The Roots Music Report's
Top Americana Country Song Chart
for the Year of 2022
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canola Fields | James McMurtry |
| 2 | I Am | Dori Freeman |
| 3 | All in All | The Delevantes |
| 4 | Paint This Town | Old Crow Medicine Show |
| 5 | Wilder Days | Morgan Wade |
| 6 | You Don't Really Know Me | Tim Easton |
| 7 | Ain't the Same | Blackberry Smoke |
| 8 | Home on the Road | Taylor Rae |
| 9 | Something Has to Change | Rodney Crowell |
| 10 | Big Heart Sick Mind | The Whitmore Sisters |
| 11 | Justified | Kacey Musgraves |
| 12 | Sittin' on Top of the World (feat. Joe Ely, Butch Hancock & Jimmie Dale Gilmore) | The Flatlanders |
| 13 | All the Right Reasons | The HawtThorns |
| 14 | Back to Normal | Jason Eady |
| 15 | Time, Be My Friend | Dar Williams |
| 16 | Terrifying Nature | Jason Boland And The Stragglers |
| 17 | Churches & Bars | Sophie & The Broken Things |
| 18 | There You Go Again (feat. Lyle Lovett) | Asleep At The Wheel |
| 19 | First High | Nikki Lane |
| 20 | You Should Probably Leave | Chris Stapleton |
| 21 | End of My Rope | Pokey LaFarge |
| 22 | Outsider | Jackie Bristow |
| 23 | Trial by Fire | Jeremy Ivey |
| 24 | Up and Down | Shoebox Letters |
| 25 | Hey Hey | Moot Davis |
| 26 | Foregone Conclusion | Zach Schmidt |
| 27 | Walk to the River | Jeffrey Halford & the Healers |
| 28 | The Opportunity to Help Somebody Through It | Jim Lauderdale |
| 29 | In Texas with a Band (feat. Asleep at the Wheel & Ray Benson) | Brennen Leigh |
| 30 | I Feel for You | Charley Crockett |
| 31 | Chatting Through Steel (feat. David Hidalgo) | Cole Gallagher |
| 32 | The Good Ones | Blue Dogs |
| 33 | "The Song That Made Hank Williams Dance" | Peter Rowan |
| 34 | All It Cost Me Was Everything | Cody Jinks |
| 35 | I Need Your Love | Charley Crockett |
| 36 | KD and Lunch Meat | Boy Golden |
| 37 | Joy of My Life | Chris Stapleton |
| 38 | We're the Elders Now | Michael Gaither |
| 39 | Things Could Get Much Worse | Jeremy Ivey |
| 40 | Hurt Heartbroke | The Shootouts |
| 41 | Mockingbird | Grayson Jenkins |
| 42 | All the Sorrow | Steve Yanek |
| 43 | The Spark | Ted Russell Kamp |
| 44 | You Don't Have to | Sarah Lake |
| 45 | While the Sun Still Shines (The Fishing Song) | Walter Finley |
| 46 | That Kind of Life (That Kind of Day) | Jim Lauderdale |
| 47 | Cheap Drunk | The Royal Hounds |
| 48 | Movies | Jeremy Ivey |
| 49 | Find My Way | Julie Christensen |
| 50 | Growing Pains | Courtney Hale Revia |
| 51 | Squirrelville | Tony Furtado |
| 52 | Long Overdue | Steve Yanek |
| 53 | Beyond the Stars (feat. Willie Nelson) | Tami Neilson |
| 54 | Joy Train | Amy Ray |
| 55 | Cherry | Nick Binkley |
| 56 | Bluewater Bar | Joel White |
| 57 | We the People | Dan Kouba |
| 58 | Change of Heart | Margo Price |
| 59 | Old Friend | Rusty Gear |
| 60 | April Dawn | Walter Finley |
| 61 | Keep 'Em on They Toes | Brent Cobb |
| 62 | John Prine's Cadillac | Will Hoge |
| 63 | Sixteen Tons | Backline |
| 64 | Brown Eyed Angel | Nick Binkley |
| 65 | Orphan Child | Jeremy Ivey |
| 66 | A Reason | John Aulabaugh |
