The Roots Music Report's
Top Funk Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 Foot Woman | Hannah Williams |
| 2 | I Can't Let This Slip Away | Hannah Williams |
| 3 | Show Me the Way | Euforquestra |
| 4 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder |
| 5 | Arizona to Georgia | Euforquestra |
| 6 | Higher | Euforquestra |
| 7 | Make It After All | Dumpstaphunk |
| 8 | Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | James Brown |
| 9 | Move the Earth | Euforquestra |
| 10 | Whacha Gonna Bring | The Motet |
| 11 | Hung Up on My Baby | El Michels Affair |
| 12 | Fool No More | The Motet |
| 13 | Danger | The Motet |
| 14 | Give It Up or Turnit a Loose | James Brown |
| 15 | Supernova | The Motet |
| 16 | Damn! | The Motet |
| 17 | Poppin' off | Mestizo Beat |
| 18 | Cold Sweat | James Brown |
| 19 | The Truth | The Motet |
| 20 | Hands on the Wheel | Euforquestra |
| 21 | Born Under a Bad Sign | Booker T. & The M.G.'s |
| 22 | Get on the Good Foot | James Brown |
| 23 | My House My Car | The Burroughs |
| 24 | Mother Popcorn | James Brown |
| 25 | That Dream | The Motet |
| 26 | Snow Bunny (feat. Tyshawn Colquitt, Snowbunny & World-Wide-Funkdrive) | Bootsy Collins |
| 27 | So High | The Motet |
| 28 | Boomerang (feat. Justin Johnson) | Bootsy Collins |
| 29 | Night Train | James Brown |
| 30 | I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown |
| 31 | Cloak and Dagger | The Motet |
| 32 | Know It Too Well | The Motet |
| 33 | Get Up Offa That Thing | James Brown |
| 34 | Totally Legal | Jacob Larson Band |
| 35 | Do You | Dumpstaphunk |
| 36 | Sing a Simple Song | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 37 | 116th St. | Lettuce |
| 38 | Dance to the Music | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 39 | Pusherman (feat. Dru Down, BlvckSeeds & Mr. Talkbox) | Bootsy Collins |
| 40 | Behind Em | Mingo Fishtrap |
| 41 | Super Bad | James Brown |
| 42 | Giving It All | Euforquestra |
| 43 | The Payback | James Brown |
| 44 | Satisfied | Euforquestra |
| 45 | Itchy Boo | Dumpstaphunk |
| 46 | Stack the Deck | El Michels Affair |
| 47 | If You Want Me to Stay | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 48 | Open Up Your Head | Turkuaz |
| 49 | It's a Man's World | James Brown |
| 50 | Fire Eater | The White Blinds |
| 51 | Arizona to Georgia (feat. Jeff Franca) | Euforquestra |
| 52 | Sing a Simple Song (Single Version) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 53 | Goliath | James Brown |
| 54 | It's Too Funky in Here | James Brown |
| 55 | Subterranean Homesick Blues | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 56 | City of the Body Bag | Mestizo Beat |
| 57 | Funky President (People It's Bad) | James Brown |
| 58 | My Thang | James Brown |
| 59 | Papa Don't Take No Mess | James Brown |
| 60 | Money Talks | Neville Jacobs |
| 61 | All About the Views | 2Gentlemen |
| 62 | Knockin' at My Door | Jacob Larson Band |
| 63 | Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved | James Brown |
| 64 | Funky Drummer | James Brown |
| 65 | I Got the Feelin' | James Brown |
| 66 | It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World | James Brown |
| 67 | I Want to Take You Higher | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 68 | Dance for Me Mama | Neville Jacobs |
| 69 | Rev. Mccarty's Bbq Shack | Mingo Fishtrap |
| 70 | Living in the Glow | Turkuaz |
| 71 | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 72 | I Got a Bag of My Own | James Brown |
| 73 | There It is | James Brown |
| 74 | Something in the Air | Turkuaz |
