List of number-one mainstream rock hits (United States)

This is a list of all the songs that have hit number-one on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, previously named Top Tracks (1981–1984), Top Rock Tracks (1984–1986), and Album Rock Tracks (1986–1996).

1981

• March 21 - Eric Clapton - "I Can't Stand It" - 2 weeks
• April 4 - The Who - "You Better You Bet" - 5 weeks
• May 9 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "The Waiting" - 6 weeks
• June 20 - Joe Walsh - "A Life of Illusion" - 1 week
• June 27 - The Moody Blues - "The Voice" - 4 weeks
• July 25 - Foreigner - "Urgent" - 4 weeks
• August 22 - Blue Öyster Cult - "Burnin' for You" - 2 weeks
• September 5 - The Rolling Stones - "Start Me Up" - 13 weeks
• December 5 - Foreigner - "Waiting for a Girl Like You" - 1 week
• December 12 - The Police - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" - 2 weeks
• December 26 - Quarterflash - "Harden My Heart" - 3 weeks

1982

• January 16 - The J. Geils Band - "Centerfold" - 3 weeks
• February 6 - Joan Jett - "I Love Rock and Roll" - 5 weeks
• March 13 - Van Halen - "Oh, Pretty Woman" - 2 weeks
• March 27 - Prism - "Don't Let Him Know" - 1 week
• April 3 - Tommy Tutone - "867-5309/Jenny" - 3 weeks
• April 24 - Asia - "Heat of the Moment" - 6 weeks ↓↑
• May 29 - Scorpions - "No One Like You" - 1 week
• June 5 - Rainbow - "Stone Cold" - 1 week
• June 19 - John Mellencamp - "Hurts So Good" - 1 week
• June 26 - .38 Special - "Caught Up in You" - 1 week
• July 3 - Survivor - "Eye of the Tiger" - 5 weeks
• August 7 - Eddie Money - "Think I'm in Love" - 3 weeks
• August 28 - Billy Squier - "Everybody Wants You" - 6 weeks
• October 9 - Rush - "New World Man" - 2 weeks ↓↑
• October 16 - Don Henley - "Dirty Laundry" - 3 weeks ↓↑
• November 13 - Peter Gabriel - "Shock the Monkey" - 2 weeks
• November 27 - Men at Work - "Down Under" - 5 weeks ↓↑
• December 4 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "You Got Lucky" - 4 weeks ↓↑

↓↑ indicates track hit #1, dropped down, and then returned to the #1 spot

1983

• January 22 - Duran Duran – "Hungry Like the Wolf" - 3 weeks
• February 12 - Golden Earring - "Twilight Zone" - 1 week
• February 19 - Journey - "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" - 4 weeks
• March 19 - Def Leppard - "Photograph" - 6 weeks
• April 30 - The Tubes - "She's a Beauty" - 5 weeks
• June 4 - Def Leppard - "Rock of Ages" - 1 week
• June 11 - The Police - "Every Breath You Take" - 9 weeks
• August 13 - Robert Plant - "Other Arms" - 1 week
• August 20 - Asia - "Don't Cry" - 1 week
• August 27 - The Police - "King of Pain" - 5 weeks ↓↑
• September 24 - Heart - "How Can I Refuse" - 1 week
• October 8 - The Motels – "Suddenly Last Summer" - 2 weeks
• October 22 - Pat Benatar - "Love Is a Battlefield" - 4 weeks ↓↑
• November 5 - Huey Lewis and the News – "Heart and Soul" - 1 week
• November 26 - Yes - "Owner of a Lonely Heart" - 4 weeks
• December 24 - .38 Special - "If I'd Been the One" - 4 weeks

