The Roots Music Report's
Top Roots Rock Song Chart
for the Year of 2025
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bury Me | Jason Isbell |
| 2 | Everybody's Song | Robert Plant |
| 3 | Wake the Dead | Chuck Prophet |
| 4 | Let Things Go | Caamp |
| 5 | Elderberry Wine | Wednesday |
| 6 | The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy | James McMurtry |
| 7 | Tough Times Don't Last | Paul Thorn |
| 8 | Voodoo Charm | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 9 | Fire Sign | S.G. Goodman |
| 10 | Spirits | The Devil Makes Three |
| 11 | Feeling | Billie Marten |
| 12 | Mockingbird | Larkin Poe |
| 13 | Sweet Southern Sounds | Samantha Fish |
| 14 | Gonna Need Someone | Ringo Starr |
| 15 | Mistakes | Caamp |
| 16 | Big Dark Town | Roberta Faceplant |
| 17 | Top of the World | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 18 | Bluephoria | Larkin Poe |
| 19 | Woman's Woman | Reckoners |
| 20 | I Got a Feeling | A.J. Croce |
| 21 | Witness | The Wood Brothers |
| 22 | American Dreaming | Sierra Ferrell |
| 23 | Wish You Would | Los Lonely Boys |
| 24 | This Life As We Know It | Warren Haynes |
| 25 | Cryin’ Shame (feat. Sonny Landreth) | Dion |
| 26 | I Will Not Go Down (feat. Billy Strings) | Amythyst Kiah |
| 27 | Gotta Get Back to New Orleans | Stormin' Norman and the Cyclones |
| 28 | Joy, Joy! | Valerie June |
| 29 | Bad Information | Frankie V and the Lonely Club |
| 30 | Good While It Lasted | Jason Isbell |
| 31 | When It Snows in Texas | Sierra Ferrell |
| 32 | Easy Love, Pt. 1 | Larkin Poe |
| 33 | Lose You | Samantha Fish |
| 34 | I'm Done Runnin' | Samantha Fish |
| 35 | Little Bit | Larkin Poe |
| 36 | Born Runnin' Outta Time | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 37 | Green Light | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors |
| 38 | Pleasure Point | Frankie V and the Lonely Club |
| 39 | Wildflower | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 40 | First Came the Thunder (feat. Qiensave) | Chuck Prophet |
| 41 | That and $20 | Shinyribs |
| 42 | Ride to Robert's | Jason Isbell |
| 43 | Nothing Above You | Frankie V and the Lonely Club |
| 44 | Incomprehensible | Big Thief |
| 45 | It's a Good Day to Be Alive | Chuck Prophet |
| 46 | Life Behind Bars | Vandoliers |
| 47 | Road Trip | Stormin' Norman and the Cyclones |
| 48 | Blue and Gray | Dulcie Taylor |
| 49 | Pearls | Larkin Poe |
| 50 | Not Gonna Miss You | Sandy Atkinson |
| 51 | Wyoming Bound | 3 Twins |
| 52 | Junkies and Hookers | Sandy Atkinson |
| 53 | Rooster | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 54 | Another Life | Alabama Shakes |
| 55 | Do You Want to | The Coffis Brothers |
| 56 | Cause of It All | Sandy Atkinson |
| 57 | Mama Bear | Sandy Atkinson |
| 58 | Almost Home | Ed Rawlings |
| 59 | Paper Doll | Samantha Fish |
| 60 | Without the Medicine | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 61 | Empty Trainload of Sky | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings |
| 62 | Early Grave | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 63 | Steal Your Love | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 64 | Thunderhead | Ed Rawlings |
| 65 | The Sea | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 66 | Blame It on Me | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 67 | Let the Rains Fall | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 68 | Test of Time | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 69 | Arrival | Ed Rawlings |
| 70 | Departure | Ed Rawlings |
| 71 | Solo Modelo | Jeffrey Foucault |
| 72 | Face the Music | The Coffis Brothers |
| 73 | Courage My Love | Paul Thorn |
| 74 | Life is Just a Vapor | Paul Thorn |
| 75 | Riff Raft | Ed Rawlings |
| 76 | Hard to Love | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 77 | Half As High | The Devil Makes Three |
| 78 | If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll (feat. Eric Clapton) | Dion |
| 79 | Memphis is a Calling | Stormin' Norman and the Cyclones |
| 80 | Rolling in Again | Roger Street Friedman |
| 81 | Standing on Business | Christone "Kingfish" Ingram |
| 82 | Fallen Champions | The Devil Makes Three |
| 83 | If Our Love is Dead | Royel Otis |
| 84 | Puff of Smoke | The Wood Brothers |
| 85 | I Think We Know | Roger Street Friedman |
| 86 | Betty's Song (feat. Qiensave) | Chuck Prophet |
| 87 | Moving Up to the City | Stormin' Norman and the Cyclones |
| 88 | Walk This Road (feat. Mavis Staples) | The Doobie Brothers |
| 89 | King of Oklahoma (Live) | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit |
| 90 | Foxes in the Snow | Jason Isbell |
| 91 | Kick Me when I'm Down | Webb Wilder |
| 92 | She Will | Paul Thorn |
| 93 | I Can See the Devil | S.G. Goodman |
| 94 | Waiting for Something | Ed Rawlings |
| 95 | Hillbilly Speedball | Webb Wilder |
| 96 | Allergic to Love | Webb Wilder |
| 97 | Off in the Blue | Samantha Fish |
| 98 | Bloom Again | Larkin Poe |
| 99 | Beautiful Delilah | Webb Wilder |
| 100 | Bewildered | Anders Osborne |
| 101 | Joy | Lucinda Williams |
| 102 | Delilah | Marcus King |
| 103 | Crossing Muddy Waters | John Hiatt |
