The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal songs in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each track's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 1995, there were 25 singles that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one single of the year was Van Halen's "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)", which spent the first seven weeks of the year at number one. The final number-one single of the year was "When Love & Hate Collide" by Def Leppard, which spent the last two weeks of the year atop the chart.
The most successful songs on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart in 1995 was Van Halen's "Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)", which spent seven weeks at number one. The band also spent two weeks at number one with "Can't Stop Lovin' You". Def Leppard's "When Love & Hate Collide" spent six weeks at number one, Bon Jovi were number one for five weeks with "This Ain't a Love Song" (five weeks) and "Something for the Pain", Whale's "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" was number one for four weeks, and Therapy? spent a total of four weeks at number one with three singles. The Offspring's "Gotta Get Away" was number one for three weeks, Faith No More spent three weeks at number one with three different songs, and songs by Terrorvision, Gun, The Wildhearts and Ugly Kid Joe were number one for two weeks each.
Chart history
Issue dateSingleArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.21 January"Don't Tell Me (What Love Can Do)"Van HalenWarner Bros.28 January4 February11 February18 February25 February4 March11 March"Digging the Grave"Faith No MoreSlash18 March"Some People Say"TerrorvisionTotal Vegas25 March1 April"Can't Stop Lovin' You"Van HalenWarner Bros.8 April15 April"Something Worthwhile"GunA&M22 April29 April"Freaky Be Beautiful"MoistChrysalis6 May"I Wanna Go Where the People Go"The WildheartsEast West13 May20 May"Take Me Down to the River"SkinParlophone27 May"Ricochet"Faith No MoreSlash3 June"Stories"Therapy?A&M10 June"This Ain't a Love Song"Bon JoviMercury17 June24 June1 July8 July"Milkman's Son"Ugly Kid Joe15 July22 July"Wiser Time"The Black CrowesAmerican29 July"Evidence"Faith No MoreSlash5 August"Loose"Therapy?A&M12 August19 August"Gotta Get Away"The OffspringOut of Step26 August2 September9 September"Serenity in Murder"SlayerAmerican16 September"I'll Stick Around"Foo FightersRoswell23 September"In a Broken Dream"ThunderEMI30 September"Something for the Pain"Bon JoviMercury7 October"Man on the Edge"Iron MaidenEMI14 October"When Love & Hate Collide"Def LeppardBludgeon Riffola21 October28 October4 November11 November"Grind"Alice in ChainsColumbia18 November"Diane"Therapy?A&M25 November"Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe"WhaleHut2 December9 December16 December23 December"When Love & Hate Collide"Def LeppardBludgeon Riffola30 December
See also 1995 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 1995
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company at BBC Radio 1