Every song that charted in 2016

Combined ranking of all 250 songs from the alternative rock year-end countdowns of 2016. ← Top 100 of 2016

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Dark Necessities Red Hot Chili Peppers	267	3	#5	–
2	Bored To Death blink-182	260	4	#7	–
3	Ophelia Lumineers	258	3	#2	–
4	Ghenghis Khan Miike Snow	248	4	#15	–
5	Bang, Bang Green Day	242	3	#1	1
6	HandClap Fitz and the Tantrums	234	3	#5	–
7	Wow Beck	223	3	#1	1
8	Life Itself Glass Animals	220	4	#9	–
9	River Bishop Briggs	217	3	#4	–
10	Heathens Twenty One Pilots	197	2	#1	1
11	Good Grief Bastille	195	3	#8	–
12	You Dont Get Me High Anymore Phantogram	193	3	#9	–
13	All We Ever Knew The Head and the Heart	191	3	#6	–
14	7 Catfish and the Bottlemen	189	3	#16	–
15	Trouble Cage The Elephant	188	2	#7	–
16	Way Down We Go Kaleo	185	3	#14	–
17	Mess Around Cage The Elephant	177	2	#11	–
18	Burn The Witch Radiohead	177	3	#14	–
19	Waste a Moment Kings of Leon	173	3	#13	–
20	Rebel Heart The Shelters	171	2	#6	–
21	2AM Bear Hands	169	2	#11	–
22	What Went Down Foals	156	2	#22	–
23	The Less I Know the Better Tame Impala	151	2	#16	–
24	Next Storm Frank Turner	139	2	#17	–
25	Trip Switch Nothing But Thieves	137	2	#24	–
26	Pretty Pimpin' Kurt Vile	129	2	#3	–
27	Brazil Declan McKenna	124	2	#2	–
28	Fountain of Youth Local Natives	121	2	#31	–
29	Soundcheck Catfish and the Bottlemen	121	2	#4	–
30	Stressed Out Twenty One Pilots	113	2	#13	–
31	Something to Believe In Young the Giant	112	2	#17	–
32	Spirits The Strumbellas	109	2	#22	–
33	High and Low Empire of the Sun	109	4	#19	–
34	King of the World Weezer	103	3	#20	–
35	Never Be like You Flume	100	1	#1	1
36	Adore Amy Shark	99	1	#2	–
37	She's Out Of Her Mind blink-182	99	1	#2	–
38	Jungle Tash Sultana	98	1	#3	–
39	Still Breathing Green Day	98	2	#10	–
40	Circles Pierce The Veil	98	1	#3	–
41	1955 Hilltop Hoods	97	1	#4	–
42	10,000 Emerald Pools Borns	96	2	#49	–
43	Redbone Childish Gambino	96	1	#5	–
44	Believe (Like a Version) DMA's	95	1	#6	–
45	Papercuts Illy	94	1	#7	–
46	Hands Down The Greeting Committee	93	1	#8	–
47	Say It Flume	93	1	#8	–
48	Sure and Certain Jimmy Eat World	92	3	#24	–
49	Ride Twenty One Pilots	92	1	#8	–
50	Stranger Peking Duk	92	1	#9	–
51	Circadian Rhythm (Last Dance) Silversun Pickups	91	1	#10	–
52	Welcome to Your Life Grouplove	91	2	#22	–
53	Starboy The Weeknd	91	1	#10	–
54	Chameleon Pnau	90	1	#11	–
55	I Need Never Get Old Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	89	1	#12	–
56	Cocoon Milky Chance	89	1	#12	–
57	Lovesick Mura Masa	88	1	#13	–
58	Mountain At My Gates Foals	87	1	#14	–
59	Viceroy Violent Soho	87	1	#14	–
60	January 26 A.B. Original	85	1	#16	–
61	Rabbit Hole blink-182	85	1	#15	–
62	The Opposite of Us Big Scary	84	1	#17	–
63	On Hold The xx	83	2	#20	–
64	All Night Chance The Rapper	83	1	#18	–
65	Casual Party Band of Horses	83	1	#19	–
66	Float Switchfoot	82	1	#17	–
67	In My Eyes Best Coast	82	1	#20	–
68	Oblivious The Strokes	81	2	#35	–
69	Doing It To Death Kills	81	1	#21	–
70	Kiss This The Struts	80	1	#19	–
71	Death to the Lads The Smith Street Band	80	1	#21	–
72	Ultralight Beam Kanye West	79	1	#22	–
73	Catch 22 Illy	78	1	#23	–
74	Come On Mess Me Up Cub Sport	77	1	#24	–
75	Because I Love You Montaigne	76	1	#25	–
76	Lazarus David Bowie	76	1	#23	–
77	Mittens Frank Turner	76	1	#26	–
78	Make Them Wheels Roll SAFIA	75	1	#26	–
79	Hotting Up Iration	75	1	#24	–
80	Drive Gretta Ray	74	1	#27	–
81	Victim of Me Descendents	74	1	#25	–
82	Frankie Sinatra The Avalanches	73	1	#28	–
