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The best hard rock songs of the 2020s

This ranking of the 2020s combines 2 year-end countdowns from 2020 through 2029. The top song of the '20s is “Animals” by Architects, which charted on 2 countdowns and reached number one one times. The decade’s most-charted artists are Bring Me the Horizon, Ice Nine Kills, Asking Alexandria, Architects and From Ashes to New.

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Top 100 songs of the '20s

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Year
1	Animals Architects	157	2	#1	1	2020
2	Breathe Again Pop Evil	100	2	#10	–	2021
3	Popular Monster Falling in Reverse	100	1	#1	1	2020
4	Parasite Eve Bring Me the Horizon	97	1	#2	–	2020
5	Teardrops Bring Me the Horizon	97	1	#2	–	2021
6	Another Life Motionless in White	93	1	#3	–	2020
7	Hip to Be Scared Ice Nine Kills	93	1	#3	–	2021
8	Panic From Ashes to New	90	1	#4	–	2020
9	Adrenaline Zero 9:36	90	1	#4	–	2021
10	Atlas Falls Shinedown	87	1	#5	–	2020
11	The Past Is Dead Beartooth	87	1	#5	–	2021
12	Antisocialist Asking Alexandria	83	1	#6	–	2020
13	Rainy Day Ice Nine Kills	83	1	#6	–	2021
14	Resentment A Day To Remember	80	1	#7	–	2020
15	Alone Again Asking Alexandria	80	1	#7	–	2021
16	Right Now Fire from the Gods	77	1	#8	–	2020
17	DiE4u Bring Me the Horizon	77	1	#8	–	2021
18	Trials Starset	73	1	#9	–	2020
19	Circle the Drain Wage War	73	1	#9	–	2021
20	Every Time You Leave I Prevail	70	1	#10	–	2020
21	Unforgettable Godsmack	67	1	#11	–	2020
22	Obsolete Of Mice & Men	67	1	#11	–	2021
23	Insidious Any Given Sin	63	1	#12	–	2020
24	Warrior Atreyu	63	1	#12	–	2021
25	A Little Bit Off Five Finger Death Punch	60	1	#13	–	2020
26	Back from the Dead Halestorm	60	1	#13	–	2021
27	Kill the Noise Papa Roach	57	1	#14	–	2021
28	Talk to a Friend Slaves	53	1	#15	–	2020
29	Circle with Me Spiritbox	53	1	#15	–	2021
30	Dear Agony Breaking Benjamin	50	1	#16	–	2020
31	Shotgun Blues Volbeat	50	1	#16	–	2021
32	Soak Me in Bleach The Amity Affliction	47	1	#17	–	2020
33	Mars Simula Chevelle	47	1	#17	–	2021
34	King of Misery Saul	43	1	#18	–	2020
35	Lifeline Bad Wolves	43	1	#18	–	2021
36	Limits Bad Omens	40	1	#19	–	2020
37	Feast of Fire Trivium	40	1	#19	–	2021
38	Dangerous Seether	37	1	#20	–	2020
39	Don't Hate Me Badflower	37	1	#20	–	2021
40	The War We Made Red	33	1	#21	–	2020
41	Choke The Warning	33	1	#21	–	2021
42	Light Up the Sky From Ashes to New	30	1	#22	–	2021
43	The In-Between In This Moment	27	1	#23	–	2020
44	Infected Starset	27	1	#23	–	2021
45	Colossus Avatar	23	1	#24	–	2020
46	Blood & Water Memphis May Fire	23	1	#24	–	2021
47	Her Eyes Fame on Fire	20	1	#25	–	2020
48	Only Love Can Save Me Now The Pretty Reckless	20	1	#25	–	2021
49	Somebody That I Used to Know Three Days Grace	17	1	#26	–	2020
50	Better Without You Evanescence	17	1	#26	–	2021
51	Black Eyes Blue Corey Taylor	13	1	#27	–	2020
52	Mercy Ayron Jones	13	1	#27	–	2021
53	Take Me Away Ayron Jones	10	1	#28	–	2020
54	Scarlet Cross Black Veil Brides	10	1	#28	–	2021
55	Blessed Be Spiritbox	7	1	#29	–	2020
56	Hate Plush	7	1	#29	–	2021
57	Song About James Avoid	3	1	#30	–	2020
58	Last Resort Jeris Johnson	3	1	#30	–	2021

About this ranking

The 2020s ranking adds together two kinds of evidence: the year-end countdowns from each year of the decade, and the retrospective “songs of the decade” countdowns that stations aired afterwards. Year-end lists capture what listeners loved at the time; decade countdowns capture what lasted. Every appearance earns percentile-based points, and the totals are ranked. See the methodology for details.