The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | How High | The Record Company |
| 2 | All the Lilacs in Ohio | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band |
| 3 | Roots and Wings | The Wallflowers |
| 4 | Still Looking for Something | Jackson Browne |
| 5 | Ghosts | Bruce Springsteen |
| 6 | Call Me | Southern Culture On The Skids |
| 7 | Have You Seen My Baby | A.J. Croce |
| 8 | Redemption | Nathaniel Rateliff |
| 9 | It's Never Too Late to Call | Paul Thorn |
| 10 | Letter to You | Bruce Springsteen |
| 11 | There's a Destruction on This Land | Jeffrey Foucault |
| 12 | I Should Probably Go to Bed | Dan + Shay |
| 13 | My Cleveland Heart | Jackson Browne |
| 14 | That Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Todd Snider |
| 15 | Easy Rider | Jim Keller |
| 16 | And It's Still Alright | Nathaniel Rateliff |
| 17 | Some Poor Soul | Randall Bramblett |
| 18 | I'm As Good As Gone (feat. Buddy Miller) | John Mayall |
| 19 | Bad Luck | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers |
| 20 | Survivor | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 21 | What've I Done to Help | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 22 | The Perfect Time | The Subdudes |
| 23 | This is It | The Wood Brothers |
| 24 | Best Shirt on | Chuck Prophet |
| 25 | Whole Wide World | Joan Osborne |
| 26 | To Rise You Gotta Fall | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers |
| 27 | Take It Any Way I Can Get It | Joan Osborne |
| 28 | Ain't Done Yet | Grant Lee Phillips |
| 29 | The Well | Marcus King |
| 30 | Sweetening | Shinyribs |
| 31 | The Luckier You Get | American Aquarium |
| 32 | Picking Up Tears | Shinyribs |
| 33 | You Got It Wrong | Jeb Loy Nichols |
| 34 | Love & Desperation | Rick Shea |
| 35 | Better Day (feat. Robben Ford) | A.J. Croce |
| 36 | Worry No More | Amos Lee |
| 37 | Homesick | The Marcus King Band |
| 38 | I Go to My Heart | The Avett Brothers |
| 39 | Mississippi Phone Booth | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band |
| 40 | Money Train | Malcolm Holcombe |
| 41 | Never Leave You | The Record Company |
| 42 | Up All Night | Aaron Lee Tasjan |
| 43 | Victory | The Avett Brothers |
| 44 | Family | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors |
| 45 | Magical Thinking | Blitzen Trapper |
| 46 | Don't Drop Me | Jeb Loy Nichols |
| 47 | The Problem (feat. Jason Isbell) | Amanda Shires |
| 48 | This Land is Your Land | The Avett Brothers |
| 49 | Wasted Days (feat. Bruce Springsteen) | John Mellencamp |
| 50 | Turn Me Loose (I'll Never Be the Same) | Todd Snider |
| 51 | Shinin' | The Allman Betts Band |
| 52 | Driver 8 (feat. John Paul White) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 53 | I Need to Go Somewhere | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors |
| 54 | Don't Ya Mess with Me | The Doobie Brothers |
| 55 | Honeysuckle Blue (feat. Sadler Vaden) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 56 | Leave Virginia Alone | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
| 57 | Here We Go | Paul Thorn |
| 58 | Face Down in the Moment | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 59 | Buried Our Love | Webb Wilder |
| 60 | I Love This Life | Bob Schneider |
| 61 | Hold on | Martin Sexton |
| 62 | 10,000 Hours | Dan + Shay |
| 63 | Buy U a Minicoop | Nescora |
| 64 | Traveling with Basia | Nescora |
| 65 | Mercy on Me | Nescora |
| 66 | Not Gonna Leave Her | The Black Oil Brothers |
| 67 | Don't Give Your Heart Away | The Grahams |
| 68 | Fine Line | Oliver Wood |
| 69 | Get off the Stage | Chuck Prophet |
| 70 | Certainty | Big Thief |
| 71 | Time Stands | Nathaniel Rateliff |
| 72 | Calling on America | Martin Sexton |
| 73 | The Sea | Sierra Ferrell |
| 74 | By Our Design | Michaela Anne |
| 75 | Let Love Reign | Robbie Robertson |
| 76 | Live As One | The Record Company |
| 77 | Don't Overthink It | Aaron Lee Tasjan |
| 78 | Sick of Me | Christian Lopez Band |
| 79 | Hideaway | John Mayall |
| 80 | Ghosts (feat. the Soulville Horns) | Aris Paul Band |
| 81 | Rocket to Nowhere | Randall Bramblett |
| 82 | Who’s That Man Walking ‘Round My Garden | The Wallflowers |
| 83 | My Sweet Lord | George Harrison |
| 84 | Hold on | Alabama Shakes |
| 85 | Long Black Electric Cadillac | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band |
| 86 | Barroom Blues | The Pink Stones |
| 87 | Another Lonely Day | Aaron Lee Tasjan |
| 88 | Who Works for Who? | Beauwater |
| 89 | I Won't Be Here | The Marcus King Band |
| 90 | Sad but True | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 91 | Breathing | Amy Helm |
| 92 | The Dreamer | Jackson Browne |
| 93 | One Day She’s Here | Marcus King |
| 94 | Landslide (Live at the Fabulous Forum, Inglewood, CA, 08/29/77) | Fleetwood Mac |
| 95 | Better Man's Shoes | Aris Paul Band |
| 96 | Hate to See You Go | The Rolling Stones |
