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 | Chaise Longue | Wet Leg |
23 | Know That I Know | Lake Street Dive |
24 | Write a List of Things to Look Forward to | Courtney Barnett |
25 | Waiting on a War | Foo Fighters |
26 | Good Day for a Good Day | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
27 | Echoing | Kings of Leon |
28 | Hey Lou | Liz Phair |
29 | Run It | My Morning Jacket |
30 | This Forgotten Town | The Jayhawks |
31 | Colors | Black Pumas |
32 | The Let Go | Elle King |
33 | Can I Call You Tonight? | Dayglow |
34 | Fire | Black Pumas |
35 | High Horse | Deap Vally |
36 | I Don't Live Here Anymore | The War on Drugs |
37 | Walking at a Downtown Pace | Parquet Courts |
38 | Who Do You Think You're Talking To? | Dawes |
39 | Taking Me Back | Jack White |
40 | Strong Enough | Ray LaMontagne |
41 | Quiet Town | The Killers |
42 | Strong Feelings | Dry Cleaning |
43 | Feel You | My Morning Jacket |
44 | Hell N Back | Bakar |
45 | The Sun Hasn't Left | Modest Mouse |
46 | Two | Flock Of Dimes |
47 | Hot & Heavy | Lucy Dacus |
48 | Time in Disguise | Kings of Leon |
49 | Telepath | Manchester Orchestra |
50 | Looking at Long Days | The Mother Hips |
51 | Vertigo | Alice Merton |
52 | Decoration | TV Priest |
53 | Amoeba | Clairo |
54 | All My Friends | The Revivalists |
55 | Hero | The Walk-a-Bout |
56 | Alter Ego | Kaleo |
57 | Take Me Where Your Heart is | Q |
58 | Magnificent Hurt | Elvis Costello & The Imposters |
59 | The Juice | G. Love & Special Sauce |
60 | The Good Life | Devon Gilfillian |
61 | Pay Your Way in Pain | St. Vincent |
62 | That Life | Unknown Mortal Orchestra |
63 | Are We Alright Again | Eels |
64 | Cherrybomb | Dan Auerbach |
65 | Fever Pitch | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
66 | Sunshine | The Black Moods |
67 | Valentine | Snail Mail |
68 | Birmingham (feat. Robert Randolph & Keb' Mo') | G. Love & Special Sauce |
69 | Don't Let Me Down | Milky Chance |
70 | Magic Bullet | My Morning Jacket |
71 | Shock Easy (feat. Jamie Hince) | Deap Vally |
72 | Shameika | Fiona Apple |
73 | Black Lipstick | Chicano Batman |
74 | Post-war Cinematic Dead Man Blues | Chuck Prophet |
75 | Slideshow | TV Priest |
76 | Afterglow | The Walk-a-Bout |
77 | Galacticana | Strand of Oaks |
78 | Paddling | Squid |
79 | Animal | Lump |
80 | Plj | Lily Vakili Band |
81 | Holocene | Bon Iver |
82 | Tally-Ho | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets |
83 | Gloria | The Lumineers |
84 | True Love | Dr. Dog |
85 | The Slow Drag Under | Benjamin Booker |
86 | Fast Car | Tracy Chapman |
87 | Work of Art | Boy & Bear |
88 | U&ME | Alt-J |
89 | Daddy's Home | St. Vincent |
90 | Backbone | Kaleo |
91 | Start Small Think Big | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
92 | Anything Could Happen | Dylan Cartlidge |
93 | I Ran Away | Dinosaur Jr. |
94 | The Only Heartbreaker | Mitski |
95 | Faith | Sneaks |
96 | Victory Parade | The Walk-a-Bout |
97 | Love Dies Young | Foo Fighters |
98 | Living Proof | The War on Drugs |
99 | Royal Morning Blue | Damon Albarn |
100 | The Men Who Rule the World | Garbage |
101 | Stand by My Girl | Dan Auerbach |
102 | Skin and Bones | Cage the Elephant |
103 | Bella Donna | The Black Moods |
104 | Unfold You | Rostam |
105 | True Love | Hovvdy |
106 | Hush Money | Lake Street Dive |
107 | Guilty Party | Kiwi jr. |
108 | Low Era | Geese |
109 | Washed Up | Sharktank |
110 | Jackie | Yves Tumor |
111 | Violent Shiver | Benjamin Booker |
112 | Charmer and the Snake | The Velveteers |
