Grammy Award for Best Rock Song

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Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
Awarded forHigh-quality rock music songs
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded1992
Currently held byBrittany Howard — "Stay High" (2021)
Websitegrammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards,[1] to recording artists for quality songs in the rock music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".[2]

The award, reserved for songwriters, was first presented to English musician Sting in 1992. According to the category description guide for the 52nd Grammy Awards, the award honors new songs (containing both melody and lyrics) or songs "first achieving prominence" during the period of eligibility. Songs containing prominent samples or interpolations are not eligible.[3]

The award goes to the songwriter. If the song contains samples or interpolations of earlier songs, the publisher and the original songwriter(s) can apply for a Winners Certificate.[4]

Bruce Springsteen holds the records for the most wins and nominations, having won four awards from nine nominations. Other winners of multiple awards include Alanis Morissette and the bands Red Hot Chili Peppers and U2, each with two. Award-winning songs have been performed by American artists more than any other nationality, though they have also been performed by musicians or groups originating from Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. There have been four instances in which one artist or group was nominated for two works in the same year: the group Aerosmith was nominated for both "Cryin'" and "Livin' on the Edge" in 1994, Melissa Etheridge received nominations for "Come to My Window" and "I'm the Only One" in 1995, Jakob Dylan of the Wallflowers won for "One Headlight" and was also nominated for "The Difference" in 1998, and U2 was nominated for the songs "Elevation" and "Walk On" in 2002. Coldplay holds the record for the most nominations without a win, with four.

Recipients[]

