Top R&B Song Chart for the Year of 2024

The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Song Chart
for the Year of 2024

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Illusions	Jalen Ngonda	Soul
2	Astral Plane	Say She She	Soul
3	Worthy	Mavis Staples	Soul
4	Congo Square	Sonny Landreth	R&B
5	Fandingus	Danny Gatton	R&B
6	Elmira St. Boogie	Danny Gatton	R&B
7	Quiet Village	Danny Gatton	R&B
8	Muthaship	Danny Gatton	R&B
9	We're All Going Down	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
10	FromHere (feat. Snoop Dogg & October London)	NxWorries	Neo-Soul
11	Somebody's on Your Case	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
12	Give Until You Live	FreeWorld	Funk
13	Breathe	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
14	Slow Fade (feat. Lyle Divinsky)	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
15	I'm Ready	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
16	Rear View Mirror (feat. Taylor Scott Band)	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
17	First Thing Smoking (feat. Taylor Scott Band)	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
18	Midnight in a Bottle	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
19	Take Me Home	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
20	Live for You	Thee Sacred Souls	Soul
21	Love and Happiness	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
22	He's the One	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
23	Drivin' at Night	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
24	Don't Sleep Through the Revolution	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
25	Sarah	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
26	Lucid Girl	Thee Sacred Souls	Soul
27	Think	Aretha Franklin	Soul
28	Phoenix in My Blood	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
29	War	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
30	Make Believing	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
31	Grandma's Hands	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
32	Look at the Moon	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
33	Never Say Never	Say She She	Soul
34	The Time is Now	The Commotions	Soul
35	Funky Mama	Danny Gatton	R&B
36	99	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
37	City Noise	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
38	That's All I Wanted from You	Jalen Ngonda	R&B
39	Who Sang It First	Benny Turner	R&B
40	Can't Be Still	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
41	Ay, Doctor	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
42	Man in the Moon	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
43	Time is Tight	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
44	Chain of Fools	Aretha Franklin	Soul
45	Red Beans and Rice	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
46	Maybe They'll Take Your Picture	Liv Warfield	Soul
47	Echoes	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
48	Never Give Up on Livin'	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
49	Laredo	Leon Bridges	Soul
50	Panther City	Leon Bridges	Soul
51	Mighty Love	The Spinners	Soul
52	I Wanna Be Your Lover	Prince	R&B
53	See It Through	Durand Jones & The Indications	R&B
54	Arizona to Georgia	Euforquestra	Funk
55	Celebration	Kool & The Gang	Soul
56	Boogie on Reggae Woman	Stevie Wonder	R&B
57	Day Tripper	Otis Redding	R&B
58	Respect	Aretha Franklin	Soul
59	I Say a Little Prayer	Aretha Franklin	Soul
60	Rock Steady	Aretha Franklin	Soul
61	Get 2 Know	Liv Warfield	Soul
62	Right Place Wrong Time	Maceo Parker	Soul
63	Twisted	The Commotions	Soul
64	His Love Ain't Real	Kelly Finnigan	Soul
65	Hurt	Arlo Parks	R&B
66	Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)	Kelly Finnigan	Soul
67	Another Day	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
68	S.O.B.	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	Soul
69	Get a Hold of Yourself	Kelly Finnigan	Soul
70	I'm So Glad I Found You, Baby	Thee Sacred Souls	Soul
71	I Need Never Get Old	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	Soul
72	Step Right Up	Tom Waits	R&B
73	What's Going on	Marvin Gaye	R&B
74	Brownout	Ghost Funk Orchestra	R&B
75	(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman	Aretha Franklin	Soul
76	The Truth	The Motet	Funk
77	Rumors	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Neo-Soul
78	Portra 400	Arlo Parks	R&B
79	Bluish	Arlo Parks	R&B
80	The Thrill is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)	Aretha Franklin	Soul
81	Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)	Sly & The Family Stone	Funk
82	Spanish Harlem	Ben E. King	Soul
83	Jelly Bread	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
84	Hit, Git, Quit, Split	Jon Cleary	Soul
85	1999	Prince	R&B
86	Stare	Liv Warfield	Soul
87	One and the Same	Thee Sacred Souls	Soul
88	Lock and Key	Mama Lenny & the Remedy	R&B
89	Playing with My Emotions	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
90	Lord Have Mercy	Durand Jones & The Indications	Soul
91	Contact	Kelela	Soul
92	Without a Heart	Lee Fields	Soul
93	Ain't Too Proud to Beg	The Temptations	Motown
94	The Weight	Aretha Franklin	Soul
95	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	R&B
96	Born with the Blues	The Movers & Shakers	R&B
97	I NEED YOU	Jon Batiste	Soul
98	Show Me the Way	Euforquestra	Funk
99	My Girl	The Temptations	Motown
100	Whacha Gonna Bring	The Motet	Funk
101	Damn!	The Motet	Funk
102	Let's Go Get Stoned	Ray Charles	R&B
103	Do It with Soul	Tower of Power	R&B
104	Try a Little Tenderness	Otis Redding	R&B
105	Howling at Nothing	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	Soul
106	Love and Happiness	Al Green	Soul
107	Soul Sweet Song	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
108	Fool No More	The Motet	Funk
109	Cloak and Dagger	The Motet	Funk
110	It's Raining	Irma Thomas	R&B
111	I Can't Get Next to You	The Temptations	Motown
112	Sweet Redemption	Hazel Miller	Soul
113	TELL the TRUTH	Jon Batiste	Soul
114	Yes We Will	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
115	Questions	Write Minded	R&B
116	You Haven't Done Nothin'	Stevie Wonder	R&B
117	Giving Up	Teddy Grossman	R&B
118	Working on Me	The Allergies	Soul
119	The Crossing	Menahan Street Band	Soul
120	Let's Stay Together	Al Green	Soul
121	The Way You Do the Things You Do	The Temptations	R&B
122	Rolling	Michael Kiwanuka	Soul
123	I Wish You Love	Sam Cooke	Soul
124	Get on the Good Foot	James Brown	Funk
125	The Last Dance	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	Soul
126	I'm Coming out	Diana Ross	Motown
127	Piece of Me	Lady Wray	Soul
128	116th St.	Lettuce	Funk
129	How Sweet It is (To Be Loved by You)	Marvin Gaye	Motown
130	Hip Hug Her	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
131	Genuine Pt. 1	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	R&B
132	Only Have Eyes 42	Janelle Monae	Soul
133	Ransome	Lettuce	Funk
134	Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves	Aretha Franklin	Soul
135	Poppin' off	Mestizo Beat	Funk
136	Kiss Me	Tom Waits	R&B
137	Poor Man's Blues (Live)	The Burroughs	Soul
138	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen	Sam Cooke	Soul
139	Somebody Told You	Irma Thomas	R&B
140	Be My Lady (Single Version)	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
141	Over Easy	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
142	Have a Talk with God	Stevie Wonder	R&B
143	Back Together	Jill Scott	Soul
144	No Time for Dreaming	Charles Bradley	Soul
145	Prove My Love	Kelly Finnigan	Soul
146	Count Me out	Kelly Finnigan	Soul
147	Detroit Twice	El Michels Affair	Funk

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The Roots Music Report's Top R&B Song Chart for the Year of 2024

The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Song Chart
for the Year of 2024