1997

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	UK First Chart Appearance	UK Chart Peak	UK Now Appearances
2 Eivissa - Oh La La La	28 September 1997	13	1
911 - Bodyshakin'	27 April 1997	3	3
911 - The Day We Find Love	16 February 1997	4	1
911 - The Journey	6 July 1997	3	1
911 - Party People... Friday Night	26 October 1997	5	2
ABC - Stranger Things	16 March 1997	57	1
Adam F - Circles	21 September 1997	20	2
Alisha's Attic - Indestructible	9 March 1997	12	2
All Saints - I Know Where It's At	31 August 1997	4	3
All Saints - Never Ever	16 November 1997	1	12
Amen! UK - Passion	2 February 1997	15	3
Amira - My Desire	7 December 1997	20	1
Ant and Dec - Shout	9 March 1997	10	1
Apollo 440 - Ain't Talkin' 'bout Dub	9 February 1997	7	1
Aqua - Barbie Girl	19 October 1997	1	15
Ash - A Life Less Ordinary	19 October 1997	10	2
B.B.E. - Flash	23 March 1997	5	2
BBC Children in Need - Perfect Day	23 November 1997	1	1
Backstreet Boys - Anywhere for You	23 March 1997	4	2
Backstreet Boys - As Long as You Love Me	5 October 1997	3	3
Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back)	27 July 1997	3	8
Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)	12 January 1997	2	3
The Bee Gees - Alone	23 February 1997	5	2
Bellini - Samba De Janeiro	21 September 1997	8	7
Bentley Rhythm Ace - Bentleys Gonna Sort You Out!	31 August 1997	17	1
Blackstreet - Don't Leave Me	20 April 1997	6	1
Blue Boy - Remember Me	26 January 1997	8	6
Blur - Beetlebum	26 January 1997	1	2
Blur - On Your Own	22 June 1997	5	1
Boris Dlugosch presents Booom! - Hold Your Head Up High	7 September 1997	23	1
Boyz II Men - 4 Seasons of Loneliness	14 September 1997	10	1
Boyzone - Baby Can I Hold You	30 November 1997	2	2
Boyzone - Isn't It a Wonder	16 March 1997	2	3
Boyzone - Picture of You	27 July 1997	2	4
Brainbug - Nightmare	27 April 1997	11	2
The Brand New Heavies - You've Got a Friend	12 October 1997	9	2
Cast - Free Me	30 March 1997	7	3
Cast - Guiding Star	22 June 1997	9	1
Cast - I'm So Lonely	9 November 1997	14	1
Cathy Dennis - Waterloo Sunset	23 February 1997	11	2
Celine Dion - Call the Man	22 June 1997	11	1
Celine Dion - The Reason	14 December 1997	11	1
The Charlatans - North Country Boy	30 March 1997	4	1
The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats	30 March 1997	1	6
Chicane with Power Circle - Offshore '97	7 September 1997	17	3
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping	17 August 1997	2	10
Coco - I Need a Miracle	2 November 1997	39	1
Conner Reeves - Earthbound	16 November 1997	14	1
Coolio - Ooh La La	5 October 1997	14	1
Coolio feat. 40 Thevz - C U When U Get There	13 July 1997	3	3
The Course - Ain't Nobody	29 June 1997	8	1
The Course - Ready or Not	13 April 1997	5	1
DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima	30 March 1997	4	9
DJ Quicksilver - Free	31 August 1997	7	2
Damage - Love Guaranteed	16 March 1997	7	2
Damage - Wonderful Tonight	11 May 1997	3	2
Dannii Minogue - All I Wanna Do	17 August 1997	4	1
Dannii Minogue - Everything I Wanted	26 October 1997	15	1
Dario G - Sunchyme	21 September 1997	2	5
The Divine Comedy - Everybody Knows (Except You)	16 March 1997	14	1
Duran Duran - Out of My Mind	18 May 1997	21	1
East 17 - Hey Child	12 January 1997	3	2
Echo & the Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever	22 June 1997	8	1
Electronic - Second Nature	9 February 1997	35	1
Elton John - Something About the Way You Look Tonight	14 September 1997	1	2
Embrace - All You Good Good People	2 November 1997	8	3
En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love)	5 January 1997	5	3
En Vogue - Whatever	8 June 1997	14	1
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar	2 March 1997	24	3
Eternal - Angel of Mine	5 October 1997	4	2
Eternal - Don't You Love Me	2 March 1997	3	2