83	Stop Desire Tegan and Sara	73	1	#29	–
84	Our Town Sticky Fingers	72	1	#29	–
85	Victorious Wolfmother	71	1	#27	–
86	Innerbloom (What So Not Remix) Rüfüs	71	1	#30	–
87	Walking On A Dream Empire of the Sun	70	1	#28	–
88	One Dance Drake	70	1	#31	–
89	Notion Tash Sultana	69	1	#32	–
90	Fire Escape Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness	68	1	#30	–
91	Bullshit Dune Rats	68	1	#33	–
92	Giant Peach Wolf Alice	68	1	#34	–
93	Scott Green Dune Rats	67	1	#34	–
94	Giant Banks & Steelz	66	1	#36	–
95	World of Our Love Client Liaison	66	1	#35	–
96	Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time Panic! at the Disco	65	1	#10	–
97	Sad Songs Sticky Fingers	65	1	#36	–
98	She Got Arrested The Interrupters	65	1	#33	–
99	Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales Car Seat Headrest	64	1	#38	–
100	Smoke & Retribution Flume	64	1	#37	–
101	The Last Thing on My Mind Joy Formidable	63	1	#39	–
102	Tearing Me Up Bob Moses	63	2	#62	–
103	Youth Glass Animals	63	1	#38	–
104	Crash Against Me!	63	1	#35	–
105	Wake Up Call Nothing But Thieves	62	1	#40	–
106	Step Up the Morphine DMA's	62	1	#39	–
107	Blood In The Cut K. Flay	62	1	#11	–
108	Who are You? Spring King	61	1	#41	–
109	Surfin' Kid Cudi	61	1	#40	–
110	Adventure of a Lifetime Coldplay	60	1	#37	–
111	Evil Savages	60	1	#42	–
112	I Feel It Coming The Weeknd	60	1	#41	–
113	Give Me A Try Wombats	60	2	#56	–
114	Turning Into Water Maybird	59	1	#43	–
115	Heartlines Broods	59	1	#42	–
116	San Diego blink-182	58	1	#39	–
117	Final Song MØ	58	1	#43	–
118	Ways To Fake It Crx	57	2	#54	–
119	Wednesday Night Melody Bleached	57	1	#45	–
120	Satan D.D Dumbo	57	1	#44	–
121	Go Robot Red Hot Chili Peppers	56	2	#63	–
122	Love Me 1975	56	1	#41	–
123	Dumb Things (Like a Version) A.B. Original	56	1	#45	–
124	Singularity New Order	55	1	#47	–
125	Dang! Mac Miller	55	1	#46	–
126	Empty Garbage	54	1	#48	–
127	Walrus D.D Dumbo	54	1	#47	–
128	Creepin' Kingswood	53	1	#48	–
129	Cleopatra Lumineers	53	1	#44	–
130	Destruction Joywave	53	2	#60	–
131	New Song Warpaint	52	1	#50	–
132	Higher Hilltop Hoods	52	1	#49	–
133	Heavy Dirty Soul Twenty One Pilots	52	1	#45	–
134	Strange Diseases Gang of Youths	51	1	#50	–
135	Good Help (Is So Hard to Find) Death Cab for Cutie	50	1	#52	–
136	Outcast at Last Sticky Fingers	50	1	#51	–
137	Boyfriend Tegan and Sara	49	1	#47	–
138	Love Yourself (Like a Version) Halsey	49	1	#52	–
139	Liar The Shelters	48	1	#48	–
140	Blanket Violent Soho	48	1	#53	–
141	Dust HAELOS	48	1	#55	–
142	Circadian Rhythm Silversun Pickups	47	1	#49	–
143	Nobody Speak DJ Shadow	46	1	#50	–
144	Say a Prayer for Me Rüfüs	46	1	#55	–
145	Stockholm Atlas Genius	46	1	#57	–
146	Thank God For Girls Weezer	45	1	#51	–
147	Keeping Score (Like a Version) Paces	45	1	#56	–
148	Twice Catfish and the Bottlemen	44	1	#57	–
149	Kids The Frights	44	1	#52	–
150	The Sound 1975	44	2	#61	–
151	Heart of a Dog Kills	44	1	#59	–
152	Girlie Bits Ali Barter	43	1	#58	–
153	Solo Frank Ocean	42	1	#59	–
154	Bury It CHVRCHES	42	1	#61	–
155	Drinkee Sofi Tukker	41	1	#60	–
156	A 1000 Times Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam	41	1	#62	–
157	Gamma Knife King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard	40	1	#61	–
158	Get Right Jimmy Eat World	40	1	#56	–
159	Marinade Dope Lemon	39	1	#62	–
160	Need a Friend El Vy	39	1	#64	–
161	Put Your Money On Me The Struts	37	1	#58	–
162	Alaska Maggie Rogers	37	1	#64	–
163	Ain't No Man Avett Brothers	37	1	#66	–
