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