US & UK hit charts

Top Rock Songs of 2005 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

2004 <-

2005

-> 2006

Top songs: #1: Speed of Sound by Coldplay - #2: Photograph by Nickelback - #3: Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz - #4: Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day - #5: Best of You by Foo Fighters

05/2005

Speed of Sound
Coldplay

from X&Y

293 pts

alt.

BRIT Awards Best British Single 2006
[Capitol]
written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin

08/2005

Photograph
Nickelback

from All the Right Reasons

279 pts

rock

alt.

[Roadrunner LP Cut]
written by Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger & Daniel Adair

04/2005

Feel Good Inc.
Gorillaz

from Demon Days

278 pts

alt.

featuring De La Soul
[Parlophone]
written by Damon Albarn, Brian Burton, David Jolicoeur & Jamie Hewlett

06/2005

Wake Me Up When September Ends
Green Day

from American Idiot

262 pts

rock

alt.

[Reprise Digital]
written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Pritchard & Frank Wright

05/2005

Best of You
Foo Fighters

from In Your Honor

254 pts

rock

alt.

[Roswell/RCA]
written by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett

09/2005

Dare
Gorillaz

from Demon Days

243 pts

dance

alt.

featuring Shaun Ryder
[Parlophone/Virgin]
written by Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett, Brian Burton & Shaun Ryder

06/2005

Sugar, We're Goin' Down
Fall Out Boy

from From Under the Cork Tree

223 pts

rock

alt.

R
[Fueled By Ramen/Island]
written by Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman & Andy Hurley

10/2005

I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Arctic Monkeys

from Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

221 pts

118

alt.

[Domino 53339]
written by Alex Turner

04/2005

Lyla
Oasis

from Don't Believe the Truth

213 pts

108

alt.

[Big Brother 96029]
written by Noel Gallagher

#10

11/2005

Dance, Dance
Fall Out Boy

from From Under the Cork Tree

213 pts

alt.

[Fueled By Raman/Island]
written by Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman & Andy Hurley

#11

02/2005

Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
U2

from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

212 pts

alt.

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 2006
[Interscope digital]
written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr.

#12

04/2005

Beverly Hills
Weezer

from Make Believe

209 pts

rock

alt.

[Geffen]
written by Rivers Cuomo

#13

03/2005

Dakota
Stereophonics

from Language. Sex. Violence. Other?

206 pts

alt.

written by Kelly Jones

#14

02/2005

Holiday
Green Day

from American Idiot

192 pts

rock

alt.

[Reprise Digital]
written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Pritchard & Frank Wright

#15

04/2005

The Hand that Feeds
Nine Inch Nails

from With Teeth

191 pts

dance

rock

alt.

[Nothing 005127 & 005129]
written by Trent Reznor

#16

10/2005

Precious
Depeche Mode

from Playing the Angel

182 pts

dance

alt.

[Sire/Mute 42831]
written by Martin Gore

#17

10/2005

Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray

from How to Save a Life

169 pts

alt.

[Epic]
written by Joe King, Isaac Slade, Dave Welsh & Ben Wysocki

#18

09/2005

Do You Want To
Franz Ferdinand

from You Could Have It So Much Better

159 pts

alt.

[Domino]
written by Alex Kapranos & Nick McCarthy

#19

08/2005

Fix You
Coldplay

from X&Y

159 pts

alt.

[Capitol]
written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin

#20

10/2005

Juicebox
The Strokes

from First Impressions of Earth

142 pts

alt.

[RCA]
written by Julian Casablancas

#21

11/2005

Talk
Coldplay

from X&Y

133 pts

dance

alt.

[Capitol]
written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin, Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos & Emil Schult

#22

09/2005

Have a Nice Day
Bon Jovi

from Have a Nice Day

132 pts

rock

[Island]
written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora & John Shanks

#23

05/2005

Blue Orchid
The White Stripes

from Get Behind Me Satan

124 pts

rock

alt.

[Third Man 27833]
written by Jack White

#24

03/2005

Why Do You Love Me
Garbage

from Bleed Like Me

122 pts

alt.

[Almo Sounds]
written by Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson & Butch Vig

#25

03/2005

An Honest Mistake
The Bravery

from The Bravery

119 pts

alt.

[Island]
written by Sam Endicott

#26

03/2005

Be Yourself
Audioslave

from Out of Exile

107 pts

rock

alt.

