Rock Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

magazine which ranks the airplay of songs on alternative

Alternative rock

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, mainstream rock

Mainstream rock

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 and triple A

Adult album alternative

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 radio stations. The first chart was published in the issue dated June 20, 2009. "Know Your Enemy

Know Your Enemy (Green Day song)

-Charts:-Year-end charts:-Personnel:* Billie Joe Armstrong - guitar, lead vocals* Mike Dirnt - bass guitar, backing vocals* Tre Cool - drums, percussion...

" by Green Day

Green Day

Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...

 was the first number-one song. The Rock Songs chart has had 20 number-one hits. The current number-one song, for the issue dated December 03, 2011, is "The Sound of Winter

The Sound of Winter

"The Sound of Winter" is a song by British post-grunge band Bush. The song is the second single released from the band's fifth studio album The Sea of Memories.-Music video:...

" by Bush

Bush (band)

Bush are an alternative rock band formed in London in 1992 shortly after vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford met in a London nightclub. Realising they shared a love for such diverse artists as the Pixies, Bob Marley, The Jesus Lizard, MC5, Nirvana, Hüsker Dü, and Big...

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List of number-one songs

Issue date	Song	Artist	Reference(s)
June 20, 2009	"Know Your Enemy Know Your Enemy (Green Day song) -Charts:-Year-end charts:-Personnel:* Billie Joe Armstrong - guitar, lead vocals* Mike Dirnt - bass guitar, backing vocals* Tre Cool - drums, percussion... "	Green Day Green Day Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool...
June 27, 2009	"New Divide New Divide "New Divide" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song is released as a single and was recorded specifically for Michael Bay's film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The song serves as the film's theme, and was released as a single on May 18, 2009... "	Linkin Park Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...
July 4, 2009
July 11, 2009
July 18, 2009
July 25, 2009
August 1, 2009
August 8, 2009
August 15, 2009
August 22, 2009
August 29, 2009
September 5, 2009
September 12, 2009
September 19, 2009	"Check My Brain Check My Brain "Check My Brain" is a song by Alice in Chains, featured on their fourth studio album Black Gives Way to Blue . It was released as the second single from the album on August 17, 2009. The single topped the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks and Billboard Rock Songs charts in September 2009... "	Alice in Chains Alice in Chains Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley. The initial lineup was rounded out by drummer Sean Kinney, and bassist Mike Starr...
September 26, 2009
October 3, 2009
October 10, 2009
October 17, 2009
October 24, 2009
October 31, 2009
November 7, 2009
November 14, 2009	"Wheels"	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...
November 21, 2009
November 28, 2009	"I Will Not Bow I Will Not Bow -Music video:The music video for "I Will Not Bow" was released to the band's Myspace on August 21, 2009. It featured clips from the movie Surrogates. The video was shot at the World Trade Center building 7, but has no connection or significant meaning having to do with the 9/11 events as stated by... "	Breaking Benjamin Breaking Benjamin Breaking Benjamin is an American rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, currently consisting of Benjamin Burnley and Chad Szeliga. The band has released four studio albums to date and a greatest hits album that was released on August 16, 2011. The group initially went on indefinite hiatus due...
December 5, 2009
December 12, 2009	"Break Break (song) "Break" is the first single from Three Days Grace's third album, Life Starts Now. The single was released on September 1, 2009 at 6:45 pm EST for radio play as well as on -Release and chart performance:... "	Three Days Grace Three Days Grace Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
December 19, 2009
December 26, 2009
January 2, 2010
January 9, 2010
January 16, 2010
January 23, 2010
January 30, 2010
February 6, 2010
February 13, 2010
February 20, 2010
February 27, 2010
March 6, 2010	"Your Decision Your Decision "Your Decision" is a song by Alice in Chains, featured on their fourth studio album Black Gives Way to Blue . It was released as the third single from the album on November 16, 2009 in the UK, and was released in the US on December 1, 2009... "	Alice in Chains
March 13, 2010
March 20, 2010
March 27, 2010
April 3, 2010
April 10, 2010
April 17, 2010	"Between the Lines Between the Lines (song) "Between the Lines" is the first single from the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots's sixth studio album, Stone Temple Pilots. The single was released on March 22, 2010. The song set the record for largest positional gain on Billboards Rock Songs chart, jumping from number 40 to 2, later... "	Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
April 24, 2010
May 1, 2010
May 8, 2010
May 15, 2010
May 22, 2010
May 29, 2010
June 5, 2010	"The Good Life The Good Life (Three Days Grace song) "The Good Life" is a song and the second single from Three Days Grace's 2009 album Life Starts Now. It was released for radio airplay on February 9, 2010. It charted at #85 on the Canadian Hot 100 before becoming a single. The song also was featured on ESPN's Winter X Games XIV, and was used during... "	Three Days Grace
June 12, 2010
June 19, 2010
June 26, 2010
July 3, 2010
July 10, 2010
