150 Best Rock Songs from the '00s

The Sound of a New Millennium

The 2000s were a transformative decade for rock music, marked by the blending of old-school sounds with new influences, and the emergence of diverse subgenres that kept the genre evolving. From the mainstream dominance of nu-metal and post-grunge to the rise of indie rock and the continued prominence of alternative sounds, the 00s were a time of reinvention and experimentation.

In this list of the 150 Best Rock Songs of the 00s, we celebrate the anthems that defined the decade. From the heavy riffs of Linkin Park and the experimental vibes of Radiohead to the infectious melodies of The White Stripes and the emotionally charged ballads of Coldplay, the 00s rock scene offered something for everyone.

The 2000s saw the return of stadium rock, the rise of indie and garage bands, and the fusion of rock with electronic, pop, and hip-hop elements. The songs on this list speak to a generation grappling with a rapidly changing world, navigating themes of love, loss, defiance, and hope.

Dive into our curated selection of 150 iconic tracks,and rediscover the sounds that shaped the 2000s. Whether you were moshing to the latest punk anthem, blasting your favorite alt-rock track, or listening to the breakthrough songs that made legends of bands like The Strokes, The Killers, and Green Day, the 00s were a decade that solidified rock's enduring influence on modern music.

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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