Every Grammys Best Rock Song winner

26 ceremonies, 2000–2025. 19 different winners. The longest run was U2, 2 years straight (2005–2006).

Bruce Springsteen ×3Foo Fighters ×3Red Hot Chili Peppers ×2St. Vincent ×2U2 ×2

Each band is one winner’s reign. Wider means a longer run. Colored by label; hover for details.

Red Hot Chili Peppers'00

Creed'01

Train'02

Bruce Springsteen'03

The White Stripes'04

U2'05–'06×2

Red Hot Chili Peppers'07

Bruce Springsteen'08–'09×2

Kings of Leon'10

Neil Young'11

Foo Fighters'12

The Black Keys'13

Paul McCartney and Nirvana'14

Paramore'15

Alabama Shakes'16

David Bowie'17

Foo Fighters'18

St. Vincent'19

Gary Clark Jr.'20

Brittany Howard'21

Foo Fighters'22

Brandi Carlile'23

Boygenius'24

St. Vincent'25

Wins by label

Sony935%
Warner623%
Independent415%
Universal312%
ISO14%
Low Country Sound14%
Other28%

Who kept losing

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won

Coldplay4 noms
Green Day3 noms
Mumford & Sons3 noms
Muse3 noms
Radiohead3 noms
3 Doors Down2 noms

Most losses

Bruce Springsteen4L · 3W
Coldplay4L · 0W
Foo Fighters4L · 3W
Green Day3L · 0W
Kings of Leon3L · 1W
Mumford & Sons3L · 0W

The full list

Year	Winner	Label
2025	St. Vincent (Broken Man) beat 4 others The Black Keys (Beautiful People (Stay High)) Pearl Jam (Dark Matter) Green Day (Dilemma) Idles (Gift Horse)	Total Pleasure/Virgin
2024	Boygenius (Not Strong Enough) beat 4 others The Rolling Stones (Angry) Olivia Rodrigo (Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl) Queens of the Stone Age (Emotion Sickness) Foo Fighters (Rescued)	Interscope
2023	Brandi Carlile (Broken Horses) beat 4 others Red Hot Chili Peppers (Black Summer) Turnstile (Blackout) The War on Drugs (Harmonia's Dream) Ozzy Osbourne featuring Jeff Beck (Patient Number 9)	Low Country Sound/Elektra
2022	Foo Fighters (Waiting on a War) beat 4 others Weezer (All My Favorite Songs) Kings of Leon (The Bandit) Mammoth WVH (Distance) Paul McCartney (Find My Way)	RCA
2021	Brittany Howard (Stay High) beat 4 others Phoebe Bridgers (Kyoto) Tame Impala (Lost in Yesterday) Big Thief (Not) Fiona Apple (Shameika)	ATO
2020	Gary Clark Jr. (This Land) beat 4 others Tool (Fear Inoculum) The 1975 (Give Yourself a Try) Vampire Weekend (Harmony Hall) Brittany Howard (History Repeats)	Warner Bros.
2019	St. Vincent (Masseduction) beat 4 others Greta Van Fleet (Black Smoke Rising) Twenty One Pilots (Jumpsuit) Bring Me the Horizon (Mantra) Ghost (Rats)	Loma Vista
2018	Foo Fighters (Run) beat 4 others Metallica (Atlas, Rise!) K.Flay (Blood in the Cut) Nothing More (Go to War) Avenged Sevenfold (The Stage)	RCA
2017	David Bowie (Blackstar) beat 4 others Radiohead (Burn the Witch) Metallica (Hardwired) Twenty One Pilots (Heathens) Highly Suspect (My Name Is Human)	ISO/Columbia
2016	Alabama Shakes (Don't Wanna Fight) beat 4 others Elle King (Ex's & Oh's) James Bay (Hold Back the River) Highly Suspect (Lydia) Florence and the Machine (What Kind of Man)	ATO
2015	Paramore (Ain't It Fun) beat 4 others Beck (Blue Moon) The Black Keys (Fever) Ryan Adams (Gimme Something Good) Jack White (Lazaretto)	Fueled by Ramen/Atlantic
2014	Paul McCartney and Nirvana (Cut Me Some Slack) beat 4 others Gary Clark Jr. (Ain't Messin 'Round) The Rolling Stones (Doom and Gloom) Black Sabbath (God Is Dead?) Muse (Panic Station)	RCA
2013	The Black Keys (Lonely Boy) beat 4 others Jack White (Freedom at 21) Mumford & Sons (I Will Wait) Muse (Madness) Bruce Springsteen (We Take Care of Our Own)	Nonesuch
2012	Foo Fighters (Walk) beat 4 others Mumford & Sons (The Cave) Coldplay (Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall) The Decemberists (Down by the Water) Radiohead (Lotus Flower)	RCA
2011	Neil Young (Angry World) beat 4 others Mumford & Sons (Little Lion Man) Kings of Leon (Radioactive) Muse (Resistance) The Black Keys (Tighten Up)	Reprise
2010	Kings of Leon (Use Somebody) beat 4 others Pearl Jam (The Fixer) U2 (I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight) Green Day (21 Guns) Bruce Springsteen (Working on a Dream)	RCA
2009	Bruce Springsteen (Girls in Their Summer Clothes)repeat beat 4 others Radiohead (House of Cards) Death Cab for Cutie (I Will Possess Your Heart) Kings of Leon (Sex on Fire) Coldplay (Violet Hill)	Columbia
2008	Bruce Springsteen (Radio Nowhere) beat 4 others Lucinda Williams (Come On) The White Stripes (Icky Thump) Daughtry (It's Not Over) Foo Fighters (The Pretender)	Columbia
2007	Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California) beat 4 others Snow Patrol (Chasing Cars) Neil Young (Lookin' for a Leader) Bob Dylan (Someday Baby) The Killers (When You Were Young)	Warner Bros.
2006	U2 (City of Blinding Lights)repeat beat 4 others Foo Fighters (Best of You) Weezer (Beverly Hills) Bruce Springsteen (Devils & Dust) Coldplay (Speed of Sound)	Island/Interscope
2005	U2 (Vertigo) beat 4 others Green Day (American Idiot) Velvet Revolver (Fall to Pieces) Modest Mouse (Float On) The Killers (Somebody Told Me)	Island/Interscope
2004	The White Stripes (Seven Nation Army) beat 4 others Evanescence (Bring Me to Life) Train (Calling All Angels) Bruce Springsteen and Warren Zevon (Disorder in the House) Nickelback (Someday)	V2/XL/Third Man
2003	Bruce Springsteen (The Rising) beat 4 others Foo Fighters (All My Life) Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott (Hero) Godsmack (I Stand Alone) 3 Doors Down (When I'm Gone)	Columbia
2002	Train (Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)) beat 4 others U2 (Elevation) Aerosmith (Jaded) U2 (Walk On) Coldplay (Yellow)	Columbia
2001	Creed (With Arms Wide Open) beat 4 others Lenny Kravitz (Again) Matchbox Twenty (Bent) Red Hot Chili Peppers (Californication) 3 Doors Down (Kryptonite)	Wind-up/Epic
2000	Red Hot Chili Peppers (Scar Tissue) beat 4 others Melissa Etheridge (Angels Would Fall) Bruce Springsteen (The Promise) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (Room at the Top) Garbage (Special)	Warner Bros.

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