For the third straight week the American country chart switched its No. 1 song, but this time the resident was a familiar face. Cole Swindell’s “Single Saturday Night” took over the No. 1 spot, trading places with Chris Young and “Famous Friends,” which slipped to No. 2. Both had been hanging out in the Top 5 for weeks, stalking Luke Combs’s “Forever After All,” which is now barely hanging within the Top 10. The remainder of the Top 5 all shifted up to their new spots: Chase Rice and “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen.” (No. 3); Dan+Shay and “Glad You Exist” (No. 4); and Luke Bryan and “Waves” (No 5).
The only two exits from the chart were notable, as both had been in the Top 40 for 29 weeks: Dierks Bentley’s “Gone” and Jordan Davis’s “Almost Maybes.”
Other trends in this week’s chart:
Biggest movers:
- “Waves” by Luke Bryan (up three from No. 8 to No. 5)
- “Things a Man Oughta Know” by Laney Wilson (up three from No. 10 to No .7)
- “Tequila Little Time” by Jon Pardi (up six from No. 30 to No. 24)
- “Fancy Like” by Walker Hayes (up three from No. 31 to No. 28)
- “Thinking ‘Bout You” by Dustin Lynch (up three from No. 33 to No. 30)
- “Buy Dirt” by Jordan Davis (up three from No. 40 to No. 37)
Biggest drops:
- “Blame It On You” by Jason Aldean (down three from No. 3 to No. 6)
- “Settling Down” by Miranda Lambert (down three from No. 5 to No. 8)
- “Minimum Wage” by Blake Shelton (down seven from No. 13 to No. 20)
- “Whiskey and Rain” by Michael Ray (down three from No. 24 to No. 27)
Debuts:
- “Cold as You” by Luke Combs (No. 35 – one week on the “Side Burner” chart)
- “If I Didn’t Love You” by Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood (No. 38)
Exit:
- “Gone” by Dierks Bentley (29 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 3, last week No. 28)
- “Almost Maybes” by Jordan Davis (29 weeks on the chart, peak of No. 7, last week No. 26)
Here are this week’s “Personal Picks” — songs that haven’t appeared in either of our charts but that we think deserve at least one listen.
| Personal Picks | ||
| (Songs that haven’t appeared in our charts … but they deserve a listen.) | ||
| Song | Artist | Comment |
| Til’ Summer Comes Around | Keith Urban | Some relationships are like summer — they pass by all too quickly. |
| Beauty in the Struggle | Bryan Martin | If you are married to a diamond in the rough, you’ll identify… |
| Joy of My Life | Chris Stapleton | …and you’ll agree that those ladies are the joys of our lives. |
Here is the updated chart for the week of July 29, 2021. Each song is linked to its official video on YouTube, where possible. To listen to the full playlist of these songs, visit our page on Spotify.
| Pos | Song | Artist | LW | Chg | Wks | Peak |
| 1 | Single Saturday Night | Cole Swindell | 2 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| 2 | Famous Friends | Chris Young | 1 | -1 | 29 | 1 |
| 3 | Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen | Chase Rice | 4 | 1 | 23 | 3 |
| 4 | Glad You Exist | Dan + Shay | 6 | 2 | 24 | 4 |
| 5 | Waves | Luke Bryan | 8 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
| 6 | Blame It On You | Jason Aldean | 3 | -3 | 30 | 3 |
| 7 | Things a Man Oughta Know | Lainey Wilson | 10 | 3 | 18 | 7 |
| 8 | Settling Down | Miranda Lambert | 5 | -3 | 30 | 5 |
| 9 | Forever After All | Luke Combs | 7 | -2 | 20 | 1 |
| 10 | Country Again | Thomas Rhett | 9 | -1 | 13 | 9 |
| 11 | We Didn’t Have Much | Justin Moore | 11 | 0 | 27 | 11 |
| 12 | One Too Many | Keith Urban & P!nk | 12 | 0 | 29 | 9 |
| 13 | I Was On a Boat That Day | Old Dominion | 14 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 14 | You Time | Scotty McCreery | 15 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
| 15 | My Boy | Elvie Shane | 16 | 1 | 21 | 15 |
| 16 | Memory I Don’t Mess With | Lee Brice | 18 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
| 17 | Cold Beer Calling My Name | Jameson Rodgers | 17 | 0 | 12 | 17 |
| 18 | Next Girl | Carley Pearce | 19 | 1 | 28 | 17 |
| 19 | Chasing After You | Ryan Hurd & Maren Morris | 20 | 1 | 16 | 16 |
| 20 | Minimum Wage | Blake Shelton | 13 | -7 | 27 | 8 |
| 21 | Knowing You | Kenny Chesney | 21 | 0 | 13 | 21 |
| 22 | Like a Lady | Lady A | 22 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| 23 | Freedom Was a Highway | Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley | 23 | 0 | 7 | 23 |
| 24 | Tequila Little Time | Jon Pardi | 30 | 6 | 8 | 24 |
| 25 | Just About Over You | Priscilla Block | 25 | 0 | 18 | 25 |
| 26 | You Should Probably Leave | Chris Stapleton | 27 | 1 | 11 | 26 |
| 27 | Whiskey and Rain | Michael Ray | 24 | -3 | 7 | 24 |
| 28 | Fancy Like | Walker Hayes | 31 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
| 29 | Same Boat | Zac Brown Band | 29 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| 30 | Thinking ‘Bout You | Dustin Lynch | 33 | 3 | 4 | 30 |
| 31 | Lil Bit | Nelly & Florida Georgia Line | 32 | 1 | 17 | 9 |
| 32 | It’s ‘Cause I Am | Callista Clark | 34 | 2 | 6 | 32 |
| 33 | Home Sweet | Russell Dickerson | 35 | 2 | 7 | 33 |
| 34 | Drunk (And I Don’t Wanna Go Home) | Elle King & Miranda Lambert | 36 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
| 35 | Cold As You | Luke Combs | New | New | 1 | 35 |
| 36 | Half of My Hometown | Kelsea Ballerini | 37 | 1 | 8 | 36 |
| 37 | Buy Dirt | Jordan Davis | 40 | 3 | 2 | 37 |
| 38 | If I Didn’t Love You | Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood | New | New | 1 | 38 |
| 39 | Am I the Only One | Aaron Lewis | 39 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| 40 | To Be Loved By You | Parker McCollum | 38 | -2 | 4 | 38 |
There are seven songs that show signs of invading the chart in the coming weeks. Songs that appeared on this list previously are marked with an asterisk for each week they’ve been on the list. (You can listen to them in our “On the Side Burner” playlist on Spotify):
| On the Side Burner | |
| (Songs that haven’t appeared in our chart but were closest to making it this week) | |
| Song | Artist |
| Give Heaven Some Hell****** | Hardy |
| Memory* | Kane Brown & Blackbear |
| Ride the Lightning (717 Tapes)**** | Warren Zeiders |
| That Ain’t Me No More*** | Matt Stell |
| Good Things | Dan + Shay |
| Tennessee Whiskey*** | Chris Stapleton |
| That’s What Cowboys Do | Garth Brooks |
The American charts all have their whims. We look across the pop music landscape to put together a reliable snapshot of what is truly trending today. We are currently tracking 71 songs that have trended in various ways in the past week.
Copyright © 2021 Doug DeBolt.
