1997 Unreleased Pop Hit Songs |
Between 1994 and 1999, pop radio began playing many unreleased songs. Some of these songs made it all the way to number one. Here are all the songs not released as singles that made the pop chart in 1997. |
| 1960-1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| red # = rock chartblue # = pop chart |
| 1 | #1 Crush | 1 | 12 | Jan 1997 |
| Garbage |
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| 2 | Lady Picture Show | 1 | 21 | Jan 1997 |
| Stone Temple Pilots |
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| 3 | All Mixed Up | 2 | 6 | Jan 1997 |
| 311 |
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| 4 | Lovefool | 9 | 1 | Jan 1997 |
| The Cardigans |
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| 5 | A Long December | 3 | 2 | Jan 1997 |
| Counting Crows |
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| 6 | Abuse Me | 3 | 21 | Feb 1997 |
| Silverchair |
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| 7 | Greedy Fly | 1 | 29 | Feb 1997 |
| Bush |
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| 8 | One In A Million | 21 | Mar 1997 |
| Aaliyah |
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| 9 | One Headlight | 1 | 1 | Mar 1997 |
| The Wallflowers |
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| 10 | Santeria | 1 | 7 | Mar 1997 |
| Sublime |
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| 11 | Elegantly Wasted | 15 | 24 | Mar 1997 |
| INXS |
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| 12 | Don't Leave Me | 8 | Apr 1997 |
| BLACKstreet |
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| 13 | Butterfly Kisses | 5 | May 1997 |
| Bob Carlisle |
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| 14 | How Bizarre | 1 | Jun 1997 |
| OMC |
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| 15 | Midnight In Chelsea | 28 | Jun 1997 |
| Jon Bon Jovi |
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| 16 | A Change Would Do You Good | 20 | 5 | Jul 1997 |
| Sheryl Crow |
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| 17 | Crash Into Me | 9 | 10 | Jul 1997 |
| Dave Matthews Band |
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| 18 | Men In Black | 1 | Jul 1997 |
| Will Smith |
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| 19 | The Difference | 2 | 10 | Jul 1997 |
| The Wallflowers |
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| 20 | Where's The Love | 6 | Aug 1997 |
| Hanson |
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| 21 | Wrong Way | 1 | 17 | Aug 1997 |
| Sublime |
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| 22 | The Impression That I Get | 2 | 10 | Sep 1997 |
| The Mighty Mighty Bosstones |
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| 23 | Got 'Til It's Gone | 28 | Sep 1997 |
| Janet Jackson Featuring Q-Tip And Joni Mitchell |
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| 24 | Push | 1 | 1 | Sep 1997 |
| Matchbox 20 |
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| 25 | Fly | 1 | 1 | Oct 1997 |
| Sugar Ray Featuring Super Cat |
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| 26 | Silver Springs | 7 | Oct 1997 |
| Fleetwood Mac |
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| 27 | If You Could Only See | 1 | 9 | Oct 1997 |
| Tonic |
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| 28 | Three Marlenas | 11 | 21 | Oct 1997 |
| The Wallflowers |
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| 29 | Butterfly | 6 | Nov 1997 |
| Mariah Carey |
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| 30 | Walkin' On The Sun | 1 | 1 | Nov 1997 |
| Smash Mouth |
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| 31 | Tell Him | 13 | Nov 1997 |
| Celine Dion With Barbra Streisand |
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| 32 | Takes A Little Time | 6 | Nov 1997 |
| Amy Grant |
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| 33 | As Long As You Love Me | 2 | Dec 1997 |
| Backstreet Boys |
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| 34 | 3:00 AM | 1 | 2 | Dec 1997 |
| Matchbox 20 |
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