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Rock Rips Top 50 of 2023

Pos Song Artist Peak Notes
1 International bandDutch artistMay it Be The Dark Side of the Moon/Charlotte Wessels 1 5 wks at #1
2 Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)
US artists
Daughtry/Lzzy Hale 1 3 wks at #1
3 Error
Mexican band
The Warning 1 4 wks at #1
4 You Make me Feel like it's Halloween
UK band
Muse 1 1 wk at #1
5 Dutch BandMe Without You Floor Jansen 1 2 wks at #1
6 Dutch BandQueen of Shadow Delain 1 1 wks at #1
7 Swiss BandInferno Ad Infinitum 1 1 wks at #1
8 German bandThe Wonders Still Awaiting Xandria 1 1 wks at #1
9 UK bandDutch bandFaded Out Asking Alexandria/Within Temptation 1 3 wks at #1
10 US artistWorld on Fire Dolly Parton 1 1 weeks at #1
11 US bandTurn to Stone Under the Sun 1 1 wk at #1
12 International bandBetrayed The Erinyes 1 3 wks at #1
13 Dutch BandThe Quest and the Curse Delain 1 2 wks at #1
14 Finnish BandS.O.S. Amberian Dawn 1 1 wks at #1
15 International BandDrown the Flame The Erinyes 1 1 wks at #1
16 Mexican BandMoney The Warning 1 3 wks at #1
17 UK band(I Just) Died In Your Arms (Orchestral Version) Cutting Crew 1 2 wks at #1
18 German BandSwiss bandNot all Those Who Wander Are Lost Eklipse/Melissa Bonny 1 1 wk at #1
19 German BandGhosts Xandria 1 1 wk at #1
20 Danish BandSwiss bandMonster H.E.R.O./Melissa Bonny 1 1 wk at #1
21 German Band/ArtistYou Will Never Be our God Xandria/Ralf Scheepers 1 1 wks at #1
22 Chilean BandIn the Depth of Night Chaos Magic 1 1 wk at #1
23 Mexican BandDisciple The Warning 1 1 wks at #1
24 Swiss bandUpside Down Ad Infinitum 1 2 wks at #1
25 US BandAlone Anaria 1 1 wks at #1
26 US bandGhost Eva Under Fire 1 1 wks at #1
27 US bandOmen Anaria 1 1 wk at #1
28 US ArtistLove Goes on and on Lindsey Stirling/Amy Lee 1 1 wk at #1
29 Dutch artistAfter the Storm Dianne van Giersbergen 1 1 wk at #1
30 Dutch BandBeneath Delain 1 1 wk at #1
31 Ukrainian BandDisenchantment Ignea 1 1 wk at #1
32 US BandLeaving you Behind Anaria 2 2 wks at #2
33 Mexican BandAnimosity The Warning 1 1 wk at #1
34 Indian artistGerman artistWhen the Trolls Come out Patty Gurdy/The Snake Charmer 4 2 wks at #4
35 Chilean artistNorwegian BandAdrenalize Mortemia/Caterina Nixr 2 2 wks at #2
36 US bandJourneys Do not End Anaria 5 2 wks at #5
37 Ukrainian bandDunes Ignea 5 2 wks at #5
38 Swiss artisatNorwegian BandDevastation Bound Mortemia/Melissa Bonny 5 2 wks at #5
39 Dutch BandMoth to a Flame Delain 5 2 wks at #5
40 Dutch BandThe Fire Within Within Temptation 6 2 wks at #6
41 Turkish BandWindborn Imperial Age 6 2 wks at #6
42 International BandDeath by a Broken Heart Erinyes 6 2 wks at #6
43 Turkish BandShackles of Gold Imperial Age 8 2 wks at #8
44 Italian BandToward Chang'An Walk in Darkness 7 2 wks at #7
45 Italian BandLeaves Rolling in Time Walk in Darkness/Emiliano Pasquinelli 5 2 wks at #5
46 Dutch BandDon't Pray for Me Within Temptation 6 2 wks at #6
47 UK BandWake Up The Fixx 7 2 wks at #7
48 Turkish BandThe Wheel Imperial Age 7 3 wks at #7
49 International BandJenny of Oldstones The Dark Side of the Moon 7 2 wks at #7
50 German BandReincarnation Beyond the Black 9 2 wks at #9

2023 in Review

Number 1 for 2023 is again from a fledgling band - The Dark Side of the Moon, with Charlotte Wessels! Our year-end chart features artists from 17 countries: 11 from the US, 10 from Holland, 7 from Germany, 6 from Italy, 5 each from Switzerland and International bands, 4 each from Mexico and the UK, 3 each from Turkey. Brazil and France; 2 each from Ukraine and Chile, and 1 apiece from Finland, India and Denmark. Canada is mysteriously absent from our year-end chart this year!

A record 15 bands have more than 1 hit on our chart, including 4 each from The Warning (#3, 16, 23 & 33), Anaria (#25, 27, 32 & 36), andDelain (#6, 13, 30 & 39); 3 each from Within Temptation (#9, 40 & 46), Melissa Bonny (#18, 20 & 38), The Erinyes (#12, 15 & 42), Imperial Age (#41, #43 & 48) and Xandria (#8, 19 & 21). The following boast 2 hits apiece on our top 50: Ad Infinitum (#7, #24), Walk in Darkness (#44, 45), Ignea (#31, 37), Mortemia (#35, 38), and The Dark Side of the Moon (#1, 49). Of course, Melissa Bonny is also a member of both Ad Infinitum and The Dark Side of the Moon, Nicoletta Rosellini is in both The Erinyes and Walk in Darkness, and Caterina Nix is in Chaos Magic in addiiton to her work with Mortemia.

The Dark Side of the MoonDaughtry/Lzzy HaleThe Warning
MuseFloor JansenDelain

Chart facts: 12 artists on this year's top 50 were also on last year's chart: Eva Under Fire, Chaos Magic, Amy Lee, Lzzy Hale, The Warning, Ad Infinitum, Xandria, Melissa Bonny, Ignea, Anaria, Imperial Age and Walk in Darkness.

Other minutiae:
  • 49 songs feature one or more women!
  • There were 32 #1s and 2 #2s.
  • There are 13 multi-act entries: They're at #1, 2, 9, 12, 15, 18, 20, 28, 34, 35, 38, 42 and 45.
  • The lowest peaking song on the chart is "Reincarnation" by Beyond the Black, which reached #9.
  • 13 artists are here with their first charted hit...or their first solo hit (#1, 29)...or are older artists from long ago having a comeback (17, 47)...or are usually on other charts (10). Four are in our top 10.
  • 7 songs are remakes.
  • 3 songs are from soundtracks (#1, 9, 49).
  • 1 song is a holiday song (#4).
  • 2 songs debuted in the top 10: #5 "Betrayed" (#12), and #7 "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" (#2).
  • 17 countries are represented