Inverse Point System:
30 = 1, 29 = 2, 28 = 3 [...] 3 = 28, 2 = 29, 1 = 30, et al.
Mediabase Alt Top 30 YTD Points (2014)
1 Kongos “Come With Me Now” 887
2 Big Data/Joywave “Dangerous” 844
3 Vance Joy “Riptide” 783
4 Arctic Monkeys “Do I Wanna Know?” 761
5 Bastille “Bad Blood” 710 Highest Song NOT to go #1
6 The Black Keys “Fever” 701
Most Weeks @#1 in 2014 [11]
7 Fitz and The Tantrums “The Walker” 695
8 Milky Chance “Stolen Dance" 675
9 Bleachers “I Wanna Get Better” 588
10 Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” 583
11 Hozier “Take Me To Church” 516
12 The Dirty Heads “My Sweet Summer” 514
13 Alt-J “Left Hand Free” 466
14 Arctic Monkeys “Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?” 463
15 Lorde “Team” 450
16 Coldplay “A Sky Full Of Stars” 415
17 Phantogram “Fall In Love” 405
18 Bastille “Flaws” 398
19 Weezer “Back To The Shack” 390
20 Young The Giant “It’s About Time” 386
21 The Neighbourhood “Afraid” 382
22 Bear Hands “Giants” 379
23 Bastille “Pompeii” 359
24 Foster The People “Coming Of Age” 317
25 Fall Out Boy “Centuries” 317
26 Coldplay “Magic” 316
27 Neon Trees “Sleeping With A Friend” 311
28 Jack White “Lazaretto” 309
29 Cage The Elephant “Take It Or Leave It” 289
30 Rise Against “I Don’t Want To Be Here Anymore” 269
31 Kongos “I’m Only Joking" 266
32 Cage The Elephant “Cigarette Daydreams” 264
33 Foo Fighters “Something From Nothing” 264
34 The Black Keys “Gotta Get Away” 260
35 Bad Suns “Cardiac Arrest” 249
36 Vampire Weekend “Unbelievers” 239
37 Tove Lo “Habits (Stay High)” 235
38 Wild Cub “Thunder Clatter” 233
39 Kings of Leon “Wait for Me” 225
40 Lorde “Yellow Flicker Beat” 207
41 Arctic Monkeys “R U Mine?” 206
42 J. Roddy Walston and The Business “Take It As It Comes” 192
43 Death From Above 1979 “Trainwreck 1979″ 184
44 Bleachers “Rollercoaster” 183
45 Priory “Weekend” 182
46 J. Roddy Walston And The Business “Heavy Bells” 176
47 Walk The Moon “Shut Up And Dance” 174
48 Fitz and The Tantrums “Fools Gold” 173
49 Bear Hands “Agora” 171
50 Imagine Dragons “I Bet My Life” 169
51 SomeKindaWonderful “Reverse” 168
52 Foster The People “Best Friend” 166
53 American Authors “Best Day Of My Life” 163
54 Pearl Jam “Sirens” 159
55 Imagine Dragons “Demons” 154
56 Silversun Pickups “Cannibal” 154
57 Meg Myers “Desire” 152
58 CHVRCHES “The Mother We Share” 148
59 New Politics “Tonight You’re Perfect” 146
60 Twenty|one|pilots “House Of Gold” 140
=
61 Young The Giant “Mind Over Matter” 138
62 Broken Bells “Holding On For Life” 123
63 Banks “Beggin For Thread” 122
64 Lorde “Glory and Gore” 121
65 30 Seconds To Mars “Do Or Die” 113
66 The Griswolds “Beware The Dog” 111
67 New Politics “Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)” 107
68 Imagine Dragons “On Top Of The World” 105
69 Bush “The Only Way Out” 103
70 Lorde “Tennis Court” 103
71 The Airborne Toxic Event “Hell and Back” 99
72 Royal Blood “Figure It Out” 96
73 Queens Of The Stone Age “I Sat By The Ocean” 93
