Tag: Top Songs February 2024

Top 30 Songs for February 25-March 2, 2024

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It was only a matter of time before The Black Keys reached the top spot on my weekly chart with their infectiously upbeat single “Beautiful People (Stay High)”. I’m a long-time fan of the duo, comprised of guitarist-vocalist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney, and the song clicked with me the first time I heard it. I love its exuberant melody, bluesy, foot-stomping groove and celebratory chorus. The lead single from their forthcoming twelfth studio album Ohio Players, due for release April 5th, the song was co-written with their longtime collaborators Beck and producer Dan the Automator (aka Daniel M. Nakamura). In a press statement about the recording of the album, Auerbach noted “We’d never worked harder to make a record. It’s never taken us this long to make an album. We took our time and did it right.” Carney added “What we wanted to accomplish with this record was make something that was fun. And something that most bands 20 years into their career don’t make, which is an approachable, fun record that is also cool.” (Pitchfork)

The wonderful video, directed by Chris Saunders, produced by Elizabeth Silver and choreographed by Natalie Fisher, is reminiscent of the ones created for Pharrell Williams’ massive 2014 hit “Happy”, featuring a wide cross-section of people of all ages and ethnicities joyously dancing to the song in various settings.

In other chart developments, the delightful jangle pop gem “My Golden Years” by The Lemon Twigs, climbs another six spots this week to enter the top 10 at #10. Making their debut are “Dilemma” by Green Day, from their latest album Saviors, at #29 (giving them two songs on this chart), and the gospel-like “Good People”, an interesting collaboration between British folk-rock band Mumford & Sons and the aforementioned American singer-songwriter and producer Pharrell Williams. at #30.

  1. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) – The Black Keys (2)
  2. NORTHERN ATTITUDE – Noah Kahan feat. Hozier (1)
  3. NEON PILL – Cage the Elephant (4)
  4. LOSE CONTROL – Teddy Swims (3)
  5. BLAME BRETT – The Beaches (7)
  6. WINTER COWBOY – Frank Joshua (8)
  7. THE TOWER – Future Islands (9)
  8. MOTHER NATURE – MGMT (10)
  9. ALIVE! – Bakar (11)
  10. MY GOLDEN YEARS – The Lemon Twigs (16)
  11. LOVIN ON ME – Jack Harlow (13)
  12. ALL I DIE FOR – SWiiMS (5)
  13. NOTHING MATTERS – The Last Dinner Party (6)
  14. NICE TO KNOW YOU – lovelytheband (17)
  15. YOUR WORLD NOW – Marc Schuster (18)
  16. NORMAL PEOPLE THINGS – Lovejoy (19)
  17. MEANT TO BE – Wilco (20)
  18. BLUSH – Vazum (21)
  19. LUNAR ECLIPSE – The Vaccines (22)
  20. DIAMOND AND THE MISSING SON – Unquiet Nights (23)
  21. MODERN GIRL – Bleachers (12)
  22. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS KILLING ME – Green Day (14)
  23. WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard (15)
  24. BICYCLE AWAY – Sam Rappaport (26)
  25. KOOL AID BLUE – The Sylvia Platters (27)
  26. I’M IN LOVE – Jelani Aryeh (28)
  27. FIND MY WAY – Ships Have Sailed (29)
  28. EVERYTHING WE NEED – Mojave Grey (30)
  29. DILEMMA – Green Day (N)
  30. GOOD PEOPLE – Mumford & Sons, Pharrell Williams (N)

Top 30 Songs for February 18-24, 2024

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There’s so much great music out now that it pains me to have to limit this week’s chart to only 30 songs. The gorgeous duet “Northern Attitude” by Noah Kahan and Hozier holds onto the top spot for a second week, while The Black Keys‘ “Beautiful People (Stay High)” moves up two spots to #2. The biggest upward mover again this week is “Neon Pill” by Cage the Elephant, leaping 10 spots to #4, and entering the top 10 are “The Tower” by Future Islands and “Mother Nature” by MGMT. Another big upward mover this week is the delightful “My Golden Years” by The Lemon Twigs, jumping six spots to #16.

Three stupendous songs make their debut this week. The first, entering at #28, is “I’m in Love” by Jelani Aryeh, a remarkably talented young Filipino/African-American singer and songwriter from San Diego I recently learned about from fellow blogger K.F. Hartless (who has a wonderful blog Yard Sale of Thoughts, in which she pairs her outstanding poetry with specially selected songs). Aryeh’s music is a glorious blend of indie rock, R&B, hip-hop, pop and experimental sounds, and I fell in love with his infectious song the moment I heard it. The second debut, coming in at #29, is the heartwarming “Find My Way” by L.A.-based duo Ships Have Sailed (which I reviewed last month). It’s their sixth song to appear in my Top 30. Finally, we have “Everything We Need” by Southern California duo Mojave Grey, entering at #30. Based in Joshua Tree and consisting of Zander Bleck and Michael Pozzi, they play a captivating and sophisticated style of electronic music they call Desert Minimal Rock, drawing inspiration from such electronic dance acts as RÜFÜS DU SOL and Bob Moses.

