The Roots Music Report's
Top World Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Eliminators | Mickey Hart | World |
| 2 | Morning Nightcap | Lunasa | World |
| 3 | African Boy | Rafael Greco | World |
| 4 | Eso No Lo He Dicho Yo (feat. College of Knowledge) | Adrian Quesada | World |
| 5 | Carry on | Radha Botofasina | World |
| 6 | Ser De Ti | Silvana Estrada | World |
| 7 | Bulerias Barrocas | Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion | World |
| 8 | Aoibhneas | Lunasa | World |
| 9 | Gomoa Fettah | Wayne Alpern | World |
| 10 | Vishvakarma | Wayne Alpern | World |
| 11 | La Volerie | Les Poules à Colin | World |
| 12 | Sangoma | Ibeyi | World |
| 13 | Ko Le to | Abiola | Afro-beat |
| 14 | La Marcha | Making Movies | World |
| 15 | Nattens Sista Strimma Ljus | Dungen | World |
| 16 | Belén | Rafael Greco | World |
| 17 | Chocolate Box | Ifihadahifi | World |
| 18 | Funky Kingston | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 19 | Graceland | Paul Simon | World |
| 20 | Werey Style | Abiola | Afro-beat |
| 21 | Ondé | Rafael Greco | World |
| 22 | Roll on | Michael Doucet and Tom Rigney | World |
| 23 | Free & Equal | Angelique Kidjo | World |
| 24 | Rise of the Have Nots | Adrian Quesada | World |
| 25 | Noble Metals | Adrian Quesada | World |
| 26 | I Hear the Ax Swinging | Ghost of Vroom | World |
| 27 | The Rocky Road to Dublin | The High Kings | World |
| 28 | Memoria | Combo Chimbita | World |
| 29 | What We'll Be | Abiola | Afro-beat |
| 30 | Sweet Shop | Greg Hatza and Enayet Hossain | World |
| 31 | Para Ti, Para Mi | Abiola | Afro-beat |
| 32 | Vallecito | Bareto | World |
| 33 | La Sorpresa (The Surprise) | Rebolu | World |
| 34 | Carry on | Fun. | World |
| 35 | Faster Bullet | The Aggrolites | World |
| 36 | Nuvole Bianche | Ludovico Einaudi | World |
| 37 | Crazy Calcutta Streets | Greg Hatza and Enayet Hossain | World |
| 38 | Cayendo | Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion | World |
| 39 | Chismiten | Mdou Moctar | African |
| 40 | High on Life | Ziggy Marley | World |
| 41 | Steppin' out | Steel Pulse | World |
| 42 | Free Time | The Aggrolites | World |
| 43 | Positivo | Dactah Chando | World |
| 44 | Till Skogen | Kolonien | World |
| 45 | Sans Pap | Anouar Kaddour Chérif | World |
| 46 | Kintal Da Banda | Bonga | World |
| 47 | Tempo Rei (feat. Paulo Flores) | The Bongo Hop | World |
| 48 | Dark Matter | Greg Hatza and Enayet Hossain | World |
| 49 | Hurry Up | The Aggrolites | World |
| 50 | Veneta | Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion | World |
| 51 | Your Pain is Mine | Ziggy Marley | World |
| 52 | Groove Them Move Them | The Aggrolites | World |
| 53 | Work It | The Aggrolites | World |
| 54 | Yo Para Ti | Dactah Chando | World |
| 55 | Gole Sangam | Meriem Ben Amor | World |
| 56 | Juste Une Chanson | Dom La Nena | World |
| 57 | Nikriz Sirto | Kane Mathis | World |
| 58 | Mary Don’t You Weep | Radha Botofasina | World |
| 59 | Help Man | The Aggrolites | World |
| 60 | Don't Let 'Em | The Subdudes | World |
| 61 | Think of Others | Mira Awad | World |
| 62 | Pressure Drop | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 63 | Sukundida | Lura | World |
| 64 | Brujería | Bicicletas Por La Paz | World |
| 65 | Mund Amor | Miroca Paris | World |
| 66 | Hombre Agua | Quitapenas | World |
| 67 | Kürdi 7 and 9 | Kane Mathis | World |
