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The best rock songs of 2017

Q: What was the top rock song of 2017?

Combining 21 year-end radio countdowns, the top rock song of 2017 is "Feel It Still" by Portugal. The Man, which appeared on 16 of the lists.

21 radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2017: 91X, CFNY 102.1 The Edge, The Buzz, 102.7 WEQX, 88.3 The Sting, 90.9 The Bridge, 92.3 WTTS, 93.3 WMMR, 98KUPD, 99 Rock, Lightning 100, SiriusXM Octane, The Current, WBER, WERS 88.9, WFUV, WRNR 103.1, WTMD, WXPN, X96 and Triple J. Combining every list, the top rock song of 2017 is “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man, which appeared on 16 of the 21 countdowns and was voted number one by six of them. 16 different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man (5 stations), “If We Were Vampires” by Jason Isbell (2 stations), “Knocking at the Door” by Arkells, “One More Light” by Linkin Park and “The Gold” by Manchester Orchestra and others. Portugal. The Man was the year’s most-charted artist, with five different songs placing 25 times across the countdowns.

21countdowns

876songs charted

16different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2017

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Ranked by combined points across every 2017 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Feel It Still Portugal. The Man	1,536	16	#1	6
2	Up All Night Beck	1,099	15	#2	–
3	The Man The Killers	1,016	13	#4	–
4	Hot Thoughts Spoon	962	13	#3	–
5	Everything Now The Arcade Fire	889	13	#4	–
6	The Way You Used To Do Queens of the Stone Age	869	14	#1	1
7	The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness The National	832	11	#4	–
8	No Roots Alice Merton	744	12	#3	–
9	Angela Lumineers	690	9	#2	–
10	Lay it On Me Vance Joy	656	11	#9	–
11	Human Rag'N'Bone Man	651	10	#5	–
12	Holding On The War On Drugs	620	10	#3	–
13	Cold Cold Cold Cage The Elephant	619	8	#4	–
14	Day I Die The National	613	8	#2	–
15	The Gold Manchester Orchestra	603	10	#1	1
16	Los Ageless St. Vincent	597	8	#2	–
17	Little One Highly Suspect	582	8	#6	–
18	Pain The War On Drugs	564	7	#4	–
19	Run Foo Fighters	559	10	#7	–
20	The Violence Rise Against	554	7	#7	–
21	Can I Sit Next To You Spoon	545	11	#6	–
22	Believer Imagine Dragons	523	6	#1	2
23	Love Is Mystical Cold War Kids	522	8	#8	–
24	In Cold Blood Alt J	506	10	#25	–
25	Lights Out Royal Blood	504	7	#4	–
26	Whole Wide World Cage The Elephant	503	8	#4	–
27	If We Were Vampires Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	496	5	#1	3
28	The Sky Is A Neighborhood Foo Fighters	495	8	#9	–
29	Help Papa Roach	492	6	#2	–
30	Creature Comfort The Arcade Fire	488	7	#6	–
31	Call The Police LCD Soundsystem	465	10	#10	–
32	Die Young Sylvan Esso	462	7	#8	–
33	Shine On Me Dan Auerbach	457	8	#14	–
34	Green Light Lorde	455	8	#6	–
35	High Sir Sly	448	6	#6	–
36	You're the Best Thing About Me U2	442	11	#17	–
37	Song #3 Stone Sour	438	6	#2	–
38	On Hold The xx	432	7	#8	–
39	Highway Tune Greta Van Fleet	430	8	#11	–
40	Reverend Kings of Leon	421	8	#18	–
41	Thunder Imagine Dragons	390	5	#7	–
42	High Ticket Attractions The New Pornographers	384	8	#17	–
43	Ballad of the Dying Man Father John Misty	380	6	#5	–
44	Go to War Nothing More	376	5	#1	1
45	Dear Life Beck	367	7	#14	–
46	Dig Down Muse	361	8	#14	–
47	Redbone Childish Gambino	357	5	#3	–
48	Knocking At The Door Arkells	354	5	#1	1
49	My Mind is For Sale Jack Johnson	353	6	#19	–
50	Still Breathing Green Day	352	5	#3	–
51	Wish I knew You The Revivalists	346	4	#3	–
52	Find Yourself Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	343	4	#7	–
53	New York St. Vincent	336	5	#2	–
54	Less Than Nine Inch Nails	335	8	#22	–
55	Cold Little Heart Michael Kiwanuka	331	4	#2	–
56	Total Entertainment Forever Father John Misty	331	6	#16	–
57	Don't Take The Money Bleachers	328	5	#13	–
58	Do You Still Love Me? Ryan Adams	327	6	#4	–
59	Don't Delete The Kisses Wolf Alice	324	6	#9	–
60	Name For You The Shins	311	8	#9	–
61	I Only Lie When I Love You Royal Blood	308	7	#20	–
62	Matter of Time Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings	305	5	#15	–
63	Young Lady, You're Scaring Me Ron Gallo	304	5	#17	–
64	Heavy Dirty Soul Twenty One Pilots	304	4	#3	–
65	Cleopatra Lumineers	300	4	#7	–
66	Feels Like Summer Weezer	299	4	#8	–
67	Hope the High Road Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	289	5	#12	–
68	Mourning Sound Grizzly Bear	286	6	#14	–
69	Love Falls HELLYEAH	277	3	#2	–
70	Revolution Radio Green Day	276	6	#3	–
71	Whiteout Conditions The New Pornographers	273	5	#16	–
72	Walk On Water 30 Seconds to Mars	272	5	#6	–
73	So Tied Up Cold War Kids	272	7	#33	–
74	One of Us New Politics	271	4	#13	–
75	Good with God Old 97's	269	5	#21	–
76	Love and Hate Michael Kiwanuka	266	4	#20	–
77	Shine Mondo Cozmo	265	5	#11	–
78	Judas Fozzy	264	5	#1	1
79	Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm) Chicano Batman	262	4	#5	–
80	Show Yourself Mastodon	258	4	#5	–
81	Lost On You LP	253	4	#11	–
82	It's a Shame First Aid Kit	253	4	#16	–
83	City Of Angels The Head and the Heart	252	4	#25	–
84	High Enough K. Flay	249	3	#7	–
85	Let You Down Seether	247	4	#10	–
86	My Name Is Human Highly Suspect	245	3	#2	–
87	The Wanting J. Roddy Walston and the Business	240	6	#23	–
88	Anti-Everything Ded	239	3	#7	–
89	Ahead of Myself X Ambassadors	238	6	#20	–
90	Two High Moon Taxi	233	4	#7	–
91	Waste a Moment Kings of Leon	232	3	#2	–
92	Black Rose Volbeat	229	3	#3	–
93	Motion Sickness Phoebe Bridgers	229	4	#8	–
94	Betray and Degrade Seether	228	4	#18	–
95	Jumpstarting Deer Tick	228	3	#18	–
96	Love Lana Del Rey	227	5	#21	–
97	Now That We're Dead Metallica	226	3	#6	–
98	Over Everything Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile	226	3	#5	–
99	American Dreams Papa Roach	226	3	#5	–
100	Rx Theory of a Deadman	222	3	#4	–

