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The best hard rock songs of 1997

Q: What was the top hard rock song of 1997?

Combining 1 year-end radio countdowns, the top hard rock song of 1997 is "Touch, Peel, and Stand" by Days of the New, which appeared on 1 of the lists.

One radio stations and charts published year-end countdowns for 1997: WRCX Rock 103.5. Combining every list, the top hard rock song of 1997 is “Touch, Peel, and Stand” by Days of the New, which appeared on one of the one countdowns and was voted number one by one of them. Metallica was the year’s most-charted artist, with seven different songs placing 7 times across the countdowns.

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Ranked by combined points across every 1997 year-end countdown in this format. How it works.

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s
1	Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New	100	1	#1	1
2	King Nothing Metallica	99	1	#2	–
3	Trust Megadeth	98	1	#3	–
4	Bleeding Me Metallica	97	1	#4	–
5	Gone Away The Offspring	96	1	#5	–
6	Would? Alice In Chains	95	1	#6	–
7	Devil Boy Seven Mary Three	94	1	#7	–
8	Hero of the Day Metallica	93	1	#8	–
9	Fritz's Corner Local H	92	1	#9	–
10	Rhinosaur Soundgarden	91	1	#10	–
11	Monkey Wrench Foo Fighters	90	1	#11	–
12	Lakini's Juice Live	89	1	#12	–
13	Driven Rush	88	1	#13	–
14	Volcano Girls Veruca Salt	87	1	#14	–
15	Stinkfist Tool	86	1	#15	–
16	Little White Lies Sammy Hagar	85	1	#16	–
17	Almost Honest Megadeth	84	1	#17	–
18	Precious Declaration Collective Soul	84	1	#18	–
19	Last Cup of Sorrow Faith No More	83	1	#19	–
20	Marching to Mars Sammy Hagar	82	1	#20	–
21	A Taste of India Aerosmith	81	1	#21	–
22	Eddie Vedder Local H	80	1	#22	–
23	I Choose The Offspring	79	1	#23	–
24	Everlong Foo Fighters	78	1	#24	–
25	Falling in Love (is Hard on the Knees) Aerosmith	77	1	#25	–
26	Anybody Seen My Baby? The Rolling Stones	76	1	#26	–
27	One Headlight The Wallflowers	75	1	#27	–
28	Greedy Fly Bush	74	1	#28	–
29	Cemetery Gates Pantera	73	1	#29	–
30	Me Wise Magic Van Halen	72	1	#30	–
31	Burden in My Hand Soundgarden	71	1	#31	–
32	Dirty Eyes AC/DC	70	1	#32	–
33	The Memory Remains Metallica	69	1	#33	–
34	My Own Prison Creed	68	1	#34	–
35	Down in a Hole Alice In Chains	67	1	#35	–
36	Trippin' Through a Hole in a Paper Heart Stone Temple Pilots	66	1	#36	–
37	The Beautiful People Marilyn Manson	65	1	#37	–
38	Blow Up the Outside World Soundgarden	64	1	#38	–
39	Back on Earth Ozzy Osbourne	63	1	#39	–
40	Muzzle The Smashing Pumpkins	62	1	#40	–
41	Discotheque U2	61	1	#41	–
42	Pink Aerosmith	60	1	#42	–
43	Sign o' the Times Queensryche	59	1	#43	–
44	If You Could Only See Tonic	58	1	#44	–
45	Freshmen The Verve Pipe	57	1	#45	–
46	Flip the Switch The Rolling Stones	56	1	#46	–
47	The Girl I Love Led Zeppelin	55	1	#47	–
48	Until It Sleeps Metallica	54	1	#48	–
49	Hole in My Soul Aerosmith	53	1	#49	–
50	Shelf in the Room Days of the New	52	1	#50	–
51	Listen Collective Soul	51	1	#51	–
52	Everything to Everyone Everclear	50	1	#52	–
53	The Difference The Wallflowers	50	1	#53	–
54	The End is the Beginning of the End The Smashing Pumpkins	49	1	#54	–
55	You're All I've Got Tonight The Smashing Pumpkins	48	1	#55	–
56	High Jimmie's Chicken Shack	47	1	#56	–
57	The Impression That I Get The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	46	1	#57	–
58	Blame Collective Soul	45	1	#58	–
59	Superman's Dead Our Lady Peace	44	1	#59	–
60	Lazy Eye Goo Goo Dolls	43	1	#60	–
61	Slow Ride Kenny Wayne Shepherd	42	1	#61	–
62	Vanishing Cream The Hunger	41	1	#62	–
63	Abuse Me Silverchair	40	1	#63	–
64	Jungle Kiss	39	1	#64	–
65	Tumble in the Rough Stone Temple Pilots	38	1	#65	–
66	Push Matchbox 20	37	1	#66	–
67	Freaks Live	36	1	#67	–
68	Bleed Together Soundgarden	35	1	#68	–
69	Rattlesnake Live	34	1	#69	–
70	The Unforgiven Metallica	33	1	#70	–
71	Down 311	32	1	#71	–
72	RockCrown Seven Mary Three	31	1	#72	–
73	Stale Stir	30	1	#73	–
74	Baton Rouge The Nixons	29	1	#74	–
75	Given To Fly Pearl Jam	28	1	#75	–
76	Mann's Chinese Naked	27	1	#76	–
77	Molly Sponge	26	1	#77	–
78	Black Sevendust	25	1	#78	–
79	Staring At The Sun U2	24	1	#79	–
80	Like I Care Helmet	23	1	#80	–
81	Fuel Metallica	22	1	#81	–
82	Say Goodbye Cheap Trick	21	1	#82	–
83	Casual Affair Tonic	20	1	#83	–
84	Half the World Rush	19	1	#84	–
85	46x2 Tool	18	1	#85	–
86	Hello Hello Talk Show	17	1	#86	–
87	The Fall The Nixons	17	1	#87	–
88	Sugarcane Cry of Love	16	1	#88	–
89	Downtime Fat	15	1	#89	–
90	Tag Along Local H	14	1	#90	–
91	Resignation Superman Big Head Todd and the Monsters	13	1	#91	–
92	Cold Contagious Bush	12	1	#92	–
93	Amazed The Offspring	11	1	#93	–
94	Both Sides Now Sammy Hagar	10	1	#94	–
95	Lucky Seven Mary Three	9	1	#95	–
96	So What! Jane's Addiction	8	1	#96	–
97	Afraid Motley Crue	7	1	#97	–
98	Temptation The Tea Party	6	1	#98	–
99	The Perfect Drug Nine Inch Nails	5	1	#99	–
100	Hitchin' A Ride Green Day	4	1	#100	–

Every station’s number one of 1997

Station	Number one song	Countdown
WRCX Rock 103.5	Touch, Peel, and Stand Days of the New	WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997

All 1997 countdowns in this ranking

WRCX Rock 103.5 WRCX Top 103 Songs of 1997 103 songs

About the 1997 ranking

Radio stations count down their listeners’ favorite songs at the end of every year. Each station’s list reflects its own audience, so a song that ruled Los Angeles could miss the top ten in Chicago. To find the songs that defined 1997 everywhere, RockLists gives every appearance percentile-based points (a number one earns 100, the last position earns close to zero) and adds them up across all one qualifying countdowns. Each radio format is ranked separately, so classic rock and hard rock countdowns never shift the hard rock results; use the tabs above to switch formats. Read the full methodology.