Number one modern rock hits of 2008 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

These are the Billboard magazine Modern Rock Tracks number-one hits of 2008.

Issue date	Song	Artist
January 5	"Fake It Fake It (Seether song) "Fake It" is the first single from Seether's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. The single quickly rose to number one on both the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Hot Modern Rock Tracks charts. It also reached number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100, the second highest of their singles... "	Seether Seether Seether is a post-grunge/alternative metal band from Pretoria, South Africa, formed in 1999. The band is currently signed to Wind-up Records...
January 12
January 19
January 26
February 2
February 9
February 16
February 23
March 1	"Long Road to Ruin Long Road to Ruin "Long Road to Ruin" is the second single from the Foo Fighters' sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace . The music video was released on November 1, 2007, with the single released on December 3, 2007... "	Foo Fighters Foo Fighters Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
March 8
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5
April 12
April 19	"Psycho Psycho (song) "Psycho" is the second single by post-grunge group Puddle of Mudd from their album Famous. It was officially released on October 2, 2007, but was available for digital download on iTunes on September 18, 2007.... "	Puddle of Mudd Puddle of Mudd Puddle Of Mudd is an American rock band from Kansas City, Missouri, USA. To date the band has sold over 7 million albums, and have had a string of #1 mainstream rock singles in the United States. Their major-label debut Come Clean has sold over 5 million copies...
April 26
May 3	"Rise Above This Rise Above This "Rise Above This" is the second single from Seether's album Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces. It is the sixth track on the album and became the band's second consecutive number-one song on the U.S. Modern Rock chart. Seether's vocalist Shaun Morgan has stated that the song is about his late... "	Seether
May 10		Seether
May 17	"Pork and Beans Pork and Beans (song) "Pork and Beans" is a song by the American alternative rock band Weezer, released on its 2008 album Weezer. It was released in digital form on April 24, 2008. The track debuted at number 19 on Billboards Modern Rock chart, and spent eleven weeks at number one. Critics generally liked the song,... "	Weezer Weezer Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...
May 24
May 31
June 7
June 14
June 21
June 28
July 5
July 12
July 19
July 26
August 2	"Let It Die Let It Die (song) "Let It Die" is the fourth single from the Foo Fighters' sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace. It was only released as a promotional single and no physical retail single was released... "	Foo Fighters
August 9
August 16
August 23
August 30	"Viva la Vida Viva la Vida (song) "Viva la Vida" , is a song by the British alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends , and was released as the second single from the album. On the album, this song segues directly into the next track,... "	Coldplay Coldplay Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
September 6
September 13	"Believe Believe (Staind song) "Believe" is a single by Staind, the first from their sixth studio album, The Illusion of Progress.Despite only peaking at #83 on the Billboard Hot 100, the single was a success on the rock charts, peaking at #4 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, and becoming their fourth #1 hit on the Modern Rock... "	Staind Staind Staind is an American rock band that was formed in 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts. For 16 years, the band consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Aaron Lewis, lead guitarist Mike Mushok, bassist Johnny April, and drummer Jon Wysocki...
September 20
September 27
October 4	"You're Gonna Go Far, Kid You're Gonna Go Far, Kid "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" is a punk rock song by The Offspring. It is the third track on the band's eighth studio album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and was released as the second single off of the album on September 4, 2008. The song peaked at #1 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart... "	The Offspring The Offspring The Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1984. Known as Manic Subsidal until 1986, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Greg K. and drummer Pete Parada...
October 11
October 18
October 25
November 1
November 8
November 15
November 22
November 29
December 6
December 13
December 20	"Sex on Fire Sex on Fire "Sex on Fire" is the first single to be taken from Kings of Leon's fourth studio album Only by the Night and as of September 2009, the second most-downloaded digital single ever in the United Kingdom... "	Kings of Leon Kings of Leon Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion, Oklahoma but formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill , Ivan Nathan Followill and Michael Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion,...
December 27

See also