Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending November 4, 2025

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Number
1

As Alive As You Need Me To Be
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
2 Up by 1

mangetout
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
2
Weeks
16
Number
3 Down by 1

who's your boyfriend
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
7
Number
4 Up by 6

Dracula
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
4
Weeks
5
Number
5 Down by 1

David
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
4
Weeks
9
Number
6 Up by 14

Backseat
Balu Brigada
From the album: Portal
Peak
6
Weeks
20
Number
7 Down by 1

Rein Me In
Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
From the album: People Watching
Peak
6
Weeks
15
Number
8 Down by 1

Slow Dance
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
7
Weeks
4
Number
9 Down by 1

12 to 12
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
10 Down by 1

Sienna
The Marías
From the album: Submarine
Peak
3
Weeks
10
Number
11 Up by 6

Loser
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
12 Down by 1

Car
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
13 Down by 1

Parachute
Hayley Williams
From the album: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Peak
12
Weeks
4
Number
13

Mind Loaded
Blood Orange featuring Caroline Polachek, Lorde, & Mustafa
From the album: Essex Honey
Peak
12
Weeks
14
Number
14

Taxes
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
14
Weeks
16
Number
15

I CARE
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
14
Weeks
9
Number
16

Seein' Stars
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
14
Weeks
20
Number
18

Nobody New
The Marías
Peak
18
Weeks
11
Number
19

Everybody Scream
Florence + the Machine
From the album: Everybody Scream
Peak
9
Weeks
10
Number
20 Down by 15

The Happy Dictator
Gorillaz featuring Sparks
From the album: The Mountain
Peak
5
Weeks
7
Number
21

Post Sex Clarity
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22

Shapeshifter
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
22 Up by 15

The Scythe
The Last Dinner Party
From the album: From the Pyre
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23

Don't Delete the Kisses
Wolf Alice
From the album: Visions of a Life, Heartstopper S1 O.S.T.
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Up by 1

Crush
Ethel Cain
From the album: Inbred
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
26

moody
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
12
Weeks
24
Number
27

I Wish I Didn't Waste Your Time
Thundercat
From the album: Distracted
Peak
27
Weeks
2
Number
28

Vivid Light
Blood Orange
From the album: Essex Honey
Peak
27
Weeks
5
Number
29 Debut

My Old Ways
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
29
Weeks
1
Number
30

Glum
Hayley Williams
From the album: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Peak
19
Weeks
13
Number
31

Elderberry Wine
Wednesday
From the album: Bleeds
Peak
30
Weeks
12
Number
32 Up by 1

d£aler
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
32
Weeks
4
Number
33 Up by 1

Cross Your Mind
Shelly
From the album: Shelly 2
Peak
16
Weeks
15
Number
34 Debut

One of the Greats
Florence + the Machine
From the album: Everybody Scream
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35

Just Two Girls
Wolf Alice
From the album: The Clearing
Peak
33
Weeks
6
Number
36

Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
CMAT
From the album: EURO-COUNTRY
Peak
22
Weeks
9
Number
37 Up by 1

Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat
Del Water Gap
From the album: Del Water Gap
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
38 Up by 2

Cobra
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
38
Weeks
3
Number
39 Debut

Private
The Neighbourhood
From the album: (((((ultraSOUND)))))
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Anna Karenina
Cigarettes After Sex
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 17

Please Be Rude
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
8
Weeks
21
Number
42 Down by 1

One Thing
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
3
Weeks
23
Number
43 Down by 1

I Love You
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Skinty Fia
Peak
16
Weeks
23
Number
44 Down by 1

catch these fists
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
12
Weeks
23
Number
45 Down by 1

Kids
Current Joys
Peak
2
Weeks
25
Number
45 Down by 1

undressed
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
6
Weeks
25
Number
46 Down by 1

back to friends
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
47 Down by 1

Spring Into Summer
Lizzy McAlpine
From the album: Older (and Wiser)
Peak
5
Weeks
26
Number
49 Down by 1

Fable
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
50 Down by 1

NEVER ENOUGH
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
2
Weeks
29

Dropouts

Number
29 Dropout

Incomprehensible
Big Thief
From the album: Double Infinity
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
32 Dropout

End Of Summer
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
39 Dropout

Fuck Me Eyes
Ethel Cain
From the album: Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
50 Dropout

Heavy
The Marías
From the album: CINEMA
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
29

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Date

October 28, 2025

Songs

50

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1 1 Nine Inch Nails – "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" 1(×3) 6

3 2 Wet Leg – "mangetout" 2 16

2 3 Royel Otis – "who's your boyfriend" 1(×2) 7

10 4 Tame Impala – "Dracula" 4 5

4 5 Lorde – "David" 4 9

20 6 Balu Brigada – "Backseat" 6 20

6 7 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – "Rein Me In" 6 15

7 8 Clairo – "Slow Dance" 7 4

8 9 sombr – "12 to 12" 7 10

9 10 The Marías – "Sienna" 3 10

17 11 Tame Impala – "Loser" 5 7

11 12 Royel Otis – "Car" 1(×1) 18

12 13 Hayley Williams – "Parachute" 12 4

13 13 Blood Orange ft. Caroline Polachek, Lorde, & Mustafa – "Mind Loaded" 12 14

14 14 Geese – "Taxes" 14 16

15 15 Turnstile – "I CARE" 14 9

16 16 Turnstile – "Seein' Stars" 14 20

18 18 The Marías – "Nobody New" 18 11

19 19 Florence + the Machine – "Everybody Scream" 9 10

5 20 Gorillaz ft. Sparks – "The Happy Dictator" 5 7

21 21 Lola Young – "Post Sex Clarity" 21 3

22 22 Lorde – "Shapeshifter" 15 15

37 22 The Last Dinner Party – "The Scythe" 22 6

23 23 Wolf Alice – "Don't Delete the Kisses" 23 8

25 24 Ethel Cain – "Crush" 15 15

26 26 Royel Otis – "moody" 12 24

27 27 Thundercat – "I Wish I Didn't Waste Your Time" 27 2

28 28 Blood Orange – "Vivid Light" 27 5

NE 29 Tame Impala – "My Old Ways" 29 1

30 30 Hayley Williams – "Glum" 19 13

31 31 Wednesday – "Elderberry Wine" 30 12

33 32 Lola Young – "d£aler" 32 4

34 33 Shelly – "Cross Your Mind" 16 15

NE 34 Florence + the Machine – "One of the Greats" 34 1

35 35 Wolf Alice – "Just Two Girls" 33 6

36 36 CMAT – "Take A Sexy Picture Of Me" 22 9

38 37 Del Water Gap – "Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat" 23 8

40 38 Geese – "Cobra" 38 3

NE 39 The Neighbourhood – "Private" 39 1

NE 40 Cigarettes After Sex – "Anna Karenina" 40 1

24 41 Gigi Perez – "Please Be Rude" 8 21

41 42 Lola Young – "One Thing" 3 23

42 43 Fontaines D.C. – "I Love You" 16 23

43 44 Wet Leg – "catch these fists" 12 23

44 45 Current Joys – "Kids" 2 25

44 45 sombr – "undressed" 6 25

45 46 sombr – "back to friends" 1(×2) 26

46 47 Lizzy McAlpine – "Spring Into Summer" 5 26

48 49 Gigi Perez – "Fable" 1(×2) 29

49 50 Turnstile – "NEVER ENOUGH" 2 29

DROPOUTS:

29 -- Big Thief – "Incomprehensible" 20 15

32 -- Tame Impala – "End Of Summer" 7 11

39 -- Ethel Cain – "Fuck Me Eyes" 15 14

50 -- The Marías – "Heavy" 1(×1) 29

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