Deftones debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart dated July 26 with “My Mind Is a Mountain.”
In its first full week of tracking (July 11-17; the song was released at 6 p.m. ET on July 10), the cut drew 5.3 million official U.S. streams and 1.7 million radio audience impressions and sold 1,000 downloads, according to Luminate. It accumulated 419,000 streams in its first day.
“My Mind Is a Mountain” becomes Deftones’ first No. 1 on Hot Hard Rock Songs, which began in 2020. The band’s previous best, “Ohms,” debuted and peaked at No. 2 in September 2020.
Concurrently, “My Mind Is a Mountain” bows at No. 11 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, the band’s best rank dating to the tally’s 2009 inception, surpassing the No. 14 peak of “Diamond Eyes” in July 2010.
The new cut nearly became Deftones’ first all-genre Billboard Hot 100 appearance, starting at No. 2 on the Hot 100’s Bubbling Under chart. The band made two previous Bubbling Under appearances, via “Change (In the House of Flies)” (No. 5, 2000) and “Minerva” (No. 20, 2003).
The group formed in Sacramento, Calif., in 1988.
“My Mind Is a Mountain” concurrently begins at No. 1 on Hard Rock Streaming Songs and at No. 3 on Hard Rock Digital Song Sales. It also marks Deftones’ first Rock Streaming Songs appearance, at No. 20.
The tune is off to a strong start at radio, entering at Nos. 29 and 39 on Mainstream Rock Airplay and Alternative Airplay, respectively. It immediately becomes Deftones’ best-charting title on the latter list since “Prayers/Triangles,” which peaked at No. 36 in 2016. Their best on Alternative AIrplay, the aforementioned “Change” reached No. 3 in 2000. On Mainstream Rock Airplay, they have a pair of No. 3s in “Tempest” (2013) and “Ohms” (2020).
On the all-rock-format, audience-based Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, “My Mind Is a Mountain” begins at No. 23, Deftones’ best since “Ohms” hit No. 17.
“My Mind Is a Mountain” is the lead single from Private Music, Deftones’ upcoming 10th studio album, due Aug. 22. Their previous effort, 2020’s Ohms, debuted at No. 1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart and has earned 276,000 equivalent album units.
