The Roots Music Report's
Top Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Love International | Khruangbin | Alternative Rock |
| 2 | Sadness As a Gift | Adrianne Lenker | Alternative Rock |
| 3 | Heartless | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Roots Rock |
| 4 | New York Transit Queen | Corinne Bailey Rae | Rock |
| 5 | Strange World | La Luz | Rock |
| 6 | Damage Gets Done | Hozier | Alternative Rock |
| 7 | Mustang | Kings of Leon | Alternative Rock |
| 8 | Horror of It All | Aaron Lee Tasjan | Roots Rock |
| 9 | Hole in My Head | Laura Jane Grace | Alternative Rock |
| 10 | Always / Never | STRFKR | Alternative Rock |
| 11 | Desire Path | Vera Sola | Alternative Rock |
| 12 | American Dreaming | Sierra Ferrell | Roots Rock |
| 13 | Top of the World | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 14 | Wake the Dead | Chuck Prophet | Roots Rock |
| 15 | Festival Eyes | Lillie Mae | Roots Rock |
| 16 | Olustee | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 17 | Wish You Would | Los Lonely Boys | Roots Rock |
| 18 | Little Bit Crazy | Blackberry Smoke | Roots Rock |
| 19 | Peaceful Place | Leon Bridges | Rock |
| 20 | The Sea | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 21 | Starburster | Fontaines D.C. | Alternative Rock |
| 22 | Middle of the Morning | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Roots Rock |
| 23 | When It Rains | Kerri Powers | Roots Rock |
| 24 | Supersad | Suki Waterhouse | Alternative Rock |
| 25 | Hell N Back (feat. Summer Walker) [Bonus Track] | Bakar | Alternative Rock |
| 26 | Act Natural | Margaret Glaspy | Alternative Rock |
| 27 | Beautiful People (Stay High) | The Black Keys | Alternative Rock |
| 28 | It’s Not over | Pokey LaFarge | Soft Rock |
| 29 | The Devil Always Collects | Brian Setzer | Rockabilly |
| 30 | Sexy to Someone | Clairo | Alternative Rock |
| 31 | Dancer | IDLES | Alternative Rock |
| 32 | Gonna Need Someone | Ringo Starr | Roots Rock |
| 33 | Delilah | Marcus King | Roots Rock |
| 34 | Floating Parade | Michael Kiwanuka | Rock |
| 35 | Piranhanana | Shovels & Rope | Alternative Rock |
| 36 | Burial Ground | The Decemberists | Alternative Rock |
| 37 | Wonderland | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 38 | Free High | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 39 | Right Back to It (feat. MJ Lenderman) | Waxahatchee | Alternative Rock |
| 40 | Much Ado About Nothing | Waxahatchee | Rock |
| 41 | She Was Crying | Mark Adams Band | Roots Rock |
| 42 | April | Local Natives | Alternative Rock |
| 43 | Say It Like You Mean It | Sleater-Kinney | Alternative Rock |
| 44 | Bad Information | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Roots Rock |
| 45 | Gotta Lotta Love | Charlie Mars | Roots Rock |
| 46 | Kiss Ur Face Forever | Orla Gartland | Alternative Rock |
| 47 | Dollar Bill Bar | Sierra Ferrell | Roots Rock |
| 48 | Sweet Sounds of Heaven | The Rolling Stones | Roots Rock |
| 49 | Happiness | The Heavy Heavy | Alternative Rock |
| 50 | Bewildered | Anders Osborne | Roots Rock |
| 51 | Made Up Mind | Bonnie Raitt | Roots Rock |
| 52 | Talk to Me | The Record Company | Alternative Rock |
| 53 | Days Move Slow | Bully | Alternative Rock |
| 54 | Send More Love | Los Lonely Boys | Roots Rock |
| 55 | We Were Never Alive | Brigitte Calls Me Baby | Alternative Rock |
| 56 | You Never Know | Iron & Wine | Alternative Rock |
