Scott's Monthly Songs Top 40 Charts: July 2026
- Jul 14
- 13 min read
Updated: Aug 7
Summer Adventures with the Music
As July begins, several songs from late April and early May stand out as major highlights that helped shape the sound of the month. These tracks show how the chart moved from spring energy into a stronger pre-summer direction, with Drum & Bass, EDM, rock, and country all making big moves.
July is where the summer charts truly come alive. Scott’s Top 40 Songs — July 2026 brings together the sounds that define peak summer: melodic Drum & Bass, festival-ready EDM, emotional alternative rock, country-pop storytelling, and global crossover tracks built for concerts, beach nights, road trips, late-night playlists, and summer sports energy.
This month’s chart is led by Alive — Metrik, a high-energy Drum & Bass anthem that sets the tone for the rest of July. From the country movement of Can’t Sit Still by Lainey Wilson to the emotional rock power of In Waves by Three Days Grace, the chart shows how wide Scott’s music world has become. EDM remains a major force with SHADES OF BLUE, Devotion, Bass Face, Glow, Ultra Love, and Archangel, while country and rock keep the chart grounded with songs like Chevy Silverado, Wish I Didn’t, Wreck My Night, Pretty When You Break, and Better Than You.
With the FIFA World Cup bringing extra summer fun, this chart also feels like a soundtrack for big match days, backyard watch parties, stadium excitement, and global celebration. FIFA Sound tracks like Energy, Three Nations, and Illuminate add an international flavor to the Top 40, making July feel bigger than just a music month. It becomes a mix of sports, culture, summer nights, and songs that fit the excitement of the season.
🎧 Scott’s Top 40 Songs — July 2026
July’s chart brings the peak of summer to life with FIFA World Cup crossover energy. It brings together melodic Drum & Bass, emotional rock, festival-ready EDM, country-pop, and international summer crossover tracks. The result is a varied soundtrack built for warm-weather drives, concerts, festivals, and the beginning of the summer peak.
July’s chart brings the peak of summer to life with melodic Drum & Bass, emotional rock, festival-ready EDM, country-pop stories, and FIFA World Cup crossover energy.
Alive — Metrik
This fabulous song kicks off July with powerful Drum & Bass energy, making it feel like the perfect anthem for feeling awake, motivated, and ready for summer vibes.
Can’t Sit Still — Lainey Wilson
This catchy song brings fun country confidence to the chart with a restless, upbeat feeling that fits summer movement and good times. I knew this would be a Country Sucess.
In Waves — Three Days Grace
This rock song adds emotional alternative rock power, capturing the feeling of struggles and memories that keep coming back again and again. This is one the most thrilling rock song and can't be wrong with Three Days Grace
SHADES OF BLUE — John Summit, Devault, Julia Church
This Dance song brings a stylish house sound that feels perfect for late-night summer drives, city lights, and emotional dance moments. This could be the top Dance Song of the Summer Song.
Pretty When You Break — Ekoh, Catch Your Breath
Another great song gives the chart a darker emotional edge, showing beauty, pain, and vulnerability in a powerful rock crossover.
HIGH — Magnolia Park, Arrows in Action
This song adds bright pop-punk energy with a youthful summer rush and a strong alternative-pop hook. Also this is the most skyrocketing song to entered the Top 40 Charts.
Hate How You Look — Josh Ross
This Song brings country-pop heartbreak with the feeling of being caught between attraction, frustration, and memories.
Devotion (Sweetest Emotion) — Joel Corry, RAHH
Another Dance music vibe gets a summer feeling adds warm house energy with a feeling of loyalty, love, and dance-floor emotion.
Bass Face — Lee Mvtthews, Bennie
The return of Lee Mvtthews could be the next best song and gives July a heavy Drum & Bass punch, built for big drops, movement, and crowd energy.
Better Than You — Our Last Night
This is a strong song from OLN song since NPC as this one brings confident post-hardcore energy about moving forward, proving strength, and rising above someone to find a new life to not repeat history of failure.
Gasoline — Culture Shock, Emie
This pumped up song fuels the chart with fast Drum & Bass energy that feels like speed, fire, and peak-summer intensity.
Chevy Silverado — Bailey Zimmerman
This song adds country-rock storytelling with a road-trip feeling that fits warm afternoons and summer highways. The song is based on a popular pickup truck in America.
Little More Time — Niall Horan
An emotional song that brings soft Hot AC emotion about wanting a moment, memory, or relationship to last just a little longer.
Home Videos — Taylor Acorn
The history adds nostalgic pop-rock emotion, looking back at memories, growing up, and the moments that stay with you. Its fun to time travel and learn about time before modern society.
