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KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997

The year-end countdown (1997) from KNRK in Portland, OR ranks 94 songs, with “Everlong” by Foo Fighters at number one. The list features 74 different artists; Third Eye Blind has the most entries with three songs.

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Transcribed from the station's own web page as archived by the Wayback Machine on 1998-02-01. The page gives artist and title only; how the list was ranked is not stated. Obvious typos corrected: Dave Mathews Band, Smashmouth, 6 UnderGround.

# Song ListsBest
1 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
2 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 54 #2
3 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 50 #1
4 If You Could Only See Tonic 34 #3
5 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
6 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
7 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 70 #1
8 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
9 Push Matchbox 20 22 #5
10 Not An Addict K's Choice 51 #10
11 The Freshmen The Verve Pipe 52 #6
12 Graduate Third Eye Blind 24 #12
13 It's No Good Depeche Mode 23 #13
14 The New Pollution Beck 63 #8
15 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
16 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
17 Fly Sugar Ray 41 #1
18 Volcano Girls Veruca Salt 23 #5
19 Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers 45 #10
20 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 51 #3
21 Abuse Me Silverchair 16 #21
22 Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan 36 #10
23 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace 49 #8
24 Gone Away The Offspring 60 #3
25 Your Woman White Town 39 #14
26 Medicine (Baby Come Back) Orbit 3 #26
27 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 23 #27
28 Lakini's Juice Live 22 #12
29 Eye The Smashing Pumpkins 21 #9
30 Mouth (Remix) Bush 2 #30
31 Staring At The Sun U2 25 #23
32 Precious Declaration Collective Soul 10 #18
33 Bitch Meredith Brooks 13 #12
34 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
35 I Will Survive Cake 30 #9
36 D'You Know What I Mean? Oasis 18 #29
37 The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails 50 #12
38 Criminal Fiona Apple 47 #8
39 How Bizarre OMC 12 #23
40 Cold Contagious Bush 9 #40
41 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 74 #11
42 Summertime The Sundays 30 #32
43 Most Precarious Blues Traveler 1 #43
44 Don't Go Away Oasis 31 #20
45 Turn My Head Live 19 #13
46 Tripping Billies Dave Matthews Band 34 #46
47 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 45 #1
48 Sick and Beautiful Artificial Joy Club 4 #48
49 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
50 Resignation Superman Big Head Todd and the Monsters 11 #50
51 Faded Ben Harper 20 #51
52 The End Is The Beginning Is The End The Smashing Pumpkins 16 #26
53 Female of the Species Space 30 #22
54 Wrong Number The Cure 23 #20
55 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 36 #19
56 Where You Get Love Matthew Sweet 6 #49
57 Excuse Me Mister No Doubt 3 #56
58 Jack-Ass Beck 28 #11
59 Hitchin' A Ride Green Day 42 #25
60 I Choose The Offspring 14 #23
61 Good Year The Refreshments 1 #61
62 Tumble in the Rough Stone Temple Pilots 5 #62
63 What Do You Want From Me? Monaco 13 #42
64 Four Leaf Clover Abra Moore 4 #64
65 The Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 22 #10
66 C'mon Eileen Save Ferris 1 #66
67 Dream Forest For The Trees 8 #51
68 The Difference The Wallflowers 29 #18
69 Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth The Dandy Warhols 21 #69
70 One Headlight The Wallflowers 55 #4
71 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
72 Listen Collective Soul 7 #47
73 Elegantly Wasted INXS 20 #43
74 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
75 Daylight Fading Counting Crows 21 #51
76 Sell Out Reel Big Fish 32 #4
77 When the Angels Sing Social Distortion 1 #77
78 Put A Lid On It Squirrel Nut Zippers 11 #78
79 Wide Open Space Mansun 4 #48
80 Drawer Summercamp 3 #80
81 This Lonely Place Goldfinger 11 #36
82 Freaks Live 9 #46
83 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 23 #19
84 On and On Longpigs 5 #63
85 I Want to Be There When You Come Echo and the Bunnymen 3 #68
86 Deadweight Beck 25 #32
87 Have You Seen Me Lately Counting Crows 1 #87
88 Been It The Cardigans 2 #88
89 Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day 36 #1
90 Transistor 311 20 #38
91 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 46 #1
92 Electric Barbarella Duran Duran 4 #66
93 Never Say Never that dog 2 #81
94 Breathe The Prodigy 40 #2

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About this countdown

KNRK Top 94 Songs of 1997 was broadcast by KNRK (Portland, OR) in 1997. 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.

Source: KNRK (Wayback Machine snapshot of knrk.com), "The Top 94 Songs of 1997".

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