Every song that charted in 2021

Combined ranking of all 192 songs from the alternative rock year-end countdowns of 2021. ← Top 100 of 2021

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Missing Piece Vance Joy	253	3	#2	–
2	Waiting On A War Foo Fighters	179	2	#3	–
3	The Angel of 8th Ave. Gang of Youths	174	2	#6	–
4	We Are Between Modest Mouse	173	2	#4	–
5	What You Say Cold War Kids	158	2	#6	–
6	Chaise Longue Wet Leg	151	2	#6	–
7	Shy Away Twenty One Pilots	137	2	#2	–
8	All My Favorite Songs Weezer	130	2	#10	–
9	Solar Power Lorde	121	2	#26	–
10	The Bandit Kings of Leon	120	2	#9	–
11	Survivor Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	114	2	#8	–
12	I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance) Glass Animals	109	2	#23	–
13	Typhoons Royal Blood	108	2	#12	–
14	The Adults Are Talking The Strokes	100	1	#1	1
15	Blow Up The Beaches	100	1	#1	1
16	Elephant (Like a Version) The Wiggles	100	1	#1	1
17	Stay The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber	99	1	#2	–
18	Brightside Lumineers	99	2	#15	–
19	Lots of Nothing Spacey Jane	98	1	#3	–
20	Fire For You Canons	98	1	#3	–
21	Good 4 U Olivia Rodrigo	97	1	#4	–
22	Let The Bad Times Roll The Offspring	97	1	#4	–
23	Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish	96	1	#5	–
24	Colors Black Pumas	96	1	#5	–
25	Kiss Me More Doja Cat	94	1	#7	–
26	Shame Shame Foo Fighters	93	1	#7	–
27	Industry Baby Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow	93	1	#8	–
28	Freaks Surf Curse	92	1	#8	–
29	On My Knees Rüfüs Du Sol	92	1	#9	–
30	Montero (Call Me by Your Name) Lil Nas X	91	1	#10	–
31	Is It True Tame Impala	90	1	#10	–
32	H.Y.C.Y.BH Tom Cardy	90	1	#11	–
33	Lunchtime Spacey Jane	89	1	#12	–
34	Drivers License Olivia Rodrigo	88	1	#13	–
35	Estella Kenny Hoopla	88	1	#12	–
36	Apple Crumble Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba	87	1	#14	–
37	Nowhere Generation Rise Against	86	1	#14	–
38	Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender	85	1	#16	–
39	Mixed Messages Tom Cardy	84	1	#17	–
40	Beggin' Maneskin	84	1	#16	–
41	Love Signs The Jungle Giants	83	1	#18	–
42	Crawling Kingsnake The Black Keys	82	1	#17	–
43	Alive Rüfüs Du Sol	82	1	#19	–
44	Touch Back Down Ocean Alley	81	1	#20	–
45	Stop Making People Famous Our Lady Peace	81	1	#5	–
46	Taking Me Back Jack White	80	1	#19	–
47	Sunscreen Ball Park Music	80	1	#21	–
48	Good Days SZA	79	1	#22	–
49	Skin And Bones Cage The Elephant	78	1	#21	–
50	Edamame bbno$	77	1	#24	–
51	Kilby Girl Backseat Lovers	77	1	#22	–
52	Serotonin Girl In Red	76	2	#40	–
53	Next to Me Rüfüs Du Sol	76	1	#25	–
54	Bad Dream Canons	76	1	#23	–
55	Trouble's Coming Royal Blood	75	1	#24	–
56	Follow You Imagine Dragons	74	2	#20	–
57	Rose Pink Cadillac Dope Lemon	74	1	#27	–
