The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Country Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annihilation | Wilco |
| 2 | Lowland Trail | Margo Cilker |
| 3 | The Art of Getting Through | Imogen Clark |
| 4 | Driven to Drive | Joe Ely |
| 5 | Crier | American Aquarium |
| 6 | There Oughta Be a Law | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 7 | Stomp the Gas | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 8 | Never Love Again | Sentimental Family Band |
| 9 | Try | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 10 | Here and Now | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 11 | Lay of the Land | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 12 | Ready when You Are | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 13 | Cousin | Wilco |
| 14 | Seeing Clear | Miles Miller |
| 15 | Solid Gold | Miles Miller |
| 16 | A Feeling Called Lonesome | Miles Miller |
| 17 | Always November | Miles Miller |
| 18 | Evicted | Wilco |
| 19 | Passed Midnight | Miles Miller |
| 20 | Even if | Miles Miller |
| 21 | Don't Give Away Love | Miles Miller |
| 22 | Where Daniel Stood | Miles Miller |
| 23 | I Wish | Miles Miller |
| 24 | DON'T GET FRESH with ME | Low Cut Connie |
| 25 | Explaining to Do | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 26 | Resume Speed, Texas | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 27 | Drivin' Man | Joe Ely |
| 28 | Lie in Bed | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 29 | Odds of the Blues (feat. Bruce Springsteen) | Joe Ely |
| 30 | Poet in a Buick | Sophie Gault |
| 31 | All I Needed | American Aquarium |
| 32 | Sebastian | Imogen Clark |
| 33 | Head Down, Feet Moving | American Aquarium |
| 34 | Southern Roots (feat. Katie Pruitt) | American Aquarium |
| 35 | If I Want in | Imogen Clark |
| 36 | No Love Around | Willie Nelson |
| 37 | Didn't We Robbie | Joe Ely |
| 38 | I Remember Carolina | Margo Cilker |
| 39 | Civilized Anxiety | Uncle Lucius |
| 40 | He's Gone | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 41 | Keep It on a Burner | Margo Cilker |
| 42 | Messy As a Magnolia | American Aquarium |
| 43 | A Good Hearted Woman | Willie Nelson |
| 44 | Lost Love Song (feat. Margo Price) | Jessi Colter |
| 45 | Wild Colonial Boy | Al Backstrom |
| 46 | The Fear of Standing Still | American Aquarium |
| 47 | Crazy or Died | Margo Cilker |
| 48 | Mother Told Her Mother Told Me | Margo Cilker |
| 49 | Almost Time | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 50 | Kygers Hill | Viv & Riley |
| 51 | WONDERFUL BOY | Low Cut Connie |
| 52 | Strawberry Moon | The Handsome Family |
| 53 | Born to Ride | Billy Don Burns |
| 54 | Rattle Me | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 55 | ARE YOU GONNA RUN? | Low Cut Connie |
| 56 | Tricks of the Trade | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 57 | Joseph | The Handsome Family |
| 58 | The Oldest Water | The Handsome Family |
| 59 | Meant to Be | Wilco |
| 60 | To the Oaks | The Handsome Family |
| 61 | Love in Kind | Uncle Lucius |
| 62 | Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus | Jessi Colter |
| 63 | Chance Creek | Viv & Riley |
| 64 | Long Gone | Al Backstrom |
| 65 | My Baby's Gone | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 66 | Santa Rosa | Margo Cilker |
| 67 | Broken Hearted Blue | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 68 | You Can't Change Me (feat. Wes Shipp) | Billy Don Burns |
| 69 | You're So Right | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 70 | Open Arms | Dolly Parton |
| 71 | Sad Songs and Waltzes | Willie Nelson |
| 72 | Pain in My Heart | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 73 | Home Motel | Willie Nelson |
| 74 | Puttin' Me Down | Al Backstrom |
| 75 | River | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 76 | Lesson I Never Learned | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 77 | You’re No Good | Dolly Parton |
| 78 | All the Angelenos | Uncle Lucius |
| 79 | Gulf Coast Blues | Joe Ely |
| 80 | Pretty Bird | Kelsey Waldon |
| 81 | Last Call | Ian Jones |
| 82 | Night Moves | Dolly Parton |
| 83 | Motel Madness | Billy Don Burns |
| 84 | Bittersweet | Dolly Parton |
