Taylor Swift has held No. 1 on the monthly Top Movie Songs chart for a fourth consecutive month with “I Knew It, I Knew You” from “Toy Story 5”. September 2026’s results keep the song ahead of strong entries from Tame Impala and Fleetwood Mac. The ranking combines listening, sales and information about music’s use in films rather than measuring streams alone.
Taylor Swift has completed four months at the top of the monthly Top Movie Songs chart, which follows songs heard in film productions. “I Knew It, I Knew You” retained first place for September after leading the June, July and August editions. The achievement concerns this particular ranking, where a track’s film connection is considered alongside its audience response, rather than every general songs chart during the same period.
According to Luminate, the recording generated 40.5 million official streams and 7,000 digital sales in the United States during September. Those figures cover one month and one market, not its lifetime worldwide results. The continuing lead is notable because newer films also had songs attracting substantial listening. The chart therefore places the established “Toy Story 5” entry alongside music receiving attention through more recent cinema releases.
The clearest example is Tame Impala’s “Loser”, heard in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”, which takes second place. It recorded 43.6 million US streams, more than the Taylor Swift song, alongside 3,000 digital sales. Those numbers show why the ranking cannot be read as a simple list of the most-streamed recordings. A song with a higher streaming total does not necessarily receive the highest combined position.
The chart uses Tunefind information about songs and the films in which they appear together with Luminate sales and streaming data. The exact weighting of each element is not explained in the published results. It would therefore go beyond the available information to attribute Swift’s lead exclusively to her 7,000 sales. The established result is that her song received the highest combined ranking for September.
“I Knew It, I Knew You” was released on June 5, two weeks before the US opening of “Toy Story 5” on June 19. Taylor Swift wrote and produced it with Jack Antonoff, drawing inspiration from Jessie. Disney described the composition as a return to her country influences. Director Andrew Stanton said she understood the character’s journey early and wrote something that fitted the story.
The song also succeeded outside the film-specific monthly ranking. It debuted at No. 1 on the weekly Billboard Hot 100 dated June 20 and remained there for two weeks. During September, it stayed within that chart’s Top 10, spending three weeks at No. 3. Those are separate achievements and should not be confused with its four consecutive monthly leaders on Top Movie Songs.
Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide”, featured in “Practical Magic 2”, takes third place for September with 27.5 million US streams and 3,000 digital sales. The film opened on September 10 and also contributes King Harvest’s “Dancing in the Moonlight” at No. 8. Together, the two entries give that new cinema release a substantial presence within the monthly Top 10, alongside songs from films released earlier in the summer.
“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” accounts for three entries. Beyond Tame Impala, Steve Lacy is fourth with “Oh Yeah?”, which drew 37.8 million streams and 1,000 sales. Bad Bunny’s “EoO” follows at No. 6 with 22.7 million streams and 1,000 sales. The film opened on July 31, so its musical presence continued into September beyond the first weeks of its cinema run.
The remaining Top 10 includes Oasis’ “Wonderwall” from “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger”, Stephen Wilson Jr.’s “Stand By Me” from “Heart of the Beast” and two Bruce Springsteen songs from “Mayday”: “I’m on Fire” and “Dancing in the Dark”. The mix places newer recordings beside established songs receiving another use in cinema, rather than limiting the ranking to music written specifically for the latest films.
The chart generally includes films from the preceding three months, with exceptions where interest in their music remains high. That approach allows continuing audience attention to be reflected alongside newer releases. It also means the age of a familiar song and the timing of its film use are separate considerations. An older recording can appear because of a current screen context rather than a new studio release.
For Taylor Swift, September adds another month to a run beginning around the arrival of “Toy Story 5”. The song connects with Jessie’s story while maintaining substantial listening beyond the cinema. Its film-specific lead sits alongside, rather than replacing, the weekly Hot 100 achievement from June. The two measures describe different parts of the recording’s reach and use different timeframes for assessing its performance.
Through September, “I Knew It, I Knew You” has therefore earned four consecutive monthly No. 1 positions on Top Movie Songs. Tame Impala now follows in second place despite the larger streaming total for “Loser”, while Fleetwood Mac completes the top three. The result illustrates a combined chart in which film information, sales and listening together determine the ranking rather than a single isolated figure.