58	Your Power Billie Eilish	74	2	#44	–
59	Heat Waves Glass Animals	74	1	#25	–
60	Hertz Amyl and the Sniffers	73	1	#28	–
61	If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You Wombats	72	2	#32	–
62	Thats What I Want Lil Nas X	72	1	#29	–
63	You Can Get It Arkells	71	1	#7	–
64	Here Comes the Sun (Like a Version) Spacey Jane	71	1	#30	–
65	Blunt Force Concussion The Dirty Nil	70	1	#28	–
66	Need to Know Doja Cat	70	1	#31	–
67	Saturday Twenty One Pilots	69	1	#29	–
68	Hollywood Sucks Kenny Hoopla	68	1	#30	–
69	Deja Vu Olivia Rodrigo	68	1	#33	–
70	Making A Fire Foo Fighters	67	1	#31	–
71	Get Into It (Yuh) Doja Cat	67	1	#34	–
72	Josh Peach PRC	66	1	#35	–
73	Bed Head Manchester Orchestra	66	1	#32	–
74	Transparent Soul Willow	65	1	#36	–
75	Woman Doja Cat	64	1	#37	–
76	Hush The Marias	64	1	#34	–
77	Masterpiece The Rubens	63	1	#38	–
78	I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs	63	1	#35	–
79	Stacking Chairs Middle Kids	62	1	#39	–
80	End of Me Billy Talent	62	1	#9	–
81	All About You The Knocks	62	1	#36	–
82	What's Not to Like Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba	60	1	#41	–
83	Kyoto Phoebe Bridgers	59	1	#38	–
84	Chemicals Peking Duk	59	1	#42	–
85	Euphoria Angels & Airwaves	58	1	#39	–
86	DiE4u Bring Me the Horizon	58	1	#43	–
87	Rage Dirty Heads	57	1	#40	–
88	Hurricane Kanye West	57	1	#44	–
89	Long Way Eddie Vedder	56	1	#41	–
90	Get Me Out King Stingray	55	1	#46	–
91	Smile Wolf Alice	55	1	#42	–
92	U&ME Alt J	54	2	#48	–
93	Leave The Door Open Silk Sonic	54	1	#47	–
94	Leave Me Alone iDKHOW	54	1	#43	–
95	Do It to It Acraze	53	1	#48	–
96	Colorado Milky Chance	52	1	#11	–
97	Up Dune Rats	52	1	#49	–
98	Once In A Lifetime All Time Low	52	1	#45	–
99	Jail Kanye West	51	1	#50	–
100	Higher Power Coldplay	51	1	#46	–
101	Night Light The Rions	50	1	#51	–
102	Time In Disguise Kings of Leon	49	1	#47	–
103	Up Cardi B	49	1	#52	–
104	Take My Breath The Weeknd	48	1	#53	–
105	Breathe / Comfortably Numb / Money (Like a Version) Ocean Alley	47	1	#54	–
106	Valhalla Skegss	46	1	#55	–
107	Buzz Cut LovelyTheBand	45	1	#51	–
108	Milkumana King Stingray	45	1	#56	–
109	The Man Himself Gang of Youths	44	1	#57	–
110	Deadline Grouplove	44	1	#52	–
111	Kitchen Ruby Fields	43	1	#58	–
112	KD and Lunch Meat Boy Golden	43	1	#13	–
113	Stargazing Neighbourhood	43	1	#53	–
114	Love Race Machine Gun Kelly	42	1	#59	–
115	The Underground Meg Myers	42	1	#54	–
116	brutal Olivia Rodrigo	41	1	#60	–
117	Can I Believe You Fleet Foxes	41	1	#55	–
118	Pump the Brakes Dom Dolla	40	1	#61	–
119	He Said She Said CHVRCHES	40	1	#56	–
120	Mood Ring Lorde	39	1	#62	–
121	Material Boy Sir Sly	38	1	#57	–
122	Chemtrails over the Country Club Lana Del Rey	38	1	#63	–
123	Distorted Light Beam Bastille	37	1	#58	–
