Every song that charted in 1997

Combined ranking of all 335 songs from the alternative 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	The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	680	7	#1	2
5	Fly Sugar Ray	679	7	#1	1
6	Everlong Foo Fighters	655	7	#1	1
7	Wrong Way Sublime	611	7	#1	1
8	Everything to Everyone Everclear	592	8	#16	–
9	One Headlight The Wallflowers	588	7	#7	–
10	6 Underground Sneaker Pimps	572	8	#6	–
11	The Freshmen The Verve Pipe	568	7	#6	–
12	The New Pollution Beck	557	7	#8	–
13	Breathe The Prodigy	531	7	#11	–
14	Building a Mystery Sarah McLachlan	526	7	#10	–
15	Santeria Sublime	524	6	#5	–
16	Eye The Smashing Pumpkins	514	7	#9	–
17	Push Matchbox 20	506	6	#6	–
18	Crash Into Me Dave Matthews Band	499	6	#4	–
19	Hitchin' A Ride Green Day	496	8	#25	–
20	Sell Out Reel Big Fish	494	7	#12	–
21	Your Woman White Town	493	8	#21	–
22	Hell Squirrel Nut Zippers	489	7	#10	–
23	Walkin' On The Sun Smash Mouth	481	5	#1	1
24	Gone Away The Offspring	481	7	#15	–
25	The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails	472	8	#12	–
26	Naked Eye Luscious Jackson	470	8	#15	–
27	Sex and Candy Marcy Playground	460	7	#3	–
28	Jack-Ass Beck	460	7	#11	–
29	Wrong Number The Cure	457	8	#20	–
30	Criminal Fiona Apple	455	6	#8	–
31	If You Could Only See Tonic	427	6	#3	–
32	Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters	421	8	#14	–
33	Staring At The Sun U2	418	7	#23	–
34	Greedy Fly Bush	417	6	#20	–
35	It's No Good Depeche Mode	414	7	#18	–
36	Bittersweet Sympthony The Verve	402	6	#4	–
37	Doin' Time Sublime	397	6	#5	–
38	Volcano Girls Veruca Salt	386	6	#5	–
39	#1 Crush Garbage	378	6	#29	–
40	Lovefool The Cardigans	361	7	#14	–
41	Turn My Head Live	356	6	#13	–
42	Block Rockin' Beats The Chemical Brothers	353	7	#19	–
43	Female of the Species Space	347	8	#33	–
44	Dammit blink-182	346	6	#4	–
45	Don't Go Away Oasis	328	6	#30	–
46	Lakini's Juice Live	325	7	#19	–
47	D'You Know What I Mean? Oasis	319	7	#29	–
48	The Difference The Wallflowers	317	6	#18	–
49	3 A.M. Matchbox 20	314	7	#30	–
50	Graduate Third Eye Blind	310	6	#14	–
51	Summertime The Sundays	301	7	#32	–
52	Not An Addict K's Choice	297	6	#15	–
53	Karma Police Radiohead	296	5	#5	–
54	Walking on the Sun Smash Mouth	291	3	#3	–
55	Mouth Bush	289	7	#22	–
56	A Long December Counting Crows	280	6	#26	–
57	Bitch Meredith Brooks	265	5	#28	–
58	Brimful of Asha Cornershop	259	5	#1	1
59	Bitter Sweet Symphony The Verve	254	3	#1	1
60	Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai	250	5	#38	–
61	My Town Buck-O-Nine	245	4	#12	–
62	Sleep To Dream Fiona Apple	241	6	#40	–
63	The End Is The Beginning Is The End The Smashing Pumpkins	233	5	#26	–
64	Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace	232	4	#38	–
65	Deadweight Beck	227	6	#32	–
66	You Were Meant For Me Jewel	226	3	#13	–
67	Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New	225	6	#45	–
68	Discotheque U2	223	7	#50	–
69	Firestarter The Prodigy	222	4	#29	–
70	The Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	221	5	#39	–
71	How's It Gonna Be Third Eye Blind	213	4	#17	–
72	Sweet Surrender Sarah McLachlan	209	6	#19	–
73	Thirty-Three The Smashing Pumpkins	195	4	#39	–
74	Sunday Morning No Doubt	195	4	#22	–
75	Beautiful Disaster 311	192	4	#13	–
76	Abuse Me Silverchair	191	4	#32	–
77	Don't Speak No Doubt	188	4	#3	–
78	Da Funk Daft Punk	186	4	#10	–
79	Swallowed Bush	181	5	#35	–
80	A.D.I.D.A.S. Korn	158	2	#18	–
81	I Will Survive Cake	151	2	#20	–
82	Freak Silverchair	149	2	#13	–
83	Dream Forest For The Trees	145	5	#51	–
84	Come On Eileen Save Ferris	144	4	#45	–
85	What Do You Want From Me? Monaco	140	4	#42	–
86	What I Got Sublime	138	3	#24	–
87	Paranoid Android Radiohead	136	2	#7	–
88	I'm Afraid of Americans David Bowie	133	4	#42	–
89	Desperately Wanting Better Than Ezra	133	3	#44	–
90	The End is the Beginning of the End The Smashing Pumpkins	131	3	#37	–
91	Brick Ben Folds Five	130	4	#41	–
92	H. Tool	126	2	#23	–
93	I Choose The Offspring	116	5	#53	–
94	Prisoner 311	115	2	#26	–
95	All Mixed Up 311	114	2	#36	–
96	Elegantly Wasted INXS	111	3	#43	–
97	Transistor 311	106	3	#38	–
98	Precious Declaration Collective Soul	101	2	#42	–
99	No Aphrodisiac The Whitlams	100	1	#1	1
100	Cold Contagious Bush	100	4	#59	–
101	New Paths To Helicon Mogwai	97	1	#2	–
102	Back Door Man Pauline Pantsdown	96	1	#5	–
103	Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth The Dandy Warhols	95	5	#70	–
104	Love Rollercoaster Red Hot Chili Peppers	95	2	#55	–
105	Does Your Heart Go Boom? Helen Love	94	1	#3	–
106	Beautiful People Marilyn Manson	93	1	#8	–
107	How Bizarre OMC	92	3	#23	–
108	How's It Going To Be Third Eye Blind	91	2	#41	–
109	Leaving Home Jebediah	91	1	#10	–
110	Spice Girls (Who Do You Think You Are?) Period Pains	90	1	#4	–
111	(Can't You) Trip Like I Do Filter	90	2	#28	–
112	Everyday Is A Winding Road Sheryl Crow	90	3	#59	–
113	One Angry Dwarf And 200 Solemn Faces Ben Folds Five	89	1	#12	–
114	Dopeman Less Than Jake	89	3	#46	–
115	Lazy Line Painter Jane Belle & Sebastian	87	1	#5	–
116	Down Again The Superjesus	87	1	#14	–
117	Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) Green Day	87	2	#48	–
118	Born Slippy Underworld	86	1	#15	–
119	Prisoner of Society The Living End	86	1	#15	–
120	Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen) Quindon Tarver/Lee Perry	85	1	#16	–
121	Barrel of A Gun Depeche Mode	85	3	#57	–
122	Crazy Cordrazine	84	1	#17	–
123	Rapunzel Novak	84	1	#6	–
124	Into My Arms Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	83	1	#18	–
125	Freaks Live	83	2	#46	–
126	Every Day Formula Regurgitator	82	1	#19	–
127	Jane Says (Live) Jane's Addiction	81	2	#59	–
128	1/2 Inch The Fall	81	1	#7	–
129	The Drugs Don't Work The Verve	79	1	#22	–
130	Tripping Billies Dave Matthews Band	79	2	#61	–
131	Stinkfist Tool	79	1	#24	–
132	Alright Jamiroquai	78	2	#57	–
133	Calypso Spiderbait	78	1	#23	–
134	Rollin' & Scratchin' Daft Punk	77	1	#8	–
