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The best alternative rock songs of 2024

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2024: Triple J. Combining every list, the top alternative rock song of 2024 is “Good Luck Babe!” by Chappell Roan, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Charli XCX was the year’s most-charted artist, with seven different songs placing 7 times across the countdowns.

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Top 100 songs of 2024

Ranked by combined points across every 2024 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s
1 Good Luck Babe! Chappell Roan
100		 1 #1 1
2 Murder on the Dancefloor (Like a Version) Royel Otis
99		 1 #2 –
3 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish
98		 1 #3 –
4 Messy Lola Young
97		 1 #4 –
5 That's So True Gracie Abrams
96		 1 #5 –
6 Guess Charli XCX
95		 1 #6 –
7 Girls Dom Dolla
94		 1 #7 –
8 Not Like Us Kendrick Lamar
93		 1 #8 –
9 Cruel Summer (Like a Version) G Flip
92		 1 #9 –
10 Leavemealone Fred Again and Baby Keem
91		 1 #10 –
11 Diet Pepsi Addison Rae
90		 1 #11 –
12 Places to Be Fred Again, Anderson .Paak and Chika
89		 1 #12 –
13 Backbone Chase & Status and Stormzy
88		 1 #13 –
14 Cave Dom Dolla and Tove Lo
87		 1 #14 –
15 Tangerine Ocean Alley
86		 1 #15 –
16 Sailor Song Gigi Perez
85		 1 #16 –
17 Lunch Billie Eilish
84		 1 #17 –
18 One Bad Day Spacey Jane
83		 1 #18 –
19 A Bar Song (Tipsy) Shaboozey
82		 1 #19 –
20 Apple Charli XCX
81		 1 #20 –
21 I Like the Way You Kiss Me Artemas
80		 1 #21 –
22 I Love You, I'm Sorry Gracie Abrams
79		 1 #22 –
23 Girls The Kid Laroi
78		 1 #23 –
24 Misses Dominic Fike
77		 1 #24 –
25 I Had Some Help Post Malone
76		 1 #25 –
26 Girl, So Confusing Charli XCX and Lorde
75		 1 #26 –
27 Wildflower Billie Eilish
74		 1 #27 –
28 365 Charli XCX
73		 1 #28 –
29 Saturn SZA
72		 1 #29 –
30 Sticky Tyler, the Creator
71		 1 #30 –
31 Talk Talk Charli XCX
70		 1 #31 –
32 Jerkin' Amyl and the Sniffers
69		 1 #32 –
33 Chihiro Billie Eilish
68		 1 #33 –
34 U Should Not Be Doing That Amyl and the Sniffers
67		 1 #34 –
35 360 Charli XCX
66		 1 #35 –
36 Von Dutch Charli XCX
65		 1 #36 –
37 Obsessed Olivia Rodrigo
64		 1 #37 –
38 What You've Lost Old Mervs
63		 1 #38 –
39 Heading for the Door Royel Otis
62		 1 #39 –
40 Million Dollar Baby Tommy Richman
61		 1 #40 –
41 It's OK I'm OK Tate McRae
60		 1 #41 –
42 Denial Is a River Doechii
59		 1 #42 –
43 Like Love Ball Park Music
58		 1 #43 –
44 Foam Royel Otis
57		 1 #44 –
45 Close to You Gracie Abrams
56		 1 #45 –
46 Physical Medicine The Rions
55		 1 #46 –
47 2 Hands Tate McRae
54		 1 #47 –
48 Starburster Fontaines D.C.
53		 1 #48 –
49 Risk Gracie Abrams
52		 1 #49 –
50 Baby I'm Back The Kid Laroi
51		 1 #50 –
51 Sexy To Someone Clairo
50		 1 #51 –
52 Home Good Neighbours
49		 1 #52 –
53 Kool-Aid Bring Me the Horizon
48		 1 #53 –
54 Juna Clairo
47		 1 #54 –
55 L'Amour de Ma Vie Billie Eilish
46		 1 #55 –
56 Luther Kendrick Lamar & SZA
45		 1 #56 –
57 Homesick Noah Kahan and Sam Fender
44		 1 #57 –
58 Music Is Better Rüfüs Du Sol
43		 1 #58 –
59 The Greatest Billie Eilish
42		 1 #59 –
60 Cold Treatment Lime Cordiale
41		 1 #60 –
61 Passionfruit The Rions
40		 1 #61 –
62 I Only Smoke When I Drink Nimino
39		 1 #62 –
63 Texas Hold'Em Beyoncé
38		 1 #63 –
64 Training Season Dua Lipa
37		 1 #64 –
65 Lithonia Childish Gambino
36		 1 #65 –
66 One of Your Girls (Like a Version) Missy Higgins
35		 1 #66 –
67 A Little Closer Diffrent
34		 1 #67 –
68 Favorite Fontaines D.C.
33		 1 #68 –
69 Let's Go Back Jungle
32		 1 #69 –
70 She's Gone, Dance On Disclosure
31		 1 #70 –
71 Us Gracie Abrams
30		 1 #71 –
72 A Tear in Space (Airlock) Glass Animals
29		 1 #72 –
73 Creatures In Heaven Glass Animals
28		 1 #73 –
74 It Boy bbno$
27		 1 #74 –
75 Calling After Me WALLOWS
26		 1 #75 –
76 Lucy Pacific Avenue
25		 1 #76 –
77 Run for the Hills Tate McRae
24		 1 #77 –
78 The Feminine Urge Last Dinner Party
23		 1 #78 –
79 Black Balloon The Rubens
22		 1 #79 –
80 Break My Love Rüfüs Du Sol
21		 1 #80 –
81 Darling, I Tyler, the Creator
20		 1 #81 –
82 Ratatata Babymetal and Electric Callboy
19		 1 #82 –
83 People Watching Sam Fender
18		 1 #83 –
84 St. Chroma Tyler, the Creator
17		 1 #84 –
85 Timeless The Weeknd and Playboi Carti
16		 1 #85 –
86 If Our Love Is Dead Royel Otis
15		 1 #86 –
87 Lately Rüfüs Du Sol
14		 1 #87 –
88 Boost Up Fisher and Flowdan
13		 1 #88 –
89 Enough of the Sweet Talk Lime Cordiale
12		 1 #89 –
90 Euphoria Kendrick Lamar
11		 1 #90 –
91 Band4Band Central Cee and Lil Baby
10		 1 #91 –
92 Blue Billie Eilish
9		 1 #92 –
93 Club Classics Charli XCX
8		 1 #93 –
94 Ocean Fisher and Ar/Co
7		 1 #94 –
95 Redrum 21 Savage
6		 1 #95 –
96 Nissan Altima Doechii
5		 1 #96 –
97 tv off Kendrick Lamar
4		 1 #97 –
98 Top 10 Statues That Cried Blood Bring Me the Horizon
3		 1 #98 –
99 Iluv Effy and Mall Grab
2		 1 #99 –
100 Type Shit Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott and Playboi Carti
1		 1 #100 –

Every station’s number one of 2024

StationNumber one songCountdown
Triple J Good Luck, Babe! Chappell Roan Triple J Hottest 100 of 2024

All 2024 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2024 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 2024 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 one 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.