The Roots Music Report's
Top Soul Song Chart
for the Year of 2017
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redbone | Childish Gambino |
| 2 | 1-800-273-8255 (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid) | Logic |
| 3 | Too Good at Goodbyes | Sam Smith |
| 4 | Long Song Away | Kevin Ross |
| 5 | Don't Want You Back | Leela James |
| 6 | Deliverance | Prince |
| 7 | Soul Lover | Tad Robinson |
| 8 | Weight in Gold (feat. Seal) | Gallant |
| 9 | Start over | Musiq Soulchild |
| 10 | Real One | Chanté Moore |
| 11 | Permission | Ro James |
| 12 | One Night | Freddie Jackson |
| 13 | Insane | Eric Benét |
| 14 | My Man | Tamar Braxton |
| 15 | So I Can Have You Back | Joe |
| 16 | Bones | Rebecca Ferguson |
| 17 | Pot Hole on Main Street | Randall Bramblett |
| 18 | 1990X | Maxwell |
| 19 | Until the Pain is Gone (feat. Jill Scott) | Daley |
| 20 | Thick of It | Mary J. Blige |
| 21 | Missin U | Usher |
| 22 | Hard for Me | Leela James |
| 23 | Forever Mine | Andra Day |
| 24 | My Romance | Billy Porter |
| 25 | Good Woman | La'Porsha Renae |
| 26 | Carefully Taught | Billy Porter |
| 27 | U + Me (Love Lesson) | Mary J. Blige |
| 28 | Gods | Maxwell |
| 29 | Green Light | Charlie Faye And The Fayettes |
| 30 | Run | Bell Biv DeVoe |
| 31 | WayBack | TLC |
| 32 | Best Love | Yuna |
| 33 | 5000 Miles | Johnny Gill |
| 34 | Blessings | Chance The Rapper |
| 35 | Sleeping with the One I Love | Fantasia |
| 36 | Distance | Omarion |
| 37 | Come Do Nothing | Avery Sunshine |
| 38 | Crash | Usher |
| 39 | Blended Family (What You Do for Love) | Alicia Keys |
| 40 | While We're Young | Jhené Aiko |
| 41 | Hurts | Emeli Sandé |
| 42 | Sunshine | Eric Benét |
| 43 | Brother, What Happened? | Muddy Magnolias |
| 44 | Another Love Song | Ne-Yo |
| 45 | Get You (feat. Kali Uchis) | Daniel Caesar |
| 46 | Love Star (feat. Marsha Ambrosius & PJ) | Common |
| 47 | Rise Up | Andra Day |
| 48 | The Real Thing Don't Change | Porcelan |
| 49 | Struggle Love | Jaheim |
| 50 | Hold Up | Beyoncé |
| 51 | Cranes in the Sky | Solange |
| 52 | In Common | Alicia Keys |
| 53 | Why I Love You | MAJOR. |
| 54 | Lake by the Ocean | Maxwell |
| 55 | I Do | Musiq Soulchild |
| 56 | Moonbeam Levels | Prince |
| 57 | All Night | Beyoncé |
| 58 | Stop Where You Are | Corinne Bailey Rae |
| 59 | Diamond | Izzy Bizu |
| 60 | No Time for It | Fantasia |
| 61 | Deadwood | Toni Braxton |
| 62 | Pray | Sam Smith |
| 63 | Strong Black Woman | Chrisette Michele |
| 64 | Remember U | Melanie Fiona |
| 65 | Blind | Tamar Braxton |
| 66 | (Baby) Hold on | The James Hunter Six |
| 67 | Crush (feat. Usher) | Yuna |
| 68 | Woman's World | BJ The Chicago Kid |
| 69 | Leaving These Days | Mike Biggar |
| 70 | Burning Rome | St. Paul & The Broken Bones |
| 71 | Work | Vivian Green |
| 72 | Smooth Sailin' | Leon Bridges |
| 73 | Holding on | Gregory Porter |
| 74 | Stone Rollin' | Raphael Saadiq |
| 75 | I Made It (feat. Tye Tribbett) | Fantasia |
| 76 | If That Don't Tell You | The James Hunter Six |
| 77 | Day Dreams | Raphael Saadiq |
| 78 | Call on God | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 79 | Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| 80 | Flowers | Leon Bridges |
| 81 | Better Man | Leon Bridges |
| 82 | S.O.B. | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 83 | Way Back (feat. Snoop Dogg) | TLC |
| 84 | The Good Times | Eric Lindell |
| 85 | She Thinks I Still Care | Eric Lindell |
| 86 | Not My Man | Tamar Braxton |
| 87 | Force of Nature | Andrea Marr |
| 88 | Little Mac | Brock Zeman |
| 89 | All Night (ft. Knox Fortune) | Chance The Rapper |
| 90 | Remember You Used to Love Me | Gregg Martinez |
| 91 | I Try | Macy Gray |