| 104 | Soul of a Man | Robert Plant |
| 105 | Seven Bridges Road | Jubal Lee Young |
| 106 | Crimson and Clay | Jason Isbell |
| 107 | Little Bit Crazy | Blackberry Smoke |
| 108 | Hard Times | The Devil Makes Three |
| 109 | Promised Land | Ward Hayden & the Outliers |
| 110 | Adeline | Ringo Starr |
| 111 | Crooked Boy | Ringo Starr |
| 112 | Kick in the Head | New Riders Of The Purple Sage |
| 113 | Hardly Living | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 114 | The Perfect Time | The Subdudes |
| 115 | I Misunderstood | Richard Thompson |
| 116 | Coming and Going | The Nighthawks |
| 117 | Ain't That Lovin You | The Nighthawks |
| 118 | Lights on Me | The Devil Makes Three |
| 119 | Real Emotions (Live) | Los Lonely Boys |
| 120 | Never Let Go | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 121 | Kid Charlemagne | Steely Dan |
| 122 | Free High | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 123 | Seminole Wind | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 124 | Highway | Robert Jon & The Wreck |
| 125 | Just How It Feels | Roger Street Friedman |
| 126 | Olustee | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 127 | Wide Open Horizon | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 128 | My Sweet Lord | George Harrison |
| 129 | Rollin' on | The Wood Brothers |
| 130 | Let's Get the Band Back Together | Lucinda Williams |
| 131 | Rewind Forward | Ringo Starr |
| 132 | Not Thinking Twice | Ed Rawlings |
| 133 | The Color of Night | James McMurtry |
| 134 | Laredo (Small Dark Something) | James McMurtry |
| 135 | Pretty Much | Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real |
| 136 | What We Had | Gillian Welch and David Rawlings |
| 137 | Pilgrim | The Wood Brothers |
| 138 | New York Comeback | Lucinda Williams |
| 139 | Heard from the Grave | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 140 | Lady in Black | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 141 | Bye Bye to You | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 142 | Lucky Ones | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 143 | Muse | The B. Christopher Band |
| 144 | When You Were | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 145 | Always Be Mine | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 146 | I've Been There Too | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 147 | Ride of Your Life | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 148 | Grab Some | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 149 | Tail Feathers | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 150 | Step Below the Line | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 151 | Call It What You Will | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 152 | Fly on Love | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 153 | Someone for Everyone | The Wood Brothers |
| 154 | By the Way | Tommy Prine |
| 155 | Far from Alone | The Wood Brothers |
| 156 | Stolen Moments | Lucinda Williams |
| 157 | Save Me from Myself | Babaux and The Peacemakers |
| 158 | Mean Man World | The Wood Brothers |
| 159 | Wonderland | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 160 | Rock N Roll Heart | Lucinda Williams |
| 161 | Kitchen Floor | The Wood Brothers |
| 162 | This is Not My Town | Lucinda Williams |
| 163 | Last Call for the Truth | Lucinda Williams |
| 164 | Reach the Sun | Tommy Prine |
| 165 | Where the Song Will Find Me | Lucinda Williams |
| 166 | Between the Beats | The Wood Brothers |
| 167 | Worst Pain of All | The Wood Brothers |
| 168 | Ask Me Nice | The Nighthawks |
| 169 | Jukebox | Lucinda Williams |
| 170 | Hum's Liquor | Lucinda Williams |
| 171 | Never Gonna Fade Away | Lucinda Williams |
| 172 | Take Me over | Jeff Jolly Band |
| 173 | Zorro's Last Ride | Frankie V and the Lonely Club |
| 174 | Bonnie and Clyde | Tom Ciurczak |
| 175 | All Night Long | Tom Ciurczak |
| 176 | Kilimanjaro Skies | Tom Ciurczak |
| 177 | Action out There | Tom Ciurczak |
| 178 | Right or Wrong Choice | Tom Ciurczak |
| 179 | The Vault | Tom Ciurczak |
| 180 | Feeling the Sunlight | Ringo Starr |
| 181 | Nights on Fire | Tom Ciurczak |
| 182 | Miss Jean | Ringo Starr |
| 183 | Starry Night | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 184 | On a Breeze | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 185 | Waiting | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 186 | Deeper Than Belief | JJ Grey & Mofro |
| 187 | The Ghost of Tom Joad | Gasoline Lollipops |
| 188 | Mexican Jail | Tom Ciurczak |
| 189 | Lie to Me | Tom Ciurczak |
| 190 | Not My Problem | Tom Ciurczak |
| 191 | War of the Worlds | Tom Ciurczak |
| 192 | Day of Reckoning (feat. Lukas Nelson & Jamey Johnson) | Warren Haynes |
| 193 | Small Town Girls | Tom Ciurczak |
| 194 | I Ain’t Ever Growing Up | Tom Ciurczak |
| 195 | Day Drinker | Tom Ciurczak |
| 196 | Shelter | The B. Christopher Band |
| 197 | It's Cold | The B. Christopher Band |
| 198 | The Only One | Steven Troch Band |
| 199 | All My Friends | Katie Pruitt |
| 200 | Driving | The Nighthawks |
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