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The best hard rock songs of the 2020s

This ranking of the 2020s combines 20 year-end countdowns from 2020 through 2029. The top song of the '20s is “A Little Bit Off” by Five Finger Death Punch, which charted on 5 countdowns and reached number one one times. The decade’s most-charted artists are Five Finger Death Punch, Bring Me the Horizon, Falling in Reverse, Shinedown and Linkin Park.

546songs charted
20year-end countdowns
0decade countdowns

Top 100 songs of the '20s

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# Song Strength Lists Best #1s Year
1 A Little Bit Off Five Finger Death Punch
420
5 #1 1 2020
2 Unforgettable Godsmack
408
5 #3 – 2020
3 The Emptiness Machine Linkin Park
404
5 #2 – 2024
4 Popular Monster Falling in Reverse
369
4 #1 1 2020
5 Teardrops Bring Me the Horizon
367
5 #2 – 2021
6 Animals Architects
334
5 #1 1 2021
7 Kill the Noise Papa Roach
313
5 #2 – 2021
8 Patience Chris Cornell
311
4 #1 1 2020
9 Awaken Breaking Benjamin
311
4 #7 – 2024
10 So Called Life Three Days Grace
299
4 #2 – 2022
11 Mayday Three Days Grace
299
5 #5 – 2024
12 Heavy Is The Crown Linkin Park
284
4 #4 – 2024
13 Alone Again Asking Alexandria
268
4 #7 – 2021
14 Dead Inside Nita Strauss
267
4 #5 – 2021
15 Black Summer Red Hot Chili Peppers
265
3 #4 – 2022
16 Self Destructor Chevelle
253
3 #3 – 2021
17 And So It Went The Pretty Reckless
250
3 #1 1 2021
18 Adrenaline Zero 9:36
250
3 #4 – 2021
19 What Remains Pop Evil
242
3 #5 – 2024
20 Angel Song Nothing More
229
3 #5 – 2024
21 Parasite Eve Bring Me the Horizon
224
4 #2 – 2020
22 If It Doesn't Hurt Nothing More
221
4 #1 1 2024
23 Breathe Again Pop Evil
217
4 #3 – 2021
24 Start The Healing Korn
217
3 #1 1 2021
25 Shot In The Dark AC/DC
217
4 #7 – 2020
26 Trouble's Coming Royal Blood
214
3 #1 1 2020
27 Shotgun Blues Volbeat
212
4 #16 – 2021
28 Not Mad Enough Smith & Myers
208
3 #4 – 2020
29 Darkness Settles In Five Finger Death Punch
207
3 #2 – 2021
30 This Is The Way Five Finger Death Punch
207
3 #5 – 2024
31 Love Dies Young Foo Fighters
205
3 #3 – 2022
32 Trials Starset
204
3 #7 – 2020
33 Death By Rock & Roll The Pretty Reckless
204
3 #3 – 2020
34 Wolf Totem The Hu
199
3 #5 – 2020
35 Dead Man Walking Jelly Roll
199
3 #5 – 2022
36 Dilemma Green Day
196
2 #1 1 2024
37 Lux Aeterna Metallica
194
2 #1 1 2023
38 Bad Guy Falling in Reverse
193
3 #1 1 2024
39 Back from the Dead Halestorm
190
3 #10 – 2021
40 Mars Simula Chevelle
189
3 #2 – 2021
41 Every Time You Leave I Prevail
188
3 #10 – 2020
42 Zombified Falling in Reverse
188
2 #1 1 2022
43 Wild Child The Black Keys
187
3 #1 1 2022
44 I Will Not Break Disturbed
187
2 #1 1 2025
45 Shame Shame Foo Fighters
186
3 #6 – 2020
46 Dangerous Seether
186
4 #5 – 2020
47 Antisocialist Asking Alexandria
183
2 #1 1 2020
48 Atlas Falls Shinedown
181
3 #5 – 2020
49 Need A Favor Jelly Roll
180
2 #2 – 2023
50 Black Butterfly Scott Stapp
180
2 #10 – 2025
51 Dead Don't Die Shinedown
179
2 #3 – 2023
52 Right Now Fire from the Gods
179
3 #8 – 2020
53 Daylight Shinedown
178
3 #8 – 2022
54 Even If It Kills Me Papa Roach
178
2 #2 – 2025
55 Nero Forte Slipknot
178
2 #1 1 2020
56 Inside Out Five Finger Death Punch
177
2 #4 – 2020
57 Everything Ends Architects
177
2 #3 – 2025
58 Lost Linkin Park
176
2 #1 1 2023
59 Magnetic Wage War
173
2 #3 – 2024
60 Landmines Sum 41
172
2 #4 – 2024
61 Warrior Atreyu
171
3 #12 – 2021
62 Bruised and Bloodied Seether
171
3 #6 – 2021
63 God Is A Weapon Falling in Reverse
171
2 #4 – 2025
64 Rest in Peace Dorothy
170
2 #5 – 2022
65 Call Me Little Sunshine Ghost
169
2 #6 – 2022
66 V.A.N. Bad Omens
169
3 #8 – 2024
67 A Symptom of Being Human Shinedown
168
3 #9 – 2024
68 Masterpiece Motionless in White
166
2 #7 – 2022
69 Sick The Warning
165
2 #1 1 2024
70 Living The Dream Five Finger Death Punch
165
3 #4 – 2020
71 Another Life Motionless in White
164
2 #3 – 2020
72 Nowhere Generation Rise Against
162
2 #7 – 2021
73 DiE4u Bring Me the Horizon
162
3 #8 – 2021
74 Learn To Walk Again Bad Wolves
161
3 #21 – 2020
75 New Way Out Poppy
159
2 #12 – 2025
76 One of Those Days Ozzy Osbourne
157
2 #3 – 2023
77 Can You Hear Me Korn
157
2 #4 – 2020
78 Like a Villain Bad Omens
157
2 #2 – 2022
79 Survivor Pop Evil
153
2 #7 – 2021
80 The Past Is Dead Beartooth
153
2 #5 – 2021
81 Planet Zero Shinedown
153
2 #3 – 2022
82 Taking Me Back Jack White
152
3 #14 – 2021
83 Pneuma Tool
151
2 #11 – 2020
84 Black Eyes Blue Corey Taylor
151
3 #3 – 2020
85 Walls Come Down Seether
151
2 #2 – 2025
86 Top 10 Statues That Cried Blood Bring Me the Horizon
150
2 #6 – 2024
87 Rainy Day Ice Nine Kills
150
3 #6 – 2021
88 Lifeline Bad Wolves
149
3 #18 – 2021
89 Beguiled The Smashing Pumpkins
148
2 #2 – 2022
90 Specter Bad Omens
146
2 #6 – 2025
91 Caramel Sleep Token
146
2 #5 – 2025
92 Die to Live Volbeat
146
2 #11 – 2020
93 Hunter's Moon Ghost
145
2 #27 – 2022
94 Judas Mind Seether
145
2 #9 – 2024
95 AfterLife Five Finger Death Punch
145
2 #8 – 2022
96 Afterlife Evanescence
144
2 #7 – 2025
97 Can U See Me In The Dark? Halestorm & I Prevail
143
2 #3 – 2024
98 Dark Matter Pearl Jam
143
2 #4 – 2024
99 Heat Above Greta Van Fleet
143
2 #10 – 2021
100 Savage Tim Montana
141
2 #8 – 2024

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.