135	IPC Sub-Editors Dictate Our Youth Clinic	74	1	#9	–
136	The Door Silverchair	74	1	#27	–
137	High Jimmie's Chicken Shack	74	1	#27	–
138	Excuse Me Mr. No Doubt	73	3	#67	–
139	Cows With Guns Dana Lyons	73	1	#28	–
140	Daylight Fading Counting Crows	72	4	#51	–
141	Electric Barbarella Duran Duran	71	3	#66	–
142	Forty Six And 2 Tool	71	1	#30	–
143	The Holiday Girl (Don't Die Yet-Arab Strap Mix) David Holmes	71	1	#10	–
144	Torn Natalie Imbruglia	70	1	#4	–
145	Ashes To Ashes Faith No More	70	1	#31	–
146	Coma Pendulum	69	1	#32	–
147	Military Strongmen Jebediah	68	1	#33	–
148	You Showed Me The Lightning Seeds	67	2	#39	–
149	Dcx3 Grinspoon	67	1	#34	–
150	Let Down Radiohead	65	2	#62	–
151	Mutilated Lips Ween	65	1	#36	–
152	Dog On Wheels Belle & Sebastian	65	1	#12	–
153	Naughty Boy The Mavis's	64	1	#37	–
154	Super Bon Bon Soul Coughing	63	3	#75	–
155	Memory Remains Metallica	63	1	#38	–
156	Captain (Million Miles) Something For Kate	62	1	#39	–
157	On and On Longpigs	62	3	#63	–
158	We Crossed The Atlantic Hydroplane	61	1	#13	–
159	Why's Everybody Always Picking on Me Bloodhound Gang	61	1	#40	–
160	Bound for the Floor Local H	60	3	#63	–
161	Time of Your Life (Good Riddance) Green Day	60	1	#44	–
162	Simple Headphone Mind Stereolab & Nurse With Wound	58	1	#14	–
163	You're Not The Only One Ammonia	58	1	#43	–
164	The Ghost of Tom Joad Rage Against the Machine	58	2	#74	–
165	So What! Jane's Addiction	57	1	#40	–
166	Temptation The Tea Party	57	1	#44	–
167	Fire Water Burn Bloodhound Gang	55	1	#46	–
168	Shergar Bette Davis & The Balconettes	55	1	#15	–
169	{Can't You} Trip Like I Do Filter and the Crystal Method	54	1	#47	–
170	Anatomically Correct Custard	53	1	#48	–
171	Frank Sinatra Cake	53	1	#44	–
172	Where You Get Love Matthew Sweet	53	2	#49	–
173	Listen Collective Soul	53	1	#47	–
174	From Here On In The Living End	52	1	#49	–
175	Good Riddance Green Day	52	1	#45	–
176	Hey! Fever Arab Strap	52	1	#16	–
177	Eat Me Arkarna	51	1	#50	–
178	Caress Me Down Sublime	50	1	#54	–
179	What a Beautiful Day The Levellers	50	1	#6	–
180	So Much For The Afterglow Everclear	50	1	#51	–
181	All I Want The Offspring	50	1	#55	–
182	You're Not Alone Olive	49	2	#68	–
183	Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots	49	1	#52	–
184	Devil's Haircut Beck	49	1	#56	–
185	I'm A Mummy The Fall	48	1	#17	–
186	Rascal King The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	48	1	#53	–
187	You Sound Like Louis Burdette The Whitlams	48	1	#53	–
188	All Mine Portishead	48	3	#79	–
189	Daria Cake	47	1	#49	–
190	The Meaning of Life The Offspring	47	2	#77	–
191	Around The World Daft Punk	46	2	#55	–
192	Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Spiritualized	45	1	#18	–
193	Jennifer's Gold Buck-O-Nine	45	1	#51	–
194	Funky Shit The Prodigy	45	1	#56	–
195	Girl At The Bus Stop My Drug Hell	44	1	#57	–
196	Villians The Verve Pipe	44	1	#61	–
197	The World is New Save Ferris	44	1	#61	–
198	I Go Off Diana Ah Naid	43	1	#58	–
