The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | And It's Still Alright | Nathaniel Rateliff |
| 2 | The Well | Marcus King |
| 3 | Bad Case | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 4 | Shinin' | The Allman Betts Band |
| 5 | Best Shirt on | Chuck Prophet |
| 6 | Take It Any Way I Can Get It | Joan Osborne |
| 7 | 10,000 Hours | Dan + Shay |
| 8 | Don't Wanna Bring You Down | Trigger Hippy |
| 9 | Life to Fix | The Record Company |
| 10 | Homesick | The Marcus King Band |
| 11 | The Perfect Time | The Subdudes |
| 12 | The Luckier You Get | American Aquarium |
| 13 | Goodbye Carolina | The Marcus King Band |
| 14 | I Should Probably Go to Bed | Dan + Shay |
| 15 | Fields of Honey | Anders Osborne |
| 16 | Golden Embers | Mandolin Orange |
| 17 | What've I Done to Help | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 18 | There Goes My Miracle | Bruce Springsteen |
| 19 | Modern Lives | Jackie Greene |
| 20 | Sing It Right | Shinyribs |
| 21 | You Got It Wrong | Jeb Loy Nichols |
| 22 | Family | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors |
| 23 | This is It | The Wood Brothers |
| 24 | Turn It Up | Marcus King |
| 25 | Buried Our Love | Webb Wilder |
| 26 | Be Afraid | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 27 | Everyone Hides | Wilco |
| 28 | Every Happiness Under the Sun | Bonnie Bishop |
| 29 | Smooth Cat | Anthony Arya |
| 30 | By Our Design | Michaela Anne |
| 31 | To Rise You Gotta Fall | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers |
| 32 | Ghost | Rod Picott |
| 33 | Letter to You | Bruce Springsteen |
| 34 | Let Love Reign | Robbie Robertson |
| 35 | Some Horses Run Free | Jim Lauderdale |
| 36 | Hey Mama | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 37 | Rosemary with a Bible and a Gun | Drive-By Truckers |
| 38 | What a Drag | Nathaniel Rateliff |
| 39 | I'm As Good As Gone (feat. Buddy Miller) | John Mayall |
| 40 | A Little Soon to Say | Jackson Browne |
| 41 | Once Were Brothers | Robbie Robertson |
| 42 | Forget About Georgia (feat. Lucius) [Edit] | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 43 | Expectations | Katie Pruitt |
| 44 | The Dolphins | The Third Mind |
| 45 | Ain't Done Yet | Grant Lee Phillips |
| 46 | I Go to My Heart | The Avett Brothers |
| 47 | California Air | Anthony Arya |
| 48 | I Won't Be Here | The Marcus King Band |
| 49 | Crush | Josie Bello |
| 50 | Ghosts | Bruce Springsteen |
| 51 | Whole Wide World | Joan Osborne |
| 52 | Dublin Blues | Steve Earle |
| 53 | Kids Like Us | The Grahams |
| 54 | My Heart Keeps Poundin' | Gurf Morlix |
| 55 | Magical Thinking | Blitzen Trapper |
| 56 | Fall Like Rain | Martin Sexton |
| 57 | Hate to See You Go | The Rolling Stones |
| 58 | Turn off the TV | Old 97's |
| 59 | Hold on | Alabama Shakes |
| 60 | Dignity | Josie Bello |
| 61 | Tulsa Bound | Scott Cooper |
| 62 | Shot Down | Eric Lindell |
| 63 | Hang Tough | Josie Bello |
| 64 | One Day She’s Here | Marcus King |
| 65 | So Much More | Josie Bello |
| 66 | Habits | Ron Pope |
| 67 | Can't Go Home | Josie Bello |
| 68 | Emmylou | First Aid Kit |
| 69 | Time We Made Time | Mandolin Orange |
| 70 | Only Children | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 71 | Rainbows & Lightning | John Vento |
| 72 | Slip Back | The Marcus King Band |
| 73 | No More Darkness, No More Light | Amos Lee |
| 74 | Louisville | Amos Lee |
| 75 | My Silver Lining | First Aid Kit |
| 76 | Big Mistake | Mister Goodfaith |
| 77 | Hand over My Heart | The Secret Sisters |
| 78 | Waiting Around to Die | The Be Good Tanyas |
| 79 | Hang On, Hang on | Amos Lee |
| 80 | Dreamsicle | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 81 | Roll the Bones (Audiotree Live Version) | Shakey Graves |
| 82 | No Hard Feelings | The Avett Brothers |
| 83 | Crooked | Amos Lee |
| 84 | I Wish I Was | The Avett Brothers |
| 85 | What's Right | The Marcus King Band |
| 86 | Some Poor Soul | Randall Bramblett |
| 87 | Not Gonna Leave Her | The Black Oil Brothers |
| 88 | Up All Night | Aaron Lee Tasjan |
| 89 | Unwed Fathers (feat. Margo Price) | John Prine |
| 90 | Mystic Words | Mister Goodfaith |
| 91 | Wild Horse | Mister Goodfaith |
| 92 | Pieces | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 93 | Say You Will | Marcus King |
| 94 | Groove is Getting Old | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 95 | This Land is Your Land | The Avett Brothers |
| 96 | Rise Above | MojoMama |
| 97 | A Little Honey | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 98 | Because I Couldn't Have You | Carrington MacDuffie |
| 99 | I'm the One | Carrington MacDuffie |
| 100 | Glasgow | Carrington MacDuffie |
| 101 | Jingle and Go | Ryan Bingham |
| 102 | Thoughts and Prayers | Drive-By Truckers |
| 103 | Normal is Just an Exit | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 104 | The Problem (feat. Jason Isbell) | Amanda Shires |
| 105 | Blues in Bahrain | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 106 | Rocket to Nowhere | Randall Bramblett |
