The Rock 2000 (2021)

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Rage Against The Machine have taken the power back to win The Rock 2000 for 2021, with Killing In The Name taking out the #1 spot over Metallica 'Enter Sandman', Lynyrd Skynyrd 'Simple Man, Blindspott 'Nil By Mouth' and Pearl Jam 'Black'.

This marks the third time Rage have won the countdown with Killing In The Name, previously coming #1 in 2017 and 2010. Bloody good work rate we reckon.

Download the full The Rock 2000 - 2021 Song List here, or have a look at what made the cut in the Top 100 below.

The Rock 2000 - 2021 Song List (Top 100)

RANK       ARTIST                                                 TITLE                                                                                    ALBUM
1   Rage Against The Machine   Killing In The Name   Rage Against The Machine
2   Metallica   Enter Sandman   Metallica (Black Album)
3   Lynyrd Skynyrd   Simple Man   (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
4   Blindspott   Nil By Mouth   Blindspott
5   Pearl Jam   Black   Ten
6   Slipknot   Duality   Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
7   Queen   Bohemian Rhapsody   A Night at the Opera
8   Tool   The Pot   10,000 Days
9   Th' Dudes   Bliss   Where Are The Boys?
10   Metallica   One   ...And Justice For All
11   Foo Fighters   Everlong   The Colour and the Shape
12   Shihad   Home Again   Shihad (Fish Album)
13   Lynyrd Skynyrd   Free Bird   (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
14   Metallica   Master Of Puppets   Master Of Puppets
15   AC/DC   For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)   For Those About To Rock We Salute You
16   Metallica   Fade To Black   Ride The Lightning
17   Guns 'N' Roses   November Rain   Use Your Illusion I
18   Black Sabbath   War Pigs   Paranoid
19   Alice In Chains   Nutshell (Unplugged)   MTV Unplugged
20   System Of A Down   Chop Suey   Toxicity
21   Blindspott   Phlex   Blindspott
22   Tool   Forty Six & 2   Ænima
23   Metallica   For Whom The Bell Tolls   Ride The Lightning
24   Fleetwood Mac   The Chain   Rumours
25   Metallica   Nothing Else Matters   Metallica (Black Album)
26   Led Zeppelin   Stairway To Heaven   Led Zeppelin IV
27   Slipknot   Snuff   All Hope Is Gone
28   Tool   Sober   Undertow
29   Nirvana   Smells Like Teen Spirit   Nevermind
30   Pantera   Walk   Vulgar Display of Power
31   Pink Floyd   Wish You Were Here   Wish You Were Here
32   Disturbed   The Sound Of Silence   Immortilized
33   Cold Chisel   Khe Sahn   Cold Chisel
34   Blindspott   Mind Dependency   Blindspott
35   Pink Floyd   Comfortably Numb   The Wall
36   Tool   Stinkfist   Ænima
37   Linkin Park   Numb   Meteora
38   System Of A Down   Toxicity   Toxicity
39   AC/DC   Thunderstruck   The Razor's Edge
40   Disturbed   Down With The Sickness   The Sickness
41   Temple Of The Dog   Hunger Strike   Temple Of The Dog
42   Tool   Schism   Lateralus
43   Cold Chisel   Flame Trees   Twentieth Century
44   Chevelle   Peach   Niratias
45   The Eagles   Hotel California   Hotel California
46   Chris Cornell   Patience   No One Sings Like You Anymore, Vol. 1
47   Tool   Aenema   Ænima
48   Jimmy Barnes   Working Class Man   For The Working Class Man
49   Foo Fighters   All My Life   One By One
50   Highly Suspect   My Name Is Human   The Boy Who Died Wolf
51   Alice In Chains   Rooster   Dirt
52   Pearl Jam   Yellow Ledbetter   Jeremy B Side
53   AC/DC   Back In Black   Back In Black
54   Linkin Park   In The End   Hybrid Theory
55   Devilskin   Little Pills   We Rise
56   Soundgarden   Black Hole Sun   Superunknown
57   Pink Floyd   Shine On You Crazy Diamond   Wish You Were Here
58   Alice In Chains   Would?   Dirt
59   Dire Straits   Money For Nothing   Brothers In Arms
60   Blindspott   R.I.P (Rest In Pieces)   Single Only
61   Guns 'N' Roses   Sweet Child O'Mine   Appetite For Destruction
62   Pantera   Cemetery Gates   Cowboys From Hell
63   Dire Straits   Brothers In Arms   Brothers In Arms
64   Guns 'N' Roses   Paradise City   Appetite For Destruction
65   Rage Against The Machine   Know Your Enemy   Rage Against The Machine
66   Highly Suspect   16   MCID
67   Rage Against The Machine   Bulls On Parade   Evil Empire
68   System Of A Down   Aerials   Toxicity
69   Guns 'N' Roses   Estranged   Use Your Illusion II
70   Dave Dobbyn   Welcome Home   Available Light
71   Audioslave   Like A Stone   Audioslave
72   System Of A Down   B.Y.O.B   Mezmerize
73   ZZ Top   La Grange   Tres Hombres
74   Guns 'N' Roses   Rocket Queen   Appetite For Destruction
75   Rammstein   Du Hast   Sehnsucht
76   Highly Suspect   Lydia   Mister Asylum
77   Shihad   I Got You   True Colours, New Colours – The Songs of Split Enz
78   Pantera   Cowboys From Hell   Cowboys From Hell
79   Ozzy Osbourne   Crazy Train   Blizzard of Ozz
80   Pearl Jam   Better Man   Vitalogy
81   Korn   Freak On A Leash   Follow The Leader
82   Metallica   The Unforgiven   Metallica (Black Album)
83   Foo Fighters   My Hero   The Colour and the Shape
84   Dire Straits   Sultans Of Swing   Dire Straits
85   Metallica   Sad But True   Metallica (Black Album)
86   Led Zeppelin   Kashmir   Physical Graffitti
87   Slipknot   Before I Forget   Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
88   Guns 'N' Roses   Welcome To The Jungle   Appetite For Destruction
89   Motley Crue   Kickstart My Heart   Dr. Feelgood
90   System Of A Down   Spiders   System of a Down
91   Black Sabbath   Paranoid   Paranoid
92   Red Hot Chili Peppers   Under The Bridge   Blood Sugar Sex Magik
93   Metallica   ...And Justice For All   ...And Justice For All
94   Queen and David Bowie   Under Pressure   Hot Space
95   Tool   Eulogy   Ænima
96   Led Zeppelin   Immigrant Song   Led Zeppelin III
97   Motorhead   Ace Of Spades   Ace of Spades
98   Tenacious D   Tribute   Tenacious D
99   Blindspott   S.U.I.T   Blindspott
100   AC/DC   Highway To Hell   Highway To Hell