Tag: Top Songs November 2025

My Top 30 Songs for November 23-29, 2025

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Alabama Shakes remain at #1 for a second week with “Another Life”, while All Time Low moves into second place with their wistful anthem “The Weather”, and “Elegantly Wasted”, the lovely collaboration by Hermanos Gutiérrez and Leon Bridges moves up to #3. Taylor Swift enters the top 10 at last with “The Fate of Ophelia”, from her latest album The Life of a Showgirl.

There are two great new additions to this week’s chart, the first of which is “Rubber Band Man”, a wonderful collaboration by English folk rock band Mumford & Sons and Irish singer-songwriter Hozier. I mean, given the combined talents of those two phenomenal acts, would you expect anything less? Hozier has previously collaborated with a number of artists, including Mavis Staples on “Nina Cried Power” (2018) and Noah Kahan on “Northern Attitude” (2023), both of which reached #1 on my chart.

The second new entry, at #30, is “Madalena” by American indie rock band Goose. Formed in Connecticut in 2014, they’re comprised of Rick Mitarotonda (vocals, guitar), Peter Anspach (vocals, keys, guitar), Trevor Weekz (bass) and Cotter Ellis (drums). “Madalena” is from their fifth studio album Chain Yer Dragon, which was released on August 14th, just four months after their previous album Everything Must Go. With it’s terrific piano work, the song has a bit of an early Elton John sensibility to my ears.

  1. ANOTHER LIFE – Alabama Shakes (1)
  2. THE WEATHER – All Time Low (4)
  3. ELEGANTLY WASTED – Hermanos Gutiérrez feat. Leon Bridges (5)
  4. CITY WALLS – Twenty One Pilots (7)
  5. ENSENADA – Sublime (2)
  6. DRACULA – Tame Impala (8)
  7. SUSHI AND COCA COLA – St. Paul & The Broken Bones (3)
  8. DOWNSTAIRS – Matt Maeson (9)
  9. EVERYBODY SCREAM – Florence + The Machine (10)
  10. THE FATE OF OPHELIA – Taylor Swift (11)
  11. ORDINARY CREATURE – Of Monsters and Men (12)
  12. SPECTER – Bad Omens (13)
  13. MISTAKES – Caamp (6)
  14. 12 TO 12 – sombr (16)
  15. SO FAR SO FAKE – Pierce the Veil (17)
  16. THE FEAR – Future Theory (20)
  17. LUCY – Mt. Joy (21)
  18. GET THE MESSAGE – The Paradox (22)
  19. WATCH ME GO – Lord Huron (23)
  20. AS ALIVE AS YOU NEED ME TO BE – Nine Inch Nails (15)
  21. ZOMBIE – YUNGBLUD (27)
  22. DANG – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (26)
  23. TANANA – Portugal. The Man (28)
  24. FIVE MORE SECONDS – Seafret & KT Tunstall (14)
  25. BY YOUR SIDE – Meltt (30)
  26. REMEMBER US? – Two Feet (30)
  27. WRECK – Neko Case (18)
  28. ENOUGH – Jeff Tweedy (19)
  29. RUBBER BAND MAN – Mumford & Sons w/Hozier (N)
  30. MADALENA – Goose (N)

My Top 30 Songs for November 16-22, 2025

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Photo of Alabama Shakes by Brantley Gutierrez

It’s a new song at #1 this week, as well as four terrific new debuts. Alabama blues rock band Alabama Shakes ascends to the top spot with their gorgeous and explosive single “Another Life”. Formed in 2009, they’re comprised of powerhouse singer-songwriter Brittany Howard (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Heath Fogg (lead guitar and vocals) and Zac Cockrell (bass). From 2011 to 2015, they released two albums, three EPs and numerous singles, including their big 2015 hit “Don’t Wanna Fight”, before going on hiatus in 2018 so that Howard could focus on her solo career. She released two critically acclaimed albums, Jaime in 2019 (which earned her two Grammy nominations), and What Now in 2024 (also nominated for a Grammy). Fogg also released his own solo LP under the name Sun on Shade in 2020. Alabama Shakes reunited this past December, and on August 29th, released “Another Life”, their first new music as a band in ten years. They spent much of the summer on a 30-city tour that concluded in late September. Here’s a live performance of the song from their Red Rocks show that nicely captures Howard’s electrifying stage and musical presence:

