The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2020
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anything You Want | Robert Cray |
| 2 | Mr. Smith | Delbert McClinton & Self-Made Men |
| 3 | No More to Give | Misty Blues |
| 4 | Troubled Man (feat. Ruthie Foster) | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 5 | Coming in Hot | Coco Montoya |
| 6 | Don’t Throw It Away | Keb Mo |
| 7 | Memphis Blue | Tas Cru |
| 8 | Come on in | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 9 | Little Red Rooster | Reverend Freakchild |
| 10 | Hot | Robert Cray |
| 11 | Uncivil War | Shemekia Copeland |
| 12 | In My Blood | John Blues Boyd |
| 13 | Rocking Chair | Josh Hyde |
| 14 | Drive on | Tas Cru |
| 15 | What You Gonna Do? (feat. Mavis Staples) | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 16 | Stand Up! | Whitney Shay |
| 17 | Tried to Keep You Satisfied | The B. Christopher Band |
| 18 | Masterpiece | Albert Castiglia |
| 19 | Tailwind | Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
| 20 | A Conversation with Alice | Joe Bonamassa |
| 21 | Crunch Time | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band |
| 22 | You Ain't Done | The Proven Ones |
| 23 | Counting Down the Days | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 24 | Bring on the Rain | Albert Castiglia |
| 25 | Last Train | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 26 | That Lovin' Thang | Tas Cru |
| 27 | Turn It Loose | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 28 | Here I Come | Jose Ramirez |
| 29 | Love So Fine | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 30 | Hot Rod Mama | RB Stone |
| 31 | Shoulda Been | Kirsten Thien |
| 32 | Front Porch (feat. Albert Castiglia) | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 33 | We've Got the Music | Southern Avenue |
| 34 | Voice of the Blues | A Band Called Sam |
| 35 | I Need You Now | CW Ayon |
| 36 | This Man | Robert Cray |
| 37 | Hoodoo on Me | Albert Castiglia |
| 38 | Anyway Love | CW Ayon |
| 39 | Come and Get This Love | Avey Grouws Band |
| 40 | Carla (Maybe Someday) | CW Ayon |
| 41 | Swing My Blues | Misty Blues |
| 42 | My Baby Likes to Boogaloo | Robert Cray |
| 43 | Deck of Cards | The Wildcat O'Halloran Band |
| 44 | Half a Nothing | The Lucky Losers |
| 45 | Church House Blues | Crystal Shawanda |
| 46 | Evil is Going on | Ryan Perry |
| 47 | The Thrill is Gone | B.B. King |
| 48 | Nothin' is Easy | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 49 | Cry out | Kat Riggins |
| 50 | What My Eyes Have Seen | John Blues Boyd |
| 51 | I Ain't No Giving Tree | Misty Blues |
| 52 | Iceman | Albert Collins |
| 53 | Newbie’s Funk | The B. Christopher Band |
| 54 | I Know You Rider | Reverend Freakchild |
| 55 | 24 Hour Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 56 | Get Love | The Proven Ones |
| 57 | Sactown Heat | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 58 | Find My Way Again | Misty Blues |
| 59 | Too Much Alcohol | Sass Jordan |
| 60 | Twenty Eight Days | The B. Christopher Band |
| 61 | Money Makes You Ugly | Shemekia Copeland |
| 62 | Nina Come on | The B. Christopher Band |
| 63 | It Ain't Easy | Laura Green |
| 64 | Don't Send Me Home | Misty Blues |
| 65 | Burying Ground | Robert Cray |
| 66 | Ain't Afraid to Eat Alone | Ryan Perry |
| 67 | Nothing to Lose | Misty Blues |
| 68 | Same Mistakes | JW-Jones |
| 69 | Unchained Melody | Arlen Roth |
| 70 | Come and Take It | John Németh |
| 71 | Big City Takedown | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 72 | Bouncin' Back | Robert Cray |
| 73 | Lighter Side of the Blues | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 74 | 27 Dollars | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 75 | Keep the Faith, Have Some Fun (feat. Mudbug Brass Band) | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 76 | The Devil May Care | Avey Grouws Band |
| 77 | Rock & Roll (Bonus Track) | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 78 | Thump Tyme | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 79 | Explaining the Blues | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 80 | I Been Up All Night | Albert Castiglia |
| 81 | Never Forget | Jim Gustin & Truth Jones |
| 82 | Gasoline and Matches | Jose Ramirez |
| 83 | Fun Starts Here | Tomislav Goluban |
| 84 | I'm Innocent | Joe Kopicki |
| 85 | Outside of This Town | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 86 | Getting in My Way | Whitney Shay |
| 87 | Get Ready | Deb Ryder |
| 88 | Wiltshire Grave | Victor Wainwright |
| 89 | The World is Upside Down | Peter Parcek |
| 90 | Hot Coffee and Pain | Crooked Eye Tommy |
| 91 | Sin City | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 92 | Say Goodbye to the Blues (Like You Mean It) | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 93 | Cruisin for a Bluesin (Live) | Bernard Allison |
| 94 | She's Dynamite | David Rotundo Band |
| 95 | Tell the Truth | Whitney Shay |
| 96 | I Miss You Baby | Jose Ramirez |
| 97 | Good As Gone | Casey Hensley |
| 98 | Follow Me Down | Miss Bix |
| 99 | Easy, Easy Rollin' Down the Road | Ren Rice & RB Stone |
