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The best rock songs of the 2010s

This ranking of the 2010s combines 263 year-end countdowns from 2010 through 2019 with ten “songs of the decade” countdowns aired by 93X, ALT 98.7, 103.3 The Edge, 102.7 WEQX, 107.7 The End, CFNY 102.1 The Edge, The Buzz, X96, Triple J and KISW. The top song of the '10s is “Pumped up Kicks” by Foster The People, which charted on 50 countdowns and reached number one 18 times. The decade’s most-charted artists are The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Cage The Elephant, Muse and Foo Fighters.

8,282songs charted

263year-end countdowns

10decade countdowns

Top 100 songs of the '10s

Top 1000 →

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Year
1	Pumped up Kicks Foster The People	4,597	50	#1	18	2011
2	Tighten Up The Black Keys	4,359	59	#1	2	2010
3	Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons	4,279	54	#1	8	2010
4	Sail AWOLNATION	3,251	40	#1	3	2011
5	Lonely Boy The Black Keys	3,192	52	#1	1	2011
6	The Cave Mumford & Sons	3,189	46	#1	1	2011
7	Walk Foo Fighters	2,921	41	#1	2	2011
8	Radioactive Kings of Leon	2,885	50	#2	–	2010
9	Animal Neon Trees	2,872	39	#1	2	2010
10	Rope Foo Fighters	2,788	38	#1	1	2011
11	Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys	2,747	33	#1	4	2013
12	Howlin' for You The Black Keys	2,735	40	#1	1	2011
13	I Will Wait Mumford & Sons	2,713	36	#1	3	2012
14	The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie Red Hot Chili Peppers	2,685	39	#3	–	2011
15	Madness Muse	2,666	36	#2	–	2012
16	Little Talks Of Monsters And Men	2,645	32	#1	1	2012
17	Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant	2,615	44	#2	–	2011
18	Rolling in the Deep Adele	2,557	32	#1	7	2011
19	Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye	2,556	34	#1	5	2012
20	Dog Days Are Over Florence And The Machine	2,522	37	#1	1	2010
21	Lay Me Down Dirty Heads	2,519	35	#1	7	2010
22	Ho Hey Lumineers	2,505	32	#1	3	2012
23	Paradise Coldplay	2,471	42	#8	–	2011
24	Ready to Start The Arcade Fire	2,466	39	#3	–	2010
25	The High Road Broken Bells	2,448	37	#1	1	2010
26	You are a Tourist Death Cab for Cutie	2,393	35	#3	–	2011
27	Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys	2,255	28	#1	2	2012
28	Feel It Still Portugal. The Man	2,216	24	#1	8	2017
29	Waiting For The End Linkin Park	2,192	38	#3	–	2010
30	Royals Lorde	2,177	25	#1	2	2013
31	Lisztomania Phoenix	2,146	30	#1	2	2010
32	We Are Young fun.	2,134	31	#1	2	2012
33	Take Me To Church Hozier	2,077	25	#1	9	2014
34	Shake It Out Florence And The Machine	2,034	34	#3	–	2011
35	Sick Of You Cake	2,024	41	#4	–	2010
36	Cough Syrup Young the Giant	2,011	31	#3	–	2011
37	Radioactive Imagine Dragons	2,009	27	#1	6	2013
38	My Body Young the Giant	1,952	31	#3	–	2011
39	Every Teardrop is a Waterfall Coldplay	1,951	32	#4	–	2011
40	Riptide Vance Joy	1,936	25	#1	3	2014
41	Resistance Muse	1,869	26	#1	1	2010
42	Pompeii Bastille	1,837	24	#1	3	2013
43	Ophelia Lumineers	1,834	22	#1	3	2016
44	Impossible Anberlin	1,821	26	#8	–	2010
45	Sweater Weather Neighbourhood	1,816	24	#2	–	2013
46	Midnight City M83	1,813	30	#4	–	2012
47	My Best Theory Jimmy Eat World	1,808	30	#9	–	2010
