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Rock Rips Top 50 of 2008 |
Chart facts: This year-end chart of the top 50 songs of 2008 is represented by 47 artists from 10 countries ( 27 US, 6 Finland, 4 Canada, 3 UK, 2 South Africa; and 1 each from The Netherlands, Italy, Iran, Spain and Germany). This is the most diverse group we've ever had in an year-end chart.
6 artists have more than one entry: Daughtry is at #12, #13, #29 and #35; Theory of a Deadman is at #11, #14 and #18; Chris Daughtry collaborates at #14 and #20; Apocalyptica is at #15 and #22; Foo Fighters are at #19 and #44; and Linkin Park appears at #30 and #47.
Other minutiae:
- 7 artists from last year's top 50 are back this year: Red, Daughtry, Buckcherry, Nightwish, Fuel, Linkin Park, and The Donnas.
- There are 7 remakes: "So Into You," "Lithium," "Safety Dance," "Our Lips Are Sealed," "Wicked Game," "Immigrant's Song," and "Fat Bottom Girls."
- There were 21 #1s and 6 #2s.
- There are 6-multi-act entries: "What Have You Done?," "By the Way," "I'm Not Jesus," "The Past," "Bittersweet," and "So Into You." Four of these are multi-national collaborations.
- The lowest peaking song is "Forever," which reached #8
- With almost 2/5 of the chart, there are 19 artists here with their first charted hit.
- We have an instrumental in our top 10! Not only is it the highest year-end charting song to reach #4, but it spent a record 6 weeks there, and is also the first Rock Rip from an Iranian band.
- There are 11 females present: Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation), Ann Wilson, Anette Olzon (Nightwish), Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Ailyn, Dilana, Lisa Middelhauve (Xandria), Lacey Mosley (Flyleaf), Hayley Williams (Paramore), and the all-female bands The Donnas and Antigone Rising.
- 5 of the top 50 are acts have been around 20 years or more. In order by oldest: Les Paul (1945), Peter Frampton (1972), Ann Wilson (1976), REM (1980), and Motley Crue (1981).
- At age 93, Les Paul is offically the oldest artist to have reached our chart.
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Pos |
Song |
Artist |
Peak |
Notes |
1 |
What Have You Done? |
Within Temptation/Keith Caputo |
1 |
6 wks at #1 |
2 |
Heaven's A Lie |
Lacuna Coil |
1 |
5 wks at #1 |
3 |
Life is Beautiful |
Sixx A.M. |
1 |
6 wks at #1 |
4 |
Afflicted |
Age of Daze |
1 |
4 wks at #1 |
5 |
Supermassive Black Hole |
Muse |
1 |
3 wks at #1 |
6 |
Rise Above This |
Seether |
1 |
3 wks at #1 |
7 |
Let Go |
Red |
1 |
3 wks at #1 |
8 |
The Last Station |
Kahtmayan |
4 |
6 wks at #4 |
9 |
Addicted |
Saving Abel |
1 |
1 wks at #1 |
10 |
Morphine |
Tupelo Honey |
1 |
1 wks at #1 |
11 |
So Happy |
Theory of a Deadman |
1 |
2 wks at #1 |
12 |
Feels Like Tonight |
Daughtry |
1 |
2 wks at #2 |
13 |
Over You |
Daughtry |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
14 |
By the Way |
Theory of a Deadman/Chris Daughtry |
1 |
2 wks at #2 |
15 |
I'm Not Jesus |
Apocalyptica/Corey Taylor |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
16 |
Sorry |
Buckcherry |
1 |
3 wk at #1 |
17 |
Fat Bottom Girls |
Antigone Rising |
1 |
3 wk at #1 |
18 |
All or Nothing |
Theory of a Deadman |
2 |
2 wk at #2 |
19 |
Long Road to Ruin |
Foo Fighters |
1 |
2 wk at #1 |
20 |
The Past |
Sevendust/Chris Daughtry |
1 |
1 weeks at #1 |
21 |
Bye Bye Beautiful |
Nightwish |
2 |
2 wks at #2 |
22 |
Bittersweet |
Apocalyptica/Ville Valo/Lauri Ylonen |
1 |
1 wk at #1 |
23 |
Supernatural Superserious |
REM |
1 |
2 wks at #1 |
24 |
Gone |
Fuel |
2 |
2 wk at #2 |
25 |
Psycho |
Puddle of Mudd |
3 |
2 wk at #3 |
26 |
Rise Today |
Alter Bridge |
3 |
|
27 |
It's Not My Time |
3 Doors Down |
2 |
|
28 |
How Far We've Come |
matchbox 20 |
3 |
|
29 |
What About Now? |
Daughtry |
1 |
1 week at #1 |
30 |
Leave Out All the Rest |
Linkin Park |
4 |
|
31 |
Stiff Kittens |
Blaqk Audio |
2 |
|
32 |
Immigrant Song |
Ann Wilson |
3 |
|
33 |
Violet Hill |
Coldplay |
4 |
|
34 |
Save My Life |
Xandria |
3 |
|
35 |
Crashed |
Daughtry |
3 |
|
36 |
All Around Me |
Flyleaf |
3 |
|
37 |
Wicked Game |
H.I.M. |
4 |
|
38 |
Holiday |
Dilana |
4 |
|
39 |
Lithium |
Ailyn |
5 |
|
40 |
The Last Fight |
Velvet Revolver |
5 |
|
41 |
Our Lips Are Sealed |
Everclear |
4 |
|
42 |
Born Losers |
Matthew Good |
3 |
|
43 |
Saints of Los Angeles |
Motley Crue |
5 |
|
44 |
The Pretender |
Foo Fighters |
5 |
|
45 |
Safety Dance |
The Donnas |
5 |
|
46 |
Immortal |
The Rasmus |
7 |
|
47 |
Given Up |
Linkin Park |
5 |
|
48 |
So Into You |
Les Paul/Peter Frampton |
4 |
|
49 |
CrushCrushCrush |
Paramore |
5 |
|
50 |
Forever |
Papa Roach |
8 |
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