164	Cold To See Clear Nada Surf	36	1	#59	–
165	All Fucked Up The Amity Affliction	36	1	#65	–
166	Delilah Florence + The Machine	36	1	#67	–
167	Daydreaming Radiohead	35	1	#60	–
168	Hold up Beyoncé	35	1	#66	–
169	Blind Holy White Hounds	35	1	#68	–
170	I Bring the Weather with Me The Amity Affliction	34	1	#67	–
171	Woman Woman AWOLNATION	34	1	#69	–
172	Push Off The Palms	33	1	#70	–
173	Next to You L D R U	33	1	#68	–
174	You & Me The Hunna	32	1	#71	–
175	So Sentimental Violent Soho	32	1	#69	–
176	Snow Cats AFI	32	1	#63	–
177	Run Or Hide Run River North	31	1	#72	–
178	Wolfie Golden Features	31	1	#70	–
179	Free Broods	30	1	#71	–
180	Boss Bear Hands	29	1	#74	–
181	Famous Kanye West	29	1	#72	–
182	Ditmas Mumford and the Sons	29	1	#66	–
183	Loud(y) Lewis Del Mar	28	1	#75	–
184	No Shade Violent Soho	28	1	#73	–
185	Somebody Else 1975	27	1	#76	–
186	Lost (Season One) Camp Cope	27	1	#74	–
187	Cynical blink-182	26	1	#68	–
188	Because I'm Me The Avalanches	26	1	#75	–
189	My Trigger Miike Snow	25	1	#78	–
190	This Could Be Heartbreak The Amity Affliction	25	1	#76	–
191	Happy Pills Weathers	24	1	#79	–
192	Oxy Moronic NOFX	24	1	#70	–
193	Gimme the Love Jake Bugg	23	1	#80	–
194	Near to the Wild Heart of Life Japandroids	23	1	#71	–
195	Settle Vera Blue	23	1	#78	–
196	Under the Influence Elle King	22	1	#81	–
197	Gone Jr Jr	22	1	#72	–
198	Too Soon DMA's	21	1	#82	–
199	Gemini Feed Banks	21	1	#80	–
200	Up All Night Beck	21	1	#73	–
201	That's All I Need Dirty Heads	21	2	#23	–
202	What Am I Becoming Pop ETC	20	1	#83	–
203	Panda Desiigner	20	1	#81	–
204	Bad Habits The Last Shadow Puppets	20	1	#74	–
205	In a Drawer Band of Horses	19	1	#84	–
206	Take It All Back JUDAH & THE LION	19	1	#22	–
207	Think About It Thundamentals	19	1	#82	–
208	You Are Going To Hate This The Frights	19	1	#75	–
209	Sunday Iggy Pop	18	1	#85	–
210	Simulation Tkay Maidza	18	1	#83	–
211	Save A Prayer Eagles of Death Metal	18	1	#76	–
212	Clearest Blue CHVRCHES	17	1	#86	–
213	Pink + White Frank Ocean	17	1	#84	–
214	Going the Distance Zipper Club	17	1	#87	–
215	My Love Is Gone SAFIA	16	1	#85	–
216	Wish I knew You The Revivalists	15	1	#78	–
217	Dopamine Bliss n Eso	15	1	#86	–
218	Lay Down DMA's	15	1	#89	–
219	Uptown Folks Dope Lemon	14	1	#87	–
220	Bitter Salt Jake Bugg	14	1	#90	–
221	Me and Your Mama Childish Gambino	13	1	#88	–
222	Isombard Declan McKenna	13	1	#91	–
223	Fire Barns Courtney	12	1	#81	–
224	Over You SAFIA	12	1	#89	–
225	Anything Near Conviction Luca Brasi	11	1	#90	–
226	Floral and Fading Pierce The Veil	11	1	#82	–
227	Conqueror Aurora	11	1	#93	–
228	Subways The Avalanches	10	1	#91	–
229	How to Taste Violent Soho	9	1	#92	–
230	Fire and the Flood Vance Joy	9	1	#84	–
231	Distant Past Everything Everything	8	1	#96	–
232	Business Interruptus Rob Crow's Gloomy Place	8	1	#85	–
233	Fading Vallis Alps	7	1	#94	–
234	Take It from Me Kongos	7	1	#97	–
235	33 God Bon Iver	7	1	#86	–
236	Lose It Flume	6	1	#95	–
237	Born Again Teen Lucius	6	1	#98	–
238	Hanging by a Thread Elk Road	5	1	#96	–
239	Do It, Try It M83	5	1	#99	–
240	Bad Blood Ryan Adams	4	1	#88	–
241	You Don't Think You Like People Like Me Alex Lahey	4	1	#97	–
242	Painting (Masterpiece) Lewis Del Mar	4	1	#100	–
243	Saint Cecilia Foo Fighters	3	1	#89	–
244	Season 2 Episode 3 Glass Animals	3	1	#98	–
245	I'll Be Around The Growlers	3	1	#101	–
246	Too Good Drake	2	1	#99	–
247	No Sleep Twin Atlantic	2	1	#102	–
248	Prayers/Triangles Deftones	1	1	#91	–
249	Brace Birds of Tokyo	1	1	#100	–
250	Breaker Deerhunter	1	1	#103	–