It’s always fascinating to me how vastly different the various music charts can be, and also how long many songs now remain on each chart, and this particular week is a good example of just how much that is the case. “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, which spent September, October and November in the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 before falling below that while the annual parade of vintage Christmas songs ruled the chart for most of December, is now at #1. On the Adult Pop chart, “Stargazing” by Myles Smith has spent seven weeks and counting at #1 (it peaked at #4 on my chart last November). Meanwhile, “Sad in Carolina” by Dexter and The Moonrocks has spent eight weeks and counting at #1 on the Alternative Airplay chart, “Arrow” by The Head and the Heart has spent six weeks and counting at #1 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart, and “Mayday” by Three Days Grace has spent three weeks and counting at #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart. While “Stargazing” did quite well on both Alternative charts, even reaching #1 on the Alternative Airplay chart for a week, neither “Sad in Carolina”, “Arrow” nor “Mayday” have appeared on the Hot 100. The last time I can remember a song topping all those charts simultaneously was “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye way back in 2012!

At any rate, the delightful “The Faithful Heart” by L.A.-based Wons Phreely + The Horses is still my current favorite song, thus remains at #1 on my Top 30 chart for a third week. “Sad in Carolina” holds at #2 for a third week after previously spending two weeks at #1, making it their seventh week in the top 2. “A Tear in Space (Airlock)” by English band Glass Animals holds at #3 for a second week, while Green Day‘s “Bobby Sox” inches up a spot to #4, and “Arrow” moves into fifth place. Entering the top 10 are “Autumn Leaves” by Welsh artist Secret Postal Society (the music project of singer-songwriter and guitarist Craig Mapstone), and “Routines in the Night” by twenty one pilots. “Die With A Smile”, which peaked at #2 on my chart early last month, moves back up three spots to #17.

Two fantastic songs make their debut this week, the first of which is the enchanting and cinematic “The Line” by twenty one pilots, giving my favorite music act two tracks on this chart. The song is from the Season 2 Soundtrack of the Netflix animated action-adventure series Arcane: League of Legends, which I previously had no idea about but is apparently enormously popular. The second debut is the smoldering rocker “Take This Heart” by Denton, Texas-based singer-songwriter Brian Lambert, which I reviewed a few weeks ago. It’s his fifth song to appear on my chart, two of which were by The Star Crumbles, his collaborative band with Marc Schuster.

1. THE FAITHFUL HEART – Wons Phreely + The Horses (1)
2. SAD IN CAROLINA – Dexter and The Moonrocks (2)
3. A TEAR IN SPACE (AIRLOCK) – Glass Animals (3)
4. BOBBY SOX – Green Day (5)
5. ARROW – The Head and the Heart (6)
6. IN THE LIVING ROOM – Maggie Rogers (7)
7. NEVERENDER – Justice & Tame Impala (4)
8. GILD THE LILY – Billy Strings (8)
9. AUTUMN LEAVES – Secret Postal Society (11)
10. ROUTINES IN THE NIGHT – twenty one pilots (12)
11. SO COLD – Balu Brigada (13)
12. A FRAGILE THING – The Cure (9)
13. DARKERSIDE – David Kushner (15)
14. YOU’RE MY DRUG – Talk in Waves (16)
15. DETROIT – Badflower (17)
16. SAILOR SONG – Gigi Perez (18)
17. DIE WITH A SMILE – Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars (20)
18. SHE WANTS TO GO DANCING – Mt. Joy (23)
19. DAY & NIGHT – Oli Barton (21)
20. HARDCORE ROMANCE – Beach Weather (10)
21. AFTERLIFE – Sharon Van Etten (22)
22. GIVING UP – Michigander (14)
23. PEOPLE WATCHING – Sam Fender (24)
24. BAD DREAMS – Teddy Swims (26)
25. FAVOURITE – Fontaines D.C. (19) 20th week on chart
26. ROCKMAN – Mk.gee (28)
27. HERE WE GO AGAIN – Set the Tone (29)
28. IMPOSTER SYNDROME – Fake Empire (30)
29. THE LINE – twenty one pilots (N)
30. TAKE THIS HEART – Brian Lambert (N)