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Top 30 Songs for November 28-December 4, 2021

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Two Feet maintains a firm grip on the #1 spot for a third week with his darkly beautiful and brooding “Don’t Bring Me Down”, while Adele’s poignant “Easy on Me” holds at #2 for a second week. Glass Animals climb two spots to third place with their buoyant “I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)”, and My Morning Jacket’s “Love Love Love” enters the top 10 at #8.

As we enter the final month of 2021, a whopping six new songs (well, five new and one refashioned) debut this week. Taylor Swift’s epic 10 minute and 13 seconds long “All Too Well” – which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 – enters my chart at #19 (I’m old school about music charts, and have a problem with songs debuting at #1). The five other new entries are “I See the Sun” by British psychedelic pop/rock band Solar Eyes, “Two Car Family” by British electro-rock band Apollo Junction, “Left Behind” by Chicago post-punk band a million rich daughters, “Kaleidoscope” by Tacoma psychedelic power pop artist Soda Cracker Jesus, and the enchanting “Journeyman’s Ballet” by Brooklyn singer-songwriter Sam Rappaport.

  1. DON’T BRING ME DOWN – Two Feet (1)
  2. EASY ON ME – Adele (2)
  3. I DON’T WANNA TALK (I JUST WANNA DANCE) – Glass Animals (5)
  4. BEGGIN’ – Måneskin (6)
  5. TAKE THE L – Roadkeeper (3)
  6. NEVER LOOKED BACK – The Zangwills (4)
  7. I DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE – The War on Drugs ft. Lucius (10)
  8. LOVE LOVE LOVE – My Morning Jacket (11)
  9. CAN YOU HANDLE MY LOVE?? – WALK THE MOON (8)
  10. MINE FOREVER – Lord Huron (7)
  11. SURVIVOR – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (9)
  12. JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves (14)
  13. LOVE IN OCTOBER – Ships Have Sailed (15)
  14. GOOD FRIEND – dwi (16)
  15. COLORADO – Milky Chance (13)
  16. WRECKED – Imagine Dragons (12)
  17. STARTS WITH YOU – Shimmer Johnson (19)
  18. TIME IN DISGUISE – Kings of Leon (24)
  19. ALL TOO WELL (10 Minute Version) – Taylor Swift (N)
  20. REARVIEW – G. Samedi (23)
  21. SMILE – Wolf Alice (25)
  22. THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears (26)
  23. BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol (17)
  24. TALK TO ME – Bealby Point (18)
  25. CRUTCH – Band of Horses (30)
  26. I SEE THE SUN – Solar Eyes (N)
  27. TWO CAR FAMILY – Apollo Junction (N)
  28. LEFT BEHIND – a million rich daughters (N)
  29. KALEIDOSCOPE – Soda Cracker Jesus (N)
  30. JOURNEYMAN’S BALLET – Sam Rappaport (N)

Top 30 Songs for November 14-20, 2021

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It was inevitable that Two Feet’s darkly beautiful and mesmerizing “Don’t Bring Me Down” would ascend to the top of my Weekly Top 30. It’s his 4th song to reach #1 on my chart this year, and his 8th in total, beginning with his monster hit “I Feel Like I’m Drowning” in the summer of 2018. He’s one of the finest guitarists around today, with a soulful and sultry music style unlike anyone else, and highlighted by bluesy guitar work and deep floor-rattling bass grooves. I love every single recording he’s released, and have seen him perform live twice, in November 2018 and again this past May. He engages regularly with his followers on social media, which has earned him an incredibly loyal and passionate base of fans, me included. I deeply love and respect this man as both a musician and human, and he’s my favorite artist in the world right now.

In other chart highlights this week, Roadkeeper’s politically relevant “Take the L” moves up to #3, followed by Adele’s heartfelt “Easy on Me”. Glass Animals’ delightful “I Don’t Wanna Talk (I Just Wanna Dance)” moves up a notch to #6, and Måneskin’s saucy “Beggin'” enters the top 10. Leaping 10 spots each are The War on Drugs’ “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” and My Morning Jacket’s ebullient “Love Love Love”, which climb to #11 and #12, respectively. Debuting this week are “Time in Disguise” by Kings of Leon, “Smile” by Wolf Alice and “The Tipping Point” by the legendary Tears For Fears.

Fun fact: In addition to Two Feet, I’ve also seen three other acts on this list in concert: twenty øne piløts, Coldplay and Tears For Fears.