48	Undisclosed Desires Muse	1,800	34	#2	–	2010
49	It's Time Imagine Dragons	1,788	26	#1	2	2012
50	Take A Walk Passion Pit	1,767	26	#3	–	2012
51	Changing The Airborne Toxic Event	1,765	26	#2	–	2011
52	Young Blood Naked and Famous	1,755	25	#2	–	2011
53	In One Ear Cage The Elephant	1,750	23	#1	1	2010
54	Up All Night blink-182	1,742	25	#1	1	2011
55	Trojans Atlas Genius	1,734	29	#3	–	2012
56	Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap	1,731	27	#2	–	2010
57	This is War 30 Seconds to Mars	1,718	23	#2	–	2010
58	Tongue Tied Grouplove	1,688	28	#4	–	2012
59	Help Is On The Way Rise Against	1,659	24	#3	–	2011
60	Stolen Dance Milky Chance	1,651	22	#4	–	2014
61	1901 Phoenix	1,645	25	#1	1	2009
62	The Catalyst Linkin Park	1,604	26	#3	–	2010
63	Helena Beat Foster The People	1,596	27	#6	–	2011
64	Little Black Submarines The Black Keys	1,594	23	#3	–	2012
65	First Cold War Kids	1,589	22	#2	–	2015
66	Crossfire Brandon Flowers	1,588	31	#6	–	2010
67	The Sound Of Winter Bush	1,569	24	#2	–	2011
68	Come A Little Closer Cage The Elephant	1,556	24	#4	–	2013
69	Come With Me Now Kongos	1,556	21	#2	–	2014
70	Fever The Black Keys	1,555	22	#3	–	2014
71	Roll Away Your Stone Mumford & Sons	1,555	26	#2	–	2011
72	Left Hand Free Alt J	1,539	20	#2	–	2014
73	You And Your Heart Jack Johnson	1,534	26	#4	–	2010
74	Safe and Sound Capital Cities	1,485	22	#1	1	2013
75	Dreams Beck	1,457	20	#1	2	2015
76	Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men	1,457	27	#3	–	2012
77	Ex's & Oh's Elle King	1,443	20	#1	1	2015
78	Uprising Muse	1,440	17	#1	1	2009
79	Down By The Water The Decemberists	1,431	24	#8	–	2011
80	Cousins Vampire Weekend	1,429	26	#5	–	2010
81	Dark Necessities Red Hot Chili Peppers	1,427	20	#5	–	2016
82	Get Lucky Daft Punk	1,424	19	#1	2	2013
83	Out of my League Fitz and the Tantrums	1,422	19	#1	2	2013
84	Moneygrabber Fitz and the Tantrums	1,385	20	#3	–	2011
85	Adolescents Incubus	1,381	24	#8	–	2011
86	Wish I knew You The Revivalists	1,378	22	#1	1	2016
87	Reflektor The Arcade Fire	1,377	21	#3	–	2013
88	Whirring Joy Formidable	1,369	20	#4	–	2011
89	Home Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	1,365	23	#1	1	2010
90	The Royal We Silversun Pickups	1,356	20	#5	–	2010
91	Harmony Hall Vampire Weekend	1,349	16	#1	3	2019
92	This Is Why We Fight The Decemberists	1,341	24	#2	–	2011
93	These Days Foo Fighters	1,331	28	#3	–	2011
94	Irresistable Force Jane's Addiction	1,325	25	#8	–	2011
95	Bad Guy Billie Eilish	1,323	17	#1	2	2019
96	Way Down We Go Kaleo	1,312	20	#3	–	2016
97	Simple Song The Shins	1,306	20	#3	–	2012
98	Renegades X Ambassadors	1,304	16	#1	2	2015
99	New Low Middle Class Rut	1,303	24	#3	–	2011
100	Waste a Moment Kings of Leon	1,285	19	#2	–	2016

Station countdowns of the '10s

Listener-voted “best of the decade” countdowns as broadcast.

About this ranking

The 2010s ranking adds together two kinds of evidence: the year-end countdowns from each year of the decade, and the retrospective “songs of the decade” countdowns that stations aired afterwards. Year-end lists capture what listeners loved at the time; decade countdowns capture what lasted. Every appearance earns percentile-based points, and the totals are ranked. See the methodology for details.