We counted down the 500 biggest KROQ songs of all time during the KROQ Firecracker 500 this 4th of July weekend, reminding us of the bands and songs that helped shape the station in to what it’s become today.
Take a look at the full list below and see where your favorite songs landed!
500 Biggest KROQ Songs Of All Time
1
Smells Like Teen Spirit (90’s)
Nirvana
2
What I Got (90’s)
Sublime
3
Under the Bridge (90’s)
RHCP
4
Killing in the Name (90’s)
Rage Against the Machine
5
Seven Nation Army (2000’s)
The White Stripes
6
Everlong (90’s)
Foo Fighters
7
In the End (2000’s)
Linkin Park
8
Creep (90’s)
Radiohead
9
Brain Stew/Jaded (2000’s)
Green Day
10
Enjoy the Silence (90’s)
Depeche Mode
11
Self Esteem (90’s)
The Offspring
12
How Soon is Now (80’s)
The Smiths
13
Come As You Are (90’s)
Nirvana
14
Somebody Told Me (2000’s)
The Killers
15
Santeria (90’s)
Sublime
16
Today (90’s)
The Smashing Pumpkins
17
Love Song (80’s)
The Cure
18
Scar Tissue (90’s)
RHCP
19
Fight For Your Right to Party (80’s)
Beastie Boys
20
Alive (90’s)
Pearl Jam
21
What I’ve Done (2000’s)
Linkin Park
22
Viva La Vida (2000’s)
Coldplay
23
Basketcase (90’s)
Green Day
24
The Pretender (2000’s)
Foo Fighters
25
Wrong Way (90’s)
Sublime
26
Personal Jesus (80’s)
Depeche Mode
27
Lithium (90’s)
Nirvana
28
Say It Ain’t So (90’s)
Weezer
29
Kids (2000’s)
MGMT
30
Enter Sandman (90’s)
Metallica
31
Uprising (2000’s)
Muse
32
Come Out and Play (90’s)
The Offspring
33
Soul to Squeeze (90’s)
RHCP
34
Mr. Brightside (2000’s)
The Killers
35
Anything Anything (80’s)
Dramarama
36
Plush (90’s)
Stone Temple Pilots
37
Just A Girl (90’s)
No Doubt
38
1979
The Smashing Pumpkins
39
I Wanna Be Sedated (70’s)
The Ramones
40
Closer (90’s)
Nine Inch Nails
41
Dammit (90’s)
Blink 182
42
Jammin (70’s)
Bob Marley
43
Best of You (2000’s)
Foo Fighters
44
When I Come Around (90’s)
Green Day
45
Blister in the Sun (80’s)
Violent Femmes
46
Even Flow (90’s)
Pearl Jam
47
The Middle (2000’s)
Jimmy Eat World
48
Loser (90’s)
Beck
49
Disarm
The Smashing Pumpkins
50
Bad Fish (90’s)
Sublime
51
Chop Suey (2000’s)
System of a Down
52
All My Life
Foo Fighters
53
Buddy Holly (90’s)
Weezer
54
Tell Me Baby
RHCP
55
People Are People (80’s)
Depeche Mode
56
Wonderwall (90’s)
Oasis
57
In Bloom (90’s)
Nirvana
58
No Woman No Cry (70’s)
Bob Marley
59
Pardon Me (90’s)
Incubus
60
Don’t Speak
No Doubt
61
Sex on Fire (2000’s)
Kings of Leon
62
What’s My Age Again? (90’s)
Blink 182
63
Longview (90’s)
Green Day
64
Feel Good Inc (2000’s)
Gorillaz
65
Man in the Box (90’s)
Alice in Chains
66
Date Rape (90’s)
Sublime
67
Been Caught Stealing
Jane’s Addiction
68
The Unforgiven (90’s)
Metallica
69
Brass Monkey (80’s)
Beastie Boys
70
You’re Gonna Go Far Kid (2000’s)
The Offspring
71
Starlight (2000’s)
Muse
72
Can’t Stop (2000’s)
RHCP
73
April 29th, 1992 (90’s)
Sublime
74
Welcome to The Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
75
Black Hole Sun (90’s)
Soundgarden
76
All the Small Things
Blink 182
77
Are You Gonna Be My Girl? (2000’s)
Jet
78
Radioactive (2010’s)
Imagine Dragons
