The Roots Music Report's
Top Chicago Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stranger Blues | GA-20 |
| 2 | Cryin' & Pleadin' | GA-20 |
| 3 | I Love You, I Need You | GA-20 |
| 4 | Blues in My DNA | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 5 | I Don't Mind | GA-20 |
| 6 | Crawlin' King Snake | Etta James |
| 7 | Lover Man | Mud Morganfield |
| 8 | Cotton Mouth Man | James Cotton |
| 9 | Hot Little Mess | The Cash Box Kings |
| 10 | Bring Me My Whiskey | Mud Morganfield |
| 11 | I Want What Chaz Has | The Cash Box Kings |
| 12 | Stop | Coco Montoya |
| 13 | I Was Wrong | Coco Montoya |
| 14 | Pontiac Blues | The Cash Box Kings |
| 15 | My Boo | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 16 | She's a Golddigger | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 17 | Trying So Hard | The Cash Box Kings |
| 18 | Please Have Mercy | The Cash Box Kings |
| 19 | Ready! | James Wheeler |
| 20 | Blues on My Mind | Boo Boo Davis |
| 21 | Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | Jonny Lang |
| 22 | Smokestack Lightning | Mercedes Nicole |
| 23 | Too High a Price to Pay | Mercedes Nicole |
| 24 | The Harmonica Man | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 25 | I Found a Dollar Looking for a Dime | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 26 | I'm Feeling You | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 27 | You Got Me (Where You Want Me) | Coco Montoya |
| 28 | Hole in Your Soul (feat. Bobby Rush) | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 29 | Baby, You're a Drag | Coco Montoya |
| 30 | Strange Woman | Mud Morganfield |
| 31 | Accept My Love | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 32 | She's Getting Her Groove on | Mud Morganfield |
| 33 | (I'd Rather Feel) Bad About Doin' It | Coco Montoya |
| 34 | Boo Boo Boogaloo | Boo Boo Davis |
| 35 | All True Man | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 36 | Stuck on Stupid | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 37 | How You Living | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 38 | Robbing Peter to Pay Paul | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 39 | My Love Will Make You Do Right | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 40 | Writing on the Wall | Coco Montoya |
| 41 | The Three Kings and Me | Coco Montoya |
| 42 | I Got to Make You Mine | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 43 | She Walks Right in | Lurrie Bell |
| 44 | Down on the South Side | The Cash Box Kings |
| 45 | Slamming Doors | Jimmy Johnson |
| 46 | Little Red Rooster | Luther Allison |
| 47 | The Sky is Crying | Mercedes Nicole |
| 48 | Instant Gratification | Ronnie Baker Brooks |
| 49 | Went Home This Morning | Willie Buck & Bob Corritore |
| 50 | Stick a Fork in Me | Chicago Blues Lifters |
| 51 | Big Frame Woman | Mud Morganfield |
| 52 | Don't Leave Me | Mud Morganfield |
| 53 | Strike Like Lightning | Mud Morganfield |
| 54 | Real Good Friends | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 55 | Begging for Change (feat. Shemekia Copeland & Ronnie Baker Brooks) | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 56 | I'll Play the Blues for You | Mercedes Nicole |
| 57 | Baby Please Don't Go | Willie Buck & Bob Corritore |
| 58 | She's Alright | Willie Buck & Bob Corritore |
| 59 | She Dropped the Axe on Me | The Cash Box Kings |
| 60 | Carolina | Mud Morganfield |
| 61 | Cosigner Man | Mud Morganfield |
