The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Got You | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 2 | This Forgotten Town | The Jayhawks |
| 3 | Love is Love | Grace Potter |
| 4 | Orphans | Coldplay |
| 5 | Dawn | Fruition |
| 6 | The Good Life | Devon Gilfillian |
| 7 | Living in a Bubble | The Jayhawks |
| 8 | Dance Monkey (Stripped Back) | Tones and I |
| 9 | Texas Sun | Khruangbin |
| 10 | Never Say No | Henry Chadwick |
| 11 | Life in the City | The Lumineers |
| 12 | Trampoline (Stripped) | SHAED |
| 13 | Feel You | My Morning Jacket |
| 14 | Hell N Back | Bakar |
| 15 | Crazy Comes Easy | Jackie Greene |
| 16 | Shine a Little Light | The Black Keys |
| 17 | Bad Decisions | The Strokes |
| 18 | Uneventful Days | Beck |
| 19 | Treat You Better | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
| 20 | Circle the Drain | Soccer Mommy |
| 21 | Gloria | The Lumineers |
| 22 | Complainer | Cold War Kids |
| 23 | Vagabond | Steve Gunn |
| 24 | Wars | Of Monsters and Men |
| 25 | Didn't Pay the Bill | The Mother Hips |
| 26 | Colors | Black Pumas |
| 27 | Strangers | Mt. Joy |
| 28 | Strong Enough | Ray LaMontagne |
| 29 | Might Be Right | White Reaper |
| 30 | Honeybee | The Head and The Heart |
| 31 | Who Do You Think You're Talking To? | Dawes |
| 32 | Van Horn | Saint Motel |
| 33 | Outnumbered | Dermot Kennedy |
| 34 | Still Feel Like a Kid | Dawes |
| 35 | Stratospheric | Treble Makers |
| 36 | Anybody out There? | Sadler Vaden |
| 37 | Black Madonna | Cage the Elephant |
| 38 | The Let Go | Elle King |
| 39 | Lost in Yesterday | Tame Impala |
| 40 | On the Floor | Perfume Genius |
| 41 | I Wanna Be the One | Pete Yorn |
| 42 | Cynic | Noah Kahan |
| 43 | Date Nut Porridge | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 44 | Salt and the Sea | The Lumineers |
| 45 | Missed Connection | The Head and The Heart |
| 46 | Shangri-La | EOB |
| 47 | Almost (Sweet Music) | Hozier |
| 48 | It Wasn't Easy to Be Happy for You | The Lumineers |
| 49 | Stay High | Brittany Howard |
| 50 | Victory Parade | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 51 | Retrograde | Pearl Jam |
| 52 | The Steps | Haim |
| 53 | Holocene | Bon Iver |
| 54 | Ten Cent Pistol | The Black Keys |
| 55 | Death with Dignity | Sufjan Stevens |
| 56 | Drawn to the Blood | Sufjan Stevens |
| 57 | Timshel | Mumford & Sons |
| 58 | Such a Simple Thing | Ray LaMontagne |
| 59 | The Only Thing | Sufjan Stevens |
| 60 | Things Happen | Dawes |
| 61 | Faith | Sneaks |
| 62 | Best Days | Sadler Vaden |
| 63 | Fire | Black Pumas |
| 64 | Color My Life | Chicano Batman |
| 65 | Get Me to the Station | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 66 | Keep the Wolves Away | Uncle Lucius |
| 67 | Kyoto | Phoebe Bridgers |
| 68 | Taking It West | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 69 | Blind Leading the Blind | Mumford & Sons |
| 70 | Timeless | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 71 | It's Not Easy | Puss N Boots |
| 72 | All My Friends | The Revivalists |
| 73 | Cheap Regrets | The Districts |
| 74 | Dark Days | Local Natives |
| 75 | Do You Want to Go out Tonight | Sneaks |
| 76 | Making Do | Lake Street Dive |
| 77 | This I Know | Nané |
| 78 | Held Down | Laura Marling |
| 79 | Ready to Let Go | Cage the Elephant |
| 80 | Tale of the Vibe Rider | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 81 | SoulBQue (feat. Roosevelt Collier) | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 82 | Magic | Jordan Mackampa |
| 83 | Dressing America | Torres |
| 84 | I Am | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 85 | Your Love (Déjà Vu) | Glass Animals |
| 86 | Ferris Wheel | Sylvan Esso |
| 87 | Holy Ghost Fire | Larkin Poe |
| 88 | The Wire | Shovels & Rope |
| 89 | Oh Yeah! | Green Day |
| 90 | Go | The Black Keys |
| 91 | Lilacs | Waxahatchee |
| 92 | Start Small Think Big | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 93 | Capital Crimes | Andrew Bird |
| 94 | House of Glass | Cage the Elephant |
| 95 | Lo/Hi | The Black Keys |
| 96 | Here They Come | Hamilton Leithauser |
| 97 | Dance of the Clairvoyants | Pearl Jam |
| 98 | Fuzzybrain | Dayglow |
| 99 | Fever Pitch | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
| 100 | When Am I Gonna Lose You | Local Natives |
| 101 | The Slow Drag Under | Benjamin Booker |
| 102 | Black Lipstick | Chicano Batman |
| 103 | Plj | Lily Vakili Band |
