200 Greatest Rock Songs Of The 2000s
Top 200 Rock Songs of the 2000s
A new wave of rock music emerged in the 2000s taking listening pleasure to a whole new level. This article is a showcase of the best rock songs of the 2000s.
As the 90s came to an end, a new sound emerged.The grunge and alternative sound that was hugely popular in the 90s paved the way for the modern rock bands.Since the year 2000 the modern rock sound has evolved a great deal with diverse influences driving the enigmatic sounds in various rock formats.The neo-alternative sounds reigned supreme in the early 2000s which helped the nu metal sound flourish.Textural rhythms form the core sound in various modern rock formats.A number of modern rock bands have come up with rock songs that have gone on to become rock anthems.
Rock Music in the 2000s
By the mid 2000s a new revival of garage rock, post punk, dance punk, and noise rock started gaining momentum.
Music centered on catchy guitar riffs has become exceedingly popular in rock formats of the 2000s.Also, the use of electronic elements in mainstream modern rock has become prominent since the mid 2000s. Use of keyboards too has become prominent in various modern rock genres.
Rock radio formats have become exceedingly popular since the mid 2000s.A number of rock radio stations across the United States and Europe have come up since the year 2000, with every station playing diverse playlists of indie rock songs, alternative rock songs and mainstream rock songs.Many Radio stations have segments dedicated to playing rock anthems that have become monumentally big hits worldwide.
In recent years Indie rock has become an integral part of the rock movement.The number of indie bands that have emerged since the mid 2000s is staggering.The indie sound is a colossal representation of diverse musical influences from past and present.What lies in store for rock music in the future? Considering the pace at which the musical movement is evolving, one can say it’s going to be more rock anthems in the days ahead.
The lines below showcase an epic list of the best rock songs of the 2000s.
200 Greatest Rock Songs of the 2000s
- "Kryptonite"- 3 Doors Down
- "Something in Your Mouth"- Nickelback
- "Break"- Three Days Grace
- "It's Not My Time"- 3 Doors Down
- "All My Friends"- LCD Soundsystem
- "Breath"- Breaking Benjamin
- "Take Me Out"- Franz Ferdinand
- "With Arms Wide Open"- Creed
- "Animals”- Nickelback
- "Yellow"- Coldplay
- "Somewhere I Belong"- Linkin Park
- "Awake"- Godsmack
- "Weak and Powerless"- A Perfect Circle
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"- Green Day
- “Seven Nation Army”- The White Stripes
- "Fake It"- Seether
- "The Pretender"- Foo Fighters
- "Clocks"- Coldplay
- "I Disappear”- Metallica
- "It's Been Awhile"- Stained
- "Mr.Brightside"- The Killers
- "Maps"- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- "Californication”- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Just Like You"- Three Days Grace
- "Everything In Its Right Place"- Radiohead
- "Like a Stone"- Audioslave
- "Fell in Love with a Girl"- The White Stripes
- "Losing My Edge"- LCD Soundsystem
- "Cyanide"- Metallica
- “Float On”- Modest Mouse
- "Vertigo"- U2
- "Jaded”- Aerosmith
- "Time to Pretend"- MGMT
- "No Leaf Clover"- Metallica
- "The Reason"- Hoobastank
- "Check My Brain"- Alice in Chains
- "Loser”- 3 Doors Down
- "The Pot"- Tool
- "Use Somebody"- Kings of Leon
- "Sound of Madness"- Shinedown
- "Such Great Heights"- The Postal Service
- "Beautiful Day"- U2
- "No One Knows"- Queens of the Stone Age
- "When You Were Young"- The Killers
- "Photograph"- Nickelback
- "Stiff Upper Lip"- AC/DC
- "Inside the Fire"- Disturbed
- "Chicago"- Sufjan Stevens
- "Happy?"- Mudvayne
- "Lifeline"- Papa Roach
- "Land of Confusion"- Disturbed
- "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"- Arctic Monkeys
- "Send the Pain Below"- Chevelle
- "How To Save a Life"- The Fray
- “Crazy Bitch”- Buckcherry
- "Second Chance"- Shinedown
- "Rebellion (Lies)"- Arcade Fire
- "Pyramid Song"- Radiohead
- "I Don't Care"- Apocalyptica featuring Adam Gontier
- "Somebody Told Me"- The Killers
- "Whiskey Hangover"- Godsmack
- "The Way We Get By"- Spoon
- "Lua"- Bright Eyes
- "Breaking the Habit"- Linkin Park
- "American Idiot"- Green Day
- "Through Glass"- Stone Sour
- "The Rat"- The Walkmen
- "Woman"- Wolfmother
- "I Will Not Bow"- Breaking Benjamin
