2004 rock radio charts
Every number one and the biggest songs on our Alternative and Mainstream rock charts in 2004: 12 number ones on the Alternative chart and 8 number ones on the Mainstream chart.
Alternative rock, 2004
Number ones
| Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 | First week at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hit That | The Offspring | 8 | Jan 5, 2004 |
| I Am The Highway | Audioslave | 2 | Mar 1, 2004 |
| I Miss You | Blink-182 | 7 | Mar 15, 2004 |
| Love Song | 311 | 1 | May 3, 2004 |
| Cold Hard Bitch | Jet | 6 | May 10, 2004 |
| Slither | Velvet Revolver | 3 | Jun 21, 2004 |
| Float On | Modest Mouse | 5 | Jul 12, 2004 |
| Just Like You | Three Days Grace | 4 | Aug 16, 2004 |
| American Idiot | Green Day | 8 | Sep 13, 2004 |
| Vertigo | U2 | 4 | Nov 8, 2004 |
| Pain | Jimmy Eat World | 1 | Dec 6, 2004 |
| Boulevard Of Broken Dreams | Green Day | 3 | Dec 13, 2004 |
Biggest songs of 2004
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 | Just Like You | Three Days Grace | #1 | 32 |
| 2 | Float On | Modest Mouse | #1 | 28 |
| 3 | I Miss You | Blink-182 | #1 | 25 |
| 4 | Slither | Velvet Revolver | #1 | 25 |
| 5 | Somebody Told Me | The Killers | #2 | 27 |
| 6 | Last Train Home | Lostprophets | #2 | 25 |
| 7 | Love Song | 311 | #1 | 26 |
| 8 | Cold Hard Bitch | Jet | #1 | 25 |
| 9 | American Idiot | Green Day | #1 | 19 |
| 10 | Megalomaniac | Incubus | #2 | 24 |
| 11 | (I Hate) Everything About You | Three Days Grace | #2 | 21 |
| 12 | Getting Away With Murder | Papa Roach | #3 | 21 |
| 13 | Breaking The Habit | Linkin Park | #2 | 24 |
| 14 | Fall To Pieces | Velvet Revolver | #2 | 20 |
| 15 | Lying From You | Linkin Park | #3 | 23 |
| 16 | So Cold | Breaking Benjamin | #4 | 24 |
| 17 | Pain | Jimmy Eat World | #1 | 16 |
| 18 | The Reason | Hoobastank | #4 | 22 |
| 19 | I Am The Highway | Audioslave | #1 | 16 |
| 20 | Vitamin R (Leading Us Along) | Chevelle | #5 | 19 |
| 21 | Numb | Linkin Park | #3 | 17 |
| 22 | Take Me Out | Franz Ferdinand | #5 | 22 |
| 23 | Vertigo | U2 | #1 | 12 |
| 24 | Hit That | The Offspring | #1 | 14 |
| 25 | Figured You Out | Nickelback | #6 | 21 |
Mainstream rock, 2004
Number ones
| Song | Artist | Weeks at #1 | First week at #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Away From Me | Puddle Of Mudd | 6 | Jan 5, 2004 |
| I Am The Highway | Audioslave | 5 | Feb 16, 2004 |
| Re-Align | Godsmack | 3 | Mar 22, 2004 |
| Figured You Out | Nickelback | 2 | Apr 12, 2004 |
| Cold Hard Bitch | Jet | 6 | Apr 26, 2004 |
| Slither | Velvet Revolver | 11 | Jun 7, 2004 |
| Just Like You | Three Days Grace | 5 | Aug 23, 2004 |
| Fall To Pieces | Velvet Revolver | 14 | Sep 27, 2004 |
Biggest songs of 2004
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 | Just Like You | Three Days Grace | #1 | 35 |
| 2 | Slither | Velvet Revolver | #1 | 32 |
| 3 | Cold Hard Bitch | Jet | #1 | 31 |
| 4 | 45 | Shinedown | #2 | 33 |
| 5 | Figured You Out | Nickelback | #1 | 32 |
| 6 | (I Hate) Everything About You | Three Days Grace | #2 | 25 |
| 7 | So Cold | Breaking Benjamin | #3 | 29 |
| 8 | Getting Away With Murder | Papa Roach | #2 | 22 |
| 9 | Fall To Pieces | Velvet Revolver | #1 | 20 |
| 10 | Cold | Crossfade | #3 | 32 |
| 11 | I Am The Highway | Audioslave | #1 | 19 |
| 12 | Running Blind | Godsmack | #3 | 24 |
| 13 | Re-Align | Godsmack | #1 | 21 |
| 14 | Megalomaniac | Incubus | #2 | 22 |
| 15 | Lying From You | Linkin Park | #3 | 23 |
| 16 | Simple Man | Shinedown | #2 | 21 |
| 17 | Breaking The Habit | Linkin Park | #3 | 24 |
| 18 | Vitamin R (Leading Us Along) | Chevelle | #3 | 19 |
| 19 | American Idiot | Green Day | #3 | 19 |
| 20 | Numb | Linkin Park | #3 | 18 |
| 21 | Away From Me | Puddle Of Mudd | #1 | 16 |
| 22 | Open Your Eyes | Alter Bridge | #4 | 21 |
| 23 | Feelin' Way Too Damn Good | Nickelback | #3 | 20 |
| 24 | The Outsider | A Perfect Circle | #6 | 21 |
| 25 | Duality | Slipknot | #8 | 31 |
Week by week
Each week’s #1 song. Click one to open that week’s full top 25.
