What was the top rock song of 2025?

Combining 23 year-end radio countdowns, the top rock song of 2025 is "catch these fists" by Wet Leg, which appeared on 17 of the lists.

Year-end consensus · All Rock Formats · 23 countdowns combined

The best rock songs of 2025

23 radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 2025: The Buzz, 102.7 WEQX, 107.1 The Peak, 88.3 The Sting, 90.5 WERG, 90.9 The Bridge, 91.3 The Summit, 93X, 98KUPD, Exit 97.7, Indie 102.3, KALX 90.7, KXT, Lightning 100, The Current, WBER, WERS 88.9, WFUV, WNXP 91.ONE, WTMD, WXPN, WYEP and Triple J. Combining every list, the top rock song of 2025 is “catch these fists” by Wet Leg, which appeared on 17 of the 23 countdowns and was voted number one by three of them. 20 different songs were voted number one somewhere: “Never Enough” by Turnstile (2 stations), “Catch These Fists” by Wet Leg (2 stations), “It's Amazing to Be Young” by Fontaines D.C. (2 stations), “Messy” by Lola Young and “Madalena” by Goose and others. Wet Leg was the year’s most-charted artist, with five different songs placing 41 times across the countdowns.

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1,170songs charted

20different #1s

Top 100 songs of 2025

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

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	catch these fists Wet Leg	1,516	17	#1	3
2	mangetout Wet Leg	1,372	19	#1	2
3	Everybody Scream Florence And The Machine	1,274	17	#1	1
4	moody Royel Otis	1,204	19	#5	–
5	This Is The Killer Speaking Last Dinner Party	1,182	16	#3	–
6	Sally, When The Wine Runs Out Role Model	1,116	15	#5	–
7	Dracula Tame Impala	1,056	14	#3	–
8	Nothing I Need Lord Huron	1,043	15	#7	–
9	White Horses Wolf Alice	983	12	#3	–
10	Elderberry Wine Wednesday	951	13	#1	1
11	Horses Jesse Welles	949	12	#1	1
12	Everybody Laughs David Byrne	931	12	#6	–
13	It's Amazing To Be Young Fontaines D.C.	910	15	#1	2
14	Time Waited My Morning Jacket	904	12	#1	1
15	Another Life Alabama Shakes	893	14	#3	–
16	Lucy Mt. Joy	793	12	#3	–
17	Everything Is Peaceful Love Bon Iver	775	12	#2	–
18	Sushi and Coca Cola St. Paul & The Broken Bones	773	12	#8	–
19	Enough Jeff Tweedy	770	15	#10	–
20	NEVER ENOUGH Turnstile	713	12	#1	1
21	Ankles Lucy Dacus	704	11	#5	–
22	Metal The Beths	694	11	#18	–
23	Bloom Baby Bloom Wolf Alice	694	12	#11	–
24	Elegantly wasted Hermanos Gutierrez	692	14	#2	–
25	Madalena Goose	682	10	#1	1
26	Same Old Song Lumineers	681	13	#2	–
27	Rushmere Mumford & Sons	675	11	#9	–
28	Messy Lola Young	673	7	#1	1
29	Relationships Haim	673	12	#4	–
30	As Alive As You Need to Be Nine Inch Nails	639	9	#3	–
31	I Want You (Fever) Momma	628	12	#13	–
32	Watch Me Go Lord Huron	621	11	#7	–
33	Archbishop Harold Holmes Jack White	612	8	#2	–
34	What Was That Lorde	599	12	#22	–
35	back to friends sombr	570	9	#2	–
36	Incomprehensible Big Thief	563	11	#10	–
37	Returning To Myself Brandi Carlile	536	8	#16	–
38	Rubber Band Man Mumford & Sons	535	10	#2	–
39	Stay In Your Lane Courtney Barnett	520	9	#10	–
40	Give It Time Goose	518	8	#4	–
41	Spike Island Pulp	517	9	#10	–
42	Big Money Jon Batiste	511	9	#17	–
43	The Night Before The Black Keys	509	9	#13	–
44	Everyday Magic My Morning Jacket	505	8	#11	–
45	No Rain, No Flowers The Black Keys	504	8	#5	–
46	Caroline Mumford & Sons	500	8	#5	–
47	Afterlife Alex G	493	8	#9	–
48	Cobra Geese	487	8	#9	–
49	Wreck Neko Case	477	11	#3	–
50	Idiot Box Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory	462	9	#1	1
51	Ordinary Creature Of Monsters And Men	458	12	#28	–
52	Let Things Go CAAMP	457	9	#14	–
53	Spaceman in Tulsa Counting Crows	454	7	#7	–
54	That's Gonna Leave a Mark Molly Tuttle	454	8	#3	–
55	Taxes Geese	448	6	#5	–
56	Downstairs Matt Maeson	443	8	#26	–
57	Save Your Soul Kathleen Edwards	428	8	#7	–
58	Human Brandi Carlile	424	6	#10	–
59	Mistakes CAAMP	419	7	#15	–
60	Chateau Blues Spoon	418	8	#26	–
61	The Happy Dictator Gorillaz	416	7	#6	–
62	Coyote Mt. Joy	409	7	#5	–
63	Tanana Portugal. The Man	403	9	#22	–
64	Straight Line Was A Lie The Beths	390	8	#16	–
65	Lover Girl Laufey	388	6	#8	–
66	Inept Apollo Nation of Language	388	8	#15	–
67	Guess I'm Falling In Love Spoon	387	8	#12	–
68	The Subway Chappell Roan	378	5	#2	–
69	Metaverse Cage The Elephant	375	7	#15	–
70	Up From The Bottom Linkin Park	368	5	#4	–
71	Ensenada Sublime	364	4	#1	2
72	Joy, Joy! Valerie June	360	6	#17	–
73	Nice To Each Other Olivia Dean	359	5	#7	–
74	After The Setting Sun The Head and the Heart	355	6	#12	–
75	Arrow The Head and the Heart	348	6	#13	–
76	Today's Song Foo Fighters	340	5	#7	–
77	Even If It Kills Me Papa Roach	333	4	#2	–
78	Sailor Song Gigi Perez	329	5	#16	–
79	One Thing Lola Young	329	5	#18	–
80	Anxiety Doechii	328	4	#10	–
81	Lonesome Drifter Charley Crockett	324	8	#9	–
82	Apologies Three Days Grace	324	5	#9	–
83	Seein' Stars Turnstile	322	5	#1	1
84	What Is The Reason For It? David Byrne	321	7	#24	–
85	Wheel Jesse Welles	318	8	#5	–
86	Picture Window Japanese Breakfast	317	8	#23	–
87	Crucified Son Charley Crockett	308	5	#10	–
88	Bury Me Jason Isbell	303	5	#8	–
89	Your Direction Goose	301	6	#10	–
90	Basic Being Basic Djo	296	7	#12	–
91	Sugar In The Tank Julien Baker & Torres	294	8	#24	–
92	Townies Wednesday	289	6	#34	–
93	Nose on the grindstone Tyler Childers	287	5	#4	–
94	Parachute Hayley Williams	284	5	#12	–
95	Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down Margo Price	281	5	#6	–
96	Nice To Meet You Myles Smith	279	4	#16	–
97	Favorite Fontaines D.C.	277	4	#9	–
98	Silver Lining Laufey	275	5	#19	–
99	So Far So Fake Pierce The Veil	272	5	#4	–
100	Mud Waxahatchee	271	5	#23	–

