The Roots Music Report's
Top Contemporary Blues Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who Was That | Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd |
| 2 | I've Got Vices | Misty Blues |
| 3 | Look out Highway | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 4 | Sooner or Later | Carolyn Wonderland |
| 5 | Tough Mother | Shemekia Copeland |
| 6 | Carry on This Way | Misty Blues |
| 7 | Sweet Home Chicago | The B. Christopher Band |
| 8 | Gotta Have What It Takes (feat. Taj Mahal) | Maria Muldaur |
| 9 | Town Saint (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride |
| 10 | I've Got Three Problems (feat. Bobby Rush) | Bob Corritore |
| 11 | Days Gone by | Gina Coleman |
| 12 | Rum Boogie | Southern Avenue |
| 13 | Masterpiece | Janiva Magness |
| 14 | Hold Me Back (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride |
| 15 | Found a Friend in You | Southern Avenue |
| 16 | Up on the Mountain | Seth Walker |
| 17 | Upside | Southern Avenue |
| 18 | Shake This Ground | Joe Bonamassa |
| 19 | Unequivocally Blue | Gina Coleman |
| 20 | Back to Clarksdale | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 21 | Relearning to Climb (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride |
| 22 | Feelin' Better Now (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride |
| 23 | Storm Warning | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 24 | Hey Bartender | The B. Christopher Band |
| 25 | How the Blues Feels | Gina Coleman |
| 26 | Overdue | Tab Benoit |
| 27 | Let Them Blues | Gina Coleman |
| 28 | Trust Ain't Given | Misty Blues |
| 29 | The Thrill is Gone (1969 Single Version) | B.B. King & Bobby 'Blue' Bland |
| 30 | Young Ways | Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd |
| 31 | Three Hours from Memphis | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 32 | Wasted So Much Time with You | Big Al & the Heavyweights |
| 33 | California Trap (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride |
| 34 | She Caught the Katy | The B. Christopher Band |
| 35 | Highway 61 | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 36 | If You Love Me Like You Say | Albert Collins |
| 37 | Shame Shame Shame | John Primer |
| 38 | Will My Blues | Gina Coleman |
| 39 | Everybody Needs Somebody to Love | The B. Christopher Band |
| 40 | I Finally Hit the Bottom | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 41 | Stuck in the Mud (Live) | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 42 | Ain't Kickin' Up No Dust | John Primer |
| 43 | Bounce Boogie & Bump | CW Ayon |
| 44 | Holes | Janiva Magness |
| 45 | Good Times | Tony Holiday |
| 46 | Long Black Veil (Live) | Davis Coen |
| 47 | No More to Give | Gina Coleman |
| 48 | Stoop Stomp | Gina Coleman |
| 49 | Strange Things Happening (feat. Brian Templeton & Johnny Ramos) | Kid Ramos |
| 50 | Back for Me | Janiva Magness |
| 51 | Wine O'Clock | Shemekia Copeland |
| 52 | Blues Power | Big Al & the Heavyweights |
| 53 | Doin' the Shout! (feat. Nora Jean) | Bob Corritore |
| 54 | Ruby is Back | Jimmy Vivino |
| 55 | The Hits Keep Coming | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 56 | Hey Baby (What Are We Gonna Do) | Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd |
| 57 | I'm Just Johnnie | Johnnie Johnson |
| 58 | Big Boss Man | Reverend Freakchild |
| 59 | Don't Trust Me | Will Wilde |
| 60 | Stranger in My Home (Live) | Davis Coen |
| 61 | No, Papa, No! | Maria Muldaur |
| 62 | Honeysuckle | The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band |
| 63 | Blues Before Sunrise | John Primer |
| 64 | Can I Take You with Me | Big Shoes |