| 75 | Please Please Please | James Brown |
| 76 | Tell Me What I Did Wrong | James Brown |
| 77 | Aquelle Esquina | The Motet |
| 78 | Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing | James Brown |
| 79 | Wasted | Neville Jacobs |
| 80 | Makeup of a Fool (feat. Aaron Neville) | Neville Jacobs |
| 81 | Dumpstamental | Dumpstaphunk |
| 82 | Road Funk | Euforquestra |
| 83 | Some Things Are Not Known | Euforquestra |
| 84 | Backwash | Dumpstaphunk |
| 85 | Rómpelo (feat. Lupe Fiasco) | Cimafunk |
| 86 | Still Got Time | Euforquestra |
| 87 | 123 | The Motet |
| 88 | Fire | Euforquestra |
| 89 | Glamour Flows | Martha Wash |
| 90 | You Can Make It if You Try | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 91 | In Time | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 92 | Messy Grass | El Michels Affair |
| 93 | Grits | James Brown |
| 94 | Dhuaan (feat. Piya Malik) | El Michels Affair |
| 95 | Creation | El Michels Affair |
| 96 | Try Me | James Brown |
| 97 | Ain't It Funky Now | James Brown |
| 98 | Femme Fatale | Aloe Blacc |
| 99 | Shut Em Down | Brownout |
| 100 | Lovers of Valdaro | Turkuaz |
| 101 | Think | James Brown |
| 102 | I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1 | James Brown |
| 103 | Twist and Shout | The Isley Brothers |
| 104 | Devil's Den | James Brown |
| 105 | Feel No Pain | Turkuaz |
| 106 | Ophidiophobia | Turkuaz |
| 107 | (You Caught Me) Smilin' (Single Version) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 108 | Spaced Cowboy | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 109 | Out of Sight | James Brown |
| 110 | Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1 | James Brown |
| 111 | Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud | James Brown |
| 112 | I'll Go Crazy | James Brown |
| 113 | Ain't That a Groove | James Brown |
| 114 | Get It Together | James Brown |
| 115 | I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself) | James Brown |
| 116 | Ransome | Lettuce |
| 117 | Soul Power | James Brown |
| 118 | Lizard Brain | Mestizo Beat |
| 119 | More Mess on My Thing | The Poets Of Rhythm |
| 120 | Maraka | Black Market Brass |
| 121 | On the Up (S.K.A.) | New Mastersounds |
| 122 | Smoked | El Michels Affair |
| 123 | I Got Love (feat. Cold Diamond & Mink) | Bobby Oroza |
| 124 | Bootsy's Play-Cation (feat. the Rubber Band) | Bootsy Collins |
| 125 | Take 'Em Down | Turkuaz |
| 126 | All the Light I Need | Euforquestra |
| 127 | I Don't Mind | James Brown |
| 128 | Living in America | James Brown |
| 129 | United Nations Stomp | Dumpstaphunk |
| 130 | Let's Get at It | Dumpstaphunk |
| 131 | Getting Nowhere | Leo Nocentelli |
| 132 | Cham Cham (feat. Piya Malik) | El Michels Affair |
| 133 | Shakin' in My Sheets | Turkuaz |
| 134 | Justice 2020 (feat. Chali 2na & Trombone Shorty) | Dumpstaphunk |
| 135 | Good Good Lovin' | James Brown |
| 136 | Brownie | Brownout |
| 137 | Luv N' Haight (Single Version) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 138 | The Love You Left Behind (feat. Alecia Chakour) | Lettuce |
| 139 | City Rain | Neville Jacobs |
| 140 | Get It Right | The Motet |
| 141 | Upon This Rock | Brownout |
| 142 | I Know Who You Been Socking It to | Raphael Wressnig and Igor Prado |
| 143 | Illusión (Bonus Track) | Brownout |
| 144 | Muck | Euforquestra |
| 145 | The Mess | Turkuaz |
| 146 | Heart and Soul #9 | Turkuaz |
| 147 | Brain Drain Fever | Turkuaz |
| 148 | The Ever Watchful Eye | Turkuaz |
| 149 | In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song) | Turkuaz |
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