This is a list of the number one weekly Alternative Rock Singles chart in Canada for 1995. This chart was first published 11 June 1995 [note 1] as the RPM Alternative 30 by RPM magazine. [note 2] In early 1999, the magazine renamed the chart to "Rock Report". [note 3] This chart was published most weeks [note 4] until the magazine's demise 13 November 2000. [1]
Date | Issue | TW | LW | WO | Artist | Single | Ref. |
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11 June | Volume 61, No. 19 | 1 | New | - | White Zombie | "More Human than Human" | [2] |
19 June | Volume 61, No. 20 | 1 | 5 | 2 | Soul Asylum | "Misery" | [3] |
26 June | Volume 61, No. 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Soul Asylum | "Misery" | [4] |
3 July | Volume 61, No. 22 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Soul Asylum | "Misery" | [5] |
10 July | Volume 61, No. 23 | 1 | 2 | 3 | U2 | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" | [6] |
17 July | Volume 61, No. 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | U2 | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" | [7] |
24 July | Volume 61, No. 25 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Foo Fighters | "This Is a Call" | [8] |
31 July | Volume 61, No. 26 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Foo Fighters | "This Is a Call" | [9] |
7 August | Volume 61, No. 27 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Foo Fighters | "This Is a Call" | [10] |
14 August | Volume 62, No. 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Foo Fighters | "This Is a Call" | [11] |
21 August | Volume 62, No. 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | Silverchair | "Tomorrow" | [12] [13] |
28 August | Volume 62, No. 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Silverchair | "Tomorrow" | [14] |
4 September | Volume 62, No. 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Silverchair | "Tomorrow" | [15] |
11 September | Volume 62, No. 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Green Day | "J.A.R." | [16] |
18 September | Volume 62, No. 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | Bush X | "Comedown" | [17] |
25 September | Volume 62, No. 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Bush X | "Comedown" | [18] |
2 October | Volume 62, No. 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | The Presidents of the United States of America | "Lump" | [19] |
9 October | Volume 62, No. 10 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Goo Goo Dolls | "Name" | [20] |
16 October | Volume 62, No. 11 | 1 | 9 | 3 | Green Day | "Geek Stink Breath" | [21] |
23 October | Volume 62, No. 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Green Day | "Geek Stink Breath" | [22] |
30 October | Volume 62, No. 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Green Day | "Geek Stink Breath" | [23] |
6 November | Volume 62, No. 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | The Smashing Pumpkins | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | [24] |
13 November | Volume 62, No. 15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | The Smashing Pumpkins | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | [25] |
20 November | Volume 62, No. 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | The Smashing Pumpkins | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | [26] |
27 November | Volume 62, No. 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | The Smashing Pumpkins | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | [27] |
4 December | Volume 62, No. 18 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "My Friends" | [28] |
11 December | Volume 62, No. 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "My Friends" | [29] |
18 December | Volume 62, No. 20 | 1 | 1 | 13 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "My Friends" | [30] |
18 December | Volume 62, No. 20 | - | - | - | The Smashing Pumpkins | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | [31] |
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