The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
---|---|---|
1 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals |
2 | The Hardest Cut | Spoon |
3 | Looking at Long Days | The Mother Hips |
4 | Wild | Spoon |
5 | The Only Heartbreaker | Mitski |
6 | B-Side | Khruangbin |
7 | Write a List of Things to Look Forward to | Courtney Barnett |
8 | Brighter Day | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
9 | I Don't Live Here Anymore | The War on Drugs |
10 | Magnificent Hurt | Elvis Costello & The Imposters |
11 | Telepath | Manchester Orchestra |
12 | Love is Love | Grace Potter |
13 | Walking at a Downtown Pace | Parquet Courts |
14 | Love is Selfish | Jack White |
15 | Wicked Mind | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs |
16 | U&ME | Alt-J |
17 | Love Dies Young | Foo Fighters |
18 | My Most Beautiful Mistake | Elvis Costello & The Imposters |
19 | Chaise Longue | Wet Leg |
20 | Good Day for a Good Day | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
21 | Nobody's Stopping You Now | Lake Street Dive |
22 | Let Somebody Go | Coldplay |
23 | Time in Disguise | Kings of Leon |
24 | Elizabeth Taylor | Pete Yorn |
25 | Mind's Eye | Henry Chadwick |
26 | Love Love Love | My Morning Jacket |
27 | We Are Between | Modest Mouse |
28 | Taking Me Back | Jack White |
29 | If I Don't Hear from You Tonight | Courtney Barnett |
30 | Here to Forever | Death Cab for Cutie |
31 | Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread | Destroyer |
32 | El Jardín | The Black Angels |
33 | Stabilise | Nilufer Yanya |
34 | The Sun Hasn't Left | Modest Mouse |
35 | Can't Stop the Rain | Neal Francis |
36 | Like Exploding Stones | Kurt Vile |
37 | All My Friends | The Revivalists |
38 | Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver) | The National |
39 | Good Night on Earth | Eels |
40 | Jackie Down the Line | Fontaines D.C. |
41 | Sunburn | Sylvan Esso |
42 | New Beginning | Automatic |
43 | Black Lipstick | Chicano Batman |
44 | Domino | Shovels & Rope |
45 | Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) | Arcade Fire |
46 | The Men Who Rule the World | Garbage |
47 | Saturdays | Broken Bells |
48 | Fractals | Beth Orton |
49 | Queen | Perfume Genius |
50 | The Juice | G. Love & Special Sauce |
51 | Hypnotic | Dead Sara |
52 | Everything is Simple | Widowspeak |
53 | Empty Orchestra | Shearwater |
54 | Spitting off the Edge of the World (feat. Perfume Genius) | Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
55 | Godhead | Garbage |
56 | Fever Pitch | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
57 | Hands Up | Dead Sara |
58 | Unnecessary Drama | Belle & Sebastian |
59 | Better Run | Deap Vally |
60 | Unkown | Stephen Clair |
61 | Royal Morning Blue | Damon Albarn |
62 | Galacticana | Strand of Oaks |
63 | Lucifer on the Sofa | Spoon |
64 | Sunshine | The Black Moods |
65 | High Horse (feat. KT Tunstall & Peaches) | Deap Vally |
66 | Down | St. Vincent |
67 | Colors | Black Pumas |
68 | Shes a Self Made Man | Larkin Poe |
69 | Bad Love | Dehd |
70 | High Horse | Deap Vally |
71 | Hello, Hi | Ty Segall |
72 | Rose Pink Cadillac | Dope Lemon |
73 | Hey Gringo | Kaleo |
74 | Crawl! | IDLES |
75 | Run It | My Morning Jacket |
76 | Waitin' on Ya | Genesis Owusu |
77 | This is a Photograph | Kevin Morby |
78 | If They’re Shooting at You | Belle & Sebastian |
79 | Skinny | Kaleo |
80 | Quiet Town | The Killers |
81 | Charmer and the Snake | The Velveteers |
82 | Love Me More | Mitski |
83 | Hide | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
84 | Living Proof | The War on Drugs |
85 | Too Late Now | Wet Leg |
86 | Seventeen | Nané |
87 | Daddy's Home | St. Vincent |
88 | Wet Dream | Wet Leg |
89 | The Overload | Yard Act |
90 | Didn’t Care | Sylvan Esso |
91 | The Adults Are Talking | The Strokes |
92 | Always Together with You | Spiritualized |
93 | Magic Bullet | My Morning Jacket |
94 | Vision Boards | Good Looks |
95 | Two 6's Upside Down | Dropkick Murphys |
96 | Got Love | The Revivalists |
97 | Break My Baby | Kaleo |
98 | Bella Donna | The Black Moods |