Eternal feat. Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be the Only One	25 May 1997	1	11
Faith No More - Ashes to Ashes	25 May 1997	15	1
Faithless - Reverence	20 April 1997	10	1
Fatboy Slim - Everybody Loves a Carnival	1 November 1997	34	1
Finley Quaye - Even After All	7 September 1997	10	1
Finley Quaye - Sunday Shining	15 June 1997	16	1
Five - Slam Dunk (Da Funk)	7 December 1997	10	1
Foxy Brown featuring Jay-Z - I'll Be	15 June 1997	9	1
Gabrielle - Walk on By	26 January 1997	7	3
Gala - Freed from Desire	13 July 1997	2	6
Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait	4 May 1997	1	1
George Michael - I Can't Make You Love Me	26 January 1997	3	1
George Michael - Older	26 January 1997	3	1
George Michael - Star People '97	4 May 1997	2	2
George Michael - The Strangest Thing '97	14 September 1997	2	1
George Michael - You Have Been Loved	14 September 1997	2	2
Gina G - Fresh	16 March 1997	6	1
Gina G - Ti Amo	1 June 1997	11	1
Ginuwine - When Doves Cry	31 August 1997	10	1
Hanson - MMMBop	1 June 1997	1	11
Hanson - Where's the Love	7 September 1997	4	2
James - She's a Star	16 February 1997	9	2
James - Waltzing Along	29 June 1997	23	1
Jamiroquai - Alright	4 May 1997	6	1
Janet Jackson - Together Again	7 December 1997	4	2
Janet featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell - Got 'til It's Gone	28 September 1997	6	1
Jaydee - Plastic Dreams	14 September 1997	18	1
Johnny Harris - Stepping Stones	26 October 1997	94	1
Jon Bon Jovi - Janie, Don't Take Your Love to Town	9 November 1997	13	1
Jon Bon Jovi - Midnight in Chelsea	8 June 1997	4	1
Katrina and the Waves - Love Shine a Light	4 May 1997	3	3
Kavana - I Can Make You Feel Good	5 January 1997	8	3
Kula Shaker - Hush	2 March 1997	2	4
LL Cool J - Ain't Nobody	2 February 1997	1	2
LL Cool J - Phenomenon	26 October 1997	9	3
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Inkanyezi Nezazi (The Star & the Wiseman)	9 November 1997	33	1
Laguna - Spiller from Rio (Do It Easy)	26 October 1997	40	1
Lighthouse Family - Raincloud	5 October 1997	6	2
The Lightning Seeds - Sugar Coated Iceberg	12 January 1997	12	1
The Lightning Seeds - You Showed Me	20 April 1997	8	1
Lisa Stansfield - The Real Thing	16 March 1997	9	1
Lisa Stansfield vs. The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - People Hold On	12 January 1997	4	1
Louise - Arms Around the World	28 September 1997	4	5
Louise - Let's Go Round Again	23 November 1997	10	3
Lutricia McNeal - Ain't That Just the Way	23 November 1997	6	4
Lynden David Hall - Sexy Cinderella	19 October 1997	17	1
M People - Just for You	28 September 1997	8	1
Mark Owen - Clementine	9 February 1997	3	1
Mary J. Blige - Everything	10 August 1997	6	1
Meredith Brooks - Bitch	27 July 1997	6	5
Moby - James Bond Theme (Moby's Re-Version)	9 November 1997	8	3
Monaco - What Do You Want From Me?	9 March 1997	11	2
N-Trance feat. Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy	26 October 1997	7	3
N-Tyce - Hey DJ! (Play That Song)	29 June 1997	20	1
*NSYNC - I Want You Back	16 November 1997	5	3
*NSYNC - Tearin' Up My Heart	7 September 1997	9	1
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn	2 November 1997	2	17
No Doubt - Don't Speak	16 February 1997	1	2
No Mercy - Please Don't Go	18 May 1997	4	1
No Mercy - Where Do You Go	12 January 1997	2	2
North & South - I'm a Man Not a Boy	11 May 1997	7	1
The Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize	27 April 1997	10	1
OTT - Let Me In	9 February 1997	12	1
Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?	13 July 1997	1	2
Oasis - Stand By Me	28 September 1997	2	1
Ocean Colour Scene - Better Day	16 November 1997	9	1
Ocean Colour Scene - Hundred Mile High City	22 June 1997	4	3
Ocean Colour Scene - Travellers Tune	31 August 1997	5	1
Orbital - The Saint	13 April 1997	3	2
Orbital - Satan (Live)	5 January 1997	3	1
