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The best rock songs of 2024

Q: What was the top rock song of 2024?

Combining 23 year-end radio countdowns, the top rock song of 2024 is "That's How I'm Feeling" by Jack White, which appeared on 16 of the lists.

23 radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2024: The Buzz, 101X, 102.7 WEQX, 107.1 The Peak, 90.9 The Bridge, 93.3 WMMR, 93X, 94.3 KILO, 98KUPD, Exit 97.7, Impact 89FM, Indie 102.3, KALX 90.7, KXT, Lightning 100, The Current, WBER, WERS 88.9, WFUV, WNXP 91.ONE, WTMD, WXPN and Triple J. Combining every list, the top rock song of 2024 is “That's How I'm Feeling” by Jack White, which appeared on 16 of the 23 countdowns. 19 different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Dilemma” by Green Day (2 stations), “Starburster” by Fontaines D.C. (2 stations), “Too Sweet” by Hozier (2 stations), “Good Luck, Babe” by Chappell Roan (2 stations) and “Landmines” by Sum 41 and others. Fontaines D.C. was the year’s most-charted artist, with six different songs placing 29 times across the countdowns.

23countdowns

1,415songs charted

19different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2024

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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	That's How I'm Feeling Jack White	1,242	16	#2	–
2	Too Sweet Hozier	1,161	13	#1	3
3	Starburster Fontaines D.C.	1,081	14	#1	3
4	Cardinal Kacey Musgraves	1,069	12	#2	–
5	Don't Forget Me Maggie Rogers	944	11	#1	2
6	Burial Ground The Decemberists	873	12	#6	–
7	All In Good Time Iron and Wine	870	11	#9	–
8	Sexy To Someone Clairo	864	12	#2	–
9	Right Back to It Waxahatchee	839	13	#1	2
10	Broken Man St. Vincent	795	13	#4	–
11	Neon Pill Cage The Elephant	784	11	#2	–
12	She's Leaving You M J Lenderman	784	11	#1	1
13	Peaceful Place Leon Bridges	767	11	#3	–
14	A Fragile Thing The Cure	748	13	#11	–
15	Rainbow Cage The Elephant	738	10	#5	–
16	Wreckage Pearl Jam	729	15	#11	–
17	Good Together Lake Street Dive	729	9	#3	–
18	Good Luck Babe! Chappell Roan	728	8	#1	3
19	Love Of A Girl Avett Brothers	728	13	#13	–
20	Supersad Suki Waterhouse	715	11	#8	–
21	Capricorn Vampire Weekend	715	12	#11	–
22	The Feminine Urge Last Dinner Party	706	11	#15	–
23	Beautiful People (Stay High) The Black Keys	674	11	#7	–
24	Favorite Fontaines D.C.	636	10	#3	–
25	Dark Matter Pearl Jam	615	13	#4	–
26	Nobody's Soldier Hozier	607	10	#2	–
27	Lunch Billie Eilish	591	8	#8	–
28	Worthy Mavis Staples	582	11	#19	–
29	Speyside Bon Iver	568	9	#9	–
30	Gild The Lily Billy Strings	563	8	#5	–
31	Call Me (Whatever You Like) Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	552	10	#2	–
32	Floating Parade Michael Kiwanuka	551	11	#5	–
33	Running Norah Jones	520	9	#21	–
34	Beaches Beabadoobee	518	12	#17	–
35	Bored Waxahatchee	506	11	#2	–
36	Mustang Kings of Leon	492	9	#5	–
37	The Emptiness Machine Linkin Park	487	6	#2	–
38	Death Valley High Orville Peck	485	10	#24	–
39	Heartless Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats	476	8	#9	–
40	A Love International Khruangbin	471	9	#13	–
41	Happiness The Heavy Heavy	460	8	#16	–
42	Creatures In Heaven Glass Animals	456	9	#7	–
43	Alone The Cure	436	7	#2	–
44	Driver Soccer Mommy	433	9	#23	–
45	Tiny Moves Bleachers	425	7	#22	–
46	She Cleans Up Father John Misty	423	7	#9	–
47	Step Into Your Power Ray LaMontagne	412	9	#24	–
48	Texas Hold'Em Beyoncé	412	6	#9	–
49	Classical Vampire Weekend	411	8	#22	–
50	Take A Bite Beabadoobee	408	9	#26	–
51	Dilemma Green Day	404	5	#1	2
52	Prove It to You Brittany Howard	402	8	#12	–
53	Docket Blondshell	393	7	#9	–
54	Bright Lights The Killers	393	6	#17	–
55	Giving Up Michigander	391	7	#15	–
56	BIRDS OF A FEATHER Billie Eilish	386	4	#3	–
57	Vertigo Beach Bunny	386	6	#5	–
58	Ice Cream (Pay Phone) Black Pumas	370	6	#25	–
59	Wanting and Waiting Black Crowes	368	4	#3	–
60	Cinderella Remi Wolf	360	5	#10	–
61	Big Time Nothing St. Vincent	360	9	#35	–
62	Oh No! The Decemberists	339	8	#23	–
63	Keep Going Guster	333	6	#17	–
64	American Dreaming Sierra Ferrell	332	6	#20	–
65	Dance With A Stranger Lake Street Dive	324	6	#16	–
66	$10 Cowboy Charley Crockett	322	6	#22	–
67	In The Living Room Maggie Rogers	319	7	#10	–
68	Lithonia Childish Gambino	315	5	#6	–
69	U Should Not Be Doing That Amyl and the Sniffers	311	4	#12	–
70	Northern Attitude Noah Kahan	310	5	#4	–
71	Run Your Mouth The Marias	307	7	#18	–
72	Paranoid Hippo Campus	307	6	#25	–
73	Up All Night James Bay	305	4	#8	–
74	Murder on the Dancefloor Royel Otis	302	4	#23	–
75	Chihiro Billie Eilish	301	5	#14	–
76	Fly Chicano Batman	296	5	#24	–
77	We Were Never Alive Brigitte Calls Me Baby	294	6	#30	–
78	Highway Queen Mt. Joy	294	6	#34	–
79	Deeper Well Kacey Musgraves	292	4	#8	–
80	Superstar Rainbow Kitten Surprise	286	7	#44	–
81	All in My Head The Linda Lindas	285	5	#12	–
82	Annihilation Wilco	283	7	#43	–
83	Mood Ring DEHD	278	6	#13	–
84	Sunshine Getaway JD McPherson	278	7	#20	–
85	Live For You Thee Sacred Souls	274	7	#24	–
86	Landmines Sum 41	272	3	#1	1
87	Save It For Later Eddie Vedder	270	4	#8	–
88	Labour Paris Paloma	265	5	#3	–
89	Make It All Right The Offspring	264	4	#11	–
90	I Guess Time Just Makes Fools of us All Father John Misty	263	4	#16	–
91	The Door Teddy Swims	261	3	#8	–
92	Stargazing Myles Smith	260	5	#31	–
93	Nothing Matters Last Dinner Party	252	4	#14	–
94	Old Tape Lucius	251	7	#45	–
95	Awaken Breaking Benjamin	247	4	#8	–
96	Messy Lola Young	245	5	#4	–
97	Panoramic View AWOLNATION	244	3	#18	–
98	Low Sun Hermanos Gutierrez	242	5	#39	–
99	Too Much Girl In Red	242	4	#26	–
100	The American Dream Is Killing Me Green Day	241	3	#10	–

