Every Number One Song in 1997 in Pop Music in Tunetimeline® Chronological Order

1997 included number one songs by R. Kelly, The Cartigans, Spice Girls, Jewel, Sheryl Crow, The Wallflowers, Puff Daddy, Mase, Celine Dion, Savage Garden, Paula Cole, Hanson, Mark Morrison, Shawn Colvin, The Notorious B.I.G., Third Eye Blind, OMC, Backstreet Boys, Will Smith, Faith Evans, 112, Mariah Carey, Jewel, Elton John, Matchbox 20, Boyz II Men, LeAnn Rimes, Sugar Ray, Super Cat, Usher, Chumbawamba, Smash Mouth, Allure, Robyn, Elton John, Lisa Loeb, and Savage Garden.

Tunecaster® presents this EVERY NUMBER ONE SONG IN 1997 chronological discography. Hear music samples by clicking on the speaker icons. See the pop or rock top 20 where a song peaked by clicking on an underlined peak. See all Weekly Top 20 Countdowns for 1980s pop, 1980s rock, 1990s pop, and 1990s rock. Find an artist discography. View the Tunecaster homepage. Search the site for something more specific at the bottom of this page.

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title

artist

Nov 1996

Jan 1997

2

1

1

I Believe I Can Fly

R. Kelly

Dec 1996

Jan 1997

1

1

9

2

Lovefool

The Cartigans

Jan 1997

Feb 1997

1

1

3

Wannabe

Spice Girls

Dec 1996

Feb 1997

2

1

24

4

You Were Meant For Me

Jewel

Jan 1997

Mar 1997

11

1

17

5

Everyday Is A Winding Road

Sheryl Crow

Jan 1997

Mar 1997

2

1

1

6

One Headlight

The Wallflowers

Jan 1997

Mar 1997

1

11

7

Can't Nobody Hold Me Down

Puff Daddy Featuring Mase

Feb 1997

Mar 1997

4

1

8

All By Myself

Celine Dion

Feb 1997

Apr 1997

4

1

9

I Want You

Savage Garden

Feb 1997

Apr 1997

8

1

11

10

Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?

Paula Cole

Apr 1997

Apr 1997

1

1

11

MMMbop

Hanson

Mar 1997

May 1997

2

1

12

Return Of The Mack

Mark Morrison

Mar 1997

May 1997

7

1

13

Sunny Came Home

Shawn Colvin

Mar 1997

Jun 1997

1

17

14

Hypnotize

The Notorious B.I.G.

Apr 1997

Jun 1997

4

1

1

15

Semi-Charmed Life

Third Eye Blind

Apr 1997

Jul 1997

2

1

16

How Bizarre

OMC

May 1997

Jul 1997

2

1

17

Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)

Backstreet Boys

Jul 1997

Jul 1997

5

1

18

Men In Black

Will Smith

Jun 1997

Jul 1997

1

1

19

I'll Be Missing You

Puff Daddy Featuring Faith Evans Featuring 112

May 1997

Aug 1997

1

1

20

Mo Money Mo Problems

The Notorious B.I.G. Featuring Puff Daddy & Mase

Aug 1997

Sep 1997

1

1

21

Honey

Mariah Carey

Aug 1997

Sep 1997

7

1

22

Foolish Games

Jewel

Jun 1997

Sep 1997

2

1

1

23

Push

Matchbox 20

Sep 1997

Sep 1997

1

4

24

Candle In The Wind 1997

Elton John

Jun 1997

Sep 1997

2

1

25

How Do I Live

LeAnn Rimes

Sep 1997

Sep 1997

1

2

26

4 Seasons Of Loneliness

Boyz II Men

Jul 1997

Oct 1997

1

1

1

27

Fly

Sugar Ray Featuring Super Cat

Aug 1997

Oct 1997

2

1

28

You Make Me Wanna...

Usher

Sep 1997

Oct 1997

6

1

1

29

Tubthumping

Chumbawamba

Sep 1997

Nov 1997

3