| 92 | How Do I Get There? | Don Bryant |
| 93 | Mac Daddy | Gregg Martinez |
| 94 | Devil's Haircut | Randall Bramblett |
| 95 | Sandcastles | Beyoncé |
| 96 | On and on | Curtis Harding |
| 97 | Broken People | Muddy Magnolias |
| 98 | Show You the Way (feat. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins) | Thundercat |
| 99 | River | Leon Bridges |
| 100 | Feel Like a Stranger | Michael Pickett |
| 101 | Dancing in the Street | Martha Reeves & the Vandellas |
| 102 | Mole Hill Mountain Blues | Al Wood & The Woodsmen |
| 103 | Little Bit | Mavis Staples |
| 104 | Credit | Andrea Marr |
| 105 | Let's Take It to the Bedroom | Andrea Marr |
| 106 | Black Man in a White World | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 107 | A Nickel and a Nail | Don Bryant |
| 108 | She Got Soul (feat. Anthony Hamilton) | Robert Randolph & The Family Band |
| 109 | Save Me | Aretha Franklin |
| 110 | Love Yourself (feat. Kanye West) | Mary J. Blige |
| 111 | Run Like the River | Vintage Trouble |
| 112 | Gold | Andra Day |
| 113 | Dammn Baby | Janet Jackson |
| 114 | Angel (Live) | Lalah Hathaway |
| 115 | Keep You in Mind | Guordan Banks |
| 116 | Amen | Anthony Hamilton |
| 117 | Something About You | Don Bryant |
| 118 | Can't Wait | Jill Scott |
| 119 | Wake Up Everybody | R. Kelly |
| 120 | Grown Folks Music (Work) | Vivian Green |
| 121 | One Ain't Enough | Don Bryant |
| 122 | Count Your Blessings | The Como Mams |
| 123 | Prior to You (feat. Tank) | Tyrese |
| 124 | Am I Wrong (feat. ScHoolboy Q) | Anderson .Paak |
| 125 | Don't Go | Kevin Ross |
| 126 | I Want U | Brian McKnight |
| 127 | Lovesick | Robert Randolph & The Family Band |
| 128 | Players Blues | Boogie Patrol |
| 129 | Jolie | The California Honeydrops |
| 130 | World in an Uproar | Michael Pickett |
| 131 | When I Met You | Fantasia |
| 132 | Say Something | Izo Fitzroy |
| 133 | I Can’t Stand the Rain | Gregg Martinez |
| 134 | Me and Your Mama | Childish Gambino |
| 135 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Gregg Martinez |
| 136 | Make the World | Lee Fields |
| 137 | Good to Love You (feat. Dave Hollister) | Leela James |
| 138 | Shake It off | Robert Randolph & The Family Band |
| 139 | Don't Give Up on Love | Don Bryant |
| 140 | That Old Wind (feat. Sonny Landreth) | Gregg Martinez |
| 141 | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 142 | Rabbot Ho | Thundercat |
| 143 | My Funny Valentine | Billy Porter |
| 144 | Why Don't You Stay? | Muddy Magnolias |
| 145 | Memphis Train | Greasy Gravy |
| 146 | Lovely Day | Bill Withers |
| 147 | Can't Hide the Hurt | Don Bryant |
| 148 | Bring It on Home to Me | Sam Cooke |
| 149 | Stranded | The James Hunter Six |
| 150 | Flow with It (You Got Me Feeling Like) | St. Paul & The Broken Bones |
| 151 | This Time | The California Honeydrops |
| 152 | This is Where We Came in | The James Hunter Six |
| 153 | I'm Coming Home | Lee Fields |
| 154 | Buckshot Sadie | Brock Zeman |
| 155 | Let Them Knock | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 156 | It Ain't Easy (Remastered) | Bettye LaVette |
| 157 | Stranger to My Happiness | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 158 | Chain of Fools | Aretha Franklin |
| 159 | I Just Don't Have the Time | Randall Bramblett |
| 160 | Don't Mean a Thang | Leela James |
| 161 | Juggler' Blues | Al Wood & The Woodsmen |
| 162 | Garbage Man | Randall Bramblett |
| 163 | Mama Don't Like My Man | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 164 | You Send Me | Sam Cooke |
| 165 | It's Time | Nick Waterhouse |
| 166 | Lean into It | Joe |
| 167 | Satisfy Me | Anderson East |
| 168 | Have Some Love | Childish Gambino |
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