Every station’s number one of 2024

Station	Number one song	Countdown
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
107.1 The Peak	Too Sweet Hozier	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2024
90.9 The Bridge	HOT TO GO! Chappell Roan	90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2024
93.3 WMMR	Pretty Vicious The Struts	WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2024
93X	Dilemma Green Day	93X Top 24 Songs of 2024
94.3 KILO	Vilified Jerry Cantrell	KILO's Top 30 Kountdown of 2024
98KUPD	Feedback A Day To Remember	98KUPD Top 98 of 2024
Exit 97.7	Don't Forget Me Maggie Rogers	WEXT Top 106 of 2024
Impact 89FM	Von Dutch Charli XCX	Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2024
Indie 102.3	Good Luck, Babe Chappell Roan	Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2024
KALX 90.7	Strange World La Luz	KALX 500 Most Played New Songs in 2024
KXT	Yes Man Remy Reilly	KXT Top 91 Songs of 2024
Lightning 100	Scared to Start Michael Marcagi	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024
The Current	I'd Miss The Birds Joy Oladokun	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2024
WBER	Starburster Fontaines D.C.	WBER Listener Countdown 2024
WERS 88.9	Too Sweet Hozier	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2024
WFUV	She's Leaving You MJ Lenderman	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2024
WNXP 91.ONE	Good Things BEAN.	WNXP 91 Most Played Songs of 2024
WTMD	Like I Say Nilufer Yanya	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2024
WXPN	Together Snacktime	WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 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 23 qualifying countdowns. This ranking combines every rock format on the site. Read the full methodology.