Entering the top 10 are “Dracula” by Tame Impala, at #8, and “Everybody Scream” by Florence + The Machine, at #10. As I noted above, four songs make their debut on this week’s chart, beginning with the anthemic and heartfelt “Zombie” by English singer-songwriter and actor YUNGBLUD (born Dominic Richard Harrison), entering at #27. The song is from his fourth studio album Idols, released this past June.

Next up is “Tanana”, the latest offering by American rock band Portugal. The Man, who are no strangers to my chart. Three of their songs – “Feel It Still”, “Live in the Moment” and ” What, Me Worry?” – have reached #1, with “Feel It Still” being my top song of 2017 and ranking #6 on my Top 100 of the 2010s. Originally from Wasilla, Alaska and now based in Portland, Oregon, the group currently consists of founding member John Gourley and his wife Zoe Manville, joined by a group of touring musicians. I had the pleasure of seeing them in concert in February 2024. Named for a small Alaska town near Fairbanks, “Tanana” is from their tenth studio album Shish, which dropped November 7th. Gourley said the song “voices a generational sadness, searching for fleeting meaning in a world on edge.“

Entering at #29 is the beautiful “By Your Side”, the latest single by Vancouver, Canada-based alternative psychedelic dream rock band Meltt. Comprised of Chris Smith (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards), Jamie Turner (drums, percussion), James Porter (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals), and Ian Winkler (keyboards, bass, guitar), they’ve released quite a bit of music since 2017, including their marvelous 2023 album Eternal Embers, one of my favorites that year which featured their gorgeous single “Within You, Within Me”. With acts like Tame Impala, Foals, Radiohead and Glass Animals among their major influences, it’s no wonder I love their sound.

My fourth new entry is “Remember Us?” by Brooklyn, New York-based singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer Two Feet (born Zachary William “Bill” Dess). A longtime favorite of mine, ten of his songs have reached #1 on my chart, with “Fire” being my top song of 2021, and “I Feel Like I’m Drowning” my #2 song of 2018. Released October 31st, “Remember Us?” is included on his new EP Drunken Fits of a Modern Age, which dropped this past Friday, November 14th. One of his best songs in a while, “Remember Us?” replaces his previous single “Lingerie”, which spent four weeks on my chart.

  1. ANOTHER LIFE – Alabama Shakes (2)
  2. ENSENDADA – Sublime (1)
  3. SUSHI AND COCA-COLA – St. Paul & The Broken Bones (3)
  4. THE WEATHER – All Time Low (5)
  5. ELEGANTLY WASTED – Hermanos Gutiérrez feat. Leon Bridges (6)
  6. MISTAKES – Caamp (4)
  7. CITY WALLS – Twenty One Pilots (10)
  8. DRACULA – Tame Impala (12)
  9. DOWNSTAIRS – Matt Maeson (9)
  10. EVERYBODY SCREAM – Florence + The Machine (11)
  11. THE FATE OF OPHELIA – Taylor Swift (13)
  12. ORDINARY CREATURE – Of Monsters and Men (14)
  13. SPECTER – Bad Omens (15)
  14. FIVE MORE SECONDS – Seafret & KT Tunstall (7)
  15. AS ALIVE AS YOU NEED ME TO BE – Nine Inch Nails (8)
  16. 12 TO 12 – sombr (22)
  17. SO FAR SO FAKE – Pierce the Veil (21)
  18. WRECK – Neko Case (16)
  19. ENOUGH – Jeff Tweedy (17)
  20. THE FEAR – Future Theory (23)
  21. LUCY – Mt. Joy (24)
  22. GET THE MESSAGE – The Paradox (25)
  23. WATCH ME GO – Lord Huron (26)
  24. UNDRESSED – sombr (18)
  25. BACKSEAT – Balu Brigada (19)
  26. DANG – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (27)
  27. ZOMBIE – YUNGBLUD (N)
  28. TANANA – Portugal. The Man (N)
  29. BY YOUR SIDE – Meltt (N)
  30. REMEMBER US? – Two Feet (N)

