The Roots Music Report's
Top Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2017
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Off the Ground | The Record Company | Blues Rock |
| 2 | Don't Leave Me Here | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' | Acoustic Blues |
| 3 | Don't Know What It Means | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Blues |
| 4 | House Party | The Cash Box Kings | Chicago Blues |
| 5 | Ace in the Hole | Elvin Bishop | Contemporary Blues |
| 6 | The Devil Must Be Laughing | John Mayall | Contemporary Blues |
| 7 | Freak Flag | Southern Culture On The Skids | Blues Rock |
| 8 | Before the Bullets Fly | Coco Montoya | Contemporary Blues |
| 9 | Rolling on | Peter Wolf | Blues Rock |
| 10 | Where There's Smoke There's Fire | Royal Southern Brotherhood | Blues Rock |
| 11 | Anyhow | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Blues |
| 12 | Just Your Fool | The Rolling Stones | Blues |
| 13 | Flipside | Norah Jones | Soul Blues |
| 14 | Prayer for Peace | North Mississippi Allstars | Contemporary Blues |
| 15 | Carry on | Norah Jones | Soul Blues |
| 16 | Poison in the Well | William Bell | Contemporary Blues |
| 17 | Talk About That | John Mayall | Contemporary Blues |
| 18 | The Blues Ain't Going Nowhere | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats | Blues |
| 19 | Champagne and Reefer | The Devil Makes Three | Country Blues |
| 20 | Rich Man | Doyle Bramhall II | Blues Rock |
| 21 | Just How Low | Robert Cray | Contemporary Blues |
| 22 | The Call of the Night | Josh Hyde | Contemporary Blues |
| 23 | Bad Weather Brewing | Kim Simmonds & Savoy Brown | Contemporary Blues |
| 24 | Fate is a Train | Peter Karp | Blues Rock |
| 25 | Human | Rag'n'Bone Man | Blues |
| 26 | Delores' Boyfriend | Allen Toussaint | Contemporary Blues |
| 27 | I Can't Help Myself | Miss Tess | Contemporary Blues |
| 28 | Same Love | Brad Absher | Electric Blues |
| 29 | I Love the Life I Live | Gregg Allman | Contemporary Blues |
| 30 | 10,000 Miles | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers | Blues |
| 31 | Hummingbird (Live) | Joe Bonamassa | Blues Rock |
| 32 | Bury My Heart | Blackie and The Rodeo Kings | Country Blues |
| 33 | Chills & Fever | Samantha Fish | Contemporary Blues |
| 34 | It's Your Voodoo Working | Samantha Fish | Contemporary Blues |
| 35 | Crazy Mixed Up World | Big Head Blues Club | Chicago Blues |
| 36 | Hold on Me | Hamish Anderson | Blues Rock |
| 37 | (I Know) I'm Losing You (feat. Roosevelt Collier and Wes Watkins) | The Fabulous Thunderbirds | Contemporary Blues |
| 38 | Dixie Highway | New Orleans Suspects | Contemporary Blues |
| 39 | Lost | Devon Allman | Contemporary Blues |
| 40 | Charmed & Dangerous | Altered Five Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 41 | It's Hard Going Up | John Mayall | Contemporary Blues |
| 42 | Drive | Joe Bonamassa | Contemporary Blues |
| 43 | My Whiskey Loves My Ex | Selwyn Birchwood | Blues Rock |
| 44 | Keep on Rollin' | Elvin Bishop | Contemporary Blues |
| 45 | Whole Lotta Rosie | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| 46 | Work So Hard | Laura Rain and the Caesars | Soul Blues |
| 47 | Sweet Memphis (feat. Freddi Gowdy) | Chris Daniels & The Kings | Contemporary Blues |
| 48 | Bottom of the Bottle | Jon Spear Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 49 | Memphis Blues | Savoy Brown | Blues Rock |
| 50 | If You Got a Jealous Woman Facebook Ain't Your Friend | The Cash Box Kings | Chicago Blues |
| 51 | Make Blues Not War | Mike Zito | Blues Rock |
| 52 | Heavy Heart | Selwyn Birchwood | Blues Rock |
| 53 | Boogie Man (feat. Gary Clark Jr.) | Eric Gales | Contemporary Blues |
| 54 | I Can Tell | Janiva Magness | Contemporary Blues |
| 55 | Even the Saved Need Saving | Selwyn Birchwood | Blues Rock |
| 56 | Fried Food / Hard Liquor (feat. Freddi Gowdy) | Chris Daniels & The Kings | Contemporary Blues |
| 57 | Fish Outta Water | Karen Lovely | Contemporary Blues |
| 58 | Just Lucky I Guess | Delta Moon | Blues |
