Not a lot of changes on this week’s Top 30, with Twenty One Pilots holding the top spot for a second week with their beautiful and cinematic “The Line”, while Balu Brigada remain at #2 with “So Cold”. Two songs by powerhouse acts make their debut this week, the first of which is “luther” by rapper Kendrick Lamar and alternative R&B/hip hop singer-songwriter SZA (born Solána Imani Rowe). The two previously collaborated on “All The Stars” in 2018, one of my favorite songs of the 2010s. “luther”, which is currently #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, features a sample of “If This World Were Mine”, a 1982 song by the late, great Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn, and I Iove the beautiful strings. The second debut is “The Night Before” by always wonderful blues rock band The Black Keys. The song is the lead single from their forthcoming 13th album No Rain, No Flowers, to be released later in the year.
- THE LINE – Twenty One Pilots (1)
- SO COLD – Balu Brigada (2)
- AUTUMN LEAVES – Secret Postal Society (5)
- YOU’RE MY DRUG – Talk in Waves (6)
- DETROIT – Badflower (7)
- SAILOR SONG – Gigi Perez (8)
- BAD DREAMS – Teddy Swims (10)
- THE FAITHFUL HEART – Wons Phreely + The Horses (4)
- SHE WANTS TO GO DANCING – Mt. Joy (9)
- ARROW – The Head and The Heart (3)
- DAY & NIGHT – Oli Barton (11)
- PEOPLE WATCHING – Sam Fender (13)
- IMPOSTER SYNDROME – Fake Empire (15)
- AFTERLIFE – Sharon Van Etten (12)
- TAKE THIS HEART – Brian Lambert (18)
- RUSHMERE – Mumford & Sons (19)
- HERE WE GO AGAIN – Set the Tone (17)
- WHO’S A FRAUD? – Still Traffico (23)
- METAVERSE – Cage the Elephant (24)
- SAME OLD SONG – The Lumineers (25)
- IN THE LIVING ROOM – Maggie Rogers (14)
- SAD IN CAROLINA – Dexter and The Moonrocks (16)
- WITHOUT A DOUBT – Charm School (27)
- STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND – Unquiet Nights (29)
- WALLS – Frank Joshua (30)
- GILD THE LILY – Billy Strings (21)
- BOBBY SOX – Green Day (20)
- NEVERENDER – Justice & Tame Impala (22) 20th week on chart
- LUTHER – Kendrick Lamar & SZA (N)
- THE NIGHT BEFORE – The Black Keys (N)
ECLECTIC MUSIC LOVER 
With something crazy happening every day, it’s nice to see some things don’t change. I generally dig The Black Keys and will look out for their new album!
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good chart! You know I thought Luther sounded like a sample of Gladys Knight but I read somewhere it was Cheryl Lynn, co-singer on the Luther record he is sampled from. I think I need to hear the original If This World Were Mine song right now, back in a mo. Yup, she sounds nothing like Gladys Knight, so now I’m confused as Wikipedia mentions only Cheryl Lynn! I wonder if they digitally altered her voice, or if it’s SZA…Gladys has definitely been sampled recently on a great dance track by Bakermat Without Ya (uncredited) as I went back to find the bit they nicked in the original song, so it wouldnt be the first time an old Gladys track has been used without a mention…
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You’re right, it apparently is Cheryl Lynn, though it sure sounds like Gladys Knight to me. Thanks for letting me know, as no one else noticed my mistake (probably because no one knew or listened to the song).
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I mainly check sample credits because I get annoyed if the original singer is sampled and gets no featuring credit, so I give them one in my charts in protest, considering Uncle Tom Cobbley and all get feature credits these days for just breaking wind briefly on a track, it should be basic practice! 🙂
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Cool, Luther is a good choice.
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SZA adds a lot to the song.
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I’m not so keen on ’30 for 30′, their collaboration on the recent Lana deluxe version of SOS.
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