Today's Top Indie for the Week Ending October 28, 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 2 weeks)
Weeks
5
Number
2

who's your boyfriend
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
6
Number
3

mangetout
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
2
Weeks
15
Number
4

David
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
4
Weeks
8
Number
5

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

Rein Me In
Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
From the album: People Watching
Peak
6
Weeks
14
Number
7 Up by 15

Slow Dance
Clairo
From the album: Charm
Peak
7
Weeks
3
Number
8 Down by 1

12 to 12
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
7
Weeks
9
Number
9

Sienna
The Marías
From the album: Submarine
Peak
3
Weeks
9
Number
10

Dracula
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
10
Weeks
4
Number
11

Car
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
17
Number
12

Parachute
Hayley Williams
From the album: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Peak
12
Weeks
3
Number
13

Mind Loaded
Blood Orange featuring Caroline Polachek, Lorde, & Mustafa
From the album: Essex Honey
Peak
12
Weeks
13
Number
14 Up by 2

Taxes
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
14
Weeks
15
Number
15 Down by 1

I CARE
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
14
Weeks
8
Number
16 Down by 1

Seein' Stars
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
17 Up by 1

Loser
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
5
Weeks
6
Number
18 Up by 1

Nobody New
The Marías
Peak
18
Weeks
10
Number
19 Up by 1

Everybody Scream
Florence + the Machine
From the album: Everybody Scream
Peak
9
Weeks
9
Number
20 Up by 1

Backseat
Balu Brigada
From the album: Portal
Peak
14
Weeks
19
Number
21 Up by 18

Post Sex Clarity
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
21
Weeks
2
Number
22 Up by 1

Shapeshifter
Lorde
From the album: Virgin
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
23 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
7
Number
24 Down by 16

Please Be Rude
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
8
Weeks
20
Number
25

Crush
Ethel Cain
From the album: Inbred
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
26

moody
Royel Otis
From the album: hickey
Peak
12
Weeks
23
Number
27 Debut

I Wish I Didn't Waste Your Time
Thundercat
From the album: Distracted
Peak
27
Weeks
1
Number
28 Down by 1

Vivid Light
Blood Orange
From the album: Essex Honey
Peak
27
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 1

Incomprehensible
Big Thief
From the album: Double Infinity
Peak
20
Weeks
15
Number
30 Down by 1

Glum
Hayley Williams
From the album: Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Peak
19
Weeks
12
Number
31 Down by 1

Elderberry Wine
Wednesday
From the album: Bleeds
Peak
30
Weeks
11
Number
32 Down by 1

End Of Summer
Tame Impala
From the album: Deadbeat
Peak
7
Weeks
11
Number
33 Down by 1

d£aler
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
32
Weeks
3
Number
34 Down by 1

Cross Your Mind
Shelly
From the album: Shelly 2
Peak
16
Weeks
14
Number
35 Down by 1

Just Two Girls
Wolf Alice
From the album: The Clearing
Peak
33
Weeks
5
Number
36 Down by 1

Take A Sexy Picture Of Me
CMAT
From the album: EURO-COUNTRY
Peak
22
Weeks
8
Number
37

The Scythe
The Last Dinner Party
From the album: From the Pyre
Peak
37
Weeks
5
Number
38

Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat
Del Water Gap
From the album: Del Water Gap
Peak
23
Weeks
7
Number
39 Down by 22

Fuck Me Eyes
Ethel Cain
From the album: Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
40

Cobra
Geese
From the album: Getting Killed
Peak
40
Weeks
2
Number
41

One Thing
Lola Young
From the album: I'm Only F**king Myself
Peak
3
Weeks
22
Number
42

I Love You
Fontaines D.C.
From the album: Skinty Fia
Peak
16
Weeks
22
Number
43

catch these fists
Wet Leg
From the album: moisturizer
Peak
12
Weeks
22
Number
44

Kids
Current Joys
Peak
2
Weeks
24
Number
44

undressed
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
45

back to friends
sombr
From the album: I Barely Know Her
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
25
Number
46

Spring Into Summer
Lizzy McAlpine
From the album: Older (and Wiser)
Peak
5
Weeks
25
Number
48

Fable
Gigi Perez
From the album: At The Beach, In Every Life
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
28
Number
49

NEVER ENOUGH
Turnstile
From the album: NEVER ENOUGH
Peak
2
Weeks
28
Number
50

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

Dropouts

Number
36 Dropout

Great Pretender
Dominic Fike
From the album: Rocket
Peak
34
Weeks
4

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Date

October 21, 2025

Songs

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1 1 Nine Inch Nails – "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" 1(×2) 5

2 2 Royel Otis – "who's your boyfriend" 1(×2) 6

3 3 Wet Leg – "mangetout" 2 15

4 4 Lorde – "David" 4 8

5 5 Gorillaz ft. Sparks – "The Happy Dictator" 5 6

6 6 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean – "Rein Me In" 6 14

22 7 Clairo – "Slow Dance" 7 3

7 8 sombr – "12 to 12" 7 9

9 9 The Marías – "Sienna" 3 9

10 10 Tame Impala – "Dracula" 10 4

11 11 Royel Otis – "Car" 1(×1) 17

12 12 Hayley Williams – "Parachute" 12 3

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

16 14 Geese – "Taxes" 14 15

14 15 Turnstile – "I CARE" 14 8

15 16 Turnstile – "Seein' Stars" 14 19

18 17 Tame Impala – "Loser" 5 6

19 18 The Marías – "Nobody New" 18 10

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

21 20 Balu Brigada – "Backseat" 14 19

39 21 Lola Young – "Post Sex Clarity" 21 2

23 22 Lorde – "Shapeshifter" 15 14

24 23 Wolf Alice – "Don't Delete the Kisses" 23 7

8 24 Gigi Perez – "Please Be Rude" 8 20

25 25 Ethel Cain – "Crush" 15 14

26 26 Royel Otis – "moody" 12 23

NE 27 Thundercat – "I Wish I Didn't Waste Your Time" 27 1

27 28 Blood Orange – "Vivid Light" 27 4

28 29 Big Thief – "Incomprehensible" 20 15

29 30 Hayley Williams – "Glum" 19 12

30 31 Wednesday – "Elderberry Wine" 30 11

31 32 Tame Impala – "End Of Summer" 7 11

32 33 Lola Young – "d£aler" 32 3

33 34 Shelly – "Cross Your Mind" 16 14

34 35 Wolf Alice – "Just Two Girls" 33 5

35 36 CMAT – "Take A Sexy Picture Of Me" 22 8

37 37 The Last Dinner Party – "The Scythe" 37 5

38 38 Del Water Gap – "Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat" 23 7

17 39 Ethel Cain – "Fuck Me Eyes" 15 14

40 40 Geese – "Cobra" 40 2

41 41 Lola Young – "One Thing" 3 22

42 42 Fontaines D.C. – "I Love You" 16 22

43 43 Wet Leg – "catch these fists" 12 22

44 44 Current Joys – "Kids" 2 24

44 44 sombr – "undressed" 6 24

45 45 sombr – "back to friends" 1(×2) 25

46 46 Lizzy McAlpine – "Spring Into Summer" 5 25

48 48 Gigi Perez – "Fable" 1(×2) 28

49 49 Turnstile – "NEVER ENOUGH" 2 28

50 50 The Marías – "Heavy" 1(×1) 29

DROPOUTS:

36 -- Dominic Fike – "Great Pretender" 34 4

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