The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | We Are Between | Modest Mouse |
| 2 | I Got You | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 3 | Hypotheticals | Lake Street Dive |
| 4 | Nobody's Stopping You Now | Lake Street Dive |
| 5 | Bed Head | Manchester Orchestra |
| 6 | Dawn | Fruition |
| 7 | Living in a Bubble | The Jayhawks |
| 8 | The Bandit | Kings of Leon |
| 9 | Break My Baby | Kaleo |
| 10 | The Adults Are Talking | The Strokes |
| 11 | Still Feel Like a Kid | Dawes |
| 12 | Anybody out There? | Sadler Vaden |
| 13 | Best Days | Sadler Vaden |
| 14 | Love is Love | Grace Potter |
| 15 | Shame Shame | Foo Fighters |
| 16 | Down | St. Vincent |
| 17 | Treat You Better | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
| 18 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals |
| 19 | Love Love Love | My Morning Jacket |
| 20 | Keep My Name Outta Your Mouth | The Black Keys |
| 21 | The Hardest Cut | Spoon |
| 22 | Know That I Know | Lake Street Dive |
| 23 | Write a List of Things to Look Forward to | Courtney Barnett |
| 24 | Waiting on a War | Foo Fighters |
| 25 | Good Day for a Good Day | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 26 | Echoing | Kings of Leon |
| 27 | Hey Lou | Liz Phair |
| 28 | Run It | My Morning Jacket |
| 29 | This Forgotten Town | The Jayhawks |
| 30 | Colors | Black Pumas |
| 31 | The Let Go | Elle King |
| 32 | Can I Call You Tonight? | Dayglow |
| 33 | Fire | Black Pumas |
| 34 | High Horse | Deap Vally |
| 35 | I Don't Live Here Anymore | The War on Drugs |
| 36 | Walking at a Downtown Pace | Parquet Courts |
| 37 | Who Do You Think You're Talking To? | Dawes |
| 38 | Taking Me Back | Jack White |
| 39 | Strong Enough | Ray LaMontagne |
| 40 | Strong Feelings | Dry Cleaning |
| 41 | Quiet Town | The Killers |
| 42 | Feel You | My Morning Jacket |
| 43 | The Sun Hasn't Left | Modest Mouse |
| 44 | Two | Flock Of Dimes |
| 45 | Hot & Heavy | Lucy Dacus |
| 46 | Vertigo | Alice Merton |
| 47 | Time in Disguise | Kings of Leon |
| 48 | Telepath | Manchester Orchestra |
| 49 | Looking at Long Days | The Mother Hips |
| 50 | Decoration | TV Priest |
| 51 | Hero | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 52 | Amoeba | Clairo |
| 53 | All My Friends | The Revivalists |
| 54 | Alter Ego | Kaleo |
| 55 | Pay Your Way in Pain | St. Vincent |
| 56 | The Juice | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 57 | The Good Life | Devon Gilfillian |
| 58 | Are We Alright Again | Eels |
| 59 | Cherrybomb | Dan Auerbach |
| 60 | Fever Pitch | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
| 61 | Valentine | Snail Mail |
| 62 | Birmingham (feat. Robert Randolph & Keb' Mo') | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 63 | Magic Bullet | My Morning Jacket |
| 64 | Holocene | Bon Iver |
| 65 | Shameika | Fiona Apple |
| 66 | Black Lipstick | Chicano Batman |
| 67 | Galacticana | Strand of Oaks |
| 68 | Fast Car | Tracy Chapman |
| 69 | Post-war Cinematic Dead Man Blues | Chuck Prophet |
| 70 | Slideshow | TV Priest |
| 71 | Anything Could Happen | Dylan Cartlidge |
| 72 | Paddling | Squid |
| 73 | Animal | Lump |
| 74 | Plj | Lily Vakili Band |
| 75 | Tally-Ho | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets |
| 76 | Gloria | The Lumineers |
| 77 | True Love | Dr. Dog |
| 78 | The Slow Drag Under | Benjamin Booker |
| 79 | Work of Art | Boy & Bear |
| 80 | Daddy's Home | St. Vincent |
| 81 | Backbone | Kaleo |
| 82 | Start Small Think Big | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 83 | I Ran Away | Dinosaur Jr. |
| 84 | Stubborn Love | The Lumineers |
| 85 | The Only Heartbreaker | Mitski |
| 86 | Living Proof | The War on Drugs |
| 87 | Faith | Sneaks |
| 88 | Victory Parade | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 89 | Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley |
| 90 | Love Dies Young | Foo Fighters |
| 91 | The Cave | Mumford & Sons |
| 92 | Rae Street | Courtney Barnett |
| 93 | Royal Morning Blue | Damon Albarn |
| 94 | Roll Away Your Stone | Mumford & Sons |
| 95 | Dead Sea | The Lumineers |
| 96 | Tale of the Vibe Rider | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 97 | Babel | Mumford & Sons |
| 98 | The Men Who Rule the World | Garbage |
| 99 | Hush Money | Lake Street Dive |
| 100 | Stand by My Girl | Dan Auerbach |
| 101 | Skin and Bones | Cage the Elephant |
