2015-07-05

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

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