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The best hard rock songs of the 2010s

This ranking of the 2010s combines 7 year-end countdowns from 2010 through 2019. The top song of the '10s is “My Demons” by Starset, which charted on 2 countdowns. The decade’s most-charted artists are Five Finger Death Punch, Bring Me the Horizon, Nothing More, Slipknot and Shinedown.

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Top 100 songs of the '10s

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#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Year
1	My Demons Starset	160	2	#4	–	2014
2	My Name Is Human Highly Suspect	100	1	#1	1	2016
3	Lift Me Up Five Finger Death Punch	100	1	#1	1	2013
4	This Is the Time (Ballast) Nothing More	100	1	#1	1	2014
5	Jenny Nothing More	100	1	#1	1	2015
6	Go to War Nothing More	100	1	#1	1	2017
7	Zombie Bad Wolves	100	1	#1	1	2018
8	Breaking Down I Prevail	100	1	#1	1	2019
9	Hangman's Body Count Volbeat	97	1	#2	–	2013
10	The Devil in I Slipknot	97	1	#2	–	2014
11	Wash It All Away Five Finger Death Punch	97	1	#2	–	2015
12	Hardwired Metallica	97	1	#2	–	2016
13	Love Falls HELLYEAH	97	1	#2	–	2017
14	Alone in a Room Asking Alexandria	97	1	#2	–	2018
15	Unsainted Slipknot	97	1	#2	–	2019
16	Whore In This Moment	93	1	#3	–	2013
17	Wrong Side of Heaven Five Finger Death Punch	93	1	#3	–	2014
18	Failure Breaking Benjamin	93	1	#3	–	2015
19	Stronger Through Fire	93	1	#3	–	2016
20	Song #3 Stone Sour	93	1	#3	–	2017
21	Bulletproof Godsmack	93	1	#3	–	2018
22	Cross Off Mark Morton	93	1	#3	–	2019
23	That Day Nonpoint	90	1	#4	–	2013
24	Footsteps Pop Evil	90	1	#4	–	2015
25	The Sound of Silence Disturbed	90	1	#4	–	2016
26	Rx Theory of a Deadman	90	1	#4	–	2017
27	Are You Ready Disturbed	90	1	#4	–	2018
28	Savages Ice Nine Kills	90	1	#4	–	2019
29	Do Me A Favor Stone Sour	87	1	#5	–	2013
30	Words as Weapons Seether	87	1	#5	–	2014
31	Happy Song Bring Me the Horizon	87	1	#5	–	2015
32	Black Honey Thrice	87	1	#5	–	2016
33	Alone I Prevail	87	1	#5	–	2017
34	Devil Shinedown	87	1	#5	–	2018
35	Brother Saul	87	1	#5	–	2019
36	Little One Highly Suspect	83	1	#6	–	2017
37	Stardust Gemini Syndrome	83	1	#6	–	2013
38	Breaking Skin Nonpoint	83	1	#6	–	2014
39	Throne Bring Me the Horizon	83	1	#6	–	2015
40	Rotting in Vain Korn	83	1	#6	–	2016
41	A Grave Mistake Ice Nine Kills	83	1	#6	–	2018
42	Monsters Shinedown	83	1	#6	–	2019
43	With Me Now Blacklite District	80	1	#7	–	2013
44	Room to Breathe You Me at Six	80	1	#7	–	2014
45	The Vengeful One Disturbed	80	1	#7	–	2015
46	Remember We Die Gemini Syndrome	80	1	#7	–	2016
47	Judas Fozzy	80	1	#7	–	2017
48	Mantra Bring Me the Horizon	80	1	#7	–	2018
49	Brand New Numb Motionless in White	80	1	#7	–	2019
50	Hail to the King Avenged Sevenfold	77	1	#8	–	2013
51	Torn to Pieces Pop Evil	77	1	#8	–	2014
52	Killpop Slipknot	77	1	#8	–	2015
53	Stuck in Your Head I Prevail	77	1	#8	–	2016
54	Anti-Everything Ded	77	1	#8	–	2017
55	All Out Life Slipknot	77	1	#8	–	2018
56	The Safety of Disbelief Light the Torch	77	1	#8	–	2019
57	What If I Was Nothing All That Remains	73	1	#9	–	2013
58	Something Different Godsmack	73	1	#9	–	2014
59	Cut the Cord Shinedown	73	1	#9	–	2015
60	I Apologize Five Finger Death Punch	73	1	#9	–	2016
61	Help Papa Roach	73	1	#9	–	2017
62	Red Cold River Breaking Benjamin	73	1	#9	–	2018
63	Wonderful Life Bring Me the Horizon	73	1	#9	–	2019
64	Drop Dead Cynical Amaranthe	70	1	#10	–	2014
65	Lydia Highly Suspect	70	1	#10	–	2015
66	Square Hammer Ghost	70	1	#10	–	2016
67	The Heart from Your Hate Trivium	70	1	#10	–	2017
68	When Legends Rise Godsmack	70	1	#10	–	2018
69	I Am Broken Too Killswitch Engage	70	1	#10	–	2019
70	Die for You Otherwise	67	1	#11	–	2013
71	Moth HELLYEAH	67	1	#11	–	2014
72	Hush HELLYEAH	67	1	#11	–	2015
73	The Stage Avenged Sevenfold	67	1	#11	–	2016
74	Waking Lions Pop Evil	67	1	#11	–	2017
75	Sham Pain Five Finger Death Punch	67	1	#11	–	2018
76	Welcome Home HELLYEAH	67	1	#11	–	2019
77	Light Up the Sky Thousand Foot Krutch	63	1	#12	–	2013
78	Moving On Asking Alexandria	63	1	#12	–	2014
79	Gravity Papa Roach	63	1	#12	–	2015
80	How Did You Love Shinedown	63	1	#12	–	2016
81	Trouble Five Finger Death Punch	63	1	#12	–	2017
82	Uncomfortable Halestorm	63	1	#12	–	2018
83	Under Your Scars Godsmack	63	1	#12	–	2019
84	Trenches Pop Evil	60	1	#13	–	2013
85	The Last One Alive Demon Hunter	60	1	#13	–	2014
86	The Otherside Red Sun Rising	60	1	#13	–	2015
87	Defeated Breaking Benjamin	60	1	#13	–	2016
88	Novacaine 10 Years	60	1	#13	–	2017
89	The Mountain Three Days Grace	60	1	#13	–	2018
90	You'll Never Find Me Korn	60	1	#13	–	2019
91	America Motionless in White	57	1	#14	–	2013
92	Villainy Thrives Trivium	57	1	#14	–	2014
93	Nobody Praying for Me Seether	57	1	#14	–	2015
94	Feel Invincible Skillet	57	1	#14	–	2016
95	Fade In/Fade Out Nothing More	57	1	#14	–	2017
96	Walking in My Shoes Fever 333	57	1	#14	–	2018
97	One of Us Fever 333	57	1	#14	–	2019
98	Vilify Device	53	1	#15	–	2013
99	Painkiller Three Days Grace	53	1	#15	–	2014
100	I Am the Fire Halestorm	53	1	#15	–	2015

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.