| 59 | Rock Bottom | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 60 | Respect Yourself (People Stand Up) | Melissa Etheridge | Blues Rock |
| 61 | Poor Me | Vintage#18 | Soul Blues |
| 62 | Soul Groove | McDowell Brothers | Soul Blues |
| 63 | Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love | Southern Avenue | Contemporary Blues |
| 64 | Big Legged Woman | Benny Turner | Classic Blues |
| 65 | Crow Jane | Samantha Fish | Contemporary Blues |
| 66 | I’m Gonna Get My Baby | The Cash Box Kings | Chicago Blues |
| 67 | Hard As Hell | Coco Montoya | Contemporary Blues |
| 68 | 100 Years of Blues | Elvin Bishop | Contemporary Blues |
| 69 | Dreamland | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Blues Rock |
| 70 | Hold My Lover Tight | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Blues Rock |
| 71 | I Been Up All Night (Live from the Funky Biscuit, Boca Raton, FL / 2020) | Albert Castiglia | Contemporary Blues |
| 72 | Dig You Baby | Hector Anchondo | Blues Rock |
| 73 | Refugee | Delta Moon | Blues |
| 74 | Blues for Chi-Raq | The Cash Box Kings | Chicago Blues |
| 75 | Matter of Time | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Contemporary Blues |
| 76 | Bad Decisions | Jim Allchin | Blues Rock |
| 77 | Bottle Keeps Staring at Me | Sean Chambers | Blues Rock |
| 78 | I Want You Bad (feat. Alabama Mike & Anson Funderburgh) | Andy T Band | Blues Rock |
| 79 | Live Every Day | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 80 | Alabama Town | Peter Karp | Blues |
| 81 | Hoodoo on Me (Live from the Funky Biscuit, Boca Raton, FL / 2020) | Albert Castiglia | Contemporary Blues |
| 82 | Big Black Cadillac | Karen Lovely | Contemporary Blues |
| 83 | Make It Move | Jonny Lang | Blues Rock |
| 84 | Don't Need No Devil | Lew Jetton & 61 South | Blues Rock |
| 85 | Giving Up on Your Love | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials | Contemporary Blues |
| 86 | Waiting on the World to Change | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' | Acoustic Blues |
| 87 | Maybe It's Alright | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Blues Rock |
| 88 | Ring Telephone Ring | Curtis Salgado | Contemporary Blues |
| 89 | We Gon' Boogaloo | C.W. Stoneking | Delta Blues |
| 90 | Hard Rockin' Woman | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| 91 | Don't Give Up | Southern Avenue | Contemporary Blues |
| 92 | Wang Dang Doodle | George Thorogood | Classic Blues |
| 93 | I Can't Stop the Blues | Savoy Brown | Blues Rock |
| 94 | Deep Ellum | North Mississippi Allstars | Contemporary Blues |
| 95 | All Night Long | The Cash Box Kings | Chicago Blues |
| 96 | Rumble | Southern Avenue | Contemporary Blues |
| 97 | You'll Never Change | Samantha Fish | Soul Blues |
| 98 | Drowning at the Bottom | Albert Castiglia | Contemporary Blues |
| 99 | Goin' Away Baby | John Mayall | Contemporary Blues |
| 100 | Stealin | North Mississippi Allstars | Contemporary Blues |
| 101 | Bullfrog Blues | Sean Chambers | Blues Rock |
| 102 | Hot Sauce | Jon Spear Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 103 | Watch out | Colin James | Blues Rock |
| 104 | Pretty Good for a Girl (feat. Joe Bonamassa) | Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers | Blues Rock |
| 105 | Pack It Up | Janiva Magness | Blues |
| 106 | The Same Love That Made Me Laugh | Robert Cray | Contemporary Blues |
| 107 | I Am the Blues | Big Bill Morganfield | Electric Blues |
| 108 | Artificial Life | Jim Allchin | Blues Rock |
| 109 | Blue Midnight | John Mayall | Contemporary Blues |
| 110 | T-Bone Boogie | Adrianna Marie | Blues |
| 111 | Vinyl | Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers | Blues Rock |
| 112 | Going Down | Colin James | Blues Rock |
| 113 | Bad Movie | Bobby Messano | Blues Rock |
| 114 | Give It Back to You | The Record Company | Blues Rock |
| 115 | Long Haired Doney | North Mississippi Allstars | Contemporary Blues |
| 116 | Love Hangover | Vintage#18 | Soul Blues |
