Number one modern rock hits of 1995

The following is a comprehensive list of hits that reached number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, published by Billboard magazine. In 1995, there were 15 hits that reached peak position, in 52 issues of the magazine.

Live had the longest run among the singles that have reached peak position in 1995, spending 9 non-consecutive weeks beginning with the issue dated February 25 and ending on April 22. Oasis' first number one hit in the United States "Wonderwall" hit the same position as well, topping the chart for 9 weeks from December 30, 1995, to February 24, 1996. Other singles with extended chart runs were Better Than Ezra's "Good" and Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know"; both spent five straight weeks on the chart, while Green Day's "When I Come Around" topped the chart for seven weeks. The Red Hot Chili Peppers scored their third number one hit on the Modern Rock Tracks charts with "My Friends", which topped the chart for four weeks. Goo Goo Dolls' "Name" had originally charted for one week on October 7, 1995, but got replaced by Alanis Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket" and The Presidents of the United States of America's "Lump" before it reappeared on the chart 28 days later.

Chart history

Issue date	Song	Artist	Reference(s)
January 7	"When I Come Around"	Green Day	^[1]
January 14			^[2]
January 21			^[3]
January 28			^[4]
February 4			^[5]
February 11			^[6]
February 18			^[7]
February 25	"Lightning Crashes"	Live	^[8]
March 4			^[9]
March 11			^[10]
March 18			^[11]
March 25			^[12]
April 1			^[13]
April 8			^[14]
April 15			^[15]
April 22			^[16]
April 29	"Good"	Better Than Ezra	^[17]
May 6			^[18]
May 13			^[19]
May 20			^[20]
May 27			^[21]
June 3	"Misery"	Soul Asylum	^[22]
June 10			^[23]
June 17			^[24]
June 24	"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	U2	^[25]
July 1			^[26]
July 8			^[27]
July 15			^[28]
July 22	"You Oughta Know"	Alanis Morissette	^[29]
July 29			^[30]
August 5			^[31]
August 12			^[32]
August 19			^[33]
August 26	"J.A.R."	Green Day	^[34]
September 2	"Tomorrow"	Silverchair	^[35]
September 9			^[36]
September 16			^[37]
September 23	"Comedown"	Bush	^[38]
September 30	"Comedown"	Bush	^[39]
October 7	"Name"	Goo Goo Dolls	^[40]
October 14	"Hand in My Pocket"	Alanis Morissette	^[41]
October 21	"Lump"	The Presidents of the United States of America	^[42]
October 28	"Name"	Goo Goo Dolls	^[43]
November 4			^[44]
November 11			^[45]
November 18	"My Friends"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	^[46]
November 25			^[47]
December 2			^[48]
December 9			^[49]
December 16	"Glycerine"	Bush	^[50]
December 23	"Glycerine"	Bush	^[51]
December 30	"Wonderwall"	Oasis	^[52]

References

Lists of number-one songs on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart

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Number one modern rock hits of 1995

Chart history

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