If this were a game of Clue, Royel Otis would have done it in the radio station with a song. They're guilty of holding down the top spot on the countdown this week. Pearl Jam's knocking on the door, though. Blame My Youth jumps-into the Top 10, and we've got new entries from Twenty-One Pilots, Atlas Genius, and Lo Moon. Taking a long view of things, a track from Green Day's Dookie album was the top song in 1994 - thirty years ago.
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2 1 Royal Otis/Murder on the Dance Floor (Ourness)
3 2 Pearl Jam/Wreckage (Dark Matter; Republic)
7 3 Nathaniel Ratecliff & The Nightsweats/Heartless (What If I; Stax)
6 4 Glass Animals/Creatures in Heaven (I Love You So Much; Republic)
1 5 Imagine Dragons/Eyes Closed (Loom; Interscope)
11 6 Blame My Youth/The Break (Big Loud)
4 7 DJO/End of Beginning (Decide; AWAL Recordings)
10 8 The Black Keys/On the Game (Ohio Players; Easy Eye Sound)
12 9 Michael Marcagi/Scared To Start (American Romance; Warner)
8 10 Bleachers/Tiny Moves (Bleachers; Dirty Moves)
5 11 Hozier/Too Sweet (Wasteland, Baby!; Columbia)
13 12 Rainbow Kitten Surprise/Superstar (Love Hate Music Box; Elektra Records)
14 13 AWOLNation/Panoramic View (Better Noise)
15 14 The Beaches/Edge of the Earth (Blame My Ex; AWAL Recordings)
19 15 Judah and the Lion/Long Dark Night (Cletus the Van)
18 16 Cigarettes After Sex/Tejano Blue (X’s; Partisan)
9 17 The Decemberists/Burial Ground (As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again; Capitol)
-- 18 Twenty-One Pilots/The Craving (Clancy; Atlantic Records)
20 19 Joywave/Scared (Permanent Pleasure; Hollywood)
22 20 St. Vincent/Broken Man (All Born Screaming; Virgin Records)
-- 21 Atlas Genius/On a Wave (End of the Tunnel; Kobalt Music)
23 22 Pierce the Veil/Karma Police (Triple J)
16 23 Girl in Red/Too Much (I’m Doing It Again, Baby!; Columbia)
24 24 Joywave/Scared (Permanent Pleasure; Hollywood)
27 25 Good Neighbours/Home (Some Action)
-- 26 Dayglow/Every Little Thing I Say I Do (Sony Music)
21 27 The Last Dinner Party/Sinner (Prelude to Ecstasy; Island Records)
-- 28 Lo Moon/Water (I Wish You Way More Than Luck; Thirty Tigers)
17 29 Maggie Rogers/Don’t Forget Me (Don’t Forget Me; Capitol)
25 30 Kings of Leon/Mustang (Can We Please Have Fun; Capitol)
#1 ON THE WERG CHARTS
Last Year (2023): Grouplove/Hello (I Want It All Right Now; Atlantic)
5 Years Ago (2019): Silversun Pickups/It Doesn’t Matter Why (Widow’s Weeds; New Machine)
10 Years Ago (2014): The Black Keys/Fever (Turn Blue; Nonesuch)
15 Years Ago (2009): Cage the Elephant/No Rest for the Wicked (Cage the Elephant; Relentless)
20 Years Ago (2004): The Vines/Ride (Winning Days; Capitol)
25 Years Ago (1999): Smash Mouth/All-Star (Astro Lounge; Interscope)
30 Years Ago (1994): Green Day/Longview (Dookie; Reprise)
35 Years Ago (1989): Howard Jones/Everlasting Love (Cross That Line; Elektra)
40 Years Ago (1984): Bruce Springsteen/Dancing in the Dark (Born in the U.S.A.; Columbia)
45 Years Ago (1979): Bee Gees/Love You Inside Out (Spirits Having Flown; RSO)
50 Years Ago (1974): Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods/Billy, Don’t Be a Hero (Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods; ABC)