List of RPM number-one alternative rock singles

This is a list of RPM magazine's Rock/Alternative number-one singles of its entire publication from June 11, 1995, to November 6, 2000. There are also some records listed.

Records

Consecutive weeks at #1

The Tragically Hip – "Poets" (12)

Marcy Playground – "Sex and Candy (7)

Filter – "Take a Picture" (7)

U2 – "Beautiful Day" (7)

The Wallflowers – "Heroes" (6)

The Tea Party – "Heaven Coming Down" (6)

Foo Fighters – "Learn to Fly" (6)

Red Hot Chili Peppers – "Otherside" (6)

<br /> Non-consecutive weeks at #1

3 Doors Down – "Kryptonite" (10)

Marcy Playground – "Sex and Candy" (8)

Filter – "Take a Picture" (8)

Foo Fighters – "Learn to Fly" (7)

Soundgarden – "Pretty Noose" (6)

Days of the New – "Enemy" (6)

Smash Mouth – "Walkin' on the Sun" (5)

Most songs to reach #1

The Smashing Pumpkins (5)

Red Hot Chili Peppers (5)

U2 (5)

Green Day (4)

Oasis (4)

Bush (3)

Pearl Jam (3)

Everclear (3)

<br /> Cumulative weeks at #1

Red Hot Chili Peppers (20)

U2 (18)

Tragically Hip (13)

Smashing Pumpkins (10)

Soundgarden (9)

• Additionally, "Anybody Seen My Baby?" by The Rolling Stones is the only song to ever have debuted at the top spot.

Chart history

See also

• List of RPM number-one alternative rock singles of 1995
• List of RPM number-one alternative rock singles of 1996

References

Citations

External links

• Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
• Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada