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WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997

The year-end countdown for 1997 from WHFS in Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD ranks 100 songs, with “The Impression That I Get” by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones at number one. The list features 75 different artists; Third Eye Blind has the most entries with three songs.

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1 The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 48 #1
2 Song 2 Blur 82 #2
3 Walking on the Sun Smash Mouth 7 #3
4 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 28 #1
5 Fly Sugar Ray 24 #1
6 Santeria Sublime 52 #4
7 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 34 #3
8 Criminal Fiona Apple 28 #8
9 Everlong Foo Fighters 96 #1
10 Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers 32 #10
11 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 31 #6
12 Push Matchbox 20 14 #6
13 Eye The Smashing Pumpkins 17 #9
14 Breathe The Prodigy 27 #7
15 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson 35 #15
16 Wrong Way Sublime 47 #1
17 How's It Gonna Be Third Eye Blind 12 #17
18 The New Pollution Beck 38 #8
19 Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan 25 #10
20 Sell Out Reel Big Fish 18 #12
21 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 46 #4
22 Volcano Girls Veruca Salt 11 #5
23 Everything to Everyone Everclear 41 #8
24 Jack-Ass Beck 23 #11
25 If You Could Only See Tonic 12 #3
26 The End Is The Beginning Is The End The Smashing Pumpkins 13 #26
27 High Jimmie's Chicken Shack 3 #27
28 The Freshmen The Verve Pipe 29 #6
29 Wrong Number The Cure 19 #20
30 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
31 Turn My Head Live 15 #13
32 Deadweight Beck 23 #32
33 Your Woman White Town 26 #21
34 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 57 #3
35 Graduate Third Eye Blind 17 #14
36 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 42 #19
37 One Headlight The Wallflowers 36 #7
38 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace 32 #8
39 Mouth Bush 18 #22
40 Sleep To Dream Fiona Apple 23 #40
41 It's No Good Depeche Mode 20 #18
42 My Town Buck-O-Nine 7 #12
43 D'You Know What I Mean? Oasis 16 #29
44 #1 Crush Garbage 32 #24
45 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 17 #1
46 Summertime The Sundays 22 #32
47 Firestarter The Prodigy 24 #17
48 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 40 #2
49 Doin' Time Sublime 23 #1
50 The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails 35 #12
51 Daylight Fading Counting Crows 18 #51
52 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 30 #2
53 Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 1 #53
54 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 23 #37
55 Lakini's Juice Live 11 #12
56 Desperately Wanting Better Than Ezra 20 #44
57 Come On Eileen Save Ferris 11 #45
58 Karma Police Radiohead 92 #2
59 Prisoner 311 16 #26
60 Gone Away The Offspring 26 #5
61 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 19 #19
62 Hitchin' A Ride Green Day 34 #25
63 On and On Longpigs 3 #63
64 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 42 #11
65 Dream Forest For The Trees 6 #51
66 Jane Says (Live) Jane's Addiction 5 #43
67 Take on Me Reel Big Fish 1 #67
68 I Want to Be There When You Come Echo and the Bunnymen 1 #68
69 Swallowed Bush 32 #16
70 Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth The Dandy Warhols 18 #70
71 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 15 #30
72 Ghost of Tom Joad Rage Against the Machine 2 #72
73 Staring At The Sun U2 19 #23
74 I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie 20 #42
75 Super Bon Bon Soul Coughing 26 #75
76 Don't Go Away Oasis 24 #30
77 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 34 #12
78 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 33 #1
79 Trip Like I Do Filter 1 #79
80 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 33 #12
81 Fall on Tears Love Spit Love 1 #81
82 The Difference The Wallflowers 22 #18
83 Out All Night Pietasters 1 #83
84 Brick Ben Folds Five 44 #12
85 Rattlesnake Live 3 #69
86 2 Wicky Hooverphonic 4 #86
87 Lovefool The Cardigans 26 #14
88 Chick Magnet MxPx 5 #88
89 Not An Addict K's Choice 38 #15
90 Faded Ben Harper 19 #80
91 Discotheque U2 8 #41
92 That's When I Reach For My Revolver Moby 3 #92
93 A Long December Counting Crows 23 #26
94 Stepping Stones G. Love & Special Sauce 15 #94
95 Spin Spin Sugar Sneaker Pimps 3 #95
96 I Choose The Offspring 9 #23
97 Sugar Cane Space Monkeys 2 #96
98 Eddie Vedder Local H 2 #22
99 Female of the Species Space 17 #33
99.1 O Holy Night Eric Cartman 1 #100

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About this countdown

WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1997 was broadcast by WHFS (Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD). 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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