The Alt18 Countdown gets “Dirty” this week with grandson taking the top spot from MISSIO, whose “Can You Feel the Sun” falls to No. 2. The Killers made the week’s strongest debut with, “C’est La Vie,” at No. 4. Foo Fighters and Weezer seem to be settling into the list, and Mishaal is hanging around around for another week with “Peddle Bike.” There’s a lot of fan support on Twitter for The Happy Fits, and their song came in at No. 13.
Dropping off this week: “broken people” by almost monday, “Falling Asleep at the Wheel” by Holly Humberstone, “Medicine” by Gus Dapperton and “Leave Me Alone” by iDKHOW. Humberstone had been on consecutive countdowns since Nov. 2, and iDKHOW since Nov. 15.
Trying a new thing this week highlighting lyrics from each of the songs. There’s some beautiful writing on the countdown right now, so thought it’d be nice to pull out a sampling of the writing. As always, the updated Spotify playlist is below.
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Here’s the updated Spotify playlist.
Alt18 Countdown on Sirius XM’s AltNation, 2/6/21
18. Foushee, Deep End
I been trying not to go off the deep end
Deep End, Foushee
I don’t think you wanna give me a reason
17. The Neighborhood, Stargazing
Pull it out of park, put it in drive
Stargazing, The Neighbourhood
I can feel your heart beatin’ with mine
Underneath the stars, lookin’ for a sign
Glowin’ in the dark ’til the sun shines
16. Mansionair/NoMBe, Guillotine
Take my head away from me
Guillotine, Mansionair/NoMBe
Antoinette, sweet Marie
Chop it off, squeaky clean
I got thoughts nobody needs
15. Blu DeTiger, Cotton Candy Lemonade
I wanna get lost with you
Cotton Candy Lemonade, Blu DeTiger
Picture waking up somewhere new
I wanna get lost with you
‘Cause right now I’m lost without you too
14. Inhaler, When It Breaks
How much does it ache
When It Breaks, Inhaler
When your bones break?
It seems so hard to tell
What’s real or fake
Can’t let this moment go to waste
13. The Happy Fits, Hold Me Down
Hold me down tight when I’m losing my mind
Hold Me Down, The Happy Fits
You tied a tether here to keep me close
I’ve been talking to myself on some Icarus spell
But it got better when you didn’t go
12. Mishaal, Peddle Bike
Peddle bike, blue sways
Peddle Bike, Mishaal
Baby, I’m just waiting for the summer break
Little lies, too late
Baby, I’m just praying for another day
11. nothing,nowhere., fake friend
Think we’re slipping
fake friend, nothing,nowhere.
Ice is real thin, thin
Where the hell have you been?
I don’t need a fake friend
10. Foo Fighters, Waiting on a War
Every day waiting for the sky to fall
Waiting on a War, Foo Fighters
Big crash on a world that’s so small
Just a boy with nowhere left to go
Fell in love with a voice on the radio
9. The Backseat Lovers, Kilby Girl
She’s got a fake ID and a nose ring
Kilby Girl, The Backseat Lovers
Those kind of girls tend to know things better than I do
And I’m dying to figure out what she’s hiding
8. Weezer, All My Favorite Songs
All my favorite songs are slow and sad
All My Favorite Songs, Weezer
All my favorite people make me mad
Everything that feels so good is bad, bad, bad
7. Sir Sly, Material Boy
Deeply American, which is to say I’m deeply ashamed
Material Boy, Sir Sly
I wonder what the world would say?
And I’m probably sick from my secrets
Politically daft, but we’re in deep shit
6. Bastille, survivin’
What can I say? I’m survivin’
Survivin’, Bastille
Crawling out these sheets to see another day
5. The Knocks/Foster The People, All About You
Nights, were my only friend
All About You, The Knocks/Foster the People
My distraction
When you pulled me out
4. The Killers, C’est La Vie
Sometimes you’re the river
C’est La Vie, The Killers
Sometimes you’re the sea
Sometimes you’re a stranger to yourself, it’s a dangerous place to be
3. Tame Impala, Is It True
And I tell her I’m in love with her
Is It True, Tame Impala
But how can I know that I’ll always be?
2. MISSIO, Can You Feel the Sun
Below the willow tree
Can You Feel the Sun, MISSIO
I get hung up on my insecurities
Rose-colored dopamine
My soul feels like it could be make-believe
1. grandson, Dirty
Tell me what you tryna hide
Dirty, grandson
And what you runnin’ from inside
‘Cause I got a surprise
We might not make it to the mornin’
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