↓↑ indicates track hit #1, dropped down, and then returned to the #1 spot

1984

• January 21 - Van Halen - "Jump" - 8 weeks
• March 17 - Christine McVie – "Got a Hold on Me" - 2 weeks
• March 31 - Tony Carey - "A Fine, Fine Day" - 1 week
• April 7 - Phil Collins - "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" - 1 week
• April 14 - The Cars - "You Might Think" - 3 weeks
• May 5 - Steve Perry – "Oh Sherrie" - 2 weeks
• May 19 - Slade - "Run Runaway" - 2 weeks
• June 2 - The Cars - "Magic" - 1 week
• June 9 - Bruce Springsteen - "Dancing in the Dark" - 6 weeks
• July 21 - Jefferson Starship - "No Way Out" - 1 week
• July 28 - Scandal - "The Warrior" - 2 weeks ↓↑
• August 4 - Billy Squier - "Rock Me Tonite" - 2 weeks
• August 25 - John Waite - "Missing You" - 2 weeks
• September 8 - The Fixx - "Are We Ourselves" - 2 weeks
• September 22 - John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band - "On the Dark Side" - 5 weeks
• October 27 - Survivor - "I Can't Hold Back" - 3 weeks
• November 17 - Bryan Adams - "Run to You" - 4 weeks
• December 15 - Don Henley - "The Boys of Summer" - 5 weeks

↓↑ indicates track hit #1, dropped down, and then returned to the #1 spot

1985

• January 19 - Foreigner - "I Want to Know What Love Is" - 1 week
• January 26 - John Fogerty - “The Old Man Down the Road” - 3 weeks
• February 16 - Bryan Adams - "Somebody" - 2 weeks
• March 2 - Mick Jagger - "Just Another Night" - 2 weeks
• March 16 - The Firm - "Radioactive" - 1 week
• March 23 - Don Henley - "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" - 2 weeks
• April 6 - Eric Clapton - "Forever Man" - 2 weeks
• April 20 - Simple Minds - "Don't You (Forget About Me)" - 3 weeks
• May 11 - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - "Trapped" - 3 weeks
• June 1 - Robert Plant - "Little by Little" - 2 weeks
• June 15 - John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band - "Tough All Over" - 2 weeks
• June 29 - Sting - "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" - 3 weeks
• July 20 - Huey Lewis and the News – "The Power of Love" - 2 weeks
• August 3 - Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing" - 3 weeks
• August 24 - Sting - "Fortress Around Your Heart" - 2 weeks
• September 7 - John Mellencamp - "Lonely Ol' Night" - 5 weeks
• October 12 - Starship - "We Built This City" - 1 week
• October 19 - Glenn Frey – "You Belong to the City" - 3 weeks
• November 9 - ZZ Top - "Sleeping Bag" - 2 weeks
• November 23 - The Cars - “Tonight She Comes” - 3 weeks
• December 14 - Stevie Nicks - "Talk to Me" - 2 weeks
• December 28 - Mike & the Mechanics - "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" - 5 weeks

1986

• February 1 - Mr. Mister - "Kyrie" - 1 week
• February 8 - ZZ Top - "Stages" - 2 weeks
• February 22 - The Firm - "All The King's Horses" - 4 weeks
• March 22 - Robert Palmer - "Addicted to Love" - 2 weeks
• April 5 - Van Halen - "Why Can't This Be Love" - 3 weeks
• April 26 - Julian Lennon - "Stick Around" - 3 weeks
• May 17 - Bob Seger - "Like a Rock" - 2 weeks
• May 31 - Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer" - 2 weeks
• June 14 - Genesis - "Invisible Touch" - 3 weeks
• July 5 - The Fixx - "Secret Separation" - 2 weeks
• July 19 - Steve Winwood - "Higher Love" - 4 weeks
• August 16 - Eurythmics - "Missionary Man" - 1 week
• August 23 - Genesis - "Throwing It All Away" - 3 weeks
• September 13 - Peter Gabriel - "In Your Eyes" - 1 week
• September 20 - Eddie Money - "Take Me Home Tonight" - 2 weeks
• October 4 - Ric Ocasek - "Emotion in Motion" - 1 week
• October 11 - Boston - "Amanda" - 3 weeks
• November 1 - Huey Lewis and the News - "Hip to Be Square" - 1 week
• November 8 - The Pretenders - "Don't Get Me Wrong" - 3 weeks
• November 29 - Steve Miller Band - "I Want to Make the World Turn Around" - 6 weeks