| 100 | Lookin' (feat. Andrew Duncanson) | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 101 | Ain't No Man a Good Man | Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam |
| 102 | White Lightning | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 103 | Money Talks | Tas Cru |
| 104 | Rather Be Alone | Crystal Shawanda |
| 105 | Bone to Pick | Laura Green |
| 106 | Sweet Lost and Found | Kirsten Thien |
| 107 | Chicken Grease | Biscuit Miller |
| 108 | It’s Alright | The B. Christopher Band |
| 109 | High Risk, Low Reward | Ryan Perry |
| 110 | Am I Wrong | Sass Jordan |
| 111 | Over the Hill | Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado |
| 112 | Chain Breaker | John Németh |
| 113 | Blues Coaster | Misty Blues |
| 114 | Knocked Down Loaded | Albert Castiglia |
| 115 | Traveling Riverside Blues | Jose Ramirez |
| 116 | Light of Day | Vince Agwada |
| 117 | One Woman Man | Jose Ramirez |
| 118 | Let's Boogie | Joe Kopicki |
| 119 | Cry | Laura Green |
| 120 | Blues 99 | Vince Agwada |
| 121 | End of My Rope | CW Ayon |
| 122 | Stop Teasing Me | Jose Ramirez |
| 123 | Bit O’ Butter | The B. Christopher Band |
| 124 | Memphis Loud | Victor Wainwright |
| 125 | Bye Bye | The B. Christopher Band |
| 126 | Burn Down the Garden | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 127 | Memphis High | Kerry Kearney Band |
| 128 | I’m Drunk | The B. Christopher Band |
| 129 | All You Ever Bring Me is the Blues | Jim Gustin & Truth Jones |
| 130 | The Pity and the Pain (feat. Kenya Hathaway) | The Reverend Shawn Amos |
| 131 | She’s Gone | The B. Christopher Band |
| 132 | Free Man | Matt Andersen |
| 133 | Midnight in Harlem | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 134 | Evil Memory | Crystal Shawanda |
| 135 | Blame It on the Sugar | Crystal Shawanda |
| 136 | You're the One | Robert Cray |
| 137 | I Wanna Fly | Vince Agwada |
| 138 | Five Time Man | Kerry Kearney Band |
| 139 | No One Hears My Prayers (feat. Walter Trout) | Anthony Geraci |
| 140 | Honey Hush | Albert Collins |
| 141 | Death Letter | Crooked Eye Tommy |
| 142 | Baby You've Got What It Takes | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 143 | Point of View Blues | MojoMama |
| 144 | Memphis Hotline | Brigitte Purdy |
| 145 | Say It out Loud | Kirsten Thien |
| 146 | Am I Wrong Pretty Baby | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 147 | Blue Moon Call | Vince Agwada |
| 148 | That's Right | Laura Green |
| 149 | Don't Know Why | Laura Green |
| 150 | Shookie Shake | Tas Cru |
| 151 | Payin' Rent on a Broken Home | Tony Holiday |
| 152 | Crushin' on the Bartender | RB Stone |
| 153 | Grass Ain't Greener on the Other Side | Peter Veteska & Blues Train |
| 154 | Far Apart (Still Close) | Whitney Shay |
| 155 | Perfect Curves | The B. Christopher Band |
| 156 | Change with the Times | Whitney Shay |
| 157 | Deep in the Blues Again | Joe Bonamassa |
| 158 | Have You Ever? | Doug Duffey And BADD |
| 159 | Same Old Thing | Albert Collins |
| 160 | Good to Ya | A Band Called Sam |
| 161 | Sad State of Affairs | The B. Christopher Band |
| 162 | Hoodoo Train | Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers |
| 163 | Stay with Me Tonight (Live) | Bernard Allison |
| 164 | Snatchin' It Back | JW-Jones |
| 165 | I Ain't Got No Problem with It | Kevin Burt |
| 166 | Feel Like Blowin' My Horn | Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz & Giles Robson |
| 167 | No Sale | Kat Riggins |
| 168 | Fool for You (2020 Hindsight) | Wily Bo Walker & Danny Flam |
| 169 | Shame on You | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket |
| 170 | Blue Monday | George Benson |
| 171 | Showdown | Jeremiah Johnson |
| 172 | Long Haired Doney | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 173 | Mojo Hand | Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers |
| 174 | House is Lonely | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 175 | After I Left Home (Song for Buddy Guy) | Kirsten Thien |
| 176 | Got Me Where You Want Me | J.D. Taylor |
| 177 | Kinda Mess | Tas Cru |
| 178 | Homesick | Ryan Perry |
| 179 | Consequences | Robert Cray |
| 180 | I'd Rather Be Blind | Kirsten Thien |
| 181 | Why I Sing the Blues | Ryan Perry |
| 182 | Nothing Left to Give | The Proven Ones |
| 183 | Three Years | Jose Ramirez |
| 184 | Bayou Mile | Alastair Greene |
| 185 | Cold Sweat | Shawn Pittman |
| 186 | Don't Fight It | Phantom Blues Band |
| 187 | All Your Lies (feat. Tom Holland) | The Mary Jo Curry Band |
| 188 | Oh California! | John Blues Boyd |
| 189 | Mean Old World (feat. Jason Isbell & Duane Betts) | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 190 | Big Six | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 191 | Promises You Can't Keep | Robert Cray |
| 192 | Bad Luck and Trouble | Ray Fuller and the Bluesrockers |
| 193 | Hole in Your Soul | A Band Called Sam |
| 194 | I Gotta Man | Kirsten Thien |
| 195 | Road Trippin' | 11 Guys Quartet |
| 196 | I Got Nothin' (feat. Van Morrison & Joe Louis Walker) | Dion |
| 197 | Let Me Sing My Blues | Avey Grouws Band |
| 198 | Do It | Robert Cray |
| 199 | Start over Again | Paul Gillings |
| 200 | Friend of the Devil | Reverend Freakchild |
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