At the core of the UK indie-rock act Field Music is a pair of brothers, David and Peter Brewis. But their latest album, “Commontime,’’ is influenced by a newer family connection: fatherhood. Since their last album, both brothers have had children, which caused them to make an album dealing with growing up and settling down in songs like “The Noisy Days Are Over.’’ In an e-mail interview, Peter said that his son, Al, loves US No. 1’s, and “has gone from dictating the van playlist to heading Field Music’s A&R department.’’ Before the band’s March 27 show at Great Scott, he gave us his and his son’s top five American No. 1 hits.

1. Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off’’ “This song is known as ‘Musical Statues’ in our house. It was the song to which my son first played musical statues or did any communal dancing. Its popularity in our house might be because of that, or it might be that open hi-hat on the first beat of the bar. We’ll never know. I think Field Music needs a few more open hi-hats on the ‘1’. It might help with our chart positions.’’

2. Hall and Oates, “Kiss on My List’’ “We rarely listen to this now — Daryl Hall’s scream at the end of the guitar solo has gone from a thing of joy to something quite frightening for my son. Nevertheless, this US No. 1 was at the very top of his list about a year ago. For me this is the greatest example of early ’80s DH & JO. The shifting major to minor piano chords are fabulous, and the super trebly and super tight backing vocals were both an influence on ‘Commontime.’ ’’

3. Queen, “Another One Bites the Dust’’ “Queen’s greatest hits became Queen’s greatest ‘hit’ for my son. The complete disinterest for the rest of their best-of album is in contrast to his fascination with this song. Other than the bass line, the ‘ad libs’ seem to be the most memorable things to his young ear: ‘shoot out!,’ ‘bites the dust, yeah!,’ ‘aw take it!,’ etc. We should really take note, wooah yeah.’’

4. David Bowie, “Fame’’ “Around six months ago we had a weeklong phase of listening to two songs from ‘Young Americans’ on what seemed like perpetual repeat. Alongside the title track, ‘Fame’ has been beaten into my eardrums by what must have been hundreds of plays in the space of seven days. After the first 10 or so plays I was pretty bored, but by 20 I was addicted. I started to notice little nuances and inflections in the performances that I’d never noticed before.’’

5. The Beatles, “She Loves You’’ “One of the most played, biggest-selling songs from the biggest band of all time, heard millions of times by millions, and yet I’d never really stopped to marvel at this superb composition. My son instantly picked up on this as the one he wanted to hear again and again — I couldn’t quite understand why. Maybe it was that he’d not grown bored of it yet, or not grown cynical enough to roll his eyes and laugh at it. I think as a first-time listener he understood it better than I did, or perhaps ever will. Perhaps it has something to do with the various ways the melodies, rhythms, and words repeat and contrast, perhaps it’s the sound of four people really enjoying themselves, or perhaps it’s something else. It’s a masterpiece.’’

JOHN PAUL STAPLETON

Field Music performs with the EFFECTS and Dan Webb and the Spiders at Great Scott on March 27. Tickets: $12, $10 advance. 617-566-9014, www.greatscottboston.com

John Paul Stapleton can be reached at john.stapleton@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @johnp_stapleton.