The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Country Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annihilation | Wilco |
| 2 | Lowland Trail | Margo Cilker |
| 3 | The Art of Getting Through | Imogen Clark |
| 4 | Driven to Drive | Joe Ely |
| 5 | Crier | American Aquarium |
| 6 | There Oughta Be a Law | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 7 | Stomp the Gas | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 8 | Never Love Again | Sentimental Family Band |
| 9 | Flying High | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 10 | Try | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 11 | Here and Now | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 12 | Lay of the Land | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 13 | Ready when You Are | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 14 | Cousin | Wilco |
| 15 | Seeing Clear | Miles Miller |
| 16 | Solid Gold | Miles Miller |
| 17 | A Feeling Called Lonesome | Miles Miller |
| 18 | Always November | Miles Miller |
| 19 | Evicted | Wilco |
| 20 | Passed Midnight | Miles Miller |
| 21 | Even if | Miles Miller |
| 22 | Don't Give Away Love | Miles Miller |
| 23 | Where Daniel Stood | Miles Miller |
| 24 | I Wish | Miles Miller |
| 25 | DON'T GET FRESH with ME | Low Cut Connie |
| 26 | Explaining to Do | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 27 | Resume Speed, Texas | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 28 | Drivin' Man | Joe Ely |
| 29 | You're What I Need | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 30 | Lie in Bed | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 31 | Odds of the Blues (feat. Bruce Springsteen) | Joe Ely |
| 32 | Poet in a Buick | Sophie Gault |
| 33 | All I Needed | American Aquarium |
| 34 | Sebastian | Imogen Clark |
| 35 | Head Down, Feet Moving | American Aquarium |
| 36 | Southern Roots (feat. Katie Pruitt) | American Aquarium |
| 37 | If I Want in | Imogen Clark |
| 38 | No Love Around | Willie Nelson |
| 39 | Didn't We Robbie | Joe Ely |
| 40 | I Remember Carolina | Margo Cilker |
| 41 | Civilized Anxiety | Uncle Lucius |
| 42 | He's Gone | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 43 | Keep It on a Burner | Margo Cilker |
| 44 | Messy As a Magnolia | American Aquarium |
| 45 | A Good Hearted Woman | Willie Nelson |
| 46 | Lost Love Song (feat. Margo Price) | Jessi Colter |
| 47 | Wild Colonial Boy | Al Backstrom |
| 48 | The Fear of Standing Still | American Aquarium |
| 49 | Crazy or Died | Margo Cilker |
| 50 | Mother Told Her Mother Told Me | Margo Cilker |
| 51 | Almost Time | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 52 | Kygers Hill | Viv & Riley |
| 53 | WONDERFUL BOY | Low Cut Connie |
| 54 | Strawberry Moon | The Handsome Family |
| 55 | Born to Ride | Billy Don Burns |
| 56 | Rattle Me | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 57 | ARE YOU GONNA RUN? | Low Cut Connie |
| 58 | Tricks of the Trade | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 59 | Joseph | The Handsome Family |
| 60 | The Oldest Water | The Handsome Family |
| 61 | Meant to Be | Wilco |
| 62 | To the Oaks | The Handsome Family |
| 63 | Love in Kind | Uncle Lucius |
| 64 | Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus | Jessi Colter |
| 65 | Chance Creek | Viv & Riley |
| 66 | Long Gone | Al Backstrom |
| 67 | My Baby's Gone | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 68 | Santa Rosa | Margo Cilker |
| 69 | You Can't Change Me (feat. Wes Shipp) | Billy Don Burns |
| 70 | You're So Right | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 71 | Sad Songs and Waltzes | Willie Nelson |
| 72 | Home Motel | Willie Nelson |
| 73 | Puttin' Me Down | Al Backstrom |
| 74 | River | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 75 | Lesson I Never Learned | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 76 | All the Angelenos | Uncle Lucius |
| 77 | Gulf Coast Blues | Joe Ely |
| 78 | Pretty Bird | Kelsey Waldon |
| 79 | Last Call | Ian Jones |
| 80 | Black Light Moon | The Brothers Comatose |
| 81 | Motel Madness | Billy Don Burns |
| 82 | Open Arms (feat. Steve Perry) | Dolly Parton |
| 83 | Bittersweet (feat. Michael McDonald) | Dolly Parton |
| 84 | That's when I Knew | Billy Don Burns |
