I couldn't find one for America, but here's what was in the Top 40 for the UK and Canada this week 10 years ago.  If anyone has a Top 40 chart for America or any other countries, please post.  It would be interesting to see the how different each charts are :)



I misread the date, so how does September sound for the UK? LOL

UNITED KINGDOM (Chart Date: September 27, 1997)

(-) Same position as last week
(N) New Entry
(▲) Moving up the chart
(▼) Dropping down the chart


01. (-) Elton John - Something About The Way You Look/Candle In The Wind
02. (N) Dario G - Sunchyme
03. (▲) Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
04. (▼) The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
05. (▼) Will Smith - Men In Black
06. (▼) George Michael - You Have Been Loved
07. (N) Blackstreet - Fix
08. (N) Bellini - Samba De Janeiro
09. (▲) Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go
10. (▼) Ricky Martin - (Un, Dos, Tres) Maria
11. (▼) Hanson - Where's The Love
12. (▼) Puff Daddy And Faith Evans - I'll Be Missing You
13. (▲) Sly And Robbie Featuring Simply Red - Night Nurse
14. (N) Robbie Williams - South Of The Border
15. (N) Blur - MOR
16. (▼) Boyz II Men - 4 Seasons Of Loneliness
17. (▼) All Saints - I Know Where It's At
18. (▼) Mariah Carey - Honey
19. (▼) Mark Morrison - Who's The Mack!
20. (N) Adam F - Circles
21. (N) Brownstone - Kiss And Tell
22. (N) Joe - The Love Scene
23. (▼) N-Tyce - We Come To Party
24. (▼) Gala - Freed From Desire
25. (N) Wyclef Jean Featuring Refugee Allstars - Guantanamera
26. (▼) Portishead - All Mine
27. (▼) Finley Quaye - Even After All
28. (N) TJR Featuring Xavier - Just Gets Better
29. (N) Genesis - Congo
30. (▼) Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)
31. (▼) The Sundays - Summertime
32. (▼) DJ Quicksilver - Free
33. (▼) Cast - Live The Dream
34. (▼) Shola Ama - You're The One I Love
35. (N) Chris De Burgh - So Beautiful
36. (▼) Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do
37. (N) Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
38. (▼) The Notorious BIG - Mo Money Mo Problems
39. (▼) Meredith Brooks - Bitch
40. (▼) Jaydee - Plastic Dreams


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CANADA (Chart Date: August 25, 1997)

TW = This Week
LW = Last Week

TW | LW |
01 | 01 | Building A Mystery - Sarah McLachlan
02 | 03 | Men in Black Theme - Will Smith
03 | 05 | Where's The Love - Hanson
04 | 09 | It Could Happen to You - Blue Rodeo
05 | 02 | Do You Know What it Takes - Robyn
06 | 06 | 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
07 | 04 | I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy and Faith Evans
08 | 15 | Everybody (Backstreet's Back) - Backstreet Boys
09 | 14 | Numb - Holly McNarland
10 | 48 | Honey - Mariah Carey
11 | 08 | When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) - Great Big Sea
12 | 07 | All For You - Sister Hazel
13 | 11 | More Than This - 10,000 Maniacs
14 | 10 | Change - Shery Crow
15 | 18 | Good Enough - Dodgy
16 | 29 | The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
17 | 12 | Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
18 | 17 | Return of the Mack - Mark Morrison
19 | 17 | D'You Know What I Mean - Oasis
20 | 62 | Turn My Head - Live
21 | 27 | Temptation - The Tea Party
22 | 23 | Gotham City - R. Kelly
23 | 13 | Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
24 | 40 | Fly - Sugar Ray
25 | 21 | Last Night on Earth - U2
26 | 18 | Bitch - Meredith Brooks
27 | 41 | Break My Stride - Unique II
28 | 24 | To the Moon and Back - Savage Garden
29 | 20 | Whatever - En Vogue
30 | 25 | Sitting On Top of the World - Amanda Marshall
31 | 19 | Mmmbop - Hanson
32 | 29 | Third of June - Corey Hart
33 | 34 | Mo Money, Mo Problems - Notorious B.I.G.
34 | 35 | Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys
35 | 44 | Someone - SWV
36 | 30 | I Wanna Be There - Blessed Union of Souls
37 | 55 | Open Your Eyes - Ivan
38 | 33 | Midnight in Chelsea - Jon Bon Jovi
39 | 47 | Around the World - Daft Punk
40 | 22 | Not Where It's At - Del Amitri

