Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending October 17, 2022

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Number
1

Tek It
Cafuné
From the album: Running
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
19
Number
2

For The First Time
Mac DeMarco
From the album: This Old Dog
Peak
2
Weeks
17
Number
3

The Perfect Girl
Mareux
Peak
3
Weeks
17
Number
4 Up by 1

Bad Habit
Steve Lacy
From the album: Gemini Rights
Peak
4
Weeks
14
Number
5 Up by 1

Sex, Drugs, Etc.
Beach Weather
From the album: Chit Chat (EP), Pineapple Sunrise
Peak
5
Weeks
13
Number
6 Up by 2

Apocalypse
Cigarettes After Sex
From the album: Cigarettes After Sex
Peak
6
Weeks
11
Number
7 Up by 2

Romantic Homicide
d4vd
From the album: Petals to Thorns
Peak
7
Weeks
6
Number
8 Up by 13

New Gold
Gorillaz featuring Tame Impala & Bootie Brown
From the album: Cracker Island
Peak
8
Weeks
6
Number
9 Up by 13

There'd Better Be A Mirrorball
Arctic Monkeys
From the album: The Car
Peak
9
Weeks
6
Number
10 Up by 1

Eventually
Tame Impala
From the album: Currents
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
11 Up by 1

What Once Was
Her's
From the album: Songs of Her's
Peak
11
Weeks
18
Number
12 Up by 1

Brooklyn Baby
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Ultraviolence
Peak
5
Weeks
17
Number
13 Up by 1

Brazil
Declan McKenna
From the album: What Do You Think About the Car?, Liar
Peak
5
Weeks
16
Number
14 Down by 10

Good Looking
Suki Waterhouse
Peak
4
Weeks
16
Number
15 Up by 1

One More Hour
Tame Impala
From the album: The Slow Rush
Peak
15
Weeks
11
Number
16 Up by 1

Fourth Of July
Sufjan Stevens
From the album: Carrie & Lowell
Peak
16
Weeks
10
Number
17 Up by 1

Lovers Rock
TV Girl
From the album: French Exit
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 1

Static
Steve Lacy
From the album: Gemini Rights
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Up by 1

the perfect pair
beabadoobee
From the album: Beatopia
Peak
8
Weeks
7
Number
20 Up by 3

SNAP
Rosa Linn
From the album: Lay Your Hands Upon My Heart - EP, Eurovision Song Contest: Turin 2022
Peak
20
Weeks
5
Number
21 Up by 3

I'm In Love With You
The 1975
From the album: Being Funny In A Foreign Language
Peak
21
Weeks
3
Number
22 Up by 15

Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me At All)
Omar Apollo
From the album: Ivory
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23 Up by 15

Body Paint
Arctic Monkeys
From the album: The Car
Peak
23
Weeks
2
Number
24 Debut

Shut Up My Moms Calling
Hotel Ugly
Peak
24
Weeks
1
Number
25 Up by 1

Summer In New York
Sofi Tukker
From the album: Wet Tennis
Peak
17
Weeks
19
Number
26 Up by 1

That's Where I Am
Maggie Rogers
From the album: Surrender
Peak
20
Weeks
18
Number
27 Up by 1

The Gold (Phoebe Bridgers Version)
Manchester Orchestra & Phoebe Bridgers
Peak
21
Weeks
18
Number
29 Down by 14

K.
Cigarettes After Sex
From the album: Cigarettes After Sex
Peak
7
Weeks
14
Number
30

touch tank
quinnie
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
31 Down by 24

THE SHADE
Rex Orange County
From the album: WHO CARES?
Peak
7
Weeks
13
Number
32 Down by 1

Cracker Island
Gorillaz featuring Thundercat
From the album: Cracker Island
Peak
16
Weeks
12
Number
33 Down by 1

boy
The Killers
From the album: Rebel Diamonds
Peak
32
Weeks
8
Number
34 Down by 1

Happiness
The 1975
From the album: Being Funny In A Foreign Language
Peak
33
Weeks
7
Number
35

West Coast
Lana Del Rey
From the album: Ultraviolence
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36

Weird Goodbyes
The National featuring Bon Iver
From the album: Laugh Track
Peak
36
Weeks
3
Number
37 Debut

This Is Why
Paramore
From the album: This Is Why
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

All I Need To Hear
The 1975
From the album: Being Funny In A Foreign Language
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39

Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Kate Bush
From the album: Hounds of Love
Peak
17
Weeks
18
Number
40

girls
girl in red
From the album: chapter 1
Peak
6
Weeks
19
Number
41

Late Night Talking
Harry Styles
From the album: Harry's House
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
20
Number
42 Down by 32

Break it off
PinkPantheress
From the album: to hell with it
Peak
6
Weeks
21
Number
43 Down by 1

A Pearl
Mitski
From the album: Be the Cowboy
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
21
Number
44 Down by 19

Synchronize
Milky Chance
From the album: Trip Tape II, Living In A Haze
Peak
10
Weeks
21
Number
45 Re-Entry

Free
Florence + The Machine
From the album: Dance Fever
Peak
17
Weeks
20
Number
46 Down by 3

Not Allowed
TV Girl
From the album: Who Really Cares
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
47 Down by 3
[THIS IS A DUPLICATE] Correct your chart entry to King (420573)
Duplicate
Peak
41
Weeks
5
Number
48 Down by 2

On My Knees
RÜFÜS DU SOL
From the album: Surrender
Peak
12
Weeks
27
Number
49 Down by 2

As It Was
Harry Styles
From the album: Harry's House
Peak
2
Weeks
28
Number
50 Down by 2

Billie Bossa Nova
Billie Eilish
From the album: Happier Than Ever
Peak
3
Weeks
27

Dropouts

Number
29 Dropout

AMAZING
Rex Orange County
From the album: WHO CARES?
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
34 Dropout

Jesus Freak Lighter
Blood Orange
From the album: Four Songs
Peak
34
Weeks
3
Number
45 Dropout

Tom's Diner
AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks
Peak
9
Weeks
26
Number
49 Dropout

Francis Forever
Mitski
From the album: Bury Me at Makeout Creek
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
32
Number
50 Dropout

You Get Me So High
The Neighbourhood
From the album: Hard (EP), Hard to Imagine The Neighbourhood Ever Changing
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
34

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1 1 Cafuné – “Tek It” 1(×5) 19

2 2 Mac DeMarco – “For The First Time” 2 17

3 3 Mareux – “The Perfect Girl” 3 17

5 4 Steve Lacy – “Bad Habit” 4 14

6 5 Beach Weather – “Sex, Drugs, Etc.” 5 13

8 6 Cigarettes After Sex – “Apocalypse” 6 11

9 7 d4vd – “Romantic Homicide” 7 6

21 8 Gorillaz ft. Tame Impala & Bootie Brown – “New Gold” 8 6

22 9 Arctic Monkeys – “There'd Better Be A Mirrorball” 9 6

11 10 Tame Impala – “Eventually” 1(×4) 20

12 11 Her's – “What Once Was” 11 18

13 12 Lana Del Rey – “Brooklyn Baby” 5 17

14 13 Declan McKenna – “Brazil” 5 16

4 14 Suki Waterhouse – “Good Looking” 4 16

16 15 Tame Impala – “One More Hour” 15 11

17 16 Sufjan Stevens – “Fourth Of July” 16 10

18 17 TV Girl – “Lovers Rock” 17 9

19 18 Steve Lacy – “Static” 18 8

20 19 beabadoobee – “the perfect pair” 8 7

23 20 Rosa Linn – “SNAP” 20 5

24 21 The 1975 – “I'm In Love With You” 21 3

37 22 Omar Apollo – “Evergreen (You Didn't Deserve Me At All)” 22 2

38 23 Arctic Monkeys – “Body Paint” 23 2

NE 24 Hotel Ugly – “Shut Up My Moms Calling” 24 1

26 25 Sofi Tukker – “Summer In New York” 17 19

27 26 Maggie Rogers – “That's Where I Am” 20 18

28 27 Manchester Orchestra & Phoebe Bridgers – “The Gold (Phoebe Bridgers Version)” 21 18

15 29 Cigarettes After Sex – “K.” 7 14

30 30 quinnie – “touch tank” 20 14

7 31 Rex Orange County – “THE SHADE” 7 13

31 32 Gorillaz ft. Thundercat – “Cracker Island” 16 12

32 33 The Killers – “boy” 32 8

33 34 The 1975 – “Happiness” 33 7

35 35 Lana Del Rey – “West Coast” 35 3

36 36 The National ft. Bon Iver – “Weird Goodbyes” 36 3

NE 37 Paramore – “This Is Why” 37 1

NE 38 The 1975 – “All I Need To Hear” 38 1

39 39 Kate Bush – “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” 17 18

40 40 girl in red – “girls” 6 19

41 41 Harry Styles – “Late Night Talking” 1(×2) 20

10 42 PinkPantheress – “Break it off” 6 21

42 43 Mitski – “A Pearl” 1(×1) 21

25 44 Milky Chance – “Synchronize” 10 21

RE 45 Florence + The Machine – “Free” 17 20

43 46 TV Girl – “Not Allowed” 1(×1) 23

44 47 Duplicate – “[THIS IS A DUPLICATE] Correct your chart entry to King (420573)” 41 5

46 48 RÜFÜS DU SOL – “On My Knees” 12 27

47 49 Harry Styles – “As It Was” 2 28

48 50 Billie Eilish – “Billie Bossa Nova” 3 27

DROPOUTS:

29 -- Rex Orange County – “AMAZING” 9 16

34 -- Blood Orange – “Jesus Freak Lighter” 34 3

45 -- AnnenMayKantereit & Giant Rooks – “Tom's Diner” 9 26

49 -- Mitski – “Francis Forever” 1(×2) 32

50 -- The Neighbourhood – “You Get Me So High” 1(×2) 34

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