50 Rock Bands’ Most Performed Songs

If you see your favorite band in concert, you’ll always expect to hear their biggest songs, but does that mean they’re the most-performed? Not mecessarily…

Loudwire compiled a list of the most-performed rock songs by 50 rock bands, and how many times each song has been performed. Some are huge hits, and others, not so much. We thought for sure “Smells Like Teen Spirit” would be Nirvana’s most played, but we were surprised what their #1 most-played was!

Who actually keeps track of all of these, anyway? Especially Alice Cooper, who’s performed “School’s Out” almost three THOUSAND times!!?

Most-Played Rock Songs A-Z:

1. AC/DC–  “The Jack” (1,743)
2. Blink-182–  “Dammit” (720)
3. Alice Cooper–  “School’s Out” (2,930)
4. Def Leppard–  “Rock of Ages” (2,012)
5. Foo Fighters–  “Everlong” (1,095)
6. Green Day–  “Longview” (988)
7. Guns N’ Roses–  “Welcome to the Jungle” (939)
8. Kiss–  “Rock and Roll All Nite” (2,164)
9. Linkin Park–  “In the End” and “One Step Closer” (both 732)
10. Nickelback–  “How You Remind Me” (666)
11. Nine Inch Nails–  “Head Like a Hole” (964)
12. Nirvana–  “School” (292)
13. Pearl Jam–  “Even Flow” (899)
14. Rage Against the Machine–  “Killing in the Name” (381)
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers–  “Give It Away” (1,020)
16. Smashing Pumpkins–  “Bullet with Butterfly Wings” (893)
17. Soundgarden–  “Rusty Cage” (405)
18. Stone Temple Pilots–  “Sex Type Thing” (819)
19. Van Halen–  “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” (1,231)
20. Rob Zombie–  “Dragula” (708)

Read the entire list with 30 more bands from Loudwire HERE.