Here are the Billboard pop Hot 100 #1s for 1995, A nice short list. And the Hot Adult Contemporary is both so short and has so much in common that I will note them here.
One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men (Columbia), 16 weeks at #1 pop, 13 weeks at #1 AC, double platinum record. This song was a response on the first episode of JEOPARDY I was on in 1998. SONGS BY THE NUMBERS: This 1995-96 hit by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1 with 16. (A record that has since been superseded.) I couldn’t think of the song’s name, though I knew it was One [something] Day.
In the next year or two, a very similar question showed up on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire at a very high level, I think $250,000. By that point, of course, I knew!
Fantasy – Mariah Carey (Columbia), eight weeks at #1 pop, double platinum record. I recognize the swipe more than the song.
Waterfalls – TLC (LaFace), seven weeks at #1 pop, platinum record. I also know this from the parody Weird Al Yankovic did, Phony Calls, featuring Bart Simpson.
Take A Bow – Madonna (Maverick /Sire), seven weeks at #1 pop, nine weeks at #1 AC, gold record
This Is How We Do It – Montell Jordan (PMP /RAL), seven weeks at #1 pop, platinum record
Some songs in movies
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman – Bryan Adams (A&M) five weeks at #1 pop and AC. It was used for the film Don Juan DeMarco, starring Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, and Faye Dunaway, which I never saw.
Creep – TLC (LaFace), four weeks at #1 pop, platinum record
Gangsta’s Paradise – Coolio featuring LV (MCA Sound), three weeks at #1 pop, triple platinum record. This song was initially rooted in Pastime Paradise by Stevie Wonder from his legendary album, Songs In The Key of Life. Coolio and Weird Al had a bit of a row about Weird Al’s use on Amish Paradise, though it was settled by 2011. The song is taken from Michele Pfeiffer’s movie Dangerous Minds.
One week at #1 pop
Kiss From A Rose – Seal (ZTT/Sire), 12 weeks at #1 AC, gold record, . It was from his second eponymous album (1994), released as a single in July 1994 and included in the film The NeverEnding Story III that year. “The song was re-released a year later as part of the Batman Forever film soundtrack, helping it top the charts in the United States.” I own the latter album, as well as his second album.
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) – Whitney Houston (Arista), platinum record. It was released as the lead single from the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. The film starred Houston and Angela Bassett.
You Are Not Alone – Michael Jackson (Epic), platinum record
Hot Adult Contemporary #1 for 1995
These are the songs that were NOT #1 pop.
I’ll Be There For You (Theme from Friends) -the Rembrandts, seven weeks at #1 AC, #17 pop. I remember going on a picnic with my future wife. This song played on the radio when we got to the location, and again when we left about four hours later.
As I Lay Me Down – Sophie B. Hawkins, six weeks at #1 AC, #6 pop
In The House Of Stone and Light – Martin Page, four weeks at #1 AC, #14 pop
Love Will Keep Us Alive – Eagles, three weeks at #1 AC, #22 pop
Believe – Elton John, two weeks at #1 AC, #13 pop