199	Long Day Matchbox 20	43	1	#53	–
200	Come Down Toad The Wet Sprocket	42	1	#57	–
201	Down Rodeo Rage Against the Machine	42	1	#63	–
202	I'm Afraid of Americans Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor	42	1	#63	–
203	I Messiah, Am Jailer AC Acoustics	42	1	#19	–
204	Last Night On Earth U2	41	2	#62	–
205	New York City They Might Be Giants	41	1	#60	–
206	Faded Ben Harper	41	3	#80	–
207	Stand By Me Oasis	40	1	#7	–
208	Excuse Me Mister No Doubt	40	1	#56	–
209	Fluorescences Stereolab	39	1	#20	–
210	Repeat Grinspoon	38	1	#63	–
211	Smack My Bitch Up The Prodigy	37	2	#73	–
212	Barflies at the Beach Royal Crown Revue	37	1	#58	–
213	Stripsearch Faith No More	37	1	#64	–
214	Outdoor Type The Lemonheads	36	1	#65	–
215	Delicious Catherine Wheel	36	1	#70	–
216	Strachan Hitchers	35	1	#21	–
217	JC Powderfinger	35	1	#66	–
218	Love Liquid Wraparound Superdeluxe	35	1	#71	–
219	The Good Life Weezer	34	1	#61	–
220	Take on Me Reel Big Fish	34	1	#67	–
221	2 Wicky Hooverphonic	34	3	#86	–
222	I Want to Be There When You Come Echo and the Bunnymen	33	1	#68	–
223	Cosmic Girl Jamiroquai	33	1	#68	–
224	Sick and Beautiful Artificial Joy Club	33	1	#66	–
225	Sweet Shop Avengerz Bis	32	1	#22	–
226	This Lonely Place Goldfinger	32	2	#84	–
227	Waving My Dick In The Wind Ween	32	1	#69	–
228	Anybody Seen My Baby? The Rolling Stones	32	1	#63	–
229	Open Up Your Eyes Tonic	32	1	#70	–
230	Place Your Hands Reef	31	1	#70	–
231	Lucky Seven Mary Three	31	1	#68	–
232	Put A Lid On It Squirrel Nut Zippers	30	2	#80	–
233	Sick With Love Robyn Laou	30	1	#71	–
234	Super Rad The Aquabats	30	1	#76	–
235	Dandelion Milk Summer Secret Goldfish	29	1	#23	–
236	Ghost of Tom Joad Rage Against the Machine	29	1	#72	–
237	Pulse Front End Loader	29	1	#72	–
238	The Day Brings Brad	28	1	#78	–
239	Four Leaf Clover Abra Moore	26	2	#78	–
240	Autocade Prolapse	26	1	#24	–
241	Hello Poe	26	1	#79	–
242	When I Get Old Descendents	25	1	#69	–
243	Never Say Never that dog	25	1	#81	–
244	Legend of A Cowgirl Imani Coppola	25	1	#76	–
245	Lazy Eye Goo Goo Dolls	25	2	#89	–
246	Believe Gus Gus	24	1	#82	–
247	Hard Charger Porno for Pyros	24	2	#81	–
248	Clumsy Our Lady Peace	24	1	#77	–
249	Busy Child The Crystal Method	24	1	#81	–
250	Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden	24	1	#75	–
251	Untrustable Built To Spill	23	1	#83	–
252	Royal Oil The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	23	1	#71	–
253	Degenerate Boy Mark of Cain	23	1	#78	–
254	Lady Picture Show Stone Temple Pilots	23	1	#76	–
255	If I Die I Die Dream City Film Club	23	1	#25	–
256	Trip Like I Do Filter	22	1	#79	–
257	Round Kid Buck-O-Nine	22	1	#72	–
258	Given To Fly Pearl Jam	22	2	#80	–
259	Drawer Summercamp	22	2	#88	–
260	Whatever Oasis	22	1	#80	–
261	A Change Would Do You Good Sheryl Crow	22	1	#77	–
262	Sorry Nerf Herder	21	1	#84	–
263	For Duty And Humanity Inch	21	1	#73	–
264	The Distance Cake	21	1	#78	–
265	Medicine (Baby Come Back) Orbit	20	2	#92	–
