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The best hard rock songs of 2023

Q: What was the top hard rock song of 2023?

Combining 2 year-end radio countdowns, the top hard rock song of 2023 is "Need A Favor" by Jelly Roll, which appeared on 2 of the lists.

Two radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2023: 93.3 WMMR and 93X. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 2023 is “Need A Favor” by Jelly Roll, which appeared on two of the two countdowns. Two different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Why Won't You Call Me Back” by The Hooters and “Lost” by Linkin Park. Shinedown was the year’s most-charted artist, with two different songs placing 4 times across the countdowns.

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40songs charted

2different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2023

Ranked by combined points across every 2023 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Need A Favor Jelly Roll	180	2	#2	–
2	Dead Don't Die Shinedown	179	2	#3	–
3	Lost Linkin Park	176	2	#1	1
4	Rescued Foo Fighters	117	2	#10	–
5	Lux Aeterna Metallica	100	1	#1	1
6	72 Seasons Metallica	98	2	#8	–
7	Beguiled The Smashing Pumpkins	96	1	#2	–
8	One of Those Days Ozzy Osbourne	92	1	#3	–
9	Under You Foo Fighters	87	2	#14	–
10	The Death of Peace of Mind Bad Omens	87	1	#4	–
11	A Symptom of Being Human Shinedown	85	2	#9	–
12	Just Pretend Bad Omens	83	1	#5	–
13	Fallin' With Me The Struts	80	1	#6	–
14	Nobody Avenged Sevenfold	78	1	#6	–
15	Lost Bring Me the Horizon	74	1	#7	–
16	Soul On Fire Godsmack	72	1	#8	–
17	Spillways Ghost	68	1	#9	–
18	Angry The Rolling Stones	64	1	#10	–
19	Another Celebration at the End of the World Mammoth WVH	60	1	#11	–
20	Last Resort (Reimagined) Falling in Reverse	57	1	#11	–
21	Deep End I Prevail	52	1	#12	–
22	San Quentin Nickelback	52	1	#13	–
23	One More Time blink-182	51	2	#16	–
24	Surrender Godsmack	48	1	#14	–
25	The Summoning Sleep Token	48	1	#13	–
26	Cage Billy Idol	40	1	#16	–
27	The Dirt I'm Buried In Avatar	39	1	#15	–
28	Kid The Revivalists	36	1	#17	–
29	Won't Take Me Alive Dirty Honey	32	1	#18	–
30	Without Me Dayseeker	30	1	#17	–
31	Who's Laughing Now Durry	26	1	#18	–
32	Meeting The Master Greta Van Fleet	24	1	#20	–
33	Granite Sleep Token	22	1	#19	–
34	Might Love Myself Beartooth	17	1	#20	–
35	Unstoppable Disturbed	13	1	#21	–
36	Atomic City U2	12	1	#23	–
37	Emergency Contact Pierce The Veil	9	1	#22	–
38	The American Dream Is Killing Me Green Day	8	1	#24	–
39	Numb Sleep Theory	4	1	#23	–
40	Why Won't You Call Me Back The Hooters	4	1	#25	–

Every station’s number one of 2023

Station	Number one song	Countdown
93.3 WMMR	Why Won't You Call Me Back The Hooters	WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2023
93X	Lost Linkin Park	93X Top 23 Songs of 2023

All 2023 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2023 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 2023 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 two qualifying countdowns. Each radio format is ranked separately, so classic rock and hard rock countdowns never shift the hard rock results; use the tabs above to switch formats. Read the full methodology.