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American rock band
Gin Blossoms spent the most weeks at number one in 1995 with "
Til I Hear It from You ", which stayed at the top for six weeks.
RPM was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing
singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000. Eighteen songs reached number one in
1995 .
Bon Jovi had the first number-one hit of the year with "
Always ", and
Alanis Morissette finished the year at number one with "
Hand in My Pocket ". Eight musical artists topped the RPM Singles Chart for the first time this year:
Jann Arden ,
R.E.M. ,
Dionne Farris ,
the Rembrandts ,
Hootie & the Blowfish ,
Gin Blossoms ,
Take That , and Alanis Morissette. No musical act topped the chart with more than one single in 1995.
Gin Blossoms spent the most weeks at number one, six, with "
Til I Hear It from You ". However, it was the Rembrandts' song "
I'll Be There for You "—best known as the opening theme for the American sitcom
Friends
[1] —that topped the RPM year-chart for 1995; it spent five weeks at the number-one position in July and August. In September,
Tom Cochrane accomplished a rare feat by debuting at number one with "
I Wish You Well ", an event that had only been seen once before, in 1985 with
Band Aid 's "
Do They Know It's Christmas? "
[2] (this does not include the magazine's number-one single from its debut issue).
Jann Arden,
Bryan Adams , Tom Cochrane, and Alanis Morissette were the four Canadians who topped their native country's chart in 1995. Adams peaked at number one for five weeks with "
Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman? ", and
Elton John picked up his 18th Canadian chart-topper with "
Believe ", which had a four-week stint at the summit. Morissette's "Hand in My Pocket" also stayed at number one for four weeks, and Arden—along with
Boyz II Men ,
Sheryl Crow , and Hootie & the Blowfish—topped the chart for three weeks.
Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 1995
Chart history
Boyz II Men spent three weeks at number one in January with "
On Bended Knee ", becoming the group's second Canadian number-one hit.
"
Bang and Blame " gave
R.E.M. their first and only number-one single in Canada.
Annie Lennox 's cover of "
No More 'I Love You's " spent two issues at number one in May.
Tom Cochrane became only the second artist to debut at number one on RPM , doing so with "
I Wish You Well ".
English pop group
Take That had a two-week stay at number one with "
Back for Good " in November.
Notes
^ Due to a two-week break in publication over the 1994/1995 Christmas/New Year period, the week of 2 January is inferred.
^ Due to a two-week break in publication over the 1995/1996 Christmas/New Year period, the week of 25 December is inferred.
See also
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