The song reigns in its 33rd week. Completing a 33-week trek, The Unlikely Candidates' "Novocaine" hits No. 1 on Billboard's Alternative Songs airplay chart dated March 14.
The five-piece scores its first No. 1 on a Billboard chart. Previously, its top Alternative Songs peak was No. 12 as featured on Dirty Heads' "Celebrate" in April 2018, while its top high as a lead act had been No.
35 with "Follow My Feet" in November 2013. Prior to 2020, a 33-week rise to No. 1 would have tied a chart record. In early February, however, Meg Myers' "Running Up That Hill" obliterated the mark, crossing the finish line at the end of a 42-week marathon. "Novocaine" instead ties the for the second-longest trip to the top in the chart's 32-year history. Most
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