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	Medal	Emily King	Soul
4	Contact	Kelela	Soul
5	That's All I Wanted from You	Jalen Ngonda	R&B
6	Come Back	Trombone Shorty	Neo-Soul
7	Not Gonna Get Me	Alex Lucero and The Live Again Band	Soul
8	Tiny Garden (feat. Duendita)	Jamila Woods	R&B
9	Digits (feat. Magna Carda)	Grace Sorensen	R&B
10	Hard to Be a Human	Bettye LaVette	R&B
11	Lord Have Mercy	Durand Jones	Soul
12	Congo Square	Sonny Landreth	R&B
13	Like, Maybe	Kalu & The Electric Joint	Soul
14	I Am	Laura Rain and the Caesars	Soul
15	See It Through	Durand Jones	R&B
16	Muthaship	Danny Gatton	R&B
17	Elmira St. Boogie	Danny Gatton	R&B
18	Quiet Village	Danny Gatton	R&B
19	Fandingus	Danny Gatton	R&B
20	I'm Ready	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
21	Man on Fire	Earl St. Clair	R&B
22	Looking for a Love	The J. Geils Band	R&B
23	Crime	Kalu & The Electric Joint	Soul
24	Where I Go (feat. H.E.R.)	NxWorries	Neo-Soul
25	Maybe They'll Take Your Picture	Liv Warfield	Soul
26	Edge	Liv Warfield	Soul
27	That's Where It's at	The California Honeydrops	Soul
28	50 Foot Woman	Hannah Williams	Funk
29	Eleanor Rigby	Aretha Franklin	Soul
30	Two Jobs	Lee Fields	Soul
31	Friends (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)	Monica	Neo-Soul
32	Moon Rock	Mike Clark and The Sugar Sounds	R&B
33	Why I Sing the Blues	Aretha Franklin	Soul
34	If You Don't Want My Love	Jalen Ngonda	R&B
35	One Tribe	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
36	Think	Aretha Franklin	Soul
37	Big Chief	Professor Longhair	R&B
38	I Can Fly	Laura Rain and the Caesars	Soul
39	Frim Fram Sauce	Paul Carrack	Disco
40	Won't Be Long	Aretha Franklin	R&B
41	Raise Your Mind	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
42	Respect	Aretha Franklin	Soul
43	Without a Heart	Lee Fields	Soul
44	Butterfly	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	R&B
45	Video	India.Arie	Soul
46	Crazy Love	Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal	R&B
47	Another Day	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
48	Time is Tight	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
49	Sea Star	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	Soul
50	I Say a Little Prayer	Aretha Franklin	Soul
51	Shou Shou Do	Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal	R&B
52	Arizona to Georgia	Euforquestra	Funk
53	Best of My Love	The Emotions	R&B
54	I Should Have Let You Be	Lee Fields	Soul
55	Superstition	Stevie Wonder	Funk
56	Warm Me Up	Mike Clark and The Sugar Sounds	R&B
57	Blinding Lights	The Weeknd	Soul
58	Soul Sweet Song	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
59	Come Around and Love Me	Jalen Ngonda	R&B
60	Greatest Place on Earth	Ivan Neville	Disco
61	Try a Little Tenderness	Otis Redding	R&B
62	Chances	Monophonics	Soul
63	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying	Paul Carrack	Disco
64	Backseat Lover	The Commotions	Funk
65	At Last	Kaz Hawkins	Soul
66	Night Walker	Ghost Funk Orchestra	R&B
67	My Heart's in Louisiana	Nelson Blanchard	R&B
68	Brownout	Ghost Funk Orchestra	R&B
69	Look It Here	Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	Soul
70	Crying Water	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
71	Yes We Will	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
72	Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)	The Temptations	Motown
73	Bring It on Home to Me	Sam Cooke	Soul
74	Baby I Need Your Loving	Four Tops	Motown
75	What's Going on	Marvin Gaye	R&B
76	100 Days, 100 Nights	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Soul
77	Forever	Lee Fields	Soul
78	Shiny & New	Mayer Hawthorne	R&B
79	Inspiration Information	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Soul
80	Don't Get Me Started (feat. Steve Winwood)	Bettye LaVette	R&B
81	I Can't Let This Slip Away	Hannah Williams	Funk
82	Move the Earth	Euforquestra	Funk
83	Stay Gone	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
84	Move on Baby	The Allergies	Soul
85	Last Night in the Rain	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
86	City of the Body Bag	Mestizo Beat	Funk
87	Show Me the Way	Euforquestra	Funk
88	Doesn't Make Sense	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
89	Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)	Otis Redding	Soul
90	Knock on Wood	Otis Redding	Soul
91	Respect	Otis Redding	Soul
92	It's My Time	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
93	My Peace (feat. Mr. Talkbox)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
94	On My Way (feat. El DeBarge)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
95	I Want You	Durand Jones	R&B
96	Ain't Too Proud to Beg	The Temptations	Motown
97	Runnin' (To Get to Your Love)	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
98	Let's Go Get Stoned	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
99	Lady Love	Thee Sacred Souls	Neo-Soul
100	Mess About It (feat. Ray Parker Jr. & Jon Batiste)	Bettye LaVette	R&B
