The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anything You Want | Robert Cray |
| 2 | Mr. Smith | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 3 | No More to Give | Misty Blues |
| 4 | Troubled Man (feat. Ruthie Foster) | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 5 | Coming in Hot | Coco Montoya |
| 6 | Don’t Throw It Away | Keb Mo |
| 7 | Memphis Blue | Tas Cru |
| 8 | Come on in | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 9 | Little Red Rooster | Reverend Freakchild |
| 10 | Uncivil War | Shemekia Copeland |
| 11 | In My Blood | John Blues Boyd |
| 12 | Rocking Chair | Josh Hyde |
| 13 | Drive on | Tas Cru |
| 14 | What You Gonna Do? (feat. Mavis Staples) | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 15 | Stand Up! | Whitney Shay |
| 16 | Tried to Keep You Satisfied | The B. Christopher Band |
| 17 | Masterpiece | Albert Castiglia |
| 18 | Tailwind | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| 19 | A Conversation with Alice | Joe Bonamassa |
| 20 | Crunch Time | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band |
| 21 | You Ain't Done | The Proven Ones |
| 22 | Counting Down the Days | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 23 | Bring on the Rain | Albert Castiglia |
| 24 | Last Train | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 25 | That Lovin' Thang | Tas Cru |
| 26 | Turn It Loose | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 27 | Here I Come | Jose Ramirez |
| 28 | Love So Fine | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 29 | Shoulda Been | Kirsten Thien |
| 30 | Front Porch (feat. Albert Castiglia) | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 31 | We've Got the Music | Southern Avenue |
| 32 | Voice of the Blues | A Band Called Sam |
| 33 | I Need You Now | CW Ayon |
| 34 | This Man | Robert Cray |
| 35 | Hoodoo on Me (Live from the Funky Biscuit, Boca Raton, FL / 2020) | Albert Castiglia |
| 36 | Anyway Love | CW Ayon |
| 37 | Come and Get This Love | Avey Grouws Band |
| 38 | Carla (Maybe Someday) | CW Ayon |
| 39 | Swing My Blues | Misty Blues |
| 40 | My Baby Likes to Boogaloo | Robert Cray |
| 41 | Deck of Cards | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band |
| 42 | Half a Nothing | The Lucky Losers |
| 43 | Church House Blues | Crystal Shawanda |
| 44 | Evil is Going on | Ryan Perry |
| 45 | The Thrill is Gone | B.B. King |
| 46 | Nothin' is Easy | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 47 | Cry out | Kat Riggins |
| 48 | What My Eyes Have Seen | John Blues Boyd |
| 49 | I Ain't No Giving Tree | Misty Blues |
| 50 | Iceman | Albert Collins |
| 51 | Newbie's Funk | The B. Christopher Band |
| 52 | I Know You Rider | Reverend Freakchild |
| 53 | 24 Hour Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 54 | Get Love | The Proven Ones |
| 55 | Sactown Heat | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 56 | Find My Way Again | Misty Blues |
| 57 | Too Much Alcohol | Sass Jordan |
| 58 | Twenty Eight Days | The B. Christopher Band |
| 59 | Money Makes You Ugly | Shemekia Copeland |
| 60 | Nina Come on | The B. Christopher Band |
| 61 | It Ain't Easy | Laura Green |
| 62 | Don't Send Me Home | Misty Blues |
| 63 | Burying Ground | Robert Cray |
| 64 | Ain't Afraid to Eat Alone | Ryan Perry |
| 65 | Nothing to Lose | Misty Blues |
| 66 | Same Mistakes | JW-Jones |
| 67 | Unchained Melody | Arlen Roth |
| 68 | Come and Take It | John Németh |
| 69 | Big City Takedown | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 70 | Bouncin' Back | Robert Cray |
| 71 | Lighter Side of the Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 72 | 27 Dollars | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 73 | Keep the Faith, Have Some Fun (feat. Mudbug Brass Band) | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 74 | The Devil May Care | Avey Grouws Band |
