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1995 rock radio charts

Every number one and the biggest songs on our Alternative and Mainstream rock charts in 1995: 14 number ones on the Alternative chart and 11 number ones on the Mainstream chart.

Alternative rock, 1995

Number ones

SongArtistWeeks at #1First week at #1
Bang And BlameR.E.M.1Jan 2, 1995
When I Come AroundGreen Day7Jan 9, 1995
Lightning CrashesLive9Feb 27, 1995
GoodBetter Than Ezra6May 1, 1995
MiserySoul Asylum4Jun 12, 1995
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill MeU22Jul 10, 1995
You Oughta KnowAlanis Morissette3Jul 24, 1995
This Is A CallFoo Fighters2Aug 7, 1995
J.A.R.Green Day1Aug 28, 1995
TomorrowSilverchair2Sep 4, 1995
ComedownBush3Sep 18, 1995
NameGoo Goo Dolls6Oct 9, 1995
Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing Pumpkins4Nov 20, 1995
GlycerineBush2Dec 18, 1995

Biggest songs of 1995

Ranked by points across the year’s charts: 25 points for a week at #1, down to 1 point for #25.

#SongArtistPeakWeeks
1Lightning CrashesLive#123
2GoodBetter Than Ezra#125
3When I Come AroundGreen Day#121
4Everything ZenBush#220
5NameGoo Goo Dolls#118
6TomorrowSilverchair#120
7ComedownBush#119
8DecemberCollective Soul#219
9Better ManPearl Jam#218
10Sick Of MyselfMatthew Sweet#220
11You Oughta KnowAlanis Morissette#117
12PlowedSponge#320
13LumpThe Presidents Of The United States Of America#218
14Little ThingsBush#318
15In The BloodBetter Than Ezra#420
16All Over YouLive#422
17Possum KingdomToadies#415
18MollySponge#420
19Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill MeU2#113
20CarnivalNatalie Merchant#921
21This Is A CallFoo Fighters#113
22MiserySoul Asylum#112
23ConnectionElastica#518
24CorduroyPearl Jam#1023
25The Man Who Sold The WorldNirvana#416

Mainstream rock, 1995

Number ones

SongArtistWeeks at #1First week at #1
About A GirlNirvana1Jan 2, 1995
Better ManPearl Jam11Jan 9, 1995
GelCollective Soul1Mar 27, 1995
Lightning CrashesLive9Apr 3, 1995
DecemberCollective Soul10Jun 5, 1995
All Over YouLive4Aug 14, 1995
TomorrowSilverchair5Sep 11, 1995
ComedownBush1Oct 16, 1995
Hard As A RockAC/DC1Oct 23, 1995
NameGoo Goo Dolls7Oct 30, 1995
CumbersomeSeven Mary Three2Dec 18, 1995

Biggest songs of 1995

Ranked by points across the year’s charts: 25 points for a week at #1, down to 1 point for #25.

#SongArtistPeakWeeks
1DecemberCollective Soul#126
2Lightning CrashesLive#126
3When I Come AroundGreen Day#223
4Better ManPearl Jam#123
5Possum KingdomToadies#627
6All Over YouLive#126
7TomorrowSilverchair#123
8GoodBetter Than Ezra#326
9Everything ZenBush#226
10ComedownBush#120
11GelCollective Soul#119
12River Of DeceitMad Season#218
13MiserySoul Asylum#215
14NameGoo Goo Dolls#114
15Hard As A RockAC/DC#114
16Only Wanna Be With YouHootie & The Blowfish#217
17Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill MeU2#214
18You Wreck MeTom Petty#519
19Interstate Love SongStone Temple Pilots#214
20Bang And BlameR.E.M.#213
21Little ThingsBush#618
22PlowedSponge#620
23Til I Hear It From YouGin Blossoms#215
24In The BloodBetter Than Ezra#416
25Dancing DaysStone Temple Pilots#213

Week by week

Each week’s #1 song. Click one to open that week’s full top 25.

