What was the top rock song of 2015?

Combining 19 year-end radio countdowns, the top rock song of 2015 is "Dreams" by Beck, which appeared on 17 of the lists.

Year-end consensus · All Rock Formats · 19 countdowns combined

The best rock songs of 2015

19 radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2015: 91X, Live 105, 89X, CD101, The Buzz, 102.7 WEQX, 107.1 The Peak, 88.3 The Sting, 92.3 WTTS, Lightning 100, SiriusXM Octane, Studio Brussel, The Current, WBER, WERS 88.9, WFUV, WRNR 103.1, WTMD and Triple J. Combining every list, the top rock song of 2015 is “Dreams” by Beck, which appeared on 17 of the 19 countdowns and was voted number one by two of them. 16 different songs were voted number one somewhere: “SOB” by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (3 stations), “Dreams” by Beck (2 stations), “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots, “Renegades” by X Ambassadors and “Tear In My Heart” by Twenty One Pilots and others. Florence And The Machine was the year’s most-charted artist, with six different songs placing 31 times across the countdowns.

19countdowns

763songs charted

16different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2015

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Ranked by combined points across every 2015 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Dreams Beck	1,357	17	#1	2
2	Lampshades On Fire Modest Mouse	1,086	14	#2	–
3	Ship To Wreck Florence And The Machine	1,007	14	#3	–
4	Sedona Houndmouth	1,006	12	#1	1
5	Dont Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes	986	14	#1	2
6	Ex's & Oh's Elle King	985	11	#1	1
7	Electric Love Borns	967	14	#2	–
8	First Cold War Kids	941	12	#2	–
9	Black Sun Death Cab for Cutie	939	14	#4	–
10	S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	861	11	#1	2
11	Renegades X Ambassadors	859	10	#1	2
12	What Kind Of Man Florence And The Machine	817	13	#4	–
13	Crystals Of Monsters And Men	752	12	#9	–
14	The Wolf Mumford & Sons	746	13	#6	–
15	Believe Mumford & Sons	740	12	#1	1
16	Let It Happen Tame Impala	732	11	#5	–
17	Mess Is Mine Vance Joy	722	10	#6	–
18	Dead Inside Muse	660	11	#5	–
19	Tear In My Heart Twenty One Pilots	650	8	#1	1
20	Return To The Moon El Vy	644	12	#17	–
21	My Type Saint Motel	643	10	#1	1
22	Coming Home Leon Bridges	596	9	#4	–
23	Pedestrian At Best Courtney Barnett	554	9	#4	–
24	Blame It On Me George Ezra	544	7	#2	–
25	Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart Chris Cornell	536	9	#8	–
26	Hello Adele	536	8	#3	–
27	24 Frames Jason Isbell	518	8	#11	–
28	Big Decisions My Morning Jacket	514	9	#12	–
29	Fool For Love Lord Huron	498	7	#3	–
30	Hollow Moon (Bad Wolf) AWOLNATION	466	6	#5	–
31	The Ground Walks With Time In A Box Modest Mouse	458	9	#6	–
32	Cecilia and the Satellite Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness	448	6	#4	–
33	Outta My Mind The Arcs	439	10	#10	–
34	Hold Back the River James Bay	438	7	#16	–
35	Things Happen Dawes	437	7	#6	–
36	Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party Courtney Barnett	432	8	#16	–
37	Mountain At My Gates Foals	431	7	#11	–
38	All Your Favorite Bands Dawes	419	6	#3	–
39	Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots	412	5	#1	1
40	Wherever Is Your Heart Brandi Carlile	412	5	#11	–
41	Weight Of Love The Black Keys	409	7	#14	–
42	Nightlight Silversun Pickups	403	7	#18	–
43	The Ghosts Of Beverly Drive Death Cab for Cutie	390	8	#23	–
44	Mess Around Cage The Elephant	385	7	#12	–
45	Gimme All Your Love Alabama Shakes	384	6	#1	1
46	Fire and the Flood Vance Joy	384	8	#11	–
47	Moaning Lisa Smile Wolf Alice	381	8	#12	–
48	Long Way Down Robert Delong	379	5	#4	–
49	Smooth Sailin' Leon Bridges	375	6	#10	–
50	Shut Up & Dance Walk the Moon	370	4	#1	1
51	Make You Better The Decemberists	366	5	#15	–
52	2 Heads Coleman Hell	361	5	#5	–
53	Mercy Muse	359	5	#1	1
54	Leave a Trace CHVRCHES	356	7	#20	–
55	Bad Blood Ryan Adams	352	9	#24	–
56	Random Name Generator Wilco	351	7	#25	–
57	Little Monster Royal Blood	351	5	#6	–
58	Next Storm Frank Turner	350	8	#10	–
59	Someone New Hozier	342	6	#13	–
60	Chateau Lobby #4 (in C for Two Virgins) Father John Misty	339	5	#8	–
61	Pretty Pimpin' Kurt Vile	333	5	#2	–
62	Molecules Atlas Genius	323	6	#7	–
63	Compound Fracture My Morning Jacket	311	5	#15	–
64	Shots Imagine Dragons	310	7	#14	–
65	I Am AWOLNATION	308	5	#14	–
66	Budapest George Ezra	306	5	#6	–
67	The Party Line Belle & Sebastian	298	5	#25	–
68	Coming For You The Offspring	296	4	#4	–
69	Dearly Departed Shakey Graves	294	6	#6	–
70	Black Mambo Glass Animals	288	5	#8	–
71	Loud Places Jamie xx	288	5	#14	–
72	King Kunta Kendrick Lamar	287	4	#2	–
73	Could Have Been Me The Struts	283	4	#3	–
74	Congregation Foo Fighters	282	7	#25	–
75	Go The Chemical Brothers	279	4	#5	–
76	The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala	266	3	#4	–
77	Get It Matt And Kim	260	5	#17	–
78	Throne Bring Me the Horizon	260	4	#6	–
79	I Bet My Life Imagine Dragons	259	4	#8	–
80	Flashed Junk Mind Milky Chance	252	4	#26	–
81	I Feel Love (Every Million Miles) The Dead Weather	249	7	#14	–
82	The Eye Brandi Carlile	248	4	#6	–
83	New Americana Halsey	245	3	#5	–
84	Song For Someone U2	243	5	#20	–
85	Adventure of a Lifetime Coldplay	241	6	#27	–
86	Sorry Meg Myers	239	4	#11	–
87	Failure Breaking Benjamin	234	3	#3	–
88	Dead Fox Courtney Barnett	230	4	#36	–
89	Getting Ready to Get Down Josh Ritter	230	4	#5	–
90	All The Pretty Girls Kaleo	225	5	#29	–
91	Roots Imagine Dragons	222	4	#4	–
92	Falling From The Sky Calexico	221	4	#25	–
93	The Wrong Year The Decemberists	216	5	#25	–
94	Head Over Heels JD McPherson	214	5	#22	–
95	Every Other Freckle Alt J	212	4	#7	–
96	Phone in a Pool Ben Folds	210	5	#20	–
97	The Shade Metric	207	3	#7	–
98	Work Song Hozier	200	5	#28	–
99	Thank God For Girls Weezer	199	5	#25	–
100	Restless New Order	194	4	#27	–

