Except for the songs that made my Top 20 Songs of 2009, these are the rest of the best mainstream rock tracks of 2009. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009.

1. White Lies “E.S.T.” To Lose My Life (Geffen)

2. Muse “I Belong To You (New Moon Remix)” New Moon Soundtrack (Chop Shop/Atlantic)

3. Fall Out Boy “Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes” Folie à Deux (Island)

4. Green Day “East Jesus Nowhere” 21st Century Breakdown (Reprise)

5. AFI “Darling I Want to Destroy You” Crash Love (Interscope)

6. Kelly Clarkson “Whyyawannabringmedown” All I Ever Wanted (RCA)

7. Florence + The Machine “Kiss With A Fist” Lungs (Island)

8. Beast “Mr. Hurricane” Beast (Verve Forecast)

9. Dave Matthews Band “Shake Me Like A Monkey” Big Whiskey and the Groo Grux King (RCA)

10. Matisyahu “On Nature” Light (Epic)

11. Street Sweeper Social Club “Promenade” Street Sweeper Social Club (Street Sweeper Social Club)

12. Fall Out Boy “I Don’t Care” Folie à Deux (Island)

13. Pearl Jam “Supersonic” Backspacer (Monkeywrench)

14. The Thermals “We Were Sick” Now We Can See (Kill Rock Stars)

15. The Cribs “We Were Aborted” Ignore the Ignorant (Warner Brothers)

16. Manchester Orchestra “My Friend Marcus” Mean Everything to Nothing (Favorite Gentleman/Canvasback)

17. Taking Back Sunday “Cut Me Up Jenny” New Again (Warner Brothers)

18. U2 “Breathe” No Line On the Horizon (Interscope)

19. Yeah Yeah Yeahs “Dull Life” It’s Blitz! (Interscope)

20. Nico Vega “Burn Burn” Nico Vega (MySpace)

21. Ida Maria “Oh My God” Fortress ‘round My Heart (Mercury)

22. Spinnerette “Ghetto Love” Spinnerette (Anthem)

23. Beast “Devil” Beast (Verve Forecast)