1997 was a great year for alternative rock. :)

1. "Breathe" - The Prodigy
2. "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground
3. "Lakini's Juice" - Live
4. "Listen" - Collective Soul
5. "Freak" - Silverchair
6. "Dammit" - Blink-182
7. "Flagpole Sitta" - Harvey Danger
8. "If You Could Only See" - Tonic
9. "Santa Monica" - Everclear
10. "Down Again" - The Superjesus

Edit: How could I forget about "Everlong" by the Foo Fighters!  :o

1. Lucky Man / The Verve
2. No Surprises / Radiohead
3. How Do I Live / Trisha Yearwood (I love the LeAnn Rimes version too, but this is just slightly more powerful, imo, precocious as Rimes' performance was)
4. Post-Modern Sleaze / Sneaker Pimps
5. Angels / Robbie Williams
6. Everlong / Foo Fighters
7. 5,6,7,8 / Steps
8. Ecuador / Sash!
9. Tubthumping / Chumbawamba
10. Everybody (Backstreet's Back) / Backstreet Boys

11. Foolish Games / Jewel
12. Love Shine a Light / Katrina & The Waves
13. Around the World / Daft Punk
14. Show Me Love / Robyn
15. What Would Happen / Meredith Brooks
16. It's All About the Benjamins / Puff Daddy & The Family
17. Cool to Hate / The Offspring
18. Don't Be Shy / Louise
19. My Heart Will Go On / Celine Dion
20. The Freshmen / The Verve Pipe
21. Dammit / Blink-182
22. Sunchyme / Dario G
23. Outside / Mariah Carey
24. Go the Distance / Michael Bolton
25. Prosthetic Head / Green Day
26. Bitch / Meredith Brooks
27. My Oh My / Aqua
28. Turn My Head / Live
29. Arms Around the World / Louise (it may be a ripoff of Janet Jackson's "Runaway," but it's also an immense improvement over that song)
30. I Don't Want to Wait / Paula Cole

1. Everytime You Cry - John Farnham and Human Nature
2. Paranoid Android - Radiohead
3. Quit Playing Games With My Heart - Backstreet Boys
4. Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden
5. I Finally Found Someone - Bryan Adams and Barbara Streisand
6. If You Could Only See - Tonic
7. Everybody - Backstreet Boys
8. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
9. Push - Matchbox 20
10. Torn - Natalie Imbruglia

Candle in the Wind '97 by Elton John  :\'(

These songs take me back! :\'(

1. I say a little prayer(Dance version) - Diana King
2. Up and down - Billie Lawrence
3. Everything - Mary J. Blige
4. One more time/Love is a stranger - Real McCoy
5. This is your night - Amber
6. Happy with you - Samantha Cole
7. Where's the love - Hanson
8. Together again - Janet Jackson
9. Barely breathing - Duncan Sheik
10. You make me wanna - Usher

1 Garbage - #1 Crush
2 Janet Jackson - Together Again
3 The Prodigy - Mindfields
4 Depeche Mode - It's No Good
5 Erasure - Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
6 Monaco - What Do You Want From Me?
7 Bjork - hunter
8 Erasure - Don’t say your love is killing me
9 Monaco - Sweet Lips
10 The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up
11 Rammstein - Du hast
12 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
13 Bjork - pluto
14 Erasure - Rain
15 Erasure - Save me darling
16 David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans
17 Erasure - Rapture
18 Erasure - Magic Moments
19 The Prodigy - Diesel Power!
20 David Bowie - Law (earthlings on fire)
21 Bjork - alarm call
22 Erasure - Worlds on fire
23 Björk - Bachelorette
24 The Prodigy - Funky sheesh
25 Blur - Song 2
26 David Bowie - Dead Man Walking
27 Daft Punk - Around the World
28 Monaco - Shine (Someone Who Needs Me)
29 Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar
30 The Prodigy -Narayan
31 Erasure - Reach out
32 Curve - Chinese Burn
33 Live - Lakini's Juice
34 The Prodigy - Serial Thriller
35 Bjork - joga
36 Erasure - Precious
37 David Bowie - telling lies
38 Lunatic Calm - Leave You Far Behind
39 Erasure - Treasure
40 David Bowie - Little Wonder
41 White Town - Your Woman
42 David Bowie - Battle for britain
43 David Bowie - the last thing you should do
44 Monaco -Under the Stars
45 Erasure - Boy
46 Bjork - immature
47 Erasure - How can I say

1. Notorious BIG - Hypnotize
2. Sugar Ray - I Wanna Fly
3. Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You
4. Third Eye Blind - How's It Going To Be
5. Mariah Carey - Honey
6. Green Day - Good Riddance
7. Freak Nasty - Da' Dip
8. Timbaland - Up Jump's Da Boogie
9. Total - What About Us
10. Lisa Stansfield - Never Gonna Give You Up

1. Daft Punk - Around The World
2. Blur - Song 2
3. Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life
4. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
5. Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You
6. Tupac - Do For Love
7. Blink 182 - Damnit
8. Aphex Twins - Come To Daddy
9. Ween - Ocean Man
10. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work

1. Anything by the Spice Girls
2. Daft Punk - Around the World
3. Third Eye Blind - Semi Charmed Life
4. Sugar Ray - Fly
5. Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
6. Blur - Song 2
7. Busta Rhymes - Dangerous
8. Green Day - Good Riddance
9. Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On
10. Aqua - Barbie Girl

It seems years ending in "7" have the most good songs?

I think 1992 had more, so I'll check on it later. Either way there were some really great ones out in 1997,
like these 12, that aren't in any order, and with 2 extra since that year gave more than 10 ...

Marching To Mars- Sammy Hagar
Say You'll Be There- Spice Girls
Turn Back Time - Aqua
Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison
Ready to Go - Republica
Barely Breathing - Duncan Sheik
The Best of Love - Michael Bolton (Yes, even M.Bolton had a good one out that year)
Lakini's Juice - Live
Can you feel the Sunshine? - TJ Davis
You and the Mona Lisa - Shawn Colvin
Quit Playing Games With My Heart - Backstreet Boys
High - Lighthouse Family


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AzmZasW8SU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm0eqPJwQDo

1. "Fun for Me" by Moloko
2. "Around the World" by Daft Punk
3. "House on Fire" by Arkarna
4. "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison
5. "Wannabe" by Spice Girls
6. "Say You'll Be There" by Spice Girls
7. "Semi-Charmed Life" by Third Eye Blind
8. "How Bizarre" by OMC
9. "Song 2" by Blur
10. "Good Riddance" by Green Day

1. Only You - Portishead
2. The Refreshments- Goodyear
3. Block Rockin Beats- The Chemical Brothers
4. It’s all about the Benjamins - Puff Daddy
5. Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve
6. Song 2 - Blur
7. Home- Depecge Mode
8. Mutilated Lips- Ween
9. I Know Where It’s At- All Saints
10. Hypnotize - BIG