A particularly exciting Top 30 chart this week, with lots of movement and a ton of new music. The Killers keep a firm grip on the #1 spot for a second week with their hopeful anthem “boy”, and Death Cab for Cutie‘s “Here to Forever” advances to #2. “Bad Habit” by Steve Lacy moves up two spots to #4, and Beach Weather‘s dreamy “Sex, Drugs, Etc.” jumps five spots to #5. Entering the top 10 are “Please Write Responsibly” by Granfalloon, from his wonderful album Calendar, which I just reviewed, and “My Babe” by Spoon, leaping 10 spots to #10, the highest upward mover for the second week. God, I love Spoon, and love that song!

A whopping six new songs enter my chart this week, more than I can remember in a very long time, and interestingly, four are by British acts. Beginning at #25, they are in order: “These Are the Days” by Irish band Inhaler, fronted by Elijah Hewson, the heartthrob son of U2 front man Bono Hewson; “The Echo” by immensely talented British singer-songwriter A.A. Williams, a hauntingly beautiful song I was alerted to by fellow blogger Robert Horvat (Rearview Mirror); “Spit of You” by British singer-songwriter Sam Fender (the guitars are absolutely gorgeous); the achingly beautiful “White Horses” by British singer-songwriter Art Block, who’s similarly-titled EP I reviewed last month; “Crest of the Wave” by British band Foals, one of my current top 10 favorite bands who can do no wrong when it comes to music; and “I Like You (A Happier Song)” by Post Malone & Doja Cat, currently at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. I’ve had several songs by the great Post Malone on my chart, but this is the first appearance for Doja Cat. 

1. BOY – The Killers (1)
2. HERE TO FOREVER – Death Cab for Cutie (3)
3. SUPERMODEL – Måneskin (2)
4. BAD HABIT – Steve Lacy (6)
5. SEX, DRUGS, ETC. – Beach Weather (10)
6. BONES – Imagine Dragons (5)
7. TEK IT – Cafuné (8)
8. BROKEN RECORD – NAVE (4)
9. PLEASE WRITE RESPONSIBLY – Granfalloon (11)
10. MY BABE – Spoon (20)
11. PART OF THE BAND – The 1975 (12)
12. UNTIL I FOUND YOU – Stephen Sanchez (7)
13. VIVA LAS VENGEANCE – Panic! At the Disco (9)
14. CRACKER ISLAND – Gorillaz featuring Thundercat (18)
15. FREE – Florence + the Machine (17)
16. FAILURE TO COMPLY – MISSIO (14)
17. SOMETHING LOUD – Jimmy Eat World (19)
18. BREAK MY SOUL – Beyoncé (13)
19. GIANTS – WALK THE MOON (21)
20. PARTY4ONE – dwi (22)
21. WHAT’S THE TRICK? – Jack White (15)
22. SISTERS – pMad (26)
23. BITTER – Wild Horse (27)
24. WET DREAM – Wet Leg (30)
25. THESE ARE THE DAYS – Inhaler (N)
26. THE ECHO – A.A. Williams (N)
27. SPIT OF YOU – Sam Fender (N)
28. WHITE HORSES – Art Block (N)
29. CREST OF THE WAVE – Foals (N)
30. I LIKE YOU (A HAPPIER SONG) – Post Malone & Doja Cat (N)