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Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995

The year-end countdown for 1995 from Radio & Records in United States (national airplay chart) ranks 95 songs, with “Tomorrow” by Silverchair at number one. The list features 70 different artists; Bush has the most entries with four songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Tomorrow Silverchair 65 #1
2 Name Goo Goo Dolls 42 #2
3 Good Better Than Ezra 50 #3
4 Comedown Bush 95 #2
5 You Oughta Know Alanis Morissette 69 #2
6 Lump The Presidents of the United States of America 75 #2
7 Lightning Crashes Live 110 #1
8 December Collective Soul 55 #3
9 All Over You Live 63 #9
10 Molly (Sixteen Candles) Sponge 37 #6
11 Connection Elastica 55 #4
12 In The Blood Better Than Ezra 22 #12
13 Possum Kingdom Toadies 69 #4
14 Hand In My Pocket Alanis Morissette 31 #14
15 Sick of Myself Matthew Sweet 45 #12
16 Little Things Bush 55 #16
17 Say It Ain't So Weezer 80 #4
18 Live Forever Oasis 50 #4
19 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me U2 27 #19
20 Carnival Natalie Merchant 23 #9
21 My Friends Red Hot Chili Peppers 42 #6
22 Plowed Sponge 55 #19
23 This Is A Call Foo Fighters 55 #10
24 Run-Around Blues Traveler 50 #5
25 Everything Zen Bush 77 #3
26 A Girl Like You Edwyn Collins 47 #26
27 When I Come Around Green Day 119 #2
28 I Got a Girl Tripping Daisy 29 #11
29 What Would You Say Dave Matthews Band 51 #4
30 Misery Soul Asylum 17 #30
31 Til I Hear It From You Gin Blossoms 20 #31
32 Hey Man Nice Shot Filter 75 #6
33 Better Man Pearl Jam 148 #2
34 More Human Than Human White Zombie 58 #9
35 Love Spreads The Stone Roses 31 #19
36 J.A.R. Green Day 34 #15
37 Geek Stink Breath Green Day 40 #16
38 She Green Day 51 #12
39 Stars Hum 31 #30
40 I'll Stick Around Foo Fighters 48 #2
41 Corduroy Pearl Jam 65 #5
42 Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band 59 #15
43 Time Bomb Rancid 61 #17
44 Here And Now Letters To Cleo 25 #24
45 Hurt Nine Inch Nails 74 #2
46 Walk This World Heather Nova 13 #42
47 Bullet With Butterfly Wings The Smashing Pumpkins 104 #1
48 Down by the Water PJ Harvey 55 #17
49 The Man Who Sold the World Nirvana 81 #4
50 Galaxie Blind Melon 12 #50
51 Queer Garbage 35 #21
52 Wonderful Adam Ant 24 #52
53 River of Deceit Mad Season 22 #16
54 Ridiculous Thoughts The Cranberries 23 #42
55 Stutter Elastica 19 #14
56 Hook Blues Traveler 41 #38
57 One of Us Joan Osborne 32 #14
58 Starseed Our Lady Peace 32 #13
59 Gotta Get Away The Offspring 63 #18
60 Universal Heartbeat Juliana Hatfield 5 #60
61 Better Than Nothing Jennifer Trynin 12 #61
62 Wynona's Big Brown Beaver Primus 40 #28
63 Ode To My Family The Cranberries 27 #15
64 White, Discussion Live 16 #38
65 Cumbersome Seven Mary Three 59 #15
66 Awake Letters To Cleo 2 #66
67 Only Wanna Be With You Hootie and the Blowfish 5 #67
68 Warped Red Hot Chili Peppers 13 #8
69 Natural One Folk Implosion 58 #15
70 Friends of P The Rentals 34 #19
71 Gel Collective Soul 13 #59
72 Sour Times Portishead 49 #8
73 Star 69 R.E.M. 13 #44
74 Strong Enough Sheryl Crow 17 #56
75 Breakfast At Tiffany's Deep Blue Something 18 #6
76 Do You Sleep? Lisa Loeb And Nine Stories 10 #57
77 Weird Out Dandelion 4 #77
78 Rock-N-Roll Is Dead Lenny Kravitz 12 #71
79 Simple Lessons Candlebox 6 #72
80 Buddy Holly Weezer 97 #2
81 Don't Stay Home 311 13 #29
82 She's a River Simple Minds 1 #82
83 Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead 83 #11
84 Strange Currencies R.E.M. 20 #31
85 Can't Wait One Minute More CIV 4 #59
86 Mockingbird Girl Magnificent Bastards 7 #53
87 Wonder Natalie Merchant 29 #43
88 Roll to Me Del Amitri 9 #88
89 Last Goodbye Jeff Buckley 50 #3
90 Violet Hole 34 #12
91 Waydown Catherine Wheel 6 #76
92 Immortality Pearl Jam 16 #23
93 Just Like Anyone Soul Asylum 10 #81
94 Good Intentions Toad The Wet Sprocket 15 #29
95 Glycerine Bush 118 #1

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Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 was broadcast by Radio & Records (United States (national airplay chart)). 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.

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