79
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Green Day
80
Blue Monday (80’s)
New Order
81
Bullet With Butterfly Wings (90’s)
The Smashing Pumpkins
82
Little Lion Man (2000’s)
Mumford & Sons
83
Faint (2000’s)
Linkin Park
84
Smooth Criminal (2000’s)
Alien Ant Farm
85
Little Talks
Of Monsters and Men
86
Glycerine (90’s)
Bush
87
Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked (2000’s)
Cage the Elephant
88
Undone (The Sweater Song) (90’s)
Weezer
89
Just Like Heaven
The Cure
90
Jeremy (90’s)
Pearl Jam
91
Sweetness (2000’s)
Jimmy Eat World
92
Semi Charmed Life (90’s)
Third Eye Blind
93
Panic Switch (2000’s)
Silversun Pickups
94
Rock the Casbah (80’s)
The Clash
95
Bulls on Parade (90’s)
Rage Against the Machine
96
Welcome to Paradise (90’s)
Green Day
97
Use Somebody (2000’s)
Kings of Leon
98
Drive (90’s)
Incubus
99
Electric Feel (2000’s)
MGMT
100
Ball and Chain (90’s)
Social Distortion
101
Down (90’s)
311
102
Give it Away (90’s)
RHCP
103
Lay Me Down (2010’s)
The Dirty Heads
104
Kryptonite
3 Doors Down
105
Pumped Up Kicks (2010’s)
Foster the People
106
Smoke Two Joints (90’s)
Sublime
107
Mountain Sound
Of Monsters and Men
108
Comedown (90’s)
Bush
109
One
U2
110
Numb (2000’s)
Linkin Park
111
Float On
Modest Mouse
112
Better Man (90’s)
Pearl Jam
113
Sweater Weather (2010’s)
The Neighbourhood
114
Heart Shaped Box (90’s)
Nirvana
115
Dead Man’s Party (80’s)
Oingo Boingo
116
Interstate Love Song (90’s)
Stone Temple Pilots
117
It’s My Life
No Doubt
118
Do I Wanna Know (2010’s)
Arctic Monkeys
119
The Kids Aren’t Alright (90’s)
The Offspring
120
Sweet Child ‘O Mine (80’s)
Guns N’ Roses
121
Song 2 (90’s)
Blur
122
Ho Hey (2010’s)
The Lumineers
123
Love Song
311
124
Flagpole Sitta (90’s)
Harvey Danger
125
Dani California (2000’s)
RHCP
126
Pictures of You (80’s)
The Cure
127
Spiderwebs (90’s)
No Doubt
128
Sorrow (2000’s)
Bad Religion
129
Shake Me Down (2010’s)
Cage the Elephant
130
Nothing Else Matters (90’s)
Metallica
131
No Rain (90’s)
Blind Melon
132
Lonely Boy (2010’s)
The Black Keys
133
We Are Young
Fun
134
Story of My Life (90’s)
Social Distortion
135
Madness (2010’s)
Muse
136
Sabotage (90’s)
Beastie Boys
137
Pompeii (2010’s)
Bastille
138
Renegades of Funk (2000’s)
Rage Against the Machine
139
Dreams
The Cranberries
140
Snow (2000’s)
RHCP
141
I Will Wait
Mumford & Sons
142
Wish You Were Here (2000’s)
Incubus
143
Bring Me to Life
Evanescence
144
Sunday Bloody Sunday (80’s)
U2
145
One Step Closer (2000’s)
Linkin Park
146
The Distance (90’s)
Cake
147
Toxicity (2000’s)
System of a Down
148
Clocks
Coldplay
149
It’s Time (2010’s)
Imagine Dragons
150
All Apologies (90’s)
Nirvana
151
Take Me Out (2000’s)
Franz Ferdinand
152
Sunday Morning (90’s)
No Doubt
153
Like a Stone (2000’s)
Audioslave
154
Ready to Fall (2000’s)
Rise Against
155
Black
Pearl Jam
156
Get Lucky
Daft Punk
157
Buffalo Soldier (80’s)
Bob Marley
158
Island in the Sun (2000’s)
Weezer
159
Come A Little Closer (2010’s)
Cage the Elephant
160
Jumper (90’s)
Third Eye Blind
161
Machinehead (90’s)
Bush
162
