The following lists the number one rock singles in Canada in 2005 based on airplay from Mediabase which was published in Radio & Records magazine. [1]
Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Ref. |
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January 7 | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | Green Day | [2] |
January 14 | [3] | ||
January 21 | [4] | ||
January 28 | [5] | ||
February 4 | [6] | ||
February 11 | [7] | ||
February 18 | "All Because of You" | U2 | [8] |
February 25 | [9] | ||
March 4 | [10] | ||
March 11 | [11] | ||
March 18 | [12] | ||
March 25 | [13] | ||
April 1 | "No Surprise" | Theory of a Deadman | [14] |
April 8 | "Be Yourself" | Audioslave | [15] |
April 15 | [16] | ||
April 22 | [17] | ||
April 29 | [18] | ||
May 6 | [19] | ||
May 13 | [20] | ||
May 20 | [21] | ||
May 27 | [22] | ||
June 3 | [23] | ||
June 10 | "Speed of Sound" | Coldplay | [24] |
June 17 | [25] | ||
June 24 | [26] | ||
July 1 | [27] | ||
July 8 | "Best of You" | Foo Fighters | [28] |
July 15 | [29] | ||
July 22 | "Speed of Sound" | Coldplay | [30] |
July 29 | [31] | ||
August 5 | "Best of You" | Foo Fighters | [32] |
August 12 | [33] | ||
August 19 | "All These Things That I've Done" | The Killers | [34] |
August 26 | [35] | ||
September 2 | "Wake Me Up When September Ends" | Green Day | [36] |
September 9 | [37] | ||
September 16 | [38] | ||
September 23 | [39] | ||
September 30 | "Doesn't Remind Me" | Audioslave | [40] |
October 7 | [41] | ||
October 14 | [42] | ||
October 21 | [43] | ||
October 28 | [44] | ||
November 4 | [45] | ||
November 11 | [46] | ||
November 18 | [47] | ||
November 25 | "DOA" | Foo Fighters | [48] |
December 2 | [49] | ||
December 9 | [50] | ||
December 16 | "Angels/Losing/Sleep" | Our Lady Peace | [51] |
December 23 | [52] |
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"Complicated" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne from her debut album, Let Go (2002). The ballad was released as her debut single and the lead single from the album on 11 March 2002 by Arista Records. Lavigne and production team the Matrix are credited as writers, although the extent of Lavigne's contributions have been publicly disputed by both parties. Production on the song was helmed solely by the Matrix. According to Lavigne, the song is about being honest with oneself rather than "putting on a face".
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"Speed of Sound" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their third studio album, X&Y (2005). Constructed around a piano and guitar riff, the song builds into a huge, synthesiser-heavy chorus. It was released by Parlophone Records as the lead single from the album. "Speed of Sound" made its radio premiere on BBC Radio 1 with Lamacq on 19 April, then was serviced to US radio on 25 April 2005. The song was released in the UK on 23 May with two B-sides: "Things I Don't Understand" and "Proof".
"Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a song by American rock band Green Day, released on June 13, 2005, as the fourth single from the group's seventh studio album, American Idiot (2004). The acoustic ballad was written by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong about the death of his father when he was 10 years old.
"Feel Good Inc." is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz featuring American hip-hop group De La Soul. The song was released as the lead single from the band's second studio album, Demon Days, on 9 May 2005, preceding the release of the album by two days. The single peaked at No. 2 in the United Kingdom and No. 14 in the United States, topping the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for eight consecutive weeks and appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end rankings for both 2005 and 2006. The song peaked within the top 10 in 15 countries, reaching No. 1 in Spain and Greece, and has been certified five times platinum in Canada and double-platinum in the United Kingdom.
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. Written by Adams, Michael Kamen, and Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the power ballad was the lead single for both the soundtrack album from the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Adams's sixth studio album, Waking Up the Neighbours (1991). The single was released on June 17, 1991.
"Scars" is the second single released from American rock band Papa Roach's fourth album, Getting Away with Murder (2004), and was released to rock radio on November 1, 2004. The song was the 36th-most-successful single of the United States in 2005, when it climbed to No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100. As with several of their other songs, Papa Roach has performed "Scars" live with Spanish lyrics.
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"Bad Day" is a pop song by Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Powter from his self-titled second studio album (2005). It was written by Powter and produced by Jeff Dawson and Mitchell Froom. Powter and Dawson recorded the song in 2002, but were initially unable to find a record label to release it. The song was first used in a French Coca-Cola television advertisement in Christmas 2004 before its official release. Tom Whalley, Warner Bros. Records' chairman and CEO, offered Powter a contract after hearing a demo tape of it. This track ended up being released as the aforementioned album's lead single in Europe in early 2005.
"The Reason" is a song by American rock band Hoobastank. Released on January 26, 2004, as the second single from their second studio album of the same name, the power ballad is Hoobastank's most commercially successful single, peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100—behind Usher's "Burn"—and number one on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. In 2005, it was nominated for two categories at the 47th Grammy Awards: Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Internationally, "The Reason" reached number one in Italy and peaked within the top 10 in ten other countries.
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