Pulse Rankdown: 2021 Year-End Alternative Chart (done)

[Fire]

damn crazy how i boosted this by 3492 spots

[Gonza'90]

I tanked it 100 positions, cool.

[wrip]

not exactly what I would have hoped for to miss the top ten lol. I can see why this might not be for everyone, but I think it is so interesting sounding!

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{leave these stats alone}11

Leave Me Alone
I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

Year-End Placing: #22
Chart Peak: #1 (1 week)
Weeks on Chart: 25
3592 points
Standard Deviation: 24.683

wheatsquares33 2
DadJokes 2
Doc Indie Party Rock 4
janinho 4
bbfan97 4
Az Paynter 6
rowellfarm490 6
Butterflies & Hurricanes 8
wrip 8
MoD 9
fearlessarrow 10
Gonza'90 11
BlurryKyle 11
Walking Contradiction 12
Red 13
maine 13
narp 13
Daryl the Beryl 14
eidde 14
singingrulebritannia 15
tanooki 15
aerodynamite 15
SHOOTER 17
BB🌕 18
CarnoTorrential 18
willapted33 18
jamesflame 18
Leaf 19
Geometrical 19
Leo ✔ 19
samo🦕 23
khan 24
@trilogy 25
lyhom 26
alexcuse 27
razorshark 29
American Idiot 31
macattack 31
@imhappy259 32
Mayman 43
Lordef†ones 51
ramona wants sleep 67
312999 72
Fire 75
pancakes 84
shoehola 86
.indulgecountry 87
dremolus - solarpunk 88

Movements:

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{4 10 9 9 8 16 17 16 14 13 10 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 14 15 13 12 11 12 11 11}Hosts 4
lyhom 10
narp 9
trilogy 9
macattack 8
Fire 16
razorshark 17
singingrulebritannia 16
janinho 14
Geometrical 13
The Big Picture 10
Doc Indie Party Rock 8
Daryl the Beryl 8
American Idiot 8
jamesflame 8
Shooter 7
CarnoTorrential 7
Leo ✔ 7
imhappy259 7
Red 7
The Bode Blend (Moose) 6
rowellfarm490 6
ramona wants sleep 7
Stranger 7
wheatsquares33 7
BB🌕 7
bbfan97 6
Kyle 6
aerodynamite 6
Gonza'90 6
Mayman 6
willapted33 6
dremolus 7
pancakes 8
Lordeftones 8
fearlessarrow 8
shoehola 8
naomi 8
312999 14
.indulgecountry 15
wamdjones 13
Az Paynter 12
khan 11
samo🦕 12
eidde 11
alexcuse 11

Performance history:
#28 Alt 2019 (Choke) | #32 Alt 2021 (New Invention)

Spectators:
Beno
filthy
HamedM1 💔
jtd Thee Stallion
peacebone
walt91

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{Remaining songs}Bad Dream
Bed Head
Close to You
Colors
Fire for You
Kyoto
Sofia
t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l
The Adults Are Talking
Typhoons

[maine]

I thought this was a lock for the top 10, damn.

[wrip]

EXTRA


I know that some people really enjoy this, but tbh I just can't get into it much at all lol. something about it just really irritates me.



Vertigo
Alice Merton

Chart Peak: #35
Chart Weeks: 6

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[Red]

What a weird ass song to have four bottom 20s.

Everything else in this top ten is pretty expected, but wow @ "Colors" making the top ten.

[wrip]

EXTRA


I'm sure this would probably do really well here! and I'd be completely fine with that too.



Self Destructor
Chevelle

Chart Peak: #35
Chart Weeks: 6

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[Geometrical]

Still trying to understand what apparently makes "transparent soul" significantly better than the other pop-punk songs, but otherwise this top 10 is good, if mostly unsurprising

[wrip]

EXTRA


not sure how this would perform here tbh



Blunt Force Concussion
The Dirty Nil

Chart Peak: #34
Chart Weeks: 7

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[wrip]

EXTRA


sometimes I wonder who came up with their band name



Greatest Enemy
The Strumbellas

Chart Peak: #31
Chart Weeks: 7

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[Leo ✔]

Leave Me Alone was great omg

[wrip]

EXTRA


some of you may be familiar with this from the active 2021 list. due soon so get your lists in asap to tanooki!



This Is Our Life
Des Rocs

Chart Peak: #36
Chart Weeks: 8

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[tanooki]

self destructor would've been great to rank here

btw active is due tomorrow

[Leo ✔]

Vertigo would've been in my top 10

[wrip]

EXTRA


idk if I've ever quite understood the hype surrounding Meg Myers. this is fine enough.



The Underground
Meg Myers

Chart Peak: #31
Chart Weeks: 8

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[Geometrical]

Jan 29, 2022 16:50:54 GMT -5 wrip said:

EXTRA


sometimes I wonder who came up with their band name



Greatest Enemy
The Strumbellas

Chart Peak: #31
Chart Weeks: 7

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[wrip]

EXTRA


honestly this is kind of fun! not sure where I would rank it, but probably at least top half!



Leave Me Alone
Culture Wars

Chart Peak: #33
Chart Weeks: 8

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[wrip]

EXTRA


and here is the final Billboard extra!! genuinely would've loved to rank this here, it's one of my favorites from Olivia. I'm sure a lot of people would agree!



brutal
Olivia Rodrigo

Chart Peak: #29
Chart Weeks: 7

Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!

[Leaf]

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{100-11 results}11. I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Leave Me Alone 3592
12. Halsey - You asked for this 3582
13. Porter Robinson - Look at the Sky 3551
14. Royal Blood - Trouble's Coming 3528
15. The Backseat Lovers - Kilby Girl 3458
16. twenty one pilots - Shy Away 3435
17. Beach Bunny - Cloud 9 3429
18. The Marías - Hush 3400
19. Tame Impala - Is It True 3386
20. The Neighbourhood - Stargazing 3336
21. Kings of Leon - The Bandit 3296
22. Billie Eilish - NDA 3276
23. Joywave - Every Window Is a Mirror 3123
24. Surf Curse - Freaks 3117
25. KennyHoopla & Travis Barker - estella// 3033
26. Meg Myers - Any Way You Wanna Love 2984
27. Billie Eilish - Your Power 2964
28. Volbeat - Wait a Minute My Girl 2962
29. The Smashing Pumpkins - Cyr 2942
30. Lorde - Solar Power 2936
31. Bastille - Distorted Light Beam 2935
32. I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - New Invention 2934
33. The Black Keys - Crawling Kingsnake 2924
34. The Knocks f/ Foster the People - All About You 2923
35. CHVRCHES - He Said She Said 2822
36. Måneskin - I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE 2809
37. Cage the Elephant - Skin and Bones 2797
38. Peach Tree Rascals - Mariposa 2782
39. Imagine Dragons - Wrecked 2736
40. Foo Fighters - Making a Fire 2726
41. Bakar - 1st Time 2675
42. lovelytheband - buzz cut 2672
43. Bleachers - Stop Making This Hurt 2632
44. Cold War Kids - What You Say 2626
45. almost monday - broken people 2621
46. 24kGoldn f/ iann dior - Mood 2611
47. The Band CAMINO - 1 Last Cigarette 2545
48. ONR f/ Sarah Barthel - Must Stop (Falling in Love) 2529
49. Weezer - All My Favorite Songs 2478
50. All Time Low - Once in a Lifetime 2439
51. SEB - seaside_demo 2436
52. The Maine - Sticky 2418
53. Modest Mouse - We Are Between 2408
54. Billie Eilish - Therefore I Am 2392
55. twenty one pilots - Saturday 2391
56. KennyHoopla & Travis Barker - hollywood sucks// 2391
57. Foo Fighters - Waiting on a War 2376
58. Green Day - Pollyanna 2352
59. Black Pistol Fire - Look Alive 2342
60. Foo Fighters - Shame Shame 2317
61. Coldplay - Higher Power 2312
62. Rise Against - Nowhere Generation 2272
63. Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear - my ex's best friend 2225
64. Tessa Violet & lovelytheband - Games 2195
65. DREAMERS, Big Boi & UPSAHL - Palm Reader 2184
66. DREAMERS & DeathbyRomy - True Crime 2162
67. Fousheé - deep end 2143
68. Glass Animals - Heat Waves 2101
69. SHAED - No Other Way 2073
70. girl in red - Serotonin 2046
71. Vance Joy - Missing Piece 1956
72. Two Feet - Think I'm Crazy 1890
73. Machine Gun Kelly f/ Kellin Quinn - love race 1889
74. nothing,nowhere. - fake friend 1873
75. Grouplove - Deadline 1861
76. Weathers - C'est La Vie 1751
77. MOD SUN f/ Avril Lavigne - Flames 1705
78. Mike Shinoda f/ iann dior & UPSAHL - Happy Endings 1661
79. WALK THE MOON - Can You Handle My Love?? 1618
80. LILHUDDY - The Eulogy of You and Me 1508
81. carolesdaughter - Violent 1476
82. Tai Verdes - Stuck in the Middle 1401
83. Machine Gun Kelly - papercuts 1352
84. Remi Wolf - Hello Hello Hello 1351
85. grandson - Dirty 1315
86. Bastille - Survivin' 1307
87. Royal & the Serpent - Overwhelmed 1247
88. Imagine Dragons - Follow You 1181
89. Dirty Heads f/ Travis Barker & Aimee Interrupter - Rage 1102
90. grandson & Jessie Reyez - Rain 1089
91. 347aidan - Dancing in My Room 1075
92. Nessa Barrett - i hope ur miserable until ur dead 1068
93. benny blanco, Marshmello & Vance Joy - You 1002
94. The Offspring - Let the Bad Times Roll 986
95. Nessa Barrett f/ jxdn - la di die 969
96. jxdn - ANGELS & DEMONS 765
97. The Kid LAROI - WITHOUT YOU 720
98. AJR - Way Less Sad 669
99. Tai Verdes - A-O-K 628
100. AJR - Bummerland 538

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{Remaining ranks (and average)}fearlessarrow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 13 15 (6.4)
singingrulebritannia 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 19 (7.1)
BlurryKyle 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 13 17 (7.1)
BB🌕 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 13 14 19 (8.2)
rowellfarm490 1 2 3 4 5 7 10 13 16 23 (8.4)
Daryl the Beryl 1 2 3 4 5 7 11 12 17 23 (8.5)
Red 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 12 19 26 (8.7)
willapted33 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 16 19 23 (9.2)
@trilogy 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 20 31 (9.6)
samo🦕 2 3 4 6 7 10 13 15 19 22 (10.1)
eidde 1 2 3 5 8 9 12 16 18 28 (10.2)
wrip 1 2 3 6 9 10 11 17 19 29 (10.7)
MoD 1 3 4 5 6 7 14 20 27 40 (12.7)
tanooki 2 3 4 5 9 16 17 21 28 29 (13.4)
narp 1 4 6 7 9 11 12 20 30 36 (13.6)
aerodynamite 1 4 5 6 8 14 22 23 24 33 (14)
Lordef†ones 1 3 5 8 11 14 19 22 25 33 (14.1)
Walking Contradiction 1 2 3 5 6 7 15 26 29 49 (14.3)
Geometrical 1 2 4 5 10 12 18 26 34 41 (15.3)
312999 1 2 3 6 13 14 18 27 31 41 (15.6)
jamesflame 2 3 4 6 9 12 23 26 31 51 (16.7)
lyhom 4 5 6 8 13 15 16 25 29 47 (16.8)
Mayman 1 6 7 9 11 22 24 25 31 32 (16.8)
Butterflies & Hurricanes 2 3 4 7 12 13 20 27 30 67 (18.5)
CarnoTorrential 1 3 10 14 19 22 23 31 32 34 (18.9)
wheatsquares33 1 3 5 6 11 14 18 32 57 68 (21.5)
maine 1 2 3 18 19 26 28 31 36 53 (21.7)
SHOOTER 2 5 7 9 12 14 20 41 43 67 (22)
janinho 3 6 15 18 21 27 28 34 43 45 (24)
khan 7 8 9 20 22 25 26 38 41 45 (24.1)
American Idiot 1 2 8 19 21 22 33 34 38 65 (24.3)
Leo ✔ 2 4 6 10 13 14 35 38 42 79 (24.3)
DadJokes 3 4 5 7 12 28 30 45 49 63 (24.6)
Gonza'90 1 5 8 15 26 29 34 35 43 51 (24.7)
Fire 8 10 11 12 13 21 26 34 50 66 (25.1)
dremolus - solarpunk 2 4 6 7 10 14 23 48 64 84 (26.2)
Doc Indie Party Rock 8 9 10 21 22 24 32 44 45 50 (26.5)
macattack 1 3 10 16 27 30 36 48 53 61 (28.5)
bbfan97 1 3 5 8 21 35 48 50 51 63 (28.5)
Leaf 1 5 11 20 21 39 46 47 49 56 (29.5)
shoehola 7 11 17 24 25 26 27 51 61 94 (34.3)
razorshark 5 8 18 21 31 40 41 43 56 87 (35)
ramona wants sleep 4 13 19 24 27 30 34 39 81 91 (36.2)
alexcuse 10 13 14 25 31 39 40 50 66 81 (36.9)
Az Paynter 2 8 11 25 34 43 45 59 61 97 (38.5)
pancakes 9 16 18 26 30 52 56 62 65 67 (40.1)
.indulgecountry 4 5 35 44 45 65 69 73 75 76 (49.1)
@imhappy259 13 23 25 35 69 78 80 94 95 98 (61)

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{Year-End closeness}1. DadJokes 25.011
2. pancakes 26.222
3. shoehola 26.267
4. alexcuse 28.311
5. Fire 30.911
6. BlurryKyle 31.067
7. maine 31.178
8. fearlessarrow 31.322
9. Az Paynter 31.556
10. MoD 31.578
11. Leo ✔ 31.578
12. tanooki 31.789
13. bbfan97 31.867
14. macattack 31.889
15. CarnoTorrential 32.311
16. @imhappy259 32.567
17. janinho 32.722
18. Gonza'90 32.978
19. American Idiot 33.089
20. Daryl the Beryl 33.133
21. ramona wants sleep 33.233
22. .indulgecountry 33.444
23. rowellfarm490 33.5
24. SHOOTER 33.522
25. jamesflame 33.978
26. samo🦕 34.044
27. Mayman 34.589
28. khan 34.689
29. Butterflies & Hurricanes 34.778
30. eidde 34.944
31. Geometrical 35.089
32. Doc Indie Party Rock 35.111
33. Walking Contradiction 35.111
34. narp 35.144
35. Lordef†ones 35.311
36. wheatsquares33 35.422
37. 312999 35.522
38. BB🌕 35.633
39. wrip 35.667
40. @trilogy 36.011
41. singingrulebritannia 36.2
42. dremolus - solarpunk 36.456
43. razorshark 36.5
44. aerodynamite 36.811
45. lyhom 36.833
46. Red 37.089
47. willapted33 37.722
48. Leaf 40.044

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{Rankdown closeness}1. rowellfarm490 7.144
2. Red 9.289
3. BB🌕 9.5
4. BlurryKyle 9.756
5. fearlessarrow 10.544
6. singingrulebritannia 10.644
7. Daryl the Beryl 10.8
8. aerodynamite 11.078
9. willapted33 11.144
10. @trilogy 11.3
11. Geometrical 11.333
12. lyhom 12.344
13. wrip 13.556
14. eidde 13.856
15. MoD 14.467
16. samo🦕 14.867
17. Lordef†ones 14.933
18. janinho 15.144
19. narp 15.589
20. jamesflame 16.289
21. American Idiot 16.622
22. maine 16.689
23. Gonza'90 16.756
24. tanooki 17.078
25. Butterflies & Hurricanes 17.444
26. Mayman 17.722
27. Leaf 18.289
28. CarnoTorrential 18.467
29. wheatsquares33 18.6
30. SHOOTER 18.811
31. macattack 20.044
32. Leo ✔ 20.178
33. Walking Contradiction 20.267
34. Az Paynter 20.667
35. 312999 21.9
36. Doc Indie Party Rock 22.6
37. khan 22.622
38. dremolus - solarpunk 22.678
39. bbfan97 22.911
40. Fire 23.4
41. DadJokes 23.744
42. razorshark 23.744
43. ramona wants sleep 24.278
44. shoehola 25.022
45. pancakes 27.778
46. alexcuse 29.156
47. @imhappy259 33.389
48. .indulgecountry 35.822

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{Perfect rankings}BB🌕 6
BlurryKyle 5
rowellfarm490 5
Mayman 5
Gonza'90 5
fearlessarrow 4
singingrulebritannia 4
wrip 4
tanooki 4
Lordef†ones 4
MoD 4
khan 4
SHOOTER 4
Daryl the Beryl 3
312999 3
maine 3
macattack 3
pancakes 3
dremolus - solarpunk 3
samo🦕 2
willapted33 2
eidde 2
aerodynamite 2
Geometrical 2
janinho 2
lyhom 2
Walking Contradiction 2
Doc Indie Party Rock 2
jamesflame 2
Leaf 2
Fire 2
Butterflies & Hurricanes 2
Leo ✔ 2
ramona wants sleep 2
Az Paynter 2
CarnoTorrential 1
bbfan97 1
American Idiot 1
.indulgecountry 1
alexcuse 1
shoehola 1
@imhappy259 1
Red 0
@trilogy 0
narp 0
DadJokes 0
wheatsquares33 0
razorshark 0

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YOUR TOP TEN

Black Pumas - Colors

Cannons - Bad Dream

Cannons - Fire for You

Clairo - Sofia

Dayglow - Close to You

Manchester Orchestra - Bed Head

Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto

Royal Blood - Typhoons

The Strokes - The Adults Are Talking

WILLOW f/ Travis Barker - t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l

Any surprises? Feel free to throw out some predictions as well if you're feeling ambitious!

[narp]

Tbh I enjoy it when a good pop rock song “crosses over”. I like “good 4 u” a lot more though.

[lyhom]

sorry but I just don't see how colors is top ten worthy, it's still solid but I don't think it really stands out from a lot of the other soul stuff that charts on aaa

[Lordef†ones]

Can't complain with this top ten.

[312999]

I really hope that Fire For You can be out before Bad Dream but don’t think that it will happen.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Jan 24, 2022 23:04:16 GMT -5 Daryl the Beryl said:

I guess I need to apologize to the Olivia stans for keeping this in the 2021 alt RD, since Brutal was #101. Pretty rare we see songs take so long to finally take off.

Wait 5 years till we re-do it lol.

[razorshark]

Jan 29, 2022 18:08:32 GMT -5 Daryl the Beryl said:

Jan 24, 2022 23:04:16 GMT -5 Daryl the Beryl said:

I guess I need to apologize to the Olivia stans for keeping this in the 2021 alt RD, since Brutal was #101. Pretty rare we see songs take so long to finally take off.

Wait 5 years till we re-do it lol.

Wouldn't you have to add Monsters to 2021 though??

[Daryl the Beryl]

Jan 29, 2022 18:13:12 GMT -5 razorshark said:

Jan 29, 2022 18:08:32 GMT -5 Daryl the Beryl said:

Wouldn't you have to add Monsters to 2021 though??

You mean 2022. As well.

[singingrulebritannia]

Well, so much for being present for all the reveals...

Lol at "Is It True?" finishing that high. For a song so groove-focused, you would think it should make me move a single muscle, but no.

I'm not surprised by the 2 top 10s I lost. If you don't like twee-pop (I don't know why you wouldn't but) "Cloud 9" certainly isn't the song for you, and people are going to judge Halsey by her past failures no matter how much she distances herself from them.

You might say I'm a big fan of this top 10 considering I have the second-best average rankings left Nothing about these results have changed my expectation that "Kyoto" will win.

[Daryl the Beryl]

55: Saturday - Not bad, but a bit generic
54: Therefore I Am - I do like this one more compared to when I first heard it, but likewise with Saturday.
53: We Are Between - ... we're gonna continue the running theme of autogenerated songs by artists lol
52: Sticky - This was fun, should've been top 50.
51: seaside_demo - Chill song.
50: Once in a Lifetime - Better than Monsters, I'll give it that.
49: All My Favorite Songs - Nice orchestral instrumentation. Landed about where it should.
48: Must Stop - Also a good indie bop, though I have to say this is one of the instances where the clean version is better.
47: 1 Last Cigarette - This grew on me enough to put top 40, another fun tune.
46, 44, 43, 39, 36: Mood, What You Say, Stop Making This Hurt, Wrecked and I Wanna Be Your Slave - These 5 songs are all songs I enjoyed more initially, but eventually got tired of/grew off me. Wrecked is ID's best song since maybe Whatever It Takes, but top 40, really? I did like Stop Making This Hurt more again after its run, though.
45: broken people - Barely missed my top 50, good song though.
44: What You Say - See above. I said this was their best single since First, but man am I so tired of this now.
43: Stop Making This Hurt - See above.
42: buzz cut - Their best single. Even if it's still 37 on my list, it's a step in the right direction.
41. 1st Time - Not as good as Hell n Back, but still pretty good
40: Making a Fire - The best single this era that charted on alt. Obviously still not as good as their classics, but still a great song.
39: Wrecked - See above.
38: Mariposa - Pretty chill tune. May have underranked this one, but it landed where it should.
37: Skin and Bones - Another autogenerated Cage tune. A good song, but it should not have made the top 50. The low SD probably helped it.
36: I WANNA BE YOUR SLAVE - See above.
35: He Said She Said - The worst song on an otherwise great album. Not bad, but they're capable of much better.
34: All About You - Better than Ride or Die.
33: Crawling Kingsnake - Nice to see some blues rock on here, even if both this and PBALWFH aren't the best things they've done.
32: New Invention - I loved Choke and LMA, but can't seem to get into this as much as either.
31: Distorted Light Beam - Much better than Survivin'. No Bad Days on the other hand... (haven't heard Shut Off the Lights yet)
30: Solar Power - Also barely missing my top 50. A nice tune that gets better in the second half (and what makes the song), but this is still nowhere near good of a song as say, Perfect Places or Team.
29: Cyr - This grew off me as well. Not a bad song, but for their standards, this was pretty forgettable.
28: Wait a Minute My Girl - The first time I heard this I was like this was exactly like Die to Live (their last rock #1 before this), but it really grew on me after that. I thank the saxophone. Anyway, just a fun tune.
27: Your Power - And there goes my last bottom 50. This is my 2nd least favorite Eilish single, only behind Lost Cause. I like the lyrics to this song, but the music is soooo slow. Weird because I've liked other slow songs before. I know Eilish has a huge fanbase, and I really want to like this song more, but this doesn't go beyond decent to me, sorry. I appreciate this more than I like it. Let Me Love You Like a Woman is an even worse version of this song style, so hopefully it doesn't get the free pass on AAA.
26: Any Way You Wanna Love - Meg never disappoints.
25: Estella - Better than Hollywood Sucks.
24: Freaks - Cool to see a song of this style do so well on alt.
23: Every Window is a Mirror - This song did even worse than their other singles on alt, which may or may not have to do with the Audacy consolidation. It's also their worst performing single here since way back in 2017. But it should have done better than Half Your Age at least.
22: NDA - Now this is more of the Billie I like. My 2nd favorite single this era only behind My Future.
21: The Bandit - Good KOL tune, liking the post punk revival sound of this.
20: Stargazing - My favorite song of theirs. Yes, this is better than Sweater Weather, better than Afraid, and better than their other charters in my books. I wish it made the top 10 here, and it should have been higher than...
19: Is It True - ...the autogenerated Tame Impala tune which is good but among their weaker songs. That's saying something considering I still had it top 25.
18: Hush - Another grower, I like this one a lot too.
17: Cloud 9 - Should've smashed on alt, but no, gotta give the airplay to AJR, Nessa Barrett and Kid LAROI
16: Shy Away - Their best single since Holding on to You.
15: Kilby Girl - I do like the song enough and it's great but I also don't like get the passion others have for this.
14: Trouble's Coming - I've always liked this, landed where it should.
13: Look at the Sky - Beautiful song. Kinda surprised it missed the top 10.
12: You Asked for This - Much much better than Halsey's other songs I've heard, though Colors is still good.
11: Leave Me Alone - Thought this would be top 10, sadly it wasn't the case.

Extras:

Would have loved to rank Oh!, Pay Your Way in Pain, Hold Me Down, Self Destructor (it's on active so not much sleep lost), Culture Wars and Blunt Force Concussion.

La La La, Hot Girl Bummer and Greatest Enemy are all trash.

Top 10:
Main surprise is Colors making the top 10 over Leave Me Alone. I can see Kyoto or either Cannons song winning, since we know Az tanked Kyoto and it's most probably his 97.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

25. KennyHoopla & Travis Barker - estella//
Oddly enough this jam just missed my own top 100 of 2021, but easily grabs a slot in my top 20 among this list of songs. One of the best Poppunk revivals songs of 2021. I kinda wish the songs were a tad longer to give it a more complete feel. I also wish they didn't end so abruptly, but if I'm gonna dig anything from this list they are always gonna be the songs that sound like this.

24. Surf Curse - Freaks
This sounded a lot better than I first gave it credit for. It's definitely fast and melodic. I just wish it had played a little more with variety in the melody. It is basically the same guitar chords all the way through.

23. Joywave - Every Window Is a Mirror
This is me putting a song in my top 20 that I think I only heard about 3x last year. Sounds great. Sounds like what I want my Alternative rock music to sound like like when it charts on an Alternative rock chart. Anyway I'm definitely giving "Cyn City 2000" an early push on my charts.

22. Billie Eilish - NDA
And there it is. "NDA" (Not Doing Anything) for me. At least I cleared my tank before the top 20. never said I wanted Billie to rock out. I said I wanted her to actually want to push her words out of her mouth. Once again here she is barely uttering the words. The reason I can't stand her to begin with. Like someone mentioned it probably due to the themes of her songs. idk.. maybe is she sang about partying or her high school crush she would sing different. I doubt it would make much of a difference to me either way? Anyway it's more than obvious she is not trying to be melodic or win with the aesthetic, and upbeat crowd at all so honestly I have no use for this song.

21. Kings of Leon - The Bandit
This loss here leaves me very disappointed with this crowd and with four top 10's left? Why people why? This is one of the best Alternative Rock songs of the year. 

20. The Neighbourhood - Stargazing
This band has come a long way since "Sweater Weather". Still my favorite from this band. This song here is good. Sounds like a GODsend among this list of songs and I probably should have charted it too.

19. Tame Impala - Is It True
This is a cool little groove. They kinda sound like Mexican indierock band Zoe, but not as enticing to me.. It's obvious this band isn't gonna return to that sound they had on "Lonerism". People can say it's progression, growing, whatever. To me it is a bit of a regression if your best work is behind you. Ironically my favorite song from them is the classic "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards".

18.The Marías - Hush
Whao was not expecting this song to soar this high. You all love this. I gave this a top half and it looks like one of the lowest slots. I think it is a decent song for the Alt chart. I guess I mentioned that it sounds better to me at higher BPMs. I also don't particularly find any use the the male vocals.

17. Beach Bunny - Cloud 9
The good thing here is more love for female vocals. I'm all for a female extravaganza in the top 20. Not bad for breakout single.

16. twenty one pilots - Shy Away
This song got old for me real quick. I don't think "jon" pilots has the vocal tones for this upbeat a song, but I can't deny that this is one of their best, because it is melodic and upbeat. I can count five songs I enjoy from this band, and this would be one of those.

15.The Backseat Lovers - Kilby Girl
Another one of these songs I can attest to hearing about two times in 2021 and yet it makes my top 40 almost effortlessly.

14. Royal Blood - Trouble's Coming
Took me while to warm up to their new Poppier sound. This one is fun., and performed decently on my charts, but it was "Typhoons" that got me screaming. Hey, at least they kept their real instruments.

13. Porter Robinson - Look at the Sky
The pros: It's melodic, catchy, and a bit aesthetic. The cons: the melody is a bit silly, the vocals are a bit exxify and where they hell did this song come from? The songs you all upgrade challenge my definition of Rock music.

12. Halsey - You asked for this
Another song I previewed once and forgot about it. I probably should have charted this one. Can't remember her rocking out before. At least the high slots came when they counted.

11. I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME - Leave Me Alone
I DONT KNOW HOW BUT "I LOST ANOTHER TOP 5" before we hit the top 10. Only on a PULSE Rock RD. Anyway I recall this one more from late 2020. That's when I charted it.

Too tired to preview EXTRAS, but a couple of those are salvageable.

The Top 10:

5 out these ten feature chicks and I still have three of my own top 10's present so it's not too terrible. On a side note I already forgot what the "Colors" song is. but it's probably my lowest rank remaining so not too big of a deal there.

Black Pumas - Colors

Cannons - Bad Dream

Cannons - Fire for You

Clairo - Sofia

Dayglow - Close to You

Manchester Orchestra - Bed Head

Phoebe Bridgers - Kyoto

Royal Blood - Typhoons

The Strokes - The Adults Are Talking

WILLOW f/ Travis Barker - t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l

[dremolus - solarpunk]

#25. Bah more Travis Barker, shoo!
#24. I think I can appreciate the fact that a garage rock song went viral and is still one of the top streamed songs in the U.S. more than I enjoy the song but it's not a bad song
#23. Don't have much to say, it's fine.
#22. This has cooled on me since it first came out if I'm being honest but it's still pretty good. Just not one of my favorite Billie singles.
#21. Fucking finally this went out. Sorry, I don't get the appeal of this song at all, this was fucking boring.
#20. And speaking of bands I don't the appeal of...
#19. Meh, Tame Impala have done much better before.
#18. I actually grew to get the appeal of The Marias but yeah, still don't like Hush. There album was a nice surprise though, nice dream pop. Hope those songs become singles now.
#17. Can we please make Beach Bunny a mainstay on alt?? ?? ? ?
#16. Still don't like Scaled and Icy AT ALL but at least the singles were the best songs on the album.
#15. This was a really great discovery, solid classic sounding rock song.
#14. Meh, Muse-lite might be slightly more tolerable than what Muse has been doing lately but still not something I enjoy.
#13. YOU. MOTHER. FUCKERS!!!
#12. Halsey kicks ass
#11. Yeah still don't get why IDKHOW has a following.