Year-end countdown · 91X · 1997

91X Top 91 Songs of 1997

The year-end countdown for 1997 from 91X in San Diego, CA / Tijuana ranks 91 songs, with “Walkin' On The Sun” by Smash Mouth at number one. The list features 64 different artists; The Mighty Mighty Bosstones has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 50 #1
2 Fly Sugar Ray 41 #1
3 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
4 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
5 Doin' Time Sublime 45 #1
6 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
7 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
8 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 51 #3
9 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 70 #1
10 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
11 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
12 My Town Buck-O-Nine 8 #12
13 Beautiful Disaster 311 47 #13
14 Breathe The Prodigy 40 #2
15 Gone Away The Offspring 60 #3
16 One Headlight The Wallflowers 55 #4
17 Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers 45 #10
18 A.D.I.D.A.S. Korn 17 #4
19 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 23 #19
20 Sell Out Reel Big Fish 32 #4
21 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
22 Mouth Bush 27 #22
23 H. Tool 13 #23
24 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
25 The New Pollution Beck 63 #8
26 Prisoner 311 18 #26
27 Jack-Ass Beck 28 #11
28 I Will Survive Cake 30 #9
29 Firestarter The Prodigy 37 #13
30 Hitchin' A Ride Green Day 42 #25
31 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 23 #27
32 Criminal Fiona Apple 47 #8
33 Female of the Species Space 30 #22
34 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
35 Greedy Fly Bush 23 #20
36 The Freshmen The Verve Pipe 52 #6
37 Staring At The Sun U2 25 #23
38 Transistor 311 20 #38
39 The Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 22 #10
40 So What! Jane's Addiction 2 #40
41 The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails 50 #12
42 I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie 29 #42
43 Elegantly Wasted INXS 20 #43
44 Frank Sinatra Cake 24 #44
45 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 92 #2
46 Dopeman Less Than Jake 9 #46
47 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson 45 #15
48 Wrong Number The Cure 23 #20
49 Daria Cake 15 #49
50 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 36 #19
51 Jennifer's Gold Buck-O-Nine 1 #51
52 Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan 36 #10
53 Long Day Matchbox 20 8 #20
54 Paranoid Android Radiohead 82 #5
55 Around The World Daft Punk 21 #15
56 Excuse Me Mister No Doubt 3 #56
57 Come On Eileen Save Ferris 13 #7
58 Barflies at the Beach Royal Crown Revue 1 #58
59 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 54 #2
60 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 53 #19
61 The Good Life Weezer 15 #61
62 Eye The Smashing Pumpkins 21 #9
63 Anybody Seen My Baby? The Rolling Stones 3 #26
64 Deadweight Beck 25 #32
65 Discotheque U2 14 #41
66 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
67 Summertime The Sundays 30 #32
68 Cold Contagious Bush 9 #40
69 When I Get Old Descendents 1 #69
70 The End Is The Beginning Is The End The Smashing Pumpkins 16 #26
71 Royal Oil The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 2 #71
72 Round Kid Buck-O-Nine 1 #72
73 For Duty And Humanity Inch 1 #73
74 Sunday Morning No Doubt 13 #22
75 Bounce Rage Against the Machine 1 #75
76 It's No Good Depeche Mode 23 #13
77 Don't Drag Me Down Social Distortion 2 #68
78 Sleep To Dream Fiona Apple 31 #40
79 Automatic Less Than Jake 2 #47
80 Super Bon Bon Soul Coughing 38 #8
81 Hard Charger Porno for Pyros 2 #81
82 Superspy Save Ferris 2 #74
83 D'You Know What I Mean? Oasis 18 #29
84 Lost Again Dance Hall Crashers 3 #42
85 Your Woman White Town 39 #14
86 Electric Barbarella Duran Duran 4 #66
87 Put A Lid On It Squirrel Nut Zippers 11 #78
88 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 74 #11
89 You Showed Me The Lightning Seeds 6 #39
90 Where You Get Love Matthew Sweet 6 #49
91 Sink To The Bottom Fountains of Wayne 19 #91

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About this countdown

91X Top 91 Songs of 1997 was broadcast by 91X (San Diego, CA / Tijuana). 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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