Year-end countdown · Q101 · 1995

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995

The year-end countdown for 1995 from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 101 songs, with “Tomorrow” by Silverchair at number one. The list features 73 different artists; Pearl Jam has the most entries with five songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Tomorrow Silverchair 65 #1
2 Hurt Nine Inch Nails 74 #2
3 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette 69 #2
4 Lightning Crashes Live 110 #1
5 Good Better Than Ezra 50 #3
6 Hey Man Nice Shot Filter 75 #6
7 Name Goo Goo Dolls 42 #2
8 Everything Zen Bush 77 #3
9 All Over You Live 63 #9
10 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 104 #1
11 Lump The Presidents of the United States of America 75 #2
12 December Collective Soul 55 #3
13 More Human Than Human White Zombie 58 #9
14 Hand In My Pocket Alanis Morissette 31 #14
15 When I Come Around Green Day 119 #2
16 Comedown Bush 95 #2
17 Molly (Sixteen Candles) Sponge 37 #6
18 Little Things Bush 55 #16
19 I Got a Girl Tripping Daisy 29 #11
20 Plowed Sponge 55 #19
21 In The Blood Better Than Ezra 22 #12
22 I'll Stick Around Foo Fighters 48 #2
23 Nothingman Pearl Jam 28 #20
24 Warped Red Hot Chili Peppers 13 #8
25 Connection Elastica 55 #4
26 Possum Kingdom Toadies 69 #4
27 Need You Around Smoking Popes 11 #27
28 My Friends Red Hot Chili Peppers 42 #6
29 J.A.R. Green Day 34 #15
30 Say It Ain't So Weezer 80 #4
31 Live Forever Oasis 50 #4
32 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me U2 27 #19
33 It's Oh So Quiet Björk 26 #5
34 She Green Day 51 #12
35 Glycerine Bush 118 #1
36 Better Man Pearl Jam 148 #2
37 Love Spreads The Stone Roses 31 #19
38 White, Discussion Live 16 #38
39 This Is A Call Foo Fighters 55 #10
40 Run-Around Blues Traveler 50 #5
41 Geek Stink Breath Green Day 40 #16
42 Ridiculous Thoughts The Cranberries 23 #42
43 Wynona's Big Brown Beaver Primus 40 #28
44 The Man Who Sold the World Nirvana 81 #4
45 Carnival Natalie Merchant 23 #9
46 Corduroy Pearl Jam 65 #5
47 All I Really Want Alanis Morissette 21 #34
48 Stars Hum 31 #30
49 A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins 47 #26
50 Violet Hole 34 #12
51 Rock n' Roll Lifestyle Cake 14 #51
52 Down by the Water PJ Harvey 55 #17
53 Mockingbird Girl Magnificent Bastards 7 #53
54 What Would You Say Dave Matthews Band 51 #4
55 Time Bomb Rancid 61 #17
56 Ode To My Family The Cranberries 27 #15
57 Natural One Folk Implosion 58 #15
58 Strong Enough Sheryl Crow 17 #56
59 Friends of P The Rentals 34 #19
60 Date Rape Sublime 30 #1
61 Misery Soul Asylum 17 #30
62 Stutter Elastica 19 #14
63 Cumbersome Seven Mary Three 59 #15
64 One of Us Joan Osborne 32 #14
65 I Kissed A Girl Jill Sobule 20 #18
66 Juke Joint Jezebel KMFDM 5 #14
67 Til I Hear It From You Gin Blossoms 20 #31
68 Asking For It Hole 6 #68
69 Sick of Myself Matthew Sweet 45 #12
70 River of Deceit Mad Season 22 #16
71 Queer Garbage 35 #21
72 Supernaut 1,000 Homo DJ's 3 #48
73 Don't Stay Home 311 13 #29
74 Sour Times Portishead 49 #8
75 Starseed Our Lady Peace 32 #13
76 Do You Sleep? Lisa Loeb And Nine Stories 10 #57
77 Whipping Pearl Jam 7 #54
78 Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band 59 #15
79 Immortality Pearl Jam 16 #23
80 White Lines Duran Duran 3 #80
81 Just Like Anyone Soul Asylum 10 #81
82 Can't Cry Anymore Sheryl Crow 9 #82
83 Little Bastard Ass Ponys 23 #83
84 Send Me On My Way Rusted Root 36 #6
85 Strange Currencies R.E.M. 20 #31
86 Can't Wait One Minute More CIV 4 #59
87 Twiggy Twiggy Pizzicato Five 1 #87
88 Simple Lessons Candlebox 6 #72
89 Never Let Me Down Again The Smashing Pumpkins 11 #89
90 Grind Alice In Chains 15 #42
91 Here And Now Letters To Cleo 25 #24
92 Hook Blues Traveler 41 #38
93 Common People Pulp 36 #1
94 Crush With Eyeliner R.E.M. 22 #50
95 Rock-N-Roll Is Dead Lenny Kravitz 12 #71
96 Wonderful Adam Ant 24 #52
97 Better Than Nothing Jennifer Trynin 12 #61
98 Galaxie Blind Melon 12 #50
99 Whip-Smart Liz Phair 17 #86
100 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 83 #11
101 Softer, Softest Hole 4 #81

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About this countdown

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 was broadcast by Q101 (Chicago, IL). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

Contributed by Kevin Biebel, Dave Ebzky, Tim Wojtowicz. Thank you!

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