The Roots Music Report's
Top Americana Country Song Chart
for the Year of 2016
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Train in the Distance | Don Henley |
| 2 | Let's Get Drunk | The Honeycutters |
| 3 | Traveller | Chris Stapleton |
| 4 | Hard to Please | The Black Lillies |
| 5 | One Last Time | Sara Watkins |
| 6 | The Year We Tried to Kill the Pain | Bob Woodruff |
| 7 | The Traveling Kind | Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell |
| 8 | Nobody to Blame | Chris Stapleton |
| 9 | Cabin in the Sky | Roy Schneider |
| 10 | Way Back | Coral Creek |
| 11 | Walkin' Shoes Blues | Lew Card |
| 12 | Those Diamonds | Freddy Jones Band |
| 13 | Parachute | Chris Stapleton |
| 14 | Z | Carrie Rodriguez |
| 15 | Let's Rock | Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone |
| 16 | Take off My Dress | Ana Egge |
| 17 | Alabama at Night | Robbie Fulks |
| 18 | Something Left to Say | Jared Rabin |
| 19 | Just Someone I Used to Know (with Nikki Lane) | Buddy Miller |
| 20 | Weight of the Gun | Corb Lund |
| 21 | Shirley Jean | Kiefer Sutherland |
| 22 | Better Than You Found It | Tyller Gummersall |
| 23 | Scarecrow | Counting Crows |
| 24 | Bottom of the Sea | Sean McConnell |
| 25 | Girl Next Door | Brandy Clark |
| 26 | Glory Bound | The Grahams |
| 27 | Ease My Mind | Michaela Anne |
| 28 | Treasure | Edge Of The West |
| 29 | Ode to Thinking | Bobby Long |
| 30 | On the Ropes | The Honeycutters |
| 31 | Radio | Reckless Kelly |
| 32 | Sea of Lights | Boo Ray |
| 33 | Rattlesnake | Dolly Shine |
| 34 | Surrender to Love | Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams |
| 35 | Like It Used to Be | Allison Moorer |
| 36 | I Hear Ya Talkin' (with Amos Lee) | Asleep At The Wheel |
| 37 | Something in the Water | Pokey LaFarge |
| 38 | Double or Nothing | Western Centuries |
| 39 | How Much Time | No Fuss and Feathers |
| 40 | I'm Going Inside | Charlie Greene |
| 41 | Mama's Radio | C. Daniel Boling |
| 42 | Remember Me (When Candlelights Are Gleaming) [feat. Kathy Mattea] | John Prine |
| 43 | Love is Our Cross to Bear | John Gorka |
| 44 | (When I Know) I'm Not the Only One | Terry Winchell |
| 45 | Still a Child | Dori Freeman |
| 46 | It Takes What It Takes | Lauren Adams |
| 47 | Drivin' | Robert Ellis |
| 48 | Living Without You | Michaela Anne |
| 49 | Dog | The Bottle Rockets |
| 50 | Everything I Can't Have | Rob Heath |
| 51 | They Can't Take That Away from Me | Willie Nelson |
| 52 | They'll Never Find Me | Blood on the Harp |
| 53 | Brand New Road | Kenny Davin Fine & The Tennessee Texans |
| 54 | Under My Skin | Vicky Emerson |
| 55 | Under the Belly of the Night | Corin Raymond |
| 56 | That Guy | J. Micheal Laferty |
| 57 | Lost and Found Love | Jim Chesnut |
| 58 | Midnight Highway | Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams |
| 59 | Hallelujah | The Honeycutters |
| 60 | Rock in the River | Chatham County Line |
| 61 | Lopsided Moon | Nancy Cassidy |
| 62 | Love Can Go to Hell | Brandy Clark |
| 63 | S Lazy H | Corb Lund |
| 64 | Bad Luck and Moonshine | Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders |
| 65 | The Wild One | The Grahams |
| 66 | Leave | Alice Wallace |
| 67 | T for Texas (with Lyle Lovett) | Robert Earl Keen |
| 68 | Walk (Back to Your Arms) | Tami Neilson |
| 69 | A Hundred Miles | THE RIFTERS |
