The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
---|---|---|
1 | I Got You | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
2 | This Forgotten Town | The Jayhawks |
3 | Love is Love | Grace Potter |
4 | Orphans | Coldplay |
5 | Dawn | Fruition |
6 | The Good Life | Devon Gilfillian |
7 | Living in a Bubble | The Jayhawks |
8 | Dance Monkey (Stripped Back) | Tones and I |
9 | Texas Sun | Khruangbin |
10 | Never Say No | Henry Chadwick |
11 | Life in the City | The Lumineers |
12 | Trampoline (Stripped) | SHAED |
13 | Feel You | My Morning Jacket |
14 | Hell N Back | Bakar |
15 | Crazy Comes Easy | Jackie Greene |
16 | Shine a Little Light | The Black Keys |
17 | Bad Decisions | The Strokes |
18 | Uneventful Days | Beck |
19 | Treat You Better | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
20 | Circle the Drain | Soccer Mommy |
21 | Gloria | The Lumineers |
22 | Complainer | Cold War Kids |
23 | Vagabond | Steve Gunn |
24 | Wars | Of Monsters and Men |
25 | Didn't Pay the Bill | The Mother Hips |
26 | Colors | Black Pumas |
27 | Strangers | Mt. Joy |
28 | Strong Enough | Ray LaMontagne |
29 | Might Be Right | White Reaper |
30 | Honeybee | The Head and The Heart |
31 | Who Do You Think You're Talking To? | Dawes |
32 | Van Horn | Saint Motel |
33 | Love You for a Long Time | Maggie Rogers |
34 | Outnumbered | Dermot Kennedy |
35 | Still Feel Like a Kid | Dawes |
36 | Stratospheric | Treble Makers |
37 | Anybody out There? | Sadler Vaden |
38 | Black Madonna | Cage the Elephant |
39 | Road Warrior | Allan Rayman |
40 | The Let Go | Elle King |
41 | Lost in Yesterday | Tame Impala |
42 | On the Floor | Perfume Genius |
43 | I Wanna Be the One | Pete Yorn |
44 | Cynic | Noah Kahan |
45 | Date Nut Porridge | The Walk-a-Bout |
46 | Salt and the Sea | The Lumineers |
47 | Missed Connection | The Head and The Heart |
48 | Almost (Sweet Music) | Hozier |
49 | Shangri-La | EOB |
50 | It Wasn't Easy to Be Happy for You | The Lumineers |
51 | Stay High | Brittany Howard |
52 | Victory Parade | The Walk-a-Bout |
53 | Retrograde | Pearl Jam |
54 | The Steps | Haim |
55 | Holocene | Bon Iver |
56 | Ten Cent Pistol | The Black Keys |
57 | Death with Dignity | Sufjan Stevens |
58 | Drawn to the Blood | Sufjan Stevens |
59 | Timshel | Mumford & Sons |
60 | Tell Me Why | John Butler Trio |
61 | Such a Simple Thing | Ray LaMontagne |
62 | The Only Thing | Sufjan Stevens |
63 | Things Happen | Dawes |
64 | Faith | Sneaks |
65 | Best Days | Sadler Vaden |
66 | Reasons I Drink | Alanis Morissette |
67 | Fire | Black Pumas |
68 | Color My Life | Chicano Batman |
69 | Get Me to the Station | The Walk-a-Bout |
70 | I Want More | Kaleo |
71 | Keep the Wolves Away | Uncle Lucius |
72 | No Bullets Spent | Spoon |
73 | Kyoto | Phoebe Bridgers |
74 | Taking It West | The Walk-a-Bout |
75 | Blind Leading the Blind | Mumford & Sons |
76 | Timeless | The Walk-a-Bout |
77 | It's Not Easy | Puss N Boots |
78 | All My Friends | The Revivalists |
79 | Cheap Regrets | The Districts |
80 | Dark Days | Local Natives |
81 | Making Do | Lake Street Dive |
82 | Do You Want to Go out Tonight | Sneaks |
83 | This I Know | Nané |
84 | Held Down | Laura Marling |
85 | Ready to Let Go | Cage the Elephant |
86 | Tale of the Vibe Rider | The Walk-a-Bout |
87 | SoulBQue (feat. Roosevelt Collier) | G. Love & Special Sauce |
88 | Magic | Jordan Mackampa |
89 | Temple | Thao & The Get Down Stay Down |
90 | Dressing America | Torres |
91 | Your Love (Déjà Vu) | Glass Animals |
92 | I Am | The Walk-a-Bout |
93 | Ferris Wheel | Sylvan Esso |
94 | Holy Ghost Fire | Larkin Poe |
95 | The Wire | Shovels & Rope |
96 | Oh Yeah! | Green Day |
97 | Go | The Black Keys |
98 | Lilacs | Waxahatchee |
99 | Start Small Think Big | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
100 | Unreal City | M. Ward |
101 | House of Glass | Cage the Elephant |
102 | Capital Crimes | Andrew Bird |
103 | Lo/Hi | The Black Keys |
104 | Here They Come | Hamilton Leithauser |
