List of RPM number-one alternative rock singles of 1996

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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]

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]

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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]
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