The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2024
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tough Mother | Shemekia Copeland |
| 2 | I Want to Shout About It | Joe Bonamassa |
| 3 | What Goes Around (Comes Around) | Robert Finley |
| 4 | Cadillac Man | Rick Vito |
| 5 | Ramblin' from Coast to Coast | Johnny Burgin |
| 6 | The Hits Keep Coming | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 7 | Somewhere else | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 8 | Shake These Blues | Misty Blues |
| 9 | Loving for Love's Sake | Denise La Grassa |
| 10 | Getaway Blues | Eden Brent |
| 11 | Sweet Home Chicago | The B. Christopher Band |
| 12 | Everybody Needs Somebody to Love | The B. Christopher Band |
| 13 | How Will I | Misty Blues |
| 14 | Blame It on Eve | Shemekia Copeland |
| 15 | Maybe Someday Baby | Seth James |
| 16 | Enough Lovin' for Two | Misty Blues |
| 17 | Don't Tell Me I Can't | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 18 | Love Crazy Baby | Rick Vito |
| 19 | Go Be Free | Sonny Gullage |
| 20 | Wine O'Clock | Shemekia Copeland |
| 21 | I'm the One | Bobby Rush |
| 22 | Hey Bartender | The B. Christopher Band |
| 23 | I've Got the Scars to Prove It | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 24 | Well Well Well | Grainne Duffy |
| 25 | Been to the Blues and Back Again | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 26 | If You Don't Blues It, You'll Lose It | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 27 | She Caught the Katy | The B. Christopher Band |
| 28 | I Hear Thunder | Tab Benoit |
| 29 | You Can't Stop a Guitar (from Playing the Blues) | Rick Vito |
| 30 | All I Got is Now | Reverend Freakchild |
| 31 | The Farm | Emanuel Casablanca |
| 32 | If You Love Me Like You Say | Albert Collins |
| 33 | Back to Clarksdale | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 34 | Found a Friend in You | Southern Avenue |
| 35 | Running in and out | Bobby Rush |
| 36 | B Movie Boxcar Blues | Seth James |
| 37 | Payback Time (feat. Billy F Gibbons) | The Fabulous Thunderbirds |
| 38 | You Can't Win (If It Ain't Within') | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 39 | Sofrito My Blues | Misty Blues |
| 40 | Seduction by Blues | Misty Blues |
| 41 | Too Little Too Late | Chris Cain |
| 42 | I Need Some Good Luck Bad (feat. Freddi Gowdy) | Chris Daniels & The Kings |
| 43 | Do It My Own Way | Vanessa Collier |
| 44 | The Upper Hand | Misty Blues |
| 45 | Overdue | Tab Benoit |
| 46 | TV Mama | Bobby Rush |
| 47 | Brick by Brick | JP Soars |
| 48 | Hippy Bluesman Blues | Reverend Freakchild |
| 49 | The Blues That Move Me | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 50 | Take a Stand | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 51 | Off the Ground | CW Ayon |
| 52 | I Finally Hit the Bottom | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 53 | I Need Something Sweet | Johnny Burgin |
| 54 | Sack O' Kools | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 55 | Things Ain't Working out | JP Soars |
| 56 | Heavy State Loving Blues | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 57 | Chasing Gold (feat. Matt Cusson) | Misty Blues |
| 58 | I'm a Write That Down | Tab Benoit |
| 59 | Gimmie Some Lovin | The B. Christopher Band |
| 60 | Broken High Heels | Shemekia Copeland |
| 61 | I Ain't Worried About Nothin' | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 62 | Without You | Kelly's Lot |
| 63 | Brand New Bone | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 64 | Milkman | Little Feat |
| 65 | Rock It All Night | Doug Duffey And BADD |
| 66 | I Can't Turn You Loose | The B. Christopher Band |
| 67 | Whiskey Got Me Married | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 68 | Big City Blues (Rescue Me) | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 69 | Bout to Make Me Leave Home | Eddie 9V |
| 70 | Diamonds at Your Feet | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 71 | Hot As Hell | Joel Astley |
| 72 | Work with What You Got | Joel Astley |
| 73 | The Ghost of Gatemouth Brown | Tab Benoit |
| 74 | Whirlpool | Doug Duffey And BADD |
| 75 | Time for Me to Go | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 76 | Why, Why | Tab Benoit |
| 77 | Bitter Pill | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 78 | Looking for My Baby | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 79 | Bobby's Place | Joel Astley |
| 80 | Down to the Rims | Joel Astley |
| 81 | Broken Mirror, Broken Mirror (feat. Sugar Ray Norcia) | Anthony Geraci |
| 82 | 911 | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 83 | All Tore Up | Guitar Jack Wargo |
| 84 | Good Intentions | Chris Cain |
| 85 | You're Gonna Need a Man Like Me | Bobby Rush |
| 86 | Peter Gunn Theme | The B. Christopher Band |
| 87 | Beg Borrow and Steal | Eddie 9V |
