The Roots Music Report's
Top Soul Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illusions | Jalen Ngonda |
| 2 | Astral Plane | Say She She |
| 3 | Worthy | Mavis Staples |
| 4 | Rock Bottom | Kid Andersen & Lisa "Little Baby" Andersen |
| 5 | Think | Aretha Franklin |
| 6 | Feel the Commotion | The Commotions |
| 7 | Live for You | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 8 | Never Say Never | Say She She |
| 9 | Lucid Girl | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 10 | Chain of Fools | Aretha Franklin |
| 11 | Where Does the Love Go? | The Commotions |
| 12 | The Time is Now | The Commotions |
| 13 | Maybe They'll Take Your Picture | Liv Warfield |
| 14 | Spades | serpentwithfeet |
| 15 | Rock Steady | Aretha Franklin |
| 16 | The Weight | Aretha Franklin |
| 17 | (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman | Aretha Franklin |
| 18 | Spanish Harlem | Ben E. King |
| 19 | Only Have Eyes 42 | Janelle Monae |
| 20 | Laredo | Leon Bridges |
| 21 | Panther City | Leon Bridges |
| 22 | I Say a Little Prayer | Aretha Franklin |
| 23 | Love and Happiness | Al Green |
| 24 | Respect | Aretha Franklin |
| 25 | I Need Never Get Old | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 26 | Stare | Liv Warfield |
| 27 | Moaning Blues | Hazel Miller |
| 28 | FREEDOM | Jon Batiste |
| 29 | He Will Follow You with His Eyes | Corinne Bailey Rae |
| 30 | Get 2 Know | Liv Warfield |
| 31 | Contact | Kelela |
| 32 | I Wish You Love | Sam Cooke |
| 33 | Keep on Looking | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 34 | I've Got to Use My Imagination | Gladys Knight & The Pips |
| 35 | Without a Heart | Lee Fields |
| 36 | I NEED YOU | Jon Batiste |
| 37 | Mighty Love | The Spinners |
| 38 | Look It Here | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 39 | I'll Be Around | The Spinners |
| 40 | Border Song (Holy Moses) | Aretha Franklin |
| 41 | Use Me | Bill Withers |
| 42 | 100 Days, 100 Nights | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 43 | Nobody's Baby | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 44 | Ooh Na Nay | Cha Wa |
| 45 | Let It Be | Aretha Franklin |
| 46 | You're All I Need to Get by | Aretha Franklin |
| 47 | Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) | Al Green |
| 48 | Howling at Nothing | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 49 | S.O.B. | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 50 | Get a Hold of Yourself | Kelly Finnigan |
| 51 | I'm So Glad I Found You, Baby | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 52 | The Thrill is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss) | Aretha Franklin |
| 53 | Stranger to My Happiness | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 54 | Bring It on Home to Me | Sam Cooke |
| 55 | Why I Sing the Blues | Aretha Franklin |
| 56 | You Send Me | Sam Cooke |
| 57 | Rock Me Baby | Otis Redding |
| 58 | Take Me to the River | Al Green |
| 59 | Let Them Knock | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 60 | I'm Still in Love with You | Al Green |
| 61 | You're a Sweet Sweet Man | Aretha Franklin |
| 62 | Sweet Redemption | Hazel Miller |
| 63 | TELL the TRUTH | Jon Batiste |
| 64 | Rolling | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 65 | Eleanor Rigby | Aretha Franklin |
| 66 | Spirit in the Dark | Aretha Franklin |
| 67 | Innocence | Tomar and the Fcs |
| 68 | It's a New Orleans Thing | Allen Toussaint |
| 69 | Move on Baby | The Allergies |
| 70 | His Love Ain't Real | Kelly Finnigan |
| 71 | Stuck in the Mud | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 72 | Playing with My Emotions | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 73 | Working on Me | The Allergies |
| 74 | Let's Stay Together | Al Green |
| 75 | Somehow | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 76 | Cross the Track | Maceo Parker |
| 77 | Take Your Time | Tomar and the Fcs |
| 78 | The Rubberband Man | The Spinners |
| 79 | Joy | Bettye LaVette |
| 80 | I'll Still Be True | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 81 | Celebration | Kool & The Gang |
| 82 | Lord Have Mercy | Durand Jones & The Indications |
| 83 | Soul Sweet Song | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 84 | Yes We Will | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 85 | One and the Same | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 86 | Love (Your Pain Goes Deep) | Kelly Finnigan |
| 87 | Hear My Dear | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 88 | Two Jobs | Lee Fields |
| 89 | Respect | Otis Redding |
| 90 | Dyna-Mite | Jon Cleary |
