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The best alternative rock songs of 2024

Seven radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2024: The Buzz, 101X, 102.7 WEQX, Impact 89FM, KALX 90.7, WBER and Triple J. Combining every list, the top alternative rock song of 2024 is “Starburster” by Fontaines D.C., which appeared on five of the seven countdowns and was voted number one by two of them. Six different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Starburster” by Fontaines D.C. (2 stations), “Landmines” by Sum 41, “Dilemma” by Green Day, “Von Dutch” by Charli XCX and “Strange World” by La Luz and others. Charli XCX was the year’s most-charted artist, with eight different songs placing 10 times across the countdowns.

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

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s
1 Starburster Fontaines D.C.
362		 5 #1 2
2 That's How I'm Feeling Jack White
339		 4 #6 –
3 Neon Pill Cage The Elephant
285		 3 #2 –
4 Wreckage Pearl Jam
259		 4 #14 –
5 Creatures In Heaven Glass Animals
258		 4 #7 –
6 Rainbow Cage The Elephant
257		 3 #9 –
7 Panoramic View AWOLNATION
244		 3 #18 –
8 Dark Matter Pearl Jam
207		 4 #21 –
9 Dilemma Green Day
197		 2 #1 1
10 Good Luck Babe! Chappell Roan
192		 2 #1 1
11 Chihiro Billie Eilish
192		 3 #23 –
12 One More Time blink-182
192		 2 #3 –
13 Beautiful People (Stay High) The Black Keys
190		 3 #8 –
14 Nothing Matters Last Dinner Party
189		 3 #14 –
15 Mustang Kings of Leon
186		 4 #35 –
16 A Fragile Thing The Cure
182		 4 #41 –
17 Stargazing Myles Smith
179		 3 #31 –
18 The Craving Twenty One Pilots
175		 2 #5 –
19 Sad In Carolina Dexter and the Moonrocks
174		 2 #10 –
20 The Glass Foo Fighters
173		 2 #6 –
21 Leave A Light On Papa Roach
169		 2 #11 –
22 Everything We Lost In The Fire Blue October
167		 2 #13 –
23 Fly Chicano Batman
167		 2 #25 –
24 The Embrace I Force + Jarboe
167		 1 #19 –
25 Von Dutch Charli XCX
165		 2 #1 1
26 The Emptiness Machine Linkin Park
164		 2 #17 –
27 U Should Not Be Doing That Amyl and the Sniffers
161		 2 #32 –
28 365 Charli XCX
155		 2 #17 –
29 A Tear in Space (Airlock) Glass Animals
154		 4 #8 –
30 Alone The Cure
152		 2 #2 –
31 The American Dream Is Killing Me Green Day
150		 2 #12 –
32 Make It All Right The Offspring
148		 2 #13 –
33 All In Good Time Iron and Wine
147		 2 #22 –
34 Home Good Neighbours
146		 2 #4 –
35 Pretty Vicious The Struts
145		 2 #10 –
36 Murder on the Dancefloor Royel Otis
142		 2 #24 –
37 Sexy To Someone Clairo
141		 2 #45 –
38 nice to know you LovelyTheBand
138		 2 #17 –
39 Image Magdalena Bay
136		 2 #14 –
40 Love Of A Girl Avett Brothers
131		 2 #13 –
41 You're Gonna Get It 311
130		 3 #31 –
42 Lunch Billie Eilish
129		 2 #17 –
43 End Of Beginning Djo
128		 2 #29 –
44 Overcompensate Twenty One Pilots
127		 2 #29 –
45 Friendly Fire Linkin Park
125		 2 #25 –
46 A Symptom of Being Human Shinedown
122		 2 #5 –
47 The Death of Peace of Mind Bad Omens
120		 2 #16 –
48 Under You Foo Fighters
119		 2 #9 –
49 Life Is Jessica Pratt
118		 2 #2 –
50 Bobby Sox Green Day
116		 2 #33 –
51 Detroit Badflower
110		 2 #35 –
52 Wake Up Imagine Dragons
110		 2 #42 –
53 Too Sweet Hozier
109		 2 #3 –
54 Burning Down The House Paramore
107		 2 #44 –
55 Good People Mumford & Sons
107		 2 #43 –
56 The Break Blame My Youth
106		 2 #34 –
57 All in My Head The Linda Lindas
105		 2 #12 –
58 Superstar Rainbow Kitten Surprise
105		 2 #45 –
59 All In My Head blink-182
105		 2 #28 –
60 Nissan Altima Doechii
104		 2 #2 –
61 Let's Go Back Jungle
104		 2 #30 –
62 My Condition Dead Poet Society
103		 2 #39 –
63 Eyes Closed Imagine Dragons
103		 2 #26 –
64 All A Mystery Phantogram
102		 2 #31 –
65 Sighommi The Smashing Pumpkins
102		 2 #40 –
66 Landmines Sum 41
100		 1 #1 1
67 Strange World La Luz
100		 1 #1 1
68 Sharaf Sahra Halgan
100		 1 #3 –
69 Lobster Telephone Peggy Gou
99		 1 #4 –
70 Mahal Glass Beams
99		 1 #5 –
71 Nobody's Soldier Hozier
99		 1 #2 –
72 Murder on the Dancefloor (Like a Version) Royel Otis
99		 1 #2 –
73 Real Or Magic Shannon and the Clams
99		 1 #6 –
74 Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl yeule
99		 1 #7 –
75 Something blue Hiroshi Yoshimura
99		 1 #8 –
76 Cheap Grazia
98		 1 #9 –
77 The Latter Years C Jackson Greenberg
98		 1 #174 –
78 Too Much Girl In Red
98		 2 #47 –
79 Passport brabrabra
98		 1 #10 –
80 Moving Without Touching Rubblebucket
98		 1 #3 –
81 BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish
98		 1 #3 –
82 The Vow Shannon and the Clams
98		 1 #11 –
83 Inversion Martina Bertoni
98		 1 #12 –
84 Like Him Tyler, the Creator
98		 1 #3 –
85 Flutter MIZU
98		 1 #13 –
86 Up The Mountain Regina Spektor
98		 1 #3 –
87 Paris 73 Zwei Can
97		 1 #14 –
88 Ah Yeh Beak>
97		 1 #15 –
89 Northern Attitude Noah Kahan
97		 1 #4 –
90 Messy Lola Young
97		 1 #4 –
91 Malungu Bixiga 70
97		 1 #16 –
92 Mare Mare Newen Afrobeat
97		 1 #17 –
93 Aquamarine Addison Rae
97		 1 #4 –
94 Scatterbrain Juicebumps
97		 1 #18 –
95 My Mirror Meg Myers
96		 1 #4 –
96 Down Here Waiting Blue October
96		 2 #22 –
97 Mad Rush Philip Glass
96		 1 #20 –
98 Vertigo Beach Bunny
96		 1 #5 –
99 Feel Like That Sublime
96		 2 #6 –
100 That's So True Gracie Abrams
96		 1 #5 –

Every station’s number one of 2024

StationNumber one songCountdown
The Buzz Landmines Sum 41 The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2024
101X Dilemma Green Day 101X Most Requested and Most Played Songs of 2024
102.7 WEQX Starburster Fontaines D.C. WEQX Top 102.7 of 2024
Impact 89FM Von Dutch Charli XCX Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2024
KALX 90.7 Strange World La Luz KALX 500 Most Played New Songs in 2024
WBER Starburster Fontaines D.C. WBER Listener Countdown 2024
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 seven 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.