This is our selection of the best rock music of 2001. It is not your average year-end chart, but in our opinion, it is the only one that counts. Is your favorite song on the list? Let us know!
Top 100 Rock Songs of 2001
| # | Title - Artist | PP | WoC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It's Been Awhile - Staind | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Jaded - Aerosmith | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Duck And Run - 3 Doors Down | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Outside - Aaron Lewis Of Staind With Fred Durst | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Breakdown - Tantric | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Awake - Godsmack | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | How You Remind Me - Nickelback | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | My Sacrifice - Creed | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Loser - 3 Doors Down | 1 | 32 |
| 10 | Gets Me Through - Ozzy Osbourne | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Schism - Tool | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Hemorrhage (In My Hands) - Fuel | 2 | 24 |
| 13 | In The End - Linkin Park | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | Greed - Godsmack | 3 | 9 |
| 15 | Crawling - Linkin Park | 3 | 15 |
| 16 | Rise - The Cult | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | Your Disease - Saliva | 3 | 12 |
| 18 | Fade - Staind | 3 | 15 |
| 19 | Control - Puddle Of Mudd | 3 | 14 |
| 20 | My Way - Limp Bizkit | 4 | 11 |
| 21 | Alive - P.O.D. | 4 | 17 |
| 22 | Wish You Were Here - Incubus | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | N.I.B. - Primus with Ozzy Osbourne | 4 | 26 |
| 24 | One Step Closer - Linkin Park | 4 | 24 |
| 25 | Days Of The Week - Stone Temple Pilots | 4 | 7 |
| 26 | Down With The Sickness - Disturbed | 5 | 17 |
| 27 | Bodies - Drowning Pool | 6 | 14 |
| 28 | Are You There? - Oleander | 6 | 11 |
| 29 | Blurry - Puddle Of Mudd | 6 | 9 |
| 30 | Are You Ready? - Creed | 6 | 19 |
| 31 | Hanging By A Moment - Lifehouse | 7 | 11 |
| 32 | Astounded - Tantric | 7 | 8 |
| 33 | Wait - Seven Mary Three | 7 | 8 |
| 34 | Wasting My Time - Default | 7 | 15 |
| 35 | Original Prankster - The Offspring | 7 | 13 |
| 36 | Drive - Incubus | 8 | 8 |
| 37 | Pain - Stereomud | 8 | 13 |
| 38 | Why Pt.2 - Collective Soul | 8 | 17 |
| 39 | Angel's Eye - Aerosmith | 8 | 11 |
| 40 | Rexall - Dave Navarro | 9 | 6 |
| 41 | Lickin' - The Black Crowes | 9 | 5 |
| 42 | Ridin' - Buckcherry | 9 | 10 |
| 43 | Be Like That - 3 Doors Down | 10 | 6 |
| 44 | Just Push Play - Aerosmith | 10 | 9 |
| 45 | The People That We Love - Bush | 10 | 5 |
| 46 | When It All Goes Wrong Again - Everclear | 10 | 8 |
| 47 | Innocent - Fuel | 10 | 12 |
| 48 | Feel So Numb - Rob Zombie | 10 | 12 |
| 49 | Rollin' - Limp Bizkit | 10 | 17 |
| 50 | Angel's Son - Lajon | 11 | 11 |
| 51 | Simple Creed - Live featuring Tricky | 11 | 4 |
| 52 | Outside - Staind | 11 | 9 |
| 53 | Dig In - Lenny Kravitz | 11 | 8 |
| 54 | Last Resort - Papa Roach | 11 | 36 |
| 55 | Bad Magick - Godsmack | 12 | 4 |
| 56 | Defy You - The Offspring | 12 | 4 |
| 57 | Soul Singing - The Black Crowes | 12 | 8 |
| 58 | Chop Suey - System Of A Down | 12 | 21 |
| 59 | The People That We Love (Speed Kills) - Bush | 13 | 3 |
| 60 | Too Bad - Nickelback | 13 | 3 |
| 61 | Killing The Fly - The Union Underground | 13 | 9 |
| 62 | Dreamer - Ozzy Osbourne | 14 | 4 |
| 63 | The Hollow - A Perfect Circle | 14 | 8 |
| 64 | Bad Day - Fuel | 14 | 11 |
| 65 | 3 Libras - A Perfect Circle | 14 | 17 |
| 66 | Click Click Boom - Saliva | 15 | 6 |
| 67 | Lateralus - Tool | 15 | 6 |
| 68 | Praise - Sevendust | 15 | 9 |
| 69 | I Disappear - Metallica | 15 | 37 |
| 70 | Voices - Disturbed | 16 | 10 |
| 71 | Let Sally Drive (Ride Sally Ride) - Sammy Hagar | 16 | 9 |
| 72 | Step Into The Light - Dust For Life | 16 | 15 |
| 73 | Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down | 16 | 51 |
| 74 | Giving In - Adema | 16 | 10 |
| 75 | Sweet Daze - Pete. | 17 | 9 |
| 76 | No One - Cold | 17 | 12 |
| 77 | Hang On To This - Days Of The New | 18 | 6 |
| 78 | Smooth Criminal - Alien Ant Farm | 18 | 10 |
| 79 | Mourning - Tantric | 18 | 7 |
| 80 | Forever - Kid Rock | 18 | 5 |
| 81 | Renegades Of Funk - Rage Against The Machine | 19 | 12 |
| 82 | Crawling In The Dark - Hoobastank | 19 | 8 |
| 83 | Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) - Train | 19 | 21 |
| 84 | Walk On - U2 | 19 | 8 |
| 85 | Karma - Diffuser | 20 | 11 |
| 86 | Make It Right - Econoline Crush | 21 | 7 |
| 87 | Superman Inside - Eric Clapton | 21 | 5 |
| 88 | Elevation - U2 | 21 | 7 |
| 89 | Last Time - Fuel | 21 | 7 |
| 90 | Butterfly - Crazy Town | 21 | 8 |
| 91 | Safe In New York City - AC/DC | 21 | 7 |
| 92 | Beginning Of The End - Systematic | 22 | 10 |
| 93 | Moto Psycho - Megadeth | 22 | 8 |
| 94 | Halo - Soil | 22 | 14 |
| 95 | Goodbye Lament - Iommi featuring Dave Grohl | 22 | 14 |
| 96 | Want You Bad - The Offspring | 23 | 5 |
| 97 | So Far Away - Stabbing Westward | 23 | 8 |
| 98 | I Want To Live - Spacehog | 23 | 4 |
| 99 | I Did It - Dave Matthews Band | 23 | 8 |
| 100 | Sunshine - Aerosmith | 23 | 5 |
PP = Peak Position / WoC = Weeks on Chart
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The list is compiled based on the song’s performance and research into the most prominent music charts in the US and UK. Various criteria were used, such as the highest position and the length of time the song was on the charts and, therefore, the song’s influence in that particular year in rock music. The result is this unique list of the top 100 rock hits of 2001.
Spotify Playlist — Best Rock Songs of 2001
Playlist Analysis
Below is a brief analysis of our playlist in numbers and graphs. Useful? No idea. Fun? Definitely!
Our playlist consists of 100 songs by 74 different artists. The average song length is 3 minutes and 58 seconds, with an average beat per minute (BPM) of 126.
The top five most repeated artists from our Rock hits playlist are:
- Fuel (4);
- 3 Doors Down (4);
- The Offspring (3);
- Linkin Park (3);
- Godsmack (3).
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