July 17, 2010	"The Crow & the Butterfly The Crow & the Butterfly "The Crow & the Butterfly" is the fifth single by the rock band Shinedown from their 2008 album The Sound of Madness. The song was written by Shinedown lead singer Brent Smith... "	Shinedown Shinedown Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2001 and founded by members Brent Smith , Brad Stewart , Jasin Todd , and Barry Kerch . A few line-up changes followed, and the band's current line-up consists of Smith and Kerch, the band's only two remaining original...
July 24, 2010	"Lay Me Down Lay Me Down "Lay Me Down" is a 2010 single by reggae-rock band The Dirty Heads featuring Rome Ramirez of Sublime with Rome. The song appears on the band's album Any Port in a Storm , and has peaked at #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.... "	The Dirty Heads The Dirty Heads The Dirty Heads are a Reggae rock band from Southern California with a melodic style that includes hip hop and punk genres. Their debut album, Any Port in a Storm, was released on September 23, 2008, by Executive Music Group .-History:...  feat. Rome Ramirez Rome Ramirez Roman René Ramírez , better known as Rome Ramirez or simply Rome, is an American singer and guitarist currently playing with Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson from Sublime in a new venture...
July 31, 2010	"The Crow & the Butterfly"	Shinedown
August 7, 2010
August 14, 2010
August 21, 2010	"The Catalyst The Catalyst "The Catalyst" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. Released on August 2, 2010, it is the first single from their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, which was released on September 8, 2010... "	Linkin Park
August 28, 2010
September 4, 2010
September 11, 2010
September 18, 2010
September 25, 2010	"Another Way To Die Another Way to Die (Disturbed song) "Another Way to Die" is a song by American rock band Disturbed, released as the first single from their fifth studio album, Asylum. Airplay for the single began on the morning of June 14, 2010. That same day, a lyric video was posted by the band on their official YouTube channel and was released as... "	Disturbed
October 2, 2010	"Say You'll Haunt Me Say You'll Haunt Me "Say You'll Haunt Me" is the first single from alternative metal band, Stone Sour's third album Audio Secrecy which was released on September 7, 2010 via Roadrunner Records. The song was released to the public on July 6, 2010. The song has received radio airplay on several major rock and metal... "	Stone Sour Stone Sour Stone Sour is an American rock band from Des Moines, Iowa. Since 2006, the group has been composed of Corey Taylor , Jim Root , Josh Rand, , Shawn Economaki and Roy Mayorga . Original drummer Joel Ekman left the group in 2006...
October 9, 2010
October 16, 2010
October 23, 2010
October 30, 2010
November 6, 2010
November 13, 2010
November 20, 2010
November 27, 2010	"Tighten Up Tighten Up (The Black Keys song) "Tighten Up" is the first single from The Black Keys album, Brothers, released on May 18, 2010. Dan Auerbach told The Sun how this song came about: "That was the last song we did for the record... "	The Black Keys The Black Keys The Black Keys are an American rock duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. The band was formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. As of October 2011, the band has sold over 2 million albums in the U.S....
December 4, 2010
December 11, 2010	"Say You'll Haunt Me"	Stone Sour
December 18, 2010	"Tighten Up"	The Black Keys
December 25, 2010
January 1, 2011
January 8, 2011
January 15, 2011
January 22, 2011
January 29, 2011
February 5, 2011
February 12, 2011
February 19, 2011
February 26, 2011	"Shake Me Down Shake Me Down "Shake Me Down" is the first single and fourth track on Cage the Elephant's second album Thank You, Happy Birthday.A music video for the single was released on January 11, 2011... "	Cage the Elephant Cage the Elephant Cage the Elephant is an American rock band from Bowling Green, Kentucky, that formed in mid-2006. Since their formation, the band has gained a large following in the US as well as the UK and Canada for their sound and their high-energy live performances. The band released their self-titled debut...
March 5, 2011
March 12, 2011	"Rope"	Foo Fighters
March 19, 2011
March 26, 2011
April 2, 2011
April 9, 2011
April 16, 2011
April 23, 2011
April 30, 2011
May 7, 2011
May 14, 2011
May 21, 2011
May 28, 2011
June 4, 2011
June 11, 2011
June 18, 2011
June 25, 2011
July 2, 2011
July 9, 2011
July 16, 2011
July 23, 2011
July 30, 2011	"Walk Walk (Foo Fighters song) "Walk" is the eleventh and last track and the second single from American rock band Foo Fighters' seventh studio album Wasting Light. It was written by Dave Grohl and co-produced by Butch Vig. The song can be heard in the background of the bar scene and in the closing credits in the movie Thor. The... "
August 6, 2011	"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" is a song from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 2011 album I'm with You and was the first single released from the album. It is their first single released since "Hump de Bump" in 2007 and the first single released with new guitarist, Josh Klinghoffer... "	Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
August 13, 2011
August 20, 2011
August 27, 2011
September 3, 2011
September 10, 2011
September 17, 2011
September 24, 2011
October 1, 2011	"Walk"	Foo Fighters
October 8, 2011
October 15, 2011
October 22, 2011
October 29, 2011
November 5, 2011
November 12, 2011
November 19, 2011	"The Sound of Winter The Sound of Winter "The Sound of Winter" is a song by British post-grunge band Bush. The song is the second single released from the band's fifth studio album The Sea of Memories.-Music video:... "	Bush Bush (band) Bush are an alternative rock band formed in London in 1992 shortly after vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale and guitarist Nigel Pulsford met in a London nightclub. Realising they shared a love for such diverse artists as the Pixies, Bob Marley, The Jesus Lizard, MC5, Nirvana, Hüsker Dü, and Big...
November 26, 2011
December 03, 2011