My Top 30 Songs for November 9-15, 2025

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There aren’t any significant changes to my chart, as Sublime‘s “Ensenada” holds at #1 for a second week. Alabama Shakes moves up two notches to #2 with “Another Life”, while “Downstairs” by Matt Maeson and “City Walls” by Twenty One Pilots enter the top 10. There are no new additions this week.

  1. ENSENADA – Sublime (1)
  2. ANOTHER LIFE – Alabama Shakes (4)
  3. SUSHI AND COCA-COLA – St. Paul & The Broken Bones (3)
  4. MISTAKES – Caamp (6)
  5. THE WEATHER – All Time Low (7)
  6. ELEGANTLY WASTED – Hermanos Gutiérrez feat. Leon Bridges (8)
  7. FIVE MORE SECONDS – Seafret & KT Tunstall (2)
  8. AS ALIVE AS YOU NEED ME TO BE – Nine Inch Nails (4)
  9. DOWNSTAIRS – Matt Maeson (12)
  10. CITY WALLS – Twenty One Pilots (14)
  11. EVERYBODY SCREAM – Florence + The Machine (13)
  12. DRACULA – Tame Impala (18)
  13. THE FATE OF OPHELIA – Taylor Swift (15)
  14. ORDINARY CREATURE – Of Monsters and Men (16)
  15. SPECTER – Bad Omens (17)
  16. WRECK – Neko Case (11)
  17. ENOUGH – Jeff Tweedy (19)
  18. UNDRESSED – sombr (9)
  19. BACKSEAT – Balu Brigada (10)
  20. LINGERIE – Two Feet (23)
  21. SO FAR SO FAKE – Pierce the Veil (24)
  22. 12 TO 12 – sombr (25)
  23. THE FEAR – Future Theory (26)
  24. LUCY – Mt. Joy (27)
  25. GET THE MESSAGE – The Paradox (28)
  26. WATCH ME GO – Lord Huron (29)
  27. DANG – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (30)
  28. LIGHT YEARS APART – Unobliterated (21)
  29. HORNETS – Western Jaguar (22)
  30. BETTER DAYS – Yellowcard (20)

My Top 30 Songs for November 2-8, 2025

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Photo of Sublime by Joshua Kim

It’s a new song at #1 this week, as “Ensenada” by legendary Southern California ska punk band Sublime takes over the top spot. Originally formed in Long Beach way back in 1988 by Bradley Nowell (vocals and guitar), Bud Gaugh (drums) and Eric Wilson (bass), they released three studio albums, a live album, five compilation albums, three EPs, one box set and six singles, three of which – “What I Got”, “Santeria” and “Wrong Way” – have remained longtime alt-rock radio staples. Sadly, they disbanded after Bradley Nowell’s untimely death from a heroin overdose in 1996 but subsequently reformed in 2023 with Nowell’s son Jakob singing lead vocals alongside original band members Wilson and Gaugh.

Released this past July, “Ensenada” carries on with the band’s original signature sound, almost as if no time has passed. The song lyrics speak to the joys of time spent with prostitutes in Ensenada, Mexico, with Jakob admitting “if I was the motherfuckin’ President, I’d hire twenty strippers for my cabinet” (which seems ironic, as at least two members of President Trump’s cabinet look like aging strippers). I must add it annoys me that the words “whore” and “motherfuckin'” have been bleeped out of the video.

