{"id":21417,"date":"2024-06-24T03:29:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T09:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=21417"},"modified":"2024-06-13T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T22:05:17","slug":"fifty-years-of-music-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/fifty-years-of-music-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Years Of Music \u2013 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Fifty years ago, I made my first appeared on the Earth.\u00a0 In celebration, we are going to take a look at the year-end\u00a0Billboard<\/em>\u00a0Hot 100 singles chart for each year of my life and see what songs resonated with me at the time and if they continue to do so to this day.<\/p>\n

We continue our look back at the music of my lifetime with 1997, the year I graduated from college, started working at my current company, and celebrated my 23rd birthday.\u00a0 Thanks to my newly acquired hour plus commute, you’d think I’d have picked up more of the music of the day, but the numbers keep going down.\u00a0 A mere 25 songs remain familiar to me today, with 15 of them appearing in my collection in one way or another.<\/p>\n

#95: The Cranberries \u2013 Free to Decide<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 16 plays<\/p>\n

The group’s final charting hit in the US, it peaked at #8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart and #22 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#94: Aqua \u2013 Barbie Girl<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Leading to a lawsuit from Barbie’s corporate masters, the song reached #7.<\/p>\n

#87: Madonna \u2013 Don’t Cry for Me Argentina<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Recorded for the Evita<\/em> soundtrack, with Madonna in the title role, it went to #8 and was the first song to originate in a stage musical to hit the top ten since 1985.<\/p>\n

#82: Los del Rio \u2013 Macarena (Bayside Remix)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The #1 song of 1996 returns for its second straight year end chart.<\/p>\n

#81: Luscious Jackson \u2013 Naked Eye<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 13 plays<\/p>\n

Hitting #36, it remains the band’s lone charting single.<\/p>\n

#69: Chumbawamba \u2013 Tubthumping<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 31 plays<\/p>\n

The only single from the group to chart in the US, it peaked at #6.<\/p>\n

#67: Eric Clapton \u2013 Change the World<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

A 43-week stay on the Hot 100 gives Clapton a second year-end spot for his final top ten hit.<\/p>\n

#64: Donna Lewis \u2013 I Love You Always Forever<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n

A nine-week stay at #2 propelled Lewis to the year-end chart for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

#63: Sarah McLachlan \u2013 Building a Mystery<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 22 plays<\/p>\n

The Grammy winner for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1998, it reached #13.<\/p>\n

#60: Sheryl Crow \u2013 Everyday Is a Winding Road<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 30 plays<\/p>\n

Featuring background vocals from Neil Finn of Crowded House, it went to #11 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#55: Sheryl Crow \u2013 If It Makes You Happy<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 14 plays<\/p>\n

Spending 27 weeks on the Hot 100 across 1996 and 1997, it made the year-end chart both years.<\/p>\n

#50: Celine Dion \u2013 It’s All Coming Back to Me Now<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Recorded three times, by Pandora’s Box, Dion, and Meat Loaf, Dion’s most was the most successful, charting at year-end for the second straight year.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

#39: Shawn Colvin \u2013 Sunny Came Home<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 15 plays<\/p>\n

The singer’s only charting single to date, it topped out at #7.<\/p>\n

#38: Paula Cole \u2013 Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 20 plays<\/p>\n

Garnering multiple Grammy noms, the leads single from Cole’s sophomore effort peaked at #8, becoming her first and last top ten hit.<\/p>\n

#23: Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre \u2013 No Diggity<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 12 plays<\/p>\n

Charting for the second year in a row, the song, used as the walkup song on occasion by former White Sox outfielder Adam Eaton, won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.<\/p>\n

#21: The Verve Pipe \u2013 The Freshmen<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 24 plays<\/p>\n

Recorded three times by the band starting in 1992, the final version broke through, giving the band their only top ten hit. reaching #5.<\/p>\n

#20: The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase \u2013 Mo Money Mo Problems<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Released posthumously, it spent two weeks atop the Hot 100, making him the only artist two have two #1 hits with singles released following their death.<\/p>\n

#17: Third Eye Blind \u2013 Semi-Charmed Life<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 17 plays<\/p>\n

The lead single from the band’s debut album, it spent 43 weeks on the Hot 100, peaking at #4.<\/p>\n

#15: Meredith Brooks \u2013 Bitch<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 21 plays<\/p>\n

Spending four weeks at #2, it remains the lone Top 40 hit for the Oregon-based singer.<\/p>\n

#12: Hanson \u2013 MMMBop<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

The lead single from the debut album from the Hanson brothers, it spent three weeks at #1 in late spring.<\/p>\n

#10: Spice Girls \u2013 Wannabe<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 18 plays<\/p>\n

Girl Power took hold in late winter, as this debut single from the British group spent four weeks atop the Hot 100.<\/p>\n

#6: R. Kelly \u2013 I Believe I Can Fly<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Recorded for the Space Jam<\/em> soundtrack, it topped out at #2.<\/p>\n

#4: Toni Braxton \u2013 Un-Break My Heart<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Spending eleven weeks at #1 across 1996 and 1997, it hit the year-end charts for both years.<\/p>\n

#3: Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 \u2013 I’ll Be Missing You<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

Sampling Every Breath You Take<\/em> by the Police, this tribute to Biggie Smalls, who was murdered on March 9, 1997, spent eleven weeks at #1 during the summer.<\/p>\n

#2: Jewel \u2013 You Were Meant for Me<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 37 plays<\/p>\n

Spending a total of 65 weeks in the Hot 100, it peaked at #2 for two weeks.<\/p>\n

#1: Elton John \u2013 Candle in the Wind 1997<\/em>
\niTunes stats: N\/A<\/p>\n

A re-working of his 1973 hit in tribute of the deceased Princess Diana, it spent fourteen weeks atop the Hot 100, John’s ninth and final #1 hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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