| 65 | While You Were Gone | Diego Mongue Band |
| 66 | Come Hell or High Water | Travellin' Blue |
| 67 | Say Baby Say (feat. Thornetta Davis) | Bob Corritore |
| 68 | Long Way from Home | Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd |
| 69 | Ready for Times to Get Better (feat. Edna Luckett) | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 70 | Same Old Blues (feat. V.D. King) | Popa Chubby |
| 71 | Too Much Water | Coco Montoya |
| 72 | It's My Life (feat. Nora Jean) | Bob Corritore |
| 73 | A Long Way from Right Right Now | Dave Keyes |
| 74 | Sad Eyes | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 75 | Cotton Ain't King | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 76 | Wild Man | Will Wilde |
| 77 | Shoulda Known Better | Tony Holiday |
| 78 | Still Walking with Me | Joe Bonamassa |
| 79 | Halfway to Memphis | Big Shoes |
| 80 | Chevrolet | Reverend Freakchild |
| 81 | The Blues is in the House (feat. Joe Louis Walker) | Robbin Kapsalis |
| 82 | Naw Naw Naw (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride |
| 83 | Louisiana | Miss Tess |
| 84 | Love You Just the Same (feat. Annika Chambers & Paul Deslauriers) | Chambers Deslauriers |
| 85 | Yes I Will | Misty Blues |
| 86 | Believe in Love (feat. Annika Chambers & Paul Deslauriers) | Chambers Deslauriers |
| 87 | Hip Shakin' Mama | Charlie Musselwhite |
| 88 | Your Problem to Solve | Monster Mike Welch |
| 89 | Right Amount of Funky | Tim Gartland |
| 90 | Below the Bottom | Mark Cameron |
| 91 | 44 Blues | Diego Mongue Band |
| 92 | Let Me Be Your Electrician | John Primer |
| 93 | Paying the Cost to Be the Boss | B.B. King |
| 94 | Midnight Flight | Little Feat |
| 95 | Looking for My Baby | Christopher Wyze & The Tellers |
| 96 | Keep on Pushing | Kirk Fletcher |
| 97 | I Guess I'm a Fool (feat. Francine Reed & Duke Robillard) | Bob Corritore |
| 98 | A Bluesman Came to Town | Tommy Castro |
| 99 | Clarksdale | Ethan Askey |
| 100 | Down Along the Cove | Eddie 9V |
| 101 | Bout to Make Me Leave Home | Eddie 9V |
| 102 | Do I Need You | Janiva Magness |
| 103 | Root Down | Joe Louis Walker |
| 104 | Truth is (feat. Ruthie Foster & Marcia Ball) | Carolyn Wonderland |
| 105 | Drowning at the Bottom | Albert Castiglia |
| 106 | Sack O' Kools | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 107 | Midnight in Harlem | Tedeschi Trucks Band |
| 108 | Lucky Guy (feat. Dennis Gruenling) | Nick Moss |
| 109 | I Believe I Got off Cheap | Chris Cain |
| 110 | Arkansas | Larry McCray |
| 111 | Blues is All I Got | Deb Ryder |
| 112 | The Wrong Thing | Mark Cameron |
| 113 | I Want to Shout About It | Joe Bonamassa |
| 114 | Bouncin' Back | Robert Cray |
| 115 | Nina Come on | The B. Christopher Band |
| 116 | Beg Borrow and Steal | Eddie 9V |
| 117 | Somewhere else | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 118 | Green and Brown Blues | Reverend Freakchild |
| 119 | All Twisted Up | The B. Christopher Band |
| 120 | Like a Fool | The B. Christopher Band |
| 121 | Me and Charlie | Tom Hambridge |
| 122 | Easy Peasy | Misty Blues |
| 123 | If You Love Me | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 124 | Outer Space (feat. Michael Peloquin) | Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride |
| 125 | Red River | Eddie 9V |
| 126 | Yella Aligator | Eddie 9V |
| 127 | Hard Times | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 128 | Get Ready | Deb Ryder |
| 129 | Mint Condition | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 130 | Twenty Room House (feat. John Primer) | Bob Corritore |
| 131 | Dreaming of You | Maria Muldaur |
| 132 | Beware the Wolf (feat. John Sebastian) | Jimmy Vivino |
