What were the biggest rock songs on the radio in 2018? Glad you asked.

December 6, 2018December 5, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments

BDS Radio Canada is a monitoring service for the music industry that logs what songs are played on the radio, what stations are playing them, and how many times songs get played. In others, it’s music charts on steroids.

After monitoring the action throughout 2018, BDS Radio has issued its lists of the most-played songs or “spins” in Canada by format.

Alternative

Rank	Spins	Can	Artist	Title
1	10394		LovelyTheBand	Broken
2	9923		Portugal. The Man	Live In The Moment
3	9225	Cancon	The Beaches	T-Shirt
4	9181	Cancon	Black Pistol Fire	Lost Cause
5	8230		Rateliff, Nathaniel & The Night Sweats	You Worry Me
6	8215		Foster The People	Sit Next To Me
7	7794		AJR Feat. Rivers Cuomo	Sober Up
8	7358	Cancon	Arcade Fire	Creature Comfort
9	7184	Cancon	Dear Rouge	Live Through The Night
10	7163		Merton, Alice	No Roots
11	6648		Joy, Vance	Saturday Sun
12	6565		Two Feet	I Feel Like I’m Drowning
13	6171	Cancon	Elwins	Hey! Ya, You
14	6062		Death Cab For Cutie	Gold Rush
15	5759	Cancon	Dear Rouge	Boys & Blondes
16	5758		AJR	Burn The House Down
17	5603	Cancon	Glorious Sons	Josie
18	5542	Cancon	Metric	Dark Saturday
19	5520	Cancon	Black Pistol Fire	Bully
20	5447	Cancon	Arkells	People’s Champ
21	5231		Queens Of The Stone Age	The Way You Used To Do
22	5219		Muse	Thought Contagion
23	5096		Foo Fighters	The Sky Is A Neighborhood
24	5083		Killers	Run For Cover
25	4991	Cancon	Arkells	Knocking At The Door

Mainstream rock:

Rank	Spins	Can	Artist	Title
1	13608		Greta Van Fleet	Safari Song
2	11173	Cancon	Black Pistol Fire	Lost Cause
3	10369		Foo Fighters	The Line
4	9229	Cancon	Theory Of A Deadman	Rx (Medicate)
5	9140		Stone Temple Pilots	Meadow
6	9004	Cancon	Three Days Grace	The Mountain
7	8906	Cancon	The Sheepdogs	I’ve Got A Hole Where My Heart Should Be
8	8843		Bad Wolves	Zombie
9	8630	Cancon	Glorious Sons	S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)
10	8619		Shinedown	DEVIL
11	8595	Cancon	Glorious Sons	Josie
12	8382	Cancon	The Lazys	Nothing But Trouble
13	8288		Greta Van Fleet	When The Curtain Falls
14	8143	Cancon	The Beaches	T-Shirt
15	7816		Foo Fighters	The Sky Is A Neighborhood
16	7710		Royal Blood	I Only Lie When I Love You
17	7586		Rateliff, Nathaniel & The Night Sweats	You Worry Me
18	7058	Cancon	The Sheepdogs	Nobody
19	6849		Godsmack	Bulletproof
20	6468		Queens Of The Stone Age	The Way You Used To Do
21	6336	Cancon	Three Days Grace	Infra-Red
22	6244		Greta Van Fleet	Highway Tune
23	5898	Cancon	Arkells	Knocking At The Door
24	5404	Cancon	Glorious Sons	Everything Is Alright
25	5205		Muse	Thought Contagion

All rock:

Rank	Spins	Can	Artist	Title
1	20354	Cancon	Black Pistol Fire	Lost Cause
2	17368	Cancon	The Beaches	T-Shirt
3	15816		Rateliff, Nathaniel & The Night Sweats	You Worry Me
4	15487		Greta Van Fleet	Safari Song
5	14198	Cancon	Glorious Sons	Josie
6	14085		Portugal. The Man	Live In The Moment
7	14008		Foo Fighters	The Line
8	13140		LovelyTheBand	Broken
9	12912		Foo Fighters	The Sky Is A Neighborhood
10	11699		Queens Of The Stone Age	The Way You Used To Do
11	11195	Cancon	The Sheepdogs	I’ve Got A Hole Where My Heart Should Be
12	11174		Merton, Alice	No Roots
13	11122	Cancon	Glorious Sons	S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)
14	10889	Cancon	Arkells	Knocking At The Door
15	10424		Muse	Thought Contagion
16	9812		Royal Blood	I Only Lie When I Love You
17	9621	Cancon	Theory Of A Deadman	Rx (Medicate)
18	9377	Cancon	Arcade Fire	Creature Comfort
19	9358		Killers	Run For Cover
20	9311	Cancon	Glorious Sons	Everything Is Alright
21	9305	Cancon	Arkells	People’s Champ
22	9150		Stone Temple Pilots	Meadow
23	9009	Cancon	Three Days Grace	The Mountain
24	8994		Greta Van Fleet	When The Curtain Falls
25	8926	Cancon	July Talk	Lola + Joseph

And just for fun. let’s look at the top songs from all formats combined.

Rank	Spins	Can	Artist	Title
1	92561	Cancon	Loud Luxury Feat. Brando	Body
2	84629		Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey	The Middle
3	82835		Sheeran, Ed	Perfect
4	75677		Cabello, Camila Feat. Young Thug	Havana
5	73019		Rexha, Bebe & Florida Georgia Line	Meant To Be
6	69480	Cancon	Woods, Elijah x Jamie Fine	Ain’t Easy
7	68593		Maroon 5	Girls Like You
8	65407		Portugal. The Man	Feel It Still
9	64359		Imagine Dragons	Whatever It Takes
10	63728		Cabello, Camila	Never Be The Same
11	61160	Cancon	Bulow	Not A Love Song
12	59978		Mendes, Shawn	In My Blood
13	58747		Mars, Bruno & Cardi B	Finesse
14	58480		Grande, Ariana	No Tears Left To Cry
15	57769		Imagine Dragons	Thunder
16	57284		Swift, Taylor	Delicate
17	56852	Cancon	The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar	Pray For Me
18	56125	Cancon	Felix Cartal	Get What You Give
19	54546		MAX	Lights Down Low
20	49438		Gomez, Selena x Marshmello	Wolves
21	48050		Puth, Charlie	How Long
22	44017	Cancon	Helman, Scott	PDA
23	43781		Maroon 5	Wait
24	43624		Marshmello & Anne-Marie	Friends
25	43622	Cancon	Mae, Ria	Bend