| 97 | Whipping Post | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 98 | The Dive Bar in My Heart | The Wallflowers |
| 99 | A Little Honey | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 100 | Kid Charlemagne | Steely Dan |
| 101 | Downhill from Everywhere | Jackson Browne |
| 102 | Nothing from Nothing | A.J. Croce |
| 103 | Seaside Town | Doug Hoekstra |
| 104 | Walkin' on Bourbon Street | Ericson Holt |
| 105 | Jeremiah | Sierra Ferrell |
| 106 | Emmylou | First Aid Kit |
| 107 | The Future | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 108 | Kindness | Oliver Wood |
| 109 | Beautiful | The Two Tracks |
| 110 | Until Justice is Real | Jackson Browne |
| 111 | Run Baby Run | Southern Culture On The Skids |
| 112 | The Road | The Artisanals |
| 113 | Love Don’t | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 114 | Magnolia | Hardened and Tempered |
| 115 | Waiting Around to Die | The Be Good Tanyas |
| 116 | Sunday Women | Aaron Lee Tasjan |
| 117 | My Silver Lining | First Aid Kit |
| 118 | I Wish I Was | The Avett Brothers |
| 119 | Headlights (feat. Phil Brontz) | Aris Paul Band |
| 120 | Wounded Heart | Keeton Coffman |
| 121 | Should Have Seen It Coming | Billy Bragg |
| 122 | You Can't Hide | True North |
| 123 | No Hard Feelings | The Avett Brothers |
| 124 | Crooked | Amos Lee |
| 125 | Hang On, Hang on | Amos Lee |
| 126 | Time We Made Time | Mandolin Orange |
| 127 | Big Mistake | Mister Goodfaith |
| 128 | Computer of Love | Aaron Lee Tasjan |
| 129 | Sinnerman | Gasoline Lollipops |
| 130 | No More Darkness, No More Light | Amos Lee |
| 131 | Louisville | Amos Lee |
| 132 | What's Right | The Marcus King Band |
| 133 | Just Like I Treat You | The Rolling Stones |
| 134 | Hidden in the Song | Lisa Bastoni |
| 135 | For Free | David Crosby |
| 136 | Slip Back | The Marcus King Band |
| 137 | Golden Embers | Mandolin Orange |
| 138 | The Fire | The Avett Brothers |
| 139 | I Did It | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 140 | Untitled #4 | The Avett Brothers |
| 141 | I’m Getting Better (And I'm Feeling It Right Now) | The Record Company |
| 142 | It's a Man's, Man’s, Man’s World (feat. Brittney Spencer) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 143 | Gimme Shelter | The Rolling Stones |
| 144 | The Sun's Coming | Bob Schneider |
| 145 | Wild Horses | The Rolling Stones |
| 146 | Beeswing | Richard Thompson |
| 147 | In the Middle of Nowhere | Adrián Berenguer |
| 148 | Party While You Still Can | Shinyribs |
| 149 | Everyday People | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 150 | Slow Turning | John Hiatt |
| 151 | Cadillac Hearse | Tim Grimm |
| 152 | New Jerusalem | Ben Reel |
| 153 | Stay out | Elliott Brood |
| 154 | Good Intentions | Malcolm Holcombe |
| 155 | Fire Line | Billy Strings |
| 156 | You Mess Around & Get a Buzz | Paul Thorn |
| 157 | Blood on Your Hands (feat. Steve Earle) | Willie Nile |
| 158 | Whitehouse Road | Tyler Childers |
| 159 | You Can't Always Get What You Want | The Rolling Stones |
| 160 | Astray | Aris Paul Band |
| 161 | Feels Like Rain | John Hiatt |
| 162 | Midnight Train | Voodoo Ramble |
| 163 | Half a Piece | Dustin Arbuckle & the Damnations |
| 164 | Road Goes All Night | Dirtwire |
| 165 | Sapalo | Paul Thorn |
| 166 | Hammer Falls | The Wandering Hearts |
| 167 | All Night Long | Aris Paul Band |
| 168 | Talkin' to Myself | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers |
| 169 | Just Got Paid | Voodoo Ramble |
| 170 | Southside Serb | Aris Paul Band |
| 171 | Maybe Your Heart’s Not in It No More | The Wallflowers |
| 172 | That's Why | Voodoo Ramble |
| 173 | Little White Screen | Aris Paul Band |
| 174 | Win & Lose | Aris Paul Band |
| 175 | Flesh and Bone | Gasoline Lollipops |
| 176 | Raise Your Hand | Voodoo Ramble |
| 177 | The Resignation Vs. the Comeback Special | Todd Snider |
| 178 | Nothin' Holds Me Down | Ryan Bingham |
| 179 | One More Time | Aris Paul Band |
| 180 | Primer Gray | Rod Picott |
| 181 | No No No | Voodoo Ramble |
| 182 | Turn It Up | Marcus King |
| 183 | Get Up! | Gasoline Lollipops |
| 184 | Beautiful and Kind | Ryan Bingham |
| 185 | The Deep End | William The Conqueror |
| 186 | Shelter | The B. Christopher Band |
| 187 | Find Yourself | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 188 | Mary Rose | Gasoline Lollipops |
| 189 | For the Wind | The Magpie Salute |
| 190 | Thing Called Love | John Hiatt |
| 191 | Late Night TV Gold | Shinyribs |
| 192 | Some Gamble | Lillie Mae |
| 193 | Oh Mexico | The Doobie Brothers |
| 194 | Dreamsicle | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 195 | Muse | The B. Christopher Band |
| 196 | The Right Time | Ural Thomas & the Pain |
| 197 | Going Back to Tulsa | Young Ancients |
| 198 | Feminine Walk | Aaron Lee Tasjan |
| 199 | Learn to Love You Better | Ida Mae |
| 200 | That Was a Lie | Joan Osborne |
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