| 102 | Dark Roads | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 103 | Unfold You | Rostam |
| 104 | Guilty Party | Kiwi jr. |
| 105 | Charmer and the Snake | The Velveteers |
| 106 | Washed Up | Sharktank |
| 107 | Low Era | Geese |
| 108 | Violent Shiver | Benjamin Booker |
| 109 | Regularly Scheduled Programming | My Morning Jacket |
| 110 | Stratospheric | Treble Makers |
| 111 | Word Hard and Be Nice | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 112 | Innocent Weight | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
| 113 | Been Struggling | Alex Maas |
| 114 | It Wasn't Easy to Be Happy for You | The Lumineers |
| 115 | She’s a Self Made Man | Larkin Poe |
| 116 | The Balcony | Fruit Bats |
| 117 | Can't Stop the Rain | Neal Francis |
| 118 | Nowhere, Man | Tune-Yards |
| 119 | Maid Marian's Toast | Kiwi jr. |
| 120 | Fuzzybrain | Dayglow |
| 121 | Medicine at Midnight | Foo Fighters |
| 122 | Timeless | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 123 | Mr Child | Guided By Voices |
| 124 | Hard Way | Flock Of Dimes |
| 125 | Leg Room | TV Priest |
| 126 | Tyler | Kiwi jr. |
| 127 | Went Looking for Trouble | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
| 128 | Kyoto | Phoebe Bridgers |
| 129 | Ten Cent Pistol | The Black Keys |
| 130 | Date Nut Porridge | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 131 | Black Cat | Black Pumas |
| 132 | Holy Ghost Fire | Larkin Poe |
| 133 | Stabilise | Nilufer Yanya |
| 134 | Press Gang | TV Priest |
| 135 | Salt and the Sea | The Lumineers |
| 136 | Retrograde | Pearl Jam |
| 137 | Strangers | Mt. Joy |
| 138 | The Only Thing | Sufjan Stevens |
| 139 | Get Me to the Station | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 140 | Know You Better | Black Pumas |
| 141 | Timshel | Mumford & Sons |
| 142 | Golden Restless Age | Kings of Leon |
| 143 | Death with Dignity | Sufjan Stevens |
| 144 | Drawn to the Blood | Sufjan Stevens |
| 145 | Almost (Sweet Music) | Hozier |
| 146 | Honeybee | The Head and The Heart |
| 147 | Let Me Down | The Crooked Rugs |
| 148 | Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head | Torres |
| 149 | Such a Simple Thing | Ray LaMontagne |
| 150 | Things Happen | Dawes |
| 151 | ACTION | CHAI |
| 152 | Making Do | Lake Street Dive |
| 153 | Where to Start | Bully |
| 154 | Same Old News | Lake Street Dive |
| 155 | All I'm About | Arden Lanes |
| 156 | Scratchcard Lanyard | Dry Cleaning |
| 157 | Two | Arden Lanes |
| 158 | No More Rain | Arden Lanes |
| 159 | Been Better | Arden Lanes |
| 160 | Love | Arden Lanes |
| 161 | 2 Heads | Flock Of Dimes |
| 162 | Close the Distance | Ya Tseen |
| 163 | When You See Yourself, Are You Far Away | Kings of Leon |
| 164 | Price of Blue | Flock Of Dimes |
| 165 | It is What It is | Arden Lanes |
| 166 | Dogtown Days | The Jayhawks |
| 167 | Godhead | Garbage |
| 168 | Just out of Reach | Arden Lanes |
| 169 | The Counting Song | Arden Lanes |
| 170 | Got Around | Arden Lanes |
| 171 | Discovering | Fruit Bats |
| 172 | From the Outside Looking in | Arden Lanes |
| 173 | Ready or Not | Arden Lanes |
| 174 | Fathers and Sons | TV Priest |
| 175 | Little Victories | The Jayhawks |
| 176 | By Chance or Fate | Arden Lanes |
| 177 | All I Want | Keller Williams |
| 178 | Bad Dream | Ani DiFranco |
| 179 | The Melting of the Sun | St. Vincent |
| 180 | Society Pages | The Jayhawks |
| 181 | Thousand Oaks | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
| 182 | The Creeps | Garbage |
| 183 | Love is the King | Jeff Tweedy |
| 184 | Black Moon Rising | Black Pumas |
| 185 | Do or Die | Ani DiFranco |
| 186 | Feels Like the Last Time | Lake Street Dive |
| 187 | Cities | Talking Heads |
| 188 | King Frustration | Fantastic Negrito |
| 189 | Wonders Never Cease | Jim White |
| 190 | In the Meantime | Major Murphy |
| 191 | Little Bird (Radio Edit) | Mark Oblinger |
| 192 | Reach out | Sufjan Stevens |
| 193 | Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) [Redux Version] | Cracker |
| 194 | Hey Gringo | Kaleo |
| 195 | Cub Pilot | Fruit Bats |
| 196 | Touch the Sky | Black Pumas |
| 197 | Errand Boy (feat. Chris Fasulo) | Circus Mind |
| 198 | Stormy Weather | Kings of Leon |
| 199 | Wolves | Garbage |
| 200 | It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | R.E.M. |
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