List of RPM number-one alternative rock singles of 1996

This is a list of RPM's number one weekly Alternative Rock singles chart in Canada for 1996. This chart was first published 11 June 1995^{[note 1]} as the Alternative 30 by RPM magazine.^{[note 2]} In early 1999, the magazine renamed the chart to Rock Report.^{[note 3]} This chart was published most weeks^{[note 4]} until the magazine's demise 13 November 2000.^[1]
identifies Canadian musical acts.

RPM's number one Alternative rock single for 1996, as published in their chart "Year End Alternative ~ Top 50", was Soundgarden's "Burden in My Hand".^[2]

Weekly chart

Date	Issue	Single	Artist	Ref.
8 January	Volume 62, No. 21	"One of Us"	Joan Osborne	[3]
15 January	Volume 62, No. 22	"Wonderwall"	Oasis	[4]
22 January	Volume 62, No. 23	"Wonderwall"	Oasis	[5]
29 January	Volume 62, No. 24	"Brain Stew"	Green Day	[6]
5 February	Volume 62, No. 25	"Brain Stew"	Green Day	[7]
12 February	Volume 62, No. 26	"Brain Stew"	Green Day	[8]
19 February	Volume 63, No. 1	"1979"	The Smashing Pumpkins	[9]
26 February	Volume 63, No. 2	"Peaches"	The Presidents of the United States of America	[10]
4 March	Volume 63, No. 3	"Peaches"	The Presidents of the United States of America	[11]
11 March	Volume 63, No. 4	"Peaches"	The Presidents of the United States of America	[12]
18 March	Volume 63, No. 5	"Ironic"	Alanis Morissette	[13]
25 March	Volume 63, No. 6	"Zero"	The Smashing Pumpkins	[14]
1 April	Volume 63, No. 7	"Aeroplane"	Red Hot Chili Peppers	[15]
8 April	Volume 63, No. 8	"Big Bang Baby"	Stone Temple Pilots	[16]
15 April	Volume 63, No. 9	"Big Bang Baby"	Stone Temple Pilots	[17]
22 April	Volume 63, No. 10	"Champagne Supernova"	Oasis	[18]
29 April	Volume 63, No. 11	"Big Bang Baby"	Stone Temple Pilots	[19]
6 May	Volume 63, No. 12	"Champagne Supernova"	Oasis	[20]
13 May	Volume 63, No. 13	"Machinehead"	Bush X	[21]
20 May	Volume 63, No. 14	"Ahead By a Century"	Tragically Hip	[22]
27 May	Volume 63, No. 15	"Pretty Noose"	Soundgarden	[23]
3 June	Volume 63, No. 16	"Pretty Noose"	Soundgarden	[24]
10 June	Volume 63, No. 17	"Pretty Noose"	Soundgarden	[25]
17 June	Volume 63, No. 18	"One More Astronaut"	I Mother Earth	[26]
24 June	Volume 63, No. 19	"Pretty Noose"	Soundgarden	[27]
1 July	Volume 63, No. 20	"Pretty Noose"	Soundgarden	[28]
8 July	Volume 63, No. 21	"Pretty Noose"	Soundgarden	[29]
15 July	Volume 63, No. 22	"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"	Stone Temple Pilots	[30]
22 July	Volume 63, No. 23	"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"	Stone Temple Pilots	[31]
29 July	Volume 63, No. 24	"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"	Stone Temple Pilots	[32]
5 August	Volume 63, No. 25	"Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart"	Stone Temple Pilots	[33]
12 August	Volume 63, No. 26	"Burden in My Hand"	Soundgarden	[34]
19 August	Volume 64, No. 1	"Burden in My Hand"	Soundgarden	[35]
26 August	Volume 64, No. 2	"Burden in My Hand"	Soundgarden	[36]
2 September	Volume 64, No. 3	On-line chart not available		[note 5]
9 September	Volume 64, No. 4	"Who You Are"	Pearl Jam	[37]
16 September	Volume 64, No. 5	"Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand"	Primitive Radio Gods	[38]
23 September	Volume 64, No. 6	"E-bow the Letter"	R.E.M.	[39]
30 September	Volume 64, No. 7	"If It Makes You Happy"	Sheryl Crow	[40]
7 October	Volume 64, No. 8	"Novocaine for the Soul"	Eels	[41]
14 October	Volume 64, No. 9	"Novocaine for the Soul"	Eels	[42]
21 October	Volume 64, No. 10	"Muzzle"	The Smashing Pumpkins	[43]
4 November	Volume 64, No. 11	"Aneurysm"	Nirvana	[44]
11 November	Volume 64, No. 13	"Aneurysm"	Nirvana	[45]
18 November	Volume 64, No. 14	"Aneurysm"	Nirvana	[46]
25 November	Volume 64, No. 15	"Stinkfist"	Tool	[47]
2 December	Volume 64, No. 16	"Swallowed"	Bush X	[48]
9 December	Volume 64, No. 17	"Swallowed"	Bush X	[49]
16 December	Volume 64, No. 18	"Swallowed"	Bush X	[50]
RPM's number-one Alternative rock single of 1996
16 December	Volume 64, No. 18	"Burden in My Hand"	Soundgarden	[2]

See also

• List of number-one singles (Canada)

References

Notes

Citations

External links

• Read about RPM Magazine at the AV Trust
• Search RPM charts here at Library and Archives Canada

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