| 70 | 99 Years for One Dark Day (with Peter Rowan) | Robert Earl Keen |
| 71 | Take a Picture of This | Don Henley |
| 72 | Runaway | The Hello Strangers |
| 73 | Fading Taillights | Dave Murphy |
| 74 | Dirty Hound | Cicada Rhythm |
| 75 | Colorado | Rebecca Folsom |
| 76 | Underground | Pokey LaFarge |
| 77 | Roll with It | Ross Kennedy |
| 78 | Come on Let's Dance | Tim Hockenberry |
| 79 | Come Home to Me | Nancy Cassidy |
| 80 | Knockin' the Dust off the Rust Belt Tonight | Pokey LaFarge |
| 81 | I Wanna Find out | Mike Beck |
| 82 | Smashed | Mark Brown |
| 83 | That's How I Got to Memphis | Karl Blau |
| 84 | La Última Vez | Carrie Rodriguez |
| 85 | Anastasia | Jim Andralis |
| 86 | Long Night Moon | Reckless Kelly |
| 87 | Watch 'em Fall | The Loudermilks |
| 88 | It Ain't Necessarily So | Willie Nelson |
| 89 | Blacktop Blues | Left Arm Tan |
| 90 | Faded Gloryville | Lindi Ortega |
| 91 | I Really Don't Miss You at All | Whistler's Father |
| 92 | Wild Horses (with Shawn Colvin) | Buddy Miller |
| 93 | But You Like Country Music | Sunny Sweeney |
| 94 | Perfect Strangers | Robert Ellis |
| 95 | Bayview Drive | Lauren Adams |
| 96 | Merle, Hank & Johnny | Dan Bern |
| 97 | You Remind Me | Beth Lee and the Breakups |
| 98 | The Woman in the Wings | Andy May |
| 99 | Old Motel | Jack Ingram |
| 100 | Everything It Takes (feat. Elvis Costello) | Loretta Lynn |
| 101 | Somebody Loves Me | Willie Nelson |
| 102 | I Got Rhythm | Willie Nelson |
| 103 | Laugh 'Til We Cry | Lori Yates |
| 104 | Empty Rooms | The Time Jumpers |
| 105 | Can't You Hear Them Howl | Lucero |
| 106 | I'm Old (Amy's Song) | Judy Nazemetz |
| 107 | Still Crazy After All These Years | Robert Ellis |
| 108 | Something Good | The Bottle Rockets |
| 109 | My Town | Michael Reno Harrell |
| 110 | Seminole Wind | Lauren Adams |
| 111 | The Long, Long Road | Allan Frank |
| 112 | I Love You a Thousand Ways | Brennen Leigh |
| 113 | Clyde and His Clippers | Lyal Strickland |
| 114 | Color of Love | Birds Of Chicago |
| 115 | Any Wonder | Dori Freeman |
| 116 | It's Not My Fault You're Beautiful | Kenny Davin Fine & The Tennessee Texans |
| 117 | Wild Texas Wind | The Flyin' A's |
| 118 | A Girl in Longview Texas | Keith Rea |
| 119 | The Love That We Need | Hayes Carll |
| 120 | Lead Me to the Water | The Looking |
| 121 | Who's Gonna Take the Garbage out (feat. Iris DeMent) | John Prine |
| 122 | Elmore James | Tim Easton |
| 123 | Not That Kind of Girl | Susie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band |
| 124 | Should Have Loved You | The Nouveaux Honkies |
| 125 | All Night Long | Pokey LaFarge |
| 126 | A Long Way Home | The Good Intentions |
| 127 | Polka Dots and Moonbeams | Bob Dylan |
| 128 | Outlaw | The Staves |
| 129 | Color of the Blues (feat. Susan Tedeschi) | John Prine |
| 130 | Cut Me off | Joel Hofmann |
| 131 | My Golden Nugget | Joel Hofmann |
| 132 | Penny | Elise Davis |
| 133 | Ghost Town | Sam Outlaw |
| 134 | Angeleno | Sam Outlaw |
| 135 | Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be (feat. Iris DeMent) | John Prine |
| 136 | My Girl & Me in '93 | Lucero |
| 137 | Stronger | Parsonsfield |
| 138 | Second Best | Natasha James |
| 139 | Twinkle | Jim Libby Band |
| 140 | Born with a Broken Heart | Footfall |
| 141 | I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) [feat. the Time Jumpers] | Willie Nelson |
| 142 | Long Gone | Vicky Emerson |
