Every song that charted in 1997

Combined ranking of all 399 songs from the rock year-end countdowns of 1997. ← Top 100 of 1997

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Song 2 Blur	900	10	#2	–
2	Tubthumping Chumbawamba	760	9	#3	–
3	Semi-Charmed Life Third Eye Blind	746	8	#1	1
4	Everlong Foo Fighters	733	8	#1	1
5	The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	725	8	#1	2
6	Fly Sugar Ray	679	7	#1	1
7	One Headlight The Wallflowers	662	8	#7	–
8	Everything to Everyone Everclear	642	9	#16	–
9	Wrong Way Sublime	611	7	#1	1
10	Gone Away The Offspring	577	8	#5	–
11	6 Underground Sneaker Pimps	572	8	#6	–
12	The Freshmen The Verve Pipe	568	7	#6	–
13	The New Pollution Beck	557	7	#8	–
14	Push Matchbox 20	543	7	#6	–
15	Breathe The Prodigy	531	7	#11	–
16	Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan	526	7	#10	–
17	Santeria Sublime	524	6	#5	–
18	Eye The Smashing Pumpkins	514	7	#9	–
19	Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters	512	9	#11	–
20	Hitchin' A Ride Green Day	500	9	#25	–
21	Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band	499	6	#4	–
22	Sell Out Reel Big Fish	494	7	#12	–
23	Your Woman White Town	493	8	#21	–
24	Greedy Fly Bush	491	7	#20	–
25	Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers	489	7	#10	–
26	If You Could Only See Tonic	486	7	#3	–
27	Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth	481	5	#1	1
28	The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails	477	9	#12	–
29	Volcano Girls Veruca Salt	474	7	#5	–
30	Naked Eye Luscious Jackson	470	8	#15	–
31	Sex and Candy Marcy Playground	461	8	#3	–
32	Jack-Ass Beck	460	7	#11	–
33	Wrong Number The Cure	457	8	#20	–
34	Criminal Fiona Apple	455	6	#8	–
35	Staring At The Sun U2	442	8	#23	–
36	Lakini's Juice Live	414	8	#12	–
37	It's No Good Depeche Mode	414	7	#18	–
38	Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve	402	6	#4	–
39	Doin' Time Sublime	397	6	#5	–
40	#1 Crush Garbage	378	6	#29	–
41	The Difference The Wallflowers	366	7	#18	–
42	Lovefool The Cardigans	361	7	#14	–
43	Turn My Head Live	356	6	#13	–
44	Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers	353	7	#19	–
45	Female of the Species Space	347	8	#33	–
46	Dammit blink-182	346	6	#4	–
47	Don't Go Away Oasis	328	6	#30	–
48	Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New	325	7	#1	1
49	D'You Know What I Mean? Oasis	319	7	#29	–
50	3 A.M. Matchbox 20	314	7	#30	–
51	Graduate Third Eye Blind	310	6	#14	–
52	Summertime The Sundays	301	7	#32	–
53	Not An Addict K's Choice	297	6	#15	–
54	Karma Police Radiohead	296	5	#5	–
55	Walking on the Sun Smash Mouth	291	3	#3	–
56	Mouth Bush	289	7	#22	–
57	Discotheque U2	284	8	#41	–
58	A Long December Counting Crows	280	6	#26	–
59	Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace	276	5	#38	–
60	Bitch Meredith Brooks	265	5	#28	–
61	Brimful of Asha Cornershop	259	5	#1	1
62	Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve	254	3	#1	1
63	Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai	250	5	#38	–
