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.
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