266	Spin Spin Sugar Sneaker Pimps	20	3	#95	–
267	Hush Kula Shaker	20	1	#9	–
268	Fall on Tears Love Spit Love	20	1	#81	–
269	Did It Again Kylie Minogue	20	1	#81	–
270	Wide Open Space Mansun	20	2	#86	–
271	Chick Magnet MxPx	20	2	#88	–
272	Miss Modular Stereolab	19	1	#26	–
273	Shake Hands With Beef Primus	19	1	#82	–
274	Useless Depeche Mode	19	1	#88	–
275	Bounce Rage Against the Machine	19	1	#75	–
276	Going Out of My Head Fatboy Slim	18	1	#87	–
277	I Wanna Be A Drug-Sniffing Dog Lard	18	1	#83	–
278	Out All Night Pietasters	18	1	#83	–
279	Jenny Says Cowboy Mouth	18	1	#81	–
280	Feelin' Kinda Sporty Dave Graney	17	1	#84	–
281	Setting Sun The Chemical Brothers	17	1	#90	–
282	Don't Drag Me Down Social Distortion	16	1	#77	–
283	Pull The Wires From The Wall The Delgados	16	1	#27	–
284	Rattlesnake Live	16	1	#85	–
285	Nightmare Brainbug	16	1	#85	–
286	Three Marlenas The Wallflowers	15	2	#93	–
287	Smokin' Johnny Cash Blackeyed Susans	15	1	#86	–
288	Move to Bremerton MxPx	15	1	#92	–
289	Automatic Less Than Jake	14	1	#79	–
290	Battle of Who Could Care Less Ben Folds Five	14	2	#92	–
291	Drop Dead Gorgeous Republica	14	1	#88	–
292	Sugar Cane Space Monkeys	14	2	#96	–
293	All For You Sister Hazel	13	1	#85	–
294	Under My Skin Luscious Jackson	13	1	#94	–
295	Nothing Beaverloop	13	1	#88	–
296	Velvet Pants Propellerheads	13	1	#28	–
297	Hero Foo Fighters	12	1	#95	–
298	The Battle of Who Could Care Less Ben Folds Five	11	1	#96	–
299	Society Pennywise	11	1	#90	–
300	Superspy Save Ferris	11	1	#82	–
301	3 Marlenas The Wallflowers	11	1	#91	–
302	Old Before I Die Robbie Williams	10	1	#10	–
303	Remember Me Blue Boy	10	1	#91	–
304	Seventeen Hybirds	10	1	#29	–
305	Soft Serve Soul Coughing	9	1	#98	–
306	That's When I Reach For My Revolver Moby	9	1	#92	–
307	Titanic Days Sidewinder	9	1	#92	–
308	Lost Again Dance Hall Crashers	9	1	#84	–
309	Villains The Verve Pipe	8	1	#90	–
310	Weightlessness Skunkhour	8	1	#93	–
311	Bachelorette Björk	8	1	#98	–
312	Stepping Stones G. Love & Special Sauce	7	1	#94	–
313	Way of All Things Rebecca's Empire	7	1	#94	–
314	Little Wonder David Bowie	7	1	#99	–
315	Dirt Death in Vegas	7	1	#101	–
316	Slash/Oblique Prolapse	6	1	#30	–
317	Don't Leave Faithless	6	1	#95	–
318	Sunny Came Home Shawn Colvin	6	1	#102	–
319	Why Can't We Be Friends Smash Mouth	5	1	#103	–
320	Bottle Rockets The Cunninghams	5	1	#103	–
321	Futures Overrated Arkarna	4	1	#97	–
322	Teenage Girl Crush Angelica	3	1	#31	–
323	Eddie Vedder Local H	3	1	#98	–
324	Hello Hello Talk Show	3	1	#99	–
325	Never Is A Promise Fiona Apple	3	1	#105	–
326	Cheapskate Supergrass	3	1	#105	–
327	My Own Prison Creed	2	1	#100	–
328	Alma Matters Morrissey	2	1	#104	–
329	Sunshower Chris Cornell	2	1	#106	–
330	No Face Suicide Machines	2	1	#106	–
331	Sink To The Bottom Fountains of Wayne	1	1	#91	–
332	I Give In Effigy	1	1	#100	–
333	O Holy Night Eric Cartman	1	1	#100	–
334	M.O.R. Blur	1	1	#101	–
335	Don't Want to Fall in Love Green Day	1	1	#105	–