[Epic]
written by Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford & Brad Wilk

#27

02/2005

Jerk It Out
Caesars

from 39 Minutes of Bliss (In an Otherwise Meaningless World)

107 pts

alt.

R
[Astralwerks]
written by Joakim Åhlund

#28

09/2005

Wings of a Butterfly
HIM

from Dark Light

100 pts

rock

alt.

[Sire 38656]
written by Ville Valo

#29

09/2005

DOA
Foo Fighters

from In Your Honor

97 pts

rock

alt.

[Roswell/RCA]
written by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett

#30

11/2005

The Denial Twist
The White Stripes

from Get Behind Me Satan

97 pts

alt.

written by Jack White

#31

01/2005

Little Sister
Queens of the Stone Age

from Lullabies to Paralyze

95 pts

rock

alt.

[Interscope Digital]
written by Josh Homme, Troy Van Leeuwen & Joey Castillo

#32

08/2005

Only
Nine Inch Nails

from With Teeth

94 pts

dance

rock

alt.

[Nothing 005465]
written by Trent Reznor

#33

07/2005

My Doorbell
The White Stripes

from Get Behind Me Satan

92 pts

116

alt.

[XL 41218]
written by Jack White

#34

07/2005

Hard to Beat
Hard-Fi

from Stars of CCTV

90 pts

alt.

written by Richard Archer

#35

03/2005

Helena
My Chemical Romance

from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

86 pts

alt.

[Reprise]
written by Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Ray Toro, Matt Pelissier & Frank Iero

#36

10/2005

Twisted Transistor
Korn

from See You on the Other Side

86 pts

dance

rock

alt.

[Virgin]
written by Jonathan Davis [Korn], James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, David Silveria, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards & Scott Spock

#37

04/2005

Smile Like You Mean It
The Killers

from Hot Fuss

85 pts

alt.

written by Brandon Flowers & Mark Stoermer

#38

04/2005

B.Y.O.B.
System of a Down

from Mezmerize

77 pts

rock

alt.

[album cut]
written by Daron Malakian & Serj Tankian

#39

10/2005

Hypnotize
System of a Down

from Hypnotize

77 pts

rock

alt.

[American Digital (Warner)]
written by Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian

#40

01/2005

The Widow
The Mars Volta

from Frances the Mute

74 pts

rock

alt.

[GoldStandardLabs/Strummer 95]
written by Omar Rodríguez-López & Cedric Bixler-Zavala

#41

05/2005

Banquet
Bloc Party

from Silent Alarm

71 pts

alt.

R
written by Kele Okereke, Russell Lissack, Gordon Moakes & Matt Tong

#42

05/2005

Right Here
Staind

from Chapter V

68 pts

rock

alt.

[Flip]
written by Johnny April, Aaron Lewis, Mike Mushok & Jon Wysocki

#43

02/2005

E-Pro
Beck

from Guero

66 pts

rock

alt.

[Interscope 004156]
written by Beck Hansen, The Dust Brothers, Ad-Rock, Mike D & MCA

#44

08/2005

Save Me
Shinedown

from Us and Them

65 pts

rock

alt.

[Atlantic]
written by Brent Smith & Tony Battaglia

#45

07/2005

Doesn't Remind Me
Audioslave

from Out of Exile

63 pts

rock

alt.

[Epic]
written by Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford & Brad Wilk

#46

09/2005

Bat Country
Avenged Sevenfold

from City of Evil

62 pts

rock

alt.

[Hopeless]
written by M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Johnny Christ & Jimmy Sullivan

#47

06/2005

Wasteland
10 Years

from The Autumn Effect

61 pts

rock

alt.

[Republic/Universal Digital]
written by Brian Vodinh, Jesse Hasek, Ryan "Tater" Johnson & Matt Wantland

#48

11/2005

Jesus of Suburbia
Green Day

from American Idiot

60 pts

alt.

written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Pritchard & Frank Wright

#49

01/2005

Evil
Interpol

from Antics

59 pts

alt.

written by Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler, Carlos D & Sam Fogarino

#50

02/2005

I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
My Chemical Romance

from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

59 pts

R
[Reprise PDD]
written by Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Ray Toro, Matt Pelissier & Frank Iero

#51

04/2005

Remedy
Seether

from Karma and Effect

58 pts

rock

alt.

[Wind-Up LP Cut]
written by Shaun Morgan

#52

09/2005

The Ghost of You
My Chemical Romance

from Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

58 pts

rock

alt.