| 57 | Talk is Cheap | Dr. Dog | Rock |
| 58 | Capricorn | Vampire Weekend | Alternative Rock |
| 59 | Kid | The Revivalists | Roots Rock |
| 60 | Fat Dad | Charlie Mars | Roots Rock |
| 61 | Without the Medicine | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 62 | Alone at Sea | Jeff Plankenhorn | Roots Rock |
| 63 | Freeze | Richard Thompson | Roots Rock |
| 64 | Serene King | Guided By Voices | Alternative Rock |
| 65 | Walk Through Fire (feat. Tony Allen) | Yannis & The Yaw | Alternative Rock |
| 66 | Chaise Longue | Wet Leg | Alternative Rock |
| 67 | Lose | Boeckner | Alternative Rock |
| 68 | Green Light | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors | Roots Rock |
| 69 | Rooster | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 70 | Mood Swings | Little Simz | Rock |
| 71 | Homemade Blues | Cody Dickinson | Roots Rock |
| 72 | Early Grave | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 73 | Alone | The Cure | Alternative Rock |
| 74 | Payback | Aaron Frazer | Alternative Rock |
| 75 | Mother Nature | MGMT | Alternative Rock |
| 76 | The Beginning of the End | The Pleasures | Roots Rock |
| 77 | King of Oklahoma (Live) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Roots Rock |
| 78 | Dance with a Stranger | Lake Street Dive | Alternative Rock |
| 79 | Old Tape (feat. ADAM GRANDUCIEL) | Lucius | Alternative Rock |
| 80 | Deep Dish Grit | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 81 | I Will Not Go Down (feat. Billy Strings) | Amythyst Kiah | Roots Rock |
| 82 | Sunshine Getaway | JD McPherson | Roots Rock |
| 83 | Up All Night (feat. the Lumineers & Noah Kahan) | James Bay | Alternative Rock |
| 84 | Wormwood | moe. | Rock |
| 85 | Blame It on Me | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 86 | The Next Man in Line | Rod Picott | Roots Rock |
| 87 | Luna | Wisp | Alternative Rock |
| 88 | Run Your Mouth | The Marías | Alternative Rock |
| 89 | Seven Bridges Road | Jubal Lee Young | Roots Rock |
| 90 | All Twisted Up | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 91 | No Particular Place to Go | Chuck Berry | Rock & Roll |
| 92 | Like a Fool | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 93 | Dance on Mondays | The Record Company | Alternative Rock |
| 94 | Heading for the Door | Royel Otis | Roots Rock |
| 95 | Feels Alright | Spoon | Alternative Rock |
| 96 | Blue Tuesday | Francis of Delirium | Alternative Rock |
| 97 | All My Friends | Katie Pruitt | Roots Rock |
| 98 | Dare to Dream (feat. Graham Nash) | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs | Roots Rock |
| 99 | Let the Rains Fall | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 100 | Test of Time | Babaux and The Peacemakers | Roots Rock |
| 101 | Outta Sight | FreeWorld | Roots Rock |
| 102 | Take It Home | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 103 | Talk to Me | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 104 | Something's Wrong | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 105 | Smoke | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 106 | Dirty Dishes Blues | Gary Clark Jr. | Rock |
| 107 | Empty Trainload of Sky | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings | Roots Rock |
| 108 | Ill Times | GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith | Alternative Rock |
| 109 | Talk is Cheap | Bruce Hughes | Pop Rock |
