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'''Rock Songs''' is a chart published weekly by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine which ranks the week's most popular [[alternative rock|alternative]], [[mainstream rock]] and [[adult album alternative|triple A]] songs ranked by radio airplay. When introduced in the issue dated June 20, 2009, the chart ranks the airplay of songs on alternative, mainstream rock and triple A radio stations.

"[[Know Your Enemy (Green Day song)|Know Your Enemy]]" by [[Green Day]] was the first number-one song of the chart. The current number-one song, for the issue dated October 11, 2014, is "[[Stolen Dance]]" by [[Milky Chance]]. In all, 39 songs have topped the chart. 

==List of number-one songs==
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|+Key
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 align=center|{{Dagger}}
|Ranked as number-one song for the year 
|-
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{| id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"
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| align="center" |[[#2009|2009]]{{·}}[[#2010|2010]]{{·}}[[#2011|2011]]{{·}}[[#2012|2012]]{{·}}[[#2013|2013]]{{·}}[[#2014|2014]]{{·}}[[#2015|2015]]
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!scope="col"|Issue date
!scope="col"|Song
!scope="col"|Artist
!scope="col"|Weeks at<br>number one
|-
!colspan=5|<span id="2009"></span>{{anchor|10}}2009
|-
|June 20, 2009
|"[[Know Your Enemy (Green Day song)|Know Your Enemy]]"
|[[Green Day]]
|1
|-  	
|June 27, 2009
|"[[New Divide]]"
|[[Linkin Park]]
|12
|-
|September 19, 2009
|"[[Check My Brain]]"
|[[Alice in Chains]]
|8
|-
|November 14, 2009
|"[[Wheels (Foo Fighters song)|Wheels]]"
|[[Foo Fighters]]
|2
|-
|November 28, 2009
|"[[I Will Not Bow]]"
|[[Breaking Benjamin]]
|2
|-
|December 12, 2009
|"[[Break (song)|Break]]"
|[[Three Days Grace]]
|12
|-
!colspan=5|<span id="2010"></span>{{anchor|10}}2010
|-
|March 6, 2010
|"[[Your Decision]]"
|Alice in Chains
|6
|-
|April 17, 2010
|"[[Between the Lines (song)|Between the Lines]]"
|[[Stone Temple Pilots]]
|7
|-
|June 5, 2010
|"[[The Good Life (Three Days Grace song)|The Good Life]]"
|Three Days Grace
|6
|-
|July 17, 2010
|"[[The Crow & the Butterfly]]"
|[[Shinedown]]
|1
|-
|July 24, 2010
|"[[Lay Me Down]]"
|[[The Dirty Heads]] featuring [[Rome Ramirez]]
|1
|-
|July 17, 2010
|"The Crow & the Butterfly"
|Shinedown
|3
|-
|August 21, 2010
|"[[The Catalyst]]"
|[[Linkin Park]]
|5
|-
|September 25, 2010
|"[[Another Way to Die (Disturbed song)|Another Way to Die]]"
|[[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]
|1
|-
|October 2, 2010
|"[[Say You'll Haunt Me]]"
|[[Stone Sour]]
|8
|-
|November 27, 2010
|"[[Tighten Up (The Black Keys song)|Tighten Up]]"
|[[The Black Keys]]
|2
|-
|December 11, 2010
|"Say You'll Haunt Me"
|Stone Sour
|1
|-
|December 18, 2010
|"Tighten Up"
|The Black Keys
|10
|-
!colspan=5|<span id="2011"></span>{{anchor|10}}2011
|-
|February 26, 2011
|"[[Shake Me Down]]"
|[[Cage the Elephant]]
|2
|-
|March 12, 2011
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 | "[[Rope (Foo Fighters song)|Rope]]"{{dagger}} <small>(2011)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/rock-songs|title=''Billboard'' Rock Songs – 2011 Year End Charts|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=2013-01-27}}</ref>
|[[Foo Fighters]]
|20
|-
|July 30, 2011
|"[[Walk (Foo Fighters song)|Walk]]"
|Foo Fighters
|1
|-
|August 6, 2011
|"[[The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie]]"
|[[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
|8
|-
|October 1, 2011
|"Walk"
|Foo Fighters
|7
|-
|November 19, 2011
|"[[The Sound of Winter]]"
|[[Bush (band)|Bush]]
|5
|-
|December 24, 2011
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 | "[[Lonely Boy (The Black Keys song)|Lonely Boy]]"{{dagger}} <small>(2012)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/rock-songs|title=''Billboard'' Rock Songs – 2012 Year End Charts|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=2013-01-27}}</ref>
|[[The Black Keys]]
|14
|-
!colspan=5|<span id="2012"></span>{{anchor|10}}2012
|-
|March 31, 2012
|"[[Somebody That I Used to Know]]"
|[[Gotye]] featuring [[Kimbra]]
|4
|-
|April 28, 2012
|"[[We Are Young]]"
|[[Fun (band)|Fun]] featuring [[Janelle Monáe]]
|1
|-
|May 5, 2012
|"Somebody That I Used to Know"
|Gotye featuring Kimbra
|3
|-
|May 26, 2012
|"[[Burn It Down (Linkin Park song)|Burn It Down]]"
|[[Linkin Park]]
|10
|-
|August 4, 2012
|"[[Oh Love]]"
|[[Green Day]]
|1
|-
|August 11, 2012
|"Burn It Down"
|Linkin Park
|1
|-
|August 18, 2012
|"Oh Love"
|Green Day
|6
|-
|September 29, 2012
|"[[Ho Hey]]"
|[[The Lumineers]]
|2
|-
|October 13, 2012
|"[[I Will Wait]]"
|[[Mumford and Sons]]
|9
|-
|December 15, 2012
|"[[Madness (Muse song)|Madness]]"
|[[Muse (band)|Muse]]
|2
|-
|December 29, 2012
|"I Will Wait"
|Mumford & Sons
|1
|-