A man in a white shirt standing behind a microphone stand and holding a guitar
Sting became the first award recipient in 1992 for the song "The Soul Cages".
A man on a stage wearing blue jeans, a black shirt and eyeglasses. He is holding a black guitar, and part of a drum set and other audio and stage equipment can be seen in the background.
Eric Clapton, 1993 award recipient for the song "Layla", performing in 2008
Five men on a stage; three in the forefront are holding guitars, while two in the background are behind a drum set and other equipment. Speakers, microphone stands and other equipment are also visible.
Members of the 1994 award-winning band Soul Asylum in 2010
Black and white image of a man holding a guitar, wearing a dark vest and a cross hanging from a necklace
Four-time award winner Bruce Springsteen, performing in 1988
A woman in jeans and a black vest, holding a transparent guitar and standing behind a microphone stand. In the background is a drum set.
Two-time award recipient Alanis Morissette, performing in Barcelona in 2008
A woman with dreadlocks standing behind a microphone stand. She is wearing a leather jacket and playing a guitar.
1997 award recipient Tracy Chapman at the 2009 Cactus Festival in Bruges, Belgium
A man wearing a red and black-striped shirt, a black jacket, dark jeans and a hat; he is standing behind a microphone stand on a stage and playing a guitar
Jakob Dylan, 1998 award winner for the song "One Headlight" and member of The Wallflowers, performing in 2007
On the left, a man in red pants and a black T-shirt with black hair down to his chin holding a red guitar. On the right, a woman wearing a white shirt with black polka dots standing behind a red microphone stand.
Jack White and Meg White of the 2004 award-winning band The White Stripes
Four men on a stage, all wearing black clothing. Two are playing guitars, one is sitting behind a drum set, and one is singing into a microphone stand.
Members of the two-time award-winning band U2, performing on the Joshua Tree Tour 2017. From left to right: Larry Mullen, Jr. (drumming), the Edge, Bono, and Adam Clayton
Three men on a stage, two in the forefront standing behind microphone stands and playing guitars and the third in the background sitting behind a drum set.
From left to right, Matthew, Caleb, and Nathan Followill of the 2010 award-winning band Kings of Leon, performing in 2007
St. Vincent performing with her Ernie Ball Music Man signature guitar (2018)
Year Songwriter(s) Title Artist(s)[I] Nominees
(Performer(s) in parenthesis)[II] 		Ref.
1992 Sting "The Soul Cages" Sting [5]
1993 Eric Clapton
Jim Gordon 		"Layla" (Unplugged version) Eric Clapton
  • Peter Gabriel – "Digging in the Dirt" (Peter Gabriel)
  • Kurt Cobain – "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana)
  • Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament – "Jeremy" (Pearl Jam)
  • Bruce Springsteen – "Human Touch" (Bruce Springsteen)
 [6]
1994 Dave Pirner "Runaway Train" Soul Asylum [7]
1995 Bruce Springsteen "Streets of Philadelphia" Bruce Springsteen
  • Melissa Etheridge – "Come to My Window" (Melissa Etheridge)
  • Etheridge – "I'm the Only One" (Melissa Etheridge)
  • Kurt Cobain – "All Apologies" (Nirvana)
  • Chris Cornell – "Black Hole Sun" (Soundgarden)
 [8]
1996 Alanis Morissette
Glen Ballard 		"You Oughta Know" Alanis Morissette
  • Bob Dylan – "Dignity" (Bob Dylan)
  • Trent Reznor – "Hurt" (Nine Inch Nails)
  • Bono – "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (U2)
  • Neil Young – "Downtown" (Neil Young)
 [9]
1997 Tracy Chapman "Give Me One Reason" Tracy Chapman
  • Dave Matthews Band – "Too Much" (Dave Matthews Band)
  • Garbage – "Stupid Girl" (Garbage)
  • John Hiatt – "Cry Love" (John Hiatt)
  • Noel Gallagher – "Wonderwall" (Oasis)
  • Jakob Dylan – "6th Avenue Heartache" (The Wallflowers)
 [10]
1998 Jakob Dylan "One Headlight" The Wallflowers
  • Fiona Apple – "Criminal" (Fiona Apple)
  • Meredith Brooks, Shelly Peiken – "Bitch" (Meredith Brooks)
  • Dave Matthews – "Crash into Me" (Dave Matthews Band)
  • Jakob Dylan – "The Difference" (The Wallflowers)
 [11]
1999 Alanis Morissette "Uninvited" Alanis Morissette
  • John Hiatt – "Have a Little Faith in Me" (John Hiatt)
  • Billy Corgan, Eric Erlandson, Courtney Love – "Celebrity Skin" (Hole)
  • Dan Wilson – "Closing Time" (Semisonic)
  • Richard Ashcroft, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards – "Bitter Sweet Symphony" (The Verve)
 [12]
