What was the top rock song of 2022?

Combining 24 year-end radio countdowns, the top rock song of 2022 is "Wild Child" by The Black Keys, which appeared on 21 of the lists.

Year-end consensus · All Rock Formats · 24 countdowns combined

The best rock songs of 2022

24 radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2022: 91X, CFNY 102.1 The Edge, 102.7 WEQX, 107.1 The Peak, 88.3 The Sting, 90.9 The Bridge, 93.3 WMMR, 93X, 98KUPD, ALT 104.5, Exit 97.7, Impact 89FM, Indie 102.3, KXT, Lightning 100, Studio Brussel, The Current, WBER, WERS 88.9, WFUV, WTMD, WXPN, X96 and Triple J. Combining every list, the top rock song of 2022 is “Wild Child” by The Black Keys, which appeared on 21 of the 24 countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. 24 different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Edging” by Blink 182, “All Comes Crashing” by Metric, “Raised by Wolves” by The Interrupters, “Seventeen Going Under” by Sam Fender and “Boyfriend” by Dove Cameron and others. Spoon was the year’s most-charted artist, with five different songs placing 30 times across the countdowns.

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1,058songs charted

24different #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	Wild Child The Black Keys	1,432	21	#1	1
2	Here To Forever Death Cab for Cutie	1,058	16	#4	–
3	Burning Yeah Yeah Yeahs	1,008	12	#1	1
4	Wild Spoon	974	12	#2	–
5	Black Summer Red Hot Chili Peppers	880	12	#1	1
6	My Love Florence And The Machine	859	13	#7	–
7	Cracker Island Gorillaz	843	13	#3	–
8	Simulation Swarm Big Thief	836	10	#2	–
9	What, Me Worry? Portugal. The Man	794	13	#9	–
10	Out Of My Head First Aid Kit	773	10	#8	–
11	This Is Why Paramore	742	11	#3	–
12	About Damn Time Lizzo	732	8	#1	1
13	Jackie Down The Line Fontaines D.C.	723	9	#1	1
14	Boy The Killers	710	14	#5	–
15	All Comes Crashing Metric	709	10	#1	1
16	That's Where I Am Maggie Rogers	697	10	#2	–
17	As It Was Harry Styles	679	9	#2	–
18	Bad Habit Steve Lacy	663	10	#4	–
19	Alpha Zulu Phoenix	632	12	#11	–
20	Free Florence And The Machine	606	9	#3	–
21	Want Want Maggie Rogers	598	12	#14	–
22	Weird Goodbyes The National	590	10	#5	–
23	Run Away To Mars Talk	584	9	#1	1
24	Spitting Off the Edge of the World Yeah Yeah Yeahs	567	7	#1	1
25	Next To Normal Lucius	562	11	#2	–
26	Won't Stand Down Muse	552	8	#5	–
27	Where We Are Lumineers	551	10	#1	1
28	Too Late Now Wet Leg	551	8	#1	1
29	Grace Marcus Mumford	536	12	#9	–
30	Wet Dream Wet Leg	533	6	#1	1
31	Goodbye Mr. Blue Father John Misty	528	10	#13	–
32	Edging blink-182	522	7	#1	1
33	Part Of The Band 1975	508	10	#7	–
34	New Body Rhumba LCD Soundsystem	485	7	#4	–
35	A Little Bit Of Love Weezer	484	12	#2	–
36	I'm Just a Clown Charley Crockett	471	9	#21	–
37	Love Brand New Bob Moses	469	8	#2	–
38	Clarity Vance Joy	464	8	#13	–
39	Sidelines Phoebe Bridgers	462	8	#13	–
40	Softly Arlo Parks	459	9	#11	–
41	Broken Horses Brandi Carlile	459	6	#5	–
42	Shotgun Soccer Mommy	453	11	#10	–
43	My Babe Spoon	450	9	#13	–
44	I'm On Your Side Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	437	8	#12	–
45	Love Me More Mitski	421	7	#7	–
46	Lemon Tree Mt. Joy	415	7	#2	–
47	Mistakes Sharon Van Etten	413	7	#4	–
48	Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender	411	7	#1	1
49	Unconditional 1 (Lookout Kid) The Arcade Fire	410	7	#9	–
50	Believe CAAMP	406	7	#9	–
51	Love Dies Young Foo Fighters	397	6	#3	–
52	Taking Me Back Jack White	397	7	#3	–
53	Roman Holiday Fontaines D.C.	396	9	#4	–
54	Virginia The Head and the Heart	393	8	#12	–
55	Falling Apart (Right Now) Wilco	388	9	#7	–
56	Bad Love DEHD	380	7	#13	–
57	Hard Drive Gold Alt J	372	7	#10	–
58	B-Side Khruangbin & Leon Bridges	372	5	#15	–
59	The Otter CAAMP	368	7	#12	–
60	The Hardest Cut Spoon	364	6	#12	–
61	Miles And Miles The Heavy Heavy	363	7	#10	–
62	Tonight Phoenix	359	8	#12	–
63	These Are the Days Inhaler	356	5	#2	–
64	First High Nikki Lane	349	6	#4	–
65	Chapstick Coin	347	5	#1	1
66	Made Up Mind Bonnie Raitt	347	7	#2	–
67	Stick Season Noah Kahan	346	4	#2	–
68	Saturdays Broken Bells	345	8	#41	–
69	Break My Soul Beyoncé	344	5	#6	–
70	Talk Beabadoobee	343	6	#14	–
71	Runner Alex G	335	7	#4	–
72	Once Twice Melody Beach House	331	6	#3	–
73	2AM Foals	329	5	#14	–
74	Problem With It Plains	324	8	#21	–
75	Should've Been Me Mitski	322	6	#8	–
76	Soul Sweet Song Tedeschi Trucks Band	322	5	#8	–
77	Big Time Angel Olsen	322	5	#22	–
78	Supermodel Maneskin	321	7	#1	1
79	Hollywood Forever Cemetery Allison Ponthier	317	6	#9	–
80	I'm In Love With You 1975	305	9	#14	–
81	Change The War On Drugs	293	5	#14	–
82	Compliance Muse	288	4	#12	–
83	Take A Picture Andrew Bird	285	6	#22	–
84	Warning Signs Band of Horses	279	5	#13	–
85	You and Me On The Rock Brandi Carlile	275	3	#3	–
86	Chaise Longue Wet Leg	273	4	#4	–
87	There'd Better Be A Mirrorball Arctic Monkeys	272	5	#26	–
88	Come Back Trombone Shorty	272	5	#10	–
89	Becoming All Alone Regina Spektor	271	5	#6	–
90	New Gold Gorillaz	269	4	#13	–
91	Until I Found You Stephen Sanchez	265	3	#4	–
92	The Lightning I + II The Arcade Fire	265	4	#9	–
93	Snap Rosa Linn	264	7	#33	–
94	Viva Las Vengeance Panic! at the Disco	258	4	#5	–
95	All The Good Times Angel Olsen	255	5	#6	–
96	Pages White Reaper	254	4	#9	–
97	Running Up That Hill Kate Bush	247	3	#2	–
98	Speeding 72 Momma	246	6	#9	–
99	Brother The Cloud Eddie Vedder	245	6	#30	–
100	Records Weezer	244	6	#12	–

