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Year-end countdown · KROQ · 1997

KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997

The year-end countdown for 1997 from KROQ in Los Angeles, CA ranks 107 songs, with “Wrong Way” by Sublime at number one. The list features 73 different artists; Sublime has the most entries with four songs.

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1 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
2 Fly Sugar Ray 41 #1
3 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
4 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 70 #1
5 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 50 #1
6 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
7 One Headlight The Wallflowers 55 #4
8 The New Pollution Beck 63 #8
9 Eye The Smashing Pumpkins 21 #9
10 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
11 Breathe The Prodigy 40 #2
12 Sell Out Reel Big Fish 32 #4
13 You Were Meant For Me Jewel 14 #13
14 Graduate Third Eye Blind 24 #12
15 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 51 #3
16 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
17 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 54 #2
18 Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers 45 #10
19 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 70 #4
20 Doin' Time Sublime 45 #1
21 Your Woman White Town 39 #14
22 Sunday Morning No Doubt 13 #22
23 Push Matchbox 20 22 #5
24 Stinkfist Tool 73 #2
25 Criminal Fiona Apple 47 #8
26 The Freshmen The Verve Pipe 52 #6
27 It's No Good Depeche Mode 23 #13
28 Jack-Ass Beck 28 #11
29 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson 45 #15
30 Gone Away The Offspring 60 #3
31 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
32 Wrong Number The Cure 23 #20
33 Greedy Fly Bush 23 #20
34 Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan 36 #10
35 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
36 Staring At The Sun U2 25 #23
37 Hitchin' A Ride Green Day 42 #25
38 Da Funk Daft Punk 24 #10
39 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
40 #1 Crush Garbage 40 #24
41 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
42 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
43 Firestarter The Prodigy 37 #13
44 Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day 36 #1
45 Come On Eileen Save Ferris 13 #7
46 Don't Go Away Oasis 31 #20
47 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 36 #19
48 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 74 #11
49 Sleep To Dream Fiona Apple 31 #40
50 Mouth Bush 27 #22
51 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 53 #19
52 If You Could Only See Tonic 34 #3
53 Lovefool The Cardigans 36 #14
54 Caress Me Down Sublime 23 #24
55 All I Want The Offspring 14 #55
56 Female of the Species Space 30 #22
57 Turn My Head Live 19 #13
58 The End Is The Beginning Is The End The Smashing Pumpkins 16 #26
59 Jane Says (Live) Jane's Addiction 6 #43
60 The Difference The Wallflowers 29 #18
61 The World is New Save Ferris 5 #19
62 Let Down Radiohead 33 #62
63 Down Rodeo Rage Against the Machine 18 #63
64 Lakini's Juice Live 22 #12
65 D'You Know What I Mean? Oasis 18 #29
66 My Town Buck-O-Nine 8 #12
67 Excuse Me Mr. No Doubt 10 #67
68 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 23 #27
69 The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails 50 #12
70 Deadweight Beck 25 #32
71 The Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 22 #10
72 Dream Forest For The Trees 8 #51
73 Smack My Bitch Up The Prodigy 22 #21
74 Beautiful Disaster 311 47 #13
75 Volcano Girls Veruca Salt 23 #5
76 Super Rad The Aquabats 3 #39
77 Thirty-Three The Smashing Pumpkins 33 #39
78 Summertime The Sundays 30 #32
79 A Long December Counting Crows 45 #26
80 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 45 #1
81 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 23 #19
82 Super Bon Bon Soul Coughing 38 #8
83 Not An Addict K's Choice 51 #10
84 What Do You Want From Me? Monaco 13 #42
85 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
86 Bitch Meredith Brooks 13 #12
87 Cold Contagious Bush 9 #40
88 Useless Depeche Mode 1 #88
89 The Meaning of Life The Offspring 5 #69
90 Setting Sun The Chemical Brothers 14 #26
91 Abuse Me Silverchair 16 #21
92 Discotheque U2 14 #41
93 Three Marlenas The Wallflowers 14 #73
94 You're Not Alone Olive 2 #68
95 Hard Charger Porno for Pyros 2 #81
96 Dopeman Less Than Jake 9 #46
97 I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie 29 #42
98 I Choose The Offspring 14 #23
99 2 Wicky Hooverphonic 5 #86
100 Barrel of A Gun Depeche Mode 19 #57
101 Dirt Death in Vegas 1 #101
102 Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin 7 #102
103 Why Can't We Be Friends Smash Mouth 2 #103
104 Wide Open Space Mansun 4 #48
105 Never Is A Promise Fiona Apple 2 #105
106 No Face Suicide Machines 2 #69
106.7 How Bizarre OMC 12 #23

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KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1997 was broadcast by KROQ (Los Angeles, CA). 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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