!colspan=5|<span id="2013"></span>{{anchor|10}}2013
|-
|January 5, 2013
|"Madness"
|Muse
|10
|-
|March 16, 2013
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 |"[[Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)|Radioactive]]"{{dagger}} <small>(2013)</small>
|[[Imagine Dragons]]
|24
|-
|August 31, 2013
|"[[Royals (song)|Royals]]"
|[[Lorde]]
|6
|-
|October 12, 2013
|"[[Out of My League]]"
|[[Fitz and The Tantrums]]
|1
|-
|October 19, 2013
|"Royals"
|Lorde
|2
|-
|November 2, 2013
|"[[Pompeii (Bastille song)|Pompeii]]"
|[[Bastille (band)|Bastille]]
|3
|-
|November 23, 2013
|"[[Come a Little Closer (Cage the Elephant song)|Come a Little Closer]]"
|[[Cage the Elephant]]
|12
|-
!colspan=5|<span id="2013"></span>{{anchor|10}}2014
|-
|February 15, 2014
|"[[Team (song)|Team]]"
|[[Lorde]]
|2
|-
|March 1, 2014
|bgcolor=#FFFF99 | "[[Do I Wanna Know?]]"{{dagger}} <small>(2014)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/rock-airplay-songs|title=''Billboard'' Rock Songs – 2014 Year End Charts|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=2015-02-9}}</ref>
|[[Arctic Monkeys]]
|10
|-
|May 10, 2014
|"[[Come With Me Now]]"
|[[Kongos (band)|Kongos]]
|2
|-
|May 24, 2014
|"[[Fever (The Black Keys song)|Fever]]"
|[[Black Keys]]
|13
|-
|August 23, 2014
|"[[Riptide (song)|Riptide]]"
|[[Vance Joy]]
|7
|-
|October 11, 2014
|"[[Stolen Dance]]"
|[[Milky Chance]]
|4
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Current number one as of the issued dated November 1, 2014

==Achievements==
;Artists with the most number-one songs: <!--- Please keep it to top 5 artists unless there is a tie. --->
*[[Foo Fighters]] (3) (tie)
*[[Linkin Park]] (3) (tie)
*[[The Black Keys]] (3) (tie)
*[[Alice in Chains]] (2) (tie)
*[[Three Days Grace]] (2) (tie)
*[[Green Day]] (2) (tie)
*[[Cage the Elephant]] (2) (tie)
*[[Lorde]] (2) (tie)

;Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number one: <!--- Please keep it to top 5 artists unless there is a tie. --->
*The Black Keys (39)
*Foo Fighters (30)
*Linkin Park (28)
*Imagine Dragons (24)
*Three Days Grace (18)
*Alice in Chains (14)
*Cage the Elephant (14)

;Songs that have debuted at number one:
*"[[The Catalyst]]" by Linkin Park (2010)
*"[[Rope (song)|Rope]]" by Foo Fighters (2011)
*"[[Oh Love]]" by Green Day (2012)

;Longest climbs to number one:
*"Out of My League" - Fitz and The Tantrums (33 weeks, 2013)
*"Tighten Up" - The Black Keys (24 weeks, 2010)
*"Radioactive" - Imagine Dragons (23 weeks, 2013)
*"Do I Wanna Know?" - Arctic Monkeys (23 weeks, 2014)
*"Lay Me Down" - The Dirty Heads feat. Rome (22 weeks, 2010)
*"Ho Hey" - The Lumineers (22 weeks, 2012)

;Acts that replaced themselves at number one:
*Foo Fighters - "Rope" (3/12/2011-7/23/2011) was replaced by "[[Walk (Foo Fighters song)|Walk]]" (7/30/2011)

;Songs that have spent ten weeks or more at number one:
*24 weeks
**"[[Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)|Radioactive]]" — Imagine Dragons (2013)

*20 weeks
**"Rope" — Foo Fighters (2011)

*14 weeks
**"[[Lonely Boy (The Black Keys song)|Lonely Boy]]" - The Black Keys (2011–2012)

*13 weeks
**"[[Fever (The Black Keys song)|Fever]]" — Black Keys (2014)

*12 weeks
**"[[New Divide]]" — Linkin Park (2009)
**"[[Break (song)|Break]]" — Three Days Grace (2009–2010)
**"[[Tighten Up (The Black Keys song)|Tighten Up]]" — The Black Keys (2010–2011)
**"[[Madness (Muse song)|Madness]]" — Muse (2012-2013)
**"[[Come a Little Closer (Cage the Elephant song)|Come a Little Closer]]" — Cage the Elephant (2013-2014)

*11 weeks
**"[[Burn It Down (Linkin Park song)|Burn It Down]]" — Linkin Park (2012)

*10 weeks
**"[[I Will Wait]]" — Mumford & Sons (2012)
**"[[Do I Wanna Know?]] — Arctic Monkeys (2014)