124	Queen G Flip	37	1	#64	–
125	Must Stop ONR	36	1	#59	–
126	Down Under Luude	36	1	#65	–
127	One Last Cigarette The Band Camino	35	1	#60	–
128	A Girl Like You (Like a Version) Tame Impala	35	1	#66	–
129	I Wanna Be Your Slave Maneskin	34	1	#61	–
130	Traitor Olivia Rodrigo	34	1	#67	–
131	Keep on Loving You The Sheepdogs	33	1	#15	–
132	Treat You Right The Jungle Giants	33	1	#68	–
133	New Invention iDKHOW	33	1	#62	–
134	Clarkson Sly Withers	32	1	#69	–
135	Cloud 9 Beach Bunny	32	1	#63	–
136	Like Love The Amity Affliction	31	1	#70	–
137	I Am Not a Woman, I'm a God Halsey	30	1	#71	–
138	CYR The Smashing Pumpkins	30	1	#65	–
139	Temper Vera Blue	29	1	#72	–
140	Stop Making This Hurt Bleachers	29	1	#66	–
141	Rumors Lizzo	28	1	#73	–
142	Head Right Wilderado	27	1	#67	–
143	Cloudy Day Tones and I	27	1	#74	–
144	Can I Call You Tonight? Dayglow	26	1	#68	–
145	Gold Chains Genesis Owusu	26	1	#75	–
146	Love Dies Young Foo Fighters	25	1	#69	–
147	Our Paradise The Terrys	25	1	#76	–
148	Greatest Enemy The Strumbellas	24	1	#70	–
149	WusYaName Tyler, the Creator	24	1	#77	–
150	Fake Fame Dear Rouge	24	1	#17	–
151	Oh! The Linda Lindas	23	1	#71	–
152	I Hate U SZA	23	1	#78	–
153	Clash Dave	22	1	#79	–
154	The Sun Hasn't Left Modest Mouse	22	1	#72	–
155	Sofia Clairo	21	1	#73	–
156	Stoned at the Nail Salon Lorde	20	1	#81	–
157	Sabotage Jawny	20	1	#74	–
158	I Got Love Mother Mother	19	1	#18	–
159	Praise God Kanye West	19	1	#82	–
160	Slow Heart Twin XL	19	1	#75	–
161	You Right Doja Cat and the Weeknd	18	1	#83	–
162	Monday The Regrettes	18	1	#76	–
163	Wine Teenage Joans	17	1	#84	–
164	Wake Me Up Foals	16	1	#77	–
165	Lie to Me Again The Buoys	16	1	#85	–
166	Just Feels Tight Fisher	15	1	#86	–
167	The Hardest Cut Spoon	14	1	#79	–
168	The Aftergone Holy Holy	14	1	#87	–
169	The Outside Twenty One Pilots	13	1	#80	–
170	My Mind Baker Boy	13	1	#88	–
171	Cheer Up Baby Inhaler	12	1	#81	–
172	Keep Moving Jungle	12	1	#89	–
173	Waiting for Nothing Hayden James	11	1	#90	–
174	Hit the Breaks Plosivs	11	1	#82	–
175	Bones Telenova	10	1	#91	–
176	Chapstick Coin	10	1	#83	–
177	Blueprint Slowly Slowly	9	1	#92	–
178	Oxygen Beach Bunny	9	1	#84	–
179	Family Ties Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar	8	1	#93	–
180	The Chain Silent Comedy	8	1	#85	–
181	Sunday Suit Tyne-James Organ	7	1	#94	–
182	I'll Call You Mine Girl In Red	7	1	#86	–
183	Back Home Jordan Krimston	5	1	#87	–
184	House of Holy Client Liaison	5	1	#96	–
185	Ouch The Tragically Hip	5	1	#21	–
186	Crutch Band of Horses	4	1	#88	–
187	Moon Kanye West	4	1	#97	–
188	Sweetness Adam Newling	3	1	#98	–
189	Don't Worry Scoobert Doobert	2	1	#90	–
190	Little Things Ziggy Ramo	2	1	#99	–
191	Midnite Drive Signal For Pilot	1	1	#91	–
192	How You Been Holy Holy	1	1	#100	–