If you enjoy movement in the Top 10, you're going to love this week's Billboard Rock Songs chart. Grouplove's "Tongue Tied" leaves the countdown after five months, and six of the 10 tracks on the chart move up or down at least two spots. If all that wasn't enough, we have a new No. 1 -- and it's from a very new band...
10. Of Monsters and Men - "Little Talks"
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"Little Talks" is in the midst of its second stint in the Top 10 -- it dropped out of the countdown back in early September -- but so far its return engagement has been an unexciting one. For a second week, the Of Monsters and Men track hangs out at No. 10.
9. Linkin Park - "Burn It Down"
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"Burn It Down" is falling down the Rock Songs chart at an alarming rate. Linkin Park's former No. 1 single takes a massive tumble, falling four spots to No. 9. (By the way, the follow-up single, "Lost in the Echo," is currently at No. 22 and climbing.)
8. Three Days Grace - "Chalk Outline"
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The week's only debut belongs to Three Days Grace, who have landed two singles at No. 1 on the Rock Songs chart: "Break" and "The Good Life." Their new album, Transit of Venus, arrives October 2, and the first single, "Chalk Outline," says hello at No. 8.
7. Imagine Dragons - "It's Time"
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"It's Time" sits at No. 7 for a third consecutive week. In case you're wondering how popular this Imagine Dragons song is, the track was recently featured on an episode of Glee.
6. Muse - "Madness"
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Muse were mired at No. 8 for three straight weeks. But that ends now: "Madness," which appears on the forthcoming The 2nd Law, moves up two spots to No. 6. The band will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on October 6.
5. fun. - "Some Nights"
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With "Some Nights," fun. were hoping to become the fourth act in the three-year history of the Rock Songs chart to place two singles from the same album at No. 1. (The others: Alice in Chains with Black Gives Way to Blue, Foo Fighters with Wasting Light, and Three Days Grace with Life Starts Now.) But unlike "We Are Young," it looks like "Some Nights" just doesn't have the juice. After two weeks at No. 3, the track falls to No. 5.
4. Alex Clare - "Too Close"
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Another high-charting track that appears to have run out of gas, "Too Close" drops two spots to No. 4. Alex Clare's breakout smash had been at No. 2 for three weeks.
3. Mumford & Sons - "I Will Wait"
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Muse aren't the only Rock Songs band playing SNL. Mumford & Sons just appeared on the show, and their latest hit, "I Will Wait," is one of two songs this week that jumps up three spots. The Babel tune is now at No. 3.
2. Green Day - "Oh Love"
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1. The Lumineers - "Ho Hey"
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The new No. 1 song on the Rock Songs chart is from a folk band and features an acoustic guitar and a mandolin. Leaping up an impressive three spots to supplant "Oh Love" as king of the countdown, the Lumineers' "Ho Hey" comes off their self-titled debut record. What's even more impressive is that "Oh Love" is their very first single. Not a bad start to a young band's career.
