The beautiful, uplifting song “Arrow”, by Seattle folk rock band The Head and The Heart, takes over the top spot on my latest Top 30 chart after a five-week-long run by Wons Phreely + The Horses’ “The Faithful Heart”. Formed in 2009 by Josiah Johnson and Jonathan Russell, The Head and The Heart currently consists of Russell (vocals, guitar, percussion), Charity Rose Thielen (violin, guitar, vocals), Chris Zasche (bass), Kenny Hensley (piano), Tyler Williams (drums), and Matt Gervais (guitar, vocals). Since 2011, they’ve released five albums and numerous singles, several of which have appeared on my chart. “Arrow” is their second song to reach #1 on my chart, their first being “All We Ever Knew” in 2016, and has spent the past nine weeks at #1 on the Billboard AAA (Adult Alternative Airplay) chart. The lyrics speak to feelings of restlessness, yet finding reassurance and peace of mind in oneself: “There’s times I need direction, there’s times I need to roam. I move station to station, I showed up here alone. I am my own arrow. I am my own home.”

In other notable chart developments, “So Cold” by Balu Brigada moves up two spots to #3, and “The Line” by twenty one pilots, from the Season 2 Soundtrack of the Netflix animated action-adventure series Arcane: League of Legends, jumps eight spots to #4, making it the biggest upward mover for a third week.

Two songs debut this week, the first of which is “Same Old Song” by Denver-based alternative folk band The Lumineers, which took a while to grow on me. The lead single from their fifth studio album Automatic, which dropped this past Friday, February 14th, “Same Old Song” is already in the top five on the various Alternative charts. The lyrics speak to the downsides of being a musician, struggling to pay rent, feeling insecure, getting your instruments stolen, and questioning the meaning of life while still holding onto dreams of making it big. The second debut, entering at #30, is “Without A Doubt” by Louisville, Kentucky-based post punk band Charm School, which I learned about from fellow blogger Christian in a recent post on his blog Christian’s Music Musings. The wonderful song is from their debut album Debt Forever, which dropped January 24th. I love those dramatic jangly guitars!

1. ARROW – The Head and The Heart (2)
2. THE FAITHFUL HEART – Wons Phreely + The Horses (1)
3. SO COLD – Balu Brigada (5)
4. THE LINE – twenty one pilots (12)
5. AUTUMN LEAVES – Secret Postal Society (7)
6. YOU’RE MY DRUG – Talk in Waves (8)
7. DETROIT – Badflower (9)
8. SAILOR SONG – Gigi Perez (10)
9. IN THE LIVING ROOM – Maggie Rogers (4)
10. BOBBY SOX – Green Day (3)
11. SHE WANTS TO GO DANCING – Mt. Joy (14)
12. SAD IN CAROLINA – Dexter and The Moonrocks (6)
13. BAD DREAMS – Teddy Swims (19)
14. DAY & NIGHT – Oli Barton (17)
15. AFTERLIFE – Sharon Van Etten (18)
16. GILD THE LILY – Billy Strings (11)
17. PEOPLE WATCHING – Sam Fender (20)
18. NEVERENDER – Justice & Tame Impala (16)
19. ROUTINES IN THE NIGHT – twenty one pilots (13)
20. IMPOSTER SYNDROME – Fake Empire (23)
21. HERE WE GO AGAIN – Set the Tone (24)
22. TAKE THIS HEART – Brian Lambert (26)
23. DARKERSIDE – David Kushner (22)
24. A TEAR IN SPACE (AIRLOCK) – Glass Animals (15)
25. A FRAGILE THING – The Cure (21)
26. WHO’S A FRAUD? – Still Traffico (28)
27. RUSHMERE – Mumford & Sons (29)
28. METAVERSE – Cage the Elephant (30)
29. SAME OLD SONG – The Lumineers (N)
30. WITHOUT A DOUBT – Charm School (N)