The Roots Music Report's
Top Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Made Up Mind | Bonnie Raitt | Roots Rock |
| 2 | Face Down in the Moment | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Roots Rock |
| 3 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals | Alternative Rock |
| 4 | Still Looking for Something | Jackson Browne | Roots Rock |
| 5 | The Hardest Cut | Spoon | Alternative Rock |
| 6 | Ramona | The Coffis Brothers | Roots Rock |
| 7 | Looking at Long Days | The Mother Hips | Alternative Rock |
| 8 | How High | The Record Company | Roots Rock |
| 9 | Wild | Spoon | Alternative Rock |
| 10 | I Love This Life | Bob Schneider | Roots Rock |
| 11 | Honeysuckle Blue (feat. Sadler Vaden) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Roots Rock |
| 12 | The Only Heartbreaker | Mitski | Alternative Rock |
| 13 | Never Leave You | The Record Company | Roots Rock |
| 14 | B-Side | Khruangbin | Alternative Rock |
| 15 | Write a List of Things to Look Forward to | Courtney Barnett | Alternative Rock |
| 16 | Brighter Day | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Alternative Rock |
| 17 | I Don't Live Here Anymore | The War on Drugs | Alternative Rock |
| 18 | The Sea | Sierra Ferrell | Roots Rock |
| 19 | Falling Apart (Right Now) | Wilco | Rock |
| 20 | A Man Without a Name | Colin Hay | Roots Rock |
| 21 | Picking Up Tears | Shinyribs | Roots Rock |
| 22 | Black Summer | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Rock |
| 23 | Magnificent Hurt | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Alternative Rock |
| 24 | That's Where I Am | Maggie Rogers | Rock |
| 25 | Son of a Sinner | Jelly Roll | Roots Rock |
| 26 | Can O' Pop | Steve Poltz | Roots Rock |
| 27 | Harness the Wind | Calexico | Roots Rock |
| 28 | Dreamland | Amos Lee | Roots Rock |
| 29 | Sweetening | Shinyribs | Roots Rock |
| 30 | Not Your Little Girl | Abby Bryant & The Echoes | Roots Rock |
| 31 | Did You Say Such a Thing | John Mellencamp | Roots Rock |
| 32 | Should Have Seen It Coming | Billy Bragg | Roots Rock |
| 33 | Telepath | Manchester Orchestra | Alternative Rock |
| 34 | Love is Love | Grace Potter | Alternative Rock |
| 35 | Walking at a Downtown Pace | Parquet Courts | Alternative Rock |
| 36 | Love is Selfish | Jack White | Alternative Rock |
| 37 | Wicked Mind | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs | Alternative Rock |
| 38 | Wasted Days (feat. Bruce Springsteen) | John Mellencamp | Roots Rock |
| 39 | Hard Working Man | Marcus King | Roots Rock |
| 40 | Wasting My Time (feat. Eric Ambel) | Sarah Borges | Roots Rock |
| 41 | U&ME | Alt-J | Alternative Rock |
| 42 | My Most Beautiful Mistake | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | Alternative Rock |
| 43 | Love Dies Young | Foo Fighters | Alternative Rock |
| 44 | Jaded Rust | Anthony Arya | Roots Rock |
| 45 | The Word | The Beatles | British Invasion |
| 46 | Worry No More | Amos Lee | Roots Rock |
| 47 | Move | Santana | Progressive Rock |
| 48 | Chaise Longue | Wet Leg | Alternative Rock |
| 49 | Good Day for a Good Day | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Alternative Rock |
| 50 | Love to Spare (feat. A.J. Croce) | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Roots Rock |
| 51 | Nobody's Stopping You Now | Lake Street Dive | Alternative Rock |
| 52 | Roots and Wings | The Wallflowers | Roots Rock |
| 53 | Survivor | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Roots Rock |
| 54 | Driver 8 (feat. John Paul White) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Roots Rock |
| 55 | Bethel Woods | Midlake | Roots Rock |
| 56 | Let Somebody Go | Coldplay | Alternative Rock |