Dog Days Are Over (2000’s)
Florence + the Machine
163
Beautiful Disaster (90’s)
311
164
My Hero (90’s)
Foo Fighters
165
Little Black Submarines (2010’s)
The Black Keys
166
Alien (90’s)
Pennywise
167
Lightning Crashes (90’s)
Live
168
Knights of Cydonia
Muse
169
Blitzkrieg Bop (70’s)
The Ramones
170
Fix You
Coldplay
171
What It’s Like (90’s)
Everlast
172
Savior (2000’s)
Rise Against
173
Love Hurts (2000’s)
Incubus
174
Sail
Awolnation
175
Sex and Candy (90’s)
Marcy Playground
176
Howlin For You (2010’s)
The Black Keys
177
No One Knows (2000’s)
Queens of the Stone Age
178
Resistance (2000’s)
Muse
179
Bittersweet Symphony (90’s)
The Verve
180
Fell on Black Days (90’s)
Soundgarden
181
Boyz N The Hood (90’s)
Dynamite Hack
182
Rock Superstar (2000’s)
Cypress Hill
183
The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie (2010’s)
RHCP
184
Hash Pipe (2000’s)
Weezer
185
Tongue Tied
Grouplove
186
Dumb (90’s)
Nirvana
187
Three Little Birds (70’s)
Bob Marley
188
I Miss You
Blink 182
189
Champagne Supernova (90’s)
Oasis
190
Gold on the Ceiling (2010’s)
The Black Keys
191
Bound For the Floor (90’s)
Local H
192
Intergalactic (90’s)
Beastie Boys
193
Elderly Woman Behind…
Pearl Jam
194
Welcome to the Jungle
Guns N’ Roses
195
I Write Sins Not Tragedies (2000’s)
Panic! At the Disco
196
Zombie
The Cranberries
197
Should I Stay or Should I Go (80’s)
The Clash
198
All Mixed Up (90’s)
311
199
Demons
Imagine Dragons
200
Last Resort (2000’s)
Papa Roach
201
Such Great Heights (2000’s)
The Postal Service
202
Bleed It Out (2000’s)
Linkin Park
203
Strangelove (80’s)
Depeche Mode
204
Josie
Blink 182
205
Doin Time (90’s)
Sublime
206
Sober (90’s)
Tool
207
My Own Worst Enemy (90’s)
Lit
208
Safe and Sound
Capital Cities
209
Losing My Religion
REM
210
Rape Me (90’s)
Nirvana
211
Time Bomb (90’s)
Rancid
212
Midnight City
M83
213
I Alone
Live
214
Last Nite (2000’s)
The Strokes
215
Infected (90’s)
Bad Religion
216
When You Were Young (2000’s)
The Killers
217
Hurt (2000’s)
Johnny Cash
218
Tighten Up
The Black Keys
219
Fell In Love With a Girl (2000’s)
The White Stripes
220
Guerilla Radio (90’s)
Rage Against the Machine
221
1901
Phoenix
222
Daughter (90’s)
Pearl Jam
223
Gotta Get Away (90’s)
The Offspring
224
Believe (2000’s)
The Bravery
225
Are You Gonna Go My Way
Lenny Kravitz
226
Learn to Fly (90’s)
Foo Fighters
227
Anna Sun
Walk The Moon
228
Crawling (2000’s)
Linkin Park
229
Only Happy When it Rains (90’s)
Garbage
230
Time is Running Out
Muse
231
It’s Been Awhile (2000’s)
Staind
232
Lose Yourself (2000’s)
Eminem
233
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (2000’s)
Green Day
234
Aerials (2000’s)
System of a Down
235
Kiss Off (80’s)
Violent Femmes
236
Sugar We’re Goin Down
Fall Out Boy
237
With Or Without You (80’s)
U2
238
The Cave
Mumford & Sons
239
Insane in the Brain (90’s)
Cypress Hill
240
The Boys of Summer (2000’s)
The Ataris
241
Big Empty (90’s)
Stone Temple Pilots
242
Bad Habit (90’s)
The Offspring
243
Supermassive Black Hole
Muse
244
Helena
My Chemical Romance
245
Maps (2000’s)
