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	Hear My Dear	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
2	No More Lies	Thundercat	Soul
3	Medal	Emily King	Soul
4	Playing with My Emotions	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
5	Contact	Kelela	Soul
6	That's All I Wanted from You	Jalen Ngonda	R&B
7	Not Gonna Get Me	Alex Lucero and The Live Again Band	Soul
8	Tiny Garden (feat. Duendita)	Jamila Woods	R&B
9	Hard to Be a Human	Bettye LaVette	R&B
10	Lord Have Mercy	Durand Jones & The Indications	Soul
11	Muthaship	Danny Gatton	R&B
12	Congo Square	Sonny Landreth	R&B
13	Quiet Village	Danny Gatton	R&B
14	Fandingus	Danny Gatton	R&B
15	I Am	Laura Rain and the Caesars	Soul
16	See It Through	Durand Jones & The Indications	R&B
17	TRY (Live)	Madison McFerrin	Soul
18	I'm Ready	Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock	R&B
19	Man on Fire	Earl St. Clair	R&B
20	Looking for a Love	The J. Geils Band	R&B
21	Crime	Kalu & The Electric Joint	Soul
22	Eleanor Rigby	Aretha Franklin	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	That's Where It's at	The California Honeydrops	Soul
29	Think	Aretha Franklin	Soul
30	Why I Sing the Blues	Aretha Franklin	Soul
31	Respect	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	Another Day	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
36	Without a Heart	Lee Fields	Soul
37	Friends (feat. Ty Dolla $Ign)	Monica	Neo-Soul
38	If You Don't Want My Love	Jalen Ngonda	R&B
39	Moon Rock	Mike Clark and The Sugar Sounds	R&B
40	Blinding Lights	The Weeknd	Soul
41	I Say a Little Prayer	Aretha Franklin	Soul
42	Ain't Too Proud to Beg	The Temptations	Motown
43	Arizona to Georgia	Euforquestra	Funk
44	Butterfly	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	R&B
45	D'Gary	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
46	Let It Be You	Ali McGuirk	R&B
47	On the Run	Kelela	Soul
48	Raise Your Mind	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
49	Bring It on Home to Me	Sam Cooke	Soul
50	My Peace (feat. Mr. Talkbox)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
51	On My Way (feat. El DeBarge)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
52	Day Tripper	Otis Redding	R&B
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	Won't Be Long	Aretha Franklin	R&B
60	Here with Me (feat. Anderson .Paak)	Mary J. Blige	Soul
61	Baby I Need Your Loving	Four Tops	Motown
62	Superstition	Stevie Wonder	Funk
63	Show Me the Way	Euforquestra	Funk
64	The Weight	Aretha Franklin	Soul
65	Crazy Love	Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal	R&B
66	It's My Time	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
67	100 Days, 100 Nights	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Soul
68	I Can Fly	Laura Rain and the Caesars	Soul
69	Frim Fram Sauce	Paul Carrack	Disco
70	Shou Shou Do	Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal	R&B
71	Use Me	Bill Withers	Soul
72	Best of My Love	The Emotions	R&B
73	Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)	The Temptations	Motown
74	Medicine	Queen Naija	R&B
75	Karma	Queen Naija	R&B
76	I Want You Around	Snoh Aalegra	R&B
77	Out of Time	The Weeknd	R&B
78	Hurt Me So Good	Jazmine Sullivan	R&B
79	You're the One	Leela James	Soul
80	In Your Eyes	Snoh Aalegra	Soul
81	Good Morning Gorgeous	Mary J. Blige	Soul
82	Hate Our Love	Queen Naija	Soul
83	Helmet	Steve Lacy	Soul
84	When You're Lonely	The Shindellas	Neo-Soul
85	Cafe (feat. Wale)	Stokley	Neo-Soul
86	Please Don't Walk Away	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
87	Running (feat. John Legend, Slick Rick & VERSE)	J. Ivy	R&B
88	Learn You a Lesson (feat. PJ Morton, Sunni Patterson & Tarrey Torae)	J. Ivy	R&B
89	Pass the Plate (feat. Musiq Soulchild & Ledisi)	J. Ivy	R&B
90	Be Like Water (feat. Stevie Wonder & Nas)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
91	Still Believe (feat. Jill Scott & Alex Isley)	PJ Morton	Neo-Soul
92	Save Your Tears for Someone New	Lee Fields	R&B
93	Video	India.Arie	Soul
94	The Ever Watchful Eye	Turkuaz	Funk
95	Stay Gone	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
96	I'll Be Around	The Spinners	Soul
97	When You Love Somebody	Leela James	Soul
98	Maybe Your Baby	Stevie Wonder	R&B
99	Mess About It (feat. Ray Parker Jr. & Jon Batiste)	Bettye LaVette	R&B