2000 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Scar Tissue" Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Melissa Etheridge, John Shanks – "Angels Would Fall" (Melissa Etheridge)
  • Garbage – "Special" (Garbage)
  • Tom Petty – "Room at the Top" (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
  • Bruce Springsteen – "The Promise" (Bruce Springsteen)
 [13]
2001 Scott Stapp
Mark Tremonti 		"With Arms Wide Open" Creed
  • Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell, Matt Roberts – "Kryptonite" (3 Doors Down)
  • Lenny Kravitz – "Again" (Lenny Kravitz)
  • Rob Thomas – "Bent" (Matchbox Twenty)
  • Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith – "Californication" (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
 [14]
2002 Train "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" Train
  • Marti Frederiksen, Steven Tyler – "Jaded" (Aerosmith)
  • Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin – "Yellow" (Coldplay)
  • U2 – "Elevation" (U2)
  • U2 – "Walk On" (U2)
 [15]
2003 Bruce Springsteen "The Rising" Bruce Springsteen
  • Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson, Matt Roberts – "When I'm Gone" (3 Doors Down)
  • Foo Fighters – "All My Life" (Foo Fighters)
  • Sully Erna – "I Stand Alone" (Godsmack)
  • Chad Kroeger – "Hero" (Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott)
 [16]
2004 Jack White "Seven Nation Army" The White Stripes
  • David Hodges, Amy Lee, Ben Moody – "Bring Me to Life" (Evanescence)
  • Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Ryan Vikedal – "Someday" (Nickelback)
  • Jorge Calderón, Warren Zevon – "Disorder in the House" (Bruce Springsteen & Warren Zevon)
  • Charlie Colin, Patrick Monahan, Jimmy Stafford, Scott Underwood – "Calling All Angels" (Train)
 [17]
2005 U2 "Vertigo" U2
  • Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool – "American Idiot" (Green Day)
  • Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr. – "Somebody Told Me" (The Killers)
  • Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci, Eric Judy, Benjamin Weikel – "Float On" (Modest Mouse)
  • Duff, Dave Kushner, Slash, Matt Sorum, Scott Weiland – "Fall to Pieces" (Velvet Revolver)
 [18]
2006 U2 "City of Blinding Lights" U2
  • Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin – "Speed of Sound" (Coldplay)
  • Foo Fighters – "Best of You" (Foo Fighters)
  • Bruce Springsteen – "Devils & Dust" (Bruce Springsteen)
  • Rivers Cuomo – "Beverly Hills" (Weezer)
 [19]
2007 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Dani California" Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Bob Dylan – "Someday Baby" (Bob Dylan)
  • Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr. – "When You Were Young" (The Killers)
  • Nathan Connolly, Gary Lightbody, Jonny Quinn, Tom Simpson – "Chasing Cars" (Snow Patrol)
  • Neil Young – "Lookin' for a Leader" (Neil Young)
 [20]
2008 Bruce Springsteen "Radio Nowhere" Bruce Springsteen
  • Chris Daughtry, Gregg Wattenberg, Mark Wilkerson, Brett Young – "It's Not Over" (Daughtry)
  • Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett – "The Pretender" (Foo Fighters)
  • Jack White – "Icky Thump" (The White Stripes)
  • Lucinda Williams – "Come On" (Lucinda Williams)
 [21]
2009 Bruce Springsteen "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" Bruce Springsteen
  • Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin – "Violet Hill" (Coldplay)
  • Ben Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Jason McGerr, Chris Walla– "I Will Possess Your Heart" (Death Cab for Cutie)
  • Kings of Leon – "Sex on Fire" (Kings of Leon)
  • Radiohead – "House of Cards" (Radiohead)
 [22]
2010 Kings of Leon "Use Somebody" Kings of Leon
  • Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool – "21 Guns" (Green Day)
  • Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder – "The Fixer" (Pearl Jam)
  • Bruce Springsteen – "Working on a Dream" (Bruce Springsteen)
  • Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Jr. – "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" (U2)
 [23]
2011 Neil Young "Angry World" Neil Young
  • Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney – "Tighten Up" (The Black Keys)
  • Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill – "Radioactive" (Kings of Leon)
  • Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford, "Country" Winston Marshall – "Little Lion Man" (Mumford & Sons)
  • Matthew Bellamy – "Resistance" (Muse)
 [24]
