The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Country Song Chart
for the Year of 2021
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Trick (feat. Ringo Starr, Don Was, Joe Walsh & Chris Robinson) | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 2 | Young Man | Jamestown Revival |
| 3 | I've Been Around | Johnny Cash |
| 4 | Too Many Places | The Brothers Comatose |
| 5 | Gone Gone Gone | The Brothers Comatose |
| 6 | Anymore | Beth Bombara |
| 7 | Afraid | Leah Blevins |
| 8 | White County Shine | Stephen Flatt |
| 9 | Speed of the Sound of Loneliness | Nanci Griffith |
| 10 | Patches | Nate Fredrick |
| 11 | Heaven on Earth | Joe Troop |
| 12 | Horizon | Joe Troop |
| 13 | There's a Reason | June Star |
| 14 | Demons | Tejon Street Corner Thieves |
| 15 | Toolbag | Caitlin Cannon |
| 16 | Barbers and Bartenders | Caitlin Cannon |
| 17 | The Money | Charlie Mars |
| 18 | Springtime | Ava Earl |
| 19 | Dreamer in My Dreams | Wilco |
| 20 | Last Call | Ian Jones |
| 21 | A Shot in the Arm | Wilco |
| 22 | Alright | Bison Bone |
| 23 | The Lost Weekend | Bison Bone |
| 24 | Desert Lullaby | Worden Jilson |
| 25 | Across | Sado-Domestics |
| 26 | Chemical | Sado-Domestics |
| 27 | Carry You with Me | Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road |
| 28 | Roots | Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road |
| 29 | Low Down Lady | Grayson Jenkins |
| 30 | Love Along the Way (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Joe Troop |
| 31 | Evergreens | Ian Jones |
| 32 | Fredericksburg | Jesse Stratton |
| 33 | Radio Keeps Me on the Ground | I See Hawks In L.A. |
| 34 | Red, White & Blues (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Joe Troop |
| 35 | Prisionero | Joe Troop |
| 36 | Red, White & Blues | Joe Troop |
| 37 | The Rise of Dreama Caldwell | Joe Troop |
| 38 | Magnolias | Leah Blevins |
| 39 | Colorado River | Trout Steak Revival |
| 40 | Impossible Germany | Wilco |
| 41 | It' Don't Make No Sense | This Frontier Needs Heroes |
| 42 | Going Going Gone | Gregg Allman |
| 43 | Ghost Who Haunts You | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 44 | Why Would You Wanna Live | Wilco |
| 45 | Rattlesnake Shakin’ Woman (feat. Larkin Poe) | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 46 | I Fell in Love with the Grateful Dead | I See Hawks In L.A. |
| 47 | Hummingbird | Wilco |
| 48 | Sweet Little Angel | Sam Baker |
| 49 | Whole Heart | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 50 | Oh Grace | Kasey Chambers |
| 51 | Don't Stop Me This Time | Kevin Gordon |
| 52 | The Needle Has Landed | Neko Case |
| 53 | Small Towns with Big Mouths | JAMES COOK |
| 54 | Boston | Kristian Montgomery And The Winterkill Band |
| 55 | Couchsleeper | Kristian Montgomery And The Winterkill Band |
| 56 | She's No Cadillac | Kristian Montgomery And The Winterkill Band |
| 57 | I'm an Animal | Neko Case |
| 58 | Walken | Wilco |
| 59 | 2320 | Jesse Stratton |
| 60 | Rodeo Dust | Jesse Stratton |
| 61 | Those Days | F. Scott & The Nighthawks |
| 62 | Can't Unring That Bell | Sado-Domestics |
| 63 | Play a Train Song | The Hard Working Americans |
| 64 | Boundary County | Eilen Jewell |
| 65 | Sunken Treasure | Wilco |
| 66 | Transcendental Blues | Steve Earle |
| 67 | Margaret Vs. Pauline | Neko Case |
| 68 | Hold On, Hold on | Neko Case |
| 69 | John Saw That Number | Neko Case |
| 70 | We Will Rise | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 71 | Will Not Fade Away | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 72 | Runnin' out of Fools | Neko Case |
| 73 | All You Fascists | Wilco |
| 74 | Red Tide | Neko Case |
| 75 | Straight to Hell | Drivin' N' Cryin' |
| 76 | When You Wake Up Feeling Old | Wilco |
| 77 | Where Evil Grows | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 78 | Deep Red Bells (Live) | Neko Case |
| 79 | Everybody Breaks | Ivan & Alyosha |
| 80 | Hey Mama, My Time Ain't Long | Ray Wylie Hubbard |
| 81 | Another Town | Steve Earle |
| 82 | Front Seat | Arliss Nancy |
| 83 | Mantra | Keller Williams |
| 84 | Fought the Blues and Won | The Deslondes |
| 85 | The Carry | Arliss Nancy |
| 86 | Monday | Wilco |
| 87 | Kingpin | Wilco |
| 88 | Robert Cole | Brent Best |
| 89 | Jesus Would've Let Me Pick the Restaurant | Lilly Hiatt |
| 90 | A Widow's Toast | Neko Case |
| 91 | That Teenage Feeling | Neko Case |
| 92 | Fox Confessor Brings the Flood | Neko Case |
| 93 | Muddy Water | The Deslondes |
| 94 | Mon Dieu | The Yawpers |
| 95 | I Must Be High | Wilco |
| 96 | Space Force Feat. Jim Lauderdale | Western Centuries |
| 97 | Way over Yonder in the Minor Key | Wilco |
| 98 | Ice Cube | Clem Snide |
| 99 | At My Window Sad and Lonely | Wilco |
| 100 | I'm Always in Love | Wilco |
| 101 | Guided by Wire | Neko Case |
| 102 | Whiskey & Wine | Ivan & Alyosha |
| 103 | Handshake Drugs (Live) | Wilco |
| 104 | Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis | Neko Case |
| 105 | Johnny Ace | Dash Rip Rock |
| 106 | The Pharoahs | Neko Case |
| 107 | Don't Want to Fall in Love | Matt Skinner Band |
| 108 | Casino Queen | Wilco |
| 109 | Twist the Knife | Neko Case |
| 110 | The Day They Tore Down the Hippie Hotel | Blue Mountain |
| 111 | Lost Love (Take 1 Vocal 2) | Wilco |
| 112 | The Train from Kansas City | Neko Case |
| 113 | Build a Fire | Drivin' N' Cryin' |
| 114 | Pretty Girls | Neko Case |
| 115 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 116 | Flowers on the Wall | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 117 | A Delicate Process | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 118 | Hey Love | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 119 | Tiger | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 120 | Finches | Arliss Nancy |
| 121 | Bloodletting | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 122 | Brown-Eyed Handsome Man | Neko Case |
| 123 | FaLaLaLaLove Ya | Nikki Lane |
| 124 | Ghost Riders in the Sky | White Rose Motor Oil |
| 125 | Behind the House (Live) | Neko Case |
| 126 | Knock Loud (Live) | Neko Case |
| 127 | In California (Live) | Neko Case |
| 128 | Muzzle of Bees (Live) | Wilco |
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