Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2003 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2003, these are the rest of the best mainstream rock tracks of 2003. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2002 and November 30, 2003.

1. Evanescence “Bring Me To Life” Fallen (Wind-Up)
2. Linkin Park “Hit the Floor” Meteora (Warner Brothers)
3. Jane’s Addiction “Superhero” Strays (Capitol)
4. AFI “Girl’s Not Grey” Sing the Sorrow (Dreamworks)
5. Coheed & Cambria “Blood Red Summer” In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (Equal Vision)
6. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Fortune Faded” Greatest Hits
(Warner Brothers)
7. Evanescence “Going Under” Fallen (Wind-Up)
8. Linkin Park “Faint” Meteora (Warner Brothers)
9. Blink 182 “Violence” [Untitled] (Geffen)
10. Jane’s Addiction “Wrong Girl” Strays (Capitol)
11. Iggy Pop featuring Sum 41 “Little Know It All” Skull Ring (Virgin)
12. Ryan Adams “Note to Self: Don’t Die” Rock N Roll
(Lost Highway)
13. Yellowcard “Way Away” Ocean Avenue (Capitol)
14. Blink 182 “Asthenia” [Untitled] (Geffen)
15. Zwan “Lyric” Mary Star of the Sea (Reprise/Warner Brothers)
16. Evanescence “Tourniquet” Fallen (Wind-Up)
17. Linkin Park “Nobody’s Listening” Meteora (Warner Brothers)
18. 311 “Creatures (For a While)” Evolver (Volcano)
19. Jane’s Addiction “Strays” Strays (Capitol)
20. Cave In “Stained Silver” Antenna (RCA)
21. Brand New “The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows” Deja Entendu (Razor & Tie)