| 75 | Rock & Roll (Bonus Track) | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 76 | Thump Tyme | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 77 | Explaining the Blues | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 78 | I Been Up All Night (Live from the Funky Biscuit, Boca Raton, FL / 2020) | Albert Castiglia |
| 79 | Black Cat Bone | Albert Collins |
| 80 | Never Forget | Jim Gustin & Truth Jones |
| 81 | Gasoline and Matches | Jose Ramirez |
| 82 | Fun Starts Here | Tomislav Goluban |
| 83 | I'm Innocent | Joe Kopicki |
| 84 | Outside of This Town | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 85 | Getting in My Way | Whitney Shay |
| 86 | Get Ready | Deb Ryder |
| 87 | Wiltshire Grave | Victor Wainwright |
| 88 | The World is Upside Down | Peter Parcek |
| 89 | Hot Coffee and Pain | Crooked Eye Tommy |
| 90 | Sin City | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 91 | Say Goodbye to the Blues (Like You Mean It) | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 92 | Cruisin for a Bluesin (Live) | Bernard Allison |
| 93 | She's Dynamite | David Rotundo Band |
| 94 | Tell the Truth | Whitney Shay |
| 95 | I Miss You Baby | Jose Ramirez |
| 96 | Good As Gone | Casey Hensley |
| 97 | Follow Me Down | Miss Bix |
| 98 | Easy, Easy Rollin' Down the Road | RB Stone |
| 99 | Lookin' (feat. Andrew Duncanson) | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 100 | Ain't No Man a Good Man | Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam |
| 101 | White Lightning | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 102 | Money Talks | Tas Cru |
| 103 | Rather Be Alone | Crystal Shawanda |
| 104 | Bone to Pick | Laura Green |
| 105 | Sweet Lost and Found | Kirsten Thien |
| 106 | Chicken Grease | Biscuit Miller |
| 107 | High Risk, Low Reward | Ryan Perry |
| 108 | Am I Wrong | Sass Jordan |
| 109 | Over the Hill | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 110 | Chain Breaker | John Németh |
| 111 | Blues Coaster | Misty Blues |
| 112 | Knocked Down Loaded | Albert Castiglia |
| 113 | It's Alright | The B. Christopher Band |
| 114 | Traveling Riverside Blues | Jose Ramirez |
| 115 | Light of Day | Vince Agwada |
| 116 | One Woman Man | Jose Ramirez |
| 117 | Let's Boogie | Joe Kopicki |
| 118 | Cry | Laura Green |
| 119 | Blues 99 | Vince Agwada |
| 120 | End of My Rope | CW Ayon |
| 121 | Stop Teasing Me | Jose Ramirez |
| 122 | Memphis Loud | Victor Wainwright |
| 123 | Bye Bye | The B. Christopher Band |
| 124 | Burn Down the Garden | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 125 | Memphis High | Kerry Kearney Band |
| 126 | All You Ever Bring Me is the Blues | Jim Gustin & Truth Jones |
| 127 | The Pity and the Pain (feat. Kenya Hathaway) | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 128 | She's Gone | The B. Christopher Band |
| 129 | Free Man | Matt Andersen |
| 130 | Midnight in Harlem | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 131 | I'm Drunk | The B. Christopher Band |
| 132 | Evil Memory | Crystal Shawanda |
| 133 | Blame It on the Sugar | Crystal Shawanda |
| 134 | You're the One | Robert Cray |
| 135 | I Wanna Fly | Vince Agwada |
| 136 | Five Time Man | Kerry Kearney Band |
| 137 | No One Hears My Prayers (feat. Walter Trout) | Anthony Geraci |
| 138 | Honey Hush | Albert Collins |
| 139 | Death Letter | Crooked Eye Tommy |
| 140 | Baby You've Got What It Takes | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 141 | Point of View Blues | MojoMama |
| 142 | Say It out Loud | Kirsten Thien |
| 143 | Am I Wrong Pretty Baby | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 144 | Blue Moon Call | Vince Agwada |
| 145 | That's Right | Laura Green |
| 146 | Don't Know Why | Laura Green |
| 147 | Shookie Shake | Tas Cru |
| 148 | Payin' Rent on a Broken Home | Tony Holiday |
| 149 | Grass Ain't Greener on the Other Side | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 150 | Far Apart (Still Close) | Whitney Shay |
