The Roots Music Report's
Top Alternative Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat Waves | Glass Animals |
| 2 | The Hardest Cut | Spoon |
| 3 | Looking at Long Days | The Mother Hips |
| 4 | Wild | Spoon |
| 5 | The Only Heartbreaker | Mitski |
| 6 | B-Side | Khruangbin |
| 7 | Write a List of Things to Look Forward to | Courtney Barnett |
| 8 | Brighter Day | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 9 | I Don't Live Here Anymore | The War on Drugs |
| 10 | Magnificent Hurt | Elvis Costello & The Imposters |
| 11 | Telepath | Manchester Orchestra |
| 12 | Love is Love | Grace Potter |
| 13 | Walking at a Downtown Pace | Parquet Courts |
| 14 | Love is Selfish | Jack White |
| 15 | Wicked Mind | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs |
| 16 | U&ME | Alt-J |
| 17 | Love Dies Young | Foo Fighters |
| 18 | My Most Beautiful Mistake | Elvis Costello & The Imposters |
| 19 | Chaise Longue | Wet Leg |
| 20 | Good Day for a Good Day | Michael Franti & Spearhead |
| 21 | Nobody's Stopping You Now | Lake Street Dive |
| 22 | Let Somebody Go | Coldplay |
| 23 | Time in Disguise | Kings of Leon |
| 24 | Elizabeth Taylor | Pete Yorn |
| 25 | Love Love Love | My Morning Jacket |
| 26 | We Are Between | Modest Mouse |
| 27 | Taking Me Back | Jack White |
| 28 | If I Don't Hear from You Tonight | Courtney Barnett |
| 29 | Here to Forever | Death Cab for Cutie |
| 30 | Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread | Destroyer |
| 31 | El Jardín | The Black Angels |
| 32 | Stabilise | Nilufer Yanya |
| 33 | The Sun Hasn't Left | Modest Mouse |
| 34 | Can't Stop the Rain | Neal Francis |
| 35 | Like Exploding Stones | Kurt Vile |
| 36 | All My Friends | The Revivalists |
| 37 | Weird Goodbyes (feat. Bon Iver) | The National |
| 38 | Good Night on Earth | Eels |
| 39 | Jackie Down the Line | Fontaines D.C. |
| 40 | Sunburn | Sylvan Esso |
| 41 | New Beginning | Automatic |
| 42 | Black Lipstick | Chicano Batman |
| 43 | Domino | Shovels & Rope |
| 44 | Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) | Arcade Fire |
| 45 | The Men Who Rule the World | Garbage |
| 46 | Saturdays | Broken Bells |
| 47 | Fractals | Beth Orton |
| 48 | Queen | Perfume Genius |
| 49 | The Juice | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 50 | Hypnotic | Dead Sara |
| 51 | Everything is Simple | Widowspeak |
| 52 | Empty Orchestra | Shearwater |
| 53 | Spitting off the Edge of the World (feat. Perfume Genius) | Yeah Yeah Yeahs |
| 54 | Godhead | Garbage |
| 55 | Fever Pitch | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
| 56 | Hands Up | Dead Sara |
| 57 | Unnecessary Drama | Belle & Sebastian |
| 58 | Better Run | Deap Vally |
| 59 | Royal Morning Blue | Damon Albarn |
| 60 | Galacticana | Strand of Oaks |
| 61 | Lucifer on the Sofa | Spoon |
| 62 | Sunshine | The Black Moods |
| 63 | High Horse (feat. KT Tunstall & Peaches) | Deap Vally |
| 64 | Down | St. Vincent |
| 65 | Colors | Black Pumas |
| 66 | Bad Love | Dehd |
| 67 | High Horse | Deap Vally |
| 68 | Hello, Hi | Ty Segall |
| 69 | Rose Pink Cadillac | Dope Lemon |
| 70 | Hey Gringo | Kaleo |
| 71 | Crawl! | IDLES |
| 72 | Run It | My Morning Jacket |
| 73 | Waitin' on Ya | Genesis Owusu |
| 74 | This is a Photograph | Kevin Morby |
| 75 | If They’re Shooting at You | Belle & Sebastian |
| 76 | Skinny | Kaleo |
| 77 | Quiet Town | The Killers |
| 78 | Charmer and the Snake | The Velveteers |
| 79 | Love Me More | Mitski |
| 80 | Hide | Rainbow Kitten Surprise |
| 81 | Living Proof | The War on Drugs |
| 82 | Too Late Now | Wet Leg |
| 83 | Daddy's Home | St. Vincent |
| 84 | Wet Dream | Wet Leg |
| 85 | The Overload | Yard Act |
| 86 | Didn’t Care | Sylvan Esso |
| 87 | The Adults Are Talking | The Strokes |
| 88 | Always Together with You | Spiritualized |
| 89 | Magic Bullet | My Morning Jacket |
| 90 | Vision Boards | Good Looks |
| 91 | Two 6's Upside Down | Dropkick Murphys |
| 92 | Got Love | The Revivalists |
| 93 | Break My Baby | Kaleo |
| 94 | Bella Donna | The Black Moods |
| 95 | Feels Alright | Spoon |
| 96 | Cherrybomb | Dan Auerbach |
| 97 | American Cockroach | Deap Vally |
| 98 | Plj | Lily Vakili Band |
| 99 | Lovey Come Down | Lily Vakili Band |
| 100 | You Will Never Work in Television Again | The Smile |
