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The best hard rock songs of 2014

Q: What was the top hard rock song of 2014?

Combining 1 year-end radio countdowns, the top hard rock song of 2014 is "This Is the Time (Ballast)" by Nothing More, which appeared on 1 of the lists.

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2014: SiriusXM Octane. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 2014 is “This Is the Time (Ballast)” by Nothing More, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Nothing More was the year’s most-charted artist, with one different songs placing 1 times across the countdowns.

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Top 100 songs of 2014

Ranked by combined points across every 2014 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	This Is the Time (Ballast) Nothing More	100	1	#1	1
2	The Devil in I Slipknot	97	1	#2	–
3	Wrong Side of Heaven Five Finger Death Punch	93	1	#3	–
4	My Demons Starset	90	1	#4	–
5	Words as Weapons Seether	87	1	#5	–
6	Breaking Skin Nonpoint	83	1	#6	–
7	Room to Breathe You Me at Six	80	1	#7	–
8	Torn to Pieces Pop Evil	77	1	#8	–
9	Something Different Godsmack	73	1	#9	–
10	Drop Dead Cynical Amaranthe	70	1	#10	–
11	Moth HELLYEAH	67	1	#11	–
12	Moving On Asking Alexandria	63	1	#12	–
13	The Last One Alive Demon Hunter	60	1	#13	–
14	Villainy Thrives Trivium	57	1	#14	–
15	Painkiller Three Days Grace	53	1	#15	–
16	Take the Bullets Away We as Human	50	1	#16	–
17	Stars Sixx A.M.	47	1	#17	–
18	This Means War Avenged Sevenfold	43	1	#18	–
19	Darker Side of the Moon Otherwise	40	1	#19	–
20	Hater Korn	37	1	#20	–
21	Would You Still Be There Of Mice & Men	33	1	#21	–
22	Sick Like Me In This Moment	30	1	#22	–
23	Drown Theory of a Deadman	27	1	#23	–
24	Reincarnate Motionless in White	23	1	#24	–
25	Wish You Hell Like a Storm	20	1	#25	–
26	Respect Devour the Day	17	1	#26	–
27	Take Out the Gunman Chevelle	13	1	#27	–
28	Doc Holliday Volbeat	10	1	#28	–
29	Hail the Apocalypse Avatar	7	1	#29	–
30	Drown Bring Me the Horizon	3	1	#30	–

Every station’s number one of 2014

Station	Number one song	Countdown
SiriusXM Octane	This Is the Time (Ballast) Nothing More	SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2014

All 2014 countdowns in this ranking

SiriusXM Octane SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2014 30 songs

About the 2014 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 2014 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.