64	My Town Buck-O-Nine	245	4	#12	–
65	Sleep To Dream Fiona Apple	241	6	#40	–
66	The End Is The Beginning Is The End The Smashing Pumpkins	233	5	#26	–
67	Abuse Me Silverchair	231	5	#32	–
68	Deadweight Beck	227	6	#32	–
69	You Were Meant For Me Jewel	226	3	#13	–
70	Firestarter The Prodigy	222	4	#29	–
71	The Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	221	5	#39	–
72	How's It Gonna Be Third Eye Blind	213	4	#17	–
73	Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan	209	6	#19	–
74	Thirty-Three The Smashing Pumpkins	195	4	#39	–
75	I Choose The Offspring	195	6	#23	–
76	Sunday Morning No Doubt	195	4	#22	–
77	Beautiful Disaster 311	192	4	#13	–
78	Don't Speak No Doubt	188	4	#3	–
79	Da Funk Daft Punk	186	4	#10	–
80	Precious Declaration Collective Soul	184	3	#18	–
81	Swallowed Bush	181	5	#35	–
82	The End is the Beginning of the End The Smashing Pumpkins	179	4	#37	–
83	Stinkfist Tool	165	2	#15	–
84	A.D.I.D.A.S. Korn	158	2	#18	–
85	I Will Survive Cake	151	2	#20	–
86	Freak Silverchair	149	2	#13	–
87	Dream Forest For The Trees	145	5	#51	–
88	Come On Eileen Save Ferris	144	4	#45	–
89	What Do You Want From Me? Monaco	140	4	#42	–
90	What I Got Sublime	138	3	#24	–
91	Paranoid Android Radiohead	136	2	#7	–
92	I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie	133	4	#42	–
93	Desperately Wanting Better Than Ezra	133	3	#44	–
94	Brick Ben Folds Five	130	4	#41	–
95	H. Tool	126	2	#23	–
96	High Jimmie's Chicken Shack	121	2	#27	–
97	Freaks Live	119	3	#46	–
98	Prisoner 311	115	2	#26	–
99	All Mixed Up 311	114	2	#36	–
100	Cold Contagious Bush	112	5	#59	–
101	Elegantly Wasted INXS	111	3	#43	–
102	Anybody Seen My Baby? The Rolling Stones	108	2	#26	–
103	Transistor 311	106	3	#38	–
104	Listen Collective Soul	104	2	#47	–
105	No Aphrodisiac The Whitlams	100	1	#1	1
106	King Nothing Metallica	99	1	#2	–
107	Trust Megadeth	98	1	#3	–
108	Bleeding Me Metallica	97	1	#4	–
109	New Paths To Helicon Mogwai	97	1	#2	–
110	Back Door Man Pauline Pantsdown	96	1	#5	–
111	Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth The Dandy Warhols	95	5	#70	–
112	Would? Alice In Chains	95	1	#6	–
113	Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers	95	2	#55	–
114	Devil Boy Seven Mary Three	94	1	#7	–
115	Does Your Heart Go Boom? Helen Love	94	1	#3	–
116	Hero of the Day Metallica	93	1	#8	–
117	Beautiful People Marilyn Manson	93	1	#8	–
118	Fritz's Corner Local H	92	1	#9	–
119	How Bizarre OMC	92	3	#23	–
120	Rhinosaur Soundgarden	91	1	#10	–
121	How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind	91	2	#41	–
122	Leaving Home Jebediah	91	1	#10	–
123	Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?) Period Pains	90	1	#4	–
124	(Can't You) Trip Like I Do Filter	90	2	#28	–
125	Everyday Is A Winding Road Sheryl Crow	90	3	#59	–
126	One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces Ben Folds Five	89	1	#12	–
127	Dopeman Less Than Jake	89	3	#46	–
128	Driven Rush	88	1	#13	–
