Rock Rips Top 50 of 2017

Rock Rips Top 50 of 2017

Pos Song Artist Peak Notes

1 On My Own Sevi 1 7 wks at #1

2 Drift Eva Under Fire 1 6 wks at #1

3 Wonder Woman Tina Guo 1 4 wks at #1

4 How Did You Love? Shinedown 1 3 wks at #1

5 Just As I Am Ed Roland & the Sweet Tea Project 1 2 wks at #1

6 That Song Amaranthe 1 1 wk at #1

7 Victim Sevi 1 3 wks at #1

8 No Good Kaleo 1 3 wks at #1

9 Towards the Light Crimson Sun 1 1 wks at #1

10 Don't Hesitate Sevi 1 2 weeks at #1

11 Believer Myrath 1 3 wks at #1

12 Forever Nemesea 2 2 wks at #2

13 Who Am I For You? Sacrament 2 2 wks at #2

14 The House of Shame Lacuna Coil 2 3 wks at #2

15 The Glory and the Scum Delain 1 1 wks at #1

16 Lock up Your Son Hysterica 2 2 wks at #2

17 US band Take Me Down The Pretty Reckless 1 2 wks at #1

18 Break Out Aeverium 2 2 wks at #S

19 Fire with Fire Delain 1 1 wk at #1

20 Certainty of Benevolence Visionatica 2 2 wks at #2

21 Beyond the Matrix Epica 1 1 wks at #1

22 Dim Days of Dolor Sirenia 1 1 wks at #1

23 The Solace System Epica 2 2 wks at #2

24 The Blind Eye Semblant 3

25 Once Once 1 1 wk at #1

26 Who Wants to Live Forever? Onyria 2 2 wks at #2

27 The Sound of Silence Disturbed 1 1 wks at #1

28 Demons in You Tarja/Alyssa White-Gluz 2 2 wks at #2

29 Cut the Cord Shinedown 1 1 wk at #1

30 Incinerate Semblant 1 1 wk at #1

31 Man Enough Def Leppard 1 1 wk at #1

32 Forgotten Persona 2 2 wks at #2

33 In Orbit Evergrey/Floor Jansen 3

34 Covet Anaria 1 1 wk at #1

35 Public Enemy #1 And Then She Came 4

36 Endure the Silence Myrath 4

37 In My Head Mysteria 3

38 Orion's Light Bare Infinity/Sarah Wolf 4

39 You Love Me 'Cause I Hate Lacuna Coil 3

40 State of My Head Shinedown 3

41 Challenge Cellar Darling 5

42 Way Down We Go Kaleo 4

43 Looking for the Endless Light Perpetual Legacy 5

44 Me, Myself & I Temperace 5

45 Come Together Godsmack 5

46 To the North Adastia 4

47 Cleanse the Bloodlines Unleash the Archers 6

48 No More Fighting Ha Yehudim 4

49 Edge of the Blade Epica 7

50 Damn I Wish I was Your Lover Halestorm 4

2017 in Review
2017 was another great year for the Dutch! Following previous years, the #1 song of the year for 2017 was from a newcomer. Sevi, who placed three #1s that all appear here in the top 10. This year's songs break down like so: US 12; Netherlands 7; Italy & Germany 4; Bulgaria, Sweden, Brazil, and Tunisia 3; Canada, Finland, Iceland, 2; and 1 apiece for Norway, the UK, Israel, Russia, the Ukraine, Greece, Switzerland, and Romania.

Sevi (#1, #7, #10) and Epica (#21, #23, #49) both placed 3 songs on our year-end chart but a number of other bands and artists are also here more than once. They are Shinedown, Kaleo, Lacuna Coil, Delain, Semblant, and Myrath.

Sevi Eva Under Fire Tina Guo

Ed Roland & the Sweet Tea Project Amaranthe

Chart facts: 10 artists from last year's top 50 are back this year: Semblant, Def Leppard, Epica, Anaria, Alissa White-Gluz, Lacuna Coil, Halestorm, Nemesea, Tarja, and Delain.

Other minutiae:

42 songs feature one or more women.
There were 22 #1s and 11 #2s.
There are 3-multi-act entries: Tarja with Alissa White-Gluz, Evergrey with Floor Jansen, and Bare Infinity with Sarah Wolf.
The lowest peaking song is "Edge of the Blade" at #49 which peaked at #7.
18 artists are here with their first charted hit. 6 are in our top 10.
4 songs are remakes..
2 songs feature a foreign language.
1 is an instrumental.
3 song title are questions.
2 are from soundtracks
Debuts in the top 10 include: "Victim" (10) and "Don't Hesitate" (10).
19 countries are represented