The Roots Music Report's
Top Funk Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 Foot Woman | Hannah Williams |
| 2 | I Can't Let This Slip Away | Hannah Williams |
| 3 | Show Me the Way | Euforquestra |
| 4 | Superstition | Stevie Wonder |
| 5 | Baby Get Down | The Burroughs |
| 6 | Papa's Got a Brand New Bag | James Brown |
| 7 | Arizona to Georgia | Euforquestra |
| 8 | Move the Earth | Euforquestra |
| 9 | Higher | Euforquestra |
| 10 | Fool No More | The Motet |
| 11 | Forget Me Nots | Patrice Rushen |
| 12 | Whacha Gonna Bring | The Motet |
| 13 | Danger | The Motet |
| 14 | My House My Car | The Burroughs |
| 15 | Make It After All | Dumpstaphunk |
| 16 | Snow Bunny (feat. Tyshawn Colquitt, Snowbunny & World-Wide-Funkdrive) | Bootsy Collins |
| 17 | The Truth | The Motet |
| 18 | Mother Popcorn | James Brown |
| 19 | Poppin' off | Mestizo Beat |
| 20 | Get Up Offa That Thing | James Brown |
| 21 | Cold Sweat | James Brown |
| 22 | Born Under a Bad Sign | Booker T. & The M.G.'s |
| 23 | Pole Position | Brownout |
| 24 | Boomerang (feat. Justin Johnson) | Bootsy Collins |
| 25 | Totally Legal | Jacob Larson Band |
| 26 | Give It Up or Turnit a Loose | James Brown |
| 27 | So High | The Motet |
| 28 | Stuff | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 29 | Closed Mouth Don't Get Fed | The Motet |
| 30 | Pusherman (feat. Dru Down, BlvckSeeds & Mr. Talkbox) | Bootsy Collins |
| 31 | Supernova | The Motet |
| 32 | Kahden Sateessa - Rain on the Roof | Aaron |
| 33 | Cloak and Dagger | The Motet |
| 34 | And the Beat Goes on | The Motet |
| 35 | Stack the Deck | El Michels Affair |
| 36 | Super Bad | James Brown |
| 37 | Damn! | The Motet |
| 38 | That Dream | The Motet |
| 39 | Soul Power (Parts 1 & 2) | James Brown |
| 40 | I Got You (I Feel Good) | James Brown |
| 41 | 116th St. | Lettuce |
| 42 | Let's Stay Together | Night Owls |
| 43 | Do You | Dumpstaphunk |
| 44 | Fire Eater | The White Blinds |
| 45 | Arizona to Georgia (feat. Jeff Franca) | Euforquestra |
| 46 | Hands on the Wheel | Euforquestra |
| 47 | Sing a Simple Song | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 48 | Wyatt Earp's Tale | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 49 | Behind Em | Mingo Fishtrap |
| 50 | Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine | James Brown |
| 51 | Hung Up on My Baby | El Michels Affair |
| 52 | Funky Drummer | James Brown |
| 53 | Get on the Good Foot | James Brown |
| 54 | People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul | James Brown |
| 55 | Nasty Gal | Betty Davis |
| 56 | City of the Body Bag | Mestizo Beat |
| 57 | Act Like You Know | Petaluma |
| 58 | All About the Views | 2Gentlemen |
| 59 | Knockin' at My Door | Jacob Larson Band |
| 60 | It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World | James Brown |
| 61 | School Girl Crush | Night Owls |
| 62 | The Way It Goes | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 63 | Please Please Please | James Brown |
| 64 | The Payback | James Brown |
| 65 | My Thang | James Brown |
| 66 | Tell Me What I Did Wrong | James Brown |
| 67 | It's Too Funky in Here | James Brown |
| 68 | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 69 | Papa Don't Take No Mess | James Brown |
| 70 | Let Me in | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 71 | Money Talks | Neville Jacobs |
| 72 | Dance for Me Mama | Neville Jacobs |
| 73 | Rev. Mccarty's Bbq Shack | Mingo Fishtrap |
| 74 | Aquelle Esquina | The Motet |
| 75 | Hot Pants, Parts 1 & 2 | James Brown |
| 76 | Road Funk | Euforquestra |
| 77 | Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved | James Brown |
| 78 | Some Things Are Not Known | Euforquestra |
| 79 | Instant Coffee | Euforquestra |
| 80 | Backwash | Dumpstaphunk |
| 81 | Finger Poppin' Time | Hank Ballard |
| 82 | Dance to the Music (7" Version) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 83 | My Place, My Time | Bobby Oroza |
| 84 | Living in the Glow | Turkuaz |
| 85 | Open Up Your Head | Turkuaz |
| 86 | Fire | Euforquestra |
| 87 | Glamour Flows | Martha Wash |
| 88 | North Carolina | Les McCann |
| 89 | Dhuaan (feat. Piya Malik) | El Michels Affair |
| 90 | Creation | El Michels Affair |
| 91 | Way That It Goes | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 92 | 123 | The Motet |
| 93 | I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me), Pt. 1 | James Brown |
| 94 | Dance to the Music | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 95 | Devil's Den | James Brown |
| 96 | Grits | James Brown |
| 97 | It's a Man's World | James Brown |
| 98 | I Got the Feelin' | James Brown |
| 99 | I Got a Bag of My Own | James Brown |
| 100 | Funky President (People It's Bad) | James Brown |
| 101 | Know It Too Well | The Motet |
