These are the Billboard magazine Modern Rock Tracks number one hits of 2004.
| Issue date | Song | Artist | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | "Numb" | Linkin Park | |
| January 10 | |||
| January 17 | |||
| January 24 | |||
| January 31 | |||
| February 7 | |||
| February 14 | "Hit That" | The Offspring | |
| February 21 | "Megalomaniac" | Incubus | |
| February 28 | |||
| March 6 | |||
| March 13 | |||
| March 20 | |||
| March 27 | |||
| April 3 | "I Miss You" | Blink-182 | |
| April 10 | |||
| April 17 | "The Reason" | Hoobastank | |
| April 24 | "Last Train Home" | Lostprophets | |
| May 1 | "Love Song" | 311 | |
| May 8 | "Cold Hard Bitch" | Jet | |
| May 15 | |||
| May 22 | |||
| May 29 | "Lying from You" | Linkin Park | |
| June 5 | |||
| June 12 | |||
| June 19 | "Ch-Check It Out" | Beastie Boys | |
| June 26 | |||
| July 3 | "Slither" | Velvet Revolver | |
| July 10 | |||
| July 17 | |||
| July 24 | |||
| July 31 | "Float On" | Modest Mouse | |
| August 7 | "Just Like You" | Three Days Grace | |
| August 14 | |||
| August 21 | |||
| August 28 | "Breaking the Habit" | Linkin Park | |
| September 4 | |||
| September 11 | |||
| September 18 | |||
| September 25 | "American Idiot" | Green Day | |
| October 2 | |||
| October 9 | |||
| October 16 | |||
| October 23 | |||
| October 30 | |||
| November 6 | "Vertigo" | U2 | |
| November 13 | |||
| November 20 | |||
| November 27 | |||
| December 4 | "Pain" | Jimmy Eat World | |
| December 11 | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | Green Day | |
| December 18 | |||
| December 25 |
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