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
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Consecutive weeks at #1
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Most songs to reach #1
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- Additionally, "Anybody Seen My Baby?" by The Rolling Stones is the only song to ever have debuted at the top spot.
Chart history
| Issue date | Song | Artist | Weeks at No. 1 |
Ref(s) |
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| June 11, 1995 | "More Human than Human" | White Zombie | 1 | |
| June 19, 1995 | "Misery" | Soul Asylum | 3 | |
| July 10, 1995 | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" | U2 | 2 | |
| July 24, 1995 | "This Is a Call" | Foo Fighters | 4 | |
| August 21, 1995 | "Tomorrow" | Silverchair | 3 | |
| September 11, 1995 | "J.A.R." | Green Day | 1 | |
| September 18, 1995 | "Comedown" | Bushx | 2 | |
| October 2, 1995 | "Lump" | The Presidents of the United States of America | 1 | |
| October 9, 1995 | "Name" | Goo Goo Dolls | 1 | |
| October 16, 1995 | "Geek Stink Breath" | Green Day | 3 | |
| November 6, 1995 | "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" | The Smashing Pumpkins | 4 | |
| December 4, 1995 | "My Friends" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 3 | |
| January 8, 1996 | "One of Us" | Joan Osborne | 1 | |
| January 15, 1996 | "Wonderwall" | Oasis | 2 | |
| January 29, 1996 | "Brain Stew" | Green Day | 3 | |
| February 19, 1996 | "1979" | The Smashing Pumpkins | 1 | |
| February 26, 1996 | "Peaches" | The Presidents of the United States of America | 3 | |
| March 18, 1996 | "Ironic" | Alanis Morissette | 1 | |
| March 25, 1996 | "Zero" | The Smashing Pumpkins | 1 | |
| April 1, 1996 | "Aeroplane" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1 | |
| April 8, 1996 | "Big Bang Baby" | Stone Temple Pilots | 2 | |
| April 22, 1996 | "Champagne Supernova" | Oasis | 1 | |
| April 29, 1996 | "Big Bang Baby" | Stone Temple Pilots | 1 | |
| May 6, 1996 | "Champagne Supernova" | Oasis | 1 | |
| May 13, 1996 | "Machinehead" | Bushx | 1 | |
| May 20, 1996 | "Ahead by a Century" | The Tragically Hip | 1 | |
| May 27, 1996 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden | 3 | |
| June 17, 1996 | "One More Astronaut" | I Mother Earth | 1 | |
| June 24, 1996 | "Pretty Noose" | Soundgarden | 3 | |
| July 15, 1996 | "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart" | Stone Temple Pilots | 4 | |
| August 12, 1996 | "Burden in My Hand" | Soundgarden | 3 | |
| September 2, 1996 | "Who You Are" | Pearl Jam | 2 | |
| September 16, 1996 | "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand" | Primitive Radio Gods | 1 | |
| September 23, 1996 | "E-Bow the Letter" | R.E.M. | 1 | |
| September 30, 1996 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Sheryl Crow | 1 | |
| October 7, 1996 | "Novocaine for the Soul" | Eels | 2 | |
| October 21, 1996 | "Muzzle" | The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | |
| November 4, 1996 | "Aneurysm" | Nirvana | 3 | |
| November 25, 1996 | "Stinkfist" | Tool | 1 | |
| December 2, 1996 | "Swallowed" | Bushx | 4 | |
| January 20, 1997 | "#1 Crush" | Garbage | 2 | |
| February 3, 1997 | "Discothèque" | U2 | 5 | |
| March 10, 1997 | "Lakini's Juice" | Live | 2 | |
| March 24, 1997 | "Abuse Me" | Silverchair | 2 | |
| April 7, 1997 | "Precious Declaration" | Collective Soul | 2 | |
| April 21, 1997 | "The New Pollution" | Beck | 1 | |
| April 28, 1997 | "Staring at the Sun" | U2 | 3 | |
| May 19, 1997 | "The Impression That I Get" | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | 2 | |
| June 2, 1997 | "Song 2" | Blur | 4 | |
| June 30, 1997 | "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" | The Smashing Pumpkins | 2 | |
