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The best hard rock songs of 2013

Q: What was the top hard rock song of 2013?

Combining 1 year-end radio countdowns, the top hard rock song of 2013 is "Lift Me Up" by Five Finger Death Punch, which appeared on 1 of the lists.

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2013: SiriusXM Octane. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 2013 is “Lift Me Up” by Five Finger Death Punch, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Five Finger Death Punch was the year’s most-charted artist, with two different songs placing 2 times across the countdowns.

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Top 100 songs of 2013

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

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Lift Me Up Five Finger Death Punch	100	1	#1	1
2	Hangman's Body Count Volbeat	97	1	#2	–
3	Whore In This Moment	93	1	#3	–
4	That Day Nonpoint	90	1	#4	–
5	Do Me A Favor Stone Sour	87	1	#5	–
6	Stardust Gemini Syndrome	83	1	#6	–
7	With Me Now Blacklite District	80	1	#7	–
8	Hail to the King Avenged Sevenfold	77	1	#8	–
9	What If I Was Nothing All That Remains	73	1	#9	–
10	My Demons Starset	70	1	#10	–
11	Die for You Otherwise	67	1	#11	–
12	Light Up the Sky Thousand Foot Krutch	63	1	#12	–
13	Trenches Pop Evil	60	1	#13	–
14	America Motionless in White	57	1	#14	–
15	Vilify Device	53	1	#15	–
16	Beyond the Stars Evans Blue	50	1	#16	–
17	Misery Loves My Company Three Days Grace	47	1	#17	–
18	Adrenaline Shinedown	43	1	#18	–
19	Good Man Devour the Day	40	1	#19	–
20	Go to Hell, for Heaven's Sake Bring Me the Horizon	37	1	#20	–
21	Freak Like Me Halestorm	33	1	#21	–
22	In Due Time Killswitch Engage	30	1	#22	–
23	Decay Sevendust	27	1	#23	–
24	Immortal Eve to Adam	23	1	#24	–
25	Strike Back We as Human	20	1	#25	–
26	Mama Said Knock You Out Five Finger Death Punch	17	1	#26	–
27	In the End Black Veil Brides	13	1	#27	–
28	Never Never Korn	10	1	#28	–
29	Born to Rise Redlight King	7	1	#29	–
30	Temper Temper Bullet for My Valentine	3	1	#30	–

Every station’s number one of 2013

Station	Number one song	Countdown
SiriusXM Octane	Lift Me Up Five Finger Death Punch featuring Rob Halford	SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2013

All 2013 countdowns in this ranking

SiriusXM Octane SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2013 30 songs

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 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.