Alternative
Hit Potential
HitPredictors are songs that score well in pre-testing by a panel of music consumers who are radio listeners. All HitPredictors are chosen by the HitPredictor team, primarily using testing results; however, additional qualifications for HP selection include early indications from other sources that often predict musical success such as social media exposure and early airplay.
LW
TW
Mediabase airplay rank
Score
8
8
I'm in Love with You
The 1975
Dirty Hit
114.03
19
18
Surefire
Wilderado
Bright Antenna
111.45
9
14
Cracker Island (feat. Thundercat)
Gorillaz
Warner
110.46
3
3
This Is Why
Paramore
Atlantic
107.28
6
5
Run Away to Mars
Talk
Capitol
107.15
20
25
Tippa My Tongue
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Warner
105.99
4
4
Records
Weezer
Crush
100.15
7
7
Sleepwalking
All Time Low
Fueled by Ramen/3EE
99.56
1
1
Edging
Blink-182
Columbia
98.60
28
22
Pages
White Reaper
Elektra/3EE*
95.07
21
20
The Less I Know The Better
Tame Impala
Modular/Interscope
92.87
13
11
Scared Together
Silversun Pickups
New Machine/Q Prime
88.83
5
6
Don't Let The Light Go Out
Panic! At The Disco
DCD2/Fueled by Ramen/3ee
88.58
24
23
Sick of U (feat. Oliver Tree)BoyWithUke
Mercury/Republic
88.54
2
2
Sex, Drugs, Etc.
Beach Weather
8123/Arista
87.81
12
12
sun keeps on shining
Almost Monday
Hollywood
84.01
32
38
Natural Born Killer
Highly Suspect
Roadrunner/FRKST/3EE
83.71
31
39
I Won't
AJR
AJR Productions/BMG
82.86
11
10
The Loneliest
Maneskin
Sony Music Latin/Arista
81.09
22
28
Boy
Killers
Island/Republic
81.05
26
21
BurningYeah Yeah Yeahs
Secretly Canadian
78.46
23
19
Tissues
Yungblud
Loco/Geffen/Interscope
77.90
18
27
Here To Forever
Death Cab for Cutie
Atlantic
77.80
10
9
Sail Away
Lovelytheband
Happy Accident/The Orchard
77.71
17
17
Fallin' with Me
The Struts
Big Machine
76.54
15
15
Tonight (feat. Ezra Koenig)
Phoenix
Columbia-Glassnote
75.73
16
16
Beguiled
Smashing Pumpkins
Martha's/Thirty Tigers
72.91
14
13
Holiday
Turnstile
Roadrunner/RRP
68.37
Recent Hits
Recurrent songs that tested with Hit Potential prior to major airplay, ranked in order of HitPredictor scores and updated each Monday.
Score
Running Up That Hill (A Deal wi...
Kate Bush
EMI/Parlophone/Warner
108.58
My Love
Florence + The Machine
Republic
107.00
Making A Fire
Foo Fighters
RCA
105.27
Runaway
Aurora
Glassnote
101.73
Clarity
Vance Joy
Atlantic
99.28
Wild Child
Black Keys
Nonesuch/Warner
98.00
Missing Piece
Vance Joy
Atlantic
96.04
Viva Las Vengeance
Panic! At The Disco
DCD2/Fueled by Ramen/3ee
95.11
The Foundations of Decay
My Chemical Romance
Reprise/Warner
94.95
Head Right
Wilderado
Bright Antenna
94.83
What You Say
Cold War Kids
CWKTWO/AWAL
94.81
transparentsoul (feat. Travis B...
