Alternative Music’s Finest, Ranked Weekly
The iTunes Top 100 Alternative Songs Chart is your weekly window into music that refuses to play by the rules. Updated every week, this chart ranks the 100 best-selling alternative singles on iTunes, spanning indie rock, post-punk, dream pop, shoegaze, emo, and the restless genre-bending that has always defined alternative music at its best.
Alternative music earned its name by existing outside the mainstream — but today’s alternative is tomorrow’s pop. Artists like Arctic Monkeys, Hozier, Billie Eilish, and Tame Impala all found their footing on alternative charts before crossing over globally. That pipeline of credibility-to-mainstream is what makes this chart one of the most exciting places to discover what will be huge next.
Whether you’re building a playlist that skips the predictable or just want to find your next favourite band, the full iTunes Top 100 Alternative Songs chart, updated this week, is right below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-10-28
1.
DOOMSDAY HOLIDAY
NOT A TOY
August 22, 2025
2.
In My Soul
Bob Dominator
August 7, 2026
3.
Dracula
Tame Impala
September 26, 2025
4.
The Greatest Show On Earth
U2
October 15, 2026
5.
Street Of Dreams
U2
July 7, 2026
6.
Silencio
U2
September 24, 2026
7.
Overthinker
CHVRCHES
8.
VALHALLA CALLING
Ragal Ironbull
April 1, 2026
9.
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Flower In A Hurricane [from GTAVI]
Justice, Tame Impala, SZA & King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
October 15, 2026
10.
All I Wanted
Paramore
September 29, 2009
11.
You Wouldn't Know
Stephen Day
October 2, 2026
12.
Lost In The Night
Dead Man's Bones
October 27, 2026
13.
Starburster
Fontaines D.C.
April 17, 2024
14.
Orbiter
Noah Kahan
April 25, 2026
15.
Dracula (with JENNIE)
Tame Impala
February 6, 2026
16.
Loser
Tame Impala
September 7, 2025
17.
Blood Runs Wild
Bob Dominator
July 17, 2026
18.
Psycho Killer
Talking Heads
September 16, 1977
19.
Maps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
April 29, 2003
20.
VALHALLA CALLING (Valhalla Viking)
Northveil
August 16, 2026
21.
Shy Girl
Haute & Freddy
April 25, 2025
22.
Someone You Loved
Lewis Capaldi
November 8, 2018
23.
Dog Days Are Over
Florence + the Machine
December 1, 2008
24.
Maybe
The Palms
July 31, 2026
25.
Creep
Radiohead
September 21, 1992
26.
Roses
CHVRCHES
September 22, 2026
27.
Self Aware
Temper City
February 15, 2026
28.
Season of the Witch (From the Motion Picture "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark")
Lana Del Rey
August 9, 2019
29.
Draw You Out
Noah Kahan & The Hunger Games
October 2, 2026
30.
Welcome to the Black Parade
My Chemical Romance
September 12, 2006
31.
December
Collective Soul
March 14, 1995
32.
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
February 9, 2015
33.
Trigger
Mississippi Twilight
June 30, 2022
34.
Wonderwall
Oasis
October 2, 1995
35.
1979 (Remastered 2012)
The Smashing Pumpkins
October 24, 1995
36.
Heads Will Roll
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
March 6, 2009
37.
Hungry Like the Wolf
Duran Duran
May 10, 1982
38.
The Great Divide
Noah Kahan
January 30, 2026
39.
White Roses
Mondo Cozmo & Jim James
40.
back to friends
sombr
December 27, 2024
41.
Lightning Crashes
LIVE
April 19, 1994
42.
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Green Day
October 14, 1997
43.
Willing and Able
Noah Kahan
April 24, 2026
44.
Viva La Vida
Coldplay
May 25, 2008
45.
The Sun Will Never Settle
Kingfishr
May 26, 2026
46.
End of Beginning
Djo
March 1, 2024
47.
Yellow
Coldplay
June 26, 2000
48.
Bullet With Butterfly Wings (Remastered 2012)
The Smashing Pumpkins
October 24, 1995
49.
Stick Season
Noah Kahan
July 8, 2022
50.
Dead Man's Party
Oingo Boingo
January 1, 1985
51.
Tonight, Tonight (Remastered 2012)
The Smashing Pumpkins
October 24, 1995
52.
LAST CALL
Red Leather
January 23, 2026
53.
Rein Me In
Sam Fender & Olivia Dean
October 17, 2025
54.
Best Day of My Life
American Authors
January 1, 2013
55.
White Keys
Dominic Fike
November 14, 2025
56.
Believer
Imagine Dragons
February 1, 2017
57.
In the End
LINKIN PARK
October 24, 2000
58.
we fell in love in october
girl in red
November 21, 2018
59.
You
Tyler Barbour
October 19, 2026
60.
Hey There Delilah (feat. LØLØ)
Plain White T's
July 31, 2026
61.
HOW TO SAVE A LIFE
Sam Tompkins
August 21, 2026
62.
Just Like Heaven
The Cure
May 25, 1987
63.
Babydoll
Dominic Fike
October 16, 2018
64.
Marianne
Fontaines D.C.
August 18, 2026
65.
Goodbye Horses
Q Lazzarus
June 1, 1991
66.
Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
April 8, 1997
67.
On Top of the World
Imagine Dragons
September 4, 2012
68.
Summertime Sadness
Lana Del Rey
January 27, 2012
69.
Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol
March 29, 2005
70.
Apocalypse
Cigarettes After Sex
March 20, 2017
71.
My Whole World
Kings of Leon
September 10, 2026
72.
Heathens
twenty one pilots
June 16, 2016
73.
Rooster
Alice In Chains
September 29, 1992
74.
I Alone
LIVE
January 1, 1994
75.
12 to 12
sombr
July 24, 2025
76.
The Middle
Jimmy Eat World
July 24, 2001
77.
Too Sweet
Hozier
March 22, 2024
78.
The Greatest Show On Earth
U2
October 15, 2026
79.
God Will Control The Werewolves
The Flaming Lips
80.
Centuries
Fall Out Boy
September 9, 2014
81.
Helena
My Chemical Romance
June 8, 2004
82.
Am I Even Real?
Ex:Re
83.
Like You (feat. Relient K)
Keep Warm
October 23, 2026
84.
Howlin' for You
The Black Keys
May 18, 2010
85.
Easy Street
Queens of the Stone Age
July 14, 2026
86.
Shut Up and Dance
WALK THE MOON
December 2, 2014
87.
Where The Goth Girls At?
Queens of the Stone Age
88.
Insignificant Other
Queens of the Stone Age
89.
Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra)
Gotye
July 5, 2011
90.
When I Get My Hands On You
The New Basement Tapes
August 19, 2014
91.
All for You (Full Band Version)
Sister Hazel
February 25, 1997
92.
Don't Look Back in Anger (Remastered)
Oasis
October 2, 1995
93.
Silencio
U2
September 24, 2026
94.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Green Day
September 21, 2004
95.
iphone killed the mp3
honestav
October 23, 2026
96.
Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinéad O'Connor
March 20, 1990
97.
How Soon Is Now? (12" Version)
The Smiths
November 12, 1984
98.
Would?
Alice In Chains
June 7, 1992
99.
Zombie
YUNGBLUD
February 12, 2026
100.
The Scientist
Coldplay
August 26, 2002