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The best hard rock songs of 2012

Q: What was the top hard rock song of 2012?

Combining 1 year-end radio countdowns, the top hard rock song of 2012 is "45" by The Gaslight Anthem, which appeared on 1 of the lists.

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2012: 98KUPD. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 2012 is “45” by The Gaslight Anthem, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Volbeat was the year’s most-charted artist, with four different songs placing 4 times across the countdowns.

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Top 100 songs of 2012

Ranked by combined points across every 2012 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	45 The Gaslight Anthem	100	1	#1	1
2	Satellite Rise Against	99	1	#2	–
3	Lost In Forever P.O.D.	98	1	#3	–
4	Sorry Art of Dying	97	1	#4	–
5	Rocky Mountain Way Godsmack	96	1	#5	–
6	Hats Off To The Bull Chevelle	95	1	#6	–
7	No Reflection Marilyn Manson	94	1	#7	–
8	Race You To The Bottom New Medicine	93	1	#8	–
9	Criticize Adelitas Way	92	1	#9	–
10	You're A Lie Slash	91	1	#10	–
11	Are You With Me Now Sixx A.M.	90	1	#11	–
12	Boss's Daughter Pop Evil	89	1	#12	–
13	Soldiers Otherwise	88	1	#13	–
14	I Miss the Misery Halestorm	87	1	#14	–
15	Still Counting Volbeat	86	1	#15	–
16	Bully Shinedown	85	1	#16	–
17	Chalk Outline Three Days Grace	84	1	#17	–
18	Bullet In My Hand Redlight King	83	1	#18	–
19	This Means War Nickelback	82	1	#19	–
20	No Resolution Seether	81	1	#20	–
21	Remember Everything Five Finger Death Punch	80	1	#21	–
22	Standing In The Sun Slash	79	1	#22	–
23	These Days Foo Fighters	78	1	#23	–
24	In My Blood Black Stone Cherry	77	1	#24	–
25	Undone Aranda	76	1	#25	–
26	Love Bites (So Do I) Halestorm	74	1	#26	–
27	Absolute Zero Stone Sour	73	1	#27	–
28	Unspoken Red Line Chemistry	72	1	#28	–
29	A Warrior's Call Volbeat	71	1	#29	–
30	Coming Down Five Finger Death Punch	70	1	#30	–
31	I Like It Foxy Shazam	69	1	#31	–
32	Wait For Me Rise Against	68	1	#32	–
33	Face to the Floor Chevelle	67	1	#33	–
34	Eyes Wide Open Staind	66	1	#34	–
35	Lost In The Echo Linkin Park	65	1	#35	–
36	Been Away Too Long Soundgarden	64	1	#36	–
37	The Waiting One All That Remains	63	1	#37	–
38	America Deuce	62	1	#38	–
39	Underground Jane's Addiction	61	1	#39	–
40	This Time It's Different Evans Blue	60	1	#40	–
41	Still Swinging Papa Roach	59	1	#41	–
42	Prove You Wrong Crossfade	58	1	#42	–
43	Satisfied Aranda	57	1	#43	–
44	Carry On Avenged Sevenfold	56	1	#44	–
45	Here And Now Seether	55	1	#45	–
46	Live To Rise Soundgarden	54	1	#46	–
47	How We End Up Alone Hurt	53	1	#47	–
48	Narcissistic Cannibal Korn	52	1	#48	–
49	Unity Shinedown	51	1	#49	–
50	Forget You Digital Summer	50	1	#50	–
51	Hurricane Theory of a Deadman	49	1	#51	–
52	Collapse Adelitas Way	48	1	#52	–
53	Enemies Shinedown	47	1	#53	–
54	The Crazy Ones Stellar Revival	46	1	#54	–
55	Stand Up All That Remains	45	1	#55	–
56	Little Black Submarines The Black Keys	44	1	#56	–
57	The Fire Rev Theory	43	1	#57	–
58	Blood In This Moment	42	1	#58	–
59	Bones Young Guns	41	1	#59	–
60	Get Thru This Art of Dying	40	1	#60	–
61	Demons Candlelight Red	39	1	#61	–
62	Purple Pop Evil	38	1	#62	–
63	Comeback Redlight King	37	1	#63	–
64	Thick as Thieves Cavo	36	1	#64	–
65	Where The Dead Ships Dwell In Flames	35	1	#65	–
66	Left For You Nonpoint	34	1	#66	–
67	I Came To Party Deuce	33	1	#67	–
68	Bring It Trapt	32	1	#68	–
69	Backlash 10 Years	31	1	#69	–
70	Drink Drank Drunk HELLYEAH	30	1	#70	–
71	Stains Janus	29	1	#71	–
72	Heaven Nor Hell Volbeat	28	1	#72	–
73	That Fire Black Tide	27	1	#73	–
74	This Is Gonna Hurt Hoobastank	26	1	#74	–
75	Just A Beautiful Day Danko Jones	24	1	#75	–
76	The Pride Five Finger Death Punch	23	1	#76	–
77	You Don't Get It Red Line Chemistry	22	1	#77	–
78	Not Again Staind	21	1	#78	–
79	You Waste Your Time Tremonti	20	1	#79	–
80	Tempest Deftones	19	1	#80	–
81	Fallen Volbeat	18	1	#81	–
82	Bring Em Down Lostprophets	17	1	#82	–
83	Man Of Constant Sorrow Charm City Devils	16	1	#83	–
84	Let Yourself Go Green Day	15	1	#84	–
85	Black Trivium	14	1	#85	–
86	Get Up Korn	13	1	#86	–
87	Band Of Brothers HELLYEAH	12	1	#87	–
88	Piss Pantera	11	1	#88	–
89	The Last Time All That Remains	10	1	#89	–
90	Die Trying Art of Dying	9	1	#90	–
91	Let It Burn Avatar	8	1	#91	–
92	It's Complicated A Day To Remember	7	1	#92	–
93	Dry Bone Valley Mastodon	6	1	#93	–
94	Like I Roll Black Stone Cherry	5	1	#94	–
95	Weatherman Dead Sara	4	1	#95	–
96	Bitter End Veer Union	3	1	#96	–
97	Sleeping Giants Hyro Da Hero	2	1	#97	–
98	New Horizons Flyleaf	1	1	#98	–

Every station’s number one of 2012

Station	Number one song	Countdown
98KUPD	45 The Gaslight Anthem	98KUPD Top 98 of 2012

All 2012 countdowns in this ranking

98KUPD 98KUPD Top 98 of 2012 98 songs

About the 2012 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 2012 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.