Though their latest album Dropout Boogie has gotten mixed reviews, I love The Black Keys‘ lead single “Wild Child”, which knocks Harry Styles’ “As It Was” from the #1 spot after a two-week run. The rousing stomper sees them going back to their blues rock roots, highlighted by Dan Auerbach’s gnarly guitars and Patrick Carney’s muscular drumbeats. Though the simple lyrics are directed to a woman the singer wants to love – “I just wanna hold you at the end of every day. Girl, I wanna please you, oh, I’m needing you to stay. The sun is gonna shine if you would just come out and play. Baby, won’t you show me your wild child ways” – the outrageous video portrays Auerbach and Carney as guys who show up for menial jobs at an out of control high school, then add to the ensuing mayhem.

In other chart news, Florence + the Machine‘s gorgeous “My Love” continues its march toward the top, climbing a notch to #3. “Sleep” by Brooklyn four-piece Gooseberry, “Chasing Trains” by British singer-songwriter HULLAH, and “Wild” by Spoon all climb three spots to #6, 7 and 8, respectively, and Fontaines D.C.’s haunting “I Love You” finally enters the top 10.

Three songs make their debut this week. The first is “Seventeen Going Under” by British singer-songwriter Sam Fender, which enters at #19. The beautiful song was released in July 2021, and I ranked it at #44 on my Top 100 Songs of 2021 list, so when it started getting a lot of airplay a few months ago, I resisted placing it on my Weekly Top 30. But now that’s it climbing up the Alternative charts, I’m compelled to add it to mine too. The other two debuts are “Tell Me The Truth” by my favorite artist Two Feet, who just dropped his fourth album Shape and Form, and “Closer” by another favorite artist of mine, singer-songwriter The Frontier.

1. WILD CHILD – The Black Keys (2)
2. AS IT WAS – Harry Styles (1)
3. MY LOVE – Florence + the Machine (4)
4. DECEPTION – Hannah Reem & Noodle Beard (3)
5. LOVE BRAND NEW – Bob Moses (5)
6. SLEEP – Gooseberry (9)
7. CHASING TRAINS – HULLAH (10)
8. WILD – Spoon (11)
9. WHAT, ME WORRY? – Portugal. The Man (6)
10. I LOVE YOU – Fontaines D.C. (14)
11. BROKEN HORSES – Brandi Carlile (8)
12. BLACK SUMMER – Red Hot Chili Peppers (7)
13. LA CIENEGA – Chief Springs (15)
14. ON MY KNEES – RÜFÜS DU SOL (16)
15. THE HURT WITHIN – Holy Coves (17)
16. VIRGINIA (WIND IN THE NIGHT) – The Head and the Heart (18)
17. DISTANCE – Mount Famine (19)
18. BLOODRUSH – The Amazons (20)
19. SEVENTEEN GOING UNDER – Sam Fender (N)
20. BROKEN HEARTS – Ships Have Sailed (12)
21. GIVE A LITTLE LOVIN’ – Jamie Alimorad (13)
22. A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE – Weezer (21)
23. 2am – Foals (22)
24. SHUT OFF THE LIGHTS – Bastille (26)
25. SYNCHRONIZE – Milky Chance (28)
26. THAT’S WHERE I AM – Maggie Rogers (29)
27. TELL ME THE TRUTH – Two Feet (N)
28. I’LL CALL YOU MINE – girl in red (24)
29. ANIMAL – Partisan (30)
30. CLOSER – The Frontier (N)