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Year-end countdown · Q101 · 1997

Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997

The year-end countdown for 1997 from Q101 in Chicago, IL ranks 101 songs, with “Fly” by Sugar Ray at number one. The list features 68 different artists; Sublime has the most entries with four songs.

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1 Fly Sugar Ray 41 #1
2 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
3 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 50 #1
4 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 70 #4
5 Volcano Girls Veruca Salt 23 #5
6 The Freshmen The Verve Pipe 52 #6
7 If You Could Only See Tonic 34 #3
8 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 70 #1
9 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 51 #3
10 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
11 Push Matchbox 20 22 #5
12 The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails 50 #12
13 Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan 36 #10
14 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
15 Born Slippy (Nuxx) Underworld 41 #5
16 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 54 #2
17 Eye The Smashing Pumpkins 21 #9
18 One Headlight The Wallflowers 55 #4
19 Lovefool The Cardigans 36 #14
20 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
21 Not An Addict K's Choice 51 #10
22 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
23 How Bizarre OMC 12 #23
24 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson 45 #15
25 The Difference The Wallflowers 29 #18
26 Criminal Fiona Apple 47 #8
27 The New Pollution Beck 63 #8
28 Your Woman White Town 39 #14
29 You Were Meant For Me Jewel 14 #13
30 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 23 #27
31 Bitch Meredith Brooks 13 #12
32 Gone Away The Offspring 60 #3
33 #1 Crush Garbage 40 #24
34 Female of the Species Space 30 #22
35 Greedy Fly Bush 23 #20
36 Jack-Ass Beck 28 #11
37 Staring At The Sun U2 25 #23
38 Doin' Time Sublime 45 #1
39 Don't Go Away Oasis 31 #20
40 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
41 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
42 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
43 Breathe The Prodigy 40 #2
44 Thirty-Three The Smashing Pumpkins 33 #39
45 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 74 #11
46 A Long December Counting Crows 45 #26
47 Abuse Me Silverchair 16 #21
48 It's No Good Depeche Mode 23 #13
49 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 45 #1
50 Sell Out Reel Big Fish 32 #4
51 All Mixed Up 311 64 #10
52 Wrong Number The Cure 23 #20
53 Graduate Third Eye Blind 24 #12
54 What Do You Want From Me? Monaco 13 #42
55 Lakini's Juice Live 22 #12
56 Hitchin' A Ride Green Day 42 #25
57 The End is the Beginning of the End The Smashing Pumpkins 4 #37
58 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace 49 #8
59 Cold Contagious Bush 9 #40
60 Don't Speak No Doubt 58 #3
61 Tripping Billies Dave Matthews Band 34 #46
62 Sleep To Dream Fiona Apple 31 #40
63 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
64 Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers 45 #10
65 Turn My Head Live 19 #13
66 Discotheque U2 14 #41
67 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 36 #19
68 D'You Know What I Mean? Oasis 18 #29
69 Everyday Is A Winding Road Sheryl Crow 20 #41
70 Open Up Your Eyes Tonic 9 #43
71 Swallowed Bush 42 #16
72 Barrel of A Gun Depeche Mode 19 #57
73 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
74 Sunday Morning No Doubt 13 #22
75 Electric Barbarella Duran Duran 4 #66
76 Da Funk Daft Punk 24 #10
77 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
78 Four Leaf Clover Abra Moore 4 #64
79 Beautiful Disaster 311 47 #13
80 Whatever Oasis 8 #2
81 What I Got Sublime 106 #1
82 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 23 #19
83 Bound for the Floor Local H 59 #10
84 This Lonely Place Goldfinger 11 #36
85 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 53 #19
86 Wide Open Space Mansun 4 #48
87 The Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 22 #10
88 Drop Dead Gorgeous Republica 2 #88
89 Daylight Fading Counting Crows 21 #51
90 Deadweight Beck 25 #32
91 3 Marlenas The Wallflowers 2 #40
92 Battle of Who Could Care Less Ben Folds Five 28 #52
93 Summertime The Sundays 30 #32
94 Mouth Bush 27 #22
95 Dream Forest For The Trees 8 #51
96 Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth The Dandy Warhols 21 #69
97 Excuse Me Mr. No Doubt 10 #67
98 Last Night On Earth U2 10 #62
99 Hello Hello Talk Show 2 #86
100 My Own Prison Creed 37 #3
101 M.O.R. Blur 6 #101

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Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997 was broadcast by Q101 (Chicago, IL). Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Alternative & Modern Rock rankings.

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