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This page is about the Billboard record chart. For information about actual rock songs, see rock music.

Rock Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the week's most popular alternative, mainstream rock and 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" by Green Day was the first number-one song of the chart. The current number-one song, for the issue dated August 2, 2014, is "Fever" by the Black Keys. In all, 37 songs have topped the chart.

List of number-one songs

Key

†	Ranked as number-one song for the year

Issue date	Song	Artist	Weeks at number one
2009
June 20, 2009	"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	2
November 28, 2009	"I Will Not Bow"	Breaking Benjamin	2
December 12, 2009	"Break"	Three Days Grace	12
2010
March 6, 2010	"Your Decision"	Alice in Chains	6
April 17, 2010	"Between the Lines"	Stone Temple Pilots	7
June 5, 2010	"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	1
October 2, 2010	"Say You'll Haunt Me"	Stone Sour	8
November 27, 2010	"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
2011
February 26, 2011	"Shake Me Down"	Cage the Elephant	2
March 12, 2011	"Rope"† (2011)	Foo Fighters	20
July 30, 2011	"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	5
December 24, 2011	"Lonely Boy"† (2012)	The Black Keys	14
2012
March 31, 2012	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	4
April 28, 2012	"We Are Young"	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	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	2
December 29, 2012	"I Will Wait"	Mumford & Sons	1
2013
January 5, 2013	"Madness"	Muse	10
March 16, 2013	"Radioactive"† (2013)	Imagine Dragons	24
August 31, 2013	"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	3
November 23, 2013	"Come a Little Closer"	Cage the Elephant	12
2014
February 15, 2014	"Team"	Lorde	2
March 1, 2014	"Do I Wanna Know?"	Arctic Monkeys	9
May 10, 2014	"Come With Me Now"	Kongos (band)	2
May 24, 2014	"Fever"	Black Keys	11

*Current number one as of the issued dated August 2, 2014

Achievements

Artists with the most number-one songs

• 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

• The Black Keys (37)
• 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" 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" (7/30/2011)

Songs that have spent ten weeks or more at number one

• 24 weeks
  • "Radioactive" — Imagine Dragons (2013)

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

• 14 weeks
  • "Lonely Boy" - The Black Keys (2011–2012)

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

• 11 weeks
  • "Burn It Down" — Linkin Park (2012)
  • "Fever" — Black Keys (2014)

• 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 (68) (2012-2014) (peak #1 24 weeks)
• "Savior" — Rise Against (67) (2009-2010) (peak #3)
• "Demons - Imagine Dragons (58) (2013-2014) (peak #2)
• "Little Talks" — Of Monsters and Men (57) (2012-2013) (peak #3)
• "1901" — Phoenix (54) (2009-2010) (peak #3)
• "Safe and Sound" - 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 (52) (2010-2011) (peak #1 12 weeks)
• "Pumped Up Kicks" — Foster the People (52) (2011-2012) (peak #3)
• "Uprising" — Muse (52) (2009-2010) (peak #2)
• "It's Time" — Imagine Dragons (52) (2012-2013) (peak #4)
• "Ho Hey — The Lumineers" (52) (2012-2013) (peak #1 2 weeks)
• "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" — Bastille (52) (2013-2014) (peak #1 3 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)
• Come a Little Closer - Cage the Elephant (50)* (2013-2014) (peak #1 12 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 (45)* (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)

Most charted entries (unverified)

• Five Finger Death Punch (11) (4 since change)
• Shinedown (10) (2 since change)
• Linkin Park (10) (4 since change)
• Kings of Leon (9) (3 since change)
• Papa Roach (8?) (2 since change)
• Muse (8?) (2 since change)
• Pop Evil (8) (4 since change)
• Three Days Grace (8) (3 since change)
• Cage the Elephant (8) (2 since change)
• Avenged Sevenfold (8) (3 since change)
• Seether (8) (3 since change)
• Coldplay (8) (3 since change)
• Green Day (7) (1 since change)
• Alice in Chains (7) (3 since change)
• All That Remains (7) (3 since change)
• Chevelle (7) (2 since change)
• Volbeat (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)
• 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)
• The Black Keys (6) (1 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 (5) (2 since change)
• Deftones (5) (3 since change)
• Slash (5) (2 since change)

See also

• Alternative Songs
• Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks