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

The best alternative rock songs of 2007

16 radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2007: KROQ, 91X, Live 105, Q101, WFNX, 107.7 The End, 89X, CD101, CFNY 102.1 The Edge, CHOI Radio X, 102.7 WEQX, 88.3 The Sting, KWOD, Studio Brussel, WBER and Triple J. Combining every list, the top alternative rock song of 2007 is “Icky Thump” by The White Stripes, which appeared on 16 of the 16 countdowns and was voted number one by two of them. Ten different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Starlight” by Muse (3 stations), “Lazy Eye” by Silversun Pickups (3 stations), “The Pretender” by Foo Fighters (2 stations), “Icky Thump” by The White Stripes (2 stations) and “What I've Done” by Linkin Park and others. Muse was the year’s most-charted artist, with five different songs placing 32 times across the countdowns.

16countdowns
603songs charted
10different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2007

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Ranked by combined points across every 2007 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s
1 Icky Thump The White Stripes
1,447		 16 #1 2
2 Dashboard Modest Mouse
1,275		 15 #2 –
3 The Pretender Foo Fighters
1,231		 15 #1 2
4 Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups
1,117		 14 #1 3
5 Read My Mind The Killers
1,078		 14 #2 –
6 Hey There Delilah Plain White T's
1,054		 13 #1 1
7 Starlight Muse
1,023		 12 #1 3
8 Tarantula The Smashing Pumpkins
1,011		 15 #9 –
9 The Heinrich Maneuver Interpol
915		 15 #18 –
10 Hang Me Up to Dry Cold War Kids
889		 12 #2 –
11 Snow (Hey Oh) Red Hot Chili Peppers
885		 11 #6 –
12 What I've Done Linkin Park
876		 10 #1 1
13 Phantom Limb The Shins
875		 13 #3 –
14 Misery Business Paramore
854		 11 #8 –
15 Supermassive Black Hole Muse
852		 11 #3 –
16 Dig Incubus
783		 10 #3 –
17 Young Folks Peter Bjorn & John
763		 12 #6 –
18 Paralyzer Finger Eleven
762		 9 #3 –
19 Bleed It Out Linkin Park
756		 9 #8 –
20 Straight Lines Silverchair
742		 13 #2 –
21 You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told) The White Stripes
732		 14 #22 –
22 Ruby Kaiser Chiefs
732		 11 #2 –
23 Prayer of the Refugee Rise Against
729		 9 #5 –
24 Capital G Nine Inch Nails
707		 12 #23 –
25 Well Thought Out Twinkles Silversun Pickups
697		 12 #11 –
26 Time Won't Let Me Go The Bravery
679		 11 #13 –
27 Big Casino Jimmy Eat World
678		 14 #26 –
28 Teenagers My Chemical Romance
639		 12 #9 –
29 Oil and Water Incubus
639		 10 #13 –
30 Famous Last Words My Chemical Romance
631		 11 #5 –
31 This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race Fall Out Boy
606		 11 #18 –
32 From Yesterday 30 Seconds to Mars
605		 10 #19 –
33 Missed the Boat Modest Mouse
601		 10 #4 –
34 Thrash Unreal Against Me!
590		 9 #15 –
35 Forever Papa Roach
572		 8 #3 –
36 Far Behind Social Distortion
568		 10 #17 –
37 Anna Molly Incubus
566		 10 #2 –
38 Face Down The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
561		 8 #8 –
39 Empty Walls Serj Tankian
555		 9 #12 –
40 The Underdog Spoon
548		 8 #3 –
41 Thnks Fr Th Mmrs Fall Out Boy
522		 8 #8 –
42 Keep the Car Running The Arcade Fire
492		 11 #14 –
43 Flathead The Fratellis
468		 8 #9 –
44 Working Class Hero Green Day
454		 11 #27 –
45 Never Too Late Three Days Grace
451		 6 #4 –
46 Welcome to the Black Parade My Chemical Romance
446		 6 #7 –
47 I Still Remember Bloc Party
442		 10 #36 –
48 You Are the One Shiny Toy Guns
440		 7 #6 –
49 Breath Breaking Benjamin
438		 5 #2 –
50 Everything's Magic Angels & Airwaves