Every station’s number one of 2025

Station	Number one song	Countdown
The Buzz	Never Enough Turnstile	The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2025
102.7 WEQX	Messy Lola Young	WEQX Top 102.7 of 2025
107.1 The Peak	Madalena Goose	WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2025
88.3 The Sting	Glide NEIKED feat. Portugal. The Man	88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2025
90.5 WERG	Ensenada Sublime	WERG Top 90 of 2025
90.9 The Bridge	Catch These Fists Wet Leg	90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2025
91.3 The Summit	Grown Now D.K. Harrell	The Summit FM Top 91 Songs of 2025
93X	Never Enough Turnstile	93X Top 25 Songs of 2025
98KUPD	Bad Guy Falling in Reverse	98KUPD Top 98 of 2025
Exit 97.7	You Won't Dig My Grave Josh Ritter	WEXT Top 106 of 2025
Indie 102.3	It's Amazing to Be Young Fontaines D.C.	Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2025
KALX 90.7	Hyperglyph Chicago Underground Duo	KALX 300 Most Played New Songs in 2025
KXT	Josh Tillman and the Accidental Dose Father John Misty	KXT Top 91 Songs of 2025
Lightning 100	Pyramid Scheme Hurray For The Riff Raff	Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2025
The Current	Man On A Mission The Black Keys	The Current Top 89 Songs of 2025
WBER	Catch These Fists Wet Leg	WBER Listener Countdown 2025
WERS 88.9	Everybody Scream Florence + The Machine	WERS Top 88 Songs of 2025
WFUV	mangetout Wet Leg	WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2025
WNXP 91.ONE	It's Amazing To Be Young Fontaines D.C.	WNXP 91 Most Played Songs of 2025
WTMD	City Lights Seven Teller	WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2025
WXPN	The World's Gone Wrong Lucinda Williams	WXPN Top 100 Songs of 2025
WYEP	Horses Jesse Welles	WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2025
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 23 qualifying countdowns. This ranking combines every rock format on the site. Read the full methodology.