2012 Foo Fighters "Walk" Foo Fighters
  • Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin – "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" (Coldplay)
  • Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston – "The Cave" (Mumford & Sons)
  • Colin Meloy – "Down by the Water" (The Decemberists)
  • Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway & Thom Yorke – "Lotus Flower" (Radiohead)
 [25]
2013 The Black Keys
Brian Burton 		"Lonely Boy" The Black Keys
  • Matthew Bellamy – "Madness" (Muse)
  • Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, & Marcus Mumford – "I Will Wait" (Mumford & Sons)
  • Bruce Springsteen – "We Take Care of Our Own" (Bruce Springsteen)
  • Jack White – "Freedom at 21" (Jack White)
2014 Dave Grohl
Paul McCartney
Krist Novoselic
Pat Smear 		"Cut Me Some Slack" Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic & Pat Smear
  • Matthew Bellamy – "Panic Station" (Muse)
  • Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi & Ozzy Osbourne – "God Is Dead?" (Black Sabbath)
  • Gary Clark Jr. – "Ain't Messin 'Round" (Gary Clark Jr.)
  • Mick Jagger & Keith Richards – "Doom and Gloom" (The Rolling Stones)
2015 Hayley Williams
Taylor York 		"Ain't It Fun" Paramore
  • Ryan Adams – "Gimme Something Good" (Ryan Adams)
  • Dan Auerbach, Brian Burton & Patrick Carney – "Fever" (The Black Keys)
  • Beck Hansen – "Blue Moon" (Beck)
  • Jack White – "Lazaretto" (Jack White)
 [26]
2016 Alabama Shakes "Don't Wanna Fight" Alabama Shakes
  • Dave Bassett & Elle King – "Ex's & Oh's" (Elle King)
  • Iain Archer & James Bay – "Hold Back the River" (James Bay)
  • Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens – "Lydia" (Highly Suspect)
  • John Hill, Tom Hull & Florence Welch – "What Kind of Man" (Florence + the Machine)
 [24]
2017 David Bowie "Blackstar" David Bowie
  • Radiohead – "Burn the Witch" (Radiohead)
  • James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich – "Hardwired" (Metallica)
  • Tyler Joseph – "Heathens" (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Richard Meyer, Ryan Meyer & Johnny Stevens – "My Name Is Human" (Highly Suspect)
 [24]
2018 Foo Fighters "Run" Foo Fighters
  • James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich – "Atlas, Rise!" (Metallica)
  • Kristine Flaherty & Justin Daly – "Blood In the Cut" (K.Flay)
  • Nothing More – "Go to War" (Nothing More)
  • Avenged Sevenfold – "The Stage" (Avenged Sevenfold)
 [27]
2019 Jack Antonoff
Annie Clark 		"Masseduction" St. Vincent
  • Jacob Thomas Kiszka, Joshua Michael Kiszka, Samuel Francis Kiszka & Daniel Robert Wagner – "Black Smoke Rising" (Greta Van Fleet)
  • Tyler Joseph – "Jumpsuit" (Twenty One Pilots)
  • Jordan Fish, Matthew Kean, Lee Malia, Matthew Nicholls & Oliver Sykes – "Mantra" (Bring Me The Horizon)
  • Tom Dalgety & A Ghoul Writer – "Rats" (Ghost)
 [28]
2020 Gary Clark Jr. "This Land" Gary Clark Jr.
  • Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones & Maynard James Keenan – "Fear Inoculum" (Tool)
  • George Daniel, Adam Hann, Matthew Healy & Ross MacDonald – "Give Yourself a Try" (The 1975)
  • Ezra Koenig – "Harmony Hall" (Vampire Weekend)
  • Brittany Howard – "History Repeats" (Brittany Howard)
2021 Brittany Howard "Stay High" Brittany Howard
  • Phoebe Bridgers, Morgan Nagler & Marshall Vore – "Kyoto" (Phoebe Bridgers)
  • Kevin Parker – "Lost in Yesterday" (Tame Impala)
  • Adrianne Lenker – "Not" (Big Thief)
  • Fiona Apple – "Shameika" (Fiona Apple)
 [29]
2022 Winner TBA on 3 April 2022
  • Rivers Cuomo, Ashley Gorley, Ben Johnson & Ilsey Juber for All My Favorite Songs (Weezer)
  • Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill for The Bandit (Kings of Leon)
  • Wolfgang Van Halen for Distance (Mammoth WVH)
  • Paul McCartney for Find My Way (Paul McCartney)
  • Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett & Pat Smear for Waiting on a War (Foo Fighters)
 [30]
  • ^[I] The performing artist is only listed but does not receive the award.
  • ^[II] Showing the name of the songwriter(s), the nominated song and in parentheses the performer's name(s).

See also[]

  • List of Grammy Award categories
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
  • Rock Songs

References[]

General
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  • "Grammy Awards: Best Rock Song (Songwriter's Award)". Rock on the Net. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
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