  1. DON’T BRING ME DOWN – Two Feet (2)
  2. NEVER LOOKED BACK – The Zangwills (1)
  3. TAKE THE L – Roadkeeper (4)
  4. EASY ON ME – Adele (6)
  5. MINE FOREVER – Lord Huron (3)
  6. I DON’T WANNA TALK (I JUST WANNA DANCE) – Glass Animals (7)
  7. WRECKED – Imagine Dragons (5)
  8. CAN YOU HANDLE MY LOVE?? – WALK THE MOON (8)
  9. SURVIVOR – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (10)
  10. BEGGIN’ – Måneskin (12)
  11. I DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE – The War on Drugs ft. Lucius (21)
  12. LOVE LOVE LOVE – My Morning Jacket (22)
  13. BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol (13)
  14. TALK TO ME – Bealby Point (14)
  15. COLORADO – Milky Chance (15)
  16. DISTORTED LIGHT BEAM – Bastille (9)
  17. TRANSPARENTSOUL – WILLOW featuring Travis Barker (11)
  18. JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves (20)
  19. LOVE IN OCTOBER – Ships Have Sailed (23)
  20. GOOD FRIEND – dwi (24)
  21. THE ANGEL OF 8TH AVE. – Gang of Youths (16)
  22. BAD DREAM – Cannons (18)
  23. WHAT YOU SAY – Cold War Kids (19)
  24. SATURDAY – twenty øne piløts (17)
  25. STARTS WITH YOU – Shimmer Johnson (27)
  26. MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay & BTS (25)
  27. REARVIEW – G. Samedi (30)
  28. TIME IN DISGUISE – Kings of Leon (N)
  29. SMILE – Wolf Alice (N)
  30. THE TIPPING POINT – Tears For Fears (N)

Top 30 Songs for November 7-13, 2021

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After a three-week run on top with “Mine Forever”, Lord Huron have been supplanted by British indie pop-rock band The Zangwills, whose gorgeous and cinematic “Never Looked Back” takes over the #1 spot. I featured them and their song a few months ago, and immediately recognized it as a future number-one hit. They’re definitely a band with a bright future if they continue putting out such quality music.

Closing in fast is my favorite artist Two Feet, with his smoldering “Don’t Bring Me Down” rising three spots to #2. Texas alt-rock band Roadkeeper holds at #4 with their politically-charged “Take the L”, and Adele’s poignant “Easy on Me” is #6 for a second week. The lone entry into the top 10 this week is “Survivor” by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats. Canadian rockers Bealby Point continue their climb up my chart with “Talk to Me”. The Strokes-esque gem with a killer bassline lands at #14 this week. The War on Drugs’ beautiful “I Don’t Live Here Anymore” debuts at #21, while silky-voiced Australian singer-songwriter G. Samedi enters at #30 with his sensual track “Rearview”.
  1. NEVER LOOKED BACK – The Zangwills (3)
  2. DON’T BRING ME DOWN – Two Feet (5)
  3. MINE FOREVER – Lord Huron (1)
  4. TAKE THE L – Roadkeeper (4)
  5. WRECKED – Imagine Dragons (2)
  6. EASY ON ME – Adele (6)
  7. I DON’T WANNA TALK (I JUST WANNA DANCE) – Glass Animals (8)
  8. CAN YOU HANDLE MY LOVE?? – WALK THE MOON (10)
  9. DISTORTED LIGHT BEAM – Bastille (9)
  10. SURVIVOR – Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats (16)
  11. TRANSPARENTSOUL – WILLOW featuring Travis Barker (7)
  12. BEGGIN’ – Måneskin (19)
  13. BITTER TASTE – Billy Idol (15)
  14. TALK TO ME – Bealby Point (17)
  15. COLORADO – Milky Chance (18)
  16. THE ANGEL OF 8TH AVE. – Gang of Youths (11)
  17. SATURDAY – twenty øne piløts (12)
  18. BAD DREAM – Cannons (13)
  19. WHAT YOU SAY – Cold War Kids (14)
  20. JUSTIFIED – Kacey Musgraves (23)
  21. I DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE – The War on Drugs ft. Lucius (N)
  22. LOVE LOVE LOVE – My Morning Jacket (28)
  23. LOVE IN OCTOBER – Ships Have Sailed (27)
  24. GOOD FRIEND – dwi (29)
  25. MY UNIVERSE – Coldplay & BTS (26)
  26. FREAKS – Surf Curse (20)
  27. STARTS WITH YOU – Shimmer Johnson (30)
  28. BE A WOMAN – DeLaurentis (21)
  29. MISSING PIECE – Vance Joy (22)
  30. REARVIEW – G. Samedi (N)