101	Somehow	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
102	CLOUDS	Prince	R&B
103	I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know	Marc Broussard	Soul
104	Ooh Carla, Ooh Otis	Otis Redding	Soul
105	Shelter	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
106	Rumors	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Neo-Soul
107	What More Can I Say	NxWorries	Neo-Soul
108	Welcome 2 America	Prince	Soul
109	Runnin' Away (Single Version)	Sly & The Family Stone	Funk
110	Spaced Cowboy	Sly & The Family Stone	Funk
111	South Carolina	The Poets Of Rhythm	Funk
112	Your Face Before My Eyes	Lee Fields	R&B
113	Focus on Me (Unplugged)	Adiel Mitchell	Soul
114	Knockin' at My Door	Jacob Larson Band	Funk
115	Border Song (Holy Moses)	Aretha Franklin	Soul
116	Subterranean Homesick Blues	Kyle Hollingsworth	Funk
117	Save Your Tears for Someone New	Lee Fields	R&B
118	Jelly Bread	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
119	What Did I Do	Lee Fields	Disco
120	Use Me	Bill Withers	Soul
121	My Girl	The Temptations	Motown
122	Sadie	Durand Jones	Soul
123	The Thrill is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)	Aretha Franklin	Soul
124	Part of Me	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
125	Chain of Fools	Aretha Franklin	Soul
126	Get Ready	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
127	Failed Christian	Nick Lowe	R&B
128	Man That I've Become	Nick Lowe	R&B
129	Got to Get You off My Mind	Paul Carrack	Disco
130	The Weight	Aretha Franklin	Soul
131	Higher	Euforquestra	Funk
132	Save Me	Aretha Franklin	Soul
133	Morrison	Lauren Frihauf & Ben Suyat	Soul
134	Take Me As I Am	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
135	Party for One	Mamas Gun	R&B
136	How Do I Get There?	Don Bryant	Soul
137	Innocence	Tomar and the Fcs	Soul
138	Papa Was a Rollin' Stone	The Temptations	R&B
139	Maybe Your Baby	Stevie Wonder	R&B
140	Uptight (Everything's Alright)	Stevie Wonder	R&B
141	I Was Made to Love Her	Stevie Wonder	R&B
142	You Haven't Done Nothin'	Stevie Wonder	R&B
143	Boogie on Reggae Woman	Stevie Wonder	R&B
144	Let's Go Get Stoned	Ray Charles	R&B
145	Worth It	Amber Mark	R&B
146	Nobody's Baby	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Soul
147	You Gotta Move	Sam Cooke	Soul
148	Harmony	Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal	Soul
149	The Payback	James Brown	Funk
150	Lovers of Valdaro	Turkuaz	Funk
151	I'm Gonna Give You Respect	Marvin Gaye	Motown
152	What It Takes (feat. Lauren Daigle)	Trombone Shorty	Neo-Soul
153	Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand	Professor Longhair	R&B
154	Mercy	Bonnie Bishop	R&B
155	Groovin'	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
156	What I Owe	Teddy Grossman	R&B
157	Jet Black Cadillac	Mike Clark and The Sugar Sounds	R&B
158	Don't Play That Song (Live at Fillmore West)	Aretha Franklin	R&B
159	Dr. Feelgood (Love is Serious Business)	Aretha Franklin	Soul
160	Talk Back Mic	Marc Cohn	Soul
161	Reach out	Durand Jones & The Indications	Soul
162	Working on Me	The Allergies	Soul
163	The Last Dance	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	Soul
164	Sage Motel	Monophonics	Soul
165	Make It After All	Dumpstaphunk	Funk
166	Hip Hug Her	Booker T. & The M.G.'s	R&B
167	Just Give Me Your Time	Lee Fields	Soul
168	Rock Steady	Aretha Franklin	Soul
169	(What A) Wonderful World	Sam Cooke	Soul
170	Satisfied	Euforquestra	Funk
171	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	R&B
172	Into the Mystic	Van Morrison	R&B
173	Big Chief	Dr. John	R&B
174	Funky Mama	Danny Gatton	R&B
175	Nothing at All	The California Honeydrops	R&B
176	Heat Lightning	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	R&B
177	Feels So Good	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	R&B
178	Lovely Day	Bill Withers	Soul
179	Here with Me (feat. Anderson .Paak)	Mary J. Blige	Soul
180	See Through Me (feat. Pedrito Martinez)	Bettye LaVette	Soul
181	He Said / She Said	Acantha Lang	R&B
182	I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)	Stevie Wonder	R&B
183	Stranger to My Happiness	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Soul
184	Hello Stranger	Barbara Lewis	Soul
185	When You Love Somebody	Leela James	Soul
186	Celebration	Kool & The Gang	Soul
187	TELL the TRUTH	Jon Batiste	Soul
188	Get 2 Know	Liv Warfield	Soul
189	If You Want Me to Stay	Sly & The Family Stone	Funk
190	Future Lover	Thee Sacred Souls	Neo-Soul
191	I'll Be Around	The Spinners	Soul
192	Heaven is 10 Zillion Light Years Away	Stevie Wonder	R&B
193	The Ever Watchful Eye	Turkuaz	Funk
194	Movin'	Write Minded	R&B
195	It Ain't Fair	Aretha Franklin	Soul
196	Shine a Light (Live)	Hazel Miller	Soul
197	Lookin' for Another Pure Love	Stevie Wonder	R&B
198	The Unicorn	The California Honeydrops	R&B
199	How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Soul
200	Twistin' the Night Away	Sam Cooke	Soul

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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