Achievements

Artists with the most number-one singles:

• 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...
  
   (3)
• Alice in Chains
  Alice in Chains
  Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1987 by guitarist and songwriter Jerry Cantrell and original lead vocalist Layne Staley. The initial lineup was rounded out by drummer Sean Kinney, and bassist Mike Starr...
  
   (2) (tie)
• Linkin Park
  Linkin Park
  Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...
  
   (2) (tie)
• Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
  
   (2) (tie)

Artists with the most cumulative weeks at number one:

• Foo Fighters (30)
• Three Days Grace (18)
• Linkin Park (17)
• Alice in Chains (14)
• The Black Keys
  The Black Keys
  The Black Keys are an American rock duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. The band was formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. As of October 2011, the band has sold over 2 million albums in the U.S....
  
   (12)

Singles that have debuted at number one:

• "The Catalyst
  The Catalyst
  "The Catalyst" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. Released on August 2, 2010, it is the first single from their fourth studio album, A Thousand Suns, which was released on September 8, 2010...
  
  " by Linkin Park (2010)
• "Rope
  Rope (song)
  "Rope" is a song by the American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, the first single from their seventh studio album Wasting Light . "Rope" was originally recorded during sessions which occurred between "Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace" and "Wasting Light" , although this version of "Rope"...
  
  " by Foo Fighters (2011)

Acts that replaced themselves at number one:

• Foo Fighters - "Rope" (3/12/2011-7/23/2011) was replaced by "Walk
  Walk (Foo Fighters song)
  "Walk" is the eleventh and last track and the second single from American rock band Foo Fighters' seventh studio album Wasting Light. It was written by Dave Grohl and co-produced by Butch Vig. The song can be heard in the background of the bar scene and in the closing credits in the movie Thor. The...
  
  " (7/30/2011)

Singles that have spent ten weeks or more at number one:

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

• 12 weeks
  • "New Divide
    New Divide
    "New Divide" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. The song is released as a single and was recorded specifically for Michael Bay's film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The song serves as the film's theme, and was released as a single on May 18, 2009...
    
    " — Linkin Park (2009)
  • "Break
    Break (song)
    "Break" is the first single from Three Days Grace's third album, Life Starts Now. The single was released on September 1, 2009 at 6:45 pm EST for radio play as well as on -Release and chart performance:...
    
    " — Three Days Grace (2009-2010)
  • "Tighten Up
    Tighten Up (The Black Keys song)
    "Tighten Up" is the first single from The Black Keys album, Brothers, released on May 18, 2010. Dan Auerbach told The Sun how this song came about: "That was the last song we did for the record...
    
    " — The Black Keys (2010-2011)

Albums that have achieved the most total weeks at number-one on Rock Songs:

• Wasting Light
  Wasting Light
  Wasting Light is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, released April 12, 2011, on RCA Records. It was produced by Butch Vig and described by the band's lead vocalist and guitarist Dave Grohl as their "heaviest album yet." The title is taken from the lyrics of the...
  
  (2011) - Foo Fighters (28)
• Life Starts Now
  Life Starts Now
  Life Starts Now is the third studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. The album was released on September 22, 2009. The album was produced by Howard Benson. This is the second time in a row the band has worked with him, after the commercially successful One-X...
  
  (2009) - Three Days Grace (18)
• Black Gives Way to Blue
  Black Gives Way to Blue
  Black Gives Way to Blue is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Alice in Chains, released in September 2009. The first Alice in Chains album in nearly fourteen years, Black Gives Way to Blue is their first release with new vocalist/guitarist William DuVall, who took over from the late...
  
  (2009) - Alice in Chains (14)
• Brothers
  Brothers (The Black Keys album)
  Brothers is the sixth album and Grammy Award-winner of Best Alternative Music Album by American blues-rock duo, The Black Keys. The album was announced on March 2, 2010 by Pitchfork Media and became the band's third release from Nonesuch Records on May 18, 2010...
  
  (2010) - The Black Keys (12) (tie)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Soundtrack) (2009) - Linkin Park (12) (tie)

See also

• 2009 in music
  2009 in music
  The following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year...
  
  
• Alternative Songs
• Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks