This is our selection of the best rock music of 2002. It is not your average year-end chart, but in our opinion, it is the only one that counts. Is your favorite song on the list? Let us know!
100 Rock Songs of 2002
| # | Title - Artist | PP | WoC |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Know You're Right - Nirvana | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | I Stand Alone - Godsmack | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | She Hates Me - Puddle Of Mudd | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Never Again - Nickelback | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Drift & Die - Puddle Of Mudd | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | When I'm Gone - 3 Doors Down | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Too Bad - Nickelback | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Blurry - Puddle Of Mudd | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Aerials - System Of A Down | 1 | 15 |
| 10 | By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Hero - Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott | 1 | 8 |
| 12 | My Sacrifice - Creed | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Wasting My Time - Default | 2 | 23 |
| 14 | Cochise - Audioslave | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | Bother - Stone Sour | 2 | 15 |
| 16 | How You Remind Me - Nickelback | 2 | 27 |
| 17 | All My Life - Foo Fighters | 3 | 15 |
| 18 | In The End - Linkin Park | 3 | 16 |
| 19 | She Loves Me Not - Papa Roach | 3 | 13 |
| 20 | For You - Staind | 3 | 19 |
| 21 | Prayer - Disturbed | 3 | 9 |
| 22 | Here To Stay - Korn | 4 | 11 |
| 23 | The Red - Chevelle | 5 | 24 |
| 24 | Bother - Stone Sour | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | Hold Me Down - Tommy Lee | 5 | 15 |
| 26 | One Last Breath - Creed | 5 | 9 |
| 27 | Alive - P.O.D. | 5 | 21 |
| 28 | Get Away - Earshot | 6 | 19 |
| 29 | Downfall - TRUSTcompany | 6 | 18 |
| 30 | Youth Of The Nation - P.O.D. | 6 | 17 |
| 31 | Thoughtless - Korn | 6 | 13 |
| 32 | I Am Mine - Pearl Jam | 7 | 2 |
| 33 | Crawling In The Dark - Hoobastank | 7 | 24 |
| 34 | Deny - Default | 7 | 16 |
| 35 | Always - Saliva | 7 | 13 |
| 36 | Fade - Staind | 7 | 22 |
| 37 | Defy You - The Offspring | 8 | 9 |
| 38 | Nothing Could Come Between Us - Theory Of A Deadman | 8 | 9 |
| 39 | Control - Puddle Of Mudd | 8 | 29 |
| 40 | Wish You Were Here - Incubus | 8 | 19 |
| 41 | The Energy - Audiovent | 9 | 12 |
| 42 | Caught In The Sun - Course Of Nature | 9 | 14 |
| 43 | Running Away - Hoobastank | 9 | 16 |
| 44 | Nice To Know You - Incubus | 9 | 14 |
| 45 | Parabola - Tool | 10 | 16 |
| 46 | Toxicity - System Of A Down | 10 | 14 |
| 47 | Poem - Taproot | 10 | 14 |
| 48 | Anger Rising - Jerry Cantrell | 10 | 10 |
| 49 | Dreamer - Ozzy Osbourne | 10 | 9 |
| 50 | One Little Victory - Rush | 10 | 6 |
| 51 | Bullets - Creed | 11 | 5 |
| 52 | Fine Again - Seether | 11 | 22 |
| 53 | Never Gonna Stop - Rob Zombie | 11 | 14 |
| 54 | Down With The Sickness - Disturbed | 11 | 32 |
| 55 | Where Do We Go From Here - Filter | 12 | 8 |
| 56 | Weathered - Creed | 12 | 6 |
| 57 | Demon Speeding - Rob Zombie | 13 | 9 |
| 58 | Lateralus - Tool | 14 | 9 |
| 59 | The Zephyr Song - Red Hot Chili Peppers | 14 | 7 |
| 60 | Innervision - System Of A Down | 14 | 6 |
| 61 | Chop Suey - System Of A Down | 14 | 23 |
| 62 | Adriana - Headstrong | 15 | 8 |
| 63 | Lonely Road Of Faith - Kid Rock | 15 | 7 |
| 64 | Satellite - P.O.D. | 15 | 6 |
| 65 | No One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age | 15 | 11 |
| 66 | Praise - Sevendust | 15 | 12 |
| 67 | Not Falling - Mudvayne | 17 | 7 |
| 68 | Feel So Numb - Rob Zombie | 17 | 13 |
| 69 | Do You Call My Name - RA | 18 | 9 |
| 70 | Down - Socialburn | 18 | 4 |
| 71 | Pitiful - Blindside | 18 | 13 |
| 72 | Tear Away - Drowning Pool | 18 | 9 |
| 73 | Alone I Break - Korn | 19 | 6 |
| 74 | Polyamorous - Breaking Benjamin | 19 | 10 |
| 75 | It's Been Awhile - Staind | 19 | 42 |
| 76 | Faithless - Injected | 19 | 11 |
| 77 | My Goddess - The Exies | 20 | 9 |
| 78 | The One - Foo Fighters | 20 | 7 |
| 79 | Don't Stop - The Rolling Stones | 21 | 4 |
| 80 | The Way You Like It - Adema | 21 | 13 |
| 81 | Live Again - Sevendust | 21 | 8 |
| 82 | Boom - P.O.D. | 21 | 14 |
| 83 | Mourning - Tantric | 21 | 12 |
| 84 | Headstrong - Trapt | 22 | 10 |
| 85 | The Last DJ - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | 22 | 7 |
| 86 | Last Time - Fuel | 22 | 8 |
| 87 | Epiphany - Staind | 22 | 8 |
| 88 | Squash That Fly - Fu Manchu | 23 | 6 |
| 89 | No Light - 3rd Strike | 23 | 13 |
| 90 | Gets Me Through - Ozzy Osbourne | 23 | 20 |
| 91 | Drowning - Crazy Town | 24 | 6 |
| 92 | Running From Me - TRUSTcompany | 24 | 6 |
| 93 | Adrenaline - Gavin Rossdale | 24 | 5 |
| 94 | Not Afraid - Earshot | 24 | 8 |
| 95 | One Thing - Gravity Kills | 24 | 6 |
| 96 | The Rising - Bruce Springsteen | 24 | 4 |
| 97 | Secret Touch - Rush | 25 | 5 |
| 98 | Forsaken - David Draiman | 25 | 5 |
| 99 | Freaking Out - Adema | 25 | 8 |
| 100 | Now - Def Leppard | 26 | 2 |
PP = Peak Position / WoC = Weeks on Chart
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The list is compiled based on the song’s performance and research into the most prominent music charts in the US and UK. Various criteria were used, such as the highest position and the length of time the song was on the charts and, therefore, the song’s influence in that particular year in rock music. The result is this unique list of the top 100 rock hits of 2002.
Spotify Playlist — Best Rock Songs of 2002
Playlist Analysis
Below is a short analysis of our playlist in numbers and graphs. Useful? No idea. Fun? Definitely!
Our playlist consists of 100 songs and 67 different artists. The average song length is 4 minutes and 5 seconds with an average of 127 beats per minute (BPM). There are a total of 5 artists that appear 4 times in the list. They are P.O.D., Staind, Creed and System Of A Down.