http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/08-30.htm

Here's a good website that shows archived Top 40 Charts for America dating back to 1980.  It basically ranks each song based on Radio Airplay, which is why it looks a bit different than the Billboard Hot 100 (Which ranks each song based on Sales)

I figured i'd use this chart instead since it's a better account of what was being played the most on the radio at the time.

The Top 40 (In Airplay) for the U.S. for the week of August 30th, 1997

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40    The Freshmen  - The Verve Pipe 
39 Turn My Head - Live
38 Do You Like This - Rome
37 Someone - SWV featuring Puff Daddy
36 Whatever - En Vogue
35 Da Da Da - Trio
34 To Make You Feel My Love - Billy Joel
33 Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin
32 Stomp - God's Property
31 Never Make A Promise - Dru Hill
30 Everything - Mary J. Blige
29 I Say A Little Prayer - Diana King
28 I Can Love You - Mary J. Blige
27 Fly - Sugar Ray
26 I Don't Want To Wait - Paula Cole
25 Gotham City - R. Kelly
24 D' You Know What I Mean - Oasis
23 Coco Jamboo - Mr. President
22 Bitch - Meredith Brooks
21 The Difference - The Wallflowers
20 Push - Matchbox 20
19 All For You - Sister Hazel
18 If You Could Only See - Tonic
17 Invisible Man - 98 Degrees
16 Rhythm Of Love - DJ Company
15 Building A Mystery - Sarah McLachlan
14 When I Die - No Mercy
13 Honey - Mariah Carey
12 To The Moon And Back - Savage Garden
11 Do You Know (What It Takes) - Robyn
10 More Than This - 10,000 Maniacs
9 Where's The Love - Hanson
8 I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans with 112
7 Crash Into Me - Dave Matthews Band
6 Foolish Games - Jewel
5 Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys
4 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
3 Men In Black - Will Smith
2 Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy
1 Semi-Charmed Life  - Third Eye Blind
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UNITED KINGDOM (Chart Date: August 27, 1997)

01. (-) Elton John - Something About The Way You Look/Candle In The Wind



Wait a second, this is a bit strange.  I'm more than positive that Elton John re-released "Candle In The Wind" AFTER Princess Diana had died?  That chart listing is for August 27th, 1997, but Diana didn't even die until August 31st, 1997...  ???

Slighty better than this year...

"Da Da Da", an 80s song charted with help from a Volkswagon commercial  8) :D

Wait a second, this is a bit strange.  I'm more than positive that Elton John re-released "Candle In The Wind" AFTER Princess Diana had died?  That chart listing is for August 27th, 1997, but Diana didn't even die until August 31st, 1997...  ???


The chart date said August 27

Wait, I misread the chart date.  I was looking at September instead of August.  oops  :-[

Not a bad year. I remember it like it was (almost) yesterday...

02  Dario G - Sunchyme  (used to love this being played at club all-nighters, they used to play it as the sun rose at 6 -7 am)
04  The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work  (fantastic song... absolutely love this, very poignant)
16  Boyz II Men - 4 Seasons Of Loneliness (great track)
17  All Saints - I Know Where It's At (good at the time - I prefer their other stuff)
23  N-Tyce - We Come To Party  (very under-rated girl group. Love their follow-up singles, esp Boom Boom)
38  The Notorious BIG - Mo Money Mo Problems  (funky at the time)

1997 was a pretty good year for music. I liked alot of these songs at the time, and still do today.