| 151 | Perfect Curves | The B. Christopher Band |
| 152 | Change with the Times | Whitney Shay |
| 153 | Deep in the Blues Again | Joe Bonamassa |
| 154 | Have You Ever? | Doug Duffey And BADD |
| 155 | Same Old Thing | Albert Collins |
| 156 | Good to Ya | A Band Called Sam |
| 157 | Sad State of Affairs | The B. Christopher Band |
| 158 | Hoodoo Train | Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers |
| 159 | Stay with Me Tonight (Live) | Bernard Allison |
| 160 | Snatchin' It Back | JW-Jones |
| 161 | I Ain't Got No Problem with It | Kevin Burt |
| 162 | Feel Like Blowin' My Horn | Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz & Giles Robson |
| 163 | No Sale | Kat Riggins |
| 164 | Fool for You (2020 Hindsight) | Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam |
| 165 | Shame on You | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 166 | Blue Monday | George Benson |
| 167 | Showdown | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 168 | Long Haired Doney | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 169 | Mojo Hand | Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers |
| 170 | House is Lonely | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 171 | After I Left Home (Song for Buddy Guy) | Kirsten Thien |
| 172 | Got Me Where You Want Me | J.D. Taylor |
| 173 | Kinda' Mess | Tas Cru |
| 174 | Homesick | Ryan Perry |
| 175 | Consequences | Robert Cray |
| 176 | I'd Rather Be Blind | Kirsten Thien |
| 177 | Why I Sing the Blues | Ryan Perry |
| 178 | Nothing Left to Give | The Proven Ones |
| 179 | Three Years | Jose Ramirez |
| 180 | Bayou Mile | Alastair Greene |
| 181 | Cold Sweat | Shawn Pittman |
| 182 | Don't Fight It | Phantom Blues Band |
| 183 | All Your Lies (feat. Tom Holland) | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 184 | Oh California! | John Blues Boyd |
| 185 | Mean Old World (feat. Jason Isbell & Duane Betts) | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 186 | Big Six | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 187 | Promises You Can't Keep | Robert Cray |
| 188 | Bad Luck and Trouble | Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers |
| 189 | Hole in Your Soul | A Band Called Sam |
| 190 | I Gotta Man | Kirsten Thien |
| 191 | Road Trippin' | 11 Guys Quartet |
| 192 | I Got Nothin' (feat. Van Morrison & Joe Louis Walker) | Dion |
| 193 | Let Me Sing My Blues | Avey Grouws Band |
| 194 | Do It | Robert Cray |
| 195 | Start over Again | Paul Gillings |
| 196 | Friend of the Devil | Reverend Freakchild |
| 197 | The Things We Used to Do | Doug Duffey And BADD |
| 198 | St James Infirmary Blues | Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam |
| 199 | Mississippi River Stomp | Kerry Kearney Band |
| 200 | I Believe I Got off Cheap | Chris Cain |
| 201 | You Got Me Good | Lloyd Jones |
| 202 | Dirty Little Secret | Avey Grouws Band |
| 203 | P.S. It's Not About You | Whitney Shay |
| 204 | Like Father Like Daughter | Skylar Rogers |
| 205 | Carolina Time | Bill Blue |
| 206 | Velvet Windows (Tremé Trippin') | Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam |
| 207 | If It Ain't Good | J.D. Taylor |
| 208 | Love Changes Everything (feat. Monster Mike Welch) | Anthony Geraci |
| 209 | Save Me | Tas Cru |
| 210 | Stranger Than Today | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 211 | I Never Meant to Love Him | Whitney Shay |
| 212 | Same Old Thing | Kevin Burt |
| 213 | Muddy Black Water | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 214 | Emerald City Blues | CD Woodbury |
| 215 | Talkin' Coronavirus Blues | JP Williams Blues Band |
| 216 | Up and Rolling | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 217 | The Job is Never Done | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 218 | The Truth | Jim Gustin & Truth Jones |
| 219 | Work for Love | John Németh |
| 220 | Three Things | Jim Gustin & Truth Jones |
