Year-end countdown · KISW · September 11, 2021
KISW Top 25 Songs from 1997
The year-end countdown (September 11, 2021) from KISW in Seattle-Tacoma, WA ranks 25 songs, with “Du Hast” by Rammstein at number one. The list features 22 different artists; Foo Fighters has the most entries with three songs.
Aired in 2021 as part of KISW's 50th-anniversary '25 from 50' weekend countdowns (counted down from 25 to 1). Retrospective list of songs from 1997. The page's introduction calls this countdown 'The Top 25 Songs from the past 50 years'; the page title and the songs are from 1997.
| # | Song | Lists | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 |
 Du Hast
Rammstein
|
22 | #5 |
| 24 |
 Beautiful Disaster
311
|
47 | #13 |
| 23 |
 Flagpole Sitta
Harvey Danger
|
75 | #1 |
| 22 |
 The Memory Remains
Metallica
|
25 | #22 |
| 21 |
 Last Cup of Sorrow
Faith No More
|
2 | #19 |
| 20 |
 My Own Summer (Shove It)
Deftones
|
13 | #5 |
| 19 | Volcano Girls Veruca Salt | 23 | #5 |
| 18 | Faith Limp Bizkit | 25 | #3 |
| 17 |
 Pink
Aerosmith
|
15 | #3 |
| 16 |
 Father of Mine
Everclear
|
56 | #11 |
| 15 |
 Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Verve
|
113 | #1 |
| 14 |
 Monkey Wrench
Foo Fighters
|
74 | #11 |
| 13 |
 Dammit
blink-182
|
80 | #1 |
| 12 | Blue On Black Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band | 26 | #12 |
| 11 |
 The Impression That I Get
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
|
70 | #1 |
| 10 |
 Karma Police
Radiohead
|
125 | #2 |
| 9 |
My Hero
Foo Fighters
|
130 | #9 |
| 8 |
 Touch, Peel, and Stand
Days of the New
|
45 | #1 |
| 7 |
 Sex and Candy
Marcy Playground
|
88 | #3 |
| 6 |
 Song 2
Blur
|
124 | #1 |
| 5 |
 My Own Prison
Creed
|
37 | #3 |
| 4 |
 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Green Day
|
92 | #2 |
| 3 |
 Gone Away
The Offspring
|
60 | #3 |
| 2 |
Fuel
Metallica
|
36 | #2 |
| 1 |
Everlong
Foo Fighters
|
175 | #1 |
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About this countdown
KISW Top 25 Songs from 1997 was broadcast by KISW (Seattle-Tacoma, WA) in September 11, 2021. 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 Hard Rock & Metal rankings.
Source: KISW 99.9 (Audacy), "The Top 25 Songs from 1997".
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