- "New Divide"- Linkin Park
- "She Hates Me"- Puddle of Mudd
- "Rock 'N Roll Train"- AC/DC
- "The Middle"- Jimmy Eat World
- "Paralyzer"- Finger Eleven
- "The Scientist"- Coldplay
- "Someone Great"- LCD Soundsystem
- "Bad Girlfriend"- Theory of a Deadman
- "Right Here"- Stained
- "New Slang"- The Shins
- "Best of You"- Foo Fighters
- "Viva la Vida"- Coldplay
- "When I'm Gone"- 3 Doors Down
- "This Love"- Maroon 5
- "Hate to Say I Told You So"- The Hives
- "Never Too Late"- Three Days Grace
- "Zero"- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)"- Arcade Fire
- "Slither"- Velvet Revolver
- "By the Way"- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- "Know Your Enemy"- Green Day
- "NYC"- Interpol
- "Speed of Sound"- Coldplay
- "Oxford Comma"- Vampire Weekend
- "Aerials"- System of a Down
- "1234"- Feist
- "Hero"- Chad Kroeger featuring.Josey Scott
- "Psycho"- Puddle of Mudd
- "Svefn-g-englar"- Sigur Ros
- "Two Weeks"- Grizzly Bear
- "Champagne"- Cavo
- "Hey There Delilah"- Plain White T's
- "Holiday"- Green Day
- "Apologize"- One Republic
- "Still Frame"- Trapt
- “Stuck Between Stations”- The Hold Steady
- "Away from Me"- Puddle of Mudd
- "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight"- U2
- "Pain"- Three Days Grace
- "Remedy"- Seether
- "My Sacrifice"- Creed
- "Hope There's Someone"- Antony and the Johnsons
- "B.Y.O.B."- System of a Down
- "Fireworks"- Animal Collective
- "Be Yourself"- Audioslave
- "Crawling"- Linkin Park
- "The Hand That Feeds"- Nine Inch Nails
- "The Day That Never Comes"- Metallica
- “Everybody’s Changing”- Keane
- “Never Again”- Nickelback
- "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)"- Chevelle
- "Stuck Between Stations"- The Hold Steady
- "Numb"- Linkin Park
- "Obstacle 1"- Interpol
- “Steady, As She Goes”- The Raconteurs
- “Headstrong”- Trapt
- "Complicated"- Avril Lavigne
- "Fall to Pieces"- Velvet Revolver
- "Roscoe"- Midlake
- “Last Train Home”- Lost Prophets
- "Uprising"- Muse
- "Stillness Is the Move"- Dirty Projectors
- "Straight Out of Line"- Godsmack
- "Icky Thump"- The White Stripes
- "Save Me"- Shinedown
- "The Underdog"- Spoon
- "Animal I Have Become"- Three Days Grace
- "Staring at the Sun"- TV on the Radio
- "All These Things That I've Done"- The Killers
- "I'm a Cuckoo"- Belle and Sebastian
- “Always”- Saliva
- “Bring Me To Life”- Evanescence
- “I Stand Alone”- Godsmack
- "Cold Hard Bitch"- Jet
- "Speak"- Godsmack
- "I Don't Wanna Stop"- Ozzy Osbourne
- "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"- Jet
- "All My Life"- Foo Fighters
- "Boss of Me"- They Might Be Giants
- “So Far Away”- Stained
- “Skinny Love”- Bon Iver
- "Breakdown"- Tantric
- "Your Body Is a Wonderland"- John Mayer
- “Psychosocial”- Slipknot
- "Calling All Angels"- Train
- "Dani California"- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- “Pork and Beans”- Weezer
- "House of Cards" by Radiohead
- "Devour"- Shinedown
- "You! Me! Dancing!" by Los Campesinos
- "Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own"- U2
- “Hanging By A Moment”- Lifehouse
- "Too Bad"- Nickelback
- “You’re No Rock N’ Roll Fun”- Sleater-Kinny
- "Schism"- Tool
- "What I've Done"- Linkin Park
- "Lisztomania"- Phoenix
- "Vicarious"- Tool
- "She Will Be Loved"- Maroon 5
- “Chop Suey!”- System of a Down
- "Last Resort"- Papa Roach
- "You're Beautiful"- James Blunt
- “Dance Dance”- Fall Out Boy
- "Someday"- The Strokes
- "I Miss You"- blink-182
- “Change (In The House of Files)”- Deftones
- "Hounds of Love"- The Futureheads
- "I Will Possess Your Heart"- Death Cab for Cutie
- "3rd Planet"- Modest Mouse
- "Fat Lip"- Sum 41
- “Seein’ Red”- Unwritten Law
- Cochise- Audioslave
- "It's Not Over"- Daughtry
- "I'll Believe in Anything"- Wolf Parade
- "Chasing Cars"- Snow Patrol
- "Here It Goes Again"- OK Go
- "Before I Forget"- Slipknot
- "Letter from An Occupant"- The New Pornographers
- "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)"- Fuel
- "21 Guns"- Green Day
- "Formed a Band"- Art Brut
- “The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth”- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- “Wish You Were Here”- Incubus
- "Grass"- Animal Collective
- "Nothing Ever Happened"- Deerhunter
- “Still Waiting”- Sum 41
- "Welcome to the Black Parade”- My Chemical Romance
- "Standing in the Way of Control"- Gossip
- "Elevation"- U2
- "Smooth Criminal"- Alien Ant Farm
- "The Funeral"- Band of Horses