Every station’s number one of 2017

Station	Number one song	Countdown
91X	Feel It Still Portugal. The Man	91X Top 91 Songs of 2017
CFNY 102.1 The Edge	Knocking at the Door Arkells	102.1 The Edge's Top 20 Songs of 2017
The Buzz	One More Light Linkin Park	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017
102.7 WEQX	The Gold Manchester Orchestra	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017
88.3 The Sting	Fall Back In Your Arms Guytano	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017
90.9 The Bridge	If We Were Vampires Jason Isbell	90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017
92.3 WTTS	Feel It Still Portugal. The Man	WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017
93.3 WMMR	Dark Black Makeup Radkey	WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2017
98KUPD	Atlas, Rise! Metallica	98KUPD Top 98 of 2017
99 Rock	Judas Fozzy	99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2017
Lightning 100	Automatic Mondo Cozmo	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2017
SiriusXM Octane	Go to War Nothing More	SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2017
The Current	Love Lana Del Rey	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2017
WBER	Ghost Johnny Blk	WBER Listener Countdown 2017
WERS 88.9	Feel It Still Portugal. The Man	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2017
WFUV	Feel It Still Portugal. The Man	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2017
WRNR 103.1	Feel it Still Portugal. The Man	WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2017
WTMD	Over Everything Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2017
WXPN	If We Were Vampires Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	WXPN Year in Review: Top 50 Songs of 2017
X96	Believer Imagine Dragons	X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017
Triple J	Humble Kendrick Lamar	Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017

All 2017 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2017 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 2017 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 21 qualifying countdowns. This ranking combines every rock format on the site. Read the full methodology.