Year-end countdown · Live 105 · 1997

Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997

The year-end countdown for 1997 from Live 105 in San Francisco, CA ranks 105 songs, with “The Impression That I Get” by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at number one. The list features 77 different artists; Sublime has the most entries with three songs.

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# Song ListsBest
1 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 70 #1
2 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
3 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
4 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 51 #3
5 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 50 #1
6 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 54 #2
7 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
8 Fly Sugar Ray 41 #1
9 Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve 113 #1
10 Da Funk Daft Punk 24 #10
11 Jack-Ass Beck 28 #11
12 Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers 45 #10
13 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
14 Lovefool The Cardigans 36 #14
15 Breathe The Prodigy 40 #2
16 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
17 One Headlight The Wallflowers 55 #4
18 It's No Good Depeche Mode 23 #13
19 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 53 #19
20 Wrong Number The Cure 23 #20
21 Eye The Smashing Pumpkins 21 #9
22 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson 45 #15
23 Sell Out Reel Big Fish 32 #4
24 Your Woman White Town 39 #14
25 The New Pollution Beck 63 #8
26 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
27 The Freshmen The Verve Pipe 52 #6
28 (Can't You) Trip Like I Do Filter 7 #28
29 D'You Know What I Mean? Oasis 18 #29
30 Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan 36 #10
31 Hitchin' A Ride Green Day 42 #25
32 Summertime The Sundays 30 #32
33 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 70 #4
34 Female of the Species Space 30 #22
35 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
36 Sunday Morning No Doubt 13 #22
37 The End is the Beginning of the End The Smashing Pumpkins 4 #37
38 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 36 #19
39 You Showed Me The Lightning Seeds 6 #39
40 The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails 50 #12
41 Push Matchbox 20 22 #5
42 What Do You Want From Me? Monaco 13 #42
43 Criminal Fiona Apple 47 #8
44 My Town Buck-O-Nine 8 #12
45 Turn My Head Live 19 #13
46 Greedy Fly Bush 23 #20
47 Graduate Third Eye Blind 24 #12
48 Don't Go Away Oasis 31 #20
49 Gone Away The Offspring 60 #3
50 The Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 22 #10
51 Dream Forest For The Trees 8 #51
52 Staring At The Sun U2 25 #23
53 Beautiful Disaster 311 47 #13
54 A Long December Counting Crows 45 #26
55 Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers 33 #15
56 Thirty-Three The Smashing Pumpkins 33 #39
57 Alright Jamiroquai 9 #57
58 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
59 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 46 #1
60 Sleep To Dream Fiona Apple 31 #40
61 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 74 #11
62 Doin' Time Sublime 45 #1
63 I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie 29 #42
64 The Difference The Wallflowers 29 #18
65 Dammit blink-182 80 #1
66 Electric Barbarella Duran Duran 4 #66
67 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
68 You're Not Alone Olive 2 #68
69 Mouth Bush 27 #22
70 Don't Speak No Doubt 58 #3
71 Discotheque U2 14 #41
72 Desperately Wanting Better Than Ezra 30 #13
73 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 45 #1
74 Bitch Meredith Brooks 13 #12
75 Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth The Dandy Warhols 21 #69
76 Transistor 311 20 #38
77 Elegantly Wasted INXS 20 #43
78 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 23 #27
79 Hello Poe 10 #79
80 Put A Lid On It Squirrel Nut Zippers 11 #78
81 Busy Child The Crystal Method 24 #17
82 Swallowed Bush 42 #16
83 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 23 #19
84 Sorry Nerf Herder 2 #38
85 If You Could Only See Tonic 34 #3
86 Volcano Girls Veruca Salt 23 #5
87 Going Out of My Head Fatboy Slim 6 #83
88 Everyday Is A Winding Road Sheryl Crow 20 #41
89 I Choose The Offspring 14 #23
90 All Mine Portishead 4 #76
91 Lakini's Juice Live 22 #12
92 On and On Longpigs 5 #63
93 How Bizarre OMC 12 #23
94 Not An Addict K's Choice 51 #10
95 2 Wicky Hooverphonic 5 #86
96 Sugar Cane Space Monkeys 4 #92
97 Faded Ben Harper 20 #51
98 Bachelorette Björk 1 #98
99 Little Wonder David Bowie 1 #99
100 Spin Spin Sugar Sneaker Pimps 3 #95
101 Smack My Bitch Up The Prodigy 22 #21
102 Daylight Fading Counting Crows 21 #51
103 Come On Eileen Save Ferris 13 #7
104 Alma Matters Morrissey 1 #104
105 Don't Want to Fall in Love Green Day 1 #105

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About this countdown

Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1997 was broadcast by Live 105 (San Francisco, 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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