| July 14, 1997 | "If You Could Only See" | Tonic | 1 | |
| July 21, 1997 | "The Difference" | The Wallflowers | 2 | |
| August 4, 1997 | "Last Night on Earth" | U2 | 1 | |
| August 11, 1997 | "Building a Mystery" | Sarah McLachlan | 1 | |
| August 18, 1997 | "Fly" | Sugar Ray | 1 | |
| August 25, 1997 | "D'You Know What I Mean?" | Oasis | 1 | |
| September 1, 1997 | "Fly" | Sugar Ray | 1 | |
| September 8, 1997 | "D'You Know What I Mean?" | Oasis | 1 | |
| September 15, 1997 | "Anybody Seen My Baby?" | The Rolling Stones | 2 | |
| September 29, 1997 | "Walkin' on the Sun" | Smash Mouth | 1 | |
| October 6, 1997 | "Hitchin' a Ride" | Green Day | 1 | |
| October 13, 1997 | "Don't Go Away" | Oasis | 1 | |
| October 20, 1997 | "Walkin' on the Sun" | Smash Mouth | 4 | |
| November 17, 1997 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba | 2 | |
| December 1, 1997 | "Everything to Everyone" | Everclear | 3 | |
| January 12, 1998 | "3 A.M." | Matchbox Twenty | 2 | |
| January 26, 1998 | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | The Verve | 2 | |
| February 9, 1998 | "3 A.M." | Matchbox Twenty | 1 | |
| February 16, 1998 | "Given to Fly" | Pearl Jam | 1 | |
| February 23, 1998 | "Sex and Candy" | Marcy Playground | 7 | |
| April 13, 1998 | "I Will Buy You a New Life" | Everclear | 1 | |
| April 20, 1998 | "Sex and Candy" | Marcy Playground | 1 | |
| April 27, 1998 | "The Way" | Fastball | 4 | |
| May 25, 1998 | "Wishlist" | Pearl Jam | 1 | |
| June 1, 1998 | "Heroes" | The Wallflowers | 6 | |
| July 13, 1998 | "Poets" | The Tragically Hip | 12 | |
| October 5, 1998 | "The Scene" | Big Sugar | 1 | |
| October 12, 1998 | "Got the Life" | Korn | 1 | |
| October 19, 1998 | "Celebrity Skin" | Hole | 2 | |
| November 2, 1998 | "Got the Life" | Korn | 1 | |
| November 9, 1998 | "Dragula" | Rob Zombie | 1 | |
| November 16, 1998 | "Do You Want to Get Heavy" | Jon Spencer Blues Explosion | 5 | |
| Dec 15, 1998-Apr 11, 1999 | No charts | No charts | ||
| April 12, 1999 | "Free Girl Now" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 1 | |
| April 19, 1999 | "Heavy" | Collective Soul | 2 | |
| May 3, 1999 | "Free Girl Now" | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 1 | |
| May 10, 1999 | "Mas Tequila" | Sammy Hagar | 2 | |
| May 24, 1999 | "Lit Up" | Buckcherry | 3 | |
| June 14, 1999 | "Heaven Coming Down" | The Tea Party | 6 | |
| July 26, 1999 | "Scar Tissue" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 5 | |
| August 30, 1999 | "Smooth" | Santana featuring Rob Thomas | 2 | |
| September 13, 1999 | "One Man Army" | Our Lady Peace | 1 | |
| September 20, 1999 | "Enemy" | Days of the New | 4 | |
| October 18, 1999 | "One Man Army" | Our Lady Peace | 1 | |
| October 25, 1999 | "Enemy" | Days of the New | 1 | |
| November 1, 1999 | "The Dolphin's Cry" | Live | 1 | |
| November 8, 1999 | "Enemy" | Days of the New | 1 | |
| November 15, 1999 | "Learn to Fly" | Foo Fighters | 6 | |
| January 10, 2000 | "Take a Picture" | Filter | 1 | |
| January 17, 2000 | "Learn to Fly" | Foo Fighters | 1 | |
| January 24, 2000 | "Take a Picture" | Filter | 7 | |
| March 13, 2000 | "Load Me Up" | Matthew Good Band | 1 | |
| March 20, 2000 | "Otherside" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 6 | |
| May 1, 2000 | "Everything You Want" | Vertical Horizon | 1 | |
| May 8, 2000 | "Kryptonite" | 3 Doors Down | 5 | |
| June 12, 2000 | "Bent" | Matchbox Twenty | 2 | |
| June 26, 2000 | "Kryptonite" | 3 Doors Down | 5 | |
| July 31, 2000 | "With Arms Wide Open" | Creed | 1 | |
| August 7, 2000 | "Wonderful" | Everclear | 2 | |
| August 21, 2000 | "Californication" | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 5 | |
| September 25, 2000 | "Beautiful Day" | U2 | 7 |