Glow — Delta Heavy, ÆON:MODE, Nu-La
This song brings bright Drum & Bass energy that feels like finding light in the middle of motion, chaos, and summer nights.
Wish I Didn’t — Megan Moroney
Another Country song adds heartbreak about wishing feelings would fade even when they still remain as I will be happy to land it in this spot of the charts.
Down On It — LUST (AU)
This jumpup D&B gives the chart a smooth house groove made for dancing, nightlife, and summer party energy.
Reality — 5X, Denver UK, Jess Robyn
Another song brings dreamy dance-pop emotion with a polished sound that feels mainstream, bright, and summer-ready. This Jumpup D&B Song explores the life of reality and music life theme.
Ultra Love — KSHMR, Jason Ross, Brieanna Grace
This Ultra Festival song adds big progressive dance energy with a romantic, festival-ready feeling built for July nights. It feels like a great getaway of beautiy of the sounds of Paradise.
Apologies — Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace brings another strong rock moment, carrying regret, emotion, and the weight of words left unsaid.
One Last Tear — Skepsis
A final emotional release becomes the turning point in this story, as the heavy bassline captures the feeling of letting go of the past and finding enough strength to move forward.
POP DAT THANG — David Guetta Mix — DaBaby, David Guetta
A crowded summer party erupts into a wild club moment where hip-hop confidence, festival production, and carefree dancing take over the entire night.
Ultraviolet — Wilkinson, Katy Alex
Glowing lights and late-night emotions create the feeling of driving beneath a colorful summer sky while holding onto a connection that seems brighter than everything around it.
All The Way — Wilkinson
Determination drives the story forward as someone refuses to slow down or turn back, using every burst of Drum & Bass momentum to chase the finish line.
Fireproof — YUSSI, XLVR
Pressure and heat surround someone who refuses to break, creating a bold story about becoming stronger through every challenge and proving that nothing can bring them down.
Chasing Freedom — Dannic
The desire to escape old limits becomes a summer journey toward independence, open roads, and the possibility of finally discovering a better life.
Never Too Old — Friction Remix — Emily Makis, Monrroe, Friction
Someone rediscovers the excitement they thought they had lost, realizing that age should never stop them from dancing, dreaming, falling in love, or experiencing life fully.
Drunk Cigs — Mackenzie Carpenter
A messy night of cigarettes, drinks, impulsive choices, and unresolved feelings becomes a country-pop memory that is difficult to forget the next morning. The soundtrack has that early 2000s pop country crossover vibe.
Alabama 10 — MOONLGHT, Fordo
Warm highways, southern scenery, and an unforgettable person create a road-trip story filled with romance, nostalgia, and an easygoing summer atmosphere. The song was the next trendy song at sports venues and public parties while it was on the verge.
Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight — Three Days Grace
The night becomes too exciting to leave behind, as rebellion, friendship, and loud rock energy inspire everyone to stay out longer and keep the summer celebration alive until morning.
Wreck My Night — Lakeview
A dangerous attraction threatens to turn another night into emotional trouble, but the excitement of bad decisions makes walking away almost impossible.
Fun For Me — S-Dubs, Mango
A carefree adventure unfolds through playful House with Drum & Bass energy, capturing the feeling of enjoying the moment without worrying about expectations or consequences.
Unforgettable — YUSSI, MAMI
A powerful night at the club leaves such a strong impression that every drop, light, and emotional moment remains impossible to erase from memory.
Broken Throne — If Not For Me
A once-powerful world collapses through betrayal and conflict, forcing someone to rise from the destruction and rebuild their strength without the crown they once depended on.
To The Sky — EXVCT, LISA
Hope lifts someone beyond their doubts as they leave the ground behind, look toward a wide-open future, and believe that something greater is waiting above them.
Archangel — Pendulum
A cinematic battle between darkness and survival unfolds through massive Drum & Bass and rock energy, creating the feeling of a powerful figure arriving during a moment of chaos.
Eye of the Storm — IRAH, goddard.
Calm determination becomes the source of survival as someone stands in the center of pressure, fear, and confusion without allowing the surrounding chaos to destroy them.
Energy — Ava Max, BIA, FIFA Sound
Stadium lights, cheering supporters, and global celebration come together as competitors and fans prepare for a summer filled with football, national pride, and unforgettable victories.
Three Nations — 21 Savage, Natanael Cano, French Montana, FIFA Sound
This song adds international hip-hop and Latin crossover energy, giving the chart a global World Cup summer feeling as it brings One Nation to cheer for the Red White and Blue.
Illuminate — Jessie Reyez, Elyanna, FIFA Sound
Bright lights and emotional voices bring the chart to a hopeful conclusion, capturing the moment when people from around the world gather to celebrate summer, sport, music, and unity. It closes the chart with a bright global pop feeling that fits summer nights, big events, and emotional celebration.
