The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Country Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memory Bank | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 2 | Annihilation | Wilco |
| 3 | Driven to Drive | Joe Ely |
| 4 | Flying High | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 5 | Kind All the Time | Jubal Lee Young |
| 6 | Squirrels | Jubal Lee Young |
| 7 | Shake 'em Up | Joe Ely |
| 8 | Hand-Painted Portuguese Punch Bowl | Jubal Lee Young |
| 9 | World Without Light | Jubal Lee Young |
| 10 | It's Gonna Be All Right | Jubal Lee Young |
| 11 | Messy As a Magnolia | American Aquarium |
| 12 | Progress of Man (Bitcoin & Cattle) | Hayes Carll |
| 13 | Crier | American Aquarium |
| 14 | Sidewinder | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 15 | Passed Midnight | Miles Miller |
| 16 | Seeing Clear | Miles Miller |
| 17 | Solid Gold | Miles Miller |
| 18 | A Feeling Called Lonesome | Miles Miller |
| 19 | Even if | Miles Miller |
| 20 | Always November | Miles Miller |
| 21 | Don't Give Away Love | Miles Miller |
| 22 | Where Daniel Stood | Miles Miller |
| 23 | I Wish | Miles Miller |
| 24 | Stomp the Gas | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 25 | There Oughta Be a Law | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 26 | Lay of the Land | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 27 | Try | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 28 | Explaining to Do | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 29 | Here and Now | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 30 | Lie in Bed | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 31 | Ready when You Are | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 32 | Resume Speed, Texas | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 33 | Squinters | Imogen Clark |
| 34 | Rein It in Cowboy | The Doohickeys |
| 35 | Adios Sweet Dreams | Joe Ely |
| 36 | The Art of Getting Through | Imogen Clark |
| 37 | Rain or Shine | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 38 | All Hard Feelings | Imogen Clark |
| 39 | For Sake of the Song | Joe Ely |
| 40 | Weird | Jubal Lee Young |
| 41 | Here's to a Small Town | Delta Circle |
| 42 | Lost in Hollywood | Jubal Lee Young |
| 43 | You're What I Need | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 44 | Never Gonna Let You Go | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 45 | Dumb Luck | Jubal Lee Young |
| 46 | You Can't Dance | The Doohickeys |
| 47 | Big Fat Nuthin' | The Bottle Rockets |
| 48 | This Town Sucks | The Doohickeys |
| 49 | He's Gone | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 50 | Farm Lawyer | The Doohickeys |
| 51 | Livin' for Today | Dallas Burrow |
| 52 | Gold in Your Pocket | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 53 | Carry the Water | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 54 | Buffalo | Tobacco City |
| 55 | Wild Your Tamed Heart | Jubal Lee Young |
| 56 | Love Happens | Jubal Lee Young |
| 57 | Miserable | Jubal Lee Young |
| 58 | Please Tell Me You're Sleepin' | The Doohickeys |
| 59 | Good People (Thank Me) | Hayes Carll |
| 60 | Long Gone Lonesome Blues | Joshua Quimby |
| 61 | Lovesick Blues | Joshua Quimby |
| 62 | Born a Cowboy | Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road |
| 63 | The Last of Me | Imogen Clark |
| 64 | Old Soldier | Say Zuzu |
| 65 | I Don't Give a Damn About Football | The Doohickeys |
| 66 | No Time to Lose | Say Zuzu |
| 67 | Silver Thread | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 68 | Fool's Gold | Kristina Murray |
| 69 | Sebastian | Imogen Clark |
| 70 | Hot Sun | Wilco |
| 71 | Waking Up | Say Zuzu |
| 72 | Big One | Imogen Clark |
| 73 | High | Hayes Carll |
| 74 | You Ain't Gotta Die (To Be Dead to Me) | Kaitlin Butts |
| 75 | Jealousy | Sophie Gault |
| 76 | High Seas | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 77 | Surrender to the West | Joe Ely |
| 78 | Little Blue | Kristina Murray |
| 79 | One More Night | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 80 | Mr. Fix It | The Doohickeys |
| 81 | What I Will Be | Hayes Carll |
| 82 | You Drive Me Crazy | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 83 | If I Want in | Imogen Clark |
| 84 | Brick by Brick | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 85 | We Can Go Dancing | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 86 | Here's to the Brave | Joe Ely |
| 87 | Tombland | Brown Horse |
| 88 | Maybe You Will | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 89 | Waiting Around to Die | Joe Ely |
| 90 | Shut Up and Dance | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 91 | Where You Gonna Go | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 92 | Moonlight Midnight | Peter Rowan |
| 93 | Too Ugly to Hitchhike | The Doohickeys |
| 94 | Time | Tobacco City |
