What was the top hard rock song of 2005?

Combining 1 year-end radio countdowns, the top hard rock song of 2005 is "Right Here" by Staind, which appeared on 1 of the lists.

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

The best hard rock songs of 2005

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2005: WCCC The Rock. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 2005 is “Right Here” by Staind, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Audioslave was the year’s most-charted artist, with four different songs placing 4 times across the countdowns.

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Ranked by combined points across every 2005 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Right Here Staind	100	1	#1	1
2	B.Y.O.B. System of a Down	99	1	#2	–
3	Stricken Disturbed	98	1	#3	–
4	Doesn't Remind Me Audioslave	97	1	#4	–
5	Best of You Foo Fighters	96	1	#5	–
6	Happy? Mudvayne	95	1	#6	–
7	Remedy Seether	94	1	#7	–
8	Save Me Shinedown	93	1	#8	–
9	Photograph Nickelback	92	1	#9	–
10	Holiday Green Day	92	1	#10	–
11	DOA Foo Fighters	91	1	#11	–
12	Question! System of a Down	90	1	#12	–
13	Bat Country Avenged Sevenfold	89	1	#13	–
14	Twisted Transistor Korn	88	1	#14	–
15	No Surprise Theory of a Deadman	87	1	#15	–
16	Wasteland 10 Years	86	1	#16	–
17	The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails	85	1	#17	–
18	Stand Up Trapt	84	1	#18	–
19	Calling Taproot	83	1	#19	–
20	Behind Those Eyes 3 Doors Down	82	1	#20	–
21	Colors Crossfade	81	1	#21	–
22	Hypnotize System of a Down	80	1	#22	–
23	Shine It All Around Robert Plant	79	1	#23	–
24	Be Yourself Audioslave	78	1	#24	–
25	Get Stoned Hinder	77	1	#25	–
26	Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day	76	1	#26	–
27	In This River Black Label Society	75	1	#27	–
28	Take Me Papa Roach	75	1	#28	–
29	Falling Staind	74	1	#29	–
30	Beverly Hills Weezer	73	1	#30	–
31	Guarded Disturbed	72	1	#31	–
32	The Clincher Chevelle	71	1	#32	–
33	When I'm Gone No Address	70	1	#33	–
34	Tryin' to Be Me Tommy Lee	69	1	#34	–
35	Animals Nickelback	68	1	#35	–
36	Suicide Messiah Black Label Society	67	1	#36	–
37	Blue Jeans Silvertide	66	1	#37	–
38	Before I Forget Slipknot	65	1	#38	–
39	Ugly Sevendust	64	1	#39	–
40	Forget to Remember Mudvayne	63	1	#40	–
41	Truth Seether	62	1	#41	–
42	Getting Away With Murder Papa Roach	61	1	#42	–
43	Great Divide Scott Stapp	60	1	#43	–
44	Your Time Has Come Audioslave	59	1	#44	–
45	Next To You The Offspring	58	1	#45	–
46	Inspiration On Demand Shadows Fall	58	1	#46	–
47	The Nameless Slipknot	57	1	#47	–
48	Rose of Sharyn Killswitch Engage	56	1	#48	–
49	Move Thousand Foot Krutch	55	1	#49	–
50	Little Sister Queens of the Stone Age	54	1	#50	–
51	Come On, Come In Velvet Revolver	53	1	#51	–
52	Fire It Up Black Label Society	52	1	#52	–
53	Right Side of the Bed Atreyu	51	1	#53	–
54	Pressure Skindred	50	1	#54	–
55	Happens All the Time Cold	49	1	#55	–
56	The Widow The Mars Volta	48	1	#56	–
57	Wated Livin Trust	47	1	#57	–
58	Can't Repeat The Offspring	46	1	#58	–
59	Live for Today 3 Doors Down	45	1	#59	–
60	Bullet With A Name Nonpoint	44	1	#60	–
61	Fallen Angels RA	43	1	#61	–
62	Count On Me Default	42	1	#62	–
63	Brother Dark New Day	42	1	#63	–
64	Alone The Prom Kings	41	1	#64	–
65	Revolution Judas Priest	40	1	#65	–
66	Panic Prone Chevelle	39	1	#66	–
67	The Suffering Coheed and Cambria	38	1	#67	–
68	Only Nine Inch Nails	37	1	#68	–
69	Better Now Collective Soul	36	1	#69	–
70	Out of Exile Audioslave	35	1	#70	–
71	Ghost of You My Chemical Romance	34	1	#71	–
72	Image of the Invisible Thrice	33	1	#72	–
73	We Don't Care Anymore Story of the Year	32	1	#73	–
74	Shallow Porcupine Tree	31	1	#74	–
75	In Due Time Submersed	30	1	#75	–
76	Bullet Proof Skin Institute	29	1	#76	–
77	I'm The One Static-X	28	1	#77	–
78	Sick Love Song Motley Crue	27	1	#78	–
79	Everyday Future Leaders of the World	26	1	#79	–
80	Make a Move Incubus	25	1	#80	–
81	Wings of a Butterfly HIM	25	1	#81	–
82	Stars Switchfoot	24	1	#82	–
83	We Are All on Drugs Weezer	23	1	#83	–
84	E-Pro Beck	22	1	#84	–
85	Devil's Daughter Silvertide	21	1	#85	–
86	Goodbye for Now P.O.D.	20	1	#86	–
87	10001110101 Clutch	19	1	#87	–
88	Hello Lonely Theory of a Deadman	18	1	#88	–
89	15 Beers Ago dEAf PEdESTRIANS	17	1	#89	–
90	Loyalty American Head Charge	16	1	#90	–
91	Rain Breaking Benjamin	15	1	#91	–
92	Bleeding The Prom Kings	14	1	#92	–
93	Killing Me Drowning Pool	13	1	#93	–
94	Lovercall Danko Jones	12	1	#94	–
95	Attack 30 Seconds to Mars	11	1	#95	–
96	Slow Burn Revelation Theory	10	1	#96	–
97	Dirthouse Static-X	9	1	#97	–
98	Familiar Realm CKY	8	1	#98	–
99	I Let Go 18 Visoins	8	1	#99	–
100	Blue ORcihd The White Stripes	7	1	#100	–

Every station’s number one of 2005

Station	Number one song	Countdown
WCCC The Rock	Right Here Staind	WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005

All 2005 countdowns in this ranking

WCCC The Rock WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2005 106 songs

About the 2005 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 2005 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 hard rock results; use the tabs above to switch formats. Read the full methodology.