| 117 | Cannonball (feat. Fantastic Negrito) | ZZ Ward | Urban Blues |
| 118 | Blues for a Soldier | Jon Spear Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 119 | Gimme Some of That Gumbo | John Mayall | Contemporary Blues |
| 120 | Burn the Tent Down | Eliza Neals | Blues Rock |
| 121 | 28 Days | Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos | Contemporary Blues |
| 122 | Cheating Blues | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| 123 | Doin' Hard Time (feat. Alabama Mike & Anson Funderburgh) | Andy T Band | Blues Rock |
| 124 | Trouble & Whiskey | Sean Chambers | Blues Rock |
| 125 | Stronger Together | Jonny Lang | Blues Rock |
| 126 | Bloodline | Kenny Neal | Contemporary Blues |
| 127 | You Must Believe in Yourself | Robert Cray | Contemporary Blues |
| 128 | 3 AM Blues | Adrianna Marie | Jazzy Blues |
| 129 | It's All over Now | Elvin Bishop | Contemporary Blues |
| 130 | All Around the World | Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' | Acoustic Blues |
| 131 | Ain't Missin' You (feat. Tim Fik) | Bridget Kelly Band | Electric Blues |
| 132 | Them Changes | Tommy Castro | Blues Rock |
| 133 | Delta Interlude (feat. Fernando Jones) | McDowell Brothers | Soul Blues |
| 134 | I Need Your Lovin' | Sean Chambers | Blues Rock |
| 135 | Boo Hoo Hoo | No Sinner | Blues Rock |
| 136 | Give Me Strength | Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos | Contemporary Blues |
| 137 | 10,000 Feet Below | Eliza Neals | Blues Rock |
| 138 | Somebody's Always Trying | Samantha Fish | Contemporary Blues |
| 139 | Dangerous Eyes | The Milligan Vaughan Project | Blues Rock |
| 140 | Poor Black Mattie | Samantha Fish | Delta Blues |
| 141 | Juke Joint | Mr. Sipp | Contemporary Blues |
| 142 | He Did It | Samantha Fish | Blues Rock |
| 143 | Barrelhouse Joe's | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| 144 | Bad News is Coming | Mike Zito | Blues Rock |
| 145 | I Know a Good Thing | Curtis Salgado | Blues |
| 146 | Used to Be | Beth Garner | Contemporary Blues |
| 147 | 80 Miles from Memphis | Southern Avenue | Contemporary Blues |
| 148 | World Keep on Turning | Peter Parcek | Contemporary Blues |
| 149 | Hot in Here | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats | Jump Blues |
| 150 | Bottoms Up | The John Pagano Band | Blues Rock |
| 151 | Cool Slaw | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats | Jump Blues |
| 152 | Good Stuff | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| 153 | Garnet | The B. Christopher Band | Jazzy Blues |
| 154 | Fear is the Enemy | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 155 | Deep in My Bones | Johnny Oskam | Blues Rock |
| 156 | Learn to Treat Me Right | Kim Wilson | Classic Blues |
| 157 | Dream Train | Alastair Greene | Blues Rock |
| 158 | Sugar Sweet | The Cash Box Kings | Chicago Blues |
| 159 | I'm with You, Pt. 1 | Robert Cray | Contemporary Blues |
| 160 | I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know | Janiva Magness | Contemporary Blues |
| 161 | Cards on the Table | John Mayall | Contemporary Blues |
| 162 | What Are You Listening To? | Ruthie Foster | Soul Blues |
| 163 | Hey Little Sister | Willa Vincitore | Contemporary Blues |
| 164 | Real Good Time | Peacemakers | Contemporary Blues |
| 165 | Never Gonna Cry | Samantha Fish | Contemporary Blues |
| 166 | Runaway Blues (feat. Brother Jacob) | McDowell Brothers | Soul Blues |
| 167 | My Old Neighborhood | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 168 | It Ain't a Juke Joint Without the Blues | Billy Price | Soul Blues |
| 169 | That's How I Like It | Peter Karp | Blues Rock |
| 170 | Mojo Black Coffee | Micki Free | Blues Rock |
| 171 | Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven | Peter Parcek | Contemporary Blues |
| 172 | Rita Mae Young | The Record Company | Blues Rock |
| 173 | Blues in Mind | Peter Karp | Blues |
| 174 | Hit Twice | The Halley DeVestern Band | Blues Rock |
| 175 | Howling for My Darling | Sunday wilde & Reno Jack | Classic Blues |
| 176 | The Moon is Full | Coco Montoya | Contemporary Blues |
