The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2016
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gypsy in Me | Bonnie Raitt |
| 2 | Treat Her Right | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's |
| 3 | Dust | Lucinda Williams |
| 4 | Song in My Head | The String Cheese Incident |
| 5 | Made to Break Your Heart | Los Lobos |
| 6 | Trailer | Mudcrutch |
| 7 | Shine | Ben Harper |
| 8 | Beatnik Walking | Richard Thompson |
| 9 | Ain't No Man | The Avett Brothers |
| 10 | The Great Unknown | Shawn Mullins |
| 11 | All You Had to Do Was Stay | Ryan Adams |
| 12 | Opening Statement | The Hard Working Americans |
| 13 | Let the Good Times Roll | JD McPherson |
| 14 | The Way That We Do | Colvin & Earle |
| 15 | Singin' to Strangers | The Wood Brothers |
| 16 | I Wish You Would | JD McPherson |
| 17 | Trouble | Keith Richards |
| 18 | Spots of Time (feat. Railroad Earth) | Warren Haynes |
| 19 | The Outsider | Ben Miller Band |
| 20 | Faster Than You'd Think | The Damn Quails |
| 21 | Call It What It is | Ben Harper |
| 22 | Caught by the Rain | Sarah Borges |
| 23 | Devil Music | Randall Bramblett |
| 24 | Baby What's Wrong? | Shinyribs |
| 25 | Live a Little | Young Ancients |
| 26 | Rescue Me | Amy Helm |
| 27 | Sound & Color | Alabama Shakes |
| 28 | Nothing but the Radio | Maia Sharp |
| 29 | Rollin | The Coffis Brothers |
| 30 | Elbow Grease | Rod Picott |
| 31 | Monkey of a Man | Romi Mayes |
| 32 | Too Late | Van Morrison |
| 33 | You've Got Everything | Don Pedigo |
| 34 | Pining | Parker Millsap |
| 35 | Pine Away | Martin Sexton |
| 36 | Never Gonna See Me Cry | Good Old War |
| 37 | I'm Comin' Home | Ian McFeron |
| 38 | All Night Long | The Mavericks |
| 39 | Doors of Heaven | Lucinda Williams |
| 40 | Pink Balloon | Ben Harper |
| 41 | Don't Wanna Fight | Alabama Shakes |
| 42 | Down to the Well | The Hard Working Americans |
| 43 | Ain't No Angel | Ron Pope And The Nighthawks |
| 44 | Life Don't Last That Long | Anders Osborne |
| 45 | Love is a Burden | Jamestown Revival |
| 46 | You're Right (I'm Wrong) | Colvin & Earle |
| 47 | Come on Up to the House | The Devil Makes Three |
| 48 | Falling from the Sky | Calexico |
| 49 | I Wish I Was | The Avett Brothers |
| 50 | Shoegaze | Alabama Shakes |
| 51 | Heart Gets Tough | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers |
| 52 | Bitter Memory | Lucinda Williams |
| 53 | New Word Order | The Word |
| 54 | Turn into Gold | Cris Jacobs |
| 55 | Future People | Alabama Shakes |
| 56 | Smithsonian | The Avett Brothers |
| 57 | Everything's Gonna Be Alright | Paul Thorn |
| 58 | Divorce Separation Blues | The Avett Brothers |
| 59 | Work a Little Harder | Davy Knowles |
| 60 | Head over Heels | JD McPherson |
| 61 | Most in the Summertime (with Black Prairie) | Rhett Miller |
| 62 | Q-Vo | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's |
| 63 | Got Love if You Want It | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's |
| 64 | For a Moment There | Seth Walker |
| 65 | Girl with a Bow | Sarah Borges |
| 66 | Bourbon Street | Jimmy & The Mustangs |
| 67 | Bone Digger | Cris Jacobs |
| 68 | Bossy | JD McPherson |
| 69 | If My Love Could Kill | Lucinda Williams |
| 70 | The Ghosts of Highway 20 | Lucinda Williams |
| 71 | Gimme All Your Love | Alabama Shakes |
| 72 | Soul Food I | The Word |
| 73 | All in the Family | The Revivalists |
| 74 | Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with That | The Marcus King Band |
| 75 | Hate to See You Go | The Rolling Stones |
| 76 | I'm Losing You | Bob Woodruff |
| 77 | Dearly Departed (feat. Esmé Patterson) | Shakey Graves |
| 78 | Leave My Guitar Alone | Chris Robinson Brotherhood |
| 79 | Didn't It Rain | Amy Helm |
| 80 | Dance Like Fire | Ben Harper |
| 81 | The Wheel / Uncle John’s Band (Medley / Live) | Various Artists |
| 82 | Medicine Man | The Band of Heathens |
| 83 | Carry Your Love | The Band of Heathens |
| 84 | If I Had Been a Better Man | Colin Hay |
| 85 | Fire in the Belly | Van Morrison |
| 86 | Better Find a Church | JD & The Straight Shot |
| 87 | Ride 'Em on Down | The Rolling Stones |
| 88 | Come What May | Colvin & Earle |
| 89 | You're Still Gone | Colvin & Earle |
| 90 | I Gotta Get Drunk | The Devil Makes Three |
| 91 | All Across This Land | Blitzen Trapper |
| 92 | Old Man | Gunther Brown |
| 93 | Stand Up | The Revivalists |
| 94 | The Perfect Parts | Shakey Graves |
| 95 | If There's a Heaven | Lucinda Williams |
| 96 | 13 Kinds | The Bones of J.R. Jones |
| 97 | Wish I Knew You | The Revivalists |
| 98 | You're Not Home | The Regulators |