100	Runnin' (To Get to Your Love)	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
101	Greatest Place on Earth	Ivan Neville	Disco
102	Danger	The Motet	Funk
103	My Girl	The Temptations	Motown
104	Chain of Fools	Aretha Franklin	Soul
105	Born with the Blues	The Movers & Shakers	R&B
106	Little Bit of Fun	Pat Colwell & the Soul Sensations	Motown
107	Forever	Lee Fields	Soul
108	Rock Steady	Aretha Franklin	Soul
109	Thief	Little Simz	R&B
110	Promises	India.Arie	Soul
111	Soul Sweet Song	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
112	Somehow	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
113	Innocence	Tomar and the Fcs	Soul
114	Try a Little Tenderness	Otis Redding	R&B
115	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Marvin Gaye	R&B
116	Feels So Good	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	R&B
117	Yes We Will	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
118	Move the Earth	Euforquestra	Funk
119	Played a Fool by You	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
120	Your Face Before My Eyes	Lee Fields	R&B
121	Whacha Gonna Bring	The Motet	Funk
122	Subterranean Homesick Blues	Kyle Hollingsworth	Funk
123	Do Right Woman, Do Right Man	Aretha Franklin	Soul
124	Shiny & New	Mayer Hawthorne	R&B
125	Doesn't Make Sense	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
126	Crying Water	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
127	You Gotta Move	Sam Cooke	Soul
128	Ooh Na Nay	Cha Wa	Soul
129	Rumors	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Neo-Soul
130	You Send Me	Sam Cooke	Soul
131	Working on Me	The Allergies	Soul
132	Warm Me Up	Mike Clark and The Sugar Sounds	R&B
133	Hung Up on My Baby	El Michels Affair	Funk
134	Let the Good Times Roll (Live)	Ray Charles	R&B
135	Respect	Otis Redding	Soul
136	Knock on Wood	Otis Redding	Soul
137	I Want You	Durand Jones & The Indications	R&B
138	Hurt	Arlo Parks	R&B
139	(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman	Aretha Franklin	Soul
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	I'll Be Doggone	Marvin Gaye	R&B
151	Damn!	The Motet	Funk
152	Boomerang (feat. Justin Johnson)	Bootsy Collins	Funk
153	See Through Me (feat. Pedrito Martinez)	Bettye LaVette	Soul
154	Night Walker	Ghost Funk Orchestra	R&B
155	City of the Body Bag	Mestizo Beat	Funk
156	Don't Get Me Started (feat. Steve Winwood)	Bettye LaVette	R&B
157	Look in My Eyes	Tower of Power	R&B
158	Twistin' the Night Away	Sam Cooke	Soul
159	Shelter	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
160	The Story of You and I	Tower of Power	R&B
161	Better Broken	Devon Gilfillian	R&B
162	One Night of the Week	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
163	At Last	Kaz Hawkins	Soul
164	Papa Was a Rollin' Stone	The Temptations	R&B
165	Move on Baby	The Allergies	Soul
166	Last Night in the Rain	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
167	I Need You	Jon Batiste	Soul
168	You'll See	Cass Clayton Band	R&B
169	Let's Go Get Stoned	Ray Charles	R&B
170	Tell the Truth	Jon Batiste	Soul
171	Mary Ann	Ray Charles	R&B
172	Day by Day	The Brand New Heavies	Neo-Soul
173	Cloak and Dagger	The Motet	Funk
174	Do It with Soul	Tower of Power	R&B
175	The Payback	James Brown	Funk
176	I'm Gonna Give You Respect	Marvin Gaye	Motown
177	Bridge of Love	Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints	Soul
178	Take 'Em Down	Turkuaz	Funk
179	Just Ain't Gonna Work out	Mayer Hawthorne	R&B
180	Chances	Monophonics	Soul
181	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying	Paul Carrack	Disco
182	Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)	Otis Redding	Soul
183	The Truth	The Motet	Funk
184	Brain Fog	Ghost Funk Orchestra	R&B
185	Big Chief	Dr. John	R&B
186	Stand for Something	Ivan Neville	Soul
187	Heat Lightning	St. Paul & The Broken Bones	R&B
188	My Heart's in Louisiana	Nelson Blanchard	R&B
189	Spirit in the Dark	Aretha Franklin	Soul
190	Hold That Line	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Soul
191	Breakfast Can Wait	Prince	R&B
192	Freedom	Jon Batiste	Soul
193	Get Ready	The Temptations	Motown
194	You Haven't Done Nothin'	Stevie Wonder	R&B
195	Portra 400	Arlo Parks	R&B
196	Uptight (Everything's Alright)	Stevie Wonder	R&B
197	Doin' That Thing to Me	Chic	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