The Roots Music Report's
Top Funk Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make It After All | Dumpstaphunk |
| 2 | I Can't Let This Slip Away | Hannah Williams |
| 3 | 50 Foot Woman | Hannah Williams |
| 4 | United Nations Stomp | Dumpstaphunk |
| 5 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder |
| 6 | Rómpelo (feat. Lupe Fiasco) | Cimafunk |
| 7 | United Nations Stomp (feat. Marcus King) | Dumpstaphunk |
| 8 | Let's Get at It | Dumpstaphunk |
| 9 | The Power of the One (feat. George Benson & Williams Singers) | Bootsy Collins |
| 10 | Snow Bunny (feat. Tyshawn Colquitt, Snowbunny & World-Wide-Funkdrive) | Bootsy Collins |
| 11 | Dumpstamental | Dumpstaphunk |
| 12 | Pusherman (feat. Dru Down, BlvckSeeds & Mr. Talkbox) | Bootsy Collins |
| 13 | Itchy Boo | Dumpstaphunk |
| 14 | Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | James Brown |
| 15 | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 16 | Maraka | Black Market Brass |
| 17 | Backwash | Dumpstaphunk |
| 18 | Supernova | The Motet |
| 19 | It's a Man's World | James Brown |
| 20 | Cold Sweat | James Brown |
| 21 | Glamour Flows | Martha Wash |
| 22 | Fool No More | The Motet |
| 23 | Subterranean Homesick Blues | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 24 | Mother Popcorn | James Brown |
| 25 | Do You | Dumpstaphunk |
| 26 | I Got the Feelin' | James Brown |
| 27 | The Payback | James Brown |
| 28 | 50 Yards of Soul | The Poets Of Rhythm |
| 29 | It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World | James Brown |
| 30 | Where Do We Go from Here | Dumpstaphunk |
| 31 | Dance to the Music | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 32 | I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown |
| 33 | I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1 | James Brown |
| 34 | Papa Don't Take No Mess | James Brown |
| 35 | Boomerang (feat. Justin Johnson) | Bootsy Collins |
| 36 | Whacha Gonna Bring | The Motet |
| 37 | Cloak and Dagger | The Motet |
| 38 | That Dream | The Motet |
| 39 | Funky President (People It's Bad) | James Brown |
| 40 | Damn! | The Motet |
| 41 | If You Want Me to Stay | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 42 | My Thang | James Brown |
| 43 | Know It Too Well | The Motet |
| 44 | It's Too Funky in Here | James Brown |
| 45 | Super Bad | James Brown |
| 46 | Behind Em | Mingo Fishtrap |
| 47 | Night Train | James Brown |
| 48 | I Got a Bag of My Own | James Brown |
| 49 | The Truth | The Motet |
| 50 | Get on the Good Foot | James Brown |
| 51 | Ransome | Lettuce |
| 52 | Cold Sweat, Pt. 1 | James Brown |
| 53 | Funky Drummer | James Brown |
| 54 | Kissing My Love | Raphael Wressnig and Igor Prado |
| 55 | Give It Up or Turnit a Loose | James Brown |
| 56 | Justice 2020 (feat. Chali 2na & Trombone Shorty) | Dumpstaphunk |
| 57 | Fire Eater | The White Blinds |
| 58 | Tell Me What I Did Wrong | James Brown |
| 59 | Good Good Lovin' | James Brown |
| 60 | Aquelle Esquina | The Motet |
| 61 | Danger | The Motet |
| 62 | 116th St. | Lettuce |
| 63 | Makeup of a Fool (feat. Aaron Neville) | Neville Jacobs |
| 64 | Good News | Ghost Tapes |
| 65 | Some Things Are Not Known | Euforquestra |
| 66 | Devil's Den | James Brown |
| 67 | Money Talks | Neville Jacobs |
| 68 | Grits | James Brown |
| 69 | There It is | James Brown |
| 70 | Shake It (feat. Lamar Williams Jr.) | New Mastersounds |
| 71 | Wasted | Neville Jacobs |
| 72 | You Can Make It if You Try | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 73 | I Want to Take You Higher | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 74 | Fancy Limousine | Fresh Fruit! |
| 75 | It's Your Thing | The Isley Brothers |
| 76 | Rev. Mccarty's Bbq Shack | Mingo Fishtrap |
| 77 | All the Light I Need | Euforquestra |
| 78 | Try Me | James Brown |
| 79 | Everybody is a Star | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 80 | Stand! | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 81 | The Love You Left Behind (feat. Alecia Chakour) | Lettuce |
| 82 | Joke's on Me | The Motet |
| 83 | Lucidity | Atomga |
| 84 | No More Okey Doke | Raphael Wressnig and Igor Prado |
| 85 | Hung Up on My Baby | El Michels Affair |
| 86 | Dance for Me Mama | Neville Jacobs |
| 87 | River Behind Me | Neville Jacobs |
| 88 | Got to Get Down | Analog Son |
| 89 | Lost Someone | James Brown |
| 90 | Get Up Offa That Thing / Release the Pressure | James Brown |
| 91 | Living in America | James Brown |
| 92 | I Got the Feelin' (Single Version) | James Brown |
| 93 | City Rain | Neville Jacobs |
| 94 | Lizard Brain | Mestizo Beat |
| 95 | Higher (Your Love is Takin' Me...) | Ancient Cosmonauts |
| 96 | W.O.W Drums | The Motet |
| 97 | Bootsy's Play-Cation (feat. the Rubber Band) | Bootsy Collins |
| 98 | Twist and Shout | The Isley Brothers |
| 99 | Think | James Brown |
| 100 | Get Up Offa That Thing | James Brown |
| 101 | The Price is Right | Euforquestra |
| 102 | Skin I'm in | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 103 | Out of Sight | James Brown |
| 104 | I'll Go Crazy | James Brown |
| 105 | Bring It Up (Hipsters Avenue) | James Brown |
| 106 | Get It Together | James Brown |
| 107 | Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved | James Brown |
| 108 | Sing a Simple Song | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 109 | Luv Jones | Charles Bradley |
| 110 | So High | The Motet |
| 111 | Soul Power | James Brown |
| 112 | Hot Pants | James Brown |
| 113 | Get on the Good Foot, Pt. 1 | James Brown |
| 114 | Underdog | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 115 | Make It Funky, Pt. 1 | James Brown |
| 116 | World Wide Funk (feat. Doug E. Fresh, Buckethead & Alissia Benveniste) | Bootsy Collins |
| 117 | Death or Devotion | The Motet |
| 118 | More Mess on My Thing | Ancient Cosmonauts |
| 119 | Upon This Rock | Brownout |
| 120 | Brownie | Brownout |
| 121 | Wishing Well (feat. Ellis Hall) | Bootsy Collins |
| 122 | Sounds | Dumpstaphunk |
| 123 | More Mess on My Thing | The Poets Of Rhythm |
| 124 | Dhuaan (feat. Piya Malik) | El Michels Affair |
| 125 | Left Behind (feat. Jamie Allensworth) | Mestizo Beat |
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