| 177 | Knock a Hole in It | Mr. Sipp | Contemporary Blues |
| 178 | It's You, Baby | Elvin Bishop | Contemporary Blues |
| 179 | Feelin' Freaky | John Németh | Contemporary Blues |
| 180 | I Don't Want to Be in Love | Gina Sicilia | Contemporary Blues |
| 181 | I Want to Shout About It | Coco Montoya | Contemporary Blues |
| 182 | Soul Satisfaction | The Milligan Vaughan Project | Blues Rock |
| 183 | Enough is Enough | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 184 | A Day in a Life with the Blues | Guy King | Contemporary Blues |
| 185 | Keepin' Outta Trouble | Rory Block | Blues |
| 186 | 95 South | Albert Castiglia | Contemporary Blues |
| 187 | Bad Bad Whiskey | Colin James | Blues Rock |
| 188 | Hooray, Hooray, These Women Are Killing Me | Guy Davis | Acoustic Blues |
| 189 | Blues All Around Me | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 190 | Key to the Highway (Live) | Sonny Landreth | Acoustic Blues |
| 191 | Easy Distance | Albert Castiglia | Contemporary Blues |
| 192 | Fade to Grey (feat. Janis Ian) | Trevor Sewell | Blues Rock |
| 193 | Seventh Day | Cassie Keenum & Rick Randlett | Contemporary Blues |
| 194 | Mint Condition | Altered Five Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 195 | Dirty Water | The Nighthawks | Contemporary Blues |
| 196 | Just As Strange (Live) | Tedeschi Trucks Band | Blues Rock |
| 197 | Deeper Than Black (Live) | Dani Wilde | Blues Rock |
| 198 | Elevate Me Mama | John Primer | Chicago Blues |
| 199 | Silver Lining | Jackie Greene | Blues Rock |
| 200 | Beekeeper | Hurricane Ruth | Contemporary Blues |
| 201 | Prison Blues | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Blues Rock |
| 202 | Nonchalant | Tommy Castro | Contemporary Blues |
| 203 | Gonna Groove | Sean Chambers | Blues Rock |
| 204 | Going Hard | Kilborn Alley Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 205 | Worried About the World | Downchild | Contemporary Blues |
| 206 | The Big Beat | Chickenbone Slim | Contemporary Blues |
| 207 | Bad Reputation | John McNamara | Classic Blues |
| 208 | I'm Still Here | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Contemporary Blues |
| 209 | City of Love | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Blues Rock |
| 210 | Not So Nice Anymore | Dave Keyes | Contemporary Blues |
| 211 | Fine Little Mama | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Contemporary Blues |
| 212 | Plain Old Common Sense | Kenny Neal | Contemporary Blues |
| 213 | One, Two of a Kind | John McNamara | Blues |
| 214 | Change My Game | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Blues Rock |
| 215 | Abandoned | Gina Sicilia | Contemporary Blues |
| 216 | Sarah, Surrender | Gov't Mule | Blues |
| 217 | With a Dolla' in My Pocket | Eric Bibb | Acoustic Blues |
| 218 | Standin' Before the King | Jack Mack & The Heart Attack | Soul Blues |
| 219 | Play to Win | Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers | Blues Rock |
| 220 | He Called Me Baby | Gina Sicilia | Soul Blues |
| 221 | It's Time You Made Up Your Mind | Dave Keller | Soul Blues |
| 222 | Flood | The Cash Box Kings | Chicago Blues |
| 223 | Party All Night (To the Blues) | McDowell Brothers | Soul Blues |
| 224 | Left Me in the Cold (feat. Brother Jacob & Jamiah Rodgers) | McDowell Brothers | Soul Blues |
| 225 | Virtual World | The Rides | Blues Rock |
| 226 | The Catfish | Popa Chubby | Contemporary Blues |
| 227 | Addicted to Love | James Armstrong | Contemporary Blues |
| 228 | Sanctified | Low Society | Blues Rock |
| 229 | Juke Joint Jive | Al Corte’ | Soul Blues |
| 230 | I Can't Shake This Feeling | Lurrie Bell | Chicago Blues |
| 231 | Across the County Line | John Mayall | Contemporary Blues |
| 232 | Mr. Unknown | Jim Allchin | Blues Rock |
| 233 | You Got to Move | North Mississippi Allstars | Contemporary Blues |
| 234 | Bloodstains on the Wall | Big Bill Morganfield | Electric Blues |
| 235 | In Memory of T-Bone | Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters | Electric Blues |