| 104 | Unready | Gordi |
| 105 | Youth | Ásgeir |
| 106 | Where to Start | Bully |
| 107 | Shameika | Fiona Apple |
| 108 | Galleon Ship | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
| 109 | AUATC | Bon Iver |
| 110 | Hey Rose | Son Little |
| 111 | Don't Believe | The Psychedelic Furs |
| 112 | Hey Hey I | Other Lives |
| 113 | True Love | Dr. Dog |
| 114 | Water Me Down | Vagabon |
| 115 | Dance Dance | Cage the Elephant |
| 116 | Army of Friends | The Dunwells |
| 117 | Cherrybomb | Dan Auerbach |
| 118 | Quiet Lover | Lily Vakili Band |
| 119 | Baby | Brittany Howard |
| 120 | Help Me Stranger | The Raconteurs |
| 121 | PDLIF | Bon Iver |
| 122 | Garden Song | Phoebe Bridgers |
| 123 | Anew | Hollow Coves |
| 124 | GotItBad | St. Paul & The Broken Bones |
| 125 | I'm So Happy I Cry (feat. Tank and the Bangas & Tarriona 'Tank' Ball) | Fantastic Negrito |
| 126 | Hero | The Walk-a-Bout |
| 127 | Sing Along | Sturgill Simpson |
| 128 | Keep Diggin’ | Larkin Poe |
| 129 | Go Crazy (feat. Keb' Mo') | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 130 | Calm Down | Pete Yorn |
| 131 | Dreaming | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
| 132 | Violent Shiver | Benjamin Booker |
| 133 | Are We Alright Again | Eels |
| 134 | Go out Fighting | Dr. Dog |
| 135 | Failure | Frances Cone |
| 136 | Oh Boredom (Schmaltz City, USA) | Star Parks |
| 137 | Black Moon Rising | Black Pumas |
| 138 | Bikini | Caroline Rose |
| 139 | I Was Wrong | Bailen |
| 140 | Time (You and I) | Khruangbin |
| 141 | Little Bird (Radio Edit) | Mark Oblinger |
| 142 | Now That You're Gone | The Raconteurs |
| 143 | It's Called: Freefall | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
| 144 | Lucy | Soccer Mommy |
| 145 | Convex | St. Paul & The Broken Bones |
| 146 | Stand by My Girl | Dan Auerbach |
| 147 | Witness | Benjamin Booker |
| 148 | After the Rain | Dream Wife |
| 149 | Straight Shot | DeVotchKa |
| 150 | Gotta Get to Know Ya | Seratones |
| 151 | All of Our Yesterdays | Mac DeMarco |
| 152 | Trouble Don't Follow Me | Christopher Paul Stelling |
| 153 | Fortune | Laura Marling |
| 154 | Dizzy | Bedouine |
| 155 | Shake Your Hair | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 156 | Bottle It Up | Bailen |
| 157 | Dogtown Days | The Jayhawks |
| 158 | Desire (feat. Lucius) | Grace Potter |
| 159 | I'll Get by | Avi Kaplan |
| 160 | Diggin' Roots (feat. Ron Artis II) | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 161 | Church | Coldplay |
| 162 | Word Hard and Be Nice | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 163 | Angel Dream | Puss N Boots |
| 164 | Bright Horses | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds |
| 165 | Hollywood Zoo | Clare Means |
| 166 | Eagle Birds | The Black Keys |
| 167 | Remember to Breathe | Sturgill Simpson |
| 168 | Merle | Dead Ghosts |
| 169 | Man Leaves Town | Nick Waterhouse |
| 170 | Drinkin' Wine | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 171 | Over You | Seratones |
| 172 | The Adults Are Talking | The Strokes |
| 173 | Hide | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
| 174 | Fix Your Face | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 175 | Hang on | NEEDTOBREATHE |
| 176 | Devotion | Liza Anne |
| 177 | 4th of July | Cold War Kids |
| 178 | Little Victories | The Jayhawks |
| 179 | Post-war Cinematic Dead Man Blues | Chuck Prophet |
| 180 | Truth is Heavy | Benjamin Booker |
| 181 | Nicknames | Dayglow |
| 182 | Stay with Me | Margaret Glaspy |
| 183 | Typhoon | Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards |
| 184 | Can I Sit Next to You | Spoon |
| 185 | Rock City | Kings of Leon |
| 186 | King Frustration | Fantastic Negrito |
| 187 | Phase | Pinegrove |
| 188 | Roll Me Mama, Roll Me | Ray LaMontagne |
| 189 | Saw Lightning | Beck |
| 190 | No Exit | Tennis |
| 191 | Feel It Still | Portugal. The Man |
| 192 | Nothing More Than Spinning | Fruition |
| 193 | Bored and Razed | The Raconteurs |
| 194 | Chemical | Beck |
| 195 | Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile | The New Pornographers |
| 196 | I'm Shakin' | Jack White |
| 197 | Georgia | Brittany Howard |
| 198 | I Turned My Back on the Written Word | Generationals |
| 199 | Song for Winners | Nick Waterhouse |
| 200 | It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) | R.E.M. |
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