| 95 | Nothin's Working | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 96 | Lighter | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 97 | You Got Me | Kristina Murray |
| 98 | Watchin' the World Pass Me by | Kristina Murray |
| 99 | Flames | Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road |
| 100 | As Much Love | Say Zuzu |
| 101 | Sgt. Baylock | Joe Ely |
| 102 | Curse | Brown Horse |
| 103 | Blue Deja Vu | Tobacco City |
| 104 | Quien Sabe | Peter Rowan |
| 105 | One Day | Hayes Carll |
| 106 | Alchemy | Cam |
| 107 | I'm in over My Head | Ben Nichols |
| 108 | Faraway Skies | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 109 | Tornado | Dallas Burrow |
| 110 | Magdalene | Joe Ely |
| 111 | Someone Else's Story | Delta Circle |
| 112 | Wind and Snow | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 113 | Faster Than It Appears | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 114 | Un Beso | Peter Rowan |
| 115 | Blue Mountain | The Brothers Comatose |
| 116 | Last of My Kind | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 117 | City Folk | The Doohickeys |
| 118 | Going to Water | Pony Bradshaw |
| 119 | I'll Ask Gin | West of Texas |
| 120 | Odds of the Blues (feat. Bruce Springsteen) | Joe Ely |
| 121 | I Wish My Truck Was Bigger | The Doohickeys |
| 122 | Wisteria Vine | Brown Horse |
| 123 | Seville | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 124 | Horses III | Tobacco City |
| 125 | Don't Be a D******d | Jubal Lee Young |
| 126 | Mississippi California | Peter Rowan |
| 127 | Oh Liberty | Peter Rowan |
| 128 | Alligator Alley | Peter Rowan |
| 129 | I'm Gonna Love You Like There's No Tomorrow | Peter Rowan |
| 130 | Phenix City | Kristina Murray |
| 131 | Turns out That I Am God | Cam |
| 132 | We're Only Human | Hayes Carll |
| 133 | Everblue | Cam |
| 134 | Karma (feat. Cassadee Pope) | Jett Holden |
| 135 | Fruit from the Vine | Tobacco City |
| 136 | Simple Country Livin' | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 137 | Colorado | Tobacco City |
| 138 | Home Cookin' | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 139 | Autumn | Tobacco City |
| 140 | Bougainvillea | Tobacco City |
| 141 | The After Midnight Special | Kristina Murray |
| 142 | Hallelujah | Cam |
| 143 | Nevermine | Cam |
| 144 | All I Needed | American Aquarium |
| 145 | When I'm Gone (feat. Emily Scott Robinson) | Jett Holden |
| 146 | Sad Songs | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 147 | If Your Heart Never Breaks | Imogen Clark |
| 148 | Scarecrow | Jett Holden |
| 149 | Today It Did | Joe Ely |
| 150 | What Kind of War | Joe Ely |
| 151 | Horses II | Tobacco City |
| 152 | Way to Get out | Tobacco City |
| 153 | All the Right Weaknesses | Brown Horse |
| 154 | Dogs and Horses | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 155 | The Valley Reel | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 156 | Just a Little While Longer | Kristina Murray |
| 157 | Bonita Senorita | Peter Rowan |
| 158 | The Swamper's Lament | Ben Nichols |
| 159 | She's Starlight in the River | Ben Nichols |
| 160 | 25 Miles | The Brothers Comatose |
| 161 | Country for the Town | Bahamas |
| 162 | Feels So Good | Bahamas |
| 163 | Can't Beat My Ol' Beater | The Doohickeys |
| 164 | With the Middle | Margo Cilker |
| 165 | Silverlake Reel | Robbie Fulks |
| 166 | Devil in Mind | Carrie Rodriguez |
| 167 | Big Horizon | Say Zuzu |
| 168 | The Mercury | Turnpike Troubadours |
| 169 | (This Ain't A) Sad Song | The Deslondes |
| 170 | As the Crow Flies | The Brothers Comatose |
| 171 | Texas Wild Side (feat. the Last Bandoleros) | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 172 | Colder Than Winter | Dailey & Vincent |
| 173 | 15% More of Your Love | West of Texas |
| 174 | Most Lonely Day | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 175 | Bones | Drew Holcomb & Ellie Holcomb |
| 176 | Deportee (feat. Ryan Bingham) | Joe Ely |
| 177 | Band of Angels | Joe Ely |
| 178 | The Ocean Mist | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 179 | Dog Rose | Brown Horse |
| 180 | Cancion Mixteca | Peter Rowan |
| 181 | Valentina | Peter Rowan |
| 182 | Maria Elena | Peter Rowan |
| 183 | Stay Here Awhile | Hayes Carll |
| 184 | Send the Sun | Nikki Lane |
| 185 | The Free Mexican Airforce | Peter Rowan |
| 186 | West Virginia Sky | Jett Holden |
| 187 | Tell Me | West of Texas |
| 188 | Just in Love with You | The Deslondes |
| 189 | Horizon | Joe Troop |
| 190 | Same Little Heart | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 191 | I Hate the World Again | West of Texas |
| 192 | Verna Bloom | Brown Horse |
| 193 | Caffeine | The Mallett Brothers Band |
| 194 | Mr. Wine | Tobacco City |
| 195 | Get Down to It (feat. Logan Ledger) [feat. Logan Ledger] | Kristina Murray |
| 196 | Slow Down | Cam |
| 197 | Kill the Guru! | Cam |
| 198 | Look at the Pretty Girls! | Cam |
| 199 | We Always Do | Cam |
| 200 | From a Western or a War Movie | Ben Nichols |
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