What was the top rock song of 2013?

Combining 9 year-end radio countdowns, the top rock song of 2013 is "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk, which appeared on 8 of the lists.

Year-end consensus · All Rock Formats · nine countdowns combined

The best rock songs of 2013

Nine radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2013: KROQ, 91X, Live 105, CD101, SiriusXM Octane, Studio Brussel, The Current, WFUV and Triple J. Combining every list, the top rock song of 2013 is “Get Lucky” by Daft Punk, which appeared on eight of the nine countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Eight different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons (2 stations), “Royals” by Lorde, “Out Of My League” by Fitz & The Tantrums, “Lift Me Up” by Five Finger Death Punch featuring Rob Halford and “Pompeii” by Bastille and others. Vampire Weekend was the year’s most-charted artist, with four different songs placing 16 times across the countdowns.

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Ranked by combined points across every 2013 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Get Lucky Daft Punk	648	8	#1	1
2	Royals Lorde	629	7	#1	1
3	Do I Wanna Know Arctic Monkeys	580	7	#2	–
4	Out of my League Fitz and the Tantrums	433	5	#1	1
5	Reflektor The Arcade Fire	412	6	#4	–
6	Diane Young Vampire Weekend	387	5	#9	–
7	Safe and Sound Capital Cities	372	4	#2	–
8	Sweater Weather Neighbourhood	370	4	#2	–
9	Unbelievers Vampire Weekend	369	7	#18	–
10	Radioactive Imagine Dragons	366	4	#1	2
11	Pompeii Bastille	288	4	#1	1
12	Come A Little Closer Cage The Elephant	283	5	#9	–
13	Harlem New Politics	278	4	#13	–
14	The Wire Haim	277	3	#6	–
15	Ways to Go Grouplove	263	4	#20	–
16	Trojans Atlas Genius	248	3	#4	–
17	I sat by the Ocean Queens of the Stone Age	243	5	#17	–
18	My Number Foals	235	4	#5	–
19	Demons Imagine Dragons	234	3	#8	–
20	Mountain Sound Of Monsters And Men	232	3	#3	–
21	Team Lorde	230	4	#15	–
22	Panic Station Muse	229	3	#12	–
23	Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? Arctic Monkeys	229	3	#6	–
24	Thrift Shop Macklemore & Ryan Lewis	227	3	#7	–
25	The Mother we Share CHVRCHES	224	5	#5	–
26	Don't Swallow The Cap The National	222	4	#20	–
27	Graceless The National	217	4	#21	–
28	Right Action Franz Ferdinand	208	4	#17	–
29	If So Atlas Genius	205	4	#4	–
30	Sirens Pearl Jam	196	5	#14	–
31	Hurricane Ms Mr	195	4	#8	–
32	Madness Muse	194	3	#8	–
33	Miracle Mile Cold War Kids	187	3	#3	–
34	Breezeblocks Alt J	181	2	#2	–
35	Song for Zula Phosphorescent	181	2	#1	1
36	Sacrilege Yeah Yeah Yeahs	179	3	#30	–
37	Lightning Bolt Jake Bugg	177	4	#19	–
38	Super Soaker Kings of Leon	175	4	#5	–
39	Little Talks Of Monsters And Men	174	3	#15	–
40	Trying to be Cool Phoenix	168	5	#19	–
41	Lose Yourself To Dance Daft Punk	167	2	#16	–
42	My God is the Sun Queens of the Stone Age	167	4	#26	–
43	I Will Wait Mumford & Sons	164	3	#10	–
44	Most People Dawes	161	2	#13	–
45	Recover CHVRCHES	161	2	#12	–
46	Retrograde James Blake	159	2	#13	–
47	Harper Lee Little Green Cars	155	2	#22	–
48	Elephant Tame Impala	155	2	#6	–
49	Sail AWOLNATION	151	3	#6	–
50	Ya Hey Vampire Weekend	149	2	#17	–
51	Head On Man Man	145	2	#9	–
52	Shake The Head and the Heart	142	2	#15	–
53	Midnight City M83	135	2	#10	–
54	From a Window Seat Dawes	129	2	#5	–
55	Afterlife The Arcade Fire	128	3	#38	–
56	Little Black Submarines The Black Keys	125	2	#18	–
57	Tennis Court Lorde	125	2	#12	–
58	Byegone Volcano Choir	123	2	#23	–
59	Black Skinhead Kanye West	123	2	#20	–
60	Two Fingers Jake Bugg	123	2	#31	–
61	Take A Walk Passion Pit	121	2	#24	–
62	Lover of the Light Mumford & Sons	121	4	#33	–
63	Heavy Bells J. Roddy Walston and the Business	118	2	#28	–
64	Doin' It Right Daft Punk	117	2	#32	–
65	My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark Fall Out Boy	117	3	#15	–
66	Recovery Frank Turner	114	3	#25	–
67	Stubborn Love Lumineers	114	3	#14	–
68	Better Days Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	111	2	#28	–
69	Man Neko Case	111	2	#35	–
70	It's Time Imagine Dragons	109	2	#29	–
71	Sooth My Soul Depeche Mode	107	2	#42	–
72	Is This How You Feel? The Preatures	102	2	#9	–
73	Step Vampire Weekend	102	2	#26	–
74	This Disorder The Features	101	2	#10	–
75	Riptide Vance Joy	100	1	#1	1
76	Lift Me Up Five Finger Death Punch	100	1	#1	1
77	Wake Me Up Avicii	99	2	#9	–
78	You Never Need Nobody Lone Bellow	98	1	#3	–
79	Lady, You Shot Me Har Mar Superstar	98	1	#3	–
80	A Ton of Love Editors	98	1	#2	–
81	Hangman's Body Count Volbeat	97	1	#2	–
82	The Stars Are Ours Mayer Hawthorne	97	1	#4	–
83	Carried Away Passion Pit	96	2	#16	–
84	Drop the Game Flume and Chet Faker	96	1	#5	–
85	Nancy From Now On Father John Misty	95	2	#13	–
86	Broken Bones The Van Jets	95	1	#3	–
87	Young and Beautiful Lana Del Rey	94	1	#7	–
88	Whore In This Moment	93	1	#3	–
89	The Desert Babbler Iron and Wine	93	1	#7	–
90	Resolution Matt Corby	93	1	#8	–
91	Another Love Tom O'Dell	93	1	#4	–
92	Strong London Grammar	91	1	#10	–
93	San Francisco Mowgli's	90	1	#11	–
94	Tessellate Alt J	90	2	#40	–
95	That Day Nonpoint	90	1	#4	–
96	Magazine Caroline Smith	90	1	#10	–
97	My Love Took Me Down To The River To Silence Me Little Green Cars	89	1	#11	–
98	Clouds Zach Sobiech	89	1	#11	–
99	Shot At The Night The Killers	88	2	#37	–
100	Hero Family Of The Year	88	1	#13	–

Every station’s number one of 2013

Station	Number one song	Countdown
KROQ	Radioactive Imagine Dragons	KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2013
91X	Radioactive Imagine Dragons	91X Top 91 Songs of 2013
Live 105	Royals Lorde	Live 105 Top Songs of 2013
CD101	Out Of My League Fitz & The Tantrums	CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2013
SiriusXM Octane	Lift Me Up Five Finger Death Punch featuring Rob Halford	SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2013
Studio Brussel	Pompeii Bastille	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2013
The Current	Sirens Pearl Jam	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2013
WFUV	Song For Zula Phosphorescent	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2013
Triple J	Riptide Vance Joy	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013

All 2013 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2013 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 2013 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 nine qualifying countdowns. This ranking combines every rock format on the site. Read the full methodology.