| 62 | At the Red Door | Boo Boo Davis |
| 63 | Same Old Blues | Dave Specter |
| 64 | Bump Miss Susie | Benny Turner |
| 65 | Finger Poppin' Time | Benny Turner |
| 66 | The Blues is All I've Got | Shirley Johnson |
| 67 | The Twelve Bar Blues | Jimmy Johnson |
| 68 | Hoodoo Queen | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 69 | The Blues is My Biography | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 70 | Misty Blue | Etta James |
| 71 | Oh Yeah! | Willie Buck & Bob Corritore |
| 72 | Dead End Street | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 73 | In and out of My Life | Mud Morganfield |
| 74 | How Many More Years | Lurrie Bell |
| 75 | Make Everything Alright | Boo Boo Davis |
| 76 | I Got the Crying Blues | Boo Boo Davis |
| 77 | Once a Year | Boo Boo Davis |
| 78 | Oscar's Motel | The Cash Box Kings |
| 79 | Ashes in My Ashtray | Jimmy Johnson |
| 80 | I Stand Alone | Jimmy Johnson |
| 81 | All over Again | Lurrie Bell |
| 82 | 700 Blues | Lurrie Bell |
| 83 | Jungle Bump | Boo Boo Davis |
| 84 | The Walk | Benny Turner |
| 85 | Back off | The Cash Box Kings |
| 86 | The Wine Talkin' | The Cash Box Kings |
| 87 | I Found out (feat. Brenda Taylor) | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 88 | I Can't Stand You | The Cash Box Kings |
| 89 | Talk to Your Son (feat. Brenda Taylor) | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 90 | Bad Girl (feat. Demetria Taylor) | Larry Taylor And The Taylor Family |
| 91 | Ain't No Fun (When the Rabbit Got the Gun) | The Cash Box Kings |
| 92 | Ernestine | Mud Morganfield |
| 93 | Boondocks | Etta James |
| 94 | Somebody Have Mercy | Otis Rush |
| 95 | Ease My Soul | Mercedes Nicole |
| 96 | Drunk | Benny Turner |
| 97 | Country Boy | Mud Morganfield |
| 98 | Beauty for Ashes | Mercedes Nicole |
| 99 | Seduced by the Blues (Live) | Stefan Hillesheim Band |
| 100 | Voodoo Woman | Koko Taylor |
| 101 | Going Down Slow | Benny Turner |
| 102 | Call Your Bluff | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 103 | Chicago Style | Dave Specter |
| 104 | When I Call on You | Benny Turner |
| 105 | Life's Struggles | Mercedes Nicole |
| 106 | Feels Like Rain | Mercedes Nicole |
| 107 | She Turned Me Down | Willie Buck & Bob Corritore |
| 108 | Big Money Problem | Jimmy Burns |
| 109 | My Baby Sweeter | GA-20 |
| 110 | She Made Me Evil | Boo Boo Davis |
| 111 | Tribute to the Black Lone Ranger | The Cash Box Kings |
| 112 | Long Cold Walk | Matthew Patrick |
| 113 | Homework | Otis Rush |
| 114 | Smoked Jowl Blues | The Cash Box Kings |
| 115 | Long As You're Mine | Jimmy Burns |
| 116 | Black Tornado | Magic Slim & the Teardrops |
| 117 | Will I Ever Find Somebody? | Jimmy Burns |
| 118 | In the Evening | Etta James |
| 119 | Little House by Myself | Boo Boo Davis |
| 120 | You Got the Blues | Dave Hole |
| 121 | Cheating and Lying Blues | Big Frank & Mike Smith |
| 122 | Sara | The Cash Box Kings |
| 123 | A Nice Day | Rob Moore the Wild Boar |
| 124 | You Done Me Wrong for the Last Time | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials |
| 125 | A Dream Walking | Mud Morganfield |
| 126 | Last Two Dollars | Mercedes Nicole |
| 127 | Blues Train | Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire |
| 128 | Sleepy Time in the Barnyard | Benny Turner |
| 129 | Don't You Lie to Me | Bob Stroger & The Headcutters |
| 130 | Fraulein on Paulina | The Cash Box Kings |
| 131 | Rattlesnake | Jimmy Johnson |