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
246
Yellow Ledbetter (90’s)
Pearl Jam
247
The Kill (2000’s)
Thirty Seconds to Mars
248
A Sky Full of Stars (2010’s)
Coldplay
249
Sleep Now in the Fire (90’s)
Rage Against the Machine
250
Where It’s At (90’s)
Beck
251
Icky Thump (2000’s)
The White Stripes
252
Caress Me Down
Sublime
253
Rooster (90’s)
Alice in Chains
254
F Authority
Pennywise
255
Just Can’t Get Enough (80’s)
Depeche Mode
256
Blurry (2000’s)
Puddle of Mudd
257
Young Blood
The Naked and The Famous
258
People Are Strange (2000’s)
Echo and the Bunnymen
259
Crazy (2000’s)
Gnarls Barkley
260
Monkeywrench (90’s)
Foo Fighters
261
Soul Meets Body (90’s)
Death Cab For Cutie
262
Got the Life (90’s)
Korn
263
Bathwater
No Doubt
264
Don’t Stop (2010’s)
Foster the People
265
Cherub Rock (90’s)
The Smashing Pumpkins
266
Shut Up and Dance
Walk The Moon
267
Yellow (2000’s)
Coldplay
268
Unbelievers
Vampire Weekend
269
Mrs. Robinson
The Lemonheads
270
Spoonman (90’s)
Soundgarden
271
Boys Don’t Cry
The Cure
272
Stupid Girl
Garbage
273
Jane Says (80’s)
Jane’s Addiction
274
Some Nights (2010’s)
Fun.
275
Corduroy
Pearl Jam
276
All These Things That I’ve Done (2000’s)
The Killers
277
Hurt (90’s)
Nine Inch Nails
278
Lisztomania
Phoenix
279
American Idiot (2000’s)
Green Day
280
One Love (70’s)
Bob Marley
281
Karma Police (90’s)
Radiohead
282
Dashboard (2000’s)
Modest Mouse
283
Tonight Tonight (90’s)
The Smashing Pumpkins
284
Prayer of the Refugee (2000’s)
Rise Against
285
Lake of Fire (90’s)
Nirvana
286
Never There (90’s)
Cake
287
She (90’s)
Green Day
288
The One I Love (80’s)
REM
289
All I Want
The Offspring
290
Paradise
Coldplay
291
Otherside (90’s)
RHCP
292
Devil’s Haircut (90’s)
Beck
293
Undisclosed Desires
Muse
294
Stinkfist
Tool
295
Trojans
Atlas Genius
296
Read My Mind (2000’s)
The Killers
297
Somebody That I Used to Know
Gotye
298
Head Like a Hole (90’s)
Nine Inch Nails
299
Adam’s Song (90’s)
Blink 182
300
B.Y.O.B.
System of a Down
301
Everybody Talks (2010’s)
Neon Trees
302
Vaseline (90’s)
Stone Temple Pilots
303
Girls (80’s)
Beastie Boys
304
Lazy Eye (2000’s)
Silversun Pickups
305
How’s It Going to Be
Third Eye Blind
306
Cold Hard Bitch (2000’s)
Jet
307
Holiday (2000’s)
Green Day
308
Out of My League
Fitz and the Tantrums
309
Stellar (90’s)
Incubus
310
Time to Pretend ( 2000’s)
MGMT
311
You Oughtta Know
Alanis Morissette
312
Mysterious Ways (90’s)
U2
313
Wake Me Up
Avicii
314
#1 Crush
Garbage
315
Zero (90’s)
The Smashing Pumpkins
316
Sweet Disposition (2000’s)
The Temper Trap
317
Everything Zen (90’s)
Bush
318
The Rockafeller Skank (90’s)
Fatboy Slim
319
I’m Not Okay
My Chemical Romance
320
I Will Follow You Into the Dark (2000’s)
Death Cab For Cutie
321
My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark
Fall Out Boy
322
The Man Who Sold the World (90’s)
Nirvana
323
Elephant (2010’s)
Tame Impala
324
The Scientist (2000’s)
Coldplay
325
Father of Mine (90’s)
Everclear
326
Parallel Universe (2000’s)
RHCP
327
Add it Up (80’s)
Violent Femmes
328
Alive (2000’s)
P.O.D.
