We’ve arrived at the final week of 2023, and though it would be nice to have a sweet song at the top of my chart to bring us a bit of Christmas cheer, alas, that’s not to be. Instead, Green Day‘s boisterous protest anthem “The American Dream Is Killing Me” ascends to the #1 spot. The black and white video they made for the song is pretty violent and dark, with Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool made up as zombies, performing the song amidst hordes of zombies rioting in the streets and attacking people. Some scary stuff indeed!

In other chart developments, Brittany Howard‘s “What Now” is once again the biggest climber of the week, jumping eight spots to #7. The song is now #1 on the Billboard AAA chart. After spending three weeks at #4 in November, “Loving You” by Cannons reverses its downward course and moves back up five spots to #13, followed by “Wild” by Brian Lambert, Harmoni Kelley & Marc Schuster, “All I Die For” by SWiiMS, and “Cool About It” by boygenius, all of which advance five spots. Bleachers‘ “Modern Girl” moves up six spots to #17. Making their debut are the bluesy “Lose Control” by the gruff-voiced Georgia singer-songwriter Teddy Swims (born Jaten Collin Dimsdale), at #29, and “Winter Cowboy” by silky-voiced British artist Frank Joshua, at #30. It’s Frank’s second song to appear on my chart, the first being his beautiful “Bluebell Wood”, which peaked at #6 this past Spring.

1. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS KILLING ME – Green Day (2)
2. DARLING – Western Jaguar (1)
3. NOW AND THEN – The Beatles (3)
4. MORE THAN A LOVE SONG – Black Pumas (4)
5. HONEY (ARE U COMING?) – Måneskin (5)
6. ONE MORE TIME – blink-182 (6)
7. WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard (15)
8. ATTRACTION – Wild Horse (9)
9. MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE – Mitski (11)
10. ATOMIC CITY – U2 (8)
11. THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND – Bad Omens (7)
12. RUN AWAY WITH ME – Cold War Kids (15)
13. LOVING YOU – Cannons (18)
14. WILD – Brian Lambert, Harmoni Kelley & Marc Schuster (19)
15. ALL I DIE FOR – SWiiMS (20)
16. COOL ABOUT IT – boygenius (21)
17. MODERN GIRL – Bleachers (23)
18. GOOD OLD DAYS – The Revivalists (17)
19. THE SHAMEFUL – Amongst Liars (10)
20. WHITE HORSE – Chris Stapleton (22)
21. MY KINDA GIRL – The 23s (12)
22. YOUR SIDE OF TOWN – The Killers (14)
23. HOW DID YOU GET HERE? – Antony Szmierek (25)
24. ANGRY – The Rolling Stones (16)
25. HOUDINI – Dua Lipa (27)
26. BLAME BRETT – The Beaches (28)
27. PRETTY VICIOUS – The Struts (29)
28. NOTHING MATTERS – The Last Dinner Party (30)
29. LOSE CONTROL – Teddy Swims (N)
30. WINTER COWBOY – Frank Joshua (N)