Top R&B Song Chart for the Year of 2023

The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Song Chart
for the Year of 2023

Rank	Song Title	Band/Artist Name	Sub Genre
1	Playing with My Emotions	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
2	Hear My Dear	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
3	No More Lies	Thundercat	Soul
4	Medal	Emily King	Soul
5	Contact	Kelela	Soul
6	That's All I Wanted from You	Jalen Ngonda	R&B
7	Come Back	Trombone Shorty	Neo-Soul
8	Not Gonna Get Me	Alex Lucero and The Live Again Band	Soul
9	Tiny Garden (feat. Duendita)	Jamila Woods	R&B
10	Hard to Be a Human	Bettye LaVette	R&B
11	Lord Have Mercy	Durand Jones & The Indications	Soul
12	Muthaship	Danny Gatton	R&B
13	Congo Square	Sonny Landreth	R&B
14	Elmira St. Boogie	Danny Gatton	R&B
15	Quiet Village	Danny Gatton	R&B
16	Fandingus	Danny Gatton	R&B
17	I Am	Laura Rain and the Caesars	Soul
18	See It Through	Durand Jones & The Indications	R&B
19	I'm Ready	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
20	Man on Fire	Earl St. Clair	R&B
21	Looking for a Love	The J. Geils Band	R&B
22	Crime	Kalu & The Electric Joint	Soul
23	Maybe They'll Take Your Picture	Liv Warfield	Soul
24	Funky Mama	Danny Gatton	R&B
25	Edge	Liv Warfield	Soul
26	In My Room	Danny Gatton	R&B
27	Two Jobs	Lee Fields	Soul
28	Eleanor Rigby	Aretha Franklin	Soul
29	That's Where It's at	The California Honeydrops	Soul
30	Think	Aretha Franklin	Soul
31	Why I Sing the Blues	Aretha Franklin	Soul
32	50 Foot Woman	Hannah Williams	Funk
33	One Tribe	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
34	Let's Go Get Stoned	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
35	Respect	Aretha Franklin	Soul
36	Another Day	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
37	Without a Heart	Lee Fields	Soul
38	Friends (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)	Monica	Neo-Soul
39	If You Don't Want My Love	Jalen Ngonda	R&B
40	Moon Rock	Mike Clark and The Sugar Sounds	R&B
41	Blinding Lights	The Weeknd	Soul
42	I Say a Little Prayer	Aretha Franklin	Soul
43	Ain't Too Proud to Beg	The Temptations	Motown
44	Arizona to Georgia	Euforquestra	Funk
45	Butterfly	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	R&B
46	D'Gary	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
47	Let It Be You	Ali McGuirk	R&B
48	On the Run	Kelela	Soul
49	Raise Your Mind	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
50	Bring It on Home to Me	Sam Cooke	Soul
51	My Peace (feat. Mr. Talkbox)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
52	On My Way (feat. El DeBarge)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
53	Brownout	Ghost Funk Orchestra	R&B
54	What's Going on	Marvin Gaye	R&B
55	Big Chief	Professor Longhair	R&B
56	Time is Tight	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
57	I Should Have Let You Be	Lee Fields	Soul
58	Sea Star	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	Soul
59	Here with Me (feat. Anderson .Paak)	Mary J. Blige	Soul
60	Look It Here	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	Soul
61	Baby I Need Your Loving	Four Tops	Motown
62	I Need Never Get Old	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	Soul
63	Superstition	Stevie Wonder	Funk
64	Show Me the Way	Euforquestra	Funk
65	The Weight	Aretha Franklin	Soul
66	Crazy Love	Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal	R&B
67	It's My Time	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
68	100 Days, 100 Nights	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Soul
69	I Can Fly	Laura Rain and the Caesars	Soul
70	Frim Fram Sauce	Paul Carrack	Disco
71	Won't Be Long	Aretha Franklin	R&B
72	Shou Shou Do	Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal	R&B
73	Use Me	Bill Withers	Soul
74	Best of My Love	The Emotions	R&B
75	Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)	The Temptations	Motown
76	Medicine	Queen Naija	R&B
77	Karma	Queen Naija	R&B
78	I Want You Around	Snoh Aalegra	R&B
79	Out of Time	The Weeknd	R&B
80	Hurt Me So Good	Jazmine Sullivan	R&B
81	You're the One	Leela James	Soul
82	IN YOUR EYES	Snoh Aalegra	Soul
83	Good Morning Gorgeous	Mary J. Blige	Soul
84	Hate Our Love	Queen Naija	Soul
85	Helmet	Steve Lacy	Soul
86	When You're Lonely	The Shindellas	Neo-Soul
87	Cafe (feat. Wale)	Stokley	Neo-Soul
88	Please Don't Walk Away	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
89	Running (feat. John Legend, Slick Rick & VERSE)	J. Ivy	R&B
90	Learn You a Lesson (feat. PJ Morton, Sunni Patterson & Tarrey Torae)	J. Ivy	R&B
91	Pass the Plate (feat. Musiq Soulchild & Ledisi)	J. Ivy	R&B
92	Be Like Water (feat. Stevie Wonder & Nas)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
93	Still Believe (feat. Jill Scott & Alex Isley)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
94	Save Your Tears for Someone New	Lee Fields	R&B
95	Video	India.Arie	Soul
96	The Ever Watchful Eye	Turkuaz	Funk
97	Stay Gone	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
98	I'll Be Around	The Spinners	Soul
99	When You Love Somebody	Leela James	Soul
100	Maybe Your Baby	Stevie Wonder	R&B
