The Top Adult Alternative Songs on iTunes This Week
The iTunes Top 40 Adult Alternative Songs Chart is your weekly window into the world of adult alternative — sophisticated, guitar-driven alternative music with wide crossover appeal. Updated every week, this chart ranks the top 40 adult alternative singles on iTunes, giving you a real-time snapshot of what’s resonating most with fans of the genre right now.
The genre has been shaped by visionaries like artists like Counting Crows, Dave Matthews Band, John Mayer, Hozier, and Brandi Carlile, whose work defines what adult alternative can sound and feel like. Whether the genre has centuries of tradition behind it or only emerged in recent decades, the artists on this chart are its current standard-bearers.
Discover what adult alternative sounds like today by exploring the full iTunes Top 40 Adult Alternative Songs Chart, updated fresh this week, in the chart below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-10-28
1.
No Rain
Blind Melon
September 14, 1992
2.
Change
Blind Melon
September 14, 1992
3.
Break It (Acoustic)
The Woods
September 4, 2026
4.
Break It
The Woods
August 28, 2026
5.
Wild Thing
X
December 31, 1982
6.
Rubble To Rubble
Wilderado
July 22, 2016
7.
Down By the Water
The Decemberists
November 15, 2010
8.
Calamity Song
The Decemberists
January 14, 2011
9.
This Is Why We Fight
The Decemberists
January 14, 2011
10.
Apocalyptic Summer
Authority Zero
September 4, 2026
11.
Champagne Supernova (Unplugged)
Oasis
October 3, 2025
12.
Again & Again
The Bird and the Bee
January 1, 2006
13.
What I Wouldn't Do
A Fine Frenzy
January 1, 2009
14.
Rise to Me
The Decemberists
January 14, 2011
15.
Rock 'N Roll Lullaby
B.J. Thomas
January 1, 2008
16.
With a Woman
Tempesst
September 30, 2020
17.
Must Be a Dream
Tempesst
September 30, 2020
18.
Underworld
7Horse
October 16, 2026
19.
Wonderwall (Unplugged)
Oasis
October 3, 2025
20.
Tones of Home
Blind Melon
September 14, 1992
21.
Gone Away
Global House music 2026
April 15, 2026
22.
Bring It On Down (Live from Edinburgh, 9 August '25)
Oasis
August 22, 2025
23.
Slide Away (Live from Cardiff, 4 July '25)
Oasis
July 10, 2025
24.
Move Out The Way
Outskrts
October 18, 2024
25.
Sweet Disaster
Whitehorse
February 17, 2015
26.
Rox In the Box
The Decemberists
January 14, 2011
27.
Mama
B.J. Thomas
January 1, 2008
28.
Polite Dance Song
The Bird and the Bee
January 1, 2008
29.
Don't Carry It All
The Decemberists
January 14, 2011
30.
La la La
The Bird and the Bee
December 5, 2006
31.
The Death Of You And Me
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
August 19, 2011
32.
Don't Stop… (Demo)
Oasis
April 30, 2020
33.
Sailing (Live)
Christopher Cross
March 8, 2013
34.
Don't Look Back In Anger (Live at Knebworth, 11 August '96)
Oasis
November 19, 2021
35.
Black & White Sunshine
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
November 22, 2017
36.
The Howl
Crowded House
May 31, 2024
37.
Golden Sparks
Anika Nilles
January 3, 2017
38.
Rocket Man (feat. Jason Scheff, Isaiah Sharkey, Mike Finnigan & Oscar Seaton, Jr.) [Electric]
David Garfield
September 27, 2019
39.
Pensando en Ti
Karil
February 2, 2019
40.
Cigarettes & Alcohol (Live from Manchester, 11 July '25)
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