There are four new entries to my chart again this week, starting with “Lucy” by Los Angeles-based indie rock band Mt. Joy. Formed in 2016, the band consists of Matt Quinn (vocals, guitar), Sam Cooper (guitar), Sotiris Eliopoulos (drums), Jackie Miclau (keyboards) and Michael Byrnes (bass). The song is from their fourth studio album Hope We Have Fun, and is their seventh song to appear on my chart.

Coming in at #28 is “Get The Message” by Atlanta-based pop-punk band The Paradox, comprised of Eric Dangerfield (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Donald Bryant (bass), Christopher “Xelan” Bernard (lead guitar and background vocals), and Percy “PC3” Crews (drums). Formed only a little more than a year ago in June 2024, they quickly made waves in the music industry; just three weeks after launching their social media presence, they amassed over 730k followers and have already opened for Green Day and Jack White. “Get The Message” is featured on their debut EP NSFW, which dropped September 19th.

Next up is “Watch Me Go” by folk rock band Lord Huron, another Los Angeles-based act who’ve been a longtime favorite of mine. Originally formed as a solo act by singer-songwriter/guitarist Ben Schneider in 2010 after he relocated from Michigan to Los Angeles, Lord Huron eventually became a four-piece that now includes Miguel Briseño on bass, keyboards & theremin, Tom Renaud on guitar, and Mark Barry on drums & percussion. Their uniquely beautiful music is a glorious mash-up of folk, western, rock and roll, pop, surf rock and new age. “Watch Me Go” is from their fifth and latest album The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1, released in July. A previous single from that album, “Nothing I Need”, spent two weeks at #1 on my chart in June.

The fourth new entry is “Dang” by North Carolina-based alternative indie rock band Rainbow Kitten Surprise, whose sound has been influenced by such artists as Modest Mouse, Kings of Leon, Frank Ocean, and Schoolboy Q. Formed in 2013 by Darrick “Bozzy” Keller (guitar, backup vocals) and Sam Melo (lead vocalist who transitioned to Ela in 2022), they were joined a year later by Ethan Goodpaster (electric guitar) and Jess Haney (drums). “Dang” is from their fifth studio album Bones, which dropped September 26th, and their second song to appear on my chart after “Fever Pitch” in 2018.

  1. ENSENADA – Sublime (2)
  2. FIVE MORE SECONDS – Seafret & KT Tunstall (1)
  3. SUSHI AND COCA-COLA – St. Paul & The Broken Bones (5)
  4. ANOTHER LIFE – Alabama Shakes (9)
  5. AS ALIVE AS YOU NEED ME TO BE – Nine Inch Nails (4)
  6. MISTAKES – Caamp (7)
  7. THE WEATHER – All Time Low (8)
  8. ELEGANTLY WASTED – Hermanos Gutiérrez feat. Leon Bridges (10)
  9. UNDRESSED – sombr (3)
  10. BACKSEAT – Balu Brigada (6)
  11. WRECK – Neko Case (14)
  12. DOWNSTAIRS – Matt Maeson (15)
  13. EVERYBODY SCREAM – Florence + The Machine (16)
  14. CITY WALLS – Twenty One Pilots (17)
  15. THE FATE OF OPHELIA – Taylor Swift (18)
  16. ORDINARY CREATURE – Of Monsters and Men (19)
  17. SPECTER – Bad Omens (20)
  18. DRACULA – Tame Impala (24)
  19. ENOUGH – Jeff Tweedy (21)
  20. BETTER DAYS – Yellowcard (11)
  21. LIGHT YEARS APART – Unobliterated (12)
  22. HORNETS – Western Jaguar (13)
  23. LINGERIE – Two Feet (27)
  24. SO FAR SO FAKE – Pierce the Veil (28)
  25. 12 TO 12 – sombr (29)
  26. THE FEAR – Future Theory (30)
  27. LUCY – Mt. Joy (N)
  28. GET THE MESSAGE – The Paradox (N)
  29. WATCH ME GO – Lord Huron (N)
  30. DANG – Rainbow Kitten Surprise (N)