| 221 | Don't Give Up on the Blues | Giles Robson |
| 222 | Catching Up | Kat Riggins |
| 223 | Ecstasy | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 224 | I Can See Your Love Light Shine | John Németh |
| 225 | Have Mercy on My Soul | JP Soars |
| 226 | The Blues Ain't Nothin' | Dave Specter |
| 227 | Put a Woman in Charge (feat. Rosanne Cash) | Keb Mo |
| 228 | If She Can Get a Man (Anyone Can) | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 229 | You Give Me Loving | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 230 | Shine | Ghost Town Blues Band |
| 231 | When It All Comes Down | JW-Jones |
| 232 | Two Lovers | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 233 | Make It Right! | Shawn Pittman |
| 234 | It Just Hurts | The B. Christopher Band |
| 235 | Drink It on Down | Doug Duffey And BADD |
| 236 | Nobody but the Moon | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 237 | You Won't Put out This Flame | Whitney Shay |
| 238 | Hard Times Coming | David Rotundo Band |
| 239 | We All Had a Real Good Time (feat. Albert Castiglia) | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 240 | Let the Big Dog Eat (Live from the Funky Biscuit, Boca Raton, FL / 2020) | Albert Castiglia |
| 241 | Bigger Than the Blues | Crystal Shawanda |
| 242 | I Feel So Good | Ben Levin |
| 243 | Angel of Mercy | Crooked Eye Tommy |
| 244 | American Steel | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 245 | Ten Thousand Watts | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 246 | Be You | The Lucky Losers |
| 247 | Burn It All Down | Kat Riggins |
| 248 | Leaving Trunk | Sass Jordan |
| 249 | Preacher's Daughter | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 250 | If You're Doin' What I'm Thinkin' | Miss Bix |
| 251 | Big Boss Man (#Metoo) | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 252 | Two Days off (And a Little Bit of Liquor) | Avey Grouws Band |
| 253 | Memphis Light | Tomislav Goluban |
| 254 | Just in Case | Phantom Blues Band |
| 255 | Mississippi Suitcase (Slight Return) | Peter Parcek |
| 256 | She'll Never Know | The Proven Ones |
| 257 | Dig What You Do | Avey Grouws Band |
| 258 | Catch Desire by the Tail | The Lucky Losers |
| 259 | I Can't Be Satisfied | Reverend Freakchild |
| 260 | Long Road | Avey Grouws Band |
| 261 | House of the Rising Sun | Tomislav Goluban |
| 262 | Albion Blues (feat. Kenya Hathaway) | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 263 | Thoughts and Prayers | Albert Castiglia |
| 264 | Never Givin in | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 265 | Equal Ground | Whitney Shay |
| 266 | Greenwood, Mississippi | Lisa Mills |
| 267 | Her Letter | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 268 | Cocomo | J.D. Taylor |
| 269 | Born Under a Bad Sign | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 270 | The Things That I Used to Do | JW-Jones |
| 271 | The New World Blues | Alastair Greene |
| 272 | Treat Me Like I Want | Misty Blues |
| 273 | On Its Way | Kat Riggins |
| 274 | I'll Be Gone | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 275 | I Heard the Blues Somewhere | John Blues Boyd |
| 276 | I Didn't Know | CD Woodbury |
| 277 | The Longer That I Live | Curtis Salgado |
| 278 | Soul Doctor | Jimmy Carpenter |
| 279 | You Know | Ben Levin |
| 280 | The Blues Doesn't Pick or Choose | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 281 | The Big House | Crooked Eye Tommy |
| 282 | Rise Up | Avey Grouws Band |
| 283 | Funny | A Band Called Sam |
| 284 | Right On, Right on | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 285 | I Wish I Could Remember Loving You (feat. Teresa James) | Lloyd Jones |
| 286 | Chamomile and Cocaine | Katie Knipp |
| 287 | Heavy (Live from the Funky Biscuit, Boca Raton, FL / 2020) | Albert Castiglia |
| 288 | Down to the Bone | Malaya Blue |
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