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Grammy Award for Best Rock Song facts for kids

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The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is a special prize given out each year. It celebrates the people who write the best rock songs. This award has been given since 1992. The year shown for the award is when the Grammy ceremony happened, but the song itself was released in the year before. A famous artist named Bruce Springsteen has won this award more than anyone else, with four wins!

Rocking Through the Years: Winners of the 2000s

Many great rock songs won this award in the 2000s. Here are some of the artists and their winning songs:

  • In 2011, Neil Young won for his song "Angry World".
  • Kings of Leon took home the award in 2010 for "Use Somebody".
  • Bruce Springsteen won twice in this decade, first in 2009 for "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" and then in 2008 for "Radio Nowhere".
  • The Red Hot Chili Peppers won in 2007 for "Dani California" and earlier in 2000 for "Scar Tissue".
  • The band U2 won back-to-back in 2006 for "City of Blinding Lights" and in 2005 for "Vertigo".
  • In 2004, The White Stripes won for their hit song "Seven Nation Army". The song was written by Jack White.
  • Bruce Springsteen won again in 2003 for "The Rising".
  • Train won in 2002 for "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)".
  • In 2001, Creed won for "With Arms Wide Open". This song was written by Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti.

Rocking Through the Years: Winners of the 1990s

The 1990s saw the start of this award and many classic rock songs were honored:

  • In 1999, Alanis Morissette won for her song "Uninvited". She won again in 1996 for "You Oughta Know", which she wrote with Glen Ballard.
  • The Wallflowers won in 1998 for "One Headlight", written by Jakob Dylan.
  • Tracy Chapman received the award in 1997 for "Give Me One Reason".
  • Bruce Springsteen won in 1995 for "Streets of Philadelphia".
  • In 1994, Soul Asylum won for "Runaway Train", written by Dave Pirner.
  • Eric Clapton won in 1993 for "Layla", which he wrote with Jim Gordon.
  • The very first award in 1992 went to Sting for his song "The Soul Cages".

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