329
Steady As She Goes (2000’s)
The Raconteurs
330
Sure Shot (90’s)
Beastie Boys
331
Perfect Situation (2000’s)
Weezer
332
Ex Girlfriend
No Doubt
333
Testify (90’s)
Rage Against the Machine
334
Walk (2010’s)
Foo Fighters
335
Royals
Lorde
336
Would? (90’s)
Alice in Chains
337
Wicked Garden (90’s)
Stone Temple Pilots
338
If You’re Wondering If I Want…
Weezer
339
The Good Left Undone (2000’s)
Rise Against
340
Someday (2000’s)
The Strokes
341
Bad Luck (90’s)
Social Distortion
342
Close to Me (80’s)
The Cure
343
Graduate
Third Eye Blind
344
Helena Beat
Foster the People
345
Landslide (2000’s)
The Smashing Pumpkins
346
Special
Garbage
347
Sugar
System of a Down
348
The New Pollution (90’s)
Beck
349
M&M’s (90’s)
Blink 182
350
Numb/Encore (2000’s)
Linkin Park/Jay Z
351
Afraid
The Neighbourhood
352
Around the World (90’s)
RHCP
353
2am (2010’s)
Slightly Stoopid
354
Prisoner of Society (90’s)
The Living End
355
Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (90’s)
The Offspring
356
Cannonball (90’s)
The Breeders
357
Polly (90’s)
Nirvana
358
A Praise Chorus
Jimmy Eat World
359
Creep
Stone Temple Pilots
360
Could You Be Loved (80’s)
Bob Marley
361
Miss Murder (2000’s)
AFI
362
Jump Around (90’s)
House of Pain
363
All Over You
Live
364
A-Punk (2000’s)
Vampire Weekend
365
Anna Molly
Incubus
366
Praise You (90’s)
Fatboy Slim
367
Times Like These (2000’s)
Foo Fighters
368
Where the Streets Have No Name (80’s)
U2
369
People of the Sun (90’s)
Rage Against the Machine
370
Amber (2000’s)
311
371
Take Me to Church
Hozier
372
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine (2000’s)
The Killers
373
By the Way (2000’s)
RHCP
374
Animal (2010’s)
Neon Trees
375
Wake Up
Arcade Fire
376
Policy of Truth (90’s)
Depeche Mode
377
Freak on a Leash (90’s)
Korn
378
Riptide
Vance Joy
379
Sex Type Thing (90’s)
Stone Temple Pilots
380
Fade Into You
Mazzy Star
381
No Sleep Til Brooklyn (80’s)
Beastie Boys
382
Roll Away Your Stone
Mumford & Sons
383
The Red
Chevelle
384
Clint Eastwood (2000’s)
Gorillaz
385
Beverly Hills (2000’s)
Weezer
386
Outside
Staind
387
Pain
Jimmy Eat World
388
Friday I’m in Love (90’s)
The Cure
389
Disconnected
Face to Face
390
Young Folks (2000’s)
Peter Bjorn and John
391
Paradise City (80’s)
Guns N’ Roses
392
Smile Like You Mean It
The Killers
393
Love Rollercoaster
RHCP
394
Woman (2000’s)
Wolfmother
395
Inside Out (90’s)
Eve 6
396
Gone Away
The Offspring
397
New Slang
The Shins
398
New Divide
Linkin Park
399
King Without a Crown (2000’s)
Matisyahu
400
Epic (90’s)
Faith No More
401
Move Along
All American Rejects
402
Dancing Days
Stone Temple Pilots
403
So What’cha Want (90’s)
Beastie Boys
404
Low (90’s)
Cracker
405
Bro Hymn Tribute (90’s)
Pennywise
406
Mr. Jones
Counting Crows
407
Misery Business (2000’s)
Paramore
408
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground (2000’s)
The White Stripes
409
More Human Than Human
White Zombie
410
I Will Buy You a New Life (90’s)
Everclear
411
The Rock Show (2000’s)
Blink 182
412
Schism
Tool
413
Short Skirt Long Jacket (2000’s)
Cake
414
Californication (90’s)
RHCP
415
Flake
Jack Johnson
416
Dance, Dance (2000’s)
Fall Out Boy
417
Excuse Me Mr.