| 85 | Pain in My Heart | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 86 | The Getting Home | American Aquarium |
| 87 | Sunlight Ends | Wilco |
| 88 | Sister Honeybee | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 89 | Two Black Shoes | The Handsome Family |
| 90 | Knoxville Foxhole | The Brothers Comatose |
| 91 | All She Put Him Through | Billy Don Burns |
| 92 | The Blackest Crow | Viv & Riley |
| 93 | I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU | Low Cut Connie |
| 94 | Don't Cry for Me | Billy Don Burns |
| 95 | Hard on Easy Street | Jessi Colter |
| 96 | Free Bird (feat. Lynyrd Skynyrd) | Dolly Parton |
| 97 | Seventeen | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 98 | Keep on Loving You (feat. Kevin Cronin) | Dolly Parton |
| 99 | Trace My Soul | Uncle Lucius |
| 100 | Keep Singing Along | Uncle Lucius |
| 101 | One More Night | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 102 | Livid | Wilco |
| 103 | Your Love Song | The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio |
| 104 | San Antonio Brawl | Joe Ely |
| 105 | Broken Hearted Blue | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 106 | Cherokee Purples | American Aquarium |
| 107 | Down Home | David Quinn |
| 108 | Whiskey Shoeshine (Saturday Night / Live Girls) | IZZY DED |
| 109 | Flashing Lights | Viv & Riley |
| 110 | The Long Way | Viv & Riley |
| 111 | Still Care at All | IZZY DED |
| 112 | I Wanna Be with You (feat. Margo Price) | Jessi Colter |
| 113 | Beggar for Your Love | Margo Cilker |
| 114 | KING of the JEWS | Low Cut Connie |
| 115 | You're So Right (Radio Edit) | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 116 | (Now That I'm) Tryin' | IZZY DED |
| 117 | Angel in the Fire | Jessi Colter |
| 118 | Analog Guy | Al Backstrom |
| 119 | Sound and Fury | Margo Cilker |
| 120 | Sauvie Island | Viv & Riley |
| 121 | One More for the Road | Al Backstrom |
| 122 | Ooh Las Vegas (feat. Ruby Boots) | Al Backstrom |
| 123 | Leon | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 124 | What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You (feat. Stevie Nicks) | Dolly Parton |
| 125 | Night Moves (feat. Chris Stapleton) | Dolly Parton |
| 126 | My Blue Tears (feat. Simon Le Bon) | Dolly Parton |
| 127 | All Tied Together | Margo Cilker |
| 128 | Baby, I Love Your Way (feat. Peter Frampton) | Dolly Parton |
| 129 | Let It Be (feat. Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr) | Dolly Parton |
| 130 | Bang, Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Kaitlin Butts |
| 131 | The Curse of Growing Old | American Aquarium |
| 132 | Hot Sun | Wilco |
| 133 | When I'm Gone (feat. Emily Scott Robinson) | Jett Holden |
| 134 | Babies Having Babies | American Aquarium |
| 135 | Kick the Devil Away | Sophie Gault |
| 136 | Shame Shame Shame | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 137 | Traveling the Highway Home (feat. Margo Price) | Kelsey Waldon |
| 138 | Mama's Only Child | IZZY DED |
| 139 | Buried | IZZY DED |
| 140 | Neon Circus (feat. Shooter Jennings) | Billy Don Burns |
| 141 | TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW | Low Cut Connie |
| 142 | Pittsburgh | Wilco |
| 143 | THE PARTY'S over (feat. SUSU) | Low Cut Connie |
| 144 | All You Gotta Do | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 145 | Rockstar | Dolly Parton |
| 146 | Purple Rain | Dolly Parton |
| 147 | Wrecking Ball (feat. Miley Cyrus) | Dolly Parton |
| 148 | Heart of Glass (feat. Debbie Harry) | Dolly Parton |
| 149 | Tried to Rock and Roll Me (feat. Melissa Etheridge) | Dolly Parton |
| 150 | Imaginary People | Viv & Riley |
| 151 | Through | Al Backstrom |
| 152 | Heartbreaker (feat. Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo) | Dolly Parton |
| 153 | Heart over Mind | Uncle Lucius |
| 154 | Going to Water | Pony Bradshaw |
| 155 | Jealous Heart | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 156 | Jealousy | Sophie Gault |
| 157 | Gold in Your Pocket | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 158 | For Your Love | Joe Ely |
| 159 | Hayride to Hell (feat. Billy Contreras) | Al Backstrom |
| 160 | I Should Have Known | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 161 | Ten Dead | Wilco |
| 162 | A Bowl and a Pudding | Wilco |
| 163 | Invisible Man | The Handsome Family |