74 Grouplove “Shark Attack” 85
75 Linkin Park/Rakim “Guilty All The Same” 81
76 Of Monsters and Men “Dirty Paws” 75
77 The Pretty Reckless “Heaven Knows” 74
78 Kings of Leon “Temple” 74
79 Cherub “Doses and Mimosas” 61
80 Switchfoot “Who We Are” 61
81 Capital Cities “One Minute More” 59
82 Linkin Park “Until It’s Gone” 59
83 MAGIC! “Rude” 59
84 Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness “Cecilia And The Satellite” 51
85 The Orwells “Who Needs You” 48
86 Sleeper Agent “Waves” 47
87 George Ezra “Budapest” 47
88 Chevelle “Take Out The Gunman” 42
89 Fitz and The Tantrums “Out Of My League” 42
90 Broods “Bridges” 41
91 Arcade Fire “Afterlife” 39
92 Joywave/KOPPS “Tongues” 38
93 Linkin Park/Steve Aoki “A Light That Never Comes” 37
94 Twenty|one|pilots “Car Radio” 36
95 Robert DeLong “Long Way Down” 35
96 Panic! At The Disco/Lolo “Miss Jackson” 35
97 Grouplove “Ways To Go” 34
98 Catfish and The Bottlemen “Kathleen” 32
99 Lana Del Rey “West Coast” 29
100 U2 “Every Breaking Wave” 26
101 Interpol “All The Rage Back Home” 25
102 U2 “The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)" 23
103 Avicii “Wake Me Up” 23
104 Glass Animals “Gooey” 20
105 AWOLnation “ThisKidsNotAlright” 20
106 The Kooks “Bad Habit” 15
107 Panic! At The Disco “This Is Gospel” 13
108 Portugal. The Man “Modern Jesus” 11
109 Rise Against “Tragedy + Time” 9
110 U2 “Invisible” 7
111 Modest Mouse “Lampshades On Fire” 7
112 Alt-J “Tessellate” 6
113 Royal Blood “Out Of The Black” 5
114 Blue October “Bleed Out” 5
115 The Eeries “Cool Kid” 4
116 TV On The Radio “Happy Idiot” 3
117 Sir Sly “Gold” 3
118 Crosses “The Epilogue” 3
119 Yelawolf “Till It’s Gone" 2
120 30 Seconds To Mars “City Of Angels” 2
121 Hellogoodbye “(Everything Is) Debatable” 1
122 Kings Of Leon “Family Tree” 1
123 Seether “Words As Weapons” 1
124 Spoon “Do You” 1
125 Twin Atlantic “Heart And Soul” 1
2013 (Top 20 of 118)
1 Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” 1,053
2 The Neighbourhood “Sweater Weather” 1,044
3 Imagine Dragons “Radioactive” 946 Most Weeks @#1 in 2013 [15]
4 Imagine Dragons “Demons” 830
5 Fitz and The Tantrums “Out Of My League” 823
6 Of Monsters and Men “Mountain Sound” 699
Highest Song NOT to go #1
7 Grouplove “Ways To Go” 611
8 New Politics “Harlem” 603
9 Lorde “Royals” 601
10 Bastille “Pompeii” 579
11 Muse “Madness” 558
12 The Lumineers “Stubborn Love” 526
13 Muse “Panic Station” 499
14 30 Seconds To Mars “Up In The Air” 457
15 Cage The Elephant “Come A Little Closer” 451
16 Fall Out Boy “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)” 445
17 Atlas Genius “Trojans” 444
18 The Black Keys “Little Black Submarines” 409
19 Mumford and Sons “I Will Wait” 386
20 Silversun Pickups “The Pit” 377
#1s (inverse points era):
2014: Kongos “Come With Me Now” 887
2013: Capital Cities “Safe and Sound” 1,053
2012: Imagine Dragons “It’s Time” 905
2011: Foster The People “Pumped Up Kicks” 1,073
