1999 rock radio charts

Every number one and the biggest songs on our Alternative and Mainstream rock charts in 1999: 9 number ones on the Alternative chart and 6 number ones on the Mainstream chart.

Alternative rock, 1999

Number ones

Song	Artist	Weeks at #1	First week at #1
Never There	Cake	3	Jan 4, 1999
What It's Like	Everlast	9	Jan 18, 1999
Why Don't You Get A Job?	The Offspring	1	Mar 29, 1999
Praise You	Fatboy Slim	10	Apr 5, 1999
Last Kiss	Pearl Jam	2	Jun 14, 1999
Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers	17	Jun 28, 1999
The Chemicals Between Us	Bush	7	Oct 25, 1999
Learn To Fly	Foo Fighters	1	Nov 8, 1999
All The Small Things	Blink-182	2	Dec 20, 1999

Biggest songs of 1999

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

#	Song	Artist	Peak	Weeks
1	What's My Age Again?	Blink-182	#2	30
2	Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers	#1	26
3	My Own Worst Enemy	Lit	#2	34
4	Praise You	Fatboy Slim	#1	25
5	Heavy	Collective Soul	#2	26
6	What It's Like	Everlast	#1	22
7	All Star	Smash Mouth	#2	23
8	Why Don't You Get A Job?	The Offspring	#1	25
9	Last Kiss	Pearl Jam	#1	21
10	One	Creed	#4	26
11	Never There	Cake	#1	19
12	The Dolphin's Cry	Live	#2	17
13	Every Morning	Sugar Ray	#2	20
14	The Chemicals Between Us	Bush	#1	14
15	The Kids Aren't Alright	The Offspring	#5	22
16	Steal My Sunshine	Len	#4	21
17	Higher	Creed	#4	16
18	Learn To Fly	Foo Fighters	#1	13
19	Fly Away	Lenny Kravitz	#3	15
20	New	No Doubt	#4	18
21	Come Original	311	#5	16
22	Freak Of The Week	Marvelous 3	#2	18
23	American Woman	Lenny Kravitz	#6	19
24	Can't Change Me	Chris Cornell	#5	16
25	Battle Flag	Lo Fidelity Allstars featuring Pigeonhed	#8	21

Mainstream rock, 1999

Number ones

Song	Artist	Weeks at #1	First week at #1
Turn The Page	Metallica	6	Jan 4, 1999
Heavy	Collective Soul	19	Feb 15, 1999
Promises	Def Leppard	1	Jun 28, 1999
Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers	15	Jul 5, 1999
The Dolphin's Cry	Live	6	Oct 18, 1999
Learn To Fly	Foo Fighters	5	Nov 29, 1999

Biggest songs of 1999

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

#	Song	Artist	Peak	Weeks
1	Heavy	Collective Soul	#1	33
2	Scar Tissue	Red Hot Chili Peppers	#1	29
3	One	Creed	#2	36
4	Whatever	Godsmack	#5	34
5	What It's Like	Everlast	#2	24
6	Keep Away	Godsmack	#3	32
7	Whiskey In The Jar	Metallica	#3	26
8	Fly Away	Lenny Kravitz	#2	23
9	Enemy	Days Of The New	#2	21
10	The Dolphin's Cry	Live	#1	16
11	Why I'm Here	Oleander	#3	29
12	Lit Up	Buckcherry	#4	25
13	American Woman	Lenny Kravitz	#3	22
14	Promises	Def Leppard	#1	17
15	Higher	Creed	#3	16
16	Turn The Page	Metallica	#1	20
17	Get Born Again	Alice In Chains	#3	18
18	Mas Tequila	Sammy Hagar & The Waborites	#2	16
19	The Chemicals Between Us	Bush	#2	14
20	Last Kiss	Pearl Jam	#3	18
21	Learn To Fly	Foo Fighters	#1	13
22	Down	Stone Temple Pilots	#4	13
23	Why Don't You Get A Job?	The Offspring	#6	16
24	Slide	Goo Goo Dolls	#2	12
25	Got You (Where I Want You)	The Flys	#6	14

Week by week

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

Week	Alternative #1	Mainstream #1
Jan 4, 1999	Never ThereCake	Turn The PageMetallica
Jan 11, 1999	Never ThereCake	Turn The PageMetallica
Jan 18, 1999	What It's LikeEverlast	Turn The PageMetallica
Jan 25, 1999	Never ThereCake	Turn The PageMetallica
Feb 1, 1999	What It's LikeEverlast	Turn The PageMetallica
Feb 8, 1999	What It's LikeEverlast	Turn The PageMetallica
Feb 15, 1999	What It's LikeEverlast	HeavyCollective Soul
Feb 22, 1999	What It's LikeEverlast	HeavyCollective Soul
Mar 1, 1999	What It's LikeEverlast	HeavyCollective Soul
Mar 8, 1999	What It's LikeEverlast	HeavyCollective Soul
Mar 15, 1999	What It's LikeEverlast	HeavyCollective Soul
Mar 22, 1999	What It's LikeEverlast	HeavyCollective Soul
Mar 29, 1999	Why Don't You Get A Job?The Offspring	HeavyCollective Soul
Apr 5, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
Apr 12, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
Apr 19, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
Apr 26, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
May 3, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
May 10, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
May 17, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
May 24, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
May 31, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
Jun 7, 1999	Praise YouFatboy Slim	HeavyCollective Soul
Jun 14, 1999	Last KissPearl Jam	HeavyCollective Soul
Jun 21, 1999	Last KissPearl Jam	HeavyCollective Soul
Jun 28, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	PromisesDef Leppard
Jul 5, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 12, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 19, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Jul 26, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 2, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 9, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 16, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 23, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Aug 30, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Sep 6, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Sep 13, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Sep 20, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Sep 27, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Oct 4, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Oct 11, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers
Oct 18, 1999	Scar TissueRed Hot Chili Peppers	The Dolphin's CryLive
Oct 25, 1999	The Chemicals Between UsBush	The Dolphin's CryLive
Nov 1, 1999	The Chemicals Between UsBush	The Dolphin's CryLive
Nov 8, 1999	Learn To FlyFoo Fighters	The Dolphin's CryLive
Nov 15, 1999	The Chemicals Between UsBush	The Dolphin's CryLive
Nov 22, 1999	The Chemicals Between UsBush	The Dolphin's CryLive
Nov 29, 1999	The Chemicals Between UsBush	Learn To FlyFoo Fighters
Dec 6, 1999	The Chemicals Between UsBush	Learn To FlyFoo Fighters
Dec 13, 1999	The Chemicals Between UsBush	Learn To FlyFoo Fighters
Dec 20, 1999	All The Small ThingsBlink-182	Learn To FlyFoo Fighters
Dec 27, 1999	All The Small ThingsBlink-182	Learn To FlyFoo Fighters