☀️ July Chart Overview
Electronic music remains a major force, with Alive, SHADES OF BLUE, Devotion, Glow, Ultraviolet, and Archangel bringing melodic, club-ready, and high-speed summer energy. Rock also stays powerful through In Waves, Pretty When You Break, HIGH, Better Than You, Apologies, and Broken Throne. Country and pop provide the warmer side of the chart through Can’t Sit Still, Hate How You Look, Chevy Silverado, Little More Time, Wish I Didn’t, Drunk Cigs, and Wreck My Night. The three FIFA Sound collaborations at numbers 38–40 close the countdown with an international atmosphere that connects the chart to the excitement of the summer soccer season.
The biggest story is the run of #1 songs that carried momentum into July.
My favorite songs entering the July charts showed how quickly my summer rotation evolved from emotional Drum & Bass into a wider mix of country-pop, rock, and melodic electronic music. Holding On” by Friction and Sam Harper began the run by reaching #1 on June 14, followed by the emotional country storytelling of “Bar And Back” by Josh Ross, which took over the top spot on June 21. Midnight Sun” by Kanine** continued the momentum by peaking at #1 on June 28, bringing bright, high-speed DnB energy just before July began. “Can’t Sit Still” by Lainey Wilson then became the first major July leader, reaching #1 on July 5 with its upbeat, restless, and warm-weather country energy, especially from the movie Reminders of Him. Other important favorites included “Naughty Girl” by Changing Faces and LIIA, which climbed to #3 on June 29, “Ocean Eyes” by TELYKAST, Frank Walker, Steerner and Jazara**, which reached **#5 on July 7 as the great tropical vibe dance song, and “Free” by Beartooth, which peaked at #9 on June 28. Together, these songs helped shape the July chart by combining emotional vocals, summer driving energy, uplifting bass, powerful rock, and feel-good country into one of my most varied rotations of the year.
While those songs marked important chart milestones, my current favorites show just how much my sound continues to evolve as summer progresses. "Alive" by Metrik has become one of my biggest Drum & Bass anthems thanks to its uplifting energy and festival atmosphere, while "SHADES OF BLUE" by John Summit, Devault & Julia Church delivers emotional house music that feels perfect for warm summer nights. "Pretty When You Break" by Ekoh & Catch Your Breath and "Better Than You" by Our Last Night continue my love for emotional modern rock, balancing intensity with memorable melodies. On the country side, "Hate How You Look" by Josh Ross & ”Chevy Silverado" by Bailey Zimmerman has that interesting storyline about life. With the Top Hot AC Songs highlight is ”Little More Time" by Niall Horan, and "Home Videos" by Taylor Acorn which it bring heartfelt storytelling and relaxed summer vibes. Together, these songs represent the sound of my July charts music that's equally suited for road trips, concerts, late-night drives, and the excitement of a summer that is only beginning to reach its peak.
One of the biggest success stories after the June chart cutoff was "Gasoline" by Culture Shock & Emie. Entering the chart just a few days after the June rankings were finalized, it steadily gained momentum throughout the month before climbing all the way to #11. Its explosive Drum & Bass production and energetic vocals quickly turned it into one of the fastest-rising electronic songs of the summer. Country music also produced a surprise breakthrough with "Chevy Silverado" by Bailey Zimmerman. After hearing it receive consistent airplay on country radio, the song immediately connected with me and rapidly climbed to #12. Its small-town storytelling and road-trip atmosphere made it one of the defining country additions to the July chart. Perhaps the biggest overnight success belonged to "Reality" by 5X, Denver UK & Jess Robyn. After spending only a short time on the verge of breaking into the chart, it exploded into the Top 20, reaching #18 in less than a month. Its polished Drum & Bass sound and uplifting production made it one of the month's biggest surprise risers. Rock continued its strong momentum with "Apologies" by Three Days Grace, giving the band a second appearance in the Top 20 alongside "In Waves." The song built on the emotional intensity that has made Three Days Grace one of the defining rock acts in this year's charts. After spending weeks just below the countdown, "One Last Tear" by Skepsis finally earned its place in the Top 40. Its emotional bassline and powerful drops rewarded its steady climb, proving that persistence can eventually pay off. Another unexpected riser was "All The Way" by Wilkinson, which immediately caught my attention with its catchy Drum & Bass production. It quickly developed into one of the chart's strongest overnight additions and continued the momentum Wilkinson had already established with earlier releases. "Fireproof" by YUSSI & XLVR followed a similar path, arriving with immediate impact and quickly securing the #25 position. Its confident production and powerful energy made it one of July's standout electronic additions. Looking toward the rest of the summer, "Chasing Freedom" by Dannic feels like one of the biggest songs to watch. Its uplifting progressive house sound has all the ingredients to become another major success as the season reaches its peak. On the country side, "Drunk Cigs" by Mackenzie Carpenter impressed with its beautiful melody and honest storytelling, while "Alabama 10" by MOONLGHT & Fordo became one of the chart's most fun and trendy additions, climbing to #29 with its road-trip atmosphere and easygoing summer vibe. Three Days Grace continued their impressive month with "Don't Wanna Go Home Tonight." After debuting at #40 during the middle of June, the song steadily gained traction before climbing to #30, showing that consistent listener support can turn a lower debut into a respectable chart success. One of the my most anticipated releases came was "Fun For Me" by S-Dubs & Mango. After hearing Mango preview the track as one of his IDs, I was eager for its official release, and it quickly earned a place in the July chart thanks to its playful blend of house and Drum & Bass. Finally, the closing positions of the July chart were transformed by the arrival of all three FIFA Sound songs—"Energy," "Three Nations," and "Illuminate." Their release came at the perfect time to wrap up the July countdown, connecting the excitement of the 2026 FIFA World Cup with the global soundtrack of the summer. Together, they gave the chart an international feel and created a fitting conclusion to one of the most diverse and energetic months of music this year.
My choices of songs peaked at
#1 Holding On — Friction, Sam Harper 6/14
#1 Bar And Back — Josh Ross 6/21
#1 Midnight Sun — Kanine 6/28
#1 Can’t Sit Still - Lainey Wilson 7/5
#3 Naughty Girl - Changing Faces, LIIA 6/29
#5 Ocean Eyes - Telykast 7/7
#9 Free — Beartooth 6/28
#17 Mouth Go LaLa — Armin van Buuren, Maddix, Caroline Roxy 6/14
#18 Turned Into Missing You — Max McNown, Avery Anna 7/10
#19 insomniac — mad routine, Veela, My City Glory 6/28
#20 The Star Spangled Banner — Live — Charlie Puth 7/4
#22 What Have I Done — Mango 6/28
#23 What Could Go Right — Thomas Rhett, Lanie Gardner 6/29
#24 OUTTASPACE — Primate Edit — Sigma, Primate, Kazhi, VALLO 6/14
#26 Without You — Krewella 6/14
#28 Lorelei — ERNEST 6/14
#29 If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay — Carly Pearce, Riley Green 6/29
#38 Fading Light — Prolix, Richter, Gracie Van Brunt, Fallen 6/29
New Arrivals
Gasoline — Culture Shock, Emie
Chevy Silverado — Bailey Zimmerman
Reality — 5X, Denver UK, Jess Robyn
Apologies — Three Days Grace
One Last Tear — Skepsis
POP DAT THANG — David Guetta Mix — DaBaby, David Guetta
Ultraviolet — Wilkinson, Katy Alex
All The Way — Wilkinson
Fireproof — YUSSI, XLVR
Chasing Freedom — Dannic
Never Too Old — Friction Remix — Emily Makis, Monrroe, Friction
Drunk Cigs — Mackenzie Carpenter
Alabama 10 — MOONLGHT, Fordo
Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight — Three Days Grace
Wreck My Night — Lakeview
Fun For Me — S-Dubs, Mango
Unforgettable — YUSSI, MAMI
Broken Throne — If Not For Me
To The Sky — EXVCT, LISA
Archangel — Pendulum
Eye of the Storm — IRAH, goddard.
Energy — Ava Max, BIA, FIFA Sound
Three Nations — 21 Savage, Natanael Cano, French Montana, FIFA Sound
Illuminate — Jessie Reyez, Elyanna, FIFA Sound
July 2026 Chart Story
The July 2026 chart feels like the true peak of summer. Alive takes the #1 spot with strong Drum & Bass energy, while Can’t Sit Still brings country movement and personality into the runner-up position. In Waves gives the Top 3 a darker rock edge, showing how July’s chart balances dance energy with emotional guitar-driven songs. The middle of the chart is packed with summer momentum. SHADES OF BLUE, Devotion, Bass Face, Glow, Ultra Love, and Ultraviolet keep the EDM lane strong, while Chevy Silverado, Wish I Didn’t, Drunk Cigs, and Wreck My Night add country and country-rock storytelling. Rock also stays important with Pretty When You Break, Better Than You, Apologies, Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight, and Broken Throne. The final stretch adds international summer crossover energy with Energy, Three Nations, and Illuminate, giving the chart a global festival feeling that fits July, summer sports, and big outdoor events.
Now the chart is properly set as Scott’s Top 40 Songs — July 2026.
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