[Reprise Digital]
written by Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Ray Toro, Matt Pelissier & Frank Iero

#53

12/2005

Every Day Is Exactly the Same
Nine Inch Nails

from With Teeth

53 pts

rock

alt.

[Nothing 006589]
written by Trent Reznor

#54

01/2005

Club Foot
Kasabian

from Kasabian

51 pts

alt.

R
written by Tom Meighan, Sergio Pizzorno & Christopher Karloff

#55

11/2005

King Without a Crown
Matisyahu

from Youth

50 pts

alt.

[JDub (Epic)]
written by Matthew Miller & Josh Werner

#56

07/2005

Question!
System of a Down

from Mezmerize

50 pts

102

rock

alt.

[Sony 76056]
written by Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian

#57

02/2005

Happy?
Mudvayne

from Lost and Found

50 pts

rock

alt.

[Epic]
written by Matthew McDonough, Greg Tribbett, Ryan Martinie & Chad Gray

#58

12/2005

Lights and Sounds
Yellowcard

from Lights and Sounds

49 pts

alt.

[Capitol]
written by Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Peter Mosely & Longineu W. Parsons III

#59

07/2005

Rock & Roll Queen
The Subways

from Young for Eternity

49 pts

alt.

written by Billy Lunn

#60

08/2005

Stricken
Disturbed

from Ten Thousand Fists

47 pts

rock

alt.

[Reprise Digital]
written by David Draiman, Dan Donegan, Mike Wengren & John Moyer

#61

10/2005

Perfect Situation
Weezer

from Make Believe

45 pts

alt.

[Geffen]
written by Rivers Cuomo

#62

01/2005

Sooner or Later
Breaking Benjamin

from We Are Not Alone

45 pts

rock

alt.

[Hollywood]
written by Benjamin Burnley, Aaron Fink, Mark Klepaski & Jeremy Hummel

#63

11/2005

Animals
Nickelback

from All the Right Reasons

44 pts

rock

alt.

[Roadrunner Digital]
written by Chad Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Mike Kroeger & Daniel Adair

#64

03/2005

Before I Forget
Slipknot

from Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)

39 pts

rock

alt.

written by Corey Taylor & Paul Gray [Slipknot]

#65

01/2005

The Clincher
Chevelle

from This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)

39 pts

108

rock

alt.

[album cut]
written by Pete Loeffler

#66

11/2005

Not Now
Blink-182

from Greatest Hits

37 pts

alt.

written by Tom DeLonge

#67

06/2005

Girl
Beck

from Guero

35 pts

100

alt.

[Interscope]
written by Beck Hansen & The Dust Brothers

#68

09/2005

Soul Meets Body
Death Cab for Cutie

from Plans

35 pts

alt.

125

[Atlantic]
written by Ben Gibbard

#69

03/2005

Shine It All Around
Robert Plant

from Mighty ReArranger

35 pts

rock

as Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation
written by Clive Deamer, John Baggott, Justin Adams, Liam Tyson & Robert Plant

#70

07/2005

Stand Up
Trapt

from Someone in Control

33 pts

104

rock

alt.

[album cut]
written by Chris Taylor Brown, Peter Charell, Aaron Montgomery & Simon Ormandy

#71

03/2005

Goodnight Goodnight
Hot Hot Heat

from Elevator

32 pts

102

alt.

[Sire W670CD1]
written by Steve Bays, Dante DeCaro, Dustin Hawthorne & Paul Hawley

#72

07/2005

We Are All on Drugs
Weezer

from Make Believe

31 pts

rock

alt.

written by Rivers Cuomo

#73

11/2005

Goodbye for Now
P.O.D.

from Testify

30 pts

rock

alt.

[Atlantic]
written by Sonny Sandoval, Jason Truby, Traa Daniels, Wuv Bernardo & Jordan Orava

#74

06/2005

Gangsters and Thugs
Transplants

from Haunted Cities

30 pts

alt.

written by Tim Armstrong, Rob Aston & Travis Barker

#75

07/2005

Time to Waste
Alkaline Trio

from Crimson

29 pts

alt.

written by Matt Skiba, Dan Andriano & Derek Grant

#76

10/2005

The Suffering
Coheed and Cambria

from Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

29 pts

110

rock

alt.

[Columbia 67666]
written by Claudio Sanchez, Travis Stever, Mic Todd & Josh Eppard

#77

08/2005

Don't Tread on Me
311

from Don't Tread on Me

29 pts

107

alt.

[album cut]
written by Nick Hexum, S.A. Martinez, P-Nut, Tim Mahoney & Chad Sexton

#78

05/2005

Can't Repeat
The Offspring

from Greatest Hits

27 pts

110

rock

alt.

[album cut]
written by Dexter Holland

#79

08/2005

Get Stoned
Hinder

from Extreme Behavior

27 pts

103

rock

alt.

[album cut]
written by Austin Winkler, Joe "Blower" Garvey, Mark King, Mike Rodden, Cody Hanson, Brian Howes & Joey Moi

#80

12/2005

Just Stop
Disturbed

from Ten Thousand Fists

26 pts

rock

alt.

written by David Draiman, Dan Donegan, Mike Wengren & John Moyer

#81

04/2005

Under Pressure
The Used and My Chemical Romance

from In Love and Death

24 pts

alt.

[Reprise Digital]
written by Brian May, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor & David Bowie

#82

05/2005

Colors
Crossfade

from Crossfade

24 pts

rock

alt.

written by Ed Sloan, Tony Byroads, Brian Geiger & Mitchell James

#83

06/2005

In My Head
Queens of the Stone Age

from Lullabies to Paralyze

24 pts

rock

alt.

written by Joey Castillo, Josh Freese, Josh Homme, Alain Johannes, Mark Lanegan & Troy Van Leeuwen

#84

05/2005

Your Time Has Come
Audioslave

from Out of Exile

24 pts

113

rock

alt.

[album cut]
written by Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford & Brad Wilk

#85

07/2005

Guarded
Disturbed

from Ten Thousand Fists

23 pts

117

rock

alt.

[album cut]
written by David Draiman, Dan Donegan, Mike Wengren & John Moyer

#86

09/2005

Truth
Seether

from Karma and Effect

23 pts

123

rock

alt.

[album cut]
written by Shaun Morgan

#87

10/2005

Falling
Staind

from Chapter V

23 pts

rock

alt.

written by Johnny April, Aaron Lewis, Mike Mushok & Jon Wysocki

#88

12/2005

Tear You Apart
She Wants Revenge

from She Wants Revenge

22 pts

122

alt.

158

[album cut]
written by Adam Bravin & Justin Warfield

#89

06/2005

Middle of Nowhere
Hot Hot Heat

from Elevator

22 pts

alt.

written by Steve Bays, Dante DeCaro, Dustin Hawthorne & Paul Hawley

#90

07/2005

Stars
Switchfoot

from Nothing Is Sound

22 pts

rock

alt.

[Columbia Album Cut]
written by Jon Foreman

#91

12/2005

Out of Exile
Audioslave

from Out of Exile

22 pts

rock

alt.

written by Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford & Brad Wilk

#92

05/2005

Bleed Like Me
Garbage

from Bleed Like Me

21 pts

dance

alt.

written by Shirley Manson, Steve Marker, Duke Erikson & Butch Vig

#93

04/2005

Take Me
Papa Roach

from Getting Away with Murder

20 pts

124

rock

alt.

written by Jacoby Shaddix & Tobin Esperance

#94

06/2005

Good People
Jack Johnson

from In Between Dreams

20 pts

alt.

written by Jack Johnson

#95

02/2005

No Surprise
Theory of a Deadman

from Gasoline

20 pts

rock

alt.

written by Tyler Connolly, Dean Back & Dave Brenner

#96

09/2005

Unconditional
The Bravery

from The Bravery

19 pts

alt.

written by Sam Endicott

#97

01/2005

Passive
A Perfect Circle

from eMOTIVe

19 pts

rock

alt.

written by Billy Howerdel, Danny Lohner, Maynard James Keenan & Trent Reznor

#98

12/2005

Cold (But I'm Still Here)
Evans Blue

from The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume

19 pts

rock

alt.

written by Kevin Matisyn, Parker Lauzon, Vlad Tanaskovic, Joe Pitter & Daryl Brown

#99

05/2005

Brother
Dark New Day

from Twelve Year Silence

18 pts

rock

alt.

written by Brett Hestla, Clint Lowery, Corey Lowery, Troy McLawhorn & Will Hunt

#100

02/2005

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
Jack Johnson

from In Between Dreams

18 pts

alt.

[Jack Johnson/Brushfire]
written by Jack Johnson

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