1987

• January 10 - Eric Clapton - "It's in the Way That You Use It" - 1 week
• January 17 - The Pretenders - "My Baby" - 2 weeks
• January 31 - Bon Jovi - "Livin' on a Prayer" - 2 weeks
• February 14 - Lou Gramm - "Midnight Blue" - 5 weeks
• March 21 - Gregg Allman Band - "I'm No Angel" - 1 week
• March 28 - Peter Wolf - "Come As You Are" - 1 week
• April 4 - U2 - "With or Without You" - 5 weeks
• May 9 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Jammin' Me" - 4 weeks
• June 6 - Bob Seger - "Shakedown" - 4 weeks
• July 4 - Richard Marx – "Don't Mean Nothing" - 1 week
• July 11 - Sammy Hagar - "Give to Live" - 3 weeks
• August 1 - Grateful Dead - "Touch of Grey" - 3 weeks
• August 22 - John Mellencamp - "Paper in Fire" - 5 weeks
• September 26 - Pink Floyd - "Learning to Fly" - 3 weeks
• October 17 - Bruce Springsteen - "Brilliant Disguise" - 1 week
• October 24 - Yes - "Love Will Find a Way" - 3 weeks
• November 14 - John Mellencamp - "Cherry Bomb" - 1 week
• November 21 - Bruce Springsteen - "Tunnel of Love" - 4 weeks
• December 19 - Foreigner - "Say You Will" - 4 weeks

1988

• January 16 - Pink Floyd – "On the Turning Away" - 1 week
• January 23 - David Lee Roth – "Just Like Paradise" - 4 weeks
• February 20 - Robert Plant – "Heaven Knows" - 6 weeks
• April 2 - Henry Lee Summer – "I Wish I Had A Girl" - 1 week
• April 9 - Robert Plant – "Tall Cool One" - 4 weeks
• May 7 - The Smithereens – "Only A Memory" - 1 week
• May 14 - Bruce Hornsby & The Range – "The Valley Road" - 3 weeks
• June 4 - Van Halen – "Black and Blue" - 3 weeks
• June 25 - Steve Winwood – "Roll With It" - 4 weeks
• July 23 - Van Halen – "When It's Love" - 1 week
• July 30 - Robert Palmer – "Simply Irresistible" - 3 weeks
• August 20 - Little Feat – "Hate To Lose Your Lovin'" - 4 weeks
• September 17 - Steve Winwood – "Don’t You Know What the Night Can Do?" - 2 weeks
• October 1 - Tommy Conwell & The Young Rumblers – "I'm Not Your Man" - 1 week
• October 8 - U2 – "Desire" - 5 weeks
• November 12 - Randy Newman – "It's Money That Matters" - 2 weeks
• November 26 - R.E.M. – "Orange Crush" - 2 weeks
• December 10 - U2 – "Angel of Harlem" - 6 weeks

1989

• January 21 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "Got It Made" - 2 weeks
• February 4 - Eddie Money - “The Love in Your Eyes” - 1 week
• February 11 - R.E.M. - "Stand" - 1 week
• February 18 - The Fixx - "Driven Out" - 4 weeks
• March 18 - Chris Rea - "Working On It" - 1 week
• March 25 - The Replacements - "I'll Be You" - 3 weeks
• April 15 - Julian Lennon - "Now You're In Heaven" - 1 week
• April 22 - Tom Petty - "I Won't Back Down" - 5 weeks
• May 27 - The Doobie Brothers - “The Doctor” - 3 weeks
• June 17 - Stevie Nicks - "Rooms on Fire" - 1 week
• June 24 - Tom Petty - "Runnin' Down a Dream" - 1 week
• July 1 - Don Henley - "The End of the Innocence" - 4 weeks
• July 29 - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - "Crossfire" - 3 weeks
• August 19 - The Call - "Let the Day Begin" - 1 week
• August 26 - Tom Petty - "Free Fallin'" - 1 week
• September 2 - The Rolling Stones - "Mixed Emotions" - 5 weeks
• October 7 - Aerosmith - "Love in an Elevator" - 2 weeks
• October 21 - The Rolling Stones - "Rock and a Hard Place" - 5 weeks
• November 25 - Eric Clapton - "Pretending" - 6 weeks