| 57 | Elizabeth Taylor | Pete Yorn | Alternative Rock |
| 58 | Bad Luck | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers | Roots Rock |
| 59 | Time in Disguise | Kings of Leon | Alternative Rock |
| 60 | Tumbling Dice (feat. Nicki Bluhm) | The Band of Heathens | Roots Rock |
| 61 | Just Around the Corner | JD McPherson | Roots Rock |
| 62 | Easy Rider | Jim Keller | Roots Rock |
| 63 | Sick of Me | Christian Lopez Band | Roots Rock |
| 64 | Love Love Love | My Morning Jacket | Alternative Rock |
| 65 | Where You at | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 66 | I'm As Good As Gone (feat. Buddy Miller) | John Mayall | Roots Rock |
| 67 | We Are Between | Modest Mouse | Alternative Rock |
| 68 | Ain't That Cold | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 69 | Hush | The Marías | Alternative Rock |
| 70 | Letter to You | Bruce Springsteen | Roots Rock |
| 71 | If I Don't Hear from You Tonight | Courtney Barnett | Alternative Rock |
| 72 | Taking Me Back | Jack White | Alternative Rock |
| 73 | Here to Forever | Death Cab for Cutie | Alternative Rock |
| 74 | Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread | Destroyer | Alternative Rock |
| 75 | Lady Luck | Michael McArthur | Roots Rock |
| 76 | Golden Hour | The Boxmasters | Roots Rock |
| 77 | Work Until I Die | S.G. Goodman | Roots Rock |
| 78 | Spin It Faster | Ben Harper & Ziggy Marley | Rock |
| 79 | Slow Sunday June (feat. the Sensational Barnes Brothers) | Luke Winslow-King | Roots Rock |
| 80 | Jeff Goldblum | Mattiel | Rock |
| 81 | Livin' for the Ones | Bonnie Raitt | Roots Rock |
| 82 | Late Night Crying | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 83 | Apple of My Eye | Josh Rouse | Roots Rock |
| 84 | To Rise You Gotta Fall | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Roots Rock |
| 85 | Chateau | The Living Pins | Rock |
| 86 | El Jardín | The Black Angels | Alternative Rock |
| 87 | Porta | Sharon Van Etten | Soft Rock |
| 88 | Ghosts | Bruce Springsteen | Roots Rock |
| 89 | Talk to Me | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 90 | Can't Stop the Rain | Neal Francis | Alternative Rock |
| 91 | Who You Gonna Turn to Now | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 92 | Stabilise | Nilufer Yanya | Alternative Rock |
| 93 | The Sun Hasn't Left | Modest Mouse | Alternative Rock |
| 94 | Let’s Change the World | Ringo Starr | Rock & Roll |
| 95 | El Mirador | Calexico | Roots Rock |
| 96 | Five Years | Cowboy Junkies | Roots Rock |
| 97 | Like Exploding Stones | Kurt Vile | Alternative Rock |
| 98 | Thirty Years | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 99 | Friends (How to Do It) [feat. Oliver Wood] | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers | Roots Rock |
| 100 | Sugar Baby | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 101 | Here Comes the Sun | The Beatles | British Invasion |
| 102 | Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) | Bruce Springsteen | Roots Rock |
| 103 | All My Friends | The Revivalists | Alternative Rock |
| 104 | Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver) | The National | Alternative Rock |
| 105 | Comfortably Numb | Pink Floyd | Rock |
| 106 | Dancing Girl | Dion | Roots Rock |
| 107 | Sing on | Jason Lee McKinney Band | Roots Rock |
| 108 | Early Grave | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 109 | Inside Your Blue | Delta Generators | Roots Rock |
| 110 | Good Night on Earth | Eels | Alternative Rock |
| 111 | Pure Love | Flock Of Dimes | Alternative Rock |
| 112 | New Beginning | Automatic | Alternative Rock |
| 113 | Waitin' for You to Blow | Bonnie Raitt | Roots Rock |
| 114 | Calling on America | Martin Sexton | Roots Rock |