WeekAlternative #1Mainstream #1
Jan 2, 1995Bang And BlameR.E.M.About A GirlNirvana
Jan 9, 1995When I Come AroundGreen DayBetter ManPearl Jam
Jan 16, 1995When I Come AroundGreen DayBetter ManPearl Jam
Jan 23, 1995When I Come AroundGreen DayBetter ManPearl Jam
Jan 30, 1995When I Come AroundGreen DayBetter ManPearl Jam
Feb 6, 1995When I Come AroundGreen DayBetter ManPearl Jam
Feb 13, 1995When I Come AroundGreen DayBetter ManPearl Jam
Feb 20, 1995When I Come AroundGreen DayBetter ManPearl Jam
Feb 27, 1995Lightning CrashesLiveBetter ManPearl Jam
Mar 6, 1995Lightning CrashesLiveBetter ManPearl Jam
Mar 13, 1995Lightning CrashesLiveBetter ManPearl Jam
Mar 20, 1995Lightning CrashesLiveBetter ManPearl Jam
Mar 27, 1995Lightning CrashesLiveGelCollective Soul
Apr 3, 1995Lightning CrashesLiveLightning CrashesLive
Apr 10, 1995Lightning CrashesLiveLightning CrashesLive
Apr 17, 1995Lightning CrashesLiveLightning CrashesLive
Apr 24, 1995Lightning CrashesLiveLightning CrashesLive
May 1, 1995GoodBetter Than EzraLightning CrashesLive
May 8, 1995GoodBetter Than EzraLightning CrashesLive
May 15, 1995GoodBetter Than EzraLightning CrashesLive
May 22, 1995GoodBetter Than EzraLightning CrashesLive
May 29, 1995GoodBetter Than EzraLightning CrashesLive
Jun 5, 1995GoodBetter Than EzraDecemberCollective Soul
Jun 12, 1995MiserySoul AsylumDecemberCollective Soul
Jun 19, 1995MiserySoul AsylumDecemberCollective Soul
Jun 26, 1995MiserySoul AsylumDecemberCollective Soul
Jul 3, 1995MiserySoul AsylumDecemberCollective Soul
Jul 10, 1995Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill MeU2DecemberCollective Soul
Jul 17, 1995Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill MeU2DecemberCollective Soul
Jul 24, 1995You Oughta KnowAlanis MorissetteDecemberCollective Soul
Jul 31, 1995You Oughta KnowAlanis MorissetteDecemberCollective Soul
Aug 7, 1995This Is A CallFoo FightersDecemberCollective Soul
Aug 14, 1995This Is A CallFoo FightersAll Over YouLive
Aug 21, 1995You Oughta KnowAlanis MorissetteAll Over YouLive
Aug 28, 1995J.A.R.Green DayAll Over YouLive
Sep 4, 1995TomorrowSilverchairAll Over YouLive
Sep 11, 1995TomorrowSilverchairTomorrowSilverchair
Sep 18, 1995ComedownBushTomorrowSilverchair
Sep 25, 1995ComedownBushTomorrowSilverchair
Oct 2, 1995ComedownBushTomorrowSilverchair
Oct 9, 1995NameGoo Goo DollsTomorrowSilverchair
Oct 16, 1995NameGoo Goo DollsComedownBush
Oct 23, 1995NameGoo Goo DollsHard As A RockAC/DC
Oct 30, 1995NameGoo Goo DollsNameGoo Goo Dolls
Nov 6, 1995NameGoo Goo DollsNameGoo Goo Dolls
Nov 13, 1995NameGoo Goo DollsNameGoo Goo Dolls
Nov 20, 1995Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsNameGoo Goo Dolls
Nov 27, 1995Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsNameGoo Goo Dolls
Dec 4, 1995Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsNameGoo Goo Dolls
Dec 11, 1995Bullet With Butterfly WingsThe Smashing PumpkinsNameGoo Goo Dolls
Dec 18, 1995GlycerineBushCumbersomeSeven Mary Three
Dec 25, 1995GlycerineBushCumbersomeSeven Mary Three