| 110 | Grab Ahold | Oliver Wood | Roots Rock |
| 111 | Kinky | bby | Alternative Rock |
| 112 | Wild | Spoon | Alternative Rock |
| 113 | The Long Con | The Revivalists | Roots Rock |
| 114 | Revelations | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers | Roots Rock |
| 115 | Late Night Crying | The B. Christopher Band | Surf |
| 116 | School of Rock and Roll | The Reverend Horton Heat | Rock & Roll |
| 117 | Rockin' Bones | The Reverend Horton Heat | Rock & Roll |
| 118 | Big River | The Reverend Horton Heat | Rock & Roll |
| 119 | Right String, Wrong Yo-Yo | The Reverend Horton Heat | Rock & Roll |
| 120 | Three Days | The Reverend Horton Heat | Rock & Roll |
| 121 | Lose You (feat. Soccer Mommy) | Bully | Alternative Rock |
| 122 | Love Doesn't Come from the Barrel of a Gun | Chuck Prophet | Roots Rock |
| 123 | Live Forever | Bruce Hughes | Pop Rock |
| 124 | High Horse (feat. KT Tunstall & Peaches) | Deap Vally | Alternative Rock |
| 125 | Gaslighter | Skinner | Alternative Rock |
| 126 | Tea and Sympathy | Hamish Anderson | Rock |
| 127 | Cherrybomb | Dan Auerbach | Alternative Rock |
| 128 | Stand by My Girl | Dan Auerbach | Alternative Rock |
| 129 | Bikini | Caroline Rose | Alternative Rock |
| 130 | 2 U's | Rare Americans | Alternative Rock |
| 131 | Milk & Honey | Rare Americans | Alternative Rock |
| 132 | Fate of the Faithful | Greta Van Fleet | Classic Rock |
| 133 | Sacred the Thread | Greta Van Fleet | Classic Rock |
| 134 | Lethal Love | Eilen Jewell | Roots Rock |
| 135 | Cryin’ Shame (feat. Sonny Landreth) | Dion | Roots Rock |
| 136 | Stone's Throw | The Red Clay Strays | Roots Rock |
| 137 | My Fun | Suki Waterhouse | Alternative Rock |
| 138 | Condensation | Sports Team | Alternative Rock |
| 139 | Wall of Eyes | The Smile | Alternative Rock |
| 140 | Honey, Honey | Ben Harper | Roots Rock |
| 141 | XXX | Blk Odyssy | Alternative Rock |
| 142 | The Floor is Lava | Bad Mary | Punk Rock |
| 143 | Vibe-Icide | Bad Mary | Punk Rock |
| 144 | Hello | Girl and Girl | Alternative Rock |
| 145 | We're Still Here (feat. the Guilty Ones) | Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore | Roots Rock |
| 146 | Dramamine | Middle Kids | Alternative Rock |
| 147 | On a Breeze | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 148 | Starry Night | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 149 | Be Yourself | Wilder Woods | Alternative Rock |
| 150 | Lost | Soccer Mommy | Alternative Rock |
| 151 | Wild God | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Alternative Rock |
| 152 | Motel #27 | The Velveteers | Alternative Rock |
| 153 | Patterns | Laura Marling | Alternative Rock |
| 154 | Big Air | Office Dog | Alternative Rock |
| 155 | Highway | Lewis OfMan | Alternative Rock |
| 156 | Bittersweet | LP Giobbi | Alternative Rock |
| 157 | Now and then | The Beatles | Rock |
| 158 | Critterland | Willi Carlisle | Roots Rock |
| 159 | What's Fair | Blondshell | Rock |
| 160 | Like I Say (I Runaway) | Nilufer Yanya | Alternative Rock |
| 161 | Entwined (Street Light Buzz) | Metz | Alternative Rock |
| 162 | New York Comeback | Lucinda Williams | Roots Rock |
| 163 | What About the Children (feat. Stevie Wonder) | Gary Clark Jr. | Roots Rock |
| 164 | Charmer and the Snake | The Velveteers | Alternative Rock |
| 165 | Sugar Dyed | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Rock & Roll |
| 166 | Rose Pink Cadillac | Dope Lemon | Alternative Rock |
| 167 | The Lonely Club | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Roots Rock |
| 168 | Hang Around | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Roots Rock |
| 169 | Want | Dua Saleh | Alternative Rock |
| 170 | Ridin' with Lady Luck (feat. Walter Trout) | Eric Corne | Roots Rock |
| 171 | The Good Doctor | The Band of Heathens | Roots Rock |
| 172 | My Only Love | Porij | Alternative Rock |
| 173 | Bells and Whistles | Bright Eyes | Alternative Rock |
| 174 | Waiting | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 175 | Disinfectant | Peter Perrett | Alternative Rock |
| 176 | Ballet Dancers (Never Love Again) | Francis of Delirium | Alternative Rock |
| 177 | Little Chaos | Orla Gartland | Alternative Rock |
| 178 | Stormy Weather | The Band of Heathens | Roots Rock |
| 179 | Fever Pitch | Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Alternative Rock |
| 180 | Hot Mess | Thundermother | Hard Rock |
| 181 | Sacude | Ozomatli | Rock |
| 182 | Hypnotic | Dead Sara | Alternative Rock |
| 183 | Plastic Pyramid | Omni | Alternative Rock |
| 184 | Day by Day | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Roots Rock |
| 185 | Afterlife | Sharon Van Etten | Alternative Rock |
| 186 | Seminole Wind | JJ Grey & Mofro | Roots Rock |
| 187 | Nothing Above You | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Roots Rock |
| 188 | Wondering Why | The Red Clay Strays | Roots Rock |
| 189 | Maktub | Gary Clark Jr. | Roots Rock |
| 190 | When I Got You | The Revivalists | Roots Rock |
| 191 | Sentence I | Font | Alternative Rock |
| 192 | Break My Baby | Kaleo | Alternative Rock |
| 193 | Strange Neighbour | Folly Group | Alternative Rock |
| 194 | Solo Modelo | Jeffrey Foucault | Roots Rock |
| 195 | Big Black X | X | Punk Rock |
| 196 | Twist and Turn | Cardinals | Alternative Rock |
| 197 | Hangman | West 22nd | Alternative Rock |
| 198 | Problem Child | Ben Harper | Roots Rock |
| 199 | The Sun's Coming | Bob Schneider | Roots Rock |
| 200 | Godhead | Garbage | Alternative Rock |
| 201 | Loud and Free | Thundermother | Hard Rock |
| 202 | Teenagers | Morning Midnight | Rock |
| 203 | Bella Donna | The Black Moods | Alternative Rock |
| 204 | Hands Up to the Sky | Michael Franti & Spearhead | Alternative Rock |
| 205 | Neon River | Pond | Psychedelic |
| 206 | Kentucky Morning | Darrell Scott | Roots Rock |
| 207 | A Fragile Thing | The Cure | Alternative Rock |
| 208 | Dilemma Us from Evil | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets | Psychedelic |
| 209 | Who You Gonna Love | Sir Woman | Roots Rock |
| 210 | Bored | Waxahatchee | Alternative Rock |
| 211 | Throw My Cane Away | Randall Bramblett | Roots Rock |
| 212 | Over My Shoulder | San Gabriel | Rock |
| 213 | Lip | Mama Zu | Alternative Rock |
| 214 | No. 1 Headband | Lupe Fiasco | Rock |
| 215 | Docket (feat. Bully) | Blondshell | Rock |
| 216 | Bend | Jon Muq | Soft Rock |
| 217 | Hey Lou | Liz Phair | Alternative Rock |
| 218 | My Room | Ty Segall | Alternative Rock |
| 219 | Pleasure Point | Frankie V and the Lonely Club | Roots Rock |
| 220 | Can’t Believe We're Here | J Mascis | Alternative Rock |
| 221 | En Forma | Hinds | Alternative Rock |
| 222 | Poverty of Wires | Big Bill | Alternative Rock |
| 223 | This is Who We Are (feat. Naala) | Gary Clark Jr. | Roots Rock |
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