| 91 | Baby, I Love You | Aretha Franklin |
| 92 | No Time for Crying | Mavis Staples |
| 93 | Gravity | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 94 | The Forecast | Bettye LaVette |
| 95 | Circles 'Round the Sun | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 96 | I Hold No Grudge | Bettye LaVette |
| 97 | Skin in the Game | Jon Cleary |
| 98 | Price I'll Pay | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 99 | Right Place Wrong Time | Maceo Parker |
| 100 | Twisted | The Commotions |
| 101 | More Love | FreeWorld |
| 102 | Another Day | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 103 | Hit, Git, Quit, Split | Jon Cleary |
| 104 | The World (Is Going Up in Flames) | Charles Bradley |
| 105 | One Tribe | Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints |
| 106 | (What A) Wonderful World | Sam Cooke |
| 107 | Here I Am (Come and Take Me) | Al Green |
| 108 | Fall in | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 109 | CRY | Jon Batiste |
| 110 | Call Me (Come Back Home) | Al Green |
| 111 | Chic Mystique | Chic |
| 112 | Jusagroove | Chic |
| 113 | The Beat | The Allergies |
| 114 | Chess | Liv Warfield |
| 115 | Another Day in Paradise | Liv Warfield |
| 116 | All the Love | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 117 | 21st Century Gypsy Singing Lover Man | Jon Cleary |
| 118 | Rise Above | Tomar and the Fcs |
| 119 | St. James Infirmary | Allen Toussaint |
| 120 | These Arms of Mine | Otis Redding |
| 121 | Ain't That Love (Single Version) | Ray Charles |
| 122 | Thru the Winter | Bettye LaVette |
| 123 | Run Like the River | Vintage Trouble |
| 124 | Somebody Knew | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 125 | Losing Side of Love | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 126 | My Heart is Drowning | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 127 | Prove My Love | Kelly Finnigan |
| 128 | Twistin' the Night Away | Sam Cooke |
| 129 | Knock on Wood | Otis Redding |
| 130 | Lovely Day | Bill Withers |
| 131 | My Joy | Leela James |
| 132 | Enough is Enough | Tomar and the Fcs |
| 133 | Beautiful People | Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal |
| 134 | Upt | Cha Wa |
| 135 | Move on Up | Curtis Mayfield |
| 136 | A Dry Red | Janelle Monae |
| 137 | Son of a Preacher Man | Aretha Franklin |
| 138 | Ain't That Something | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 139 | I'm a Healer | Zac Harmon |
| 140 | Let It Go | Kelela |
| 141 | Green Garden | Laura Mvula |
| 142 | Hot Summer | Prince |
| 143 | A Brand New Me | Aretha Franklin |
| 144 | Pynk (feat. Grimes) | Janelle Monae |
| 145 | In the Mirror | Thee Sacred Souls |
| 146 | School Days | Al Green |
| 147 | Heart of Gold | Charles Bradley |
| 148 | Monsters | Los Coast |
| 149 | That's What I Love | Leon Bridges |
| 150 | God Loves Everyone | Leon Bridges |
| 151 | Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves | Aretha Franklin |
| 152 | Poor Man's Blues (Live) | The Burroughs |
| 153 | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | Sam Cooke |
| 154 | Count Me out | Kelly Finnigan |
| 155 | Part of Me | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 156 | Save Me | Aretha Franklin |
| 157 | Coming Home | Leon Bridges |
| 158 | Chain Gang | Sam Cooke |
| 159 | I Can Feel You Smiling | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 160 | One of a Kind (Love Affair) | The Spinners |
| 161 | How Long Do I Have to Wait for You? | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
| 162 | Bridge over Troubled Water | Aretha Franklin |
| 163 | Dancing in the Street | Martha Reeves & the Vandellas |
| 164 | Rainy Day | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 165 | So Long Savior | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 166 | Run for Your Life | Monophonics |
| 167 | Good to Me As I Am to You | Aretha Franklin |
| 168 | Jumping off | The Allergies |
| 169 | Rock Steady | Maceo Parker |
| 170 | Shy | Leon Bridges |
| 171 | Forever Mine | Andra Day |
| 172 | Think a Little Sugar | Barbara Lewis |
| 173 | Home Again! | Menahan Street Band |
| 174 | Promises | Monophonics |
| 175 | Make a Change | Durand Jones & The Indications |
| 176 | How Can You Mend a Broken Heart | Al Green |
| 177 | All Good Things | Jon Cleary |
| 178 | Summertime | Sam Cooke |
| 179 | Morning Sun | Melody Gardot |
| 180 | Light of My Life | The James Hunter Six |
| 181 | She Thinks I Still Care | Eric Lindell |
| 182 | The Walk | Mayer Hawthorne |
| 183 | The Night | Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal |
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