| 132 | Blue Fire | Mercedes Nicole |
| 133 | T-Bone Shuffle | Rob Moore the Wild Boar |
| 134 | Born in This Time (2024 Remaster) | Benny Turner |
| 135 | Holler and Stomp | The Cash Box Kings |
| 136 | It Took a Long Time Blues | Mercedes Nicole |
| 137 | Ballad of the Million Men | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 138 | Breathe Again | Mercedes Nicole |
| 139 | Mustard | Rob Moore the Wild Boar |
| 140 | Look over Yonder Wall | Bob Stroger & The Headcutters |
| 141 | Found Love | Lurrie Bell |
| 142 | Return of the Roaches | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 143 | Harlem Avenue Lounge (Live) | Stefan Hillesheim Band |
| 144 | The Stinger | Dave Specter |
| 145 | Ride Santa Ride | The Cash Box Kings |
| 146 | You Got to Stop This Mess | Lurrie Bell |
| 147 | Honey Bee | Lurrie Bell |
| 148 | I Need Some Easy Money | Jimmy Johnson |
| 149 | Dust My Broom | Luther Allison |
| 150 | Take Five | Jimmy Johnson |
| 151 | Poor Boy's Dream | Jimmy Johnson |
| 152 | Connie-Lee | Khalif Wailin' Walter |
| 153 | Who Sang It First (2024 Remaster) | Benny Turner |
| 154 | I Paid Your Wife | Rob Moore the Wild Boar |
| 155 | Mr. Grumplestien | Rob Moore the Wild Boar |
| 156 | Ponchatoula Way (Live) | Dave Specter |
| 157 | Chicago Dog | Rob Moore the Wild Boar |
| 158 | Too Tired | Etta James |
| 159 | Toxic Love | Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues |
| 160 | House Party | The Cash Box Kings |
| 161 | You're Reckless | Shirley Johnson |
| 162 | Rock Me Mama | Jimmy Burns |
| 163 | Wang Dang Doodle | Koko Taylor |
| 164 | Groove Me | Etta James |
| 165 | Too Much Too Little | Chicago Blues Lifters |
| 166 | Love You Baby | Bob Stroger & The Headcutters |
| 167 | Big Bootyed Woman | Khalif Wailin' Walter |
| 168 | Set Me Free | Frank Catalano & Lurrie Bell |
| 169 | Chicago Shuffle | Chicago Blues Lifters |
| 170 | Bikes, Bullets, and Beer | Matthew Patrick |
| 171 | If I Could Buy | Rob Moore the Wild Boar |
| 172 | Cloverleaf Blues | Rob Moore the Wild Boar |
| 173 | Hold On, I'm Coming | GA-20 |
| 174 | I Just Wanna Love You | Chicago Blues Lifters |
| 175 | Chicago Style (Live) | Dave Specter |
| 176 | Ridin' High (Live) | Dave Specter |
| 177 | Blues from the Inside out (Live) | Dave Specter |
| 178 | Who Do You Love | Matthew Patrick |
| 179 | Dark Train | Matthew Patrick |
| 180 | I'm Through Cryin' | Khalif Wailin' Walter |
| 181 | Dogs Everywhere | Rob Moore the Wild Boar |
| 182 | Chains and Things | B.B. King |
| 183 | Stranded in Clarksdale | Jimmy Burns |
| 184 | Me and My Baby | Willie Buck & Bob Corritore |
| 185 | Just One More Time | GA-20 |
| 186 | I Don't Want No Trouble | Omar Coleman |
| 187 | I'm Your Love Doctor | Khalif Wailin' Walter |
| 188 | Money Can't Buy Everything | Willie Buck & Bob Corritore |
| 189 | Back for a Taste of Your Love | Jonny Lang |
| 190 | A Chip and a Chair | Coco Montoya |
| 191 | One Request | Omar Coleman |
| 192 | Hit the Ground Running | Jonny Lang |
| 193 | That Ain't Enough | Willie Buck & Bob Corritore |
| 194 | Fine Seasoned Woman | Toronzo Cannon |
| 195 | Loan Me Train Fare | Bob Stroger & The Headcutters |
| 196 | Bob is Back in Town | Bob Stroger & The Headcutters |
| 197 | 40 Below | Matthew Patrick |
| 198 | Selfish Kind of Gal | Shirley Johnson |
| 199 | Black Toppin' | The Cash Box Kings |
| 200 | Take a Message | John Primer & Bob Corritore |
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