101	Mess About It (feat. Ray Parker Jr. & Jon Batiste)	Bettye LaVette	R&B
102	Runnin' (To Get to Your Love)	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
103	Greatest Place on Earth	Ivan Neville	Disco
104	Danger	The Motet	Funk
105	My Girl	The Temptations	Motown
106	Chain of Fools	Aretha Franklin	Soul
107	Born with the Blues	The Movers & Shakers	R&B
108	Little Bit of Fun	Pat Colwell & the Soul Sensations	Motown
109	Dr. Feelgood (Love is Serious Business)	Aretha Franklin	Soul
110	Rock Steady	Aretha Franklin	Soul
111	Forever	Lee Fields	Soul
112	Promises	India.Arie	Soul
113	Soul Sweet Song	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
114	Somehow	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
115	Innocence	Tomar and the Fcs	Soul
116	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	R&B
117	Feels So Good	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	R&B
118	Yes We Will	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
119	Move the Earth	Euforquestra	Funk
120	Played a Fool by You	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
121	Try a Little Tenderness	Otis Redding	R&B
122	Your Face Before My Eyes	Lee Fields	R&B
123	Whacha Gonna Bring	The Motet	Funk
124	Howling at Nothing	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	Soul
125	Subterranean Homesick Blues	Kyle Hollingsworth	Funk
126	Shiny & New	Mayer Hawthorne	R&B
127	Doesn't Make Sense	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
128	Crying Water	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
129	You Gotta Move	Sam Cooke	Soul
130	Ooh Na Nay	Cha Wa	Soul
131	Rumors	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Neo-Soul
132	You Send Me	Sam Cooke	Soul
133	Working on Me	The Allergies	Soul
134	Hung Up on My Baby	El Michels Affair	Funk
135	Let the Good Times Roll (Live)	Ray Charles	R&B
136	Knock on Wood	Otis Redding	Soul
137	Respect	Otis Redding	Soul
138	I Want You	Durand Jones & The Indications	R&B
139	Hurt	Arlo Parks	R&B
140	In My Head	India.Arie	Soul
141	Shakey Ground	The Temptations	Motown
142	Boogie on Reggae Woman	Stevie Wonder	R&B
143	Fool No More	The Motet	Funk
144	Psychedelic Shack	The Temptations	Motown
145	Moaning Blues	Hazel Miller	Soul
146	Nobody's Baby	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Soul
147	Feels Like Right	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
148	Raven	Kelela	Soul
149	I Was Made to Love Her	Stevie Wonder	R&B
150	Warm Me Up	Mike Clark and The Sugar Sounds	R&B
151	I'll Be Doggone	Marvin Gaye	R&B
152	Damn!	The Motet	Funk
153	Boomerang (feat. Justin Johnson)	Bootsy Collins	Funk
154	See Through Me (feat. Pedrito Martinez)	Bettye LaVette	Soul
155	Night Walker	Ghost Funk Orchestra	R&B
156	City of the Body Bag	Mestizo Beat	Funk
157	Don't Get Me Started (feat. Steve Winwood)	Bettye LaVette	R&B
158	Look in My Eyes	Tower of Power	R&B
159	Twistin' the Night Away	Sam Cooke	Soul
160	Shelter	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
161	The Story of You and I	Tower of Power	R&B
162	Let's Go Get Stoned	Ray Charles	R&B
163	Better Broken	Devon Gilfillian	R&B
164	One Night of the Week	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
165	At Last	Kaz Hawkins	Soul
166	Move on Baby	The Allergies	Soul
167	Last Night in the Rain	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
168	I NEED YOU	Jon Batiste	Soul
169	TELL the TRUTH	Jon Batiste	Soul
170	(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman	Aretha Franklin	Soul
171	Day by Day	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
172	Cloak and Dagger	The Motet	Funk
173	Do It with Soul	Tower of Power	R&B
174	The Payback	James Brown	Funk
175	I'm Gonna Give You Respect	Marvin Gaye	Motown
176	Bridge of Love	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
177	Take 'Em Down	Turkuaz	Funk
178	Just Ain't Gonna Work out	Mayer Hawthorne	R&B
179	Chances	Monophonics	Soul
180	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying	Paul Carrack	Disco
181	Into the Mystic	Van Morrison	R&B
182	The Truth	The Motet	Funk
183	Brain Fog	Ghost Funk Orchestra	R&B
184	Big Chief	Dr. John	R&B
185	Stand for Something	Ivan Neville	Soul
186	Heat Lightning	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	R&B
187	My Heart's in Louisiana	Nelson Blanchard	R&B
188	Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)	Otis Redding	Soul
189	Spirit in the Dark	Aretha Franklin	Soul
190	Hold That Line	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
191	Lifted	Trombone Shorty	Neo-Soul
192	BREAKFAST CAN WAIT	Prince	R&B
193	FREEDOM	Jon Batiste	Soul
194	Get Ready	The Temptations	Motown
195	You Haven't Done Nothin'	Stevie Wonder	R&B
196	Portra 400	Arlo Parks	R&B
197	Uptight (Everything's Alright)	Stevie Wonder	R&B
198	Doin' That Thing to Me	Chic	Soul
199	You'll See	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
200	Mary Ann	Ray Charles	R&B

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The Roots Music Report's Top R&B Song Chart for the Year of 2023

The Roots Music Report's
Top R&B Song Chart
for the Year of 2023