437		 10 #35 –
51 The Pot Tool
432		 6 #10 –
52 Say This Sooner The Almost
431		 9 #20 –
53 Knights of Cydonia Muse
421		 5 #1 1
54 Shadow of the Day Linkin Park
415		 8 #22 –
55 The Bird and the Worm The Used
412		 8 #4 –
56 Survivalism Nine Inch Nails
411		 10 #23 –
57 Long Road to Ruin Foo Fighters
407		 9 #29 –
58 Naïve The Kooks
402		 10 #5 –
59 When You Were Young The Killers
397		 5 #6 –
60 1234 Feist
393		 8 #15 –
61 Rehab Amy Winehouse
386		 6 #4 –
62 Hard Sun Eddie Vedder
382		 11 #19 –
63 Fake It Seether
371		 6 #16 –
64 On Call Kings of Leon
361		 6 #3 –
65 Fluorescent Adolescent Arctic Monkeys
357		 6 #11 –
66 3's and 7's Queens of the Stone Age
354		 8 #25 –
67 Believe The Bravery
344		 7 #21 –
68 Think I'm in Love Beck
340		 5 #7 –
69 All Around Me Flyleaf
325		 6 #31 –
70 Back in Your Head Tegan and Sara
323		 7 #15 –
71 Pain Three Days Grace
321		 8 #11 –
72 Grace Kelly Mika
320		 4 #1 1
73 The Good Left Undone Rise Against
319		 7 #14 –
74 Wolf Like Me TV on the Radio
308		 6 #6 –
75 Love Like Winter AFI
307		 6 #25 –
76 Shadowplay The Killers
299		 9 #36 –
77 All the Same Sick Puppies
296		 5 #8 –
78 The Kill 30 Seconds to Mars
295		 4 #12 –
79 Australia The Shins
291		 5 #8 –
80 Stiff Kittens Blaqk Audio
287		 8 #39 –
81 Typical Mutemath
286		 8 #39 –
82 Timebomb Beck
275		 5 #6 –
83 O Valencia! The Decemberists
260		 4 #12 –
84 The Prayer Bloc Party
250		 5 #20 –
85 Tell Me Baby Red Hot Chili Peppers
246		 3 #18 –
86 Honest Goodbye Bad Religion
245		 6 #42 –
87 Jesus Brand New
240		 7 #21 –
88 Bodysnatchers Radiohead
238		 6 #27 –
89 Sick, Sick, Sick Queens of the Stone Age
233		 8 #39 –
90 Fallen Leaves Billy Talent
228		 3 #10 –
91 The Missing Frame AFI
226		 6 #29 –
92 Ready to Fall Rise Against
219		 3 #18 –
93 Let Me In Hot Hot Heat
218		 7 #42 –
94 No Cars Go The Arcade Fire
214		 5 #7 –
95 Le Disko Shiny Toy Guns
212		 5 #22 –
96 Underclass Hero Sum 41
211		 4 #15 –
97 Into Action Tim Armstrong
206		 7 #53 –
98 She Moves in Her Own Way The Kooks
204		 4 #30 –
99 Well Enough Alone Chevelle
204		 4 #22 –
100 Sowing Season Brand New
199		 3 #28 –

Every station’s number one of 2007

StationNumber one songCountdown
KROQ The Pretender Foo Fighters KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2007
91X The Pretender Foo Fighters 91X Top 91 Songs of 2007
Live 105 Starlight Muse Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2007
Q101 What I've Done Linkin Park Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2007
WFNX Starlight Muse WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2007
107.7 The End Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups The End Top 107 Songs of 2007
89X Starlight Muse 89X Top 89 Songs of 2007
CD101 Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2007
CFNY 102.1 The Edge Lazy Eye Silversun Pickups 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2007
CHOI Radio X Surrender Billy Talent CHOI Top 101 Songs of 2007
102.7 WEQX Icky Thump The White Stripes WEQX Top 102.7 of 2007
88.3 The Sting Shadowplay The Killers 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2007
KWOD Icky Thump White Stripes KWOD Top 106 Songs of 2007
Studio Brussel You Don't Know Milow Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2007
WBER Grace Kelly Mika WBER Listener Countdown 2007
Triple J Knights of Cydonia Muse Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007

All 2007 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2007 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 2007 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.