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: 2026-05-14
1.
No Rain
Blind Melon
September 14, 1992
2.
Wonderwall (Unplugged)
Oasis
October 3, 2025
3.
Wild Thing
X
December 31, 1982
4.
Change
Blind Melon
September 14, 1992
5.
Gone Away
Global House music 2026
April 15, 2026
6.
Council Skies
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
April 20, 2023
7.
Move Out The Way
Outskrts
October 18, 2024
8.
Down By the Water
The Decemberists
November 15, 2010
9.
Shine
David Gray
January 1, 1993
10.
Thanks Again
Cigarettes @ Sunset
March 28, 2025
11.
Don't Carry It All
The Decemberists
January 14, 2011
12.
Ride Like the Wind (Live)
Christopher Cross
March 8, 2013
13.
If I Had A Gun…
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
October 14, 2011
14.
Take On Me (Live)
Reel Big Fish
July 18, 2006
15.
In The Heat Of The Moment
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
November 17, 2014
16.
Karma Police
Vitamin String Quartet
October 23, 2001
17.
The Ocean And The Sea
Wilderado
October 9, 2015
18.
We're On Our Way Now
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
April 30, 2021
19.
Rubble To Rubble
Wilderado
July 22, 2016
20.
Teenage Summer
Crowded House
April 13, 2024
21.
If I Had A Gun... (Acoustic Version)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
June 11, 2021
22.
Mind Games
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
June 2, 2023
23.
AKA… What A Life! (Live)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
September 21, 2012
24.
Driving Around
Kelsey Kerrigan
September 15, 2017
25.
Just Another Night
Cowboy Mouth
July 11, 2025
26.
Monsters
Faith Eliza
April 3, 2026
27.
Simple Man
Smokey September
April 22, 2026
28.
They Are Coming to Take Me Away
Egg White
October 2, 2025
29.
Tones of Home
Blind Melon
September 14, 1992
30.
Best Days on Earth
Trashcan Sinatras
May 4, 2016
31.
June Hymn
The Decemberists
January 14, 2011
32.
Paper Scratcher
Blind Melon
September 14, 1992
33.
Walking With The Beast
Primal Scream
January 1, 2013
34.
Acquiesce (Unplugged)
Oasis
July 2, 2025
35.
Feel Good Inc
Vitamin String Quartet
March 22, 2011
36.
Supersonic (Live at The Limelight, Belfast - 4th September '94)