113 | Stubborn Love | The Lumineers |
114 | Rae Street | Courtney Barnett |
115 | Regularly Scheduled Programming | My Morning Jacket |
116 | Stratospheric | Treble Makers |
117 | Innocent Weight | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
118 | Word Hard and Be Nice | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
119 | Hallelujah | Jeff Buckley |
120 | Been Struggling | Alex Maas |
121 | The Cave | Mumford & Sons |
122 | She’s a Self Made Man | Larkin Poe |
123 | It Wasn't Easy to Be Happy for You | The Lumineers |
124 | Dead Sea | The Lumineers |
125 | Tale of the Vibe Rider | The Walk-a-Bout |
126 | Can't Stop the Rain | Neal Francis |
127 | Babel | Mumford & Sons |
128 | Maid Marian's Toast | Kiwi jr. |
129 | Dark Roads | The Walk-a-Bout |
130 | The Balcony | Fruit Bats |
131 | Fuzzybrain | Dayglow |
132 | Nowhere, Man | Tune-Yards |
133 | Medicine at Midnight | Foo Fighters |
134 | Tell Me (I'm on Your Mind) | Jane Leo |
135 | Leg Room | TV Priest |
136 | Tyler | Kiwi jr. |
137 | Went Looking for Trouble | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
138 | Kyoto | Phoebe Bridgers |
139 | Spirals | Django Django |
140 | Timeless | The Walk-a-Bout |
141 | Hard Way | Flock Of Dimes |
142 | Date Nut Porridge | The Walk-a-Bout |
143 | Ten Cent Pistol | The Black Keys |
144 | Black Cat | Black Pumas |
145 | Stabilise | Nilufer Yanya |
146 | Holy Ghost Fire | Larkin Poe |
147 | Press Gang | TV Priest |
148 | Salt and the Sea | The Lumineers |
149 | Retrograde | Pearl Jam |
150 | The Only Thing | Sufjan Stevens |
151 | Get Me to the Station | The Walk-a-Bout |
152 | Know You Better | Black Pumas |
153 | Strangers | Mt. Joy |
154 | Death with Dignity | Sufjan Stevens |
155 | Drawn to the Blood | Sufjan Stevens |
156 | Almost (Sweet Music) | Hozier |
157 | Let Me Down | The Crooked Rugs |
158 | Such a Simple Thing | Ray LaMontagne |
159 | Things Happen | Dawes |
160 | ACTION | CHAI |
161 | Honeybee | The Head and The Heart |
162 | Mr Child | Guided By Voices |
163 | Golden Restless Age | Kings of Leon |
164 | Making Do | Lake Street Dive |
165 | Hands Up | Dead Sara |
166 | Hypnotic | Dead Sara |
167 | Where to Start | Bully |
168 | The Overload | Yard Act |
169 | Enough | The Bright Light Social Hour |
170 | Close the Distance | Ya Tseen |
171 | 2 Heads | Flock Of Dimes |
172 | Dogtown Days | The Jayhawks |
173 | Same Old News | Lake Street Dive |
174 | Godhead | Garbage |
175 | All I'm About | Arden Lanes |
176 | Two | Arden Lanes |
177 | Fathers and Sons | TV Priest |
178 | Little Victories | The Jayhawks |
179 | Price of Blue | Flock Of Dimes |
180 | No More Rain | Arden Lanes |
181 | Gospel for a New Century | Yves Tumor |
182 | Discovering | Fruit Bats |
183 | When You See Yourself, Are You Far Away | Kings of Leon |
184 | Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head | Torres |
185 | All I Want | Keller Williams |
186 | Rio Drone | M. Ward |
187 | Society Pages | The Jayhawks |
188 | Brando | Lucy Dacus |
189 | The Melting of the Sun | St. Vincent |
190 | Thousand Oaks | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
191 | The Creeps | Garbage |
192 | Been Better | Arden Lanes |
193 | Love | Arden Lanes |
194 | It is What It is | Arden Lanes |
195 | Black Moon Rising | Black Pumas |
196 | Bad Religion | Cat Power |
197 | Feels Like the Last Time | Lake Street Dive |
198 | From the Outside Looking in | Arden Lanes |
199 | Just out of Reach | Arden Lanes |
200 | The Counting Song | Arden Lanes |
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