| 88 | Blues is All I Got | Deb Ryder |
| 89 | All Across America | Reverend Freakchild |
| 90 | Honky Tonkin’ (I Guess I Done Me Some) | Seth James |
| 91 | River's Calling | Rick Vito |
| 92 | Who's Foolin' Who | Seth James |
| 93 | Takin' It with Me | Joel Astley |
| 94 | Nobody but You | Tony Holiday |
| 95 | Bad Dream | Chris Cain |
| 96 | Blues Prisoner | Tommy Castro |
| 97 | I Can't Quit You Baby (feat. Phil Diiorio) | Bobby Christina's Caravan |
| 98 | One Monkey Can Stop a Show | Bobby Rush |
| 99 | That's My Cross | Misty Blues |
| 100 | Move over Baby | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 101 | Double Trouble | Mark Hummel |
| 102 | Old Friends | Danny Liston |
| 103 | Are We Through | Eddie 9V |
| 104 | Mississippi River Got Me Crying | Eden Brent |
| 105 | I Want to | Bobby Rush |
| 106 | Goodbye Jack Daniels | Danny Liston |
| 107 | Just Another Day | Rick Vito |
| 108 | Learn to Lose | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 109 | Ask Me No Questions | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 110 | Things I Can't Control | Sonny Gullage |
| 111 | Temporary Insanity | Deb Ryder |
| 112 | I Got a Proposition for You | Bobby Rush |
| 113 | Midnight in Harlem | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 114 | Blues All Day | Diego Mongue Band |
| 115 | I Was Wrong | Chris Cain |
| 116 | Yella Aligator | Eddie 9V |
| 117 | Fear is My New Roommate | Chris Cain |
| 118 | Natural Born Lover | Backtrack Blues Band |
| 119 | Root Down | Joe Louis Walker |
| 120 | Little Sheba | Rick Vito |
| 121 | Bounce Boogie & Bump | CW Ayon |
| 122 | Shame, Shame, Shame | Duke Robillard |
| 123 | Arkansas | Larry McCray |
| 124 | Bluesin' | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 125 | Down Along the Cove | Eddie 9V |
| 126 | King Bee | Anthony Rosano & The Conqueroos |
| 127 | Better Day's Coming (feat. Ellen Miller) | Denise La Grassa |
| 128 | Right As Rain | Danny Liston |
| 129 | Stay Strong | Guitar Jack Wargo |
| 130 | Heading South | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 131 | Silently Suffering | Johnny Burgin |
| 132 | Barbeque'n Baby | Rick Vito |
| 133 | Everybody Knows | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 134 | No Brighter Gold | Joel Astley |
| 135 | I'm Free | Bobby Rush |
| 136 | Revelation | Piper & The Hard Times |
| 137 | Get Ready | Deb Ryder |
| 138 | Cotton Ain't King | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 139 | Breaking News | Larry McCray |
| 140 | Tides Are Turning | Bruce Katz Band |
| 141 | Fragile Peace and Certain War | Carolyn Wonderland |
| 142 | Blues All over You | Sonny Gullage |
| 143 | Get by | Tony Holiday |
| 144 | Go 'Cross Town | Guitar Jack Wargo |
| 145 | The Thrill is Gone (feat. Tracy Chapman) | B.B. King |
| 146 | If You Love Me | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 147 | Same Old Story | Guitar Jack Wargo |
| 148 | Hard Times | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 149 | Symptoms of Love (feat. Elvis Costello) | Buddy Guy |
| 150 | Roots | Joyann Parker |
| 151 | Bayou Man | Tab Benoit |
| 152 | Worn Down Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 153 | Charmed & Dangerous | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 154 | Down Below | Bruce Katz Band |
| 155 | Well, I Done Got over It | Joe Bonamassa |
| 156 | Is It a Matter of Time? | Joe Louis Walker |
| 157 | Rumble | Duke Robillard |
| 158 | Jump (When My Baby Says) | Chris Daniels & The Kings |
| 159 | I Believe I Got off Cheap | Chris Cain |
| 160 | All Twisted Up | The B. Christopher Band |
| 161 | Hush Money | Chris Cain |
| 162 | Like a Fool | The B. Christopher Band |
| 163 | Drowning at the Bottom | Albert Castiglia |
| 164 | Good Die Young | Larry McCray |
| 165 | Me and Charlie | Tom Hambridge |
| 166 | Lucky Guy (feat. Dennis Gruenling) | Nick Moss |
| 167 | Nina Come on | The B. Christopher Band |
| 168 | Little Queenie | Tab Benoit |
| 169 | The Skin I'm in | Blues People |
| 170 | Mint Condition | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 171 | If Your Heart Went Public | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 172 | Deja Voodoo | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| 173 | That's What Love Will Make You Do | JP Soars |
| 174 | Give Me Strength | Diego Mongue Band |
| 175 | I Ain't Right | Kid Andersen & Lisa "Little Baby" Andersen |
| 176 | Cadillac Blue | Shemekia Copeland |
| 177 | More Than You Know | Guitar Jack Wargo |
| 178 | Silver Lining (feat. Early Times) | Misty Blues |
| 179 | Been Here Before | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 180 | On My List to Quit | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 181 | Roadhouse Blues | Larry McCray |
| 182 | Stuck in the Mud (feat. Cary Hudson) | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 183 | Ways and Means | The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band |