No Doubt
418
Beautiful Day
U2
419
Youth of the Nation
P.O.D.
420
Hey Jealousy
Gin Blossoms
421
Chasing Cars (2000’s)
Snow Patrol
422
I’ll Stick Around (90’s)
Foo Fighters
423
Take a Walk (2010’s)
Passion Pit
424
Unbelievable
EMF
425
The Sound of Winter (2010’s)
Bush
426
Your Woman (90’s)
White Town
427
Last Kiss (90’s)
Pearl Jam
428
The Impression I Get (90’s)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
429
Somewhere I Belong (2000’s)
Linkin Park
430
Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
431
Fat Lip (2000’s)
Sum 41
432
You Get What You Give (90’s)
New Radicals
433
Sweet Jane
Cowboy Junkies
434
First Date
Blink 182
435
Santa Monica (90’s)
Everclear
436
Southside (2000’s)
Moby
437
Nookie
Limp Bizkit
438
Stir It Up (70’s)
Bob Marley
439
Speed of Sound (2000’s)
Coldplay
440
Little Things
Bush
441
Paul Revere (80’s)
Beastie Boys
442
Burn It Down
Linkin Park
443
Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth (90’s)
Primitive Radio Gods
444
Hunger Strike
Temple of the Dog
445
Centuries
Fall Out Boy
446
Ring of Fire (80’s)
Social Distortion
447
Wake Me Up When September Ends (2000’s)
Green Day
448
Dragula
Rob Zombie
449
Somewhere Only We Know
Keane
450
Detachable Penis
King Missile
451
Good
Better Than Ezra
452
Human
The Killers
453
Celebrity Skin
Hole
454
Budapest
George Ezra
455
Verse Chorus Verse
Nirvana
456
6 Underground
Sneaker Pimps
457
Suck My Kiss
RHCP
458
All I Want Is You
U2
459
Eye
The Smashing Pumpkins
460
Da Funk
Daft Punk
461
Lump
Presidents of the USA
462
Shake It Out
Florence + the Machine
463
Plowed
Sponge
464
Pork and Beans
Weezer
465
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Tears For Fears
466
Trippin On a Hole…
Stone Temple Pilots
467
Round Here
Counting Crows
468
London Calling
The Clash
469
Jack Ass
Beck
470
I Was Wrong
Social Distortion
471
Selling the Drama
Live
472
Megalomaniac
Incubus
473
Bubble Toes
Jack Johnson
474
Ruby Soho
Rancid
475
Bad Blood
Bastille
476
Blasphemous Rumors
Depeche Mode
477
Possum Kingdom
Toadies
478
It’s the End of the World As We Know It
REM
479
Decode
Paramore
480
Sin
Nine Inch Nails
481
Dirty Paws
Of Monsters and Men
482
White Wedding
Billy Idol
483
An Honest Mistake
The Bravery
484
Hysteria
Muse
485
My Sweet Summer
The Dirty Heads
486
Never Too Late
Three Days Grace
487
Bizarre Love Triangle
New Order
488
High and Dry
Radiohead
489
Spiders
System of a Down
490
The Walker
Fitz and the Tantrums
491
Everything to Everyone
Everclear
492
Girls and Boys
Blur
493
Girls Not Grey
AFI
494
Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths
495
Doll Parts
Hole
496
Thunder Kiss 65
White Zombie
497
Home
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
498
21st Century Digital Boy
Bad Religion
499
Smack My Bitch Up
Prodigy
500
Burning Down the House
Talking Heads