Decade consensus · All Rock Formats · 73 year-end countdowns + 3 decade countdowns

The best rock songs of the 2010s

This ranking of the 2010s combines 73 year-end countdowns from 2010 through 2019 with three “songs of the decade” countdowns aired by 107.7 The End, CFNY 102.1 The Edge and Triple J. The top song of the '10s is “Little Talks” by Of Monsters And Men, which charted on 13 countdowns and reached number one one times. The decade’s most-charted artists are The Black Keys, Muse, Cage The Elephant, Mumford & Sons and The Arcade Fire.

3,692songs charted

73year-end countdowns

3decade countdowns

Top 100 songs of the '10s

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#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Year
1	Little Talks Of Monsters And Men	1,024	13	#1	1	2012
2	I Will Wait Mumford & Sons	960	13	#1	2	2012
3	Midnight City M83	957	14	#4	–	2011
4	Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye	932	13	#1	2	2012
5	Tighten Up The Black Keys	867	11	#2	–	2010
6	Pumped up Kicks Foster The People	856	10	#1	3	2011
7	Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys	834	10	#2	–	2013
8	Royals Lorde	811	9	#1	1	2013
9	Lonely Boy The Black Keys	810	11	#2	–	2011
10	Madness Muse	807	12	#5	–	2012
11	Get Lucky Daft Punk	737	10	#1	1	2013
12	Sail AWOLNATION	683	10	#2	–	2011
13	Ho Hey Lumineers	676	10	#1	1	2012
14	Feel It Still Portugal. The Man	656	7	#1	3	2017
15	Gold On The Ceiling The Black Keys	603	8	#2	–	2012
16	Tongue Tied Grouplove	597	9	#4	–	2012
17	The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala	596	7	#1	1	2015
18	Ready to Start The Arcade Fire	589	9	#4	–	2010
19	Little Lion Man Mumford & Sons	586	8	#1	1	2010
20	Dreams Beck	578	8	#4	–	2015
21	Resistance Muse	568	7	#2	–	2010
22	Take A Walk Passion Pit	553	9	#3	–	2012
23	Riptide Vance Joy	547	7	#1	2	2014
24	Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots	546	7	#1	1	2015
25	Walk Foo Fighters	527	7	#1	1	2011
26	Take Me To Church Hozier	525	6	#1	2	2014
27	Let It Happen Tame Impala	523	6	#5	–	2015
28	Rope Foo Fighters	515	7	#3	–	2011
29	S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	514	6	#1	1	2015
30	Trojans Atlas Genius	513	9	#4	–	2012
31	First Cold War Kids	502	7	#2	–	2015
32	Howlin' for You The Black Keys	500	7	#1	1	2011
33	Renegades X Ambassadors	497	6	#1	1	2015
34	Ex's & Oh's Elle King	493	7	#6	–	2015
35	Ophelia Lumineers	493	6	#2	–	2016
36	Paradise Coldplay	486	8	#8	–	2011
37	Bad Guy Billie Eilish	485	6	#1	1	2019
38	Animal Neon Trees	485	6	#3	–	2010
39	Left Hand Free Alt J	484	6	#2	–	2014
40	Radioactive Imagine Dragons	480	6	#1	2	2013
41	Lisztomania Phoenix	474	5	#1	1	2010
42	Sweater Weather Neighbourhood	473	6	#2	–	2013
43	The Cave Mumford & Sons	473	7	#3	–	2010
44	Rolling in the Deep Adele	469	7	#1	1	2011
45	Radioactive Kings of Leon	465	11	#17	–	2010
46	Stolen Dance Milky Chance	464	7	#4	–	2014
47	It's Time Imagine Dragons	458	8	#14	–	2012
48	Mountain At My Gates Foals	443	5	#4	–	2015
49	Shake Me Down Cage The Elephant	443	8	#4	–	2011
50	Little Black Submarines The Black Keys	438	7	#11	–	2012
51	Sweet Disposition The Temper Trap	435	5	#6	–	2010
52	Out of my League Fitz and the Tantrums	433	5	#1	1	2013
53	Reflektor The Arcade Fire	430	7	#4	–	2013
54	My Body Young the Giant	422	5	#12	–	2011
55	Wow Beck	421	5	#1	2	2016
56	We Are Young fun.	420	6	#1	1	2012
57	R U Mine? Arctic Monkeys	420	7	#1	1	2012
58	Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	416	6	#1	1	2013
59	Mess Around Cage The Elephant	415	6	#11	–	2016
60	Dont Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes	414	6	#1	1	2015
61	Young Blood Naked and Famous	413	6	#2	–	2011
62	No Roots Alice Merton	400	7	#3	–	2017
63	Safe and Sound Capital Cities	400	6	#2	–	2013
64	Breezeblocks Alt J	397	5	#2	–	2013
65	Dead Inside Muse	389	5	#5	–	2015
66	We Used to Wait The Arcade Fire	388	5	#7	–	2011
67	Diane Young Vampire Weekend	387	5	#9	–	2013
68	Unbelievers Vampire Weekend	386	8	#18	–	2013
69	HandClap Fitz and the Tantrums	381	5	#5	–	2016
70	Way Down We Go Kaleo	377	6	#12	–	2016
71	Cousins Vampire Weekend	375	6	#8	–	2010
72	Waiting For The End Linkin Park	373	6	#9	–	2010
73	Tear In My Heart Twenty One Pilots	368	4	#1	1	2015
74	Bloodbuzz Ohio The National	368	5	#15	–	2010
75	Dog Days Are Over Florence And The Machine	365	5	#1	1	2010
76	Pompeii Bastille	365	5	#1	1	2013
77	King Kunta Kendrick Lamar	365	5	#2	–	2015
78	Lampshades On Fire Modest Mouse	364	7	#3	–	2015
79	The Man The Killers	364	5	#6	–	2017
80	Gold, Guns, Girls Metric	360	5	#6	–	2010
81	Seasons (Waiting On You) Future Islands	359	5	#4	–	2014
82	My Best Theory Jimmy Eat World	354	6	#15	–	2010
83	Hold On Alabama Shakes	351	5	#3	–	2012
84	Burn The Witch Radiohead	351	5	#11	–	2016
85	Doin' Time Lana Del Rey	351	6	#4	–	2019
86	In One Ear Cage The Elephant	350	5	#5	–	2010
87	Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men	349	9	#3	–	2012
88	Cough Syrup Young the Giant	347	5	#10	–	2011
89	Lazaretto Jack White	347	6	#8	–	2014
90	Fall In Love Phantogram	344	4	#8	–	2014
91	Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? Arctic Monkeys	343	5	#6	–	2013
92	Harmony Hall Vampire Weekend	336	4	#5	–	2019
93	Return To The Moon El Vy	335	5	#17	–	2015
94	Lay Me Down Dirty Heads	335	5	#1	2	2010
95	Happy Idiot TV on the Radio	330	7	#33	–	2014
96	Dark Necessities Red Hot Chili Peppers	329	4	#5	–	2016
97	Undisclosed Desires Muse	327	7	#15	–	2010
98	Helena Beat Foster The People	325	4	#6	–	2011
99	The High Road Broken Bells	320	5	#7	–	2010
100	Every Other Freckle Alt J	319	5	#7	–	2014

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.