Beach Weather maintain a firm grip on the #1 spot for a third week with their languid and sultry “Trouble With This Bed”, while their monster hit “Sex, Drugs, Etc.” also spends its 25th week on my chart. Both songs are featured on their wonderful new debut album Pineapple Sunrise. Welsh singer-songwriter and actress Caitlin Lavagna‘s “Night Bus” holds at #2 for a second week, and Fall Out Boy‘s hard-driving cinematic gem “Love From the Other Side” continues its rapid climb, moving up five spots to #3. Entering the top 10 are the beautiful “Just Before the Morning” by Local Natives, at #9, and “Transmitter” by Sea Power, at #10.

The lone debut this week is “Ghosts Again” by legendary electronic band Depeche Mode, which now essentially consists of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore. The song is their first new release since the death of co-founder and keyboardist Andy Fletcher last May. About the song, Gahan said it “captures this perfect balance of melancholy and joy“, while Gore noted it has “such an upbeat feel to it“. The duo has intimated in interviews that the song is a sort of tribute to Fletcher, touching on the fragility of life and the possibility of an afterlife, namely, that everyone will eventually turn into “ghosts again”. (Wikipedia) With “Ghosts Again”, the duo leave no doubt they can still deliver a stellar song after more than 40 years.

1. TROUBLE WITH THIS BED – Beach Weather (1) 3rd week at #1
2. NIGHT BUS – Caitlin Lavagna (2)
3. LOVE FROM THE OTHER SIDE – Fall Out Boy (8)
4. BACKPATTERS AND SHOOTERS – The Zangwills (4)
5. PAGES – White Reaper (5)
6. THE LONELIEST – Måneskin (3)
7. WILD AS THE WIND – HULLAH (9)
8. MAYFLY – Callum Pitt (10)
9. JUST BEFORE THE MORNING – Local Natives (11)
10. TRANSMITTER – Sea Power (12)
11. SHADOWS IN THE DARK – The Star Crumbles (6)
12. THIS IS WHY – Paramore (7)
13. YOU GOTTA DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO – Darksoft (15)
14. SLEEPWALKING – All Time Low (16)
15. PEPPER – Death Cab for Cutie (17)
16. SUREFIRE – Wilderado (20)
17. TROPIC MORNING NEWS – The National (21)
18. ANTI-HERO – Taylor Swift (13)
19. DANCE FOR ME – Sam Rappaport (14)
20. EVERGREEN – Mt. Joy (22)
21. SAIL AWAY – lovelytheband (19)
22. SOFTEN – Alex Southey (25)
23. NEW GOLD – Gorillaz featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown (30)
24. EYEZ – The Arcs (27)
25. WEIGHTLESS – Arlo Parks (28)
26. SEX, DRUGS, ETC. – Beach Weather (23) 25th week on chart
27. STICK SEASON – Noah Kahan (24)
28. TONIGHT – Phoenix featuring Ezra Koenig (18) 21st week on chart
29. KILL BILL – SZA (26)
30. GHOSTS AGAIN – Depeche Mode (N)