| 133 | Cry for Me Baby | Monster Mike Welch |
| 134 | Let Me Love You | Dyer Davis |
| 135 | Everybody Knows | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 136 | Cadillac Blue | Shemekia Copeland |
| 137 | Hell of a Good Time | Joanne Shaw Taylor |
| 138 | Down to the Rims | Joel Astley |
| 139 | I Got a Proposition for You | Bobby Rush |
| 140 | Good Die Young | Larry McCray |
| 141 | Ain't Doing Too Bad | D.A. Foster |
| 142 | Smoke | The B. Christopher Band |
| 143 | Hush Money | Chris Cain |
| 144 | Right As Rain | Danny Liston |
| 145 | One of These Days | Joe Bonamassa |
| 146 | What Makes You Act Like That? (feat. Elvin Bishop) | Maria Muldaur |
| 147 | Learn to Lose | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 148 | Stone on My Soul | Mark "Nessie" Nesmith |
| 149 | Everybody Oughta Make a Change | Peter Parcek |
| 150 | Take It Home | The B. Christopher Band |
| 151 | Talk to Me | The B. Christopher Band |
| 152 | Howlin' Wolf | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 153 | Hot As Hell | Joel Astley |
| 154 | If Your Heart Went Public | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 155 | Look What You Made Me Do | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 156 | Hail Mighty Caesar | Curtis Salgado |
| 157 | Didn't Find My Blues in Mississippi | Danny Liston |
| 158 | Rumble | Duke Robillard |
| 159 | Tried to Keep You Satisfied | The B. Christopher Band |
| 160 | Blue Blood (2025 Remaster) | Candice Ivory |
| 161 | Gotta Keep the Love | Southern Avenue |
| 162 | Don't Expect Me to Cry | Monster Mike Welch |
| 163 | One Hour Mama (2025 Remaster) | Maria Muldaur |
| 164 | The World is Upside Down | Peter Parcek |
| 165 | Don't Let Them Fool Ya | Albert Castiglia |
| 166 | Up Above My Head | Gina Coleman |
| 167 | Late Night Get Down | Southern Avenue |
| 168 | Charmed & Dangerous | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 169 | Takin' It with Me | Joel Astley |
| 170 | Eighth Wonder | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 171 | Dare Me to Do It | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 172 | Three Forks | Altered Five Blues Band |
| 173 | Shame, Shame, Shame | Duke Robillard |
| 174 | I Got a Strange Feeling | Monster Mike Welch |
| 175 | Time for Me to Go | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 176 | Catfish Blues (feat. Jimmy "Duck" Holmes) | Candice Ivory |
| 177 | Bobby's Place | Joel Astley |
| 178 | Eleanor Rigby | Peter Parcek |
| 179 | She Likes to Boogie Real Low | Peter Parcek |
| 180 | Nobody but You | Tony Holiday |
| 181 | Blind Leading the Blind | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 182 | A Couple Drops | Tom Hambridge |
| 183 | Down Below | Bruce Katz Band |
| 184 | Heading South | Mississippi MacDonald |
| 185 | Work with What You Got | Joel Astley |
| 186 | Knocked Down Loaded | Albert Castiglia |
| 187 | Long Haired Doney | North Mississippi Allstars |
| 188 | It's You, Baby | Elvin Bishop |
| 189 | TV Mama | Bobby Rush |
| 190 | One Monkey Can Stop a Show | Bobby Rush |
| 191 | Born Loser | Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials |
| 192 | Whatever Happened to Dobie Strange? | Rick Estrin & the Nightcats |
| 193 | Just a Little More Time | Greg Nagy |
| 194 | Do What Comes Naturally | Brandon Santini |
| 195 | Big City Takedown | Matt "Guitar" Murphy |
| 196 | Ugly Woman (feat. Dennis Gruenling) | Nick Moss |
| 197 | Gamblin' Man | Tinsley Ellis |
| 198 | Blues Deluxe | Joe Bonamassa |
| 199 | Blues Prisoner | Tommy Castro |
| 200 | Mississippi Suitcase (Slight Return) | Peter Parcek |
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