2	#13	–
8	Anger Rising Jerry Cantrell	151	2	#20	–
9	Cochise Audioslave	149	2	#20	–
10	No Light 3rd Strike	140	2	#17	–
11	One Little Victory Rush	138	2	#27	–
12	Boom P.O.D.	136	2	#12	–
13	Bleed for Me Black Label Society	114	2	#46	–
14	Beautifully Depressed Down	109	2	#7	–
15	Not Falling Mudvayne	101	2	#50	–
16	I'm Hiding Korn	100	1	#1	1
17	Crucified Sevendust	100	2	#26	–
18	Drift and Die Puddle of Mudd	99	1	#2	–
19	Millionaire Queens of the Stone Age	99	1	#2	–
20	Swing Harder Headstrong	99	2	#34	–
21	One of a Kind Breaking Point	98	2	#25	–
22	Wicked Pussycat Danzig	98	1	#3	–
23	Cold Static-X	98	2	#41	–
24	Simple Minded Dragpipe	97	1	#4	–
25	Across the Nation Union Underground	96	1	#5	–
26	Bother Stone Sour	95	1	#6	–
27	People Like Me Hanoi Rocks	95	1	#6	–
28	Parabola Tool	94	1	#7	–
29	The Red Chevelle	93	1	#8	–
30	Say Something Nasty Nashville Pussy	93	1	#8	–
31	By the Way Red Hot Chili Peppers	92	1	#10	–
32	Get Inside Stone Sour	91	1	#10	–
33	She Hates Me Puddle of Mudd	91	1	#11	–
34	Crucible Halford	90	1	#11	–
35	Broken Soul Brand New Sin	90	1	#12	–
36	Reroute to Remain In Flames	89	1	#13	–
37	Get Away Earshot	88	1	#14	–
38	Fiend Coal Chamber	88	1	#14	–
39	Hold Me Down Tommy Lee	87	1	#15	–
40	All My Friends Crush You Neurotica	87	1	#15	–
41	Running Away Hoobastank	86	1	#16	–
42	Everything I Lollipop Lust Kill	86	1	#16	–
43	Deny Default	85	1	#17	–
44	You Know You're Right Nirvana	84	1	#18	–
45	Armageddon Primal Fear	83	1	#19	–
46	Bullets Creed	81	2	#51	–
47	One Last Breath Creed	81	1	#21	–
48	Liberate Disturbed	81	1	#21	–
49	Do You Call My Name RA	80	2	#39	–
50	Thoughtless Korn	80	1	#22	–
51	Gasoline Seether	80	1	#22	–
52	Downfall Trust Co.	79	1	#23	–
53	Die MF Die Dope	79	1	#23	–
54	All My Life Foo Fighters	78	1	#24	–
55	Dead in Hollywood Murderdolls	78	1	#24	–
56	Never Gonna Stop Rob Zombie	76	1	#26	–
57	Your Signs Nonpoint	75	1	#27	–
58	Hero Chad Kroeger	75	1	#28	–
59	She Loves Me Not Papa Roach	74	1	#29	–
60	My World Brand New Sin	73	1	#29	–
61	Epiphany Staind	73	1	#30	–
62	Acceptance (Phase I) Pulse Ultra	72	1	#30	–
63	Breakin Me Down Soil	72	1	#31	–
64	I Know Engine	71	1	#31	–
65	Tear Way Drowning Point	71	1	#32	–
66	Inside Out Reveille	70	1	#33	–
67	Thoughts Without Words Shadows Fall	70	1	#33	–
68	I Will Be Heard Hatebreed	68	2	#68	–
69	Unreal Soil	68	1	#35	–
70	Hollyweird Poison	68	1	#35	–
71	Nothing Could Come Between Us Theory of a Deadman	67	1	#36	–
72	The Energy Audiovent	66	1	#37	–
73	Puppy Skinlab	66	1	#37	–
74	Always Saliva	65	1	#38	–
75	One Nation Soulfly	65	1	#38	–
76	Ghosts Along the Mississippi Down	63	1	#40	–
77	Remember Me Hoobastank	62	1	#41	–
78	Demon Speeding Rob Zombie	61	1	#42	–
79	Refuse to Be Denied Anthrax	61	1	#42	–
80	Freechild MusT	60	1	#43	–
81	Blood Pigs OTEP	60	1	#43	–
82	Fine Again Seether	59	1	#44	–
83	Inside Switched	59	2	#75	–
84	Get Free The Vines	58	1	#45	–
85	The Glass Prison Dream Theater	58	1	#45	–
86	When I'm Down 3 Doors Down	58	1	#46	–
87	Crave Ted Nugent	56	1	#47	–
88	Wonder What's Next Chevelle	55	1	#48	–
89	Body Crumbles Dry Cell	55	2	#59	–
90	Warning Incubus	55	1	#49	–
91	Get Up Noise Therapy	54	1	#49	–
92	Born to Be Wild Slayer	53	1	#50	–
93	Dead Girl Superstar Rob Zombie	52	1	#51	–
94	Bullet Injected	52	2	#70	–
95	No One Knows Queens of the Stone Age	52	1	#52	–
96	Ticks and Leeches Tool	51	1	#52	–
97	Alone I Break Korn	51	1	#53	–
98	The Saint The Cult	50	1	#53	–
99	Where Do We Go From Here Filter	50	1	#54	–
100	Release the Dogs Boy Sets Fire	50	1	#54	–

Every station’s number one of 2002

Station	Number one song	Countdown
WCCC The Rock	I Stand Alone Godsmack	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002
KNAC	I'm Hiding Korn	KNAC Top 105 Songs of 2002

All 2002 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2002 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 2002 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 two qualifying countdowns. Each radio format is ranked separately, so classic rock and hard rock countdowns never shift the hard rock results; use the tabs above to switch formats. Read the full methodology.