| 85 | That's when I Knew | Billy Don Burns |
| 86 | The Getting Home | American Aquarium |
| 87 | Sunlight Ends | Wilco |
| 88 | Sister Honeybee | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 89 | Two Black Shoes | The Handsome Family |
| 90 | All She Put Him Through | Billy Don Burns |
| 91 | The Blackest Crow | Viv & Riley |
| 92 | I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU | Low Cut Connie |
| 93 | Don't Cry for Me | Billy Don Burns |
| 94 | Hard on Easy Street | Jessi Colter |
| 95 | Magic Man (Carl Version) | Dolly Parton |
| 96 | I Hate Myself for Loving You | Dolly Parton |
| 97 | What’s Up? | Dolly Parton |
| 98 | Free Bird | Dolly Parton |
| 99 | Seventeen | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 100 | (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction | Dolly Parton |
| 101 | Keep on Loving You | Dolly Parton |
| 102 | Trace My Soul | Uncle Lucius |
| 103 | Keep Singing Along | Uncle Lucius |
| 104 | One More Night | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 105 | Livid | Wilco |
| 106 | Your Love Song | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 107 | San Antonio Brawl | Joe Ely |
| 108 | Cherokee Purples | American Aquarium |
| 109 | Down Home | David Quinn |
| 110 | Whiskey Shoeshine (Saturday Night / Live Girls) | IZZY DED |
| 111 | Flashing Lights | Viv & Riley |
| 112 | The Long Way | Viv & Riley |
| 113 | Still Care at All | IZZY DED |
| 114 | I Wanna Be with You (feat. Margo Price) | Jessi Colter |
| 115 | Beggar for Your Love | Margo Cilker |
| 116 | KING of the JEWS | Low Cut Connie |
| 117 | You're So Right (Radio Edit) | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 118 | (Now That I'm) Tryin' | IZZY DED |
| 119 | Angel in the Fire | Jessi Colter |
| 120 | Analog Guy | Al Backstrom |
| 121 | Sound and Fury | Margo Cilker |
| 122 | Sauvie Island | Viv & Riley |
| 123 | One More for the Road | Al Backstrom |
| 124 | Ooh Las Vegas (feat. Ruby Boots) | Al Backstrom |
| 125 | Leon | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 126 | What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You | Dolly Parton |
| 127 | All Tied Together | Margo Cilker |
| 128 | Baby, I Love Your Way | Dolly Parton |
| 129 | Let It Be | Dolly Parton |
| 130 | Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Kaitlin Butts |
| 131 | The Curse of Growing Old | American Aquarium |
| 132 | Hot Sun | Wilco |
| 133 | When I'm Gone (feat. Emily Scott Robinson) | Jett Holden |
| 134 | Babies Having Babies | American Aquarium |
| 135 | Kick the Devil Away | Sophie Gault |
| 136 | Shame Shame Shame | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 137 | Traveling the Highway Home (feat. Margo Price) | Kelsey Waldon |
| 138 | Mama's Only Child | IZZY DED |
| 139 | Buried | IZZY DED |
| 140 | Neon Circus (feat. Shooter Jennings) | Billy Don Burns |
| 141 | TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW | Low Cut Connie |
| 142 | Pittsburgh | Wilco |
| 143 | THE PARTY'S over (feat. SUSU) | Low Cut Connie |
| 144 | All You Gotta Do | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 145 | Rockstar | Dolly Parton |
| 146 | Purple Rain | Dolly Parton |
| 147 | Wrecking Ball | Dolly Parton |
| 148 | Heart of Glass | Dolly Parton |
| 149 | Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me | Dolly Parton |
| 150 | Tried to Rock and Roll Me | Dolly Parton |
| 151 | Imaginary People | Viv & Riley |
| 152 | Through | Al Backstrom |
| 153 | Heart over Mind | Uncle Lucius |
| 154 | Long As I Can See the Light | Dolly Parton |
| 155 | Going to Water | Pony Bradshaw |
| 156 | Jealous Heart | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 157 | Jealousy | Sophie Gault |
| 158 | Gold in Your Pocket | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 159 | For Your Love | Joe Ely |
| 160 | Hayride to Hell (feat. Billy Contreras) | Al Backstrom |
| 161 | I Should Have Known | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 162 | Ten Dead | Wilco |
| 163 | A Bowl and a Pudding | Wilco |
| 164 | Invisible Man | The Handsome Family |
| 165 | Good Night | The Handsome Family |
| 166 | Big Train (feat. Chip Kinman) | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 167 | Borrowed Time | IZZY DED |
| 168 | No Way Around It | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 169 | Standing on the Edge of Forever | Jessi Colter |
| 170 | BIG BOY | Low Cut Connie |
| 171 | What Were We Thinking | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 172 | Stairway to Heaven | Dolly Parton |
| 173 | Half Drunk | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 174 | Holy Roller | Uncle Lucius |
| 175 | Tuscaloosa Rain | Uncle Lucius |
| 176 | I'm Happy | Uncle Lucius |
| 177 | Roots | Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road |
| 178 | Unlucky Love | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 179 | Better off | Jett Holden |
| 180 | Sidewinder | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 181 | If I Can't Have You | Kaitlin Butts |
| 182 | Followed You to Vegas | Kaitlin Butts |
| 183 | Jackhammer Rock | Joe Ely |
| 184 | Ginseng Daddy | Pony Bradshaw |
| 185 | Fixin Things | Sophie Gault |
| 186 | Soliloquy: out of My Dreams | Kaitlin Butts |
| 187 | All Hard Feelings | Imogen Clark |
| 188 | Bones in the Sand | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 189 | Other Girls (Ain't Havin' Any Fun) | Kaitlin Butts |
| 190 | Spur | Kaitlin Butts |
| 191 | Like I Should | Kaitlin Butts |
| 192 | Hiwassee Lament | Pony Bradshaw |
| 193 | Scarecrow | Jett Holden |
| 194 | Chained by Desire | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 195 | The Things We Lost Along the Way | American Aquarium |
| 196 | Shady Lake | The Handsome Family |
| 197 | How to Lose | Viv & Riley |
| 198 | Outback Boxer | Al Backstrom |
| 199 | Fine Wine | Jessi Colter |
| 200 | Maybe You Should (feat. Margo Price) | Jessi Colter |
| 201 | World on Fire | Dolly Parton |
| 202 | ART DEALERS | Low Cut Connie |
| 203 | I'll Know | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 204 | Fairytale Blues | Kyle Nix & The 38's |
| 205 | Levee | Wilco |
| 206 | Either or | Dolly Parton |
| 207 | We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You | Dolly Parton |
| 208 | Bygones | Dolly Parton |
| 209 | I've Seen a Lot of Highway (feat. Cody Jinks) | Billy Don Burns |
| 210 | Draw the Line | Uncle Lucius |
| 211 | Sad Songs | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 212 | Hunt You Down | Kaitlin Butts |
| 213 | Abducted by Your Love | Martha Spencer |
| 214 | Say You Love Me | Wilco |
| 215 | ¡Viva Appalachia! | Pony Bradshaw |
| 216 | Love Along the Way (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Joe Troop |
| 217 | With the Middle | Margo Cilker |
| 218 | Mothballs | The Handsome Family |
| 219 | All the Good Horses | IZZY DED |
| 220 | Don't Even Know My Name (feat. Moot Davis) | Al Backstrom |
| 221 | This Town | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 222 | Is It All over | Viv & Riley |
| 223 | A Hole in My Chest Where the Bullet Belongs | IZZY DED |
| 224 | Wren in the Willow (Wrench in the Wheel) | IZZY DED |
| 225 | Modern-Day Cowgirl's Dream | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 226 | With or Without You | Jessi Colter |
| 227 | Casino Queen | Wilco |
| 228 | I Want You Back | Dolly Parton |
| 229 | At the Trail Ride | Rose & The Bros |
| 230 | Things Are Going Good | Sophie Gault |
| 231 | Sleep with a Stranger | Nikki Lane |
| 232 | Kid on the Radio | Sophie Gault |
| 233 | The Noise | Imogen Clark |
| 234 | Hello Stranger (feat. S.G. Goodman) | Kelsey Waldon |
| 235 | I've Endured | Kelsey Waldon |
| 236 | Your Lone Journey | Kelsey Waldon |
| 237 | Inside the Bell Bones | Wilco |
| 238 | People Will Say We're in Love (feat. Cleto Cordero) | Kaitlin Butts |
| 239 | Buckaroo | Kaitlin Butts |
| 240 | That'll Never Be Me | Kaitlin Butts |
| 241 | Watchin' Them Semis Roll | Joe Ely |
| 242 | Backwater Blues | Robbie Fulks |
| 243 | Does Your Mother Know | Emily Nenni |
| 244 | Ain't What It Used to Be | Dennis J. Leise |
| 245 | Use My Name | The Great Get Gone |
| 246 | Close the Bets | Kyle Nix & The 38's |
| 247 | Skunks | The Handsome Family |
| 248 | Things That Scare Me | Neko Case |
| 249 | Satan is a Son of a Bitch (feat. Storey Boys) | Billy Don Burns |
| 250 | The King of Everything | The Handsome Family |
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