| 184 | Three Hours from Memphis | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 185 | Stealin’ Candy | Chris Daniels & The Kings |
| 186 | Matt's Guitar Boogie #2 | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 187 | I'll Do Anything for You | Bobby Rush |
| 188 | Time to Cry | Chris Cain |
| 189 | Take It Home | The B. Christopher Band |
| 190 | Talk to Me | The B. Christopher Band |
| 191 | Late Night Crying | The B. Christopher Band |
| 192 | Smoke | The B. Christopher Band |
| 193 | Howlin' Wolf | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 194 | River of Whiskey | Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King |
| 195 | Before I'm Old | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 196 | Ugly Woman (feat. Dennis Gruenling) | Nick Moss |
| 197 | You Went Back on Your Word | Kirk Fletcher |
| 198 | Eighth Wonder | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 199 | Don't Let Them Fool Ya | Albert Castiglia |
| 200 | Small Talk | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 201 | Three Alarm Desire | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 202 | Look What You Made Me Do | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 203 | Buck's Boogie | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 204 | Didn't Find My Blues in Mississippi | Danny Liston |
| 205 | Bye Bye | The B. Christopher Band |
| 206 | Twenty Eight Days | The B. Christopher Band |
| 207 | Tried to Keep You Satisfied | The B. Christopher Band |
| 208 | It's Alright | The B. Christopher Band |
| 209 | Newbie's Funk | The B. Christopher Band |
| 210 | I'm Drunk | The B. Christopher Band |
| 211 | Master Charge | Albert Collins |
| 212 | All over Again | B.B. King |
| 213 | Cookin' in My Kitchen | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 214 | Ooeee | Anthony Geraci |
| 215 | Sliding into Blue | Rick Vito |
| 216 | You Got What It Takes | Doug Duffey And BADD |
| 217 | Road to Nowhere | Robert Billard and the Cold Calls |
| 218 | Hold on | Deb Ryder |
| 219 | Congo Square | Chris Daniels & The Kings |
| 220 | Don't Expect Me to Cry | Monster Mike Welch |
| 221 | I Got a Strange Feeling | Monster Mike Welch |
| 222 | I'm Searchin' | MojoMama |
| 223 | The Rub | Seth James |
| 224 | File It Under Blues | Sonny Gullage |
| 225 | Nothing's in Vain (Steve Beastie's Song) | Misty Blues |
| 226 | Hard Work Don't Pay (feat. Cary Hudson) | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 227 | Crying at Midnight | Rick Vito |
| 228 | Money Spent Blues | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 229 | Ain't Got Love | MojoMama |
| 230 | Three Forks | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 231 | Let Me Love You | Dyer Davis |
| 232 | Take Your Fine Frame Home | Duke Robillard |
| 233 | Caution to the Wind | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 234 | Kay Marie (feat. Laura Chavez) | Monster Mike Welch |
| 235 | How Long Can This Go on (feat. Laura Chavez) | Monster Mike Welch |
| 236 | Grandma's Hands | Kevin Burt |
| 237 | Point of View | MojoMama |
| 238 | (I Think I Need) Another Lover | Pat McDougall |
| 239 | Goodbye Mr. Beck | Jeff Washington |
| 240 | Let It Ride | Guitar Jack Wargo |
| 241 | High and Lonesome | Sean Riley & The Water |
| 242 | A Bluesman Came to Town | Tommy Castro |
| 243 | We Are One | MojoMama |
| 244 | Midnight Blues | Gary Moore |
| 245 | You Upset Me Baby | Joe Bonamassa |
| 246 | Blind Leading the Blind | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 247 | A Couple Drops | Tom Hambridge |
| 248 | Movin' on My Way (feat. Dennis Gruenling) | Nick Moss |
| 249 | Big City Takedown | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 250 | She's Still Crazy | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 251 | Knocked Down Loaded | Albert Castiglia |
| 252 | Long Haired Doney | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 253 | Cryin' Shame | Dyer Davis |
| 254 | Something's Wrong (Live) | Bernard Allison |
| 255 | Gamblin' Man | Tinsley Ellis |
| 256 | Hail Mighty Caesar | Curtis Salgado |
| 257 | Sanctified, Holy and Hateful (feat. Dennis Gruenling) | Nick Moss |
| 258 | Thump Tyme | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 259 | It Ain't Right | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 260 | Born Loser | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials |
| 261 | Mr. Stroger's Strut (feat. Bob Stroger) | Ben Levin |
| 262 | I Play the Blues | Larry McCray |
| 263 | Don't Put Your Dreams to Bed | Larry McCray |
| 264 | Blues Without You (For Paul) | Larry McCray |
| 265 | I Can't Stand It | Bobby Rush |
| 266 | I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Live) | Misty Blues |
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