The year in music

Best Songs of 1997

Radiohead’s “OK Computer”, the Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony”, Daft Punk’s “Homework”, and Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind 1997”. The Notorious B.I.G. is killed in Los Angeles.

Radiohead's OK Computer
Play 1997

69 songs

Karma Police

Karma Police

Radiohead
No Surprises

No Surprises

Radiohead
Busy Child

Busy Child

The Crystal Method
Back to You

Back to You

Bryan Adams
Block Rockin' Beats

Block Rockin' Beats

The Chemical Brothers
Smack My Bitch Up

Smack My Bitch Up

The Prodigy
Around the World

Around the World

Daft Punk
Tearin' Up My Heart

Tearin' Up My Heart

NSYNC
All My Life

All My Life

K-Ci & JoJo
Don't Rush

Don't Rush

K-Ci & JoJo
You Bring Me Up

You Bring Me Up

K-Ci & JoJo
As Long as You Love Me

As Long as You Love Me

Backstreet Boys
Everlong

Everlong

Foo Fighters
Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

Backstreet Boys
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Green Day
Monkey Wrench

Monkey Wrench

Foo Fighters
My Hero

My Hero

Foo Fighters
Paranoid Android

Paranoid Android

Radiohead
Together Again

Together Again

Janet Jackson
Triumph

Triumph

Wu-Tang Clan
At the River

At the River

Groove Armada
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)

Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)

Deftones
My All

My All

Mariah Carey
My Own Summer (Shove It)

My Own Summer (Shove It)

Deftones
All Is Full of Love

All Is Full of Love

Björk
Bachelorette

Bachelorette

Björk
Break Me Shake Me

Break Me Shake Me

Savage Garden
Gettin' Jiggy wit It

Gettin' Jiggy wit It

Will Smith
Men in Black

Men in Black

Will Smith
Miami

Miami

Will Smith
My Heart Will Go On

My Heart Will Go On

Celine Dion
Notorious Thugs

Notorious Thugs

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See

Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See

Busta Rhymes
Trip Like I Do

Trip Like I Do

The Crystal Method
Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply

Savage Garden
Beetlebum

Beetlebum

Blur
Hypnotize

Hypnotize

The Notorious B.I.G.
Mo Money Mo Problems

Mo Money Mo Problems

The Notorious B.I.G.
Song 2

Song 2

Blur
Spice Up Your Life

Spice Up Your Life

Spice Girls
Barbie Girl

Barbie Girl

Aqua
Bitter Sweet Symphony

Bitter Sweet Symphony

The Verve
Doctor Jones

Doctor Jones

Aqua
Into My Arms

Into My Arms

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Lucky Man

Lucky Man

The Verve
The Drugs Don't Work

The Drugs Don't Work

The Verve
Turn Back Time

Turn Back Time

Aqua
16 Days

16 Days

Whiskeytown
Between the Bars

Between the Bars

Elliott Smith
Chan Chan

Chan Chan

Buena Vista Social Club
El cuarto de Tula

El cuarto de Tula

Buena Vista Social Club
Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

Man! I Feel Like a Woman!

Shania Twain
Sexy Boy

Sexy Boy

Air
You Make Me Wanna...

You Make Me Wanna...

Usher
You're Still the One

You're Still the One

Shania Twain
Angel

Angel

Sarah McLachlan
Brimful of Asha

Brimful of Asha

Cornershop
Flagpole Sitta

Flagpole Sitta

Harvey Danger
Fly

Fly

Sugar Ray
How Do I Live

How Do I Live

LeAnn Rimes
I’ll Be Missing You

I’ll Be Missing You

Puff Daddy & Faith Evans
Kiss Me

Kiss Me

Sixpence None the Richer
MMMBop

MMMBop

Hanson
Never Ever

Never Ever

All Saints
Semi-Charmed Life

Semi-Charmed Life

Third Eye Blind
Silence

Silence

Delerium
The Way

The Way

Fastball
Torn

Torn

Natalie Imbruglia
Tubthumping

Tubthumping

Chumbawamba

1997 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 69 songs first released in 1997. Pop, Rock and Alternative Rock lead the year. Aqua, Foo Fighters and K-Ci & JoJo are among the voices of 1997.

Artists of 1997

The sound of 1997

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