| 143 | Back Row | The Honeycutters |
| 144 | More Goodbye | Ward Davis |
| 145 | Tenderhearted | Sara Watkins |
| 146 | Picture of a Life | Province Of Thieves |
| 147 | Somewhere else | Lauren Adams |
| 148 | The Last Laugh | Blood on the Harp |
| 149 | No One else but Lonely | Max Stalling |
| 150 | Get the Angle Right | Dennis Dougherty |
| 151 | You Used to | Osborne Jones |
| 152 | Coming Home to You | Shalo Lee |
| 153 | Estrella Goodbye | Birds Of Chicago |
| 154 | One More Hell | Hailey Whitters |
| 155 | You Say | Dori Freeman |
| 156 | Sing Along | Robert Ellis |
| 157 | Fishbowl | Driftwood |
| 158 | Only Tears | Tami Neilson |
| 159 | Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (with Robert Earl Keen & Ray Benson) | Asleep At The Wheel |
| 160 | I Got a Song | Allan Frank |
| 161 | 500 Pieces | The Honeycutters |
| 162 | Blue Besides | The Honeycutters |
| 163 | Enough About Hard Times | Caitlin Canty |
| 164 | Short Walk to Hell | Rodney Rice |
| 165 | Count on Me | The Statesboro Revue |
| 166 | Fallin Rain | Karl Blau |
| 167 | Night's Pay in My Boot | Max Stalling |
| 168 | Dens of Yarrow | Susie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band |
| 169 | The Truth Won't Set Us Free | Sara Watkins |
| 170 | Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Loud, Loud Music (feat. Amanda Shires) | John Prine |
| 171 | I'm in Love with a Girl | Lucero |
| 172 | Cry Cry | Grant Lee Phillips |
| 173 | Black is the Color | Rhiannon Giddens |
| 174 | Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning | Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams |
| 175 | Southern Railroad Blues | Lew Card |
| 176 | Hey! Ho! | Natasha James |
| 177 | Useless Memories | The Honeycutters |
| 178 | Coming Home | Blood on the Harp |
| 179 | Rock'em Sock'em Cowboys | Bennett Jackson and the Ranch Hands |
| 180 | Left by One | Blood on the Harp |
| 181 | Truth in Your Eyes | Kiefer Sutherland |
| 182 | Move Me | Sara Watkins |
| 183 | Ornaments in Translation | Blood on the Harp |
| 184 | Time and Times | Birds Of Chicago |
| 185 | To the Bottom of Lake Buford | Blood on the Harp |
| 186 | Smoke and Sparks | Grant Lee Phillips |
| 187 | Blue Jeans and Heels | Ross Kennedy |
| 188 | I Just Wanted to See You So Bad | Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell |
| 189 | Falling in Love Again (feat. Alison Krauss) | John Prine |
| 190 | Here I Am | Ivas John |
| 191 | Shades of Gray | Robert Earl Keen |
| 192 | You, You Make Me Feel | Eddy Mann |
| 193 | Wedding Song | The Honeycutters |
| 194 | Jukebox | The Honeycutters |
| 195 | Long Come to Jesus | Hailey Whitters |
| 196 | Lift Me Up | Allan Frank |
| 197 | Le Danse De La Joie | Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell |
| 198 | Lullaby | Dori Freeman |
| 199 | Deep in the Everglades | Allan Frank |
| 200 | Hoochie Woman | Tony Joe White |
| 201 | She Darked the Sun | John McEuen |
| 202 | We Really Shouldn't Be Doing This | Jim Lauderdale |
| 203 | Goin' Back to Arkansas | Ivas John |
| 204 | Llano Estacado | Carrie Rodriguez |
| 205 | The Empty Page | Kevin Brown |
| 206 | Letter | JJ McGuigan |
| 207 | The Consequence | Eddy Mann |
| 208 | Red River Dreams | Michael Hearne |
| 209 | Praying for Rain | Don Henley |
| 210 | Mental Cruelty (feat. Kacey Musgraves) | John Prine |
| 211 | Where I Stood | Dori Freeman |
