The Neighbourhood take over the top spot on this week’s chart with their captivating “Hula Girl”. The song is from their fifth studio album (((((ultraSOUND))))), released last November. I’ve been a big fan of this Los Angeles-based alt-rock group since first hearing their song “Sweater Weather” back in the summer of 2013 (it became my favorite song of 2013 and 4th favorite song of the 2010s). Formed in 2011, the band still consists of all five original members: heavily-tattooed vocalist Jesse Rutherford, guitarists Jeremy Freedman and Zach Abels, bassist Mikey Margott and drummer Brandon Fried, and I’m happy they’re still putting out exceptional music. In March they embarked on a worldwide tour which will conclude in their hometown of Los Angeles in December. “Hula Girl” is their third song to top my chart, after the aforementioned “Sweater Weather” and “Stargazing” in 2021.

I’m not wild about the official video so am sharing the lyric video instead:

In other chart developments of note, “I Remember When” by Austin, Texas-based duo MISSIO advances two spots to #3, while “Slumber Party” by Chicago-based alt-rock band Brigitte Calls Me Baby enters the top 10 at #9, and “Drag Path” by Columbus, Ohio duo Twenty One Pilots rises three spots to #10.

Three songs make their debut this week, starting with “Headlights” by Nashville-based alternative pop band In Color, entering at #28. Formed in 2024, the band is comprised of Holden Clontz, Matthew Hastings, Val Hoyt and Miles Laderman. Inspired by an eclectic array of acts ranging from The Beatles, U2 and Coldplay to Michael Jackson, Kings of Leon and Switchfoot, they released their debut single “Headlights” on Valentine’s Day 2025. They followed with several more singles as well as an EP Snow Day, that October. They’ve continued releasing more singles, but as so often happens these days, “Headlights” went viral on social media and has now amassed nearly 13 million streams on Spotify alone.

The second new entry is the darkly beautiful “Dying To Love” by American alternative metalcore band Bad Omens. Formed in Richmond, Virginia in 2015, the band presently consists of vocalist and producer Noah Sebastian, guitarist Nicholas Ruffilo, guitarist and producer Joakim “Jolly” Karlsson and drummer Nick Folio. The song is their third to appear on my chart, following “THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND” in 2023 and “Specter” in late 2025/early 2026, both reaching the top 10.

The third debut is “Homewrecker”, the latest single by New York-based artist sombr, who over the past year has already scored three #1 songs on my chart: “back to friends” (my #1 song of 2025), “undressed” and “12 to 12”, which recently spent five weeks at #1. He put on a great show at Coachella yesterday, which I livestreamed on YouTube.

1. HULA GIRL – The Neighbourhood (2)
2. THE GREAT DIVIDE – Noah Kahan (1)
3. I REMEMBER WHEN – MISSIO (5)
4. DOUBLETAKE – Edgehill (4)
5. YOU GOT TO LOSE – The Black Keys (6)
6. LOST YOUR GHOST – Two Feet (3)
7. WAITING FOR ME – Talk in Waves (9)
8. SWEET LOVE – Stephen Sanchez (10)
9. SLUMBER PARTY – Brigitte Calls Me Baby (11)
10. DRAG PATH – Twenty One Pilots (13)
11. THE OLD LAW – Father John Misty (12)
12. THE WRECKAGE – Silversun Pickups (7)
13. WHO’S YOUR BOYFRIEND – Royel Otis (8)
14. HEATHER – Secret Postal Society (14)
15. BEDROOM POSTERS – Yellowcard feat. Good Charlotte (15)
16. LOOK OUT FOR ME – Turnstile (16)
17. DIFFERENT KIND OF LOVE – Young the Giant (17)
18. YOUR FAVORITE TOY – Foo Fighters (19)
19. STARLIGHT – Cannons (21)
20. BURN FOR YOU RMX – Between Daze (22)
21. HEAVY FOOT – Mon Rovîa (24)
22. FOOL’S GOLD – Buffalo Traffic Jam (23)
23. SITE UNSEEN – Courtney Barnett featuring Waxahatchee (25)
24. SONG OF THE FUTURE – U2 (28)
25. YOU AND FOREVER – Bleachers (27)
26. BE WITH YOU – Muse (29)
27. RIPTIDES – Death Cab for Cutie (30)
28. HEADLIGHTS – In Color (N)
29. DYING TO LOVE – Bad Omens (N)
30. HOMEWRECKER – sombr (N)