129	Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden	88	2	#38	–
130	Lazy Line Painter Jane Belle & Sebastian	87	1	#5	–
131	Down Again The Superjesus	87	1	#14	–
132	Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day	87	2	#48	–
133	Born Slippy Underworld	86	1	#15	–
134	Prisoner of Society The Living End	86	1	#15	–
135	Little White Lies Sammy Hagar	85	1	#16	–
136	Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Quindon Tarver/Lee Perry	85	1	#16	–
137	Barrel of A Gun Depeche Mode	85	3	#57	–
138	Almost Honest Megadeth	84	1	#17	–
139	Crazy Cordrazine	84	1	#17	–
140	Rapunzel Novak	84	1	#6	–
141	Into My Arms Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	83	1	#18	–
142	Eddie Vedder Local H	83	2	#22	–
143	Last Cup of Sorrow Faith No More	83	1	#19	–
144	Every Day Formula Regurgitator	82	1	#19	–
145	Marching to Mars Sammy Hagar	82	1	#20	–
146	Jane Says (Live) Jane's Addiction	81	2	#59	–
147	1/2 Inch The Fall	81	1	#7	–
148	A Taste of India Aerosmith	81	1	#21	–
149	The Drugs Don't Work The Verve	79	1	#22	–
150	Tripping Billies Dave Matthews Band	79	2	#61	–
151	Alright Jamiroquai	78	2	#57	–
152	Calypso Spiderbait	78	1	#23	–
153	Rollin' & Scratchin' Daft Punk	77	1	#8	–
154	Falling in Love (is Hard on the Knees) Aerosmith	77	1	#25	–
155	IPC Sub-Editors Dictate Our Youth Clinic	74	1	#9	–
156	The Door Silverchair	74	1	#27	–
157	Excuse Me Mr. No Doubt	73	3	#67	–
158	Cows With Guns Dana Lyons	73	1	#28	–
159	Cemetery Gates Pantera	73	1	#29	–
160	Me Wise Magic Van Halen	72	1	#30	–
161	Daylight Fading Counting Crows	72	4	#51	–
162	Electric Barbarella Duran Duran	71	3	#66	–
163	Forty Six And 2 Tool	71	1	#30	–
164	The Holiday Girl (Don't Die Yet-Arab Strap Mix) David Holmes	71	1	#10	–
165	Burden in My Hand Soundgarden	71	1	#31	–
166	Torn Natalie Imbruglia	70	1	#4	–
167	Ashes To Ashes Faith No More	70	1	#31	–
168	My Own Prison Creed	70	2	#34	–
169	Dirty Eyes AC/DC	70	1	#32	–
170	Coma Pendulum	69	1	#32	–
171	The Memory Remains Metallica	69	1	#33	–
172	Military Strongmen Jebediah	68	1	#33	–
173	Lazy Eye Goo Goo Dolls	68	3	#60	–
174	You Showed Me The Lightning Seeds	67	2	#39	–
175	Dcx3 Grinspoon	67	1	#34	–
176	Down in a Hole Alice In Chains	67	1	#35	–
177	Trippin' Through a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots	66	1	#36	–
178	Let Down Radiohead	65	2	#62	–
179	The Beautiful People Marilyn Manson	65	1	#37	–
180	Mutilated Lips Ween	65	1	#36	–
181	So What! Jane's Addiction	65	2	#40	–
182	Dog On Wheels Belle & Sebastian	65	1	#12	–
183	Naughty Boy The Mavis's	64	1	#37	–
184	Super Bon Bon Soul Coughing	63	3	#75	–
185	Back on Earth Ozzy Osbourne	63	1	#39	–
186	Memory Remains Metallica	63	1	#38	–
187	Temptation The Tea Party	63	2	#44	–
188	Muzzle The Smashing Pumpkins	62	1	#40	–
189	Captain (Million Miles) Something For Kate	62	1	#39	–
190	On and On Longpigs	62	3	#63	–
191	We Crossed The Atlantic Hydroplane	61	1	#13	–
192	Why's Everybody Always Picking on Me Bloodhound Gang	61	1	#40	–
193	Pink Aerosmith	60	1	#42	–
