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)

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)

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 Issue dateSongArtistWeeks atNo. 1Ref(s)June 11, 1995"More Human than Human"White Zombie1June 19, 1995"Misery"Soul Asylum3July 10, 1995"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"U22July 24, 1995"This Is a Call"Foo Fighters4August 21, 1995"Tomorrow"Silverchair3September 11, 1995"J.A.R."Green Day1September 18, 1995"Comedown"Bushx2October 2, 1995"Lump"The Presidents of the United States of America1October 9, 1995"Name"Goo Goo Dolls1October 16, 1995"Geek Stink Breath"Green Day3November 6, 1995"Bullet with Butterfly Wings"The Smashing Pumpkins4December 4, 1995"My Friends"Red Hot Chili Peppers3January 8, 1996"One of Us"Joan Osborne1January 15, 1996"Wonderwall"Oasis2January 29, 1996"Brain Stew"Green Day3February 19, 1996"1979"The Smashing Pumpkins1February 26, 1996"Peaches"The Presidents of the United States of America3|*March 18, 1996"Ironic"Alanis Morissette1March 25, 1996"Zero"The Smashing Pumpkins1April 1, 1996"Aeroplane"Red Hot Chili Peppers1April 8, 1996"Big Bang Baby"Stone Temple Pilots2April 22, 1996"Champagne Supernova"Oasis1April 29, 1996"Big Bang Baby"Stone Temple Pilots1May 6, 1996"Champagne Supernova"Oasis1May 13, 1996"Machinehead"Bushx1May 20, 1996"Ahead by a Century"The Tragically Hip1May 27, 1996"Pretty Noose"Soundgarden3June 17, 1996"One More Astronaut"I Mother Earth1June 24, 1996"Pretty Noose"Soundgarden3July 15, 1996"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"Stone Temple Pilots4August 12, 1996"Burden in My Hand"Soundgarden3September 2, 1996"Who You Are"Pearl Jam2September 16, 1996"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand"Primitive Radio Gods1September 23, 1996"E-Bow the Letter"R.E.M.1September 30, 1996"If It Makes You Happy"Sheryl Crow1October 7, 1996"Novocaine for the Soul"Eels2October 21, 1996"Muzzle"The Smashing Pumpkins2November 4, 1996"Aneurysm"Nirvana3November 25, 1996"Stinkfist"Tool1December 2, 1996"Swallowed"Bushx4*January 20, 1997"#1 Crush"Garbage2February 3, 1997"Discothèque"U25March 10, 1997"Lakini's Juice"Live2March 24, 1997"Abuse Me"Silverchair2April 7, 1997"Precious Declaration"Collective Soul2April 21, 1997"The New Pollution"Beck1April 28, 1997"Staring at the Sun"U23May 19, 1997"The Impression That I Get"The Mighty Mighty Bosstones2June 2, 1997"Song 2"Blur4*June 30, 1997"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"The Smashing Pumpkins2July 14, 1997"If You Could Only See"Tonic1July 21, 1997"The Difference"The Wallflowers2August 4, 1997"Last Night on Earth"U21August 11, 1997"Building a Mystery"Sarah McLachlan1August 18, 1997"Fly"Sugar Ray1August 25, 1997"D'You Know What I Mean?"Oasis1September 1, 1997"Fly"Sugar Ray1September 8, 1997"D'You Know What I Mean?"Oasis1September 15, 1997"Anybody Seen My Baby?"The Rolling Stones2September 29, 1997"Walkin' on the Sun"Smash Mouth1October 6, 1997"Hitchin' a Ride"Green Day1October 13, 1997"Don't Go Away"Oasis1October 20, 1997"Walkin' on the Sun"Smash Mouth4November 17, 1997"Tubthumping"Chumbawamba2December 1, 1997"Everything to Everyone"Everclear3January 12, 1998"3 A.M."Matchbox Twenty2January 26, 1998"Bitter Sweet Symphony"The Verve2February 9, 1998"3 A.M."Matchbox Twenty1February 16, 1998"Given to Fly"Pearl Jam1February 23, 1998"Sex and Candy"Marcy Playground7April 13, 1998"I Will Buy You a New Life"Everclear1April 20, 1998"Sex and Candy"Marcy Playground1April 27, 1998"The Way"Fastball4May 25, 1998"Wishlist"Pearl Jam1June 1, 1998"Heroes"The Wallflowers6July 13, 1998"Poets"The Tragically Hip12October 5, 1998"The Scene"Big Sugar1October 12, 1998"Got the Life"Korn1October 19, 1998"Celebrity Skin"Hole2November 2, 1998"Got the Life"Korn1November 9, 1998"Dragula"Rob Zombie1November 16, 1998"Do You Want to Get Heavy"Jon Spencer Blues Explosion5Dec 15, 1998-Apr 11, 1999No chartsNo chartsApril 12, 1999"Free Girl Now"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers1April 19, 1999"Heavy"Collective Soul2May 3, 1999"Free Girl Now"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers1May 10, 1999"Mas Tequila"Sammy Hagar2May 24, 1999"Lit Up"Buckcherry3*June 14, 1999"Heaven Coming Down"The Tea Party6July 26, 1999"Scar Tissue"Red Hot Chili Peppers5August 30, 1999"Smooth"Santana featuring Rob Thomas2September 13, 1999"One Man Army"Our Lady Peace1September 20, 1999"Enemy"Days of the New4October 18, 1999"One Man Army"Our Lady Peace1October 25, 1999"Enemy"Days of the New1November 1, 1999"The Dolphin's Cry"Live1November 8, 1999"Enemy"Days of the New1November 15, 1999"Learn to Fly"Foo Fighters6January 10, 2000"Take a Picture"Filter1January 17, 2000"Learn to Fly"Foo Fighters1January 24, 2000"Take a Picture"Filter7March 13, 2000"Load Me Up"Matthew Good Band1March 20, 2000"Otherside"Red Hot Chili Peppers6May 1, 2000"Everything You Want"Vertical Horizon1May 8, 2000"Kryptonite"3 Doors Down5June 12, 2000"Bent"Matchbox Twenty2June 26, 2000"Kryptonite"3 Doors Down5July 31, 2000"With Arms Wide Open"Creed1August 7, 2000"Wonderful"Everclear2August 21, 2000"Californication"Red Hot Chili Peppers5September 25, 2000"Beautiful Day"U27

List of RPM number-one alternative rock singles

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