| Week | Alternative #1 | Mainstream #1 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2004 | Hit ThatThe Offspring | Away From MePuddle Of Mudd |
| Jan 12, 2004 | Hit ThatThe Offspring | Away From MePuddle Of Mudd |
| Jan 19, 2004 | Hit ThatThe Offspring | Away From MePuddle Of Mudd |
| Jan 26, 2004 | Hit ThatThe Offspring | Away From MePuddle Of Mudd |
| Feb 2, 2004 | Hit ThatThe Offspring | Away From MePuddle Of Mudd |
| Feb 9, 2004 | Hit ThatThe Offspring | Away From MePuddle Of Mudd |
| Feb 16, 2004 | Hit ThatThe Offspring | I Am The HighwayAudioslave |
| Feb 23, 2004 | Hit ThatThe Offspring | I Am The HighwayAudioslave |
| Mar 1, 2004 | I Am The HighwayAudioslave | I Am The HighwayAudioslave |
| Mar 8, 2004 | I Am The HighwayAudioslave | I Am The HighwayAudioslave |
| Mar 15, 2004 | I Miss YouBlink-182 | I Am The HighwayAudioslave |
| Mar 22, 2004 | I Miss YouBlink-182 | Re-AlignGodsmack |
| Mar 29, 2004 | I Miss YouBlink-182 | Re-AlignGodsmack |
| Apr 5, 2004 | I Miss YouBlink-182 | Re-AlignGodsmack |
| Apr 12, 2004 | I Miss YouBlink-182 | Figured You OutNickelback |
| Apr 19, 2004 | I Miss YouBlink-182 | Figured You OutNickelback |
| Apr 26, 2004 | I Miss YouBlink-182 | Cold Hard BitchJet |
| May 3, 2004 | Love Song311 | Cold Hard BitchJet |
| May 10, 2004 | Cold Hard BitchJet | Cold Hard BitchJet |
| May 17, 2004 | Cold Hard BitchJet | Cold Hard BitchJet |
| May 24, 2004 | Cold Hard BitchJet | Cold Hard BitchJet |
| May 31, 2004 | Cold Hard BitchJet | Cold Hard BitchJet |
| Jun 7, 2004 | Cold Hard BitchJet | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Jun 14, 2004 | Cold Hard BitchJet | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Jun 21, 2004 | SlitherVelvet Revolver | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Jun 28, 2004 | SlitherVelvet Revolver | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Jul 5, 2004 | SlitherVelvet Revolver | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Jul 12, 2004 | Float OnModest Mouse | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Jul 19, 2004 | Float OnModest Mouse | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Jul 26, 2004 | Float OnModest Mouse | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Aug 2, 2004 | Float OnModest Mouse | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Aug 9, 2004 | Float OnModest Mouse | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Aug 16, 2004 | Just Like YouThree Days Grace | SlitherVelvet Revolver |
| Aug 23, 2004 | Just Like YouThree Days Grace | Just Like YouThree Days Grace |
| Aug 30, 2004 | Just Like YouThree Days Grace | Just Like YouThree Days Grace |
| Sep 6, 2004 | Just Like YouThree Days Grace | Just Like YouThree Days Grace |
| Sep 13, 2004 | American IdiotGreen Day | Just Like YouThree Days Grace |
| Sep 20, 2004 | American IdiotGreen Day | Just Like YouThree Days Grace |
| Sep 27, 2004 | American IdiotGreen Day | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Oct 4, 2004 | American IdiotGreen Day | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Oct 11, 2004 | American IdiotGreen Day | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Oct 18, 2004 | American IdiotGreen Day | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Oct 25, 2004 | American IdiotGreen Day | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Nov 1, 2004 | American IdiotGreen Day | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Nov 8, 2004 | VertigoU2 | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Nov 15, 2004 | VertigoU2 | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Nov 22, 2004 | VertigoU2 | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Nov 29, 2004 | VertigoU2 | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Dec 6, 2004 | PainJimmy Eat World | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Dec 13, 2004 | Boulevard Of Broken DreamsGreen Day | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Dec 20, 2004 | Boulevard Of Broken DreamsGreen Day | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |
| Dec 27, 2004 | Boulevard Of Broken DreamsGreen Day | Fall To PiecesVelvet Revolver |