NEW WAVE NUMBER ONES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
Top Ten Project

This is a chronological listing of the records and songs that were number one in the nascent new-wave scene of 1975. It is a tentative, preliminary list, but should be a close estimation of the final tally. This is a small excerpt from the book Rock Memories: New Wave/Alternative Rock, which will summarise reconstructed radio charts from the first new wave record at the end of 1974 through September 1988, when Billboard's initial Modern Rock Tracks chart débuted. Anticipated completion date: January 2022.

Note that there is a four-week gap in April and May, owing to the limited presence of new wave music on the radio at this early date, and that Brian Eno's entry reflects a broken run, dropping from the top after five weeks and then returning for three more on October 31.

Begin Date	# Weeks	Artist "Song"	Label / Cat. #
December 13, 1974	7	Patti Smith "Hey Joe (Version)"	Mer 601
January 31, 1975	6	John Cale "Fear Is a Man's Best Friend	LP cut from Fear, Island 9301
March 14, 1975	4	The Flamin' Groovies "You Tore Me Down"	Bomp! 101
April 11, 1975	2	The Dictators "California Sun"	LP cut from Go Girl Crazy!, Epic 33348
May 23, 1975	11	John Cale "Heartbreak Hotel"	Island IXP-3
August 8, 1975	*8	Eno "The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) "	Island 036
September 12, 1975	2	Dirty Angels "Rock and Roll Love Letter"	Sire 719
September 26, 1975	4	Earth Quake "Friday on My Mind"	Beserkley 5736
October 24, 1975	1	Vance or Towers "Do Whatever We Want"	A&M 1717
November 21, 1975	11	Patti Smith "Gloria: in excelsis deo/Gloria (Version)"	LP cut from Horses, Arista 4066