10.
Hoobastank, "Crawling in the Dark"
- 23 days. Had such an awkward run, and that's one thing I miss about TRL these days; the randomness.
09.
The Offspring, "Original Prankster"
- 6 days. ~_~
08.
Evanescence, "Call Me When You're Sober"
- 35 days. Hopefully "Lithium" can achieve what this did not.
07.
Eve 6, "Here's to the Night"
- 50 days.
06.
Avenged Sevenfold, "Bat Country"
- 41 days. Huge surprise to see this debut, let alone hit #1 10 times.
05.
blink-182, "Adam's Song"
- 41 days.
04.
My Chemical Romance, "Helena"
- 42 days. Replaced with "The Ghost of You", which also should've retired.
03.
Korn, "Somebody Someone"
- 49 days. Struggled quite a bit due to other rock videos competing for a spot in the bottom 5. "Here to Stay" had more of a shot at retiring--plus the video was better--but this would've given Korn their 5th retired video in a row. If that had happened, who knows how well "Thoughtless", "Alone I Break", "Word Up", "Twisted Transistor", etc. would've done...
02.
Orgy, "Blue Monday"
- 61 days. This came too close; its retirement wasn't announced, then it fell off.
01.
P.O.D., "Alive"
- 58 days. Replaced with the TRL flop "Youth of the Nation" because TRL used 9/11 as an excuse to take off 2-3 weeks in
November, leading to this video, Sum 41, and even 'N Sync & Britney not reaching retirement.
I'll do another top 10 with non-rock videos later.
j/k