PF Project feat. Ewan McGregor - Choose Life	9 November 1997	6	3
Paul McCartney - Young Boy	4 May 1997	19	2
Paul Weller - Brushed	3 August 1997	14	1
Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?	22 June 1997	15	1
Pet Shop Boys - A Red Letter Day	23 March 1997	9	1
Pet Shop Boys - Somewhere	29 June 1997	9	1
Peter Andre - Lonely	2 November 1997	6	1
Peter Andre - Natural	2 March 1997	6	1
Placebo - Nancy Boy	26 January 1997	4	2
Poppers presents Aura - Every Little Time	19 October 1997	44	1
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly	23 March 1997	1	8
Radiohead - Karma Police	31 August 1997	8	3
Radiohead - Paranoid Android	1 June 1997	3	3
Reef - Come Back Brighter	19 January 1997	8	1
Republica - Drop Dead Gorgeous	27 April 1997	7	1
Ricky Martin - (Un, Dos, Tres) María	14 September 1997	6	5
Robbie Williams - Angels	7 December 1997	4	24
Robbie Williams - Lazy Days	20 July 1997	8	2
Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die	20 April 1997	2	2
Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close	25 May 1997	4	5
Sash! - Encore Une Fois	23 February 1997	2	4
Sash! feat. La Trec - Stay	12 October 1997	2	1
Sash! feat. Rodriguez - Ecuador	29 June 1997	2	4
The Seahorses - Love Is the Law	4 May 1997	3	2
Sean Maguire - Today's the Day	23 March 1997	27	1
Shaggy featuring Marsha - Piece of My Heart	13 July 1997	7	1
Sheryl Crow - A Change Would Do You Good	6 July 1997	8	2
Sheryl Crow - Tomorrow Never Dies	7 December 1997	12	2
Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody	13 April 1997	4	3
Slacker - Scared	20 April 1997	36	1
Sly and Robbie feat. Simply Red - Night Nurse	14 September 1997	13	1
Smoke City - Underwater Love	6 April 1997	4	2
The Source/Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix)	1 March 1997	3	5
Space - Dark Clouds	16 February 1997	14	2
Spice Girls - Mama	9 March 1997	1	3
Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life	19 October 1997	1	8
Spice Girls - Too Much	21 December 1997	1	2
Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are	9 March 1997	1	5
Staxx - Joy '97	7 September 1997	14	1
Steps - 5, 6, 7, 8	16 November 1997	14	4
Stereophonics - Local Boy in the Photograph	23 March 1997	14	1
Suede - Lazy	13 April 1997	9	1
Suede - Saturday Night	19 January 1997	6	1
Supergrass - Richard III	6 April 1997	2	2
Supergrass - Sun Hits the Sky	15 June 1997	10	2
Suzanne Vega - No Cheap Thrill	16 February 1997	40	1
Teenage Fanclub - Ain't That Enough	6 July 1997	17	1
Terrorvision - Easy	5 January 1997	12	1
Texas - Black Eyed Boy	3 August 1997	5	1
Texas - Halo	13 April 1997	10	1
Texas - Say What You Want	12 January 1997	3	7
Tin Tin Out - Strings for Yasmin	14 September 1997	31	2
Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go	24 August 1997	7	2
Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown - Something Goin' On	6 July 1997	5	3
Toni Braxton - I Don't Want To	18 May 1997	9	1
Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got to Be Big)	5 January 1997	1	6
Trisha Yearwood - How Do I Live	3 August 1997	66	1
U2 - Discotheque	9 February 1997	1	2
U2 - Staring at the Sun	20 April 1997	3	1
UB40 - Tell Me Is It True	24 August 1997	14	1
Ultra Naté - Free	8 June 1997	4	13
Usher - You Make Me Wanna...	28 December 1997	1	3
Vanilla - No Way No Way	16 November 1997	14	1
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony	22 June 1997	2	2
The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work	7 September 1997	1	2
The Verve - Lucky Man	30 November 1997	7	2
Warren G featuring Ron Isley - Smokin' Me Out	25 May 1997	14	1
Wet Wet Wet - If I Never See You Again	16 March 1997	3	2
Wet Wet Wet - Yesterday	10 August 1997	4	2
White Town - Your Woman	19 January 1997	1	6
Whitney Houston - I Believe in You and Me	23 March 1997	16	1

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