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The best alternative rock songs of 2022

Four radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2022: 91X, CFNY 102.1 The Edge, Studio Brussel and Triple J. Combining every list, the top alternative rock song of 2022 is “Edging” by blink-182, which appeared on three of the four countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Four different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Edging” by Blink 182, “All Comes Crashing” by Metric, “Gone” by The Haunted Youth and “Say Nothing” by Flume featuring May-a. Spacey Jane was the year’s most-charted artist, with six different songs placing 6 times across the countdowns.

4countdowns
288songs charted
4different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2022

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Ranked by combined points across every 2022 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s
1 Edging blink-182
206		 3 #1 1
2 Wet Dream Wet Leg
192		 2 #2 –
3 Love Brand New Bob Moses
188		 2 #2 –
4 Black Summer Red Hot Chili Peppers
187		 3 #9 –
5 Won't Stand Down Muse
180		 2 #5 –
6 All Comes Crashing Metric
165		 2 #1 1
7 About Damn Time Lizzo
158		 2 #7 –
8 Boy The Killers
149		 3 #17 –
9 New Gold Gorillaz
148		 2 #13 –
10 Cracker Island Gorillaz
147		 2 #4 –
11 Wild Child The Black Keys
146		 2 #10 –
12 My Love Florence + The Machine
135		 2 #7 –
13 I'm In Love With You 1975
129		 2 #14 –
14 This Is Why Paramore
123		 2 #31 –
15 TV Billie Eilish
117		 2 #32 –
16 Run Away To Mars Talk
115		 2 #15 –
17 In The Wake Of Your Leave Gang of Youths
114		 2 #9 –
18 Everything's Electric Liam Gallagher
107		 3 #13 –
19 I Don't Live Here Anymore The War On Drugs
105		 2 #33 –
20 Gone The Haunted Youth
100		 1 #1 1
21 Say Nothing Flume
100		 1 #1 1
22 There'd Better Be A Mirrorball Arctic Monkeys
99		 2 #28 –
23 Zeit Rammstein
99		 1 #2 –
24 B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All) Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal
99		 1 #2 –
25 L'Enfer Stromae
98		 1 #3 –
26 Hardlight Spacey Jane
98		 1 #3 –
27 Taking Me Back Jack White
98		 1 #3 –
28 All Cool All Fine High Hi
97		 1 #4 –
29 Bad Habit Steve Lacy
97		 1 #4 –
30 Leave Me Dry Ila
96		 1 #5 –
31 It's Been a Long Day Spacey Jane
96		 1 #5 –
32 Life's Coming in Slow Nothing But Thieves
95		 1 #6 –
33 Sitting Up Spacey Jane
95		 1 #6 –
34 Wild Spoon
95		 1 #6 –
35 Mystery Turnstile
93		 1 #7 –
36 Stars in My Eyes Ball Park Music
93		 1 #8 –
37 The Lightning I + II The Arcade Fire
93		 1 #9 –
38 Dicke Titten Rammstein
92		 1 #10 –
39 Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender
91		 1 #9 –
40 Glimpse of Us Joji
91		 1 #10 –
41 Chapstick Coin
91		 1 #3 –
42 Nothing SONS
91		 1 #11 –
43 Here To Forever Death Cab for Cutie
90		 1 #10 –
44 Gay 4 Me G Flip
90		 1 #11 –
45 Walk Walk Sylvie Kreusch
90		 1 #12 –
46 Chaise Longue Wet Leg
89		 1 #11 –
47 First Class Jack Harlow
89		 1 #12 –
48 Broken The Haunted Youth
89		 1 #13 –
49 Zonder Gezicht Froukje
88		 1 #14 –
50 Tonight Phoenix
88		 1 #12 –
51 Oceans of Darkness The War On Drugs
88		 2 #48 –
52 Dime Store Bluai
87		 1 #15 –
53 As It Was Harry Styles
87		 2 #20 –
54 Delilah (Pull Me Out of This) Fred Again
87		 1 #14 –
55 Grow Up Tomorrow The Beaches
86		 1 #4 –
56 Warrior Oscar and the Wolf
86		 1 #16 –
57 Facts of Life Lime Cordiale
86		 1 #15 –
58 Change The War On Drugs
85		 1 #17 –
59 God Is a Freak Peach PRC
85		 1 #16 –
60 The Foundations of Decay My Chemical Romance
85		 1 #15 –
61 Get Inspired Genesis Owusu
84		 1 #17 –
62 Rockstar Momma
84		 1 #16 –
63 Pills Selah Sue
83		 1 #19 –
64 Turn On the Lights Again Fred Again and Swedish House Mafia
83		 1 #18 –
65 Stranger Days Skegss
82		 1 #19 –
66 Noodgeval Goldband
82		 1 #21 –
67 Viva Las Vengeance Panic! at the Disco
81		 1 #18 –
68 Shirt SZA
81		 1 #20 –
69 Ready To Rumble Rhea
81		 1 #22 –
70 Alright Sam Fender
81		 2 #32 –
71 Unconditional 1 (Lookout Kid) The Arcade Fire
80		 1 #19 –
72 Backseat of My Mind Thelma Plum
80		 1 #21 –
73 Alive Coely
80		 1 #23 –
74 Vegas Doja Cat
79		 1 #22 –
75 Zick Zack Rammstein
79		 1 #24 –
76 Scared Together Silversun Pickups
78		 1 #21 –
77 Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again (Like a Version) Dune Rats
78		 1 #23 –
78 Victoria Brutus
78		 1 #25 –
79 Past Life Arkells
77		 1 #6 –
80 Roma Glints
77		 1 #26 –
81 Cuff It Beyoncé
77		 1 #24 –
82 Burning Yeah Yeah Yeahs
77		 1 #22 –
83 A Little Bit Of Love Weezer
77		 2 #16 –
84 Cool Abdul Theme Song One Track Brain
76		 1 #27 –
85 Pulling Through Spacey Jane
76		 1 #25 –
86 What's The Trick Jack White
76		 1 #23 –
87 Jungle Fred Again
75		 1 #26 –
88 My Love Florence And The Machine
75		 1 #24 –
89 Jackie Down The Line Fontaines D.C.
74		 1 #29 –
90 Camp Dog King Stingray
74		 1 #27 –
91 Something Loud Jimmy Eat World
74		 1 #25 –
92 Naïef Meltheads
73		 1 #30 –
93 Big City Life Luude and Mattafix
73		 1 #28 –
94 Sans Soleil Alexisonfire
73		 1 #7 –
95 Lemon Tree Mt. Joy
73		 1 #26 –
96 Weird Goodbyes The National
72		 1 #31 –
97 Clarity Vance Joy
72		 1 #29 –
98 Compliance Muse
71		 1 #27 –
99 Supermodel Maneskin
71		 2 #18 –
100 Shooting Stars (Like a Version) Flume
71		 1 #30 –

Every station’s number one of 2022

StationNumber one songCountdown
91X Edging Blink 182 91X Top 91 Songs of 2022
CFNY 102.1 The Edge All Comes Crashing Metric 102.1 The Edge The Top 22 of 2022
Studio Brussel Gone The Haunted Youth Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022
Triple J Say Nothing Flume featuring May-a Triple J Hottest 100 of 2022

All 2022 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2022 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 2022 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 four qualifying countdowns. Each radio format is ranked separately, so classic rock and hard rock countdowns never shift the alternative results; use the tabs above to switch formats. Read the full methodology.