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The best hard rock songs of 2016

Q: What was the top hard rock song of 2016?

Combining 1 year-end radio countdowns, the top hard rock song of 2016 is "My Name Is Human" by Highly Suspect, which appeared on 1 of the lists.

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2016: SiriusXM Octane. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 2016 is “My Name Is Human” by Highly Suspect, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Highly Suspect 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 2016

Ranked by combined points across every 2016 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	My Name Is Human Highly Suspect	100	1	#1	1
2	Hardwired Metallica	97	1	#2	–
3	Stronger Through Fire	93	1	#3	–
4	The Sound of Silence Disturbed	90	1	#4	–
5	Black Honey Thrice	87	1	#5	–
6	Rotting in Vain Korn	83	1	#6	–
7	Remember We Die Gemini Syndrome	80	1	#7	–
8	Stuck in Your Head I Prevail	77	1	#8	–
9	I Apologize Five Finger Death Punch	73	1	#9	–
10	Square Hammer Ghost	70	1	#10	–
11	The Stage Avenged Sevenfold	67	1	#11	–
12	How Did You Love Shinedown	63	1	#12	–
13	Defeated Breaking Benjamin	60	1	#13	–
14	Feel Invincible Skillet	57	1	#14	–
15	Seal the Deal Volbeat	53	1	#15	–
16	Monster Starset	50	1	#16	–
17	Push Thousand Foot Krutch	47	1	#17	–
18	I Don't Care Anymore HELLYEAH	43	1	#18	–
19	Amnesia Red Sun Rising	40	1	#19	–
20	Excuse Me Fire from the Gods	37	1	#20	–
21	Dark Daze Sylar	33	1	#21	–
22	Paranoia A Day To Remember	30	1	#22	–
23	Stranded Gojira	27	1	#23	–
24	Hated Beartooth	23	1	#24	–
25	Sleeping Dogs Zakk Wylde	20	1	#25	–
26	Show Me a Leader Alter Bridge	17	1	#26	–
27	Breaking New From Ashes to New	13	1	#27	–
28	The Eagle Has Landed Avatar	10	1	#28	–
29	Hate by Design Killswitch Engage	7	1	#29	–
30	The Bottom Devour the Day	3	1	#30	–

Every station’s number one of 2016

Station	Number one song	Countdown
SiriusXM Octane	My Name Is Human Highly Suspect	SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2016

All 2016 countdowns in this ranking

SiriusXM Octane SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2016 30 songs

About the 2016 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 2016 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.