List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1990s
Number-one singles
Key – Billboard year-end number-one single – Return of a single to number one

List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1990s

Section Title: Number-one singles
Table Section Text: Key – Billboard year-end number-one single – Return of a single to number one

Single	Artist	Reached number one	Weeks at number one

"Blues from a Gun"	The Jesus and Mary Chain	December 30, 1989	3

"House"	The Psychedelic Furs	January 20, 1990	3

"Cuts You Up"	Peter Murphy	February 10, 1990	7

"Nothing Compares 2 U"	Sinéad O'Connor	March 31, 1990	1

"Blue Sky Mine"	Midnight Oil	April 7, 1990	1

"Metropolis"	The Church	April 14, 1990	1

"Enjoy the Silence"	Depeche Mode	April 21, 1990	3

"The Emperor's New Clothes"	Sinéad O'Connor	May 12, 1990	1

"Forgotten Years"	Midnight Oil	May 19, 1990	1

"Here's Where the Story Ends"	The Sundays	May 26, 1990	1

"Policy of Truth"	Depeche Mode	June 2, 1990	1

"Way Down Now"	World Party	June 9, 1990	5

"Joey"	Concrete Blonde	July 14, 1990	4

"Jealous"	Gene Loves Jezebel	August 11, 1990	1

"I'll Be Your Chauffeur"	David J	August 18, 1990	1

"Jealous" ↑	Gene Loves Jezebel	August 25, 1990	1

"Stop!"	Jane's Addiction	September 1, 1990	1

"Every Beat of the Heart"	The Railway Children	September 8, 1990	1

"Stop!" ↑	Jane's Addiction	September 15, 1990	1

"Suicide Blonde"	INXS	September 22, 1990	1

"Never Enough"	The Cure	September 29, 1990	2

"Merry Go Round"	The Replacements	October 13, 1990	1

"Never Enough" ↑	The Cure	October 20, 1990	1

"Been Caught Stealing"	Jane's Addiction	October 27, 1990	1

"Merry Go Round" ↑	The Replacements	November 3, 1990	3

"Been Caught Stealing" ↑	Jane's Addiction	November 24, 1990	3

"More"	The Sisters of Mercy	December 15, 1990	5

"Kinky Afro"	Happy Mondays	January 19, 1991	1

"All This Time"	Sting	January 26, 1991	2

"Right Here, Right Now"	Jesus Jones	February 9, 1991	5

"Losing My Religion"	R.E.M.	March 16, 1991	8

"See the Lights"	Simple Minds	May 11, 1991	2

"The Other Side of Summer"	Elvis Costello	May 25, 1991	4

"Get the Message"	Electronic	June 22, 1991	2

"Kiss Them for Me"	Siouxsie and the Banshees	July 6, 1991	5

"Rush"	Big Audio Dynamite II	August 10, 1991	4

"Until She Comes"	The Psychedelic Furs	September 7, 1991	2

"So You Think You're in Love"	Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians	September 21, 1991	5

"Give It Away"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	October 26, 1991	2

"The Fly"	U2	November 9, 1991	2

"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Nirvana	November 23, 1991	1

"Mysterious Ways"	U2	November 30, 1991	9

"Sax and Violins"	Talking Heads	February 1, 1992	1

"What's Good"	Lou Reed	February 8, 1992	3

"Hit"	The Sugarcubes	February 29, 1992	5

"One"	U2	April 4, 1992	1

"High"	The Cure	April 11, 1992	4

"Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)"	Cracker	May 9, 1992	2

"Weirdo"	The Charlatans	May 23, 1992	1

"The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead"	XTC	May 30, 1992	2

"Friday I'm in Love"	The Cure	June 13, 1992	4

"Good Stuff"	The B-52's	July 11, 1992	4

"Midlife Crisis"	Faith No More	August 8, 1992	1

"Tomorrow"	Morrissey	August 15, 1992	6

"Digging in the Dirt"	Peter Gabriel	September 26, 1992	2

"Blood Makes Noise"	Suzanne Vega	October 10, 1992	1

"Drive"	R.E.M.	October 17, 1992	5

"These Are Days"	10,000 Maniacs	November 21, 1992	2

"Somebody to Shove"	Soul Asylum	December 5, 1992	1

"Steam"	Peter Gabriel	December 12, 1992	5

"Not Sleeping Around"	Ned's Atomic Dustbin	January 16, 1993	1

"The Devil You Know"	Jesus Jones	January 23, 1993	6

"Feed the Tree"	Belly	March 6, 1993	3

"I Feel You"	Depeche Mode	March 27, 1993	5

"Regret"	New Order	May 1, 1993	2

"Walking in My Shoes"	Depeche Mode	May 15, 1993	1

"Regret" ↑	New Order	May 22, 1993	4

"Pets"	Porno for Pyros	June 19, 1993	5

"Break It Down Again"	Tears for Fears	July 24, 1993	3

"Soul to Squeeze"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	August 14, 1993	4

"My Sister"	The Juliana Hatfield Three	September 11, 1993	1

"No Rain"	Blind Melon	September 18, 1993	1

"Soul to Squeeze" ↑	Red Hot Chili Peppers	September 25, 1993	1

"No Rain" ↑	Blind Melon	October 2, 1993	2

"Heart-Shaped Box"	Nirvana	October 16, 1993	3

"Into Your Arms"	The Lemonheads	November 6, 1993	9

"Daughter"	Pearl Jam	January 8, 1994	1

"Found Out About You"	Gin Blossoms	January 15, 1994	1

"All Apologies"	Nirvana	January 22, 1994	2

"Loser"	Beck	February 5, 1994	5

"Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"	Crash Test Dummies	March 12, 1994	1

