The Top 100 Rock Songs from the 2000s

If you want to discover the definitive top 100 2000s rock songs, this is the list you need to read.

The turn of the millennium was a fascinatingly diverse era where rock music proved its resilience. From the massive indie rock revival spearheaded by bands like The White Stripes to the global chart dominance of Linkin Park and Foo Fighters, guitar music refused to back down.

We curated this top 100 list based on your Rock 2000 votes, global radio airplay, streaming data, single sales, and ultimate fan favorites. Plus, you can listen to our playlist of the top 20 songs from each decade.

Join us as we dive into the Y2K era and rank the greatest tracks that soundtracked the digital music revolution, continuing our ultimate countdown series: Let There Be Rock.

1. System Of A Down — Chop Suey!

2. Linkin Park — In The End

3. Kings Of Leon — Sex On Fire

4. The White Stripes — Seven Nation Army

5. Foo Fighters — All My Life

6. Evanescence — Bring Me To Life

7. 3 Doors Down — Kryptonite

8. The Killers — Mr. Brightside

9. Tool — The Pot

10. Green Day — Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

11. Audioslave — Like A Stone

12. Linkin Park — Numb

13. Blindspott — Nil By Mouth

14. Foo Fighters — The Pretender

15. Disturbed — Down With The Sickness

16. Red Hot Chili Peppers — By The Way

17. Queens Of The Stone Age — No One Knows

18. Nickelback — How You Remind Me

19. Papa Roach — Last Resort

20. My Chemical Romance — Welcome To The Black Parade

21. Tool — Schism

22. Blindspott — Phlex

23. Staind — It’s Been Awhile

24. Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody

25. Foo Fighters — Best Of You

26. Shihad — Run

27. Slipknot — Duality

28. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Dani California

29. Puddle Of Mudd — Blurry

30. Franz Ferdinand — Take Me Out

31. Audioslave — Cochise

32. Tenacious D — Tribute

33. Breaking Benjamin — The Diary Of Jane

34. Green Day — American Idiot

35. System Of A Down — B.Y.O.B

36. Metallica — I Disappear

37. Fuel — Hemorrhage (In My Hands)

38. Coldplay — Yellow

39. Korn — Coming Undone

40. Linkin Park — Papercut

41. Slipknot — Snuff

42. Rage Against The Machine — Sleep Now In The Fire

43. A Perfect Circle — Judith

44. Powderfinger — My Happiness

45. Limp Bizkit — Take A Look Around

46. Incubus — Drive

47. Korn — Word Up

48. Drowning Pool — Bodies

49. Stone Sour — Through Glass

50. Nickelback — Photograph

51. System Of A Down — Toxicity

52. Linkin Park — One Step Closer

53. Chevelle — The Red

54. Elemeno P — Fast Times In Tahoe

55. Shihad — Bullitproof

56. Weta — Got The Ju

57. Creed — With Arms Wide Open

58. Rise Against — Hero Of War

59. The Strokes — Last Nite

60. Shihad — Comfort Me

61. Metallica — The Day That Never Comes

62. Disturbed — Land Of Confusion

63. My Chemical Romance — Teenagers

64. Tool — Lateralus

65. Slipknot — Psychosocial

66. P.O.D. — Youth Of The Nation

67. Foo Fighters — Times Like These

68. Jet — Cold Hard Bitch

69. Steriogram — Walkie Talkie Man

70. Jet — Are You Gonna Be My Girl

71. Jimmy Eat World — The Middle

72. Disturbed — Prayer

73. My Chemical Romance — Famous Last Words

74. Finger Eleven — Paralyzer

75. Blindspott — Room To Breathe

76. Fall Out Boy — This Ain't A Scene It's An Arms Race

77. Sum 41 — Fat Lip

78. Velvet Revolver — Slither

79. System Of A Down — Aerials

80. Linkin Park — New Divide

81. Goodshirt — Sophie

82. Puddle Of Mudd — She Hates Me

83. The Feelers — Larger Than Life

84. Muse — Plug In Baby

85. 30 Seconds To Mars — The Kill

86. Tool — Parabola

87. Blindspott — Mind Dependency

88. Linkin Park — What I’ve Done

89. Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag

90. Green Day — 21 Guns

91. Pearl Jam — The Fixer

92. Weta — Calling On

93. Wolfmother — Woman

94. Limp Bizkit — Rollin'

95. Elemeno P — 11:57

96. Snow Patrol — Chasing Cars

97. Seether ft. Amy Lee — Broken

98. Tadpole — Alright

99. Dave Dobbyn — Welcome Home

100. Creed — One Last Breath

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