Willow
MSFTS/Roc Nation
93.79
Beggin
Maneskin
Sony Music Latin/Arista
92.04
Want Want
Maggie Rogers
Capitol
91.91
Bad Dream
Cannons
Columbia
90.66
Follow You
Imagine Dragons
KidinaKorner/Interscope
89.06
Record Player
Daisy the Great x AJR
S-Curve/Hollywood
88.87
Brightside
Lumineers
Dualtone/MNRK
88.76
A Little Bit of Love
Weezer
Crush
88.62
Bones
Imagine Dragons
KidinaKorner/Interscope
88.20
Distorted Light Beam
Bastille
Republic
87.22
Won't Stand Down
Muse
Warner
86.07
The Outside
Twenty One Pilots
Fueled by Ramen/EMG
85.92
Supermodel
Maneskin
Sony Music Latin/Arista
85.86
Smile
Wolf Alice
Dirty Hit/RCA
85.27
fleabag
Yungblud
Loco/Geffen/Interscope
84.89
Black Summer
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Warner
84.59
Wake Me Up
Foals
ADA/Q Prime
84.26
Ramon Ayala
Giovannie and the Hired Guns
Crush
83.43
Colorado
Milky Chance
Muggelig/further.
81.41
I Don't Wanna Talk (I Just Wann...
Glass Animals
Republic
81.25
Saturday
Twenty One Pilots
Fueled by Ramen/EMG
79.94
Love Brand New
Bob Moses
Domino/ASW/Capitol
79.56
Wrecked
Imagine Dragons
KidinaKorner/Interscope
79.44
The Funeral
Yungblud
Loco/Geffen/Interscope
78.50
What, Me Worry?
Portugal. The Man
Atlantic
78.15
Mystery
Turnstile
Roadrunner/RRP
77.72
Survivor
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
Stax/Fantasy/Concord
76.81
Toxic
BoyWithUke
Mercury/Republic
75.15
What's the Trick
Jack White
Third Man/The Orchard
74.14
Tek It
Cafune
Elektra/3ee
73.19
Alpha Zulu
Phoenix
Columbia-Glassnote
72.71
Love Dies Young
Foo Fighters
RCA
72.35
Can You Handle My Love?
Walk the Moon
RCA
72.24
Loved You a Little
The Maine
Photo Finish/8123/Virgin
71.75
Life's Been Good
Dirty Heads
Better Noise
70.51
Where We Are
Lumineers
Dualtone/MNRK
69.32
Taking Me Back
Jack White
Third Man/The Orchard
66.62
Enemy
Imagine Dragons
KidinaKorner/Interscope
65.52
This Week's New HitPredictors
Score
Sick of U (feat. Oliver Tree)BoyWithUke
Mercury/Republic
88.54
BurningYeah Yeah Yeahs
Secretly Canadian
78.46
This Week's Proven & Developing Hits
Developing Hits
Songs that are top 10 spin gainers this week and not yet Proven. Each song only appears once as a Developing Hit.
TissuesYungblud (Loco/Geffen/Interscope)
HitPredictor on Oct 17, 2022 -- Movers: top 5 gainer at Alternative this week, up over 75 spins.
Score: 77.90
TW: 19, LW: 23, Spins: +85
PagesWhite Reaper (Elektra/3EE*)
HitPredictor on Nov 21, 2022 -- Movers: top 10 gainer at Alternative this week, up over 75 spins.
Score: 95.07
TW: 22, LW: 28, Spins: +78
Proven Hits
Songs that test top 10 in national callout or top 10 in callout in key markets for the first time this week.
SleepwalkingAll Time Low (Fueled by Ramen/3EE)
HitPredictor on Oct 24, 2022 -- Callout: top 15 in national callout this week. Top 10 Spins: top 10 at 42 Alternative stations, led by #2 for Shawn Lucero at KRXP.
Score: 99.56
TW: 7, LW: 7, Spins: +68
Run Away to MarsTalk (Capitol)
HitPredictor on Sep 19, 2022 -- Callout: top 15 in national callout this week. Top 10 Spins: top 10 at 41 Alternative stations, led by #2 for Chris Crowley at WEND and Brigette Rose at KYMK.
Score: 107.15
TW: 5, LW: 6, Spins: +109