It may be a new year, but the first Billboard Rock Songs chart of 2011 feels an awful lot like the last one of 2010. So as we say goodbye to Godsmack's "Love-Hate-Sex-Pain," we say hello to a redhead from the U.K. who enters our Top 10 for the first time.
10. My Darkest Days Featuring Zakk Wylde - "Porn Star Dancing"
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My Darkest Days' days in the Top 10 may be numbered: After being at No. 8 for two weeks, "Porn Star Dancing" drops two spots to No. 10.
9. Florence + The Machine - "Dog Days Are Over"
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Florence Welch has been embraced in Europe, but her music is only now breaking through in the U.S. As the frontwoman for Florence + the Machine, she can celebrate the fact that she's landed her first single, "Dog Days Are Over," in the Top 10. (Not bad for a song that debuted in the U.K. in 2008.)
8. Kings of Leon - "Radioactive"
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"Radioactive" got as high as No. 3, but the Come Around Sundown single seems to be running out of momentum, dropping another spot this week. Look for the next single from Kings of Leon to be "Pyro."
7. Muse - "Undisclosed Desires"
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"Undisclosed Desires" is this week's high riser, moving up from No. 10. Muse will be touring South America in March and April.
6. Mumford & Sons - "Little Lion Man"
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Mumford & Sons will see if 2011 can possibly match their tremendous 2010, which will be remembered as their breakout year. On our chart, their song "Little Lion Man" stays at No. 6 for a third straight week.
5. Neon Trees - "Animal"
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"Animal" is at No. 5 for a third straight week. Other than Florence + the Machine, Neon Trees are the only group in the Top 10 to contain a female member.
4. Stone Sour - "Say You'll Haunt Me"
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Audio Secrecy was released at the beginning of September, and since then the story on the Rock Songs chart has been the album's first single, "Say You'll Haunt Me." After 24 weeks, the Stone Sour cut currently sits at No. 4.
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3. Three Days Grace - "World So Cold"
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Three Days Grace rise a spot this week, matching their previous peak for "World So Cold." It's now been more than a year since their latest album, Life Starts Now, first hit stores, producing three hit singles in the process.
2. Linkin Park - "Waiting for the End"
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Linkin Park are so close, but "Waiting for the End" can't quite reach the top spot. For the second straight week, the A Thousand Suns song sits at No. 2.
1. The Black Keys - "Tighten Up"
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The song that ended 2010 at No. 1 starts 2011 in the same position. The Black Keys' "Tighten Up" grabs the top spot for a fifth week.
