2002 rock radio charts

Every number one and the biggest songs on our Alternative and Mainstream rock charts in 2002: 9 number ones on the Alternative chart and 8 number ones on the Mainstream chart.

Alternative rock, 2002

Number ones

Song	Artist	Weeks at #1	First week at #1
How You Remind Me	Nickelback	2	Jan 7, 2002
Blurry	Puddle Of Mudd	5	Jan 21, 2002
Youth Of The Nation	P.O.D.	7	Feb 25, 2002
The Middle	Jimmy Eat World	10	Apr 15, 2002
By The Way	Red Hot Chili Peppers	17	Jun 24, 2002
Aerials	System Of A Down	1	Oct 21, 2002
She Hates Me	Puddle Of Mudd	3	Oct 28, 2002
You Know You're Right	Nirvana	1	Nov 18, 2002
All My Life	Foo Fighters	6	Nov 25, 2002

Biggest songs of 2002

Ranked by points across the year’s charts: 25 points for a week at #1, down to 1 point for #25.

#	Song	Artist	Peak	Weeks
1	The Middle	Jimmy Eat World	#1	28
2	By The Way	Red Hot Chili Peppers	#1	26
3	Blurry	Puddle Of Mudd	#1	25
4	Youth Of The Nation	P.O.D.	#1	23
5	Aerials	System Of A Down	#1	25
6	Sweetness	Jimmy Eat World	#2	25
7	She Hates Me	Puddle Of Mudd	#1	20
8	Toxicity	System Of A Down	#3	25
9	Drift & Die	Puddle Of Mudd	#2	22
10	She Loves Me Not	Papa Roach	#3	20
11	First Date	Blink-182	#4	24
12	Running Away	Hoobastank	#5	23
13	In The End	Linkin Park	#2	25
14	All My Life	Foo Fighters	#1	15
15	Crawling In The Dark	Hoobastank	#5	25
16	Warning	Incubus	#4	22
17	Amber	311	#8	29
18	Wasting My Time	Default	#5	22
19	For You	Staind	#7	26
20	Seein' Red	Unwritten Law	#2	20
21	How You Remind Me	Nickelback	#1	16
22	Somewhere Out There	Our Lady Peace	#5	20
23	Prayer	Disturbed	#5	19
24	The Zephyr Song	Red Hot Chili Peppers	#4	15
25	You Know You're Right	Nirvana	#1	12

Mainstream rock, 2002

Number ones

Song	Artist	Weeks at #1	First week at #1
How You Remind Me	Nickelback	5	Jan 7, 2002
Blurry	Puddle Of Mudd	14	Feb 11, 2002
I Stand Alone	Godsmack	5	May 20, 2002
Drift & Die	Puddle Of Mudd	4	Jun 24, 2002
By The Way	Red Hot Chili Peppers	11	Jul 22, 2002
Aerials	System Of A Down	3	Oct 7, 2002
She Hates Me	Puddle Of Mudd	6	Oct 28, 2002
When I'm Gone	3 Doors Down	4	Dec 9, 2002

Biggest songs of 2002

Ranked by points across the year’s charts: 25 points for a week at #1, down to 1 point for #25.

#	Song	Artist	Peak	Weeks
1	I Stand Alone	Godsmack	#1	43
2	Blurry	Puddle Of Mudd	#1	33
3	Drift & Die	Puddle Of Mudd	#1	28
4	By The Way	Red Hot Chili Peppers	#1	26
5	Aerials	System Of A Down	#1	28
6	How You Remind Me	Nickelback	#1	25
7	Too Bad	Nickelback	#3	29
8	Wasting My Time	Default	#3	29
9	For You	Staind	#4	37
10	She Hates Me	Puddle Of Mudd	#1	20
11	Youth Of The Nation	P.O.D.	#2	24
12	In The End	Linkin Park	#4	26
13	She Loves Me Not	Papa Roach	#3	23
14	Prayer	Disturbed	#5	20
15	Never Again	Nickelback	#4	23
16	Toxicity	System Of A Down	#5	26
17	Parabola	Tool	#7	25
18	Hero	Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott	#3	18
19	My Sacrifice	Creed	#2	18
20	One Last Breath	Creed	#7	23
21	Get Away	Earshot	#6	25
22	All My Life	Foo Fighters	#3	15
23	When I'm Gone	3 Doors Down	#1	12
24	You Know You're Right	Nirvana	#2	12
25	Nothing Could Come Between Us	Theory Of A Deadman	#7	20

Week by week

Each week’s #1 song. Click one to open that week’s full top 25.

Week	Alternative #1	Mainstream #1
Jan 7, 2002	How You Remind MeNickelback	How You Remind MeNickelback
Jan 14, 2002	How You Remind MeNickelback	How You Remind MeNickelback
Jan 21, 2002	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd	How You Remind MeNickelback
Jan 28, 2002	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd	How You Remind MeNickelback
Feb 4, 2002	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd	How You Remind MeNickelback
Feb 11, 2002	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Feb 18, 2002	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Feb 25, 2002	Youth Of The NationP.O.D.	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Mar 4, 2002	Youth Of The NationP.O.D.	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Mar 11, 2002	Youth Of The NationP.O.D.	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Mar 18, 2002	Youth Of The NationP.O.D.	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Mar 25, 2002	Youth Of The NationP.O.D.	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Apr 1, 2002	Youth Of The NationP.O.D.	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Apr 8, 2002	Youth Of The NationP.O.D.	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Apr 15, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Apr 22, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
Apr 29, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
May 6, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
May 13, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	BlurryPuddle Of Mudd
May 20, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	I Stand AloneGodsmack
May 27, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	I Stand AloneGodsmack
Jun 3, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	I Stand AloneGodsmack
Jun 10, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	I Stand AloneGodsmack
Jun 17, 2002	The MiddleJimmy Eat World	I Stand AloneGodsmack
Jun 24, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	Drift & DiePuddle Of Mudd
Jul 1, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	Drift & DiePuddle Of Mudd
Jul 8, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	Drift & DiePuddle Of Mudd
Jul 15, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	Drift & DiePuddle Of Mudd
Jul 22, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 29, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 5, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 12, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 19, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 26, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Sep 2, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Sep 9, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Sep 16, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Sep 23, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Sep 30, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
Oct 7, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	AerialsSystem Of A Down
Oct 14, 2002	By The WayRed Hot Chili Peppers	AerialsSystem Of A Down
Oct 21, 2002	AerialsSystem Of A Down	AerialsSystem Of A Down
Oct 28, 2002	She Hates MePuddle Of Mudd	She Hates MePuddle Of Mudd
Nov 4, 2002	She Hates MePuddle Of Mudd	She Hates MePuddle Of Mudd
Nov 11, 2002	She Hates MePuddle Of Mudd	She Hates MePuddle Of Mudd
Nov 18, 2002	You Know You're RightNirvana	She Hates MePuddle Of Mudd
Nov 25, 2002	All My LifeFoo Fighters	She Hates MePuddle Of Mudd
Dec 2, 2002	All My LifeFoo Fighters	She Hates MePuddle Of Mudd
Dec 9, 2002	All My LifeFoo Fighters	When I'm Gone3 Doors Down
Dec 16, 2002	All My LifeFoo Fighters	When I'm Gone3 Doors Down
Dec 23, 2002	All My LifeFoo Fighters	When I'm Gone3 Doors Down
Dec 30, 2002	All My LifeFoo Fighters	When I'm Gone3 Doors Down