The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
---|---|---|
1 | I Got You | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
2 | This Forgotten Town | The Jayhawks |
3 | Love is Love | Grace Potter |
4 | Orphans | Coldplay |
5 | Dawn | Fruition |
6 | The Good Life | Devon Gilfillian |
7 | Living in a Bubble | The Jayhawks |
8 | Dance Monkey (Stripped Back) | Tones and I |
9 | Texas Sun | Khruangbin |
10 | Never Say No | Henry Chadwick |
11 | Life in the City | The Lumineers |
12 | Baby, Don't Leave Me Alone with My Thoughts | Lake Street Dive |
13 | Trampoline (Stripped) | SHAED |
14 | Feel You | My Morning Jacket |
15 | Hell N Back | Bakar |
16 | Crazy Comes Easy | Jackie Greene |
17 | Shine a Little Light | The Black Keys |
18 | Bad Decisions | The Strokes |
19 | Uneventful Days | Beck |
20 | Treat You Better | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
21 | Gloria | The Lumineers |
22 | Complainer | Cold War Kids |
23 | Circle the Drain | Soccer Mommy |
24 | Vagabond | Steve Gunn |
25 | Wars | Of Monsters and Men |
26 | Come Crying to Me | The Jayhawks |
27 | Didn't Pay the Bill | The Mother Hips |
28 | Colors | Black Pumas |
29 | Strangers | Mt. Joy |
30 | Strong Enough | Ray LaMontagne |
31 | Might Be Right | White Reaper |
32 | Honeybee | The Head and The Heart |
33 | Blowback | The Killers |
34 | Who Do You Think You're Talking To? | Dawes |
35 | Van Horn | Saint Motel |
36 | Lay Your Head on Me | Major Lazer |
37 | Love You for a Long Time | Maggie Rogers |
38 | Outnumbered | Dermot Kennedy |
39 | Still Feel Like a Kid | Dawes |
40 | Stratospheric | Treble Makers |
41 | Anybody out There? | Sadler Vaden |
42 | Black Madonna | Cage the Elephant |
43 | Road Warrior | Allan Rayman |
44 | This Life | Vampire Weekend |
45 | Imploding the Mirage | The Killers |
46 | The Let Go | Elle King |
47 | Lost in Yesterday | Tame Impala |
48 | On the Floor | Perfume Genius |
49 | I Wanna Be the One | Pete Yorn |
50 | Cynic | Noah Kahan |
51 | Date Nut Porridge | The Walk-a-Bout |
52 | Salt and the Sea | The Lumineers |
53 | Missed Connection | The Head and The Heart |
54 | The Gleam III | The Avett Brothers |
55 | Almost (Sweet Music) | Hozier |
56 | Shangri-La | EOB |
57 | It Wasn't Easy to Be Happy for You | The Lumineers |
58 | Stay High | Brittany Howard |
59 | Victory Parade | The Walk-a-Bout |
60 | Retrograde | Pearl Jam |
61 | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan |
62 | The Steps | Haim |
63 | Holocene | Bon Iver |
64 | Ten Cent Pistol | The Black Keys |
65 | Death with Dignity | Sufjan Stevens |
66 | Drawn to the Blood | Sufjan Stevens |
67 | Tell Me Why | John Butler Trio |
68 | Such a Simple Thing | Ray LaMontagne |
69 | The Boxer | Mumford & Sons |
70 | The Only Thing | Sufjan Stevens |
71 | Things Happen | Dawes |
72 | Skinny Love | Bon Iver |
73 | Faith | Sneaks |
74 | Best Days | Sadler Vaden |
75 | Reasons I Drink | Alanis Morissette |
76 | Fire | Black Pumas |
77 | Color My Life | Chicano Batman |
78 | Get Me to the Station | The Walk-a-Bout |
79 | I Want More | Kaleo |
80 | Keep the Wolves Away | Uncle Lucius |
81 | No Bullets Spent | Spoon |
82 | Kyoto | Phoebe Bridgers |
83 | Taking It West | The Walk-a-Bout |
84 | Who's Gonna Love Me Now | Cold War Kids |
85 | Blind Leading the Blind | Mumford & Sons |
86 | Timeless | The Walk-a-Bout |
87 | It's Not Easy | Puss N Boots |
88 | All My Friends | The Revivalists |
89 | Cheap Regrets | The Districts |
90 | Dark Days | Local Natives |
91 | Making Do | Lake Street Dive |
92 | Do You Want to Go out Tonight | Sneaks |
93 | This I Know | Nané |
94 | Held Down | Laura Marling |
95 | Identical (From the Motion Picture "On the Rocks") - Single | Phoenix |
96 | Ache | The Heavy Hours |
97 | You Burned Me | Donna Missal |
98 | Ready to Let Go | Cage the Elephant |
99 | Sing Up, Sing out | James Bay |
100 | Tale of the Vibe Rider | The Walk-a-Bout |
101 | SoulBQue (feat. Roosevelt Collier) | G. Love & Special Sauce |
102 | Magic | Jordan Mackampa |
103 | Temple | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down |
104 | Dressing America | Torres |
105 | Your Love (Déjà Vu) | Glass Animals |
106 | I Am | The Walk-a-Bout |
107 | Half Moon Light | The Lone Bellow |
108 | Ferris Wheel | Sylvan Esso |
109 | Holy Ghost Fire | Larkin Poe |
110 | The Wire | Shovels & Rope |
111 | Oh Yeah! | Green Day |
112 | Go | The Black Keys |
113 | Lilacs | Waxahatchee |
114 | Fortune | Wye Oak |
115 | Start Small Think Big | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
116 | Unreal City | M. Ward |
117 | Might Be Right | White Reaper |
118 | Wildflowers & All the Rest | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
119 | House of Glass | Cage the Elephant |
120 | Capital Crimes | Andrew Bird |
121 | Powder Junkie | Jealous Of The Birds |
122 | Troublemaker | Devon Gilfillian |
123 | Lo/Hi | The Black Keys |
124 | Here They Come | Hamilton Leithauser |
125 | Dance of the Clairvoyants | Pearl Jam |
126 | Fuzzybrain | Dayglow |
127 | Fever Pitch | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
128 | When Am I Gonna Lose You | Local Natives |
129 | F the NRA | The Coathangers |
130 | Alter Ego | Kaleo |
131 | The Slow Drag Under | Benjamin Booker |
132 | Money is a Memory | Field Music |
133 | Forest Green | Wolf Parade |
134 | Black Lipstick | Chicano Batman |
135 | Plj | Lily Vakili Band |
136 | Unready | Gordi |
137 | Spirals | Django Django |
138 | Youth | Ásgeir |
139 | Where to Start | Bully |
140 | Don't Let Me Down | Milky Chance |
141 | Hope | (Sandy) Alex G |
142 | Shameika | Fiona Apple |
143 | Galleon Ship | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
144 | AUATC | Bon Iver |
145 | Hey Rose | Son Little |
146 | Don't Believe | The Psychedelic Furs |
147 | Hey Hey I | Other Lives |
148 | True Love | Dr. Dog |
149 | Water Me Down | Vagabon |
150 | Dance Dance | Cage the Elephant |
151 | Avalanche | Aimee Mann |
152 | Army of Friends | The Dunwells |
153 | Cherrybomb | Dan Auerbach |
154 | Quiet Lover | Lily Vakili Band |
155 | Help Me Stranger | The Raconteurs |
156 | Baby | Brittany Howard |
157 | PDLIF | Bon Iver |
158 | Garden Song | Phoebe Bridgers |
159 | Social Man | The Growlers |
160 | Bad Decisions | The Strokes |
161 | Anew | Hollow Coves |
162 | Break My Baby | Kaleo |
163 | GotItBad | St. Paul & The Broken Bones |
164 | I'm So Happy I Cry (feat. Tank and the Bangas & Tarriona 'Tank' Ball) | Fantastic Negrito |
165 | Keep Diggin’ | Larkin Poe |
166 | Sing Along | Sturgill Simpson |
167 | Calm Down | Pete Yorn |
168 | Caution | The Killers |
169 | Mind Eraser | Nicole Atkins |
170 | Go Crazy (feat. Keb' Mo') | G. Love & Special Sauce |
171 | Dreaming | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
172 | Timshel | Mumford & Sons |
173 | circle the Drain | Soccer Mommy |
174 | Lost in Yesterday | Tame Impala |
175 | Gospel for a New Century | Yves Tumor |
176 | Come on | Mondo Cozmo |
177 | Medicine at Midnight | Foo Fighters |
178 | Violent Shiver | Benjamin Booker |
179 | Lay Your Head on Me | Major Lazer |
180 | Strangers | Mt. Joy |
181 | Are We Alright Again | Eels |
182 | Change on the Rise | Avi Kaplan |
183 | Do or Die | Ani DiFranco |
184 | Imploding the Mirage | The Killers |
185 | Shine a Little Light | The Black Keys |
186 | Go out Fighting | Dr. Dog |
187 | Van Horn | Saint Motel |
188 | Failure | Frances Cone |
189 | Oh Boredom (Schmaltz City, USA) | Star Parks |
190 | Lose Your Love | Dirty Projectors |
191 | Hero | The Walk-a-Bout |
192 | Bikini | Caroline Rose |
193 | Loner | Dehd |
194 | Black Moon Rising | Black Pumas |
195 | I Was Wrong | Bailen |
196 | Blind to Vines | FUZZ |
197 | Now That You're Gone | The Raconteurs |
198 | Little Bird (Radio Edit) | Mark Oblinger |
199 | It's Called: Freefall | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
200 | Lucy | Soccer Mommy |
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