| 236 | Mother Angel | Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters | Blues |
| 237 | Buck | Janiva Magness | Blues |
| 238 | Shaped Like a Woman | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band | Blues Rock |
| 239 | Trial by Fire | Selwyn Birchwood | Blues Rock |
| 240 | Ain't Gonna Be Easy (feat. Tony Braunagel, Ric Ryder, Johnny Lee Schell, Mike Finnigan & Joe Sublett. Darrell Leonard) | Deb Ryder | Contemporary Blues |
| 241 | Mojo Potion 61 and 49 | Stacy Jones Band | Blues Rock |
| 242 | Big Bad Wolf | Alastair Greene | Blues Rock |
| 243 | Fire with Fire | Kilborn Alley Blues Band | Chicago Blues |
| 244 | Outskirts of Love | Shemekia Copeland | Contemporary Blues |
| 245 | Riviera Paradise | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | Blues |
| 246 | Holler N Moan | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado | Blues Rock |
| 247 | Need to Be Free | North Mississippi Allstars | Contemporary Blues |
| 248 | Police State | Selwyn Birchwood | Blues Rock |
| 249 | Is There Something I Should Know | Curtis Salgado | Contemporary Blues |
| 250 | Your Love | Patty Reese | Contemporary Blues |
| 251 | Going Down (Live) | Joe Bonamassa | Blues Rock |
| 252 | Devil Don't Care | Antry | Blues Rock |
| 253 | Gonna Hurt Like Hell (feat. Kenny Wayne Shepherd) | Walter Trout | Contemporary Blues |
| 254 | Feel I'm Falling | Tas Cru | Contemporary Blues |
| 255 | The Blues Don't Care | Frank Bang & The Cook County Kings | Blues Rock |
| 256 | Blues Attack (Live) | Sonny Landreth | Acoustic Blues |
| 257 | On My List to Quit | Altered Five Blues Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 258 | Lonesome Highway | Billy Flynn | Chicago Blues |
| 259 | Blew Me Away | Jim Allchin | Blues Rock |
| 260 | Rock and Roll Girl | Delta Moon | Blues |
| 261 | Room 244 | The Joey Gilmore Band | Classic Blues |
| 262 | The Seventh Son | Big Head Blues Club | Chicago Blues |
| 263 | Raspberry | The B. Christopher Band | Jazzy Blues |
| 264 | Astral | Rich Robinson | Blues |
| 265 | I'm Too Strong for You | Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind | Contemporary Blues |
| 266 | Merle Dixon | Eliza Neals | Blues Rock |
| 267 | Either Way I Lose | Samantha Fish | Contemporary Blues |
| 268 | Slow Moving Train | Chris Antonik | Blues |
| 269 | What You Need | Bridget Kelly Band | Electric Blues |
| 270 | Born with the Blues | George Thorogood | Classic Blues |
| 271 | Cut off My Right Arm | Sean Chambers | Blues Rock |
| 272 | Dog | Charlie Parr | Acoustic Blues |
| 273 | Get Yourself Free | The Temperance Movement | Blues Rock |
| 274 | I Ain't Dead Yet | Charlie Parr | Acoustic Blues |
| 275 | Pick Your Poison | Selwyn Birchwood | Blues Rock |
| 276 | Blind Man | John McNamara | Blues |
| 277 | I've Got the Blues, Can't Be Satisfied | Steve Howell & Jason Weinheimer | Acoustic Blues |
| 278 | 21st Century Man | Delta Moon | Blues |
| 279 | Albany, Albany | Downchild | Contemporary Blues |
| 280 | High Roller | Tucci | Contemporary Blues |
| 281 | Witchy Feelin' | Savoy Brown | Blues Rock |
| 282 | That's What I Am | Michael Burks | Classic Blues |
| 283 | I Don’t Want Nobody Hanging Around | Bobby Rush | Contemporary Blues |
| 284 | Whiskey and Women | Vanessa Collier | Contemporary Blues |
| 285 | Another Sunday Night | FreeWorld | Blues Rock |
| 286 | Don’t Let Me Get Lonely | The Record Company | Blues Rock |
| 287 | Gotta Let Her Go | Mr. Sipp | Contemporary Blues |
| 288 | Hold Your Tongue | Johnny Oskam | Blues Rock |
| 289 | I'm Gonna Ride | Geoff Achison | Acoustic Blues |
| 290 | Mexico | Lew Jetton & 61 South | Blues Rock |
| 291 | Pierre Jourdan | Jon Spear Band | Contemporary Blues |
| 292 | Blind Date | Sugar Ray & The Bluetones | Classic Blues |
| 293 | You're Just About to Lose Your Clown | Brad Stivers | Contemporary Blues |
| 294 | Next Time | Karen Lovely | Contemporary Blues |
| 295 | Keep on Playin' | The Halley DeVestern Band | Blues Rock |
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