Every station’s number one of 2015

Station	Number one song	Countdown
91X	Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots	91X Top 91 Songs of 2015
Live 105	Renegades X Ambassadors	Live 105 Top 25 Songs of 2015
89X	Tear In My Heart Twenty One Pilots	89X Top 89 Songs of 2015
CD101	My Type Saint Motel	CD101 Top 102.5 Songs of 2015
The Buzz	SOB Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2015
102.7 WEQX	S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2015
107.1 The Peak	Dreams Beck	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2015
88.3 The Sting	Gold Chet Faker	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2015
92.3 WTTS	Return To The Moon El Vy	WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2015
Lightning 100	Budapest George Ezra	Lightning 100 Top 100 Songs of 2015
SiriusXM Octane	Jenny Nothing More	SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2015
Studio Brussel	Mercy Muse	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2015
The Current	Teeth White The Staves	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2015
WBER	Dreams Beck	WBER Listener Countdown 2015
WERS 88.9	Ex's and Oh's Elle King	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2015
WFUV	S.O.B. Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2015
WRNR 103.1	Don't Wanna Fight Alabama Shakes	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2015
WTMD	Gimme All Your Love Alabama Shakes	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2015
Triple J	Hoops The Rubens	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015

All 2015 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2015 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 2015 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 19 qualifying countdowns. This ranking combines every rock format on the site. Read the full methodology.