| 102 | Traffic | Kerbside Collection |
| 103 | I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door I'll Get It Myself) | James Brown |
| 104 | Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants) | James Brown |
| 105 | I Got You | James Brown |
| 106 | My Dynamite | Lettuce |
| 107 | Afro Disco Beat | The Motet |
| 108 | Stone to the Bone | James Brown |
| 109 | Night Train | James Brown |
| 110 | There It is | James Brown |
| 111 | Slinky | Brownout |
| 112 | (You Caught Me) Smilin' (Single Version) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 113 | Spaced Cowboy | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 114 | Out of Sight | James Brown |
| 115 | Mother Popcorn, Pt. 1 | James Brown |
| 116 | Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud | James Brown |
| 117 | I'll Go Crazy | James Brown |
| 118 | Ain't That a Groove | James Brown |
| 119 | Get It Together | James Brown |
| 120 | I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself) | James Brown |
| 121 | Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing | James Brown |
| 122 | Ransome | Lettuce |
| 123 | Soul Power | James Brown |
| 124 | If You Want Me to Stay | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 125 | Tumbling | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 126 | Wasted | Neville Jacobs |
| 127 | Makeup of a Fool (feat. Aaron Neville) | Neville Jacobs |
| 128 | Underdog (Album Version) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 129 | This Love Pt. 1 | Bobby Oroza |
| 130 | If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up | Betty Davis |
| 131 | Ooh Yeah | Betty Davis |
| 132 | Take Me Dancing (feat. Kim Dawson) | Euforquestra |
| 133 | There's a Break in the Road (feat. Afrodyete) | Night Owls |
| 134 | Stand Tall | The Olympians |
| 135 | Lizard Brain | Mestizo Beat |
| 136 | Summoning the Monkey God (45 Edit) | The Sorcerers |
| 137 | Cruisin to the Park | Durand Jones & The Indications |
| 138 | Blinded | The White Blinds |
| 139 | Walkin Up the Road | Betty Davis |
| 140 | Moksha | Lettuce |
| 141 | Itchy Boo | Dumpstaphunk |
| 142 | Dumpstamental | Dumpstaphunk |
| 143 | More Mess on My Thing | The Poets Of Rhythm |
| 144 | Maraka | Black Market Brass |
| 145 | Justice 2020 (feat. Trombone Shorty & Chali 2na) | Dumpstaphunk |
| 146 | Subterranean Homesick Blues | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 147 | You Got to Be a Man (feat. Sy Smith) | Night Owls |
| 148 | Aht Uh Mi Hed (feat. John Arthur Bigham) | Night Owls |
| 149 | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (single Master) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 150 | Sunday Morning Coming Down | Hank Ballard |
| 151 | On the Up (S.K.A.) | New Mastersounds |
| 152 | Bring It Up | James Brown |
| 153 | Sing a Simple Song (single Master) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 154 | Give It Up Turn It Loose | James Brown |
| 155 | Left Behind | Mestizo Beat |
| 156 | Smoked | El Michels Affair |
| 157 | I Got Love (feat. Cold Diamond & Mink) | Bobby Oroza |
| 158 | Let's Stay Together - Version | Night Owls |
| 159 | Drinks by the Sea | The Mauskovic Dance Band |
| 160 | I Just Can't Stop | Cold Diamond & Mink |
| 161 | Post Mortem | Cameo |
| 162 | Push | The Motet |
| 163 | Got It Figured out | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 164 | Bootsy's Play-Cation (feat. the Rubber Band) | Bootsy Collins |
| 165 | Dedicated to the Press | Betty Davis |
| 166 | If You Want Me to Stay (single Master) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 167 | Whisper to Me (Original Mix) | E. Live |
| 168 | Intro to Chango | Euforquestra |
| 169 | Momo Lolo | Euforquestra |
| 170 | Cause a Reaction | Euforquestra |
| 171 | It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World (Single Version) | James Brown |
| 172 | Take the Ride | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 173 | Piece of Mine | Kyle Hollingsworth |
| 174 | Funktown Nights (Original Mix) | E. Live |
| 175 | It's a Man's Man's Man's World | James Brown |
| 176 | Word Up! (Single Edit) | Cameo |
| 177 | I Got the Feelin' - Single Version | James Brown |
| 178 | Super Bad, Super Slick | James Brown |
| 179 | In the Middle (Part1)-In the Middle(Part2) | James Brown |
| 180 | C'est Quoi, C'est Quoi | Bosq |
| 181 | Everybody is a Star (single Master) | Sly & The Family Stone |
| 182 | Black River Crisis | The Pulsations |
| 183 | Breathe Deeper | The Motet |
| 184 | Satisfied | Euforquestra |
| 185 | Nac Nac | The Bombillas |
| 186 | Make It Funky, Parts 1, 2, 3 & 4 | James Brown |
| 187 | Take 'Em Down | Turkuaz |
| 188 | Bodyheat (Pt. 1) | James Brown |
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