;Songs that spent 52 weeks or more on the chart (40+ for now):
*"[[Radioactive (Imagine Dragons song)|Radioactive]]" - Imagine Dragons (68) (2012-2014) (peak #1 24 weeks)
*"[[Savior (Rise Against song)|Savior]]" — [[Rise Against]] (67) (2009-2010) (peak #3)
*"[[Demons (Imagine Dragons song)|Demons]] - [[Imagine Dragons]] (58) (2013-2014) (peak #2)
*"[[Little Talks]]" — [[Of Monsters and Men]] (57) (2012-2013) (peak #3)
*"[[1901 (song)|1901]]" — [[Phoenix (band)|Phoenix]] (54) (2009-2010) (peak #3)
*"[[Safe and Sound (Capital Cities song)|Safe and Sound]]" - [[Capital Cities (band)|Capital Cities]] (53) (2013-14) (peak #2)
*"[[Out of My League]]" - [[Fitz and the Tantrums]] (53) (2013-2014) (peak #1 1 week)
*"[[Tighten Up (The Black Keys song)|Tighten Up]]" — [[The Black Keys]] (52) (2010-2011) (peak #1 12 weeks)
*"[[Pumped Up Kicks]]" — [[Foster the People]] (52) (2011-2012) (peak #3)
*"[[Uprising (song)|Uprising]]" — [[Muse (band)|Muse]] (52) (2009-2010) (peak #2)
*"[[It's Time (Imagine Dragons song)|It's Time]]" — [[Imagine Dragons]] (52) (2012-2013) (peak #4)
*"[[Ho Hey]] — [[The Lumineers]]" (52) (2012-2013) (peak #1 2 weeks)
*"[[Madness (Muse song)|Madness]]" — Muse (52) (2012-2013) (peak #1 12 weeks)
*"[[Mountain Sound]]" — [[Of Monsters and Men]] (52) (2012-2013) (peak #2)
*"[[Sweater Weather]]" — [[The Neighbourhood]] (52) (2013-2014) (peak #3)
*"[[Pompeii (song)|Pompeii]]" — [[Bastille]] (52) (2013-2014) (peak #1 3 weeks)
*"[[Come a Little Closer]]" - [[Cage the Elephant]] (52) (2013-2014) (peak #1 12 weeks)
*I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin (51) (2009-2010) (peak #1 2 weeks)
*Lisztomania - Phoenix (51) (2010-2011) (peak #5)
*Animal - Neon Trees (51) (2010-2011) (peak #2)
*Lay Me Down - The Dirty Heads feat. Rome (49) (2010-2011) (peak #1 1 week)
*Say You'll Haunt Me - Stone Sour (49) (2010-2011) (peak #1 9 weeks)
*Little Black Submarines - The Black Keys (49) (2012-2013) (peak #3)
*Trojans - Atlas Genius (49) (2012-2013) (peak #4)
*Little Lion Man - Mumford & Sons (47) (2010-2011) (peak #3)
*Shake Me Down - Cage the Elephant (46) (2011) (peak #1 2 weeks)
*Walk - Foo Fighters (45)(2011-2012) (peak #1 8 weeks)
*These Days - Foo Fighters (45) (2011-2012) (peak #2)
*Tongue Tied - Grouplove (44) (2012) (peak #3)
*(If You're Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer (43) (2009-2010) (peak #3)
*Midnight City - M83. (43) (2011-2012) (peak #7)
*Rope - Foo Fighters (43) (2011) (peak #1 20 weeks)
*I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons (43) (2012-2013) (peak #1 10 weeks)
*Take a Walk - Passion Pit (42) (2012-2013) (peak #9)
*Afraid - The Neighbourhood (42) (2013-2014) (peak #5)
*The Cave - Mumford & Sons (41) (2010-2011) (peak #2)
*Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (58)* (2013-2014) (peak #1 9 weeks)
*Howlin' For You - The Black Keys (40) (2011) (peak #5)
*You're Going Down - Sick Puppies (40) (2009-2010) (peak #8)
*The Walker - Fitz & the Tantrums (44)* (2014) (peak #4)

;Most charted entries (unverified):
*Five Finger Death Punch (12) (5 since change)
*Shinedown (10) (2 since change)
*Linkin Park (10) (4 since change)
*Kings of Leon (9) (3 since change)
*Cage the Elephant (9) (3 since change)
*Three Days Grace (9) (4 since change)
*Seether (9) (4 since change)
*Papa Roach (8?) (2 since change)
*Muse (8?) (2 since change)
*Pop Evil (8) (4 since change)
*Avenged Sevenfold (8) (3 since change)
*Coldplay (8) (3 since change)
*Chevelle (8) (3 since change)
*Volbeat (8) (4 since change)
*Green Day (7) (1 since change)
*Alice in Chains (7) (3 since change)
*All That Remains (7) (3 since change)
*Pearl Jam (7) (3 since change)
*Theory of a Deadman (7) (1 since change)
*Rise Against (7) (1 since change)
*30 Seconds to Mars (7) (3 since change)
*The Black Keys (7) (2 since change)
*Mumford & Sons (6) (2 since change)
*Halestorm (6) (2 since change)
*Stone Sour (6?) (2 since change)
*The Airborne Toxic Event (6) (2 since change)
*Sick Puppies (6) (2 since change)
*Silversun Pickups (6) (2 since change)
*Neon Trees (6) (1 since change)
*Skillet (6) (2 since change)
*Adelitas Way (6) (2 since change)
*Godsmack (6) (1 since change)
*Adele (5) (1 since change)
*Foo Fighters (5)
*Disturbed (5)
*John Mayer (5)
*Soundgarden (5) (2 since change)
*Switchfoot (5) (1 since change)
*Korn (6) (3 since change)
*Deftones (5) (3 since change)
*Slash (5) (2 since change)
*Nickelback (5) (1 since change)

==See also==
*[[Alternative Songs]]
*[[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks]]

{{US Rock chart}}
{{Billboard}}