| 107 | It's Never Too Late to Call | Paul Thorn |
| 108 | Don't Give Your Heart Away | The Grahams |
| 109 | I’m Getting Better (And I'm Feeling It Right Now) | The Record Company |
| 110 | Wishing Well | Taylor Scott Band |
| 111 | 21st Century USA | Drive-By Truckers |
| 112 | Wildflowers & Wine | Marcus King |
| 113 | Never Again | Mister Goodfaith |
| 114 | Cover Town | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 115 | Blue Pill Blues | Early James |
| 116 | White Man's World | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 117 | Love & Desperation | Rick Shea |
| 118 | Long Way Back | Spirit of 74 |
| 119 | Loving Her | Katie Pruitt |
| 120 | Across the Desert | Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations |
| 121 | Erase Any Trace | Wide Mouth Mason |
| 122 | House Fire | Tyler Childers |
| 123 | All Night | The Allman Betts Band |
| 124 | Ohio | Spirit of 74 |
| 125 | The Battle is over (But the War Goes On) | Oliver Wood |
| 126 | Beautiful | The Two Tracks |
| 127 | Feathered Indians | Tyler Childers |
| 128 | High As Johnny Thunders | Chuck Prophet |
| 129 | Lift Every Voice and Sing | The Band of Heathens |
| 130 | Dead End Kid | Robbie Robertson |
| 131 | Mercy on Me | Nescora |
| 132 | Buy U a Minicoop | Nescora |
| 133 | Traveling with Basia | Nescora |
| 134 | Beautiful Stranger | Marcus King |
| 135 | All the Misery Money Can Buy | Gasoline Lollipops |
| 136 | Victory | The Avett Brothers |
| 137 | Only Child | Wide Mouth Mason |
| 138 | All or Nothing | Nathaniel Rateliff |
| 139 | Get off the Stage | Chuck Prophet |
| 140 | Say My Name | Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations |
| 141 | Leave Virginia Alone | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
| 142 | Lonely People | Rickie Lee Jones |
| 143 | Young Man’s Dream | Marcus King |
| 144 | Can't Live Here Anymore | Katy Guillen & the Girls |
| 145 | Natalie | Eric Krasno |
| 146 | So Long | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 147 | Expecting to Lose | Nathaniel Rateliff |
| 148 | Damaged One | Big Head Todd & The Monsters |
| 149 | New Strings on an Old Guitar | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 150 | Letting You Go | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 151 | River Takes the Town | The Wood Brothers |
| 152 | The Last Time | The Rolling Stones |
| 153 | We Can Run | Great American Taxi |
| 154 | Sugar Magnolia | Grateful Dead |
| 155 | Gather Up | Grant Lee Phillips |
| 156 | What Do I Have to Prove | Last Call Romance |
| 157 | Hey Bigfoot | Jake La Botz |
| 158 | Friday Evenin' | Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations |
| 159 | Sweet Mariona | Marcus King |
| 160 | Marathon | Chuck Prophet |
| 161 | Thicc | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 162 | Pass the Peace | The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow |
| 163 | Bodies in Motion | Wide Mouth Mason |
| 164 | Every Red Light | Wide Mouth Mason |
| 165 | Child of Mercy | The Yawpers |
| 166 | Good Old Soul | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 167 | Suffocation Blues | Black Pistol Fire |
| 168 | Dare | The Band of Heathens |
| 169 | Dragons (feat. the Lone Bellow) | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors |
| 170 | Rainmaker | Bruce Springsteen |
| 171 | If I Wanted Your Opinion | Michaela Anne |
| 172 | Roll Bones | The Record Company |
| 173 | Dancing on My Knees | The Yawpers |
| 174 | Somebody Told Me | Taylor Scott Band |
| 175 | Starlight | Logan Ledger |
| 176 | We'll Be Alright | Grace Potter |
| 177 | Too Much Whiskey | Marcus King |
| 178 | (I’m Gonna Get over This) Some Day | Logan Ledger |
| 179 | Live Till We Die | Chris Moyse |
| 180 | Hi Heel Sneakers | Webb Wilder |
| 181 | Torture | Eric Krasno |
| 182 | Who Works for Who? | Beauwater |
| 183 | Put Up the Good Fight | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 184 | If We Were Vampires | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 185 | Lotta Fun | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 186 | Righteously | Lucinda Williams |
| 187 | St. Peter's Autograph | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 188 | Hope the High Road | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 189 | Carry Me Away | Taylor Scott Band |
| 190 | Find Yourself | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 191 | Cactus Flower | Mapache |
| 192 | Half a Piece | Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations |
| 193 | One of Them | Trigger Hippy |
| 194 | Super 8 | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 195 | Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma | The Band of Heathens |
| 196 | Curiosity | Taylor Scott Band |
| 197 | The Door | Trigger Hippy |
| 198 | Budget | Freddy & Francine |
| 199 | The Walk | Bonnie Bishop |
| 200 | Mary Rose | Gasoline Lollipops |
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