1990

• January 6 - Rush - "Show Don't Tell" - 1 week
• January 13 - Rod Stewart - "Downtown Train" - 2 weeks
• January 27 - Eric Clapton - "Bad Love" - 3 weeks
• February 17 - Alannah Myles – "Black Velvet" - 2 weeks ↓↑
• February 24 - Aerosmith - "What It Takes" - 1 week
• March 10 - The Rolling Stones - "Almost Hear You Sigh" - 1 week
• March 17 - Midnight Oil - "Blue Sky Mine" - 1 week
• March 24 - Robert Plant - "Hurting Kind" - 6 weeks
• May 5 - Damn Yankees - “Coming of Age” - 1 week
• May 12 - Little Feat - "Texas Twister" - 1 week
• May 19 - ZZ Top - "Doubleback" - 5 weeks
• June 23 - Billy Idol – "Cradle of Love" - 2 weeks
• July 7 - Bad Company - "Holy Water" - 2 weeks
• July 21 - Bruce Hornsby & The Range - "Across The River" - 1 week
• July 28 - Aerosmith - "The Other Side" - 2 weeks
• August 11 - Allman Brothers Band - "Good Clean Fun" - 1 week
• August 18 - Johnny Van Zant - "Brickyard Road" - 3 weeks
• September 8 - Jon Bon Jovi - "Blaze of Glory" - 1 week
• September 15 - INXS - "Suicide Blonde" - 4 weeks
• October 13 - ZZ Top - "Concrete and Steel" - 4 weeks
• November 10 - The Black Crowes - "Hard to Handle" - 2 weeks
• November 24 - Steve Winwood – "One and Only Man" - 2 weeks
• December 8 - ZZ Top - "My Head's in Mississippi" - 6 weeks

1991

• January 19 - Sting - "All This Time" - 7 weeks
• March 9 - The Black Crowes - "She Talks to Angels" - 1 week
• March 16 - The Rolling Stones - "Highwire" - 3 weeks
• April 6 - Queensrÿche - "Silent Lucidity" - 1 week
• April 13 - R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion" - 3 weeks
• May 4 - Yes - "Lift Me Up" - 6 weeks
• June 15 - Van Halen - "Poundcake" - 2 weeks
• June 29 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Learning to Fly" - 6 weeks
• August 10 - Van Halen - "Runaround" - 4 weeks
• September 7 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Out in the Cold" - 2 weeks
• September 21 - Rush - "Dreamline" - 4 weeks
• October 19 - John Mellencamp - "Get a Leg Up" - 3 week ↓↑
• October 26 - Van Halen - "Top of the World" - 4 weeks ↓↑
• December 7 - Dire Straits - "Heavy Fuel" - 1 week
• December 14 - U2 - "Mysterious Ways" - 12 weeks

1992

• March 7 - John Mellencamp - "Again Tonight" - 2 weeks
• March 21 - Bruce Springsteen - "Human Touch" - 3 weeks
• April 11 - Def Leppard - "Let's Get Rocked" - 1 week
• April 18 - U2- "One" - 2 weeks
• May 2 - The Black Crowes - "Remedy" - 11 weeks
• July 18 - The Black Crowes - "Sting Me" - 2 weeks
• August 1 - U2 - "Even Better Than the Real Thing" - 3 weeks
• August 22 - The Black Crowes - "Thorn in My Pride" - 4 weeks
• September 19 - Bad Company - "How About That" - 6 weeks
• October 31 - Peter Gabriel - "Digging in the Dirt" - 1 week
• November 7 - Extreme - "Rest in Peace" - 2 weeks
• November 21 - Bon Jovi - "Keep the Faith" - 1 week
• November 28 - The Black Crowes - "Hotel Illness" - 6 weeks

1993

• January 9 - Def Leppard - "Stand Up (Kick Love into Motion)" - 5 weeks
• February 13 - Mick Jagger - "Don't Tear Me Up" - 1 week
• February 20 - Van Halen - "Won't Get Fooled Again" - 1 week
• February 27 - Coverdale & Page - "Pride and Joy" - 6 weeks
• April 10 - Aerosmith - "Livin' on the Edge" - 9 weeks
• June 12 - Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way" - 2 weeks
• June 26 - Stone Temple Pilots - "Plush" - 1 week
• July 3 - AC/DC - "Big Gun" - 2 weeks
• July 17 - Aerosmith - "Cryin'" - 6 weeks
• August 28 - John Mellencamp - "What If I Came Knocking" - 2 weeks
• September 11 - Cry of Love - "Peace Pipe" - 4 weeks
• October 9 - Blind Melon - "No Rain" - 2 weeks
• October 23 - Rush - "Stick It Out" - 4 weeks
• November 20 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - "Mary Jane's Last Dance" - 2 weeks
• December 4 - Pearl Jam - "Daughter" - 8 weeks