  1. NORTHERN ATTITUDE – Noah Kahan feat. Hozier (1)
  2. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) – The Black Keys (4)
  3. LOSE CONTROL – Teddy Swims (2)
  4. NEON PILL – Cage the Elephant (14)
  5. ALL I DIE FOR – SWiiMS (3)
  6. NOTHING MATTERS – The Last Dinner Party (6)
  7. BLAME BRETT – The Beaches (9)
  8. WINTER COWBOY – Frank Joshua (10)
  9. THE TOWER – Future Islands (11)
  10. MOTHER NATURE – MGMT (12)
  11. ALIVE! – Bakar (13)
  12. MODERN GIRL – Bleachers (7)
  13. LOVIN ON ME – Jack Harlow (15)
  14. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS KILLING ME – Green Day (5)
  15. WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard (8)
  16. MY GOLDEN YEARS – The Lemon Twigs (22)
  17. NICE TO KNOW YOU – lovelytheband (18)
  18. YOUR WORLD NOW – Marc Schuster (19)
  19. NORMAL PEOPLE THINGS – Lovejoy (20)
  20. MEANT TO BE – Wilco (21)
  21. BLUSH – Vazum (25)
  22. LUNAR ECLIPSE – The Vaccines (26)
  23. DIAMOND AND THE MISSING SON – Unquiet Nights (27)
  24. COOL ABOUT IT – boygenius (16)
  25. MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE – Mitski (17)
  26. BICYCLE AWAY – Sam Rappaport (29)
  27. KOOL AID BLUE – The Sylvia Platters (30)
  28. I’M IN LOVE – Jelani Aryeh (N)
  29. FIND MY WAY – Ships Have Sailed (N)
  30. EVERYTHING WE NEED – Mojave Grey (N)

Top 30 Songs for February 11-17, 2024

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Over the past year, Vermont-based singer-songwriter Noah Kahan exploded onto the music scene after seven years in the business on the strength of his third album Stick Season. Thus far, the album has generated three hits, including the title track, “Dial Drunk” and “Northern Attitude”. Written during the COVID-19 pandemic, Kahan describes the album as a “love letter to New England.” “Northern Attitude”, which he co-wrote with producer Gabe Simon, addresses what he calls his “northern attitude”, the stereotypical perception that folks from Northern New England can be reserved or even a bit cold, thanks to the “harsh winters that toughen up the locals, with the added challenge of enduring long dark New England nights”.

Kahan teamed up with Irish singer-songwriter Hozier to release a new version of “Northern Attitude” on November 10, 2023, and it’s a match made in heaven! According to Songfacts, the two got to know each other when they both performed at the Iron Blossom Festival at Monroe Park in Richmond, Virginia, in late August 2023, and first performed this song together during a show in Nashville in October. Kahan was thrilled with the harmony Hozier brought to the chorus. “That song was recorded so quickly that we didn’t really have a ton of time or the ability, really, to go back and change a lot of it,” he explained to American Songwriter. “So having the harmony there kind of filled it out a lot. In some ways I feel like his voice lends itself to a specific feeling that maybe mine didn’t. Like, it’s more tender and forgiving in some parts but also more powerful and angry.“

It’s an exuberant Americana song in the style of early Mumford and Sons, and I just love that vibrant banjo and the guys’ gorgeous soaring harmonies. The song has spent several weeks at #1 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart and is now #1 on mine.

In other chart developments, “Beautiful People (Stay High)” by The Black Keys climbs four spots to #4, the defiantly boisterous “Blame Brett” by Toronto-based indie rock band The Beaches (which is based on the breakup of lead singer Jordan Miller and Brett Emmons from The Glorious Sons) and the hauntingly beautiful “Winter Cowboy” by English singer-songwriter Frank Joshua enter the top 10. The biggest upward mover this week is “Neon Pill” by Cage the Elephant, leaping 15 spots to #14. Making their debut are two songs I recently reviewed: “Bicycle Away” by Brooklyn, New York-based singer-songwriter Sam Rappaport, his third song to appear on my Weekly Top 30, and “Kool Aid Blue” by wonderfully-named Vancouver, Canada-based jangle pop band The Sylvia Platters.

