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The best hard rock songs of 2020

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2020: SiriusXM Octane. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 2020 is “Popular Monster” by Falling in Reverse, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Falling in Reverse 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 2020

Ranked by combined points across every 2020 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s
1 Popular Monster Falling in Reverse
100		 1 #1 1
2 Parasite Eve Bring Me the Horizon
97		 1 #2 –
3 Another Life Motionless in White
93		 1 #3 –
4 Panic From Ashes to New
90		 1 #4 –
5 Atlas Falls Shinedown
87		 1 #5 –
6 Antisocialist Asking Alexandria
83		 1 #6 –
7 Resentment A Day To Remember
80		 1 #7 –
8 Right Now Fire from the Gods
77		 1 #8 –
9 Trials Starset
73		 1 #9 –
10 Every Time You Leave I Prevail
70		 1 #10 –
11 Unforgettable Godsmack
67		 1 #11 –
12 Insidious Any Given Sin
63		 1 #12 –
13 A Little Bit Off Five Finger Death Punch
60		 1 #13 –
14 Animals Architects
57		 1 #14 –
15 Talk to a Friend Slaves
53		 1 #15 –
16 Dear Agony Breaking Benjamin
50		 1 #16 –
17 Soak Me in Bleach The Amity Affliction
47		 1 #17 –
18 King of Misery Saul
43		 1 #18 –
19 Limits Bad Omens
40		 1 #19 –
20 Dangerous Seether
37		 1 #20 –
21 The War We Made Red
33		 1 #21 –
22 Breathe Again Pop Evil
30		 1 #22 –
23 The In-Between In This Moment
27		 1 #23 –
24 Colossus Avatar
23		 1 #24 –
25 Her Eyes Fame on Fire
20		 1 #25 –
26 Somebody That I Used to Know Three Days Grace
17		 1 #26 –
27 Black Eyes Blue Corey Taylor
13		 1 #27 –
28 Take Me Away Ayron Jones
10		 1 #28 –
29 Blessed Be Spiritbox
7		 1 #29 –
30 Song About James Avoid
3		 1 #30 –

Every station’s number one of 2020

StationNumber one songCountdown
SiriusXM Octane Popular Monster Falling in Reverse SiriusXM Octane Big 'Uns Countdown Songs of 2020

All 2020 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2020 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 2020 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.