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—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?" (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
Issue dateSongArtistReference2 January"Always"Bon Jovi9 January"On Bended Knee"Boyz II Men16 January23 January30 January"Insensitive"Jann Arden6 February13 February20 February"Bang and Blame"R.E.M.27 February6 March"Take a Bow"Madonna13 March20 March"Strong Enough"Sheryl Crow27 March3 April10 April"I Know"Dionne Farris17 April"Believe"Elton John24 April1 May8 May15 May"No More 'I Love You's"Annie Lennox22 May29 May"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?"Bryan Adams5 June12 June19 June26 June3 July"Leave Virginia Alone"Rod Stewart10 July17 July"I'll Be There for You"The Rembrandts24 July31 July7 August14 August21 August"Only Wanna Be with You"Hootie & the Blowfish28 August4 September"I Wish You Well"Tom Cochrane11 September18 September"Only Wanna Be with You"Hootie & the Blowfish25 September"Til I Hear It from You"Gin Blossoms2 October9 October16 October23 October30 October6 November"Back for Good"Take That13 November20 November"Fantasy"Mariah Carey27 November4 December"Hand in My Pocket"Alanis Morissette11 December18 December25 December
Notes
See also 1995 in music List of number-one albums of 1995 (Canada) List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1995 List of RPM number-one alternative rock singles of 1995 List of RPM number-one country singles of 1995 List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1995 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1995 List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1995
References
External links Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada