100 Best Rock Songs from 10s

A Decade of Sonic Evolution

The 2010s were a decade of reinvention, as rock music continued to evolve and merge with various genres, giving rise to new styles and subcultures. From the rise of alternative and indie rock to the resurgence of classic rock influences, the 2010s saw rock music pushing boundaries, embracing new technologies, and staying as relevant as ever.

In this list of the 100 Best Rock Songs of the 2010s, we celebrate the most iconic, influential, and unforgettable tracks of the decade. From arena-filling anthems to underground gems, the 2010s were marked by both the continuation of beloved rock traditions and the exciting innovation of modern sounds.

With bands like Imagine Dragons, Arctic Monkeys, and Tame Impala dominating the mainstream, and genres like post-punk revival, garage rock, and stoner rock taking center stage, this era proved that rock music was still alive and well. Meanwhile, legendary acts like Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, and Queens of the Stone Age continued to craft timeless tracks, while newer voices like Greta Van Fleet and Royal Blood reminded us of the raw power and passion that define rock.

This curated list of 100 Best Rock Songs of the 2010s takes you on a journey through a decade where rock music experimented, embraced change, and reaffirmed its place as one of the most dynamic and diverse genres in modern music. Whether you were headbanging to hard-hitting rockers, swaying to melancholic ballads, or feeling the indie spirit, these songs are a reflection of a decade that shaped the sound of a generation.

Track List:

  1. Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars [Ghost Stories]
  2. Arctic Monkeys - I Wanna Be Yours [AM]
  3. Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away [Nightmare]
  4. Linkin Park - BURN IT DOWN [LIVING THINGS]
  5. Vampire Weekend - This Life [Father of the Bride]
  6. Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better [Currents]
  7. Thirty Seconds To Mars - Up In The Air [LOVE LUST FAITH + DREAMS]
  8. Disturbed - The Sound of Silence [Immortalized]
  9. Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams [Melophobia]
  10. Five Finger Death Punch - Wash It All Away [Got Your Six]
  11. Imagine Dragons - America [It’s Time EP]
  12. Three Days Grace - Painkiller [Human]
  13. Weezer - California Kids [Weezer (White Album)]
  14. Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over [Lungs (Deluxe Version)]
  15. The Black Keys - Little Black Submarines [El Camino]
  16. Foo Fighters - Arrows [Concrete and Gold]
  17. Asking Alexandria - Killing You [From Death To Destiny]
  18. Slipknot - All Out Life [All Out Life]
  19. Muse - Madness [The 2nd Law]
  20. Fall Out Boy - My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up) [Save Rock And Roll]
  21. Arcade Fire - Everything Now [Everything Now]
  22. Metallica - Hardwired [Hardwired…To Self-Destruct (Deluxe)]
  23. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dark Necessities [The Getaway]
  24. Maroon 5 - Ladykiller [Overexposed Track By Track]
  25. Green Day - Ordinary World [Revolution Radio]
  26. OneRepublic - I Lived [Native]
  27. Paramore - Hard Times [After Laughter]
  28. Bullet For My Valentine - Your Betrayal [Fever]
  29. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Rattlesnake [Flying Microtonal Banana]
  30. The National - I Need My Girl [Trouble Will Find Me]
  31. Papa Roach - Help [Crooked Teeth]
  32. Breaking Benjamin - Never Again [Dark Before Dawn]
  33. Radiohead - Burn the Witch [A Moon Shaped Pool]
  34. Mumford & Sons - Believe [Wilder Mind]
  35. Kasabian - Days Are Forgotten [Velociraptor!]
  36. NOTHING MORE - Go To War [The Stories We Tell Ourselves]
  37. Foals - Late Night [Holy Fire]
  38. The Mars Volta - The Malkin Jewel [Noctourniquet]
  39. Nickelback - Trying Not to Love You [Here and Now]
  40. Panic! At The Disco - The Ballad of Mona Lisa [Vices & Virtues]
  41. Bring Me The Horizon - Drown [That's The Spirit]
  42. MGMT - Me and Michael [Little Dark Age]
  43. The War On Drugs - Thinking of a Place [A Deeper Understanding]
  44. Being As An Ocean - The Hardest Part Is Forgetting Those You Swore You Would Never Forget [Dear G-D...]
  45. Kings of Leon - Waste A Moment [WALLS]
  46. Skillet - The Resistance [Unleashed]
  47. Nothing But Thieves - If I Get High [Nothing But Thieves (Deluxe)]
  48. 5 Seconds of Summer - She's Kinda Hot [Sounds Good Feels Good (Deluxe)]
  49. Code Orange - Bleeding In The Blur [Forever]
  50. blink-182 - Bored to Death [California (Deluxe Edition)]
  51. Metric - Black Sheep [Black Sheep]
  52. Nine Inch Nails - This Isn't the Place [Add Violence]
  53. Royal Blood - Figure It Out [Royal Blood]
  54. Swans - Screen Shot [To Be Kind]
  55. Thank You Scientist - Mr. Invisible [Stranger Heads Prevail]
  56. Twelve Foot Ninja - One Hand Killing [Outlier]
  57. Turbowolf - Rabbits Foot [Two Hands]
  58. Arcane Roots - Matter [Melancholia Hymns]
  59. Marmozets - Captivate You [The Weird And Wonderful Marmozets]
  60. A Day To Remember - All I Want [What Separates Me From You]
  61. Dead Letter Circus - Here We Divide [This Is The Warning]
  62. Black Veil Brides - In The End [Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones]
  63. Circa Survive - Get Out [Blue Sky Noise (Deluxe - Remastered)]
  64. Seether - Country Song [Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray]
  65. Thrice - Black Honey [To Be Everywhere Is to Be Nowhere]
  66. Enter Shikari - Destabilise [A Flash Flood of Colour (Redux Version)]
  67. Biffy Clyro - Re-arrange [Ellipsis (Deluxe)]
  68. Halestorm - I Miss the Misery [The Strange Case of... (Deluxe)]
  69. Evanescence - Together Again [Together Again]
  70. Hands Like Houses - A Tale of Outer Suburbia [Unimagine]
  71. Dance Gavin Dance - We Own the Night [Instant Gratification]
  72. Temples - Shelter Song [Sun Structures]
  73. Dredg - The Thought of Losing You - Single Version [Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy]
  74. Ghost - Mary On A Cross [Seven Inches of Satanic Panic]
  75. Best Coast - When I'm With You [Crazy for You]
  76. Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed [Halcyon Digest]
  77. The 1975 - Somebody Else [I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it]
  78. Black Map - Run Rabbit Run [In Droves]
  79. Neck Deep - A Part Of Me (feat. Laura Whiteside) [Rain In July]
  80. Train - Marry Me [Save Me, San Francisco (Golden Gate Edition)]
  81. Shinedown - MONSTERS [ATTENTION ATTENTION]
  82. letlive. - A Weak Ago [If I'm The Devil...]
  83. Wavves - Green Eyes [King of the Beach]
  84. Deafheaven - You Without End [Ordinary Corrupt Human Love]
  85. The Fray - Singing Low [Singing Low]
  86. Periphery - Lune [Periphery III: Select Difficulty]
  87. Chevelle - Face to the Floor [Hats Off to the Bull]
  88. Death From Above 1979 - Freeze Me [Outrage! Is Now]
  89. Baroness - Shock Me [Purple]
  90. Pond - Paint Me Silver [The Weather]
  91. Animals As Leaders - The Woven Web [The Joy of Motion]
  92. Bastille - Pompeii [Bad Blood]
  93. The Word Alive - Life Cycles [Life Cycles]
  94. Martha - Into This [Love Keeps Kicking]
  95. Parkway Drive - Vice Grip [Ire]
  96. The Garden - This Could Build Us a Home [haha]
  97. Sworn In - Snake Eyes [The Death Card]
  98. Protomartyr - The Devil in His Youth [The Agent Intellect]
  99. Animal Collective - Golden Gal [Painting With]
  100. The Spook School - I Want to Kiss You [Try to Be Hopeful]


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