The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Made Up Mind | Bonnie Raitt |
| 2 | Face Down in the Moment | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 3 | Still Looking for Something | Jackson Browne |
| 4 | Ramona | The Coffis Brothers |
| 5 | How High | The Record Company |
| 6 | I Love This Life | Bob Schneider |
| 7 | Honeysuckle Blue (feat. Sadler Vaden) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 8 | Never Leave You | The Record Company |
| 9 | The Sea | Sierra Ferrell |
| 10 | A Man Without a Name | Colin Hay |
| 11 | Picking Up Tears | Shinyribs |
| 12 | Son of a Sinner | Jelly Roll |
| 13 | Can O' Pop | Steve Poltz |
| 14 | Harness the Wind | Calexico |
| 15 | Dreamland | Amos Lee |
| 16 | Sweetening | Shinyribs |
| 17 | Not Your Little Girl | Abby Bryant & The Echoes |
| 18 | Did You Say Such a Thing | John Mellencamp |
| 19 | Should Have Seen It Coming | Billy Bragg |
| 20 | Wasted Days (feat. Bruce Springsteen) | John Mellencamp |
| 21 | Hard Working Man | Marcus King |
| 22 | Wasting My Time (feat. Eric Ambel) | Sarah Borges |
| 23 | Jaded Rust | Anthony Arya |
| 24 | Worry No More | Amos Lee |
| 25 | Love to Spare (feat. A.J. Croce) | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers |
| 26 | Roots and Wings | The Wallflowers |
| 27 | Survivor | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 28 | Driver 8 (feat. John Paul White) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 29 | Bethel Woods | Midlake |
| 30 | Bad Luck | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers |
| 31 | Tumbling Dice (feat. Nicki Bluhm) | The Band of Heathens |
| 32 | Just Around the Corner | JD McPherson |
| 33 | Easy Rider | Jim Keller |
| 34 | Sick of Me | Christian Lopez Band |
| 35 | I'm As Good As Gone (feat. Buddy Miller) | John Mayall |
| 36 | Letter to You | Bruce Springsteen |
| 37 | Lady Luck | Michael McArthur |
| 38 | Golden Hour | The Boxmasters |
| 39 | Work Until I Die | S.G. Goodman |
| 40 | Slow Sunday June (feat. the Sensational Barnes Brothers) | Luke Winslow-King |
| 41 | Litte Things | American Aquarium |
| 42 | Livin' for the Ones | Bonnie Raitt |
| 43 | Apple of My Eye | Josh Rouse |
| 44 | To Rise You Gotta Fall | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers |
| 45 | Ghosts | Bruce Springsteen |
| 46 | El Mirador | Calexico |
| 47 | Five Years | Cowboy Junkies |
| 48 | Revenuer | Rod Picott |
| 49 | Friends (How to Do It) [feat. Oliver Wood] | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers |
| 50 | Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) | Bruce Springsteen |
| 51 | Inside Your Blue | Delta Generators |
| 52 | Calling on America | Martin Sexton |
| 53 | Sing on | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 54 | Waitin' for You to Blow | Bonnie Raitt |
| 55 | Good Morning Coffee | Seth Avett |
| 56 | When We Say Goodnight | Bonnie Raitt |
| 57 | Early Grave | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 58 | Castle on Irish Bayou | Andrew Duhon |
| 59 | Hold on | Martin Sexton |
| 60 | Rock and Roll Doctor (feat. James Petralli) | The Band of Heathens |
| 61 | Good Thing Going on | Scott Cooper |
| 62 | Blame It on Me | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 63 | Love Doesn't Come from the Barrel of a Gun | Chuck Prophet |
| 64 | The Sun's Coming | Bob Schneider |
| 65 | Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon |
| 66 | The Future | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 67 | I’m Getting Better (And I'm Feeling It Right Now) | The Record Company |
| 68 | Wide Open Horizon | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 69 | Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (feat. Ray Wylie Hubbard) | The Band of Heathens |
| 70 | So Much Fun | A.J. Croce |
| 71 | Ridin' with Lady Luck (feat. Walter Trout) | Eric Corne |
| 72 | Marwa Blues | George Harrison |
| 73 | Need to Know Basis | Ben Harper |
| 74 | All the Lilacs in Ohio | John Hiatt with The Jerry Douglas Band |
| 75 | Without the Medicine | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 76 | Nobody | The Nighthawks |
| 77 | See the Light | Amos Lee |
| 78 | Let the Rains Fall | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 79 | West Memphis | The Nighthawks |
| 80 | Gas Station Chicken | The Nighthawks |
| 81 | Don't Drop Me | Jeb Loy Nichols |
| 82 | It's Never Too Late to Call | Paul Thorn |
| 83 | Ain't That Lovin You | The Nighthawks |
| 84 | All My Love is Coming Back to Me | S.G. Goodman |
| 85 | A Sudden Place | Grant Lee Phillips |
| 86 | Love So Strong | Bonnie Raitt |
| 87 | Grocery Store Skeletons | Michael McArthur |
| 88 | Solid Ground | Davy Knowles |
| 89 | Marathon (f Stephanie Finch) | Chuck Prophet |
| 90 | Something's Got a Hold of My Heart | Bonnie Raitt |
| 91 | Fuss and Fight | The Nighthawks |
| 92 | We Need to Talk About It | Ben Harper |
| 93 | Get off the Stage | Chuck Prophet |
| 94 | Awake | The Record Company |
| 95 | Hold the Line on Horizon | Tim Flannery |
| 96 | Coming and Going | The Nighthawks |
| 97 | Never Giving Up | Jonah Tolchin |
| 98 | Bye Bye to You | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 99 | Certainty | Big Thief |
| 100 | Let It Fall | Jake La Botz |
| 101 | My Kind of Strange | Kelly Fitzgerald |
