List of Billboard number-one alternative singles of the 1990s
Number-one singles
Table:
Single

Artist

Reached number one[4]

Weeks at
number one[4]

"Blues from a Gun"

The Jesus and Mary Chain

December 30, 1989

3

"House"

The Psychedelic Furs

January 20, 1990

3

"Cuts You Up" †[13]

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" †[14]

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" †[15]

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" †[16]

New Order

May 1, 1993

2

"Walking in My Shoes"

Depeche Mode

May 15, 1993

1

"Regret" ↑ †[16]

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" †[17]

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" †[18]

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" †[19]

Third Eye Blind

May 24, 1997

5

"The Impression That I Get"

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

June 28, 1997

1

"Semi-Charmed Life" ↑ †[19]

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" †[20]

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" †[21]

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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