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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 70 #1
2 Song 2 Blur 124 #1
3 Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth 50 #1
4 Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind 63 #1
5 Fly Sugar Ray 41 #1
6 Santeria Sublime 92 #1
7 Tubthumping Chumbawamba 51 #3
8 Criminal Fiona Apple 47 #8
9 Everlong Foo Fighters 175 #1
10 Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers 45 #10
11 6 Underground Sneaker Pimps 54 #2
12 Push Matchbox 20 22 #5
13 Eye The Smashing Pumpkins 21 #9
14 Breathe The Prodigy 40 #2
15 Naked Eye Luscious Jackson 45 #15
16 Wrong Way Sublime 75 #1
17 How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind 45 #17
18 The New Pollution Beck 63 #8
19 Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan 36 #10
20 Sell Out Reel Big Fish 32 #4
21 Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band 70 #4
22 Volcano Girls Veruca Salt 23 #5
23 Everything to Everyone Everclear 59 #8
24 Jack-Ass Beck 28 #11
25 If You Could Only See Tonic 34 #3
26 The End Is The Beginning Is The End The Smashing Pumpkins 16 #26
27 High Jimmie's Chicken Shack 6 #27
28 The Freshmen The Verve Pipe 52 #6
29 Wrong Number The Cure 23 #20
30 Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve 20 #2
31 Turn My Head Live 19 #13
32 Deadweight Beck 25 #32
33 Your Woman White Town 39 #14
34 Sex and Candy Marcy Playground 88 #3
35 Graduate Third Eye Blind 24 #12
36 Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers 53 #19
37 One Headlight The Wallflowers 55 #4
38 Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace 49 #8
39 Mouth Bush 27 #22
40 Sleep To Dream Fiona Apple 31 #40
41 It's No Good Depeche Mode 23 #13
42 My Town Buck-O-Nine 8 #12
43 D'You Know What I Mean? Oasis 18 #29
44 #1 Crush Garbage 40 #24
45 Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New 45 #1
46 Summertime The Sundays 30 #32
47 Firestarter The Prodigy 37 #13
48 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day 92 #2
49 Doin' Time Sublime 45 #1
50 The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails 50 #12
51 Daylight Fading Counting Crows 21 #51
52 Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots 50 #1
53 The Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones 22 #10
54 Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 36 #19
55 Lakini's Juice Live 22 #12
56 Desperately Wanting Better Than Ezra 30 #13
57 Come On Eileen Save Ferris 13 #7
58 Karma Police Radiohead 125 #2
59 Prisoner 311 18 #26
60 Gone Away The Offspring 60 #3
61 Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan 23 #19
62 Hitchin' A Ride Green Day 42 #25
63 On and On Longpigs 5 #63
64 Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters 74 #11
65 Dream Forest For The Trees 8 #51
66 Jane Says (Live) Jane's Addiction 6 #43
67 Take on Me Reel Big Fish 2 #67
68 I Want to Be There When You Come Echo and the Bunnymen 3 #68
69 Swallowed Bush 42 #16
70 Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth The Dandy Warhols 21 #69
71 3 A.M. Matchbox 20 23 #27
72 The Ghost of Tom Joad Rage Against the Machine 13 #42
73 Staring At The Sun U2 25 #23
74 I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie 29 #42
75 Super Bon Bon Soul Coughing 38 #8
76 Don't Go Away Oasis 31 #20
77 Clumsy Our Lady Peace 49 #12
78 Brimful of Asha Cornershop 46 #1
79 (Can't You) Trip Like I Do Filter 7 #28
80 Given To Fly Pearl Jam 45 #12
81 Fall on Tears Love Spit Love 2 #81
82 The Difference The Wallflowers 29 #18
83 Out All Night Pietasters 2 #83
84 Brick Ben Folds Five 65 #6
85 Rattlesnake Live 4 #69
86 2 Wicky Hooverphonic 5 #86
87 Lovefool The Cardigans 36 #14
88 Chick Magnet MxPx 6 #88
89 Not An Addict K's Choice 51 #10
90 Faded Ben Harper 20 #51
91 Discotheque U2 14 #41
92 That's When I Reach For My Revolver Moby 5 #92
93 A Long December Counting Crows 45 #26
94 Stepping Stones G. Love & Special Sauce 15 #94
95 Spin Spin Sugar Sneaker Pimps 3 #95
96 I Choose The Offspring 14 #23
97 Sugar Cane Space Monkeys 4 #92
98 Eddie Vedder Local H 3 #22
99 Female of the Species Space 30 #22
99.1 O Holy Night Eric Cartman 1 #100

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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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