List of number-one singles of 1995 (Canada)

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American rock band Gin Blossoms spent the most weeks at number one in 1995 with "Til I Hear It from You", which stayed at the top for six weeks. GinBlossoms2018.jpg
American rock band Gin Blossoms spent the most weeks at number one in 1995 with "Til I Hear It from You", which stayed at the top for six weeks.

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.

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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 [1] —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?" [2] (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.

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Dagger-14-plain.png Indicates best-performing single of 1995

Chart history

Boyz II Men spent three weeks at number one in January with "On Bended Knee", becoming the group's second Canadian number-one hit. Boys II Men.jpg
Boyz II Men spent three weeks at number one in January with "On Bended Knee", becoming the group's second Canadian number-one hit.
"Bang and Blame" gave R.E.M. their first and only number-one single in Canada. R.E.M. at Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy, 2003-07-22 04.jpg
"Bang and Blame" gave R.E.M. their first and only number-one single in Canada.
Annie Lennox's cover of "No More 'I Love You's" spent two issues at number one in May. Annie Lennox DNP.jpg
Annie Lennox's cover of "No More 'I Love You's" spent two issues at number one in May.
Tom Cochrane became only the second artist to debut at number one on RPM, doing so with "I Wish You Well". Tom Cochrane (24105781599).jpg
Tom Cochrane became only the second artist to debut at number one on RPM, doing so with "I Wish You Well".
English pop group Take That had a two-week stay at number one with "Back for Good" in November. Take That London Olympics 2012. by Rory.jpg
English pop group Take That had a two-week stay at number one with "Back for Good" in November.
Issue dateSongArtistReference
2 January [upper-alpha 1] "Always" Bon Jovi [3]
9 January"On Bended Knee" Boyz II Men [4]
16 January [5]
23 January [6]
30 January"Insensitive" Jann Arden [7]
6 February [8]
13 February [9]
20 February"Bang and Blame" R.E.M. [10]
27 February [11]
6 March"Take a Bow" Madonna [12]
13 March [13]
20 March"Strong Enough" Sheryl Crow [14]
27 March [15]
3 April [16]
10 April"I Know" Dionne Farris [17]
17 April"Believe" Elton John [18]
24 April [19]
1 May [20]
8 May [21]
15 May"No More 'I Love You's" Annie Lennox [22]
22 May [23]
29 May"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Bryan Adams [24]
5 June [25]
12 June [26]
19 June [27]
26 June [28]
3 July"Leave Virginia Alone" Rod Stewart [29]
10 July [30]
17 July"I'll Be There for You"Dagger-14-plain.png [31] The Rembrandts [32]
24 July [33]
31 July [34]
7 August [35]
14 August [36]
21 August"Only Wanna Be with You" Hootie & the Blowfish [37]
28 August [38]
4 September"I Wish You Well" Tom Cochrane [39]
11 September [40]
18 September"Only Wanna Be with You"Hootie & the Blowfish [41]
25 September"Til I Hear It from You" Gin Blossoms [42]
2 October [43]
9 October [44]
16 October [45]
23 October [46]
30 October [47]
6 November"Back for Good" Take That [48]
13 November [49]
20 November"Fantasy" Mariah Carey [50]
27 November [51]
4 December"Hand in My Pocket" Alanis Morissette [52]
11 December [53]
18 December [54]
25 December [upper-alpha 2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Due to a two-week break in publication over the 1994/1995 Christmas/New Year period, the week of 2 January is inferred.
  2. ↑ Due to a two-week break in publication over the 1995/1996 Christmas/New Year period, the week of 25 December is inferred.

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