Top 30 Songs for May 5-11, 2024

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MISSIO holds on to the top spot on my chart for a third week with “Time”, one of the many outstanding songs from their latest album I AM CINCO, an epic work featuring 26 tracks that dropped this past Friday, May 3rd. (Read my review and interview with the guys here.) Green Day moves into second place with “Dilemma”, while Royel Otis climb two spots to #3 with their delightful cover of “Murder on the Dance Floor”. Hozier‘s “Too Sweet” leaps another eight spots this week, entering the top 10 at #7, while Black Pumas‘ “Ice Cream (Pay Phone)” moves up a notch to enter the top 10 at #10. Also moving up eight spots are “Capricorn” by Vampire Weekend, to #18, and “Creatures in Heaven” by Glass Animals, to #19.

The sole debut this week, at #30, is “Fortnight” by Taylor Swift, featuring Post Malone, who co-wrote the song with Swift and singer-songwriter/producer Jack Antonoff. The downtempo synthpop ballad is from her latest and 15th album The Tortured Poets Department, which has received generally positive reviews and broken numerous sales and streaming records. The album, released April 19th after weeks of advance hype, features 16 tracks. But only two hours later, Swift surprise-released a double album edition, subtitled The Anthology and containing 15 bonus tracks, for a total of 31 in two volumes. While I’m not a huge fan of Swift, I do acknowledge her strong songwriting abilities, and really like some of her songs. As an example of her massive popularity, she currently holds every single one of the top 14 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, with “Fortnight” at #1.

  1. TIME – MISSIO (1)
  2. DILEMMA – Green Day (3)
  3. MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR – Royel Otis (5)
  4. OVERCOMPENSATE – twenty one pilots (2)
  5. MY GOLDEN YEARS – The Lemon Twigs (4)
  6. NEON PILL – Cage the Elephant (6)
  7. TOO SWEET – Hozier (15)
  8. KOOL AID BLUE – The Sylvia Platters (7)
  9. EVERYTHING WE NEED – Mojave Grey (9)
  10. ICE CREAM (PAY PHONE) – Black Pumas (11)
  11. DON’T FORGET ME – Maggie Rogers (13)
  12. DARK MATTER – Pearl Jam (12)
  13. WANTING AND WAITING – The Black Crowes (14)
  14. I’M IN LOVE – Jelani Aryeh (8)
  15. GOOD PEOPLE – Mumford & Sons, Pharrell Williams (10)
  16. THOUGHTS I HAVE WHILE LYING IN BED – The Maine, Beach Weather (19)
  17. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT – Dead Slow Hoot (20)
  18. CAPRICORN – Vampire Weekend (26)
  19. CREATURES IN HEAVEN – Glass Animals (27)
  20. THE GLASS – Foo Fighters (18)
  21. I’VE GOT LOVING FOR YOU – Bottlecap Mountain (23)
  22. GOOD TIMES GO – The Kid and I (22)
  23. MUSTANG – Kings of Leon (24)
  24. LUNAR ECLIPSE – The Vaccines (16)
  25. DIAMOND AND THE MISSING SON – Unquiet Nights (17)
  26. BROKEN MAN – St. Vincent (28)
  27. LONELINESS – Pet Shop Boys (29)
  28. FOR US ALL – Asgard Raven (30)
  29. FIND MY WAY – Ships Have Sailed (21)
  30. FORTNIGHT – Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone (N)

17 thoughts on “Top 30 Songs for May 5-11, 2024”

    1. Well, “Dilemma” had earlier peaked at #3 five weeks ago, then began slowly falling, so you’re not crazy. The song is currently at #1 on the Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock Airplay charts, which I hate to admit does influence my rankings a bit.

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  3. An artist topping your list with a song from an album titled “I’m Cinco” on cinco de mayo looks appropriate, though I doubt this factored in your decision for Missio to hold the top spot! 🙂

    Of the artists you called out this week, Green Day and Black Pumas are my favorites.

    I haven’t listened to Taylor Swift’s new album and didn’t even know about her surprise Anthology release. In general, I’ve mixed feelings about her music I’ve heard. Based on my recollection, I tend to prefer her older songs.

    But when you’ve sold 75M+ albums, more than Beyonce, and hold all of the top 14 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 (something I’ve never heard before!), you must be doing something right – whether I dig it or not! Plus, a music artist who writes their own music and plays an instrument earns my respect.

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    1. Guess the ‘cinco’ connection is a bit of unintended serendipity! I liked Taylor Swift’s earliest music, but not when she transitioned to pop, during which time I felt a bit of resentment. Now that her sound has matured, I’ve come around, though I still think the hype around megastars like her, Beyonce, Drake, Ariana Grande and the like is ridiculous. But, I guess it’s really no different from Elvis in the late 50s, the Beatles in the mid-60s, or Michael Jackson & Madonna in the 80s.

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  7. Love MISSIO! Still working my way through Cinco (disc 4 currently). So many great tracks, but “Good Vibrations” (crazy catchy) and “Time” (so beautiful) are definitely my favs so far. Not so keen on TayTay myself. I respect her, just don’t care for her music too much. Another excellent Top 30, my friend.

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  8. yay at Loneliness (and also Taylor) in the chart, along with Hozier top 10. Just bought Pet Shop Boys album and its rather good, very much about the passage of time and lost eras, with more than a nod to past genres and their own 80’s hits – there’s even a 60’s cassio-styled cocktail-jazz elevator-inspired music track which takes me back to Easy Listening days 🙂

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