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Number One Song of 1995: Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise Go to year: 
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Position  Artist Song Title
« 1994 1995 1996 »
1 Coolio Gangsta's Paradise
2 TLC Waterfalls
3 TLC Creep
4 Seal Kiss From A Rose
5 Boyz II Men On Bended Knee
6 Real McCoy Another Night
7 Mariah Carey Fantasy
8 Madonna Take A Bow
9 Monica Don't Take It Personal (Just One Of Dem Days)
10 Montell Jordan This Is How We Do It
11 Dionne Farris I Know
12 Boyz II Men Water Runs Dry
13 Adina Howard Freak Like Me
14 Blues Traveler Run-Around
15 All-4-One I Can Love You Like That
16 Bryan Adams Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
17 Bon Jovi Always
18 Shaggy Boombastic / In The Summertime
19 Nicki French Total Eclipse Of The Heart
20 Des'ree You Gotta Be
21 Michael Jackson You Are Not Alone
22 Hootie and The Blowfish Hold My Hand
23 Notorious B.I.G. One More Chance-Stay With Me
24 Ini Kamoze Here Comes The Hotstepper
25 Soul For Real Candy Rain
26 Hootie and The Blowfish Let Her Cry
27 Blessid Union Of Souls I Believe
28 TLC Red Light Special
29 Janet Jackson Runaway
30 Sheryl Crow Strong Enough
31 Vanessa Williams Colors Of The Wind
32 Jon B. Someone To Love
33 Hootie and The Blowfish Only Wanna Be With You
34 Brownstone If You Love Me
35 Martin Page In The House Of Stone And Light
36 Luniz I Got 5 On It
37 Brandy Baby
38 Real McCoy Run Away
39 Sophie B. Hawkins As I Lay Me Down
40 Mokenstef He's Mine
41 Collective Soul December
42 Method Man-Mary J. Blige I'll Be There For You-You're All I Need To Get By
43 Diana King Shy Guy
44 Melissa Etheridge I'm The Only One
45 Soul For Real Every Little Thing I Do
46 BLACKstreet Before I Let You Go
47 Notorious B.I.G. Big Poppa / Warning
48 4 P.M. Sukiyaki
49 Brandy I Wanna Be Down
50 Boyz II Men I'll Make Love To You
51 2Pac Dear Mama / Old School
52 Jamie Walters Hold On
53 Dr. Dre Keep Their Heads Ringin'
54 Corona The Rhythm Of The Night
55 Del Amitri Roll To Me
56 Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson Scream / Childhood
57 Jodeci Freek'n You
58 Skee-lo I Wish
59 Elton John Believe
60 Natalie Merchant Carnival
61 Tom Petty You Don't Know How It Feels
62 Take That Back For Good
63 69 Boyz Tootsee Roll
64 Janet Jackson You Want This-70's Love Groove
65 Groove Theory Tell Me
66 Total Can't You See
67 Sheryl Crow All I Wanna Do
68 Subway This Lil' Game We Play
69 Real McCoy Come And Get Your Love
70 Bon Jovi This Ain't A Love Song
71 Madonna Secret
72 Junior M.A.F.I.A. Player's Anthem
73 Naughty By Nature Feel Me Flow
74 Jade Every Day Of The Week
75 Vanessa Williams The Sweetest Days
76 20 Fingers feat. Gillette Short Dick Man
77 Brandy Brokenhearted
78 Annie Lennox No More "I Love You's"
79 Faith Evans You Used To Love Me
80 Immature Constantly
81 U2 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
82 Crystal Waters 100% Pure Love
83 Raphael Saadiq Ask Of You
84 Az Sugar Hill
85 Better Than Ezra Good
86 D'angelo Brown Sugar
87 Gloria Estefan Turn The Beat Around
88 After 7 'Til You Do Me Right
89 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 1st Of Tha Month
90 Melissa Etheridge Like The Way I Do-If I Wanted To
91 Firehouse I Live My Life For You
92 Stevie B Dream About You-Funky Melody
93 Rednex Cotton Eye Joe
94 Boyz II Men Thank You
95 Pretenders I'll Stand By You
96 N II U I Miss You
97 Da Brat Give It 2 You
98 Brandy Best Friend
99 Soul Asylum Misery
100 Van Halen Can't Stop Lovin' You

Billboard Hot 100 Year-End Top 100 Singles of 1995

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