| 102 | Then You Might See | Calexico |
| 103 | One & the Same | Davy Knowles |
| 104 | Test of Time | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 105 | Town & Country | Loudon Wainwright III |
| 106 | Stick Around | Josh Rouse |
| 107 | When You Were | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 108 | Maps | Jana Pochop |
| 109 | Blame It on Me | Bonnie Raitt |
| 110 | Wish I Knew You | The Revivalists |
| 111 | I'm in Love | The Lone Bellow |
| 112 | Orders from the Blues | The Weber Brothers |
| 113 | Meet Me in the Bottom | Buffalo Nichols |
| 114 | Houseband | The Nighthawks |
| 115 | The Poet Game | Seth Avett |
| 116 | Take It or Leave It | The Rolling Stones |
| 117 | Georgia Women | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 118 | That Great Pacific Garbage Patch | Todd Snider |
| 119 | I Like It when It's Stormy | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 120 | Marathon | Chuck Prophet |
| 121 | Aint Going Home | The Record Company |
| 122 | Don't Ya Mess with Me | The Doobie Brothers |
| 123 | Ask Me Nice | The Nighthawks |
| 124 | I've Been There Too | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 125 | Learning to Fly | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
| 126 | Wild Horses | The Rolling Stones |
| 127 | Hell to Pay | Davy Knowles |
| 128 | Cant Live Here Anymore | Katy Guillen & the Girls |
| 129 | Fat Dad | Charlie Mars |
| 130 | No Matter What They Say | The Empty Pockets |
| 131 | Here Comes Love | Bonnie Raitt |
| 132 | Grab Some | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 133 | Deep Stays Down | Larkin Poe |
| 134 | Take You Back (The Iron Hoof Cattle Call) | Orville Peck |
| 135 | Sometimes Salvation (feat. Steve Gorman) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 136 | Make No Mistake | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 137 | Spud Infinity | Big Thief |
| 138 | Baby Got Gone | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| 139 | Human Touch | Bruce Springsteen |
| 140 | What if I | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 141 | You Are My Sunshine | Delta Generators |
| 142 | Back on the Road to You | Freedy Johnston |
| 143 | Where Did We Go Wrong | Ben Harper |
| 144 | One Headlight | The Wallflowers |
| 145 | Leaves Turn Brown | Luke Winslow-King |
| 146 | Take It Slow | The Nighthawks |
| 147 | Strike Gold | Larkin Poe |
| 148 | You Can't Always Get What You Want | The Rolling Stones |
| 149 | Freedom | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 150 | There's a Destruction on This Land | Jeffrey Foucault |
| 151 | I'll Come Running Back to You | The Nighthawks |
| 152 | Blood Harmony | Larkin Poe |
| 153 | Trying to Get over | The Commonheart |
| 154 | Gimme Shelter | The Rolling Stones |
| 155 | Diamonds on the Road | Erja Lyytinen |
| 156 | Reverse | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 157 | House of Sin | The Weeping Willows |
| 158 | Honey | The Lone Bellow |
| 159 | Off My Medication | Willie Nile |
| 160 | Call It a Day | Leon Creek |
| 161 | Money Train | Malcolm Holcombe |
| 162 | One Last Thing | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 163 | Good Day | Calling Cadence |
| 164 | Dirty T-Shirt | Rod Picott |
| 165 | Live As One | The Record Company |
| 166 | Someday Someone | Kelly Pardekooper |
| 167 | Simulation Swarm | Big Thief |
| 168 | Wouldn't Know You (feat. Eric Ambel & Keith Voegele) | Sarah Borges |
| 169 | The Dreamer | Jackson Browne |
| 170 | Dixie Chicken | Little Feat |
| 171 | Midnight Train to Georgia (feat. Brittney Spencer & John Paul White) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 172 | Shake and Pine | Drive-By Truckers |
| 173 | Wouldn't Know You | Sarah Borges |
| 174 | If It's Poison | Sarah Shook & the Disarmers |
| 175 | Laughing River | Seth Avett |
| 176 | Other Side of Goodbye | Matt Andersen |
| 177 | Independence Day | Lucy Kaplansky |
| 178 | I've Been Loving You Too Long | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 179 | Jeremiah | Sierra Ferrell |
| 180 | Little Piece of Me | Loudon Wainwright III |
| 181 | Kick the Blues | Larkin Poe |
| 182 | Nightmares | Gasoline Lollipops |
| 183 | Lord and Savior | Steve Poltz |
| 184 | Blood on the Tracks | Marcus King |
| 185 | Little Wars | B. Knox |
| 186 | It's a Man's, Man’s, Man’s World (feat. Brittney Spencer) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 187 | Down the Hall | Bonnie Raitt |
| 188 | Save Me from Myself | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 189 | Hideaway | John Mayall |
| 190 | Matilda Stomp (New Chemirocha Blues) | Noise Floor Delirium |
| 191 | Love Don’t | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats |
| 192 | Johnny Too Bad | The Nighthawks |
| 193 | Stand Up | The Revivalists |
| 194 | Rich White Honky Blues | Hank Williams, Jr. |
| 195 | Just Like That | Bonnie Raitt |
| 196 | Sing on (Radio Edit) | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 197 | Rosie | The String Cheese Incident |
| 198 | What is Success (Remastered Version) | Bonnie Raitt |
| 199 | Cross over | Jason Lee McKinney Band |
| 200 | Wheels Rolling | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers |
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