| 101 | Regularly Scheduled Programming | My Morning Jacket |
| 102 | Clear | Dehd |
| 103 | Valentine | Snail Mail |
| 104 | The Actor | Alt-J |
| 105 | Good Day | Seratones |
| 106 | Stop and Start | The Sadies |
| 107 | Gaia | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard |
| 108 | Postman | Toro Y Moi |
| 109 | California Sun | je'Texas |
| 110 | That Life | Unknown Mortal Orchestra |
| 111 | Soberish | Liz Phair |
| 112 | Stubborn Love | The Lumineers |
| 113 | Stand by My Girl | Dan Auerbach |
| 114 | America Burning | Shinedown |
| 115 | Don't Press Me | Dry Cleaning |
| 116 | Unwound | Launder |
| 117 | You're Still the One | Lake Street Dive |
| 118 | Billy | Horsegirl |
| 119 | Where Do We Go | Deap Vally |
| 120 | Gondii | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard |
| 121 | The Way We Get by | Spoon |
| 122 | Lydia Wears a Cross | Julia Jacklin |
| 123 | The Slow Drag Under | Benjamin Booker |
| 124 | If I Were a Butterfly | Rayland Baxter |
| 125 | Brigitte Bardot | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs |
| 126 | Fire | Black Pumas |
| 127 | Alameda Apartments | Neal Francis |
| 128 | Jesus Freak Lighter | Blood Orange |
| 129 | Held | Spoon |
| 130 | I Was Neon | Julia Jacklin |
| 131 | Motel #27 | The Velveteers |
| 132 | The Opposite | The Smile |
| 133 | Bad Religion | Cat Power |
| 134 | Amoeba | Clairo |
| 135 | Echoing | Kings of Leon |
| 136 | Scared Together | Silversun Pickups |
| 137 | Broken Boy | Cage the Elephant |
| 138 | Social Cues | Cage the Elephant |
| 139 | Hypotheticals | Lake Street Dive |
| 140 | Roman Candles | Death Cab for Cutie |
| 141 | A Tip from You to Me | Jack White |
| 142 | Hollywood Zoo | Clare Means |
| 143 | Off My Head | Boy & Bear |
| 144 | Rae Street | Courtney Barnett |
| 145 | Bed Head | Manchester Orchestra |
| 146 | I Was Born to Love You | Ray LaMontagne |
| 147 | Dirty Job (feat. Ian Hunter) | Mike Campbell & Dirty Knobs |
| 148 | Truth is Heavy | Benjamin Booker |
| 149 | The Bandit | Kings of Leon |
| 150 | Taking Me Back (Gently) | Jack White |
| 151 | Hold Your Nerve | Boy & Bear |
| 152 | Change | The War on Drugs |
| 153 | Sunrise State (Of Mind) | Abraxas |
| 154 | Hell on Earth | Circa Waves |
| 155 | Gaslighter | Skinner |
| 156 | Obstacle | Manchester Orchestra |
| 157 | Collateral Damage | Shovels & Rope |
| 158 | Money | Caroline Rose |
| 159 | Bikini | Caroline Rose |
| 160 | Birmingham (feat. Robert Randolph & Keb' Mo') | G. Love & Special Sauce |
| 161 | Tell Me (I'm on Your Mind) | Jane Leo |
| 162 | Window Seat | Caramelo Haze |
| 163 | Wasted | The War on Drugs |
| 164 | Life in Technicolor | Coldplay |
| 165 | On the Radio | Spoon |
| 166 | Can I Sit Next to You | Spoon |
| 167 | Queen of Ears | Quasi |
| 168 | Harmonia's Dream | The War on Drugs |
| 169 | Lucky to Be Alive | My Morning Jacket |
| 170 | Know You Better | Black Pumas |
| 171 | Occasional Rain | The War on Drugs |
| 172 | Penelope Halfpenny | Elvis Costello & The Imposters |
| 173 | Salt and the Sea | The Lumineers |
| 174 | Jesus on a Wire | Kurt Vile |
| 175 | Cut Up High and Dry | The Sadies |
| 176 | Know That I Know | Lake Street Dive |
| 177 | Wild Creatures | Neko Case |
| 178 | The Devil & Mister Jones | Spoon |
| 179 | Keel Timing | Manchester Orchestra |
| 180 | Least Expected | My Morning Jacket |
| 181 | Aura | Cuco |
| 182 | Avant Gardener | Courtney Barnett |
| 183 | Grandfather Clock Strikes Twelve | Eels |
| 184 | Shanghai | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard |
| 185 | Sunfair Sundown | Courtney Barnett |
| 186 | Lost! | Coldplay |
| 187 | Strong Feelings | Dry Cleaning |
| 188 | Wade out Alone | Eric Bolander |
| 189 | Divide & Conquer | Shovels & Rope |
| 190 | Mount Airy Hill (Way Gone) | Kurt Vile |
| 191 | Turning Green | Courtney Barnett |
| 192 | Take It Day by Day | Courtney Barnett |
| 193 | Automatic | Lake Street Dive |
| 194 | Hot & Heavy | Lucy Dacus |
| 195 | Shameika | Fiona Apple |
| 196 | Violent Shiver | Benjamin Booker |
| 197 | No Room in Frame | Death Cab for Cutie |
| 198 | Gimme the Love | Jake Bugg |
| 199 | Fo Sho | Kurt Vile |
| 200 | Shoot Me a Smile | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
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