| 164 | Good Night | The Handsome Family |
| 165 | Big Train (feat. Chip Kinman) | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 166 | Borrowed Time | IZZY DED |
| 167 | No Way Around It | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 168 | Standing on the Edge of Forever | Jessi Colter |
| 169 | BIG BOY | Low Cut Connie |
| 170 | What Were We Thinking | John Surge And The Haymakers |
| 171 | Stairway to Heaven (feat. Lizzo & Sasha Flute) | Dolly Parton |
| 172 | Half Drunk | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 173 | Holy Roller | Uncle Lucius |
| 174 | Tuscaloosa Rain | Uncle Lucius |
| 175 | I'm Happy | Uncle Lucius |
| 176 | Roots | Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road |
| 177 | Unlucky Love | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 178 | Better off | Jett Holden |
| 179 | Sidewinder | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 180 | If I Can't Have You | Kaitlin Butts |
| 181 | Followed You to Vegas | Kaitlin Butts |
| 182 | Jackhammer Rock | Joe Ely |
| 183 | Ginseng Daddy | Pony Bradshaw |
| 184 | Fixin Things | Sophie Gault |
| 185 | Soliloquy: out of My Dreams | Kaitlin Butts |
| 186 | All Hard Feelings | Imogen Clark |
| 187 | Bones in the Sand | Jenny Don't & The Spurs |
| 188 | Other Girls (Ain't Havin' Any Fun) | Kaitlin Butts |
| 189 | Spur | Kaitlin Butts |
| 190 | Like I Should | Kaitlin Butts |
| 191 | Hiwassee Lament | Pony Bradshaw |
| 192 | Scarecrow | Jett Holden |
| 193 | Chained by Desire | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 194 | The Things We Lost Along the Way | American Aquarium |
| 195 | Shady Lake | The Handsome Family |
| 196 | How to Lose | Viv & Riley |
| 197 | Outback Boxer | Al Backstrom |
| 198 | Fine Wine | Jessi Colter |
| 199 | Maybe You Should (feat. Margo Price) | Jessi Colter |
| 200 | World on Fire | Dolly Parton |
| 201 | ART DEALERS | Low Cut Connie |
| 202 | I'll Know | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 203 | Fairytale Blues | Kyle Nix & The 38's |
| 204 | Levee | Wilco |
| 205 | Either or (feat. Kid Rock) | Dolly Parton |
| 206 | We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You | Dolly Parton |
| 207 | Bygones (feat. Rob Halford) | Dolly Parton |
| 208 | I've Seen a Lot of Highway (feat. Cody Jinks) | Billy Don Burns |
| 209 | Draw the Line | Uncle Lucius |
| 210 | Sad Songs | Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms |
| 211 | Hunt You Down | Kaitlin Butts |
| 212 | Abducted by Your Love | Martha Spencer |
| 213 | Say You Love Me | Wilco |
| 214 | ¡Viva Appalachia! | Pony Bradshaw |
| 215 | Love Along the Way (feat. Tim O'Brien) | Joe Troop |
| 216 | With the Middle | Margo Cilker |
| 217 | Mothballs | The Handsome Family |
| 218 | All the Good Horses | IZZY DED |
| 219 | Don't Even Know My Name (feat. Moot Davis) | Al Backstrom |
| 220 | This Town | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 221 | Is It All over | Viv & Riley |
| 222 | A Hole in My Chest Where the Bullet Belongs | IZZY DED |
| 223 | Wren in the Willow (Wrench in the Wheel) | IZZY DED |
| 224 | Modern-Day Cowgirl's Dream | Bonnie Montgomery |
| 225 | With or Without You | Jessi Colter |
| 226 | Casino Queen | Wilco |
| 227 | I Want You Back (feat. Steven Tyler) | Dolly Parton |
| 228 | At the Trail Ride | Rose & The Bros |
| 229 | Things Are Going Good | Sophie Gault |
| 230 | Sleep with a Stranger | Nikki Lane |
| 231 | Kid on the Radio | Sophie Gault |
| 232 | The Noise | Imogen Clark |
| 233 | Hello Stranger (feat. S.G. Goodman) | Kelsey Waldon |
| 234 | I've Endured | Kelsey Waldon |
| 235 | Your Lone Journey | Kelsey Waldon |
| 236 | Inside the Bell Bones | Wilco |
| 237 | People Will Say We're in Love (feat. Cleto Cordero) | Kaitlin Butts |
| 238 | Buckaroo | Kaitlin Butts |
| 239 | That'll Never Be Me | Kaitlin Butts |
| 240 | Watchin' Them Semis Roll | Joe Ely |
| 241 | Backwater Blues | Robbie Fulks |
| 242 | Does Your Mother Know | Emily Nenni |
| 243 | Ain't What It Used to Be | Dennis J. Leise |
| 244 | Use My Name | The Great Get Gone |
| 245 | Close the Bets | Kyle Nix & The 38's |
| 246 | Skunks | The Handsome Family |
| 247 | Things That Scare Me | Neko Case |
| 248 | Satan is a Son of a Bitch (feat. Storey Boys) | Billy Don Burns |
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