After over 1.5 million votes from 116,000 bloody legends, your #1 track for The Rock 2000 2024 is Foo Fighters' ‘Everlong’!
After bumping up that extra placing from #2 in 2023, this marks the second year that ‘Everlong’ has taken the top spot in The Rock 2000’s 25-year history, AND the second time the Foo Fighters have placed at #1.
The Foos toured NZ earlier this year, which likely put them front of mind for voters, as Kiwis from around the country headed to their three gigs in Auckland, Wellington and CHCH.
Can confirm Rog had the time of his life air drumming and sub-par guitar-ing to every track.
The last time ‘Everlong’ won the countdown was back in 2020. Some would call that an Everlooong year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic holding us under strict lockdowns.
The track has come a long way since its lowest position at #96 back in 2002.
Here are this year's top ten songs as voted by you:
10. ‘Concubine’ - No Cigar 9. ‘Freak On A Leash’ - Korn 8. ‘Master Of Puppets’ - Metallica 7. ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ - Nirvana 6. ‘The Pot’ - Tool 5. ‘Black’ - Pearl Jam 4. ‘Break Stuff’ - Limp Bizkit 3. ‘Killing In The Name’ - Rage Against The Machine 2. ‘Nil By Mouth’ - Blindspott 1. ‘Everlong’ - Foo Fighters
Last year's winning song - Metallica’s ‘Master of Puppets’ - dropped a whole seven places in this year’s countdown - the only song in the top 10 to fall in position.
Another notable ranking in this year’s countdown includes Korn’s ‘Freak on a Leash’ having the biggest comeback just squeezing into the #9 position, jumping 47 positions from #56 in 2023.
We hope you enjoyed this year’s countdown. It’s the fucking top time of the year, big ups to everyone who voted, listened, cheered and spat the words ‘shoulda been higher’.
Catch ya for an even bigger and better year in 2025!