1994

• January 29 - ZZ Top - "Pincushion" - 4 weeks
• February 26 - Aerosmith - "Deuces Are Wild" - 4 weeks
• March 26 - Alice in Chains - "No Excuses" - 2 weeks
• April 9 - Pink Floyd - "Keep Talking" - 6 weeks
• May 21 - Collective Soul - "Shine" - 8 weeks
• July 16 - Soundgarden - "Black Hole Sun" - 7 weeks
• September 3 - Stone Temple Pilots - "Vasoline" - 2 weeks
• September 17 - Stone Temple Pilots - "Interstate Love Song" - 15 weeks
• December 31 - Tom Petty - "You Don't Know How It Feels" - 1 week

1995

• January 7 - Pearl Jam - "Better Man" - 8 weeks ↓↑
• January 21 - Van Halen - "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)" - 3 weeks
• March 25 - Live - "Lightning Crashes" - 10 weeks
• June 3 - Collective Soul - "December" - 9 weeks
• August 5 - U2 - "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" - 1 week
• August 12 - Brother Cane - "And Fools Shine On" - 6 weeks
• September 23 - Silverchair - "Tomorrow" - 3 weeks
• October 14 - AC/DC - "Hard as a Rock" - 3 weeks
• November 4 - Goo Goo Dolls - "Name" - 5 weeks
• December 9 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - "My Friends" - 4 weeks

1996

• January 6 - Seven Mary Three - "Cumbersome" - 4 weeks
• February 3 - Collective Soul - "The World I Know" - 4 weeks
• March 2 - The Smashing Pumpkins - "1979" - 2 weeks
• March 16 - Everclear - "Santa Monica" - 3 weeks
• April 6 - Spacehog - "In the Meantime" - 4 weeks
• May 4 - Stone Temple Pilots - "Big Bang Baby" - 1 week
• May 11 - Collective Soul - "Where the River Flows" - 2 weeks
• May 25 - Van Halen - "Humans Being" - 2 weeks
• June 8 - Metallica - "Until It Sleeps" - 8 weeks ↓↑
• July 27 - Stone Temple Pilots - "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" - 4 weeks ↓↑
• August 31 - Soundgarden - "Burden in My Hand" - 5 weeks
• October 5 - Rush - "Test for Echo" - 3 weeks
• October 26 - Van Halen - "Me Wise Magic" - 6 weeks
• December 7 - Metallica - "Hero of the Day" - 3 weeks
• December 28 - Soundgarden - "Blow Up the Outside World" - 4 weeks ↓↑

1997

• January 18 - Stone Temple Pilots - "Lady Picture Show" - 1 week
• February 1 - The Wallflowers - "One Headlight" - 5 weeks
• March 8 - Aerosmith - "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" - 5 weeks
• April 12 - Collective Soul - "Precious Declaration" - 4 weeks
• May 10 - The Offspring - "Gone Away" - 2 weeks
• May 24 - Sammy Hagar - "Little White Lie" - 5 weeks
• June 28 - Tonic - "If You Could Only See" - 5 weeks
• August 2 - Collective Soul - "Listen" - 5 weeks
• September 6 - Aerosmith - "Pink" - 4 weeks
• October 4 - Days of the New - "Touch, Peel and Stand" - 16 weeks

1998

• January 24 - Pearl Jam - "Given to Fly" - 6 weeks
• March 7 - Van Halen - "Without You" - 6 weeks
• April 18 - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - "Blue on Black" - 6 weeks ↓↑
• May 9 - Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - "Most High" - 2 weeks
• June 6 - Brother Cane - "I Lie In The Bed I Make" - 4 weeks
• July 11 - Days of the New - "The Down Town" - 10 weeks
• September 19 - Creed - "What's This Life For" - 6 weeks
• October 31 - KISS - "Psycho Circus" - 1 week
• November 7 - Lenny Kravitz - "Fly Away" - 3 weeks
• November 28 - Metallica - "Turn the Page" - 11 weeks