| 115 | When We Say Goodnight | Bonnie Raitt | Roots Rock |
| 116 | Good Morning Coffee | Seth Avett | Roots Rock |
| 117 | Jackie Down the Line | Fontaines D.C. | Alternative Rock |
| 118 | Celestial Waves | Primal Sky | Progressive Rock |
| 119 | Castle on Irish Bayou | Andrew Duhon | Roots Rock |
| 120 | Cryin’ Shame (feat. Sonny Landreth) | Dion | Roots Rock |
| 121 | Sunburn | Sylvan Esso | Alternative Rock |
| 122 | Rock and Roll Doctor (feat. James Petralli) | The Band of Heathens | Roots Rock |
| 123 | Die to Live | Steve Vai | Progressive Rock |
| 124 | Eruption | Van Halen | Hard Rock |
| 125 | Maggie's Farm | Rage Against the Machine | Rock |
| 126 | Audacious | Franz Ferdinand | Alternative Rock |
| 127 | Hold on | Martin Sexton | Roots Rock |
| 128 | Black Lipstick | Chicano Batman | Alternative Rock |
| 129 | No Particular Place to Go | Chuck Berry | Rock & Roll |
| 130 | Domino | Shovels & Rope | Alternative Rock |
| 131 | Good Thing Going on | Scott Cooper | Roots Rock |
| 132 | Blame It on Me | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 133 | The Future | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Roots Rock |
| 134 | Smoke | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 135 | Enough | Samm Henshaw | Rock |
| 136 | Galacticana | Strand of Oaks | Alternative Rock |
| 137 | Marathon | Chuck Prophet | Roots Rock |
| 138 | Live Forever | Bruce Hughes | Pop Rock |
| 139 | The Men Who Rule the World | Garbage | Alternative Rock |
| 140 | Big Boy | Viagra Boys | Punk Rock |
| 141 | Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) | Arcade Fire | Alternative Rock |
| 142 | Joy | Santana | Progressive Rock |
| 143 | Love Doesn't Come from the Barrel of a Gun | Chuck Prophet | Roots Rock |
| 144 | The Sun's Coming | Bob Schneider | Roots Rock |
| 145 | Moderation | Florence + the Machine | Alternative Rock |
| 146 | Saturdays | Broken Bells | Alternative Rock |
| 147 | Fractals | Beth Orton | Alternative Rock |
| 148 | Sunshine of Your Love | Cream | Classic Rock |
| 149 | Easier Said Than Done | Thee Sacred Souls | Rock |
| 150 | Deep Dish Grit | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 151 | Something's Wrong | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 152 | Queen | Perfume Genius | Alternative Rock |
| 153 | All Twisted Up | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 154 | I’m Getting Better (And I'm Feeling It Right Now) | The Record Company | Roots Rock |
| 155 | Wide Open Horizon | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 156 | The Juice | G. Love & Special Sauce | Alternative Rock |
| 157 | Hypnotic | Dead Sara | Alternative Rock |
| 158 | Take It Home | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 159 | Everything is Simple | Widowspeak | Alternative Rock |
| 160 | See the Light | Amos Lee | Roots Rock |
| 161 | Lucifer on the Sofa | Spoon | Alternative Rock |
| 162 | Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (feat. Ray Wylie Hubbard) | The Band of Heathens | Roots Rock |
| 163 | So Much Fun | A.J. Croce | Roots Rock |
| 164 | Ridin' with Lady Luck (feat. Walter Trout) | Eric Corne | Roots Rock |
| 165 | Spitting off the Edge of the World (feat. Perfume Genius) | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Alternative Rock |
| 166 | Godhead | Garbage | Alternative Rock |
| 167 | Fever Pitch | Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Alternative Rock |
| 168 | The Funhouse | Francis of Delirium | Alternative Rock |
| 169 | Empty Orchestra | Shearwater | Alternative Rock |
| 170 | Hands Up | Dead Sara | Alternative Rock |
| 171 | New Body Rhumba (from the Film White Noise) | LCD Soundsystem | Psychedelic |
| 172 | Need to Know Basis | Ben Harper | Roots Rock |
| 173 | Photographs | Wild Child | Rock |
| 174 | Too Late Now | Wet Leg | Alternative Rock |
| 175 | Unnecessary Drama | Belle & Sebastian | Alternative Rock |
| 176 | Like a Fool | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 177 | Nobody | The Nighthawks | Roots Rock |
| 178 | Better Run | Deap Vally | Alternative Rock |
| 179 | Royal Morning Blue | Damon Albarn | Alternative Rock |
| 180 | High Horse (feat. KT Tunstall & Peaches) | Deap Vally | Alternative Rock |
| 181 | Sunshine | The Black Moods | Alternative Rock |
| 182 | Cariño | The Marías | Alternative Rock |
| 183 | Love Me More | Mitski | Alternative Rock |
| 184 | Las Panteras | Los Bitchos | Progressive Rock |
| 185 | Without the Medicine | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 186 | Tied Up | Dirty Honey | Hard Rock |
| 187 | All the Lilacs in Ohio | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band | Roots Rock |
| 188 | West Memphis | The Nighthawks | Roots Rock |
| 189 | Gas Station Chicken | The Nighthawks | Roots Rock |
| 190 | Wet Dream | Wet Leg | Alternative Rock |
| 191 | Let the Rains Fall | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 192 | All My Love is Coming Back to Me | S.G. Goodman | Roots Rock |
| 193 | Down | St. Vincent | Alternative Rock |
| 194 | This is a Photograph | Kevin Morby | Alternative Rock |
| 195 | Rose Pink Cadillac | Dope Lemon | Alternative Rock |
| 196 | Colors | Black Pumas | Alternative Rock |
| 197 | Ain't That Lovin You | The Nighthawks | Roots Rock |
| 198 | High Horse | Deap Vally | Alternative Rock |
| 199 | Hello, Hi | Ty Segall | Alternative Rock |
| 200 | Fuzz Jam | The Lazy Eyes | Psychedelic |
| 201 | A Sudden Place | Grant Lee Phillips | Roots Rock |
| 202 | You Ain't No Good | The Bamboos | Rock |
| 203 | Don't Drop Me | Jeb Loy Nichols | Roots Rock |
| 204 | If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll (feat. Eric Clapton) | Dion | Roots Rock |
| 205 | Love So Strong | Bonnie Raitt | Roots Rock |
| 206 | Bad Love | Dehd | Alternative Rock |
| 207 | Scuttle Buttin' | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | Rock |
| 208 | Sweet Children | Bruce Hughes | Pop Rock |
| 209 | Charmer and the Snake | The Velveteers | Alternative Rock |
| 210 | Crawl! | IDLES | Alternative Rock |
| 211 | Hey Gringo | Kaleo | Alternative Rock |
| 212 | Run It | My Morning Jacket | Alternative Rock |
| 213 | It's Never Too Late to Call | Paul Thorn | Roots Rock |
| 214 | Solid Ground | Davy Knowles | Roots Rock |
| 215 | Waitin' on Ya | Genesis Owusu | Alternative Rock |
| 216 | Two 6's Upside Down | Dropkick Murphys | Alternative Rock |
| 217 | Grocery Store Skeletons | Michael McArthur | Roots Rock |
| 218 | Golden Limousine | Golden Dawn Arkestra | Rock |
| 219 | Something's Got a Hold of My Heart | Bonnie Raitt | Roots Rock |
| 220 | Skinny | Kaleo | Alternative Rock |
| 221 | American Cockroach | Deap Vally | Alternative Rock |
| 222 | If They’re Shooting at You | Belle & Sebastian | Alternative Rock |
| 223 | Hide | Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Alternative Rock |
| 224 | Fuss and Fight | The Nighthawks | Roots Rock |
| 225 | Quiet Town | The Killers | Alternative Rock |
| 226 | Stubborn Love | The Lumineers | Alternative Rock |
| 227 | NAOMI | Lupe Fiasco | Rock |
| 228 | Maps | Jana Pochop | Roots Rock |
| 229 | Wild Horses | The Rolling Stones | Roots Rock |
| 230 | Living Proof | The War on Drugs | Alternative Rock |
| 231 | The Actor | Alt-J | Alternative Rock |
| 232 | Mystery Train | Justin Pickard & the Thunderbird Winos | Rockabilly |
| 233 | Certainty | Big Thief | Roots Rock |
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