Top 10 Singles of 1995

1.  Dreams Come True                      Love, Love, Love
2.  H Jungle With T                           Wow War Tonight
3.  Masaharu Fukuyama                    Hello
4.  Mr. Children                                Tomorrow Never Knows
5.  Mr. Children                                Seesaw Game
6.  My Little Lover                           Hello Again
7.  Keisuke Kuwata and Mr. Children    Kiseki no Chikyu
8.  Mayo Okamoto                            Tomorrow
9.  Spitz                                          Robinson
10. B'z                                            Love Phantom

Dreams Come True had the big one with "Love Love Love", which was the biggest hit of the band's career, but it was quite the year for Mr. Children in the middle of the pack (after scoring the No. 1 single of 1994), especially teaming up with the leader of Southern All Stars for one tune. B'z may have been in the cleanup position but Inaba and Matsumoto had quite a few more hits in the Top 50, and to be honest, "Love Phantom" is my favourite song of this group.

Aside from Mayo Okamoto and Masaharu Fukuyama, it was a Band Boom of sorts for 1995 with a pretty guitar-heavy lineup. Buskers were probably quite a proud lot that year. I was personally no fan of "Wow War Tonight" with Tetsuya Komuro and Masatoshi Hamada (one-half of the popular comedic duo, Downtown), but their collaboration was quite the popular one during those post-year-end party karaoke sessions.