1999

• February 13 - Everlast - "What It's Like" - 1 week
• February 20 - Collective Soul - "Heavy" - 15 weeks
• June 5 - Buckcherry - "Lit Up" - 3 weeks
• June 26 - Def Leppard - "Promises" - 3 weeks
• July 17 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Scar Tissue" - 10 weeks
• September 25 - Creed - "Higher" - 17 weeks

2000

• January 22 - Metallica - "No Leaf Clover" - 7 weeks
• March 11 - AC/DC - "Stiff Upper Lip" - 4 weeks
• April 8 - 3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite" 9 weeks
• June 10 - Metallica - "I Disappear" - 7 weeks ↓↑
• July 8 - Creed - "With Arms Wide Open" - 4 weeks
• August 26 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Californication" - 2 weeks
• September 9 - 3 Doors Down - "Loser" - 21 weeks

2001

• February 3 - Godsmack - "Awake" - 1 week
• February 10 - Aerosmith - "Jaded" - 5 weeks
• March 17 - Aaron Lewis of Staind with Fred Durst - "Outside" - 2 weeks
• March 31 - Tantric - "Breakdown" - 1 week
• April 7 - 3 Doors Down - "Duck and Run" - 3 weeks
• April 28 - Staind - "It's Been Awhile" - 20 weeks
• September 15 - Nickelback - "How You Remind Me" - 13 weeks
• December 15 - Creed - "My Sacrifice" - 9 weeks

2002

• February 16 - Puddle of Mudd - "Blurry" - 10 weeks
• April 27 - Nickelback - "Too Bad" - 3 weeks
• May 18 - Godsmack - "I Stand Alone" - 4 weeks
• June 15 - Chad Kroeger & Josey Scott - "Hero" - 2 weeks
• June 29 - Puddle of Mudd - "Drift & Die" - 6 weeks
• August 10 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - "By the Way" - 7 weeks
• September 28 - System of a Down - "Aerials" - 1 week
• October 5 - Nickelback - "Never Again" - 3 weeks
• October 26 - Puddle of Mudd - "She Hates Me" - 1 week
• November 2 - Nirvana - "You Know You're Right" - 4 weeks
• November 30 - 3 Doors Down- "When I'm Gone" - 17 weeks

2003

• March 29 - Godsmack - "Straight Out of Line" - 2 weeks
• April 12 - Linkin Park - "Somewhere I Belong" - 1 week
• April 19 - Audioslave - "Like a Stone" - 12 weeks
• July 12 - Chevelle - "Send the Pain Below" - 4 weeks ↓↑
• July 26 - Trapt - "Headstrong" - 1 week
• August 16 - Staind - "So Far Away" - 14 weeks
• November 22 - A Perfect Circle - "Weak and Powerless" - 2 weeks
• December 6 - Trapt - "Still Frame" - 1 week
• December 13 - Puddle of Mudd - "Away from Me" - 3 weeks

2004

• January 3 - Linkin Park - "Numb" - 3 weeks
• January 24 - Nickelback - "Figured You Out" - 13 weeks
• April 24 - Jet - "Cold Hard Bitch" - 8 weeks
• June 19 - Velvet Revolver - "Slither" - 9 weeks
• August 21 - Three Days Grace - "Just Like You" - 3 weeks
• September 11 - Linkin Park - "Breaking the Habit" - 3 weeks
• October 2 - Velvet Revolver - "Fall to Pieces" - 11 weeks
• December 18 - Chevelle - "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)" - 2 weeks

2005

• January 1 - Green Day - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - 14 weeks
• April 9 - Audioslave - "Be Yourself" - 7 weeks
• May 28 - Mudvayne - "Happy?" - 1 week
• June 4 - Green Day - "Holiday" - 3 weeks
• June 25 - Seether - "Remedy" - 8 weeks ↓↑
• July 30 - Foo Fighters - "Best of You" - 4 weeks
• September 17 - Staind - "Right Here" - 2 weeks
• October 1 - Nickelback - "Photograph" - 7 weeks
• November 19 - Shinedown - "Save Me" - 12 weeks