Every station’s number one of 2022

Station	Number one song	Countdown
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
102.7 WEQX	Raised by Wolves The Interrupters	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2022
107.1 The Peak	Seventeen Going Under Sam Fender	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2022
88.3 The Sting	Boyfriend Dove Cameron	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2022
90.9 The Bridge	Playground Flare Tha Rebel	90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2022
93.3 WMMR	Spillways Ghost	WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2022
93X	Zombified Falling in Reverse	93X Top 22 Songs of 2022
98KUPD	Voices in My Head Falling in Reverse	98KUPD Top 98 of 2022
ALT 104.5	Black Summer Red Hot Chili Peppers	ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2022
Exit 97.7	Where We Are The Lumineers	WEXT Top 97 of 2022
Impact 89FM	Good Will Hunting Black Country, New Road	Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2022
Indie 102.3	On the Radio Spoon	Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022
KXT	Off My Mind Joe P	KXT Top 91.7 Songs of 2022
Lightning 100	Brighter Day Michael Franti & Spearhead	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2022
Studio Brussel	Gone The Haunted Youth	Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2022
The Current	Want Want Maggie Rogers	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2022
WBER	Spitting Off The Edge of the World Yeah Yeah Yeahs	WBER Listener Countdown 2022
WERS 88.9	Burning Yeah Yeah Yeahs	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2022
WFUV	Jackie Down The Line Fontaines D.C.	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2022
WTMD	Run Away to Mars Talk	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2022
WXPN	Cosmic Guilt Cosmic Guilt	WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2022
X96	Enemy Imagine Dragons	X96 Top 50 Songs of 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 24 qualifying countdowns. This ranking combines every rock format on the site. Read the full methodology.