– Puff Daddy featuring MaseMarking the start of Puff Daddy’s chart dominance, this track spent 28 weeks on the charts and 6 weeks at #1.
The men of 1997 were a varied bunch. You had the sincere balladry of with "Change the World" (No. 7) sitting comfortably next to the disco-funk revival of The "Price" of the 90s , R. Kelly , with "I Believe I Can Fly" (No. 8). top 20 songs 1997
But 1997 also gave us the anti-Spice Girl. At #20 was . A rock song with the chorus: "I’m a bitch, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a mother." Radio played it constantly, often bleeping the title while playing the song. The cognitive dissonance was perfect. – Puff Daddy featuring MaseMarking the start of
In late 1996, the music industry was panicking. Grunge was dead (Kurt Cobain had been gone for two years), and the nihilistic tantrum of Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails was too dark for radio. Executives didn’t know what the future sounded like. 7) sitting comfortably next to the disco-funk revival
At #15 was . Wait, no—that's a lie. "Everlong" peaked at #3 on the Modern Rock chart, but on the Hot 100? It didn't even crack the top 40. The future of rock (Dave Grohl) was languishing while "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba (#17) was a massive hit. Yes, the song with "I get knocked down, but I get up again" was more popular than any Foo Fighters song in 1997.
– Mark MorrisonThis New Jack Swing classic from the UK crossed over to become one of the year’s most recognizable grooves.