MISSIO remain on top for a second week with their hauntingly beautiful song “Time”, one of the many great tracks that will be featured on their forthcoming monumental album I AM CINCO, to be released next Friday, May 3rd. “Overcompensate” by twenty one pilots moves up a notch to #2, while “Dilemma” by Green Day reverses course by moving back up to #3. Australian duo Royel Otis climb two spots to #5 with their delightful cover of “Murder on the Dance Floor”, and “Good People”, by Mumford & Sons and Pharrell Williams, finally enters the top 10 at #10. The song recently spent one week at #1 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart.
The biggest upward mover is “Too Sweet”, by Irish singer-songwriter Hozier, jumping eight spots to #15. The song has quickly become an unexpected hit that’s even surprised the singer, reaching #1 in many countries including the U.S., where it’s become his highest-charting single and first #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, besting his monster hit “Take Me to Church”, which peaked at #2.
Three songs make their debut this week, the first of which is “Broken Man” by American artist St. Vincent, the musical project of uniquely talented and innovative singer-songwriter and musician Annie Clark, coming in at #28. The song is from her seventh studio album All Born Screaming, which dropped this past Friday, April 26th. The second new entry, at #29, is “Loneliness” by the legendary British synthpop duo Pet Shop Boys. The song is the lead single from their fifteenth studio album Nonetheless, which also dropped this past Friday. They were one of my favorite acts from 1986-88, and I’m happy they’re still putting out new music all these years later. The third new entry is “For Us All”, a superb song by English singer-songwriter Asgard Raven, which I reviewed last week.
- TIME – MISSIO (1)
- OVERCOMPENSATE – twenty one pilots (3)
- DILEMMA – Green Day (5)
- MY GOLDEN YEARS – The Lemon Twigs (2)
- MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR – Royel Otis (7)
- NEON PILL – Cage the Elephant (4)
- KOOL AID BLUE – The Sylvia Platters (6)
- I’M IN LOVE – Jelani Aryeh (9)
- EVERYTHING WE NEED – Mojave Grey (10)
- GOOD PEOPLE – Mumford & Sons, Pharrell Williams (12)
- ICE CREAM (PAY PHONE) – Black Pumas (14)
- DARK MATTER – Pearl Jam (15)
- DON’T FORGET ME – Maggie Rogers (17)
- WANTING AND WAITING – The Black Crowes (16)
- TOO SWEET – Hozier (23)
- LUNAR ECLIPSE – The Vaccines (8)
- DIAMOND AND THE MISSING SON – Unquiet Nights (11)
- THE GLASS – Foo Fighters (19)
- THOUGHTS I HAVE WHILE LYING IN BED – The Maine, Beach Weather (20)
- TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT – Dead Slow Hoot (22)
- FIND MY WAY – Ships Have Sailed (13)
- GOOD TIMES GO – The Kid and I (24)
- I’VE GOT LOVING FOR YOU – Bottlecap Mountain (25)
- MUSTANG – Kings of Leon (26)
- BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) – The Black Keys (18)
- CAPRICORN – Vampire Weekend (29)
- CREATURES IN HEAVEN – Glass Animals (30)
- BROKEN MAN – St. Vincent (N)
- LONELINESS – Pet Shop Boys (N)
- FOR US ALL – Asgard Raven (N)
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