99 | Feels Alright | Spoon |
100 | Cherrybomb | Dan Auerbach |
101 | American Cockroach | Deap Vally |
102 | The Gathering | Frank Turner |
103 | Plj | Lily Vakili Band |
104 | Lovey Come Down | Lily Vakili Band |
105 | Inner Space | Babe Rainbow |
106 | You Will Never Work in Television Again | The Smile |
107 | Regularly Scheduled Programming | My Morning Jacket |
108 | Clear | Dehd |
109 | Valentine | Snail Mail |
110 | The Actor | Alt-J |
111 | Good Day | Seratones |
112 | Stop and Start | The Sadies |
113 | Gaia | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard |
114 | Postman | Toro Y Moi |
115 | California Sun | je'Texas |
116 | Powder Junkie | Jealous Of The Birds |
117 | That Life | Unknown Mortal Orchestra |
118 | Soberish | Liz Phair |
119 | Stubborn Love | The Lumineers |
120 | Stand by My Girl | Dan Auerbach |
121 | America Burning | Shinedown |
122 | Don't Press Me | Dry Cleaning |
123 | Unwound | Launder |
124 | You're Still the One | Lake Street Dive |
125 | Billy | Horsegirl |
126 | Where Do We Go | Deap Vally |
127 | Losing My Religion | R.E.M. |
128 | Lawn | Aldous Harding |
129 | Gondii | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard |
130 | The Way We Get by | Spoon |
131 | Lydia Wears a Cross | Julia Jacklin |
132 | The Slow Drag Under | Benjamin Booker |
133 | I’m Shakin’ | Jack White |
134 | Blind Sighted Faith | The Dunwells |
135 | Old Man | Beck |
136 | If I Were a Butterfly | Rayland Baxter |
137 | Brigitte Bardot | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs |
138 | Fire | Black Pumas |
139 | Alameda Apartments | Neal Francis |
140 | Jesus Freak Lighter | Blood Orange |
141 | Held | Spoon |
142 | I Was Neon | Julia Jacklin |
143 | Motel #27 | The Velveteers |
144 | The Opposite | The Smile |
145 | Bad Religion | Cat Power |
146 | Amoeba | Clairo |
147 | Echoing | Kings of Leon |
148 | Scared Together | Silversun Pickups |
149 | Broken Boy | Cage the Elephant |
150 | Social Cues | Cage the Elephant |
151 | Hypotheticals | Lake Street Dive |
152 | Roman Candles | Death Cab for Cutie |
153 | A Tip from You to Me | Jack White |
154 | Hollywood Zoo | Clare Means |
155 | Off My Head | Boy & Bear |
156 | Rae Street | Courtney Barnett |
157 | Bed Head | Manchester Orchestra |
158 | I Was Born to Love You | Ray LaMontagne |
159 | Dirty Job (feat. Ian Hunter) | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs |
160 | Truth is Heavy | Benjamin Booker |
161 | The Bandit | Kings of Leon |
162 | Color of the Pool | Lala Lala |
163 | Taking Me Back (Gently) | Jack White |
164 | Hold Your Nerve | Boy & Bear |
165 | Change | The War on Drugs |
166 | Sunrise State (Of Mind) | Abraxas |
167 | Hell on Earth | Circa Waves |
168 | Gaslighter | Skinner |
169 | Obstacle | Manchester Orchestra |
170 | Collateral Damage | Shovels & Rope |
171 | Young Pilgrims | The Shins |
172 | I've Got You Surrounded (With My Love) | Jack White |
173 | Money | Caroline Rose |
174 | Bikini | Caroline Rose |
175 | Birmingham (feat. Robert Randolph & Keb' Mo') | G. Love & Special Sauce |
176 | Tell Me (I'm on Your Mind) | Jane Leo |
177 | Window Seat | Caramelo Haze |
178 | Wasted | The War on Drugs |
179 | Life in Technicolor | Coldplay |
180 | On the Radio | Spoon |
181 | Take a Walk | Passion Pit |
182 | Can I Sit Next to You | Spoon |
183 | Queen of Ears | Quasi |
184 | Harmonia's Dream | The War on Drugs |
185 | Lucky to Be Alive | My Morning Jacket |
186 | Know You Better | Black Pumas |
187 | Occasional Rain | The War on Drugs |
188 | Penelope Halfpenny | Elvis Costello & The Imposters |
189 | Salt and the Sea | The Lumineers |
190 | Jesus on a Wire | Kurt Vile |
191 | Cut Up High and Dry | The Sadies |
192 | Know That I Know | Lake Street Dive |
193 | Wild Creatures | Neko Case |
194 | The Devil & Mister Jones | Spoon |
195 | Keel Timing | Manchester Orchestra |
196 | Least Expected | My Morning Jacket |
197 | Aura | Cuco |
198 | Avant Gardener | Courtney Barnett |
199 | Grandfather Clock Strikes Twelve | Eels |
200 | If I Had a Heart | Fever Ray |
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