| 67 | Joey and Clara | Julie Christensen |
| 68 | Have Mercy | Jay Byrd |
| 69 | Rainbows at Night | Courtney Hale Revia |
| 70 | I'm Just a Clown | Charley Crockett |
| 71 | Midnight Here in Carolina | Walter Finley |
| 72 | Show Up and Love Me | Joe McClour |
| 73 | Try Love | John Aulabaugh |
| 74 | Hour on the Hour | Mike and the Moonpies |
| 75 | Darkness at Dawn | David Massey |
| 76 | The Lighthouse | Vandoliers |
| 77 | Stop Fooling Around | Steven Graves |
| 78 | All Kinds of Blue (feat. Margo Price) | Jeremy Ivey |
| 79 | It Takes a Little Faith | Doug Schmude |
| 80 | Feel Like Going Home | Miko Marks & the Resurrectors |
| 81 | I Am a Ghost | Nick Binkley |
| 82 | That Much Further West (Demo) | Lucero |
| 83 | On the Run | Doug Schmude |
| 84 | Blue Skies | Sweet Virginia |
| 85 | We Won't Live Forever | Doug Schmude |
| 86 | See You on the Other Side | Michael Gaither |
| 87 | Big City Lights | Kyra Gordon |
| 88 | Bloodline | Joe McClour |
| 89 | Ain't a Day Goes by | Melissa Carper |
| 90 | Hey Baby | The Cactus Blossoms |
| 91 | Room to Roam | Jeb Lipson |
| 92 | The Storm | Dori Freeman |
| 93 | Coffee Beans (The Logon Cafe Song) | Courtney Hale Revia |
| 94 | Daddy's Wedding Dance | David Massey |
| 95 | I Should Know | Jay Byrd |
| 96 | Meet Me at the Bar | Eddie Kesler & 3/4 Time |
| 97 | I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song | Steven Graves |
| 98 | Daydream Daze | Jay Byrd |
| 99 | Where I'm from | Joel White |
| 100 | The Incredible Heat Machine | TK & The Holy Know-Nothings |
| 101 | Abilene | John Aulabaugh |
| 102 | Hard Time (feat. Caroline Spence) | Mary Bragg |
| 103 | Under the Bridge | Robbie Mangiardi |
| 104 | Just Getting Started | Joe McClour |
| 105 | Brown Shoe Willy | The North Star Band |
| 106 | Stoned on My Own | Matthew James Adkins |
| 107 | Shadows | Matthew James Adkins |
| 108 | Don't Ever Stop | Steven Graves |
| 109 | The People You Love | Robbie Mangiardi |
| 110 | Goose Creek | The North Star Band |
| 111 | Cheeks of Gold (Burn These Clouds) | Eddie Kesler & 3/4 Time |
| 112 | Kinda Like Love | Bobby Allison & Gerry Spehar |
| 113 | The Empath | Matthew James Adkins |
| 114 | Mighty Love | 3 Pairs of Boots |
| 115 | Sweet Spot | 3 Pairs of Boots |
| 116 | Movin' to the Country | David Gideon |
| 117 | Rockin' on a Country Dance Floor | Bobby Allison & Gerry Spehar |
| 118 | Dog Leg | John Williams |
| 119 | Dusty Porch | John Williams |
| 120 | Good Enough | Nikki Lane |
| 121 | Money | Bobby Allison & Gerry Spehar |
| 122 | Janey It's Alright | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 123 | Nothing (Remix) | David Massey |
| 124 | Guitar Red | Robbie Mangiardi |
| 125 | Better Now | Rose's Pawn Shop |
| 126 | Just Call Him Love | 3 Pairs of Boots |
| 127 | Bend but Don't Break | Robert Cline Jr. |
| 128 | Just Be | Taylor Rae |
| 129 | Down the Mountain | Abbie Gardner |
| 130 | Wave Dancer | The Wilder Blue |
| 131 | Lonesome Losers | The North Star Band |
| 132 | To Live is to Fly | Robert Cline Jr. |
| 133 | A Woman Like Her | David Gideon |
| 134 | Monsters | The Damn Quails |
