
The boisterous “HONEY (ARE U COMING?)” by Italian rock band Måneskin remains on top for a second week, while “ONE MORE TIME” by blink-182 holds at #2 for a second week after spending four weeks at #1. “More Than a Love Song” by Black Pumas spends a fourth week at #3, while the Foo Fighters‘ “Under You”, Western Jaguar‘s “Darling”, The 23s‘ “My Kinda Girl” and Bad Omens‘ “DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND” all advance a notch. Green Day enter the top 10 at #8 with “The American Dream Is Killing Me”, while The Beatles‘ “Now and Then” moves up one spot to #11. The song debuted at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 but plummeted to #76 in its second week, indicating that it was heavily streamed upon its release, but that the public seems to have quickly lost interest, which is really too bad.
As we enter the final month of 2023, five terrific songs make their debut on my chart this week. First up is the gorgeous “White Horse” by Nashville-based country-rock artist Chris Stapleton, entering at #26. The lead single from his fifth studio album Higher, “White Horse” was actually released this past July. Next up is “Modern Girl” by alternative pop-rock band Bleachers, headed by singer-songwriter and producer extraordinaire Jack Antonoff. The rousing song, which features some marvelous sax, took a while to grow on me but finally enters my chart at #27. Entering at #28 is the soulful “What Now” by American singer-songwriter Brittany Howard, who possesses one of the more powerful and interesting voices of any artist today. The song is the lead single of her forthcoming second album of the same name. Bringing up the rear are two wonderful dance singles, the first of which is the delightful “How Did You Get Here?” by talented young British singer-songwriter Antony Szmierek, which I learned about from fellow blogger Andy Peterson (who has a great blog titled The Voice Of Unreason). And last, but certainly not least, is “Houdini”, the latest single by impossibly beautiful English-Albanian singer-songwriter Dua Lipa.
- HONEY (ARE U COMING?) – Måneskin (1)
- ONE MORE TIME – blink-182 (2)
- MORE THAN A LOVE SONG – Black Pumas (3)
- UNDER YOU – Foo Fighters (5)
- DARLING – Western Jaguar (6)
- MY KINDA GIRL – The 23s (7)
- THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND – Bad Omens (8)
- THE AMERICAN DREAM IS KILLING ME – Green Day (11)
- SUMMER OF LUV – Portugal. The Man feat. Unknown Mortal Orchestra (9)
- EVICTED – Wilco (10)
- NOW AND THEN – The Beatles (12)
- LOVING YOU – Cannons (4)
- ATOMIC CITY – U2 (16)
- THE SHAMEFUL – Amongst Liars (17)
- ANGRY – The Rolling Stones (18)
- YOUR SIDE OF TOWN – The Killers (19)
- RUN AWAY WITH ME – Cold War Kids (20)
- ATTRACTION – Wild Horse (21)
- GOOD OLD DAYS – The Revivalists (22)
- MY LOVE MINE ALL MINE – Mitski (24)
- HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE – Fall Out Boy (15)
- WILD – Brian Lambert, Harmoni Kelley & Marc Schuster (25)
- ALL I DIE FOR – SWiiMS (26)
- COOL ABOUT IT – boygenius (27)
- RUNNING OUT OF TIME – Paramore (13)
- WHITE HORSE – Chris Stapleton (N)
- MODERN GIRL – Bleachers (N)
- WHAT NOW – Brittany Howard (N)
- HOW DID YOU GET HERE? – Antony Szmierek (N)
- HOUDINI – Dua Lipa (N)