2006

• February 11 - Nickelback - "Animals" - 6 weeks
• March 25 - Godsmack - "Speak" - 6 weeks
• May 6 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dani California" - 12 weeks
• July 29 - Three Days Grace - "Animal I Have Become" - 7 weeks
• September 16 - Stone Sour - "Through Glass" - 7 weeks
• November 4 - Disturbed - "Land of Confusion" - 3 weeks
• November 25 - Tool - "The Pot" - 4 weeks
• December 23 - Three Days Grace - "Pain" - 13 weeks

2007

• March 24 - Breaking Benjamin - "Breath" - 7 weeks
• May 12 - Linkin Park - "What I've Done" - 8 weeks
• July 7 - Ozzy Osbourne - "I Don't Wanna Stop" - 5 weeks
• August 11 - Finger Eleven - "Paralyzer" - 1 week
• August 18 - Three Days Grace - "Never Too Late" - 7 weeks
• October 6 - Foo Fighters - "The Pretender" - 6 weeks
• November 17 - Seether - "Fake It" - 14 weeks

2008

• February 23 - Puddle of Mudd - "Psycho" - 9 weeks
• April 26 - 3 Doors Down - "It's Not My Time" - 3 weeks
• May 17 - Disturbed - "Inside the Fire" - 14 weeks
• August 23 - Shinedown - "Devour" - 3 weeks
• September 13 - Theory of a Deadman - "Bad Girlfriend" - 2 weeks ↓↑
• September 20 - Metallica - "The Day That Never Comes" - 9 weeks ↓↑
• November 29 - AC/DC - "Rock 'n' Roll Train" - 3 weeks
• December 20 - Apocalyptica feat. Adam Gontier - "I Don't Care" - 1 week
• December 27 - Shinedown - "Second Chance" - 10 weeks

↓↑ indicates track hit #1, dropped down, and then returned to the #1 spot

2009

• March 7 - Nickelback - "Something in Your Mouth" - 4 weeks
• April 4 - Metallica - "Cyanide" - 2 weeks
• April 18 - Papa Roach - "Lifeline" - 6 weeks
• May 30 - Green Day - "Know Your Enemy" - 3 weeks
• June 20 - Shinedown - "Sound of Madness" - 3 weeks
• July 11 - Linkin Park - "New Divide" - 8 weeks
• September 5 - Cavo - "Champagne" - 1 week
• September 12 - Godsmack - "Whiskey Hangover" - 3 weeks
• October 3 - Alice in Chains - "Check My Brain" - 8 weeks
• November 28 - Breaking Benjamin - "I Will Not Bow" - 2 weeks
• December 12 - Three Days Grace - "Break" - 11 weeks

2010

• February 27 - Alice in Chains - "Your Decision" - 8 weeks
• April 24 - Godsmack - "Cryin' Like a Bitch" - 5 weeks
• May 29 - Three Days Grace - "The Good Life" - 5 weeks
• July 3 - Ozzy Osbourne - "Let Me Hear You Scream" - 4 weeks
• July 31 - Shinedown - "The Crow & the Butterfly" - 1 week
• August 7 - Disturbed - "Another Way to Die" - 8 weeks
• October 2 - Stone Sour - "Say You'll Haunt Me" - 8 weeks
• November 27 - My Darkest Days feat. Zakk Wylde & Chad Kroeger - "Porn Star Dancing" - 2 weeks
• December 11 - Three Days Grace - "World So Cold" - 5 weeks

2011

• January 15 - Saving Abel - "The Sex Is Good" - 1 week
• January 22 - Alter Bridge - "Isolation" - 7 weeks
• March 12 - Shinedown - "Diamond Eyes (Boom-Lay Boom-Lay Boom)" - 3 weeks
• April 2 - Foo Fighters - "Rope" - 5 weeks
• May 7 - Seether - "Country Song" - 10 weeks
• July 16 - Sixx:A.M. - "Lies of the Beautiful People" - 2 weeks
• July 30 - Avenged Sevenfold - "So Far Away" - 3 weeks
• August 20 - Theory of a Deadman - "Lowlife" - 3 weeks
• September 10 - Foo Fighters - "Walk" - 4 weeks
• October 8 - Staind - "Not Again" - 7 weeks↓↑
• November 5 - Seether - "Tonight - 1 week
• December 3 - Chevelle - "Face to the Floor" - 11 weeks

↓↑ indicates track hit #1, dropped down, and then returned to the #1 spot