  1. NORTHERN ATTITUDE – Noah Kahan feat. Hozier (4)
  2. LOSE CONTROL – Teddy Swims (1)
  3. ALL I DIE FOR – SWiiMS (2)
  4. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) – The Black Keys (8)
  5. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS KILLING ME – Green Day (3)
  6. NOTHING MATTERS – The Last Dinner Party (7)
  7. MODERN GIRL – Bleachers (6)
  8. WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard (5)
  9. BLAME BRETT – The Beaches (11)
  10. WINTER COWBOY – Frank Joshua (12)
  11. THE TOWER – Future Islands (13)
  12. MOTHER NATURE – MGMT (15)
  13. ALIVE! – Bakar (14)
  14. NEON PILL – Cage the Elephant (29)
  15. LOVIN ON ME – Jack Harlow (16)
  16. COOL ABOUT IT – boygenius (9)
  17. MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE – Mitski (10)
  18. NICE TO KNOW YOU – lovelytheband (22)
  19. YOUR WORLD NOW – Marc Schuster (23)
  20. NORMAL PEOPLE THINGS – Lovejoy (24)
  21. MEANT TO BE – Wilco (25)
  22. MY GOLDEN YEARS – The Lemon Twigs (26)
  23. HOW DID YOU GET HERE? – Antony Szmierek (17)
  24. PRETTY VICIOUS – The Struts (18)
  25. BLUSH – Vazum (27)
  26. LUNAR ECLIPSE – The Vaccines (28)
  27. DIAMOND AND THE MISSING SON – Unquiet Nights (30)
  28. ATTRACTION – Wild Horse (19)
  29. BICYCLE AWAY – Sam Rappaport (N)
  30. KOOL AID BLUE – The Sylvia Platters (N)

Top 30 Songs for February 4-10, 2024

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American genre-bending singer-songwriter Teddy Swims, whose sound has been described by Aaron Williams of UPROXX as “Post Malone singing Lenny Williams or Jelly Roll doing Teddy Pendergrass”, takes over the top spot this week with his blistering torch song “Lose Control”. With his impassioned vocals, the soaring orchestrals and that wailing guitar solo, I get chills every time I hear it. Born Jaten Collin Dimsdale in Conyers, Georgia, the gruff-voiced artist mixes R&B, soul, country, and pop to create his own unique sound that’s earned him over 26 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. Released last June (of 2023), “Lose Control” has been a bit of a sleeper hit; now in its 24th week on the Billboard Hot 100, the song is currently at its peak position of #4, and also ranks #2 on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart. Thus far, it’s been streamed more than 221 million times on Spotify. The song is from his debut album I’ve Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1), which dropped last September.

Mr. Swims isn’t the only “swim” act on this chart, as the enchanting dream pop gem “All I Die For”, by Canadian indie rock band SWiiMS, moves into the #2 spot. “Northern Attitude”, by Vermont singer-songwriter Noah Kahan and Irish singer-songwriter Hozier, jumps five spots to #4, and “Beautiful People (Stay High)” by The Black Keys leaps 14 spots to enter the top 10 at #8.

Two songs make their debut this week. Entering at #29 is “Neon Pill” by Nashville-based Cage the Elephant, their first new music in nearly three years. They’re one of my long-time favorite bands, so I’m thrilled to hear new music from them. Coming in at #30 is “Diamond and the Missing Son” by Northern Ireland alt-rock band Unquiet Nights, which I reviewed last month. The song is from their third album Seasons in Exile, which dropped January 19th.

  1. LOSE CONTROL – Teddy Swims (2)
  2. ALL I DIE FOR – SWiiMS (5)
  3. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS KILLING ME – Green Day (1)
  4. NORTHERN ATTITUDE – Noah Kahan feat. Hozier (9)
  5. WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard (3)
  6. MODERN GIRL – Bleachers (6)
  7. NOTHING MATTERS – The Last Dinner Party (8)
  8. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH) – The Black Keys (22)
  9. COOL ABOUT IT – boygenius (4)
  10. MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE – Mitski (7)
  11. BLAME BRETT – The Beaches (12)
  12. WINTER COWBOY – Frank Joshua (13)
  13. THE TOWER – Future Islands (15)
  14. ALIVE! - Bakar (16)
  15. MOTHER NATURE – MGMT (17)
  16. LOVIN ON ME – Jack Harlow (19)
  17. HOW DID YOU GET HERE? – Antony Szmierek (11)
  18. PRETTY VICIOUS – The Struts (14)
  19. ATTRACTION – Wild Horse (10)
  20. RUN AWAY WITH ME – Cold War Kids (18)
  21. HOUDINI – Dua Lipa (20)
  22. NICE TO KNOW YOU – lovelytheband (23)
  23. YOUR WORLD NOW – Marc Schuster (24)
  24. NORMAL PEOPLE THINGS – Lovejoy (25)
  25. MEANT TO BE – Wilco (27)
  26. MY GOLDEN YEARS – The Lemon Twigs (28)
  27. BLUSH – Vazum (29)
  28. LUNAR ECLIPSE – The Vaccines (30)
  29. NEON PILL – Cage the Elephant (N)
  30. DIAMOND AND THE MISSING SON – Unquiet Nights (N)