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The best alternative rock songs of 2025

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2025: Triple J. Combining every list, the top alternative rock song of 2025 is “Man I Need” by Olivia Dean, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Spacey Jane was the year’s most-charted artist, with five different songs placing 5 times across the countdowns.

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Top 100 songs of 2025

Ranked by combined points across every 2025 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

# Song Strength Lists Best #1s
1 Man I Need Olivia Dean
100		 1 #1 1
2 Dancing2 Keli Holiday
99		 1 #2 –
3 Dracula Tame Impala
98		 1 #3 –
4 Keith Playlunch
97		 1 #4 –
5 Where Is My Husband! RAYE
96		 1 #5 –
6 Whateverrrr Spacey Jane
95		 1 #6 –
7 Nice To Each Other Olivia Dean
94		 1 #7 –
8 12 to 12 sombr
93		 1 #8 –
9 No Broke Boys Disco Lines and Tinashe
92		 1 #9 –
10 Please Don't Move to Melbourne Ball Park Music
91		 1 #10 –
11 So Easy (To Fall in Love) Olivia Dean
90		 1 #11 –
12 Victory Lap Fred Again, PlaqueBoyMax and Skepta
89		 1 #12 –
13 Sally, When The Wine Runs Out Role Model
88		 1 #13 –
14 Rein Me In Sam Fender and Olivia Dean
87		 1 #14 –
15 The Subway Chappell Roan
86		 1 #15 –
16 Dreamin' Dom Dolla
85		 1 #16 –
17 Love Balloon Ocean Alley
84		 1 #17 –
18 Undressed sombr
83		 1 #18 –
19 back to friends sombr
82		 1 #19 –
20 Fame Is a Gun Addison Rae
81		 1 #20 –
21 Car Royel Otis
80		 1 #21 –
22 What Was That Lorde
79		 1 #22 –
23 Disco Cowgirl G Flip
78		 1 #23 –
24 Sugar On My Tongue Tyler, the Creator
77		 1 #24 –
25 All the Noise Spacey Jane
76		 1 #25 –
26 Sports Car Tate McRae
75		 1 #26 –
27 iPod Touch Ninajirachi
74		 1 #27 –
28 Loser Tame Impala
73		 1 #28 –
29 Anxiety Doechii
72		 1 #29 –
30 Basic Being Basic Djo
71		 1 #30 –
31 Through My Teeth Spacey Jane
70		 1 #31 –
32 Stay Fisher
69		 1 #32 –
33 You're a Star Fred Again and Amyl and the Sniffers
68		 1 #33 –
34 moody Royel Otis
67		 1 #34 –
35 Who's Your Boyfriend Royel Otis
66		 1 #35 –
36 End Of Summer Tame Impala
65		 1 #36 –
37 The Giver Chappell Roan
64		 1 #37 –
38 Pussy Palace Lily Allen
63		 1 #38 –
39 Estimated Delivery Spacey Jane
62		 1 #39 –
40 My Old Ways Tame Impala
61		 1 #40 –
41 I'm on Fire (Like a Version) Keli Holiday
60		 1 #41 –
42 How to Kill Houseplants Spacey Jane
59		 1 #42 –
43 First Blush Ocean Alley
58		 1 #43 –
44 Drenched Ocean Alley
57		 1 #44 –
45 Tit for Tat Tate McRae
56		 1 #45 –
46 Yosemite Kettama and Interplanetary Criminal
55		 1 #46 –
47 Fuck My Computer Ninajirachi
54		 1 #47 –
48 It Gets Better (Forever Mix) Kettama
53		 1 #48 –
49 Khe Sanh (Like a Version) Beddy Rays
52		 1 #49 –
50 In Another Life G Flip
51		 1 #50 –
51 Talk of the Town Fred Again, Sammy Virji and Reggie
50		 1 #51 –
52 Revolving Door Tate McRae
49		 1 #52 –
53 Melodramatic Fanatic Lime Cordiale and Ruel
48		 1 #53 –
54 Say Something Royel Otis
47		 1 #54 –
55 Catalonia Dreams The Terrys
46		 1 #55 –
56 Yougotmefeeling Parcels
45		 1 #56 –
57 One Thing Lola Young
44		 1 #57 –
58 Backseat Balu Brigada
43		 1 #58 –
59 Nokia Drake
42		 1 #59 –
60 Dealer Lola Young
41		 1 #60 –
61 Balcony Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
40		 1 #61 –
62 Lady Lady Olivia Dean
39		 1 #62 –
63 White Keys Dominic Fike
38		 1 #63 –
64 Illegal PinkPantheress
37		 1 #64 –
65 Headphones On Addison Rae
36		 1 #65 –
66 Delete Ya Djo
35		 1 #66 –
67 Don't Happy, Be Worry Hilltop Hoods
34		 1 #67 –
68 It's Amazing To Be Young Fontaines D.C.
33		 1 #68 –
69 Shut You Out The Rions
32		 1 #69 –
70 Take On Me (Like a Version) The Dreggs
31		 1 #70 –
71 David Lorde
30		 1 #71 –
72 A Cold Play The Kid Laroi
29		 1 #72 –
73 It's Raining Men (Like a Version) Playlunch
28		 1 #73 –
74 Bed on Fire G Flip
27		 1 #74 –
75 Divine Feelings Vance Joy
26		 1 #75 –
76 All I Am Ninajirachi
25		 1 #76 –
77 Leave Me Alone Reneé Rapp
24		 1 #77 –
78 Everybody Scream Florence And The Machine
23		 1 #78 –
79 Arm's Length Sam Fender
22		 1 #79 –
80 mangetout Wet Leg
21		 1 #80 –
81 Parachute Hayley Williams
20		 1 #81 –
82 Miss Erotica Peach PRC
19		 1 #82 –
83 Everyone Will See It Old Mervs
18		 1 #83 –
84 Send It Back Don West
17		 1 #84 –
85 Never Coming Home Hilltop Hoods and Six60
16		 1 #85 –
86 Something Bigger Than This Hilltop Hoods
15		 1 #86 –
87 Left of the Dealer Ocean Alley
14		 1 #87 –
88 West End Girl Lily Allen
13		 1 #88 –
89 Blackberries Fisher and Bbyclose
12		 1 #89 –
90 Tonight's Entertainment The Rions
11		 1 #90 –
91 We Don't Talk The Dreggs
10		 1 #91 –
92 Lover Girl Laufey
9		 1 #92 –
93 Gossip Confidence Man and Jade
8		 1 #93 –
94 DTMF Bad Bunny
7		 1 #94 –
95 Caramel Sleep Token
6		 1 #95 –
96 Ecstasy Keli Holiday
5		 1 #96 –
97 Running on Empty The Tullamarines
4		 1 #97 –
98 Don't Go Old Mervs
3		 1 #98 –
99 Delete Ninajirachi
2		 1 #99 –
100 Potion Djo
1		 1 #100 –

Every station’s number one of 2025

StationNumber one songCountdown
Triple J Man I Need Olivia Dean Triple J Hottest 100 of 2025

All 2025 countdowns in this ranking

About the 2025 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 2025 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.