1. Hanson MMMBop3:59{1} 2. Eternal feat. Bebe Winans I Wanna Be The Only One3:31{1} 3. The Cardigans Lovefool 3:14{2} 4. No Doubt Just A Girl 3:29{3} 5. Sash! feat. Rodriguez Ecuador 3:33{2} 6. No Mercy Where Do You Go 4:18{2} 7. Spice Girls Who Do You Think You Are3:44{1} 8. Ultra Natι Free 3:51{4} 9. Rosie Gaines Closer Than Close 3:43{4} 10. George Michael Star People (Forthright Edit) 4:22{2} 11. En Vogue Don't Let Go (Love) 4:02{5} 12. Shola Ama You Might Need Somebody 3:48{4} 13. Coolio feat. 40 Thevz C U When U Get There 3:41{3} 14. Warren G feat. Ron Isley Smokin' Me Out 3:06{14} 15. R. Kelly I Believe I Can Fly3:15{1} 16. Damage Wonderful Tonight 4:04{3} 17. 911 The Journey 4:36{3} 18. Boyzone Isn't It A Wonder 3:45{2} 19. Backstreet Boys Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) 3:42{2} 20. N-Tyce Hey DJ! (Play That Song) 3:14{20} 21. Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z I'll Be 2:29{9} 22. Wet Wet Wet If I Never See You Again 3:49{3} 23. U2 Staring At The Sun 4:37{3} 24. The Verve Bittersweet Symphony 4:35{2} 25. The Seahorses Love Is The Law 3:40{3} 26. Ocean Colour Scene 100 Mile High City 3:04{4} 27. Robbie Williams Old Before I Die 3:51{2} 28. Cast Guiding Star 3:57{9} 29. Paul McCartney Young Boy 3:54{19} 30. Sheryl Crow A Change Would Do You Good 3:50{8} 31. Radiohead Paranoid Android 6:23{3} 32. Texas Halo 4:04{10} 33. Supergrass Sun Hits The Sky 3:40{10} 34. James Waltzing Along 3:33{23} 35. Blur On Your Own 4:22{5} 36. Fun Lovin' Criminals Scooby Snacks 3:02{12} 37. Orbital The Saint 4:33{3} 38. Brainbug Nightmare 3:26{11} 39. The Course Ain't Nobody 3:27{8} 40. Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown Something Goin' On 3:34{5} 41. Diddy Give Me Love 3:27{23}
Key Tracks highlighted red were official UK #1s. Tracks with an asterisk (*) next to their title have also been included in special releases from the series. The track duration has been highlighted cyan. Bracketed numbers refer to highest chart position reached.
Miscellaneous Facts
Track Most Weeks At #1:Spice Girls Who Do You Think You Are / R. Kelly I Believe I Can Fly / Hanson MMMBop (3 weeks) Lowest Charting Track:James Waltzing Along / Diddy Give Me Love {23} Longest Song:Radiohead Paranoid Android 6:23 Shortest Song:Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z I'll Be 2:29 Edited Tracks:Unknown Unedited Tracks:Unknown Inlay Mistakes:None Other Facts:N/A
On This Day In History
Walkers "Spice Girls" crisps went on sale in the UK, over 16 million bags were sold by the end of the year.
Now That's What I Call Music! 37 aka Now 37 tells the story of summer in 1997. Many of the artists selