The Roots Music Report's
Top Americana Country Song Chart
for the Year of 2016

 
Rank Song Title Band/Artist Name
1Train in the DistanceDon Henley
2Let's Get DrunkThe Honeycutters
3TravellerChris Stapleton
4Hard to PleaseThe Black Lillies
5Wonderin' WhereJoe Ely
6One Last TimeSara Watkins
7The Year We Tried to Kill the PainBob Woodruff
8The Traveling KindEmmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
9Nobody to BlameChris Stapleton
10Cabin in the SkyRoy Schneider
11Nights Pay in My BootMax Stalling
12Way BackCoral Creek
13Walkin' Shoes BluesLew Card
14Those DiamondsFreddy Jones Band
15ZCarrie Rodriguez
16ParachuteChris Stapleton
17Take off My DressAna Egge
18Let's RockBill Kirchen & Austin de Lone
19Alabama at NightRobbie Fulks
20Something Left to SayJared Rabin
21Just Someone I Used to Know (with Nikki Lane)Buddy Miller
22Weight of the GunCorb Lund
23Shirley JeanKiefer Sutherland
24Better Than You Found ItTyller Gummersall
25Sticks in Your ThroatBuford Pope
26ScarecrowCounting Crows
27Girl Next DoorBrandy Clark
28Glory BoundThe Grahams
29Bottom of the SeaSean McConnell
30Ease My MindMichaela Anne
31TreasureEdge Of The West
32Ode to ThinkingBobby Long
33On the RopesThe Honeycutters
34RadioReckless Kelly
35Sea of LightsBoo Ray
36RattlesnakeDolly Shine
37Surrender to LoveLarry Campbell & Teresa Williams
38Like It Used to BeAllison Moorer
39I Hear Ya Talkin' (with Amos Lee)Asleep At The Wheel
40Double or NothingWestern Centuries
41Something in the WaterPokey LaFarge
42I'm Going InsideCharlie Greene
43How Much TimeNo Fuss and Feathers
44Mama's RadioC. Daniel Boling
45Love is Our Cross to BearJohn Gorka
46(When I Know) I'm Not the Only OneTerry Winchell
47Remember Me (When Candlelights Are Gleaming) [feat. Kathy Mattea]John Prine
48Drivin'Robert Ellis
49Still a ChildDori Freeman
50DogThe Bottle Rockets
51Everything I Can't HaveRob Heath
52Living Without YouMichaela Anne
53It Takes What It TakesLauren Adams
54They Can't Take That Away from MeWillie Nelson
55They'll Never Find MeBlood on the Harp
56Brand New RoadKenny Davin Fine & The Tennessee Texans
57Under My SkinVicky Emerson
58Under the Belly of the NightCorin Raymond
59Lost and Found LoveJim Chesnut
60That GuyJ. Micheal Laferty
61Midnight HighwayLarry Campbell & Teresa Williams
62HallelujahThe Honeycutters
63S Lazy HCorb Lund
64Bad Luck and MoonshineDan Whitaker & The Shinebenders
65Rock in the RiverChatham County Line
66Love Can Go to HellBrandy Clark
67Lopsided MoonNancy Cassidy
68LeaveAlice Wallace
69The Wild OneThe Grahams
70Walk (Back to Your Arms)Tami Neilson
71A Hundred MilesTHE RIFTERS
72T for Texas (with Lyle Lovett)Robert Earl Keen
7399 Years for One Dark Day (with Peter Rowan)Robert Earl Keen
74Take a Picture of ThisDon Henley
75RunawayThe Hello Strangers
76Fading TaillightsDave Murphy
77ColoradoRebecca Folsom
78Wedding BellsRichard Thompson
79UndergroundPokey LaFarge
80Dirty HoundCicada Rhythm
81Come on Let's DanceTim Hockenberry
82Come Home to MeNancy Cassidy
83Knockin' the Dust off the Rust Belt TonightPokey LaFarge
84Roll with ItRoss Kennedy
85SmashedMark Brown
86La Última VezCarrie Rodriguez
87AnastasiaJim Andralis
88I Wanna Find outMike Beck
89Long Night MoonReckless Kelly
90Watch 'em FallThe Loudermilks
91It Ain't Necessarily SoWillie Nelson
92That's How I Got to MemphisKarl Blau
93Blacktop BluesLeft Arm Tan
94I Really Don't Miss You at AllWhistler's Father
95Wild Horses (with Shawn Colvin)Buddy Miller
96But You Like Country MusicSunny Sweeney
97Just Someone I Used to KnowNikki Lane
98You Remind MeBeth Lee and the Breakups
99Merle, Hank & JohnnyDan Bern
100Faded GloryvilleLindi Ortega
101Bayview DriveLauren Adams
102Somebody Loves MeWillie Nelson
103I Got RhythmWillie Nelson
104Everything It Takes (feat. Elvis Costello)Loretta Lynn
105Laugh 'Til We CryLori Yates
106Can't You Hear Them HowlLucero
107Perfect StrangersRobert Ellis
108Something GoodThe Bottle Rockets
109I'm Old (Amy's Song)Judy Nazemetz
110Rainy Night in TexasEric Brace & Peter Cooper
111Still Crazy After All These YearsRobert Ellis
112I Love You a Thousand WaysBrennen Leigh
113Clyde and His ClippersLyal Strickland
114It's Not My Fault You're BeautifulKenny Davin Fine & The Tennessee Texans
115Seminole WindLauren Adams
116Old MotelJack Ingram
117Empty RoomsThe Time Jumpers
118Color of LoveBirds Of Chicago
119Any WonderDori Freeman
120A Girl in Longview TexasKeith Rea
121My TownMichael Reno Harrell
122The Love That We NeedHayes Carll
123Lead Me to the WaterThe Looking
124The Woman in the WingsAndy May
125I Wanna Go HomeSteve Davis
126Wild Texas WindThe Flyin' A's
127The Long, Long RoadAllan Frank
128Should Have Loved YouThe Nouveaux Honkies
129All Night LongPokey LaFarge
130OutlawThe Staves
131Not That Kind of GirlSusie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band
132Cut Me offJoel Hofmann Band
133Who's Gonna Take the Garbage out (feat. Iris DeMent)John Prine
134My Golden NuggetJoel Hofmann Band
135Polka Dots and MoonbeamsBob Dylan
136Elmore JamesTim Easton
137Color of the Blues (feat. Susan Tedeschi)John Prine
138A Long Way HomeThe Good Intentions
139AngelenoSam Outlaw
140Ghost TownSam Outlaw
141PennyElise Davis
142Farmer's HandsRay Barnette
143StrongerParsonsfield
144Waltz Across Texas TonightTrio (Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt/Dolly Parton)
145Long GoneVicky Emerson
146TwinkleJim Libby Band
147Born with a Broken HeartFootfall
148My Girl & Me in '93Lucero
149Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be (feat. Iris DeMent)John Prine
150All I RequireRadney Foster
151Back RowThe Honeycutters
152More GoodbyeWard Davis
153Picture of a LifeProvince Of Thieves
154Second BestNatasha James
155TenderheartedSara Watkins
156Given to MeThe Electric Pinecones
157I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) [feat. the Time Jumpers]Willie Nelson
158Coming Home to YouShalo Lee
159No One else but LonelyMax Stalling
160Get the Angle RightDennis Dougherty
161The Last LaughBlood on the Harp
162Estrella GoodbyeBirds Of Chicago
163One More HellHailey Whitters
164Somewhere elseLauren Adams
165Only TearsTami Neilson
166Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (with Robert Earl Keen & Ray Benson)Asleep At The Wheel
167Ball and ChainBrennen Leigh & Noel McKay
168You Used toOsborne Jones
169Sing AlongRobert Ellis
170You SayDori Freeman
171500 PiecesThe Honeycutters
172Enough About Hard TimesCaitlin Canty
173Blue BesidesThe Honeycutters
174Short Walk to HellRodney Rice
175Count on MeThe Statesboro Revue
176Night's Pay in My BootMax Stalling
177FishbowlDriftwood
178I'm in Love with a GirlLucero
179Dens of YarrowSusie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band
180Cry CryGrant Lee Phillips
181Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and BurningLarry Campbell & Teresa Williams
182Fallin RainKarl Blau
183Black is the ColorRhiannon Giddens
184The Truth Won't Set Us FreeSara Watkins
185I Got a SongAllan Frank
186Useless MemoriesThe Honeycutters
187Rock'em Sock'em CowboysBennett Jackson and the Ranch Hands
188Coming HomeBlood on the Harp
189Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Loud, Loud Music (feat. Amanda Shires)John Prine
190Left by OneBlood on the Harp
191Truth in Your EyesKiefer Sutherland
192Run Renee RunPaulo Franco
193Time and TimesBirds Of Chicago
194Ornaments in TranslationBlood on the Harp
195Smoke and SparksGrant Lee Phillips
196To the Bottom of Lake BufordBlood on the Harp
197Southern Railroad BluesLew Card
198Wedding SongThe Honeycutters
199You, You Make Me FeelEddy Mann
200Move MeSara Watkins
 

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