| 212 | Find My Way | Grant Lee Phillips |
| 213 | Central Time | Levi Parham |
| 214 | Miss You | Lauren Adams |
| 215 | 206 Bones | Vanessa Peters |
| 216 | All of These Years | Vanessa Peters |
| 217 | Let's Do This | Vanessa Peters |
| 218 | Change Your Disguise | Vanessa Peters |
| 219 | Mending Fences | Vanessa Peters |
| 220 | Paralysis Bug | Vanessa Peters |
| 221 | Cage | Vanessa Peters |
| 222 | Leave a Light on | Sparrow Blue |
| 223 | Cinnamon Eyes | Nancy Cassidy |
| 224 | Ready for the Times to Get Better | Cody Jinks |
| 225 | A Night in Buffalo | Allan Frank |
| 226 | Good Girl | Mike Breen |
| 227 | This Old House | Susie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band |
| 228 | Plunder | The Felice Brothers |
| 229 | Hounds of the Bakersfield | Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone |
| 230 | How I Love You | Robert Ellis |
| 231 | Weight of the World | Western Centuries |
| 232 | Walk Away | Ruby Boots |
| 233 | Never Give Up | Susie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band |
| 234 | Bad News Travels Fast | Boo Ray |
| 235 | Once in a While | Jim Chesnut |
| 236 | Always Funny | Lew Card |
| 237 | This Changes Everything | Jim Lauderdale |
| 238 | Carol Ann | Kevin Sekhani |
| 239 | I Can't Give You Anything but Love (with Kat Edmonson & Ray Benson) | Asleep At The Wheel |
| 240 | Rain Crow | Tony Joe White |
| 241 | I Dreamed I Was Lola Beltrán | Carrie Rodriguez |
| 242 | Life Comes at You Fast | Bart Crow |
| 243 | Washed-Up Rock Star Factory Blues | Corb Lund |
| 244 | Damaged Goods | Shoebox Letters |
| 245 | 30 Pieces | Lew Card |
| 246 | Called It Love (feat. Steve Cropper) | David Starr |
| 247 | Take Me with You | Freakwater |
| 248 | The West Side | Carrie Rodriguez |
| 249 | Say My Name | John Mcdonough |
| 250 | The Pearl | Tokyo Rosenthal |
| 251 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Whippoorwill |
| 252 | Heartland | Susie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band |
| 253 | Mom and Pop | Wild Ponies |
| 254 | Tears for 2 | Shoebox Letters |
| 255 | I Wish I Could Fly | John Mcdonough |
| 256 | Just Poor | Mike Breen |
| 257 | Ghost of Townes | Chad Elliott |
| 258 | Blackbird | Dolly Shine |
| 259 | Fine Fine Fine | Dori Freeman |
| 260 | Sway | Dawn and Hawkes |
| 261 | Glass Jar | Erisa Rei |
| 262 | Churches and Honkytonks | KasCie Page |
| 263 | Bring It on Home to Memphis | Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell |
| 264 | Goodbye Colorado | Corb Lund |
| 265 | Back in the Day | Bill Kirchen & Austin de Lone |
| 266 | The Mountain | Susie Glaze and The Hilonesome Band |
| 267 | Driving Toward the Sun | Sandy Carroll |
| 268 | Southern Woman | Sandy Carroll |
| 269 | You Are So Wonderful | Jim Chesnut |
| 270 | Lonesome | Doug Adkins |
| 271 | The Highway is a Friend of Mine | Michael Hearne |
| 272 | Short Haired Woman Blues | Dave Rawlings Machine |
| 273 | The Road So Far | Allan Frank |
| 274 | California | Robert Ellis |
| 275 | Right Before Your Own Eyes | Tim Easton |
| 276 | Keep Your Promises II | Sean Watkins |
| 277 | Foot of the Throne | Ralph Boyd Johnson |
| 278 | Barbed Wire | Sarah Pierce |
| 279 | Sadr City | Corb Lund |
| 280 | Angels with Broken Wings | Natasha James |
| 281 | Dreamer's Sky | Willie Sugarcapps |
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