194	Bound for the Floor Local H	60	3	#63	–
195	Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day	60	1	#44	–
196	Sign o' the Times Queensryche	59	1	#43	–
197	Simple Headphone Mind Stereolab & Nurse With Wound	58	1	#14	–
198	You're Not The Only One Ammonia	58	1	#43	–
199	The Ghost of Tom Joad Rage Against the Machine	58	2	#74	–
200	Freshmen The Verve Pipe	57	1	#45	–
201	Flip the Switch The Rolling Stones	56	1	#46	–
202	The Girl I Love Led Zeppelin	55	1	#47	–
203	Fire Water Burn Bloodhound Gang	55	1	#46	–
204	Shergar Bette Davis & The Balconettes	55	1	#15	–
205	Until It Sleeps Metallica	54	1	#48	–
206	{Can't You} Trip Like I Do Filter and the Crystal Method	54	1	#47	–
207	Hole in My Soul Aerosmith	53	1	#49	–
208	Anatomically Correct Custard	53	1	#48	–
209	Frank Sinatra Cake	53	1	#44	–
210	Where You Get Love Matthew Sweet	53	2	#49	–
211	Shelf in the Room Days of the New	52	1	#50	–
212	From Here On In The Living End	52	1	#49	–
213	Good Riddance Green Day	52	1	#45	–
214	Hey! Fever Arab Strap	52	1	#16	–
215	Eat Me Arkarna	51	1	#50	–
216	Caress Me Down Sublime	50	1	#54	–
217	Given To Fly Pearl Jam	50	3	#75	–
218	What a Beautiful Day The Levellers	50	1	#6	–
219	So Much For The Afterglow Everclear	50	1	#51	–
220	Rattlesnake Live	50	2	#69	–
221	All I Want The Offspring	50	1	#55	–
222	You're Not Alone Olive	49	2	#68	–
223	Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots	49	1	#52	–
224	Devil's Haircut Beck	49	1	#56	–
225	I'm A Mummy The Fall	48	1	#17	–
226	Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	48	1	#53	–
227	You Sound Like Louis Burdette The Whitlams	48	1	#53	–
228	You're All I've Got Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins	48	1	#55	–
229	All Mine Portishead	48	3	#79	–
230	Daria Cake	47	1	#49	–
231	The Meaning of Life The Offspring	47	2	#77	–
232	Around The World Daft Punk	46	2	#55	–
233	Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Spiritualized	45	1	#18	–
234	Jennifer's Gold Buck-O-Nine	45	1	#51	–
235	Funky Shit The Prodigy	45	1	#56	–
236	Blame Collective Soul	45	1	#58	–
237	Girl At The Bus Stop My Drug Hell	44	1	#57	–
238	Villians The Verve Pipe	44	1	#61	–
239	The World is New Save Ferris	44	1	#61	–
240	I Go Off Diana Ah Naid	43	1	#58	–
241	Long Day Matchbox 20	43	1	#53	–
242	Come Down Toad The Wet Sprocket	42	1	#57	–
243	Down Rodeo Rage Against the Machine	42	1	#63	–
244	I'm Afraid of Americans Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor	42	1	#63	–
245	I Messiah, Am Jailer AC Acoustics	42	1	#19	–
246	Slow Ride Kenny Wayne Shepherd	42	1	#61	–
247	Last Night On Earth U2	41	2	#62	–
248	New York City They Might Be Giants	41	1	#60	–
249	Vanishing Cream The Hunger	41	1	#62	–
250	Faded Ben Harper	41	3	#80	–
251	Stand By Me Oasis	40	1	#7	–
252	Lucky Seven Mary Three	40	2	#68	–
253	Excuse Me Mister No Doubt	40	1	#56	–
254	Jungle Kiss	39	1	#64	–
255	Fluorescences Stereolab	39	1	#20	–
256	Repeat Grinspoon	38	1	#63	–
257	Tumble in the Rough Stone Temple Pilots	38	1	#65	–
