Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending October 21, 2025

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Number
1 Up by 19

As Alive As You Need Me To Be
Nine Inch Nails
From the album: TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
4
Number
2 Down by 1

who's your boyfriend
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
3 Down by 1

mangetout
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
2
Weeks
14
Number
4 Up by 1

David
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
4
Weeks
7
Number
5 Up by 2

The Happy Dictator
Gorillaz featuring Sparks
From the album: The Mountain
Peak
5
Weeks
5
Number
6

Rein Me In
Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
From the album: People Watching
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Up by 1

12 to 12
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
7
Weeks
8
Number
8 Up by 1

Please Be Rude
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
8
Weeks
19
Number
9 Up by 1

Sienna
The Marías
From the album: Submarine
Peak
3
Weeks
8
Number
10 Up by 12

Dracula
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
10
Weeks
3
Number
11

Car
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
12 Up by 14

Parachute
Hayley Williams
From the album: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Peak
12
Weeks
2
Number
13 Down by 1

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

I CARE
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
14
Weeks
7
Number
15

Seein' Stars
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
16 Up by 1

Taxes
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
17 Down by 1

Fuck Me Eyes
Ethel Cain
From the album: Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
18 Down by 13

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

Nobody New
The Marías
Peak
18
Weeks
9
Number
20 Down by 1

Everybody Scream
Florence + the Machine
From the album: Everybody Scream
Peak
9
Weeks
8
Number
21

Backseat
Balu Brigada
From the album: Portal
Peak
14
Weeks
18
Number
22 Up by 2

Slow Dance
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
22
Weeks
2
Number
23

Shapeshifter
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
24 Up by 1

Don't Delete the Kisses
Wolf Alice
From the album: Visions of a Life, Heartstopper S1 O.S.T.
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
25 Up by 14

Crush
Ethel Cain
From the album: Inbred
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
26

moody
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
12
Weeks
22
Number
27

Vivid Light
Blood Orange
From the album: Essex Honey
Peak
27
Weeks
3
Number
28 Up by 1

Incomprehensible
Big Thief
From the album: Double Infinity
Peak
20
Weeks
14
Number
29 Up by 1

Glum
Hayley Williams
From the album: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Peak
19
Weeks
11
Number
30 Up by 1

Elderberry Wine
Wednesday
From the album: Bleeds
Peak
30
Weeks
10
Number
31 Up by 1

End Of Summer
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
7
Weeks
10
Number
32 Up by 1

d£aler
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 1

Cross Your Mind
Shelly
From the album: Shelly 2
Peak
16
Weeks
13
Number
34 Up by 1

Just Two Girls
Wolf Alice
From the album: The Clearing
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
35 Up by 2

Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
CMAT
From the album: EURO-COUNTRY
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
36

Great Pretender
Dominic Fike
From the album: Rocket
Peak
34
Weeks
4
Number
37 Up by 3

The Scythe
The Last Dinner Party
From the album: From the Pyre
Peak
37
Weeks
4
Number
38

Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat
Del Water Gap
From the album: Del Water Gap
Peak
23
Weeks
6
Number
39 Debut

Post Sex Clarity
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Cobra
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
40
Weeks
1
Number
41 Down by 38

One Thing
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
3
Weeks
21
Number
42 Down by 1

I Love You
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Skinty Fia
Peak
16
Weeks
21
Number
43 Down by 30

catch these fists
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
12
Weeks
21
Number
44 Down by 2

Kids
Current Joys
Peak
2
Weeks
23
Number
44 Down by 1

undressed
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
6
Weeks
23
Number
45 Down by 1

back to friends
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
24
Number
46 Down by 1

Spring Into Summer
Lizzy McAlpine
From the album: Older (and Wiser)
Peak
5
Weeks
24
Number
48 Down by 1

Fable
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27
Number
49 Down by 1

NEVER ENOUGH
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
2
Weeks
27
Number
50 Down by 1

Heavy
The Marías
From the album: CINEMA
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
46 Dropout

What Was That
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
50 Dropout

Back to Me
The Marías
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
27

A chart by

Date

October 14, 2025

Songs

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20 1 Nine Inch Nails – "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" 1(×1) 4

1 2 Royel Otis – "who's your boyfriend" 1(×2) 5

2 3 Wet Leg – "mangetout" 2 14

5 4 Lorde – "David" 4 7

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

6 6 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – "Rein Me In" 6 13

8 7 sombr – "12 to 12" 7 8

9 8 Gigi Perez – "Please Be Rude" 8 19

10 9 The Marías – "Sienna" 3 8

22 10 Tame Impala – "Dracula" 10 3

11 11 Royel Otis – "Car" 1(×1) 16

26 12 Hayley Williams – "Parachute" 12 2

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

14 14 Turnstile – "I CARE" 14 7

15 15 Turnstile – "Seein' Stars" 14 18

17 16 Geese – "Taxes" 16 14

16 17 Ethel Cain – "Fuck Me Eyes" 15 13

5 18 Tame Impala – "Loser" 5 5

18 19 The Marías – "Nobody New" 18 9

19 20 Florence + the Machine – "Everybody Scream" 9 8

21 21 Balu Brigada – "Backseat" 14 18

24 22 Clairo – "Slow Dance" 22 2

23 23 Lorde – "Shapeshifter" 15 13

25 24 Wolf Alice – "Don't Delete the Kisses" 23 6

39 25 Ethel Cain – "Crush" 15 13

26 26 Royel Otis – "moody" 12 22

27 27 Blood Orange – "Vivid Light" 27 3

29 28 Big Thief – "Incomprehensible" 20 14

30 29 Hayley Williams – "Glum" 19 11

31 30 Wednesday – "Elderberry Wine" 30 10

32 31 Tame Impala – "End Of Summer" 7 10

33 32 Lola Young – "d£aler" 32 2

34 33 Shelly – "Cross Your Mind" 16 13

35 34 Wolf Alice – "Just Two Girls" 33 4

37 35 CMAT – "Take A Sexy Picture Of Me" 22 7

36 36 Dominic Fike – "Great Pretender" 34 4

40 37 The Last Dinner Party – "The Scythe" 37 4

38 38 Del Water Gap – "Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat" 23 6

NE 39 Lola Young – "Post Sex Clarity" 39 1

NE 40 Geese – "Cobra" 40 1

3 41 Lola Young – "One Thing" 3 21

41 42 Fontaines D.C. – "I Love You" 16 21

13 43 Wet Leg – "catch these fists" 12 21

42 44 Current Joys – "Kids" 2 23

43 44 sombr – "undressed" 6 23

44 45 sombr – "back to friends" 1(×2) 24

45 46 Lizzy McAlpine – "Spring Into Summer" 5 24

47 48 Gigi Perez – "Fable" 1(×2) 27

48 49 Turnstile – "NEVER ENOUGH" 2 27

49 50 The Marías – "Heavy" 1(×1) 28

DROPOUTS:

46 -- Lorde – "What Was That" 1(×1) 25

50 -- The Marías – "Back to Me" 1(×2) 27

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