| 135 | Words I Can't Unsay | Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus |
| 136 | Like Now | Steve Yanek |
| 137 | Little River | Alysia Kraft |
| 138 | Through the Dark | Slaid Cleaves |
| 139 | One Day | The Cactus Blossoms |
| 140 | Bad Days Better | Adam Hood |
| 141 | Darwin | The Living Room Floor Band |
| 142 | Lost in My Hometown (feat. Anna Jacobson) | Rusty Gear |
| 143 | I Drink Too Much | Shoebox Letters |
| 144 | I Used to Drink | Rusty Gear |
| 145 | Don't Hang Up Your Heart | Amanda Pruitt |
| 146 | Automatic Slim | Dave Goddess Group |
| 147 | Days Grow Longer | Dead Horses |
| 148 | The Coat | Phil Profitt and His Fast Fortunes |
| 149 | I Love You | Kyra Gordon |
| 150 | Turnin' Right | Phil Profitt and His Fast Fortunes |
| 151 | Hawk for the Dove | Amanda Shires |
| 152 | Northeast Texas Women | Robert Cline Jr. |
| 153 | Demon & Me | The Pipkin Project |
| 154 | Flight Risk | Shoebox Letters |
| 155 | Used to Be the Next Big Thing | Maple Run Band |
| 156 | Southwestern Skies | David Gideon |
| 157 | Green Peaches | Tami Neilson |
| 158 | No Tell 'Em Creek | Jeb Lipson |
| 159 | Your Own Santa Ana | Jeb Lipson |
| 160 | Change Your Thinking | The Living Room Floor Band |
| 161 | You Can't Make Old Friends | The Living Room Floor Band |
| 162 | Damned Ole Girl | The Pipkin Project |
| 163 | Do What I Want | The Pipkin Project |
| 164 | Tall and Mighty | Kelsey Waldon |
| 165 | Tehachapi | Margo Cilker |
| 166 | One in the Saddle, One on the Ground | Sturgill Simpson |
| 167 | Good at Being Lonely | Hank & Ella with the Fine Country Band |
| 168 | Crooked Talk | David Beck |
| 169 | Queen of the Trailer Park | Chris Gardner |
| 170 | Too Good for Nashville | Eddie Kesler & 3/4 Time |
| 171 | Soul of a Showgirl | Kyra Gordon |
| 172 | I'm Only Human | Michaela Anne |
| 173 | Gloryland | Old Crow Medicine Show |
| 174 | Everybody else | Aaron Raitiere |
| 175 | Broken Arm in Oregon | Margo Cilker |
| 176 | Ride Your Horses | Toria Richings |
| 177 | Devil on the Run | Toria Richings |
| 178 | Without a Trace | Toria Richings |
| 179 | Janey's Going out Tonight | Joel White |
| 180 | Long Time Overdue | Erik Lunde |
| 181 | Red Handed in Love | Shoebox Letters |
| 182 | Brigitte Bardot | The Rave-Ups |
| 183 | Music City USA | Charley Crockett |
| 184 | Backwater Blues | Kelsey Waldon |
| 185 | Hard Times | Gillian Welch |
| 186 | Mountain Song | Flatland Cavalry |
| 187 | A World out There | Shoebox Letters |
| 188 | Old Black Crow | The Jorgensens |
| 189 | Take It Like a Man | Amanda Shires |
| 190 | What's Gonna Kill Me | Phil Profitt and His Fast Fortunes |
| 191 | Comin' in Hot (feat. Asleep at the Wheel) | Brennen Leigh |
| 192 | Howlin' | Vandoliers |
| 193 | Fistful of Lovin' | Chris Gardner |
| 194 | Nothin' for Free | Chris Gardner |
| 195 | Vanlife | Willi Carlisle |
| 196 | Painted Man | Murphy |
| 197 | Tomorrow | The Rave-Ups |
| 198 | Smokey Mountain Railway | Hayde Bluegrass Orchestra |
| 199 | Ramblin' Soul | Melissa Carper |
| 200 | Bed of Roses | Shoebox Letters |
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