Top songs of 1995

What was the number one song of 1995?

The number one song of 1995 was “Gangsta's Paradise” by Coolio featuring L.V., the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 1995. It spent 3 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated September 9, 1995.

“Fantasy” by Mariah Carey was number one for the most weeks of 1995: 8 of the year's 52 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated September 30, 1995.

Born in 1995? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1995, year-end Hot 100 of 1995).

How many songs reached number one in 1995?

11 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 1995. Counting “On Bended Knee”, which was already at number one when the year began, 12 songs held the top spot across the year's 52 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 1995, “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men stayed there longest: 16 weeks in total, from the chart dated December 2, 1995, with 11 of those weeks on charts dated after 1995.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 1995. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 1995?

3 acts had more than one number one in 1995, counting lead and featured credits. Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey and TLC had 2 each.

• Boyz II Men: “On Bended Knee” and “One Sweet Day”
• Mariah Carey: “Fantasy” and “One Sweet Day”
• TLC: “Creep” and “Waterfalls”

What were the biggest songs of 1995?

The five biggest songs of 1995 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Gangsta's Paradise” by Coolio featuring L.V., “Waterfalls” by TLC, “Creep” by TLC, “Kiss from a Rose” by Seal and “On Bended Knee” by Boyz II Men.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Colors of the Wind” Vanessa Williams
32. “Someone to Love” Jon B. featuring Babyface
33. “Only Wanna Be with You” Hootie & the Blowfish
34. “If You Love Me” Brownstone
35. “In the House of Stone and Light” Martin Page
36. “I Got 5 on It” Luniz
37. “Baby” Brandy
38. “Run Away” Real McCoy
39. “As I Lay Me Down” Sophie B. Hawkins
40. “He's Mine” MoKenStef
41. “December” Collective Soul
42. “I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By” Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige
43. “Shy Guy” Diana King
44. “I'm the Only One” Melissa Etheridge
45. “Every Little Thing I Do” Soul for Real
46. “Before I Let You Go” Blackstreet
47. “Big Poppa / Warning” The Notorious B.I.G.
48. “Sukiyaki” 4 P.M.
49. “I Wanna Be Down” Brandy
50. “I'll Make Love to You” Boyz II Men
51. “Dear Mama / Old School” 2Pac
52. “Hold On” Jamie Walters
53. “Keep Their Heads Ringin'” Dr. Dre
54. “The Rhythm of the Night” Corona
55. “Roll to Me” Del Amitri
56. “Scream / Childhood” Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson
57. “Freek'n You” Jodeci
58. “I Wish” Skee-Lo
59. “Believe” Elton John
60. “Carnival” Natalie Merchant
61. “You Don't Know How It Feels” Tom Petty
62. “Back for Good” Take That
63. “Tootsee Roll” 69 Boyz
64. “You Want This / 70's Love Groove” Janet Jackson
65. “Tell Me” Groove Theory
66. “Can't You See” Total featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
67. “All I Wanna Do” Sheryl Crow
68. “This Lil' Game We Play” Subway featuring 702
69. “Come and Get Your Love” Real McCoy
70. “This Ain't a Love Song” Bon Jovi
71. “Secret” Madonna
72. “Player's Anthem” Junior M.A.F.I.A. featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
73. “Feel Me Flow” Naughty by Nature
74. “Every Day of the Week” Jade
75. “The Sweetest Days” Vanessa Williams
76. “Short Dick Man” 20 Fingers featuring Gillette
77. “Brokenhearted” Brandy
78. “No More I Love You's” Annie Lennox
79. “You Used to Love Me” Faith Evans
80. “Constantly” Immature
81. “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” U2
82. “100% Pure Love” Crystal Waters
83. “Ask of You” Raphael Saadiq
84. “Sugar Hill” AZ
85. “Good” Better Than Ezra
86. “Brown Sugar” D'Angelo
87. “Turn the Beat Around” Gloria Estefan
88. “'Til You Do Me Right” After 7
89. “1st of tha Month” Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
90. “Like the Way I Do / If I Wanted To” Melissa Etheridge
91. “I Live My Life for You” FireHouse
92. “Dream About You / Funky Melody” Stevie B
93. “Cotton Eye Joe” Rednex
94. “Thank You” Boyz II Men
95. “I'll Stand by You” The Pretenders
96. “I Miss You” N II U
97. “Give It 2 You” Da Brat
98. “Best Friend” Brandy
99. “Misery” Soul Asylum
100. “Can't Stop Lovin' You” Van Halen

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 1995, year-end Hot 100 of 1995).

What songs should go on a 1995 mix CD?

A 1995 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 17 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “On Bended Knee” by Boyz II Men and closing with “Fantasy” by Mariah Carey, for 76:41 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 1995, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 77:15, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 1995 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 1995 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 1990s?

Popular music in the 1990s was shaped by R&B, hip-hop, pop ballads and alternative rock, and by changes in how the Hot 100 was counted. The chart dated November 30, 1991 was the first Hot 100 compiled with Nielsen SoundScan sales data, and from the chart dated December 5, 1998, songs that were never released as a commercial single could chart.

From 1990 to 1999, 140 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 11 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 140, “One Sweet Day” by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men spent the most weeks at number one: 16 in total. Mariah Carey had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 14. The typical number one of these years ran 4:24 (the median of the 121 with a known length).