"God"	Tori Amos	March 19, 1994	2

"The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get"	Morrissey	April 2, 1994	7

"Selling the Drama"	Live	May 21, 1994	3

"Longview"	Green Day	June 11, 1994	1

"Fall Down"	Toad the Wet Sprocket	June 18, 1994	6

"Come Out and Play"	The Offspring	July 30, 1994	2

"Einstein on the Beach (For an Eggman)"	Counting Crows	August 13, 1994	1

"Basket Case"	Green Day	August 20, 1994	5

"What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"	R.E.M.	September 24, 1994	5

"Zombie"	The Cranberries	October 29, 1994	6

"About a Girl"	Nirvana	December 10, 1994	1

"Bang and Blame"	R.E.M.	December 17, 1994	3

"When I Come Around"	Green Day	January 7, 1995	7

"Lightning Crashes"	Live	February 25, 1995	9

"Good"	Better Than Ezra	April 29, 1995	5

"Misery"	Soul Asylum	June 3, 1995	3

"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	U2	June 24, 1995	4

"You Oughta Know"	Alanis Morissette	July 22, 1995	5

"J.A.R."	Green Day	August 26, 1995	1

"Tomorrow"	Silverchair	September 2, 1995	3

"Comedown"	Bush	September 23, 1995	2

"Name"	Goo Goo Dolls	October 7, 1995	1

"Hand in My Pocket"	Alanis Morissette	October 14, 1995	1

"Lump"	The Presidents of the United States of America	October 21, 1995	1

"Name" ↑	Goo Goo Dolls	October 28, 1995	3

"My Friends"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	November 18, 1995	4

"Glycerine"	Bush	December 16, 1995	2

"Wonderwall"	Oasis	December 30, 1995	9

"1979"	The Smashing Pumpkins	March 2, 1996	1

"Wonderwall" ↑	Oasis	March 9, 1996	1

"Ironic"	Alanis Morissette	March 16, 1996	3

"Champagne Supernova"	Oasis	April 6, 1996	5

"Salvation"	The Cranberries	May 11, 1996	4

"Mother Mother"	Tracy Bonham	June 8, 1996	3

"Counting Blue Cars"	Dishwalla	June 29, 1996	1

"Pepper"	Butthole Surfers	July 6, 1996	3

"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand"	Primitive Radio Gods	July 27, 1996	6

"Who You Are"	Pearl Jam	September 7, 1996	1

"Down"	311	September 14, 1996	4

"Novocaine for the Soul"	Eels	October 12, 1996	2

"What I Got"	Sublime	October 26, 1996	3

"Swallowed"	Bush	November 16, 1996	7

"#1 Crush"	Garbage	January 4, 1997	4

"Discothèque"	U2	February 1, 1997	4

"Lakini's Juice"	Live	March 1, 1997	1

"One Headlight"	The Wallflowers	March 8, 1997	5

"Staring at the Sun"	U2	April 12, 1997	3

"The Freshmen"	The Verve Pipe	May 3, 1997	3

"Semi-Charmed Life"	Third Eye Blind	May 24, 1997	5

"The Impression That I Get"	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	June 28, 1997	1

"Semi-Charmed Life" ↑	Third Eye Blind	July 5, 1997	3

"Push"	Matchbox Twenty	July 26, 1997	1

"Fly"	Sugar Ray	August 2, 1997	8

"Walkin' on the Sun"	Smash Mouth	September 27, 1997	5

"Tubthumping"	Chumbawamba	November 1, 1997	7

"Everything to Everyone"	Everclear	December 20, 1997	1

"Sex and Candy"	Marcy Playground	December 27, 1997	15

"The Way"	Fastball	April 11, 1998	7

"Closing Time"	Semisonic	May 30, 1998	5

"Iris"	Goo Goo Dolls	July 4, 1998	5

"Inside Out"	Eve 6	August 8, 1998	2

"One Week"	Barenaked Ladies	August 22, 1998	1

"Inside Out" ↑	Eve 6	August 29, 1998	1

"One Week" ↑	Barenaked Ladies	September 5, 1998	4

"Inside Out" ↑	Eve 6	October 3, 1998	1

"Celebrity Skin"	Hole	October 10, 1998	3

"Slide"	Goo Goo Dolls	October 31, 1998	1

"Celebrity Skin" ↑	Hole	November 7, 1998	1

"Slide" ↑	Goo Goo Dolls	November 14, 1998	1

"Fly Away"	Lenny Kravitz	November 21, 1998	2

"Never There"	Cake	December 5, 1998	3

"What It's Like"	Everlast	December 26, 1998	8

"Every Morning"	Sugar Ray	February 20, 1999	1

"What It's Like" ↑	Everlast	February 27, 1999	1

"Every Morning" ↑	Sugar Ray	March 6, 1999	5

"My Own Worst Enemy"	Lit	April 10, 1999	11

"Scar Tissue"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	June 26, 1999	16

"Higher"	Creed	October 16, 1999	1

"The Chemicals Between Us"	Bush	October 23, 1999	2

"Learn to Fly"	Foo Fighters	November 6, 1999	1

"The Chemicals Between Us" ↑	Bush	November 13, 1999	2

"Higher" ↑	Creed	November 27, 1999	1

"The Chemicals Between Us" ↑	Bush	December 4, 1999	1

"Higher" ↑	Creed	December 11, 1999	1

"Re-Arranged"	Limp Bizkit	December 18, 1999	1

"All the Small Things"	Blink-182	December 25, 1999	8

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