105 | Dance of the Clairvoyants | Pearl Jam |
106 | Fuzzybrain | Dayglow |
107 | Fever Pitch | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
108 | When Am I Gonna Lose You | Local Natives |
109 | Alter Ego | Kaleo |
110 | The Slow Drag Under | Benjamin Booker |
111 | Black Lipstick | Chicano Batman |
112 | Plj | Lily Vakili Band |
113 | Unready | Gordi |
114 | Spirals | Django Django |
115 | Youth | Ásgeir |
116 | Where to Start | Bully |
117 | Don't Let Me Down | Milky Chance |
118 | Shameika | Fiona Apple |
119 | Galleon Ship | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
120 | AUATC | Bon Iver |
121 | Hey Rose | Son Little |
122 | Don't Believe | The Psychedelic Furs |
123 | Hey Hey I | Other Lives |
124 | True Love | Dr. Dog |
125 | Water Me Down | Vagabon |
126 | Dance Dance | Cage the Elephant |
127 | Avalanche | Aimee Mann |
128 | Army of Friends | The Dunwells |
129 | Cherrybomb | Dan Auerbach |
130 | Quiet Lover | Lily Vakili Band |
131 | Help Me Stranger | The Raconteurs |
132 | Baby | Brittany Howard |
133 | PDLIF | Bon Iver |
134 | Garden Song | Phoebe Bridgers |
135 | Social Man | The Growlers |
136 | Anew | Hollow Coves |
137 | Break My Baby | Kaleo |
138 | GotItBad | St. Paul & The Broken Bones |
139 | I'm So Happy I Cry (feat. Tank and the Bangas & Tarriona 'Tank' Ball) | Fantastic Negrito |
140 | Walking on a String (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) | Matt Berninger |
141 | Keep Diggin’ | Larkin Poe |
142 | Sing Along | Sturgill Simpson |
143 | Calm Down | Pete Yorn |
144 | Caution | The Killers |
145 | Go Crazy (feat. Keb' Mo') | G. Love & Special Sauce |
146 | Dreaming | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
147 | Gospel for a New Century | Yves Tumor |
148 | Come on | Mondo Cozmo |
149 | Medicine at Midnight | Foo Fighters |
150 | Violent Shiver | Benjamin Booker |
151 | Are We Alright Again | Eels |
152 | Do or Die | Ani DiFranco |
153 | Go out Fighting | Dr. Dog |
154 | Failure | Frances Cone |
155 | Oh Boredom (Schmaltz City, USA) | Star Parks |
156 | Lose Your Love | Dirty Projectors |
157 | Hero | The Walk-a-Bout |
158 | Bikini | Caroline Rose |
159 | Black Moon Rising | Black Pumas |
160 | I Was Wrong | Bailen |
161 | Now That You're Gone | The Raconteurs |
162 | Little Bird (Radio Edit) | Mark Oblinger |
163 | It's Called: Freefall | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
164 | Lucy | Soccer Mommy |
165 | Convex | St. Paul & The Broken Bones |
166 | Stand by My Girl | Dan Auerbach |
167 | Witness | Benjamin Booker |
168 | Nowhere, Man | Tune-Yards |
169 | Time (You and I) | Khruangbin |
170 | After the Rain | Dream Wife |
171 | Straight Shot | DeVotchKa |
172 | All of Our Yesterdays | Mac DeMarco |
173 | Yellow Brick Road | Dylan Cartlidge |
174 | Fortune | Laura Marling |
175 | Been Struggling | Alex Maas |
176 | Gotta Get to Know Ya | Seratones |
177 | Shake Your Hair | G. Love & Special Sauce |
178 | Desire (feat. Lucius) | Grace Potter |
179 | Bottle It Up | Bailen |
180 | Enough | The Bright Light Social Hour |
181 | Dogtown Days | The Jayhawks |
182 | I'll Get by | Avi Kaplan |
183 | Dizzy | Bedouine |
184 | Back to Me (feat. Lucius) | Grace Potter |
185 | Diggin' Roots (feat. Ron Artis II) | G. Love & Special Sauce |
186 | Trouble Don't Follow Me | Christopher Paul Stelling |
187 | Church | Coldplay |
188 | Word Hard and Be Nice | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
189 | Sunshine | The Black Moods |
190 | Bright Horses | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
191 | Hollywood Zoo | Clare Means |
192 | Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) | Larkin Poe |
193 | Eagle Birds | The Black Keys |
194 | Bella Donna | The Black Moods |
195 | Remember to Breathe | Sturgill Simpson |
196 | Man Leaves Town | Nick Waterhouse |
197 | Drinkin' Wine | G. Love & Special Sauce |
198 | Angel Dream | Puss N Boots |
199 | Over You | Seratones |
200 | Mr Child | Guided By Voices |
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