| 68 | Kürdi Oud Taksim | Kane Mathis | World |
| 69 | Three Little Birds (feat. Ziggy Marley) | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 70 | Home from the Forest | Coig | World |
| 71 | Tres Hermanos (feat. Dan Auerbach) | Hermanos Gutierrez | World |
| 72 | Woshanda | Monoswezi | World |
| 73 | N’yanyan | Rokia Kone & Jacknife Lee | World |
| 74 | Cat Bacon | House of Hamill | World |
| 75 | Ladder to the Sun | House of Hamill | World |
| 76 | Ye - Si - Ca | Donne Roberts | World |
| 77 | Awa | Batila | World |
| 78 | Carambola | Africa Negra | World |
| 79 | Love Song | Canelita Sabrosa | World |
| 80 | Talking Hands | Greg Hatza and Enayet Hossain | World |
| 81 | Zinizjumegh | Imarhan | World |
| 82 | Electric Soul | Rodrigo y Gabriela | World |
| 83 | Maria (Shut Up and Kiss Me) | Willie Nelson | World |
| 84 | Alwa | Imarhan | World |
| 85 | Tumast | Imarhan | World |
| 86 | Heygana | Ali Farka Tourè | World |
| 87 | Garden of Embers | Karavan Sarai | World |
| 88 | El Dino | Quitapenas | World |
| 89 | Amapondo | Miriam Makeba | World |
| 90 | Something to Believe in | Soja | World |
| 91 | Pound for Pound | The Aggrolites | World |
| 92 | Oblivion | The Wilderness of Manitoba | World |
| 93 | Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes | Paul Simon | World |
| 94 | Love Somebody | The Subdudes | World |
| 95 | Frisk Me Down | Katchafire | World |
| 96 | Desolate | Midival Punditz | World |
| 97 | Sun Mere Sanam | Midival Punditz | World |
| 98 | Occupy | Pink Hawks | Afro-beat |
| 99 | Olé | Luisa Maita | World |
| 100 | Imuhagh | Imarhan | World |
| 101 | Imajghane | Bombino | World |
| 102 | Oulhin | Bombino | World |
| 103 | I Got Ya Back | Katchafire | World |
| 104 | Wayfaring Stranger | Neko Case | World |
| 105 | POINT.DE.FUITE | Lumiere | World |
| 106 | México Americano (Mexican American) | Los Texmaniacs | World |
| 107 | Kya Baat | Guy Buttery | World |
| 108 | Tour Du Monde | Le Vent du Nord | World |
| 109 | You Can Call Me Al | Paul Simon | World |
| 110 | Tengo Una Bici Y La Quiero Montar (feat. Suika T) | Bicicletas Por La Paz | World |
| 111 | La Educación | Quitapenas | World |
| 112 | Anchorage | Michelle Shocked | World |
| 113 | Atomizer | Midival Punditz | World |
| 114 | Comadi | Ceu | World |
| 115 | Petit Pompier | Magic System | World |
| 116 | The Goat’s Voice (Pq's Trip Mix) | Kasai Allstars | African |
| 117 | Tochal | Imarhan | World |
| 118 | Tenesse | Bombino | World |
| 119 | Adounia Idagh | Bombino | World |
| 120 | Jour De Fête | Les Poules à Colin | World |
| 121 | Kalimba Gaida | Dirtwire | World |
| 122 | Electric Gurage | Dexter Story | World |
| 123 | Kanya (feat. Gauri Tripathi) | Niraj Chag | World |
| 124 | Donalina | Blick Bassy | World |
| 125 | Haverá De Ser | Ladama | World |
| 126 | Ha Dias | Luca Mundaca | World |
| 127 | Stand Accused | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 128 | We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) | Fun. | World |
| 129 | Some Nights | Fun. | World |
| 130 | Tigrada | Quitapenas | World |
| 131 | Konyo (feat. Dimitar Bodurov, Güldeste Mamaç, Mariya Dimitrova & Asen Vaptsarov) | Trigaida | World |
| 132 | MES.EXCUSES | Lumiere | World |
| 133 | Working for the Man | PJ Harvey | World |
| 134 | Tukaria | Cochemea | World |
| 135 | Here's to Moving on | Dashboard Confessional | World |
| 136 | Ethanopium | Dengue Fever | World |
| 137 | Love That's Gone | La Sera | World |
| 138 | Contato (feat. Marcela Días) | Nicola Cruz | World |
| 139 | Nànnuflày | Tinariwen | World |
| 140 | Turning Away | House of Hamill | World |
| 141 | Kilofe | Abiola | Afro-beat |
| 142 | Ghost of Tom Joad | Solas | World |
| 143 | Fadjamou (Acoustic) | Oumou Sangare | World |
| 144 | Samba Jiji | Brasuka | World |
| 145 | Vital Mental Medicine / the Pullet | Solas | World |
| 146 | The Trumpeter's Lament (feat. Iulian Canaf) | Fanfare Ciocarlia | World |
| 147 | Cacibajagua | Azuei | World |
| 148 | 4 De Octubre (feat. Pedro "Tata" Francisco Almeida Barriel) | Orquesta Akokán | World |
| 149 | Teimosa | Ceu | World |
| 150 | Akşam En Güzel | Molo Sayat | World |
| 151 | Salamat | Baligh Hamdi | World |
| 152 | Happy | Miguel Espinoza Flamenco Fusion | World |
| 153 | Cositas Del Querer (Live) [feat. Steve Shehan, Christian Belhomme, Carlos Sanchis & Isabel Julve] | Matthieu Saglio | World |
| 154 | North Country Square Dance (Square Dance All Night) [feat. Bergsonist & Sarah Mk] | David Krakauer | World |
| 155 | Cantos Canteiros | Cuarteto Caramuxo | World |
| 156 | Cura Cura | Bareto | World |
| 157 | Blanc | Pere Romaní | World |
| 158 | Angafoli (feat. Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Lansiné Kouyaté & Madou Sidiki Diabate) | Baba Sissoko | World |
| 159 | Tabadabang | Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita | World |
| 160 | The Loop | Manran | World |
| 161 | Auspicious Days | Yungchen Lhamo | World |
| 162 | Dört Beygir | Okay Temiz | World |
| 163 | Tereko | Phill Fest | World |
| 164 | Mulume / Change (feat. Deerhoof, Juana Molina, Kasai Allstars, Konono No 1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums & Skeletons) | Congotronics International | World |
| 165 | Sunset in Batumi (feat. Admeta String Quartet) | Dawda Jobarteh | World |
| 166 | Choro Nostalgico | Phill Fest | World |
| 167 | Danse 1 | Dettmar Quartet | World |
| 168 | Igno Two | Rafael Greco | World |
| 169 | Palabras (feat. Zaira Magurano) | Peppe Aiello | World |
| 170 | Cocodrilo Y Pájaro | Les Fils Canouche | World |
| 171 | Giardini Imperiali (feat. Filippo Gambetta, Sergio Caputo & Fabio Vernizzi) | Maestrale | World |
| 172 | La Noche Perfecta (Perfect Night) | Rebolu | World |
| 173 | Yemanjá | Dendê & Band | World |
| 174 | Nlele Kalusimbiko | Konono N°1 | World |
| 175 | Super Cool | They Might Be Giants | World |
| 176 | La Primavera | Manu Chao | World |
| 177 | Brontosaurus | They Might Be Giants | World |
| 178 | Torn in Love | Karavan Sarai | World |
| 179 | Forró De Dois Amigos | Nation Beat | World |
| 180 | Algunas Cantan | Nation Beat | World |
| 181 | Riders | The Turbans | World |
| 182 | Freedom Train | Toots & The Maytals | World |
| 183 | If You Give Me Love | Alex Cuba | World |
| 184 | Deran Deran Alkheir (Well Wishes) | Bombino | World |
| 185 | Emikele Ngamo | Jupiter & Okwess | World |
| 186 | I Need You to Be Sweet Like Sugar (Nnge Nte Suka) | Ibibio Sound Machine | World |
| 187 | No Going Back | Ikebe Shakedown | World |
| 188 | Nogo | Issa Bagayogo | World |
| 189 | Abiani | Dobet Gnahore | World |
| 190 | Dram | Ikebe Shakedown | World |
| 191 | Lalogo (Remastered) | Alpha Blondy | World |
| 192 | Mujer Jaguar | Combo Chimbita | World |
| 193 | Late in the Evening | Paul Simon | World |
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