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Q101 Top 101 Countdowns by Year
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

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The Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1997

Ranking

Artist Name

Song Title

Album Title

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1.

Sugar Ray

Fly

Floored

Fly

2.

Third Eye Blind

Semi-Charmed Life

Third Eye Blind

Semi-Charmed Life

3.

Smash Mouth

Walkin' on the Sun

Fush Yu Mang

Walkin' on the Sun

4.

Dave Matthews Band

Crash Into Me

Crash

Dave Matthews Band - Crash - Crash Into Me

5.

Veruca Salt

Volcano Girls

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6.

The Verve Pipe

The Freshmen

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7.

Tonic

If You Could Only See

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-

8.

Mighty Mighty Bosstones

The Impression That I Get

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-

9.

Chumbawamba

Tubthumping

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10.

Foo Fighters

Everlong

The Colour And The Shape

Everlong

11.

Matchbox 20

Push

Yourself or Someone Like You

Push

12.

Nine Inch Nails

The Perfect Drug

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-

13.

Sarah McLachlan

Building A Mystery

Surfacing

Building a Mystery

14.

Sublime

Santeria

Sublime

Santeria

15.

Underworld

Born Slippy

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-

16.

Sneaker Pimps

6 Underground

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-

17.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Eye

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-

18.

Wallflowers

One Headlight

Bringing Down the Horse

One Headlight

19.

Cardigans

Love Fool

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-

20.

Blur

Song 2

Blur

-

21.

K's Choice

Not An Addict

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-

22.

Everclear

Everything To Everyone

So Much For The Afterglow

Everything to Everyone

23.

OMC

How Bizarre

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-

24.

Luscious Jackson

Naked Eye

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-

25.

Wallflowers

The Difference

Bringing Down the Horse

The Difference

26.

Fiona Apple

Criminal

Tidal

Criminal

27.

Beck

The New Pollution

Odelay

The New Pollution

28.

White Town

Your Woman

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-

29.

Jewel

You Were Meant For Me

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-

30.

Matchbox 20

3 A.M.

Yourself or Someone Like You

3 AM

31.

Meredith Brooks

Bitch

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-

32.

The Offspring

Gone Away

Ixnay On The Hombre

Gone Away

33.

Garbage

#1 Crush

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-

34.

Space

Female Of The Species

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-

35.

Bush

Greedy Fly

Razorblade Suitcase

Greedy Fly

36.

Beck

Jack-Ass

Odelay

Jack-Ass

37.

U2

Staring At The Sun

Pop

U2 - Pop - Staring at the Sun

38.

Sublime

Doin' Time

Sublime

Doin' Time

39.

Oasis

Don't Go Away

Be Here Now

Oasis - Be Here Now - Don't Go Away

40.

The Verve

Bitter Sweet Symphony

Urban Hymns

Bittersweet Symphony

41.

Sublime

Wrong Way

Sublime

Wrong Way

42.

Marcy Playground

Sex and Candy

Marcy Playground

Sex and Candy

43.

Prodigy

Breathe

The Fat Of The Land

-

44.

The Smashing Pumpkins

Thirty-Three

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Thirty-Three

45.

Foo Fighters

Monkey Wrench

The Colour And The Shape

Monkey Wrench

46.

Counting Crows

A Long December

Recovering The Satellites

Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites - A Long December

47.

Silverchair

Abuse Me

Freak Show

Silverchair - Freak Show - Abuse Me

48.

Depeche Mode

It's No Good

Ultra

-

49.

Days of the New

Touch, Peel and Stand

Days of the New

-

50.

Reel Big Fish

Sell Out

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-

51.

311

All Mixed Up

311

All Mixed Up

52.

The Cure

Wrong Number

Galore (The Singles 1987-1997)

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53.

Third Eye Blind

Graduate

Third Eye Blind

Graduate

54.

Monaco

What Do You Want From Me

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-

55.

Live

Lakini's Juice

Secret Samadhi

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56.

Green Day

Hitchin' A Ride

Nimrod

Hitchin' a Ride

57.

The Smashing Pumpkins

The End Is The Beginning Is The End

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-

58.

Our Lady Peace

Superman's Dead

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-

59.

Bush

Cold Contagious

Razorblade Suitcase

Cold Contagious

60.

No Doubt

Don't Speak

Tragic Kingdom

Don't Speak

61.

Dave Matthews Band

Tripping Billies

Crash

Dave Matthews Band - Crash - Tripping Billies

62.

Fiona Apple

Sleep To Dream

Tidal

Sleep to Dream

63.

Third Eye Blind

How's It Going To Be

Third Eye Blind

How's It Going to Be

64.

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Hell

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-

65.

Live

Turn My Head

Secret Samadhi

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66.

U2

Discotheque

Pop

U2 - Pop - Discotheque

67.

Jamiroquai

Virtual Insanity

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-

68.

Oasis

D'You Know What I Mean?

Be Here Now

Oasis - Be Here Now - D'You Know What I Mean?

69.

Sheryl Crow

Everyday Is A Winding Road

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-

70.

Tonic

Open Up Your Eyes

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-

71.

Bush

Swallowed

Razorblade Suitcase

Swallowed

72.

Depeche Mode

Barrel Of A Gun

Ultra

-

73.

Ben Folds Five

Brick

Whatever and Ever Amen

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74.

No Doubt

Sunday Morning

Tragic Kingdom

Sunday Morning

75.

Duran Duran

Electric Barbarella

Medazzaland

-

76.

Daft Punk

Da Funk

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-

77.

Blink-182

Dammit

Dude Ranch

Dammit

78.

Abra Moore

Four Leaf Clover

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-

79.

311

Beautiful Disaster

Transistor

Beautiful Disaster

80.

Oasis

Whatever

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-

81.

Sublime

What I Got

Sublime

What I Got

82.

Sarah McLachlan

Sweet Surrender

Surfacing

Sweet Surrender

83.

Local H

Bound For The Floor

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-

84.

Goldfinger

This Lonely Place

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-

85.

The Chemical Brothers

Block Rockin' Beats

Dig Your Own Hole

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86.

Mansun

Wide Open Space

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-

87.

Mighty Mighty Bosstones

The Rascal King

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-

88.

Republica

Drop Dead Gorgeous

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-

89.

Counting Crows

Daylight Fading

Recovering The Satellites

Counting Crows - Recovering the Satellites - Daylight Fading

90.

Beck

Dead Weight

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-

91.

Wallflowers

Three Marlenas

Bringing Down the Horse

Three Marlenas

92.

Ben Folds Five

Battle Of Who Could Care Less

Whatever and Ever Amen

-

93.

The Sundays

Summertime

Static & Silence

-

94.

Bush

Mouth

Razorblade Suitcase

Mouth

95.

Forest For The Trees

Dream

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96.

Dandy Warhols

Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth

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-

97.

No Doubt

Excuse Me Mr.

Tragic Kingdom

Excuse Me Mr.

98.

U2

Last Night On Earth

Pop

U2 - Pop - Last Night On Earth

99.

Talk Show

Hello Hello

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100.

Creed

My Own Prison

My Own Prison

Creed - My Own Prison - My Own Prison

101.

Blur

M.O.R.

Blur

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