Happy New Year! As we transition from 2023 to 2024, Green Day remain on top for a second week with their protest anthem “The American Dream Is Killing Me”. They’ve been a long-time favorite of mine, and I’m glad they’re still making music nearly 34 years after the release of their first album 39/Smooth. They’ll be dropping their 14th studio album Savior on January 19th. Brittany Howard‘s gloriously defiant “What Now” climbs five spots into second position, while Cold War Kids (who I saw open for Tears for Fears last August) enter the top 10 with “Run Away With Me”. British pop-rock band Wild Horse move up three spots to #5 with their breezy love song “Attraction”, followed at #6 by Mitski‘s contemplative “My Love Mine All Mine”. The biggest upward mover this week is the bluesy “Lose Control” by Georgia singer-songwriter Teddy Swims, leaping 10 spots to #19.

Four songs debut this week: Entering at #27 is “Northern Attitude”, a terrific duet by Vermont-based singer-songwriter Noah Kahan and Irish singer-songwriter Hozier. The song is a newly-recorded version of the track from Kahan’s critically-acclaimed album Stick Season, which also features his hit single “Dial Drunk”. He’s also recorded collaborative versions of a number of the album’s tracks, including “Dial Drunk” with Post Malone. Hozier also scored a successful and acclaimed album in 2023, Unreal Unearth, which features his hit songs “Eat Your Young” and “Francesca”. Next up is “The Tower” by always wonderful Baltimore-based synth pop band Future Islands. The song is from their forthcoming seventh studio album People Who Aren’t There Anymore, slated for release on January 26. Coming in at #29 is “Alive!” by British singer-songwriter Bakar, marking his third appearance on my chart. The song is the lead single from his second album Halo, which was released in September. Last but certainly not least is the lovely “Mother Nature” by American neo-psychedelic rock band MGMT. The song is the lead single from their upcoming fifth studio album Loss of Life, due for release on February 23, their first new music in six years.

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