| 99 | Quite Contrary | Parker Millsap |
| 100 | Tell Moses | Colvin & Earle |
| 101 | Chocolate Cowboy | The Word |
| 102 | Went Looking for Warren Zevon's Los Angeles | Lucero |
| 103 | Sunday Morning Feeling | Alejandro Escovedo |
| 104 | In This Life | The Strumbellas |
| 105 | Six White Horses | Karl Blau |
| 106 | Tobacco Road | Colvin & Earle |
| 107 | Black River Killer | Blitzen Trapper |
| 108 | Is It Me or You (feat. Railroad Earth) | Warren Haynes |
| 109 | I Need Time | Sim Ross |
| 110 | The Devil or Jesse James | Cris Jacobs |
| 111 | Intervention | Old 97's |
| 112 | Dry Dirt | The Bones of J.R. Jones |
| 113 | Gates of Gold | Los Lobos |
| 114 | Victims of Life | The Avett Brothers |
| 115 | Ruby Tuesday | Colvin & Earle |
| 116 | Broken Wing | Stone Cupid |
| 117 | Brighter (feat. Dave Stewart) | Ozomatli |
| 118 | One Simple Love Song | The Rogues Gallery |
| 119 | There I Go | Los Lobos |
| 120 | Lifted | Walker Lukens |
| 121 | Feet Wet | Corey Smith |
| 122 | L.A. County Blues | The Band of Heathens |
| 123 | Shut Up Kiss Me | Angel Olsen |
| 124 | The Veil | Peter Gabriel |
| 125 | Leaving in My Blood | Amelia White |
| 126 | Good News | Amy Helm |
| 127 | Too Small Heart | Los Lobos |
| 128 | Hands Up | Parker Millsap |
| 129 | It's a Long Way to the Top | Lucinda Williams |
| 130 | Hang Loose | Alabama Shakes |
| 131 | Faith and Grace | Lucinda Williams |
| 132 | Road Not Taken | Amelia White |
| 133 | Big for Just a Little While | Swamp Cabbage |
| 134 | Virginia (feat. Warren Hayes) | The Marcus King Band |
| 135 | Keep Going | The Revivalists |
| 136 | Morning Blues | Parker Millsap |
| 137 | Down on the Bowery | Tin Toy Cars |
| 138 | Honey Bee | Lucinda Williams |
| 139 | Raise the Dead | Colvin & Earle |
| 140 | No Hard Feelings | The Avett Brothers |
| 141 | Enough | The Band of Heathens |
| 142 | The Touch | Walker Lukens |
| 143 | All of Your Love | The Rolling Stones |
| 144 | The Waiting Sky | Roger Street Friedman |
| 145 | Life is Hard | Roger Street Friedman |
| 146 | Commit a Crime | The Rolling Stones |
| 147 | Lifted (Audiotree Live Version) | Walker Lukens |
| 148 | Bad Blood | Ryan Adams |
| 149 | Happy | Martin Sexton |
| 150 | You Are Mine | The Avett Brothers |
| 151 | Your Voice | Roger Street Friedman |
| 152 | True Sadness | The Avett Brothers |
| 153 | Dangerous Angel | Amelia White |
| 154 | Feels Like Rain | Shinyribs |
| 155 | Bilbao Spain | Swamp Cabbage |
| 156 | You Gotta Move | Parker Millsap |
| 157 | Buttercup | Lucinda Williams |
| 158 | Victim of Circumstance | Mudcrutch |
| 159 | Time to Fly | Roger Street Friedman |
| 160 | The High Price of Inspiration | The Hard Working Americans |
| 161 | Something else | The Hard Working Americans |
| 162 | Heat Lightning | Amy Helm |
| 163 | Throwing the Goats | The Hard Working Americans |
| 164 | Pickin' Up Chicks on Dowling Street | Billy Gibbons And The BFG's |
| 165 | It Runs Together | The Hard Working Americans |
| 166 | Cash | Swamp Cabbage |
| 167 | Can't Close the Door on Love | Lucinda Williams |
| 168 | Blank Space | Ryan Adams |
| 169 | 30 Days in the Hole Feat. Audley Freed (Live) | Gov't Mule |
| 170 | Jack the Whistle and the Hammer | Cris Jacobs |
| 171 | Play | Swamp Cabbage |
| 172 | Welcome to My World | Widespread Panic |
| 173 | California's Burning | Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women |
| 174 | Curse Lifter (feat. Derek Trucks) | Eric Krasno |
| 175 | Fireball Roberts | John Hiatt |
| 176 | Gonna Find Me a Rock | Left Arm Tan |
| 177 | White Gold | Swamp Cabbage |
| 178 | Changed the Locks | Lucinda Williams |
| 179 | Stories We Could Tell | The Mavericks |
| 180 | Poquito Para Aqui | Los Lobos |
| 181 | Purple Gto | Sarah Borges |
| 182 | The Miracle is You | Roger Street Friedman |
| 183 | You Are Not Alone | Roger Street Friedman |
| 184 | Lucky Us | Sarah Borges |
| 185 | Rita is Gone | The Marcus King Band |
| 186 | Speeding Like a Demon | Coal Men |
| 187 | Dogbone | Massy Ferguson |
| 188 | All That Has Grown | Ben Harper |
| 189 | 10 Years Ago | Andrew Leahey & Homestead |
| 190 | Love Sick Town | Shoebox Letters |
| 191 | Jealous Man | The Marcus King Band |
| 192 | Politician (Live) | Cream |
| 193 | Beautiful World | Mudcrutch |
| 194 | Feelin' Good | Ian McFeron |
| 195 | Welcome to Hell | Mudcrutch |
| 196 | Radio | Ian McFeron |
| 197 | American Dreamer | Frankie Lee |
| 198 | 100 Floors | Stone Cupid |
| 199 | Used to Believe | Shoebox Letters |
| 200 | Ties That Bind Us | Parsonsfield |
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