258	Smack My Bitch Up The Prodigy	37	2	#73	–
259	Barflies at the Beach Royal Crown Revue	37	1	#58	–
260	Stripsearch Faith No More	37	1	#64	–
261	Outdoor Type The Lemonheads	36	1	#65	–
262	Delicious Catherine Wheel	36	1	#70	–
263	Strachan Hitchers	35	1	#21	–
264	JC Powderfinger	35	1	#66	–
265	Bleed Together Soundgarden	35	1	#68	–
266	Love Liquid Wraparound Superdeluxe	35	1	#71	–
267	The Good Life Weezer	34	1	#61	–
268	Take on Me Reel Big Fish	34	1	#67	–
269	2 Wicky Hooverphonic	34	3	#86	–
270	The Unforgiven Metallica	33	1	#70	–
271	I Want to Be There When You Come Echo and the Bunnymen	33	1	#68	–
272	Cosmic Girl Jamiroquai	33	1	#68	–
273	Sick and Beautiful Artificial Joy Club	33	1	#66	–
274	Sweet Shop Avengerz Bis	32	1	#22	–
275	This Lonely Place Goldfinger	32	2	#84	–
276	Down 311	32	1	#71	–
277	Waving My Dick In The Wind Ween	32	1	#69	–
278	Open Up Your Eyes Tonic	32	1	#70	–
279	RockCrown Seven Mary Three	31	1	#72	–
280	Place Your Hands Reef	31	1	#70	–
281	Put A Lid On It Squirrel Nut Zippers	30	2	#80	–
282	Stale Stir	30	1	#73	–
283	Sick With Love Robyn Laou	30	1	#71	–
284	Super Rad The Aquabats	30	1	#76	–
285	Baton Rouge The Nixons	29	1	#74	–
286	Dandelion Milk Summer Secret Goldfish	29	1	#23	–
287	Ghost of Tom Joad Rage Against the Machine	29	1	#72	–
288	Pulse Front End Loader	29	1	#72	–
289	The Day Brings Brad	28	1	#78	–
290	Mann's Chinese Naked	27	1	#76	–
291	Molly Sponge	26	1	#77	–
292	Four Leaf Clover Abra Moore	26	2	#78	–
293	Autocade Prolapse	26	1	#24	–
294	Hello Poe	26	1	#79	–
295	When I Get Old Descendents	25	1	#69	–
296	Black Sevendust	25	1	#78	–
297	Never Say Never that dog	25	1	#81	–
298	Legend of A Cowgirl Imani Coppola	25	1	#76	–
299	Believe Gus Gus	24	1	#82	–
300	Hard Charger Porno for Pyros	24	2	#81	–
301	Clumsy Our Lady Peace	24	1	#77	–
302	Busy Child The Crystal Method	24	1	#81	–
303	Untrustable Built To Spill	23	1	#83	–
304	Like I Care Helmet	23	1	#80	–
305	Royal Oil The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	23	1	#71	–
306	Degenerate Boy Mark of Cain	23	1	#78	–
307	Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots	23	1	#76	–
308	If I Die I Die Dream City Film Club	23	1	#25	–
309	Fuel Metallica	22	1	#81	–
310	Trip Like I Do Filter	22	1	#79	–
311	Round Kid Buck-O-Nine	22	1	#72	–
312	Drawer Summercamp	22	2	#88	–
313	Whatever Oasis	22	1	#80	–
314	A Change Would Do You Good Sheryl Crow	22	1	#77	–
315	Say Goodbye Cheap Trick	21	1	#82	–
316	Sorry Nerf Herder	21	1	#84	–
317	For Duty And Humanity Inch	21	1	#73	–
318	The Distance Cake	21	1	#78	–
319	Hello Hello Talk Show	20	2	#86	–
320	Casual Affair Tonic	20	1	#83	–
321	Medicine (Baby Come Back) Orbit	20	2	#92	–
322	Spin Spin Sugar Sneaker Pimps	20	3	#95	–
323	Hush Kula Shaker	20	1	#9	–
324	Fall on Tears Love Spit Love	20	1	#81	–
325	Did It Again Kylie Minogue	20	1	#81	–
326	Wide Open Space Mansun	20	2	#86	–
327	Chick Magnet MxPx	20	2	#88	–
328	Half the World Rush	19	1	#84	–
329	Miss Modular Stereolab	19	1	#26	–
330	Shake Hands With Beef Primus	19	1	#82	–
331	Useless Depeche Mode	19	1	#88	–
332	Bounce Rage Against the Machine	19	1	#75	–
333	46x2 Tool	18	1	#85	–
334	Going Out of My Head Fatboy Slim	18	1	#87	–
335	I Wanna Be A Drug-Sniffing Dog Lard	18	1	#83	–
336	Out All Night Pietasters	18	1	#83	–
337	Jenny Says Cowboy Mouth	18	1	#81	–
338	Feelin' Kinda Sporty Dave Graney	17	1	#84	–
339	Setting Sun The Chemical Brothers	17	1	#90	–
340	The Fall The Nixons	17	1	#87	–
341	Don't Drag Me Down Social Distortion	16	1	#77	–
342	Pull The Wires From The Wall The Delgados	16	1	#27	–
343	Nightmare Brainbug	16	1	#85	–
344	Sugarcane Cry of Love	16	1	#88	–
345	Three Marlenas The Wallflowers	15	2	#93	–
346	Smokin' Johnny Cash Blackeyed Susans	15	1	#86	–
347	Move to Bremerton MxPx	15	1	#92	–
348	Downtime Fat	15	1	#89	–
349	Automatic Less Than Jake	14	1	#79	–
350	Battle of Who Could Care Less Ben Folds Five	14	2	#92	–
351	Drop Dead Gorgeous Republica	14	1	#88	–
352	Tag Along Local H	14	1	#90	–
353	Sugar Cane Space Monkeys	14	2	#96	–
354	All For You Sister Hazel	13	1	#85	–
355	Under My Skin Luscious Jackson	13	1	#94	–
356	Nothing Beaverloop	13	1	#88	–
357	Velvet Pants Propellerheads	13	1	#28	–
358	Resignation Superman Big Head Todd and the Monsters	13	1	#91	–
359	Hero Foo Fighters	12	1	#95	–
360	The Battle of Who Could Care Less Ben Folds Five	11	1	#96	–
361	Society Pennywise	11	1	#90	–
362	Superspy Save Ferris	11	1	#82	–
363	3 Marlenas The Wallflowers	11	1	#91	–
364	Amazed The Offspring	11	1	#93	–
365	Old Before I Die Robbie Williams	10	1	#10	–
366	Remember Me Blue Boy	10	1	#91	–
367	Both Sides Now Sammy Hagar	10	1	#94	–
368	Seventeen Hybirds	10	1	#29	–
369	Soft Serve Soul Coughing	9	1	#98	–
370	That's When I Reach For My Revolver Moby	9	1	#92	–
371	Titanic Days Sidewinder	9	1	#92	–
372	Lost Again Dance Hall Crashers	9	1	#84	–
373	Villains The Verve Pipe	8	1	#90	–
374	Weightlessness Skunkhour	8	1	#93	–
375	Bachelorette Björk	8	1	#98	–
376	Stepping Stones G. Love & Special Sauce	7	1	#94	–
377	Way of All Things Rebecca's Empire	7	1	#94	–
378	Afraid Motley Crue	7	1	#97	–
379	Little Wonder David Bowie	7	1	#99	–
380	Dirt Death in Vegas	7	1	#101	–
381	Slash/Oblique Prolapse	6	1	#30	–
382	Don't Leave Faithless	6	1	#95	–
383	Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin	6	1	#102	–
384	Why Can't We Be Friends Smash Mouth	5	1	#103	–
385	Bottle Rockets The Cunninghams	5	1	#103	–
386	Futures Overrated Arkarna	4	1	#97	–
387	Teenage Girl Crush Angelica	3	1	#31	–
388	This Love Pantera	3	1	#101	–
389	Never Is A Promise Fiona Apple	3	1	#105	–
390	Cheapskate Supergrass	3	1	#105	–
391	My Hero Foo Fighters	2	1	#102	–
392	Alma Matters Morrissey	2	1	#104	–
393	Sunshower Chris Cornell	2	1	#106	–
394	No Face Suicide Machines	2	1	#106	–
395	Sink To The Bottom Fountains of Wayne	1	1	#91	–
396	I Give In Effigy	1	1	#100	–
397	O Holy Night Eric Cartman	1	1	#100	–
398	M.O.R. Blur	1	1	#101	–
399	Don't Want to Fall in Love Green Day	1	1	#105	–