Lists of the number one and top·ranked Alternative Rock Songs of 2001
| Title | Artist | Weeks At #1 | Starting Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hemorrhage (In My Hands) | Fuel | 12 weeks (3 week(s) in 2001) | see 2000 Number Ones for start date |
| Hanging By A Moment | Lifehouse | 3 weeks | 2001-01-27 |
| Butterfly | Crazy Town | 2 weeks | 2001-02-17 |
| Drive | Incubus | 8 weeks | 2001-03-03 |
| It's Been Awhile | Staind | 16 weeks | 2001-04-28 |
| Fat Lip | Sum 41 | 1 week | 2001-08-18 |
| Smooth Criminal | Alien Ant Farm | 4 weeks | 2001-08-25 |
| How You Remind Me | Nickelback | 13 weeks | 2001-09-22 |
| In The End | Linkin Park | 5 weeks (2 week(s) in 2001) | 2001-12-22 |
| 9 total | |||
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The countdown below comes straight from Billboard Magazine's year·end edition of the top 40 Modern Rock Tracks of 2001.
Bear in mind, Billboard takes their ranking from November of the previous year, to November of the current year, so this method won't be accurate for any calendar year.
| Rank | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Drive | Incubus |
| 2. | It's Been Awhile | Staind |
| 3. | Hanging By A Moment | Lifehouse |
| 4. | Schism | Tool |
| 5. | Crawling | Linkin Park |
| 6. | Hash Pipe | Weezer |
| 7. | Fat Lip | Sum 41 |
| 8. | Smooth Criminal | Alien Ant Farm |
| 9. | Hemorrhage (In My Hands) | Fuel |
| 10. | South Side | Moby Featuring Gwen Stefani |
| 11. | Butterfly | Crazy Town |
| 12. | One Step Closer | Linkin Park |
| 13. | How You Remind Me | Nickelback |
| 14. | The Rock Show | Blink·182 |
| 15. | Outside | Aaron Lewis of Staind With Fred Durst |
| 16. | Control | Puddle Of Mudd |
| 17. | Breakdown | Tantric |
| 18. | Yellow | Coldplay |
| 19. | My Way | Limp Bizkit |
| 20. | Wish You Were Here | Incubus |
| 21. | Clint Eastwood | Gorillaz |
| 22. | Down With The Sickness | Disturbed |
| 23. | Flavor Of The Weak | American Hi·Fi |
| 24. | Your Disease | Saliva |
| 25. | Renegades Of Funk | Rage Against The Machine |
| 26. | Awake | Godsmack |
| 27. | Duck And Run | 3 Doors Down |
| 28. | Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me) | Train |
| 29. | Short Skirt / Long Jacket | Cake |
| 30. | Warning | Green Day |
| 31. | Innocent | Fuel |
| 32. | The Space Between | Dave Matthews Band |
| 33. | Loser | 3 Doors Down |
| 34. | Fade | Staind |
| 35. | In The End | Linkin Park |
| 36. | Alive | P.O.D. |
| 37. | Outside | Staind |
| 38. | You Wouldn't Believe | 311 |
| 39. | Giving In | Adema |
| 40. | Rollin' | Limp Bizkit |
source: Billboard Magazine back issue from December 29, 2001 via Google Books
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KROQ gets credit as the very first Modern Rock radio station ever! At year's end starting in 1980, KROQ ranked the top "106.7" songs of each year, based on votes by their listeners. The 106.7 comes from their place on the FM dial.
Instead of listing the chart, just follow the link below to go directly to the website providing the chart.
Bear in mind, the ranking has a year·end bias, as the top·ranked songs tended to be the ones most heavily played toward the end of the year.
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91X, another early Modern Rock station from San Diego, also made a listener·based year·end countdown. 91X ranked their top 91 songs each year, beginning in 1983.
Follow the link below to go directly to the website providing the chart.
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WKQX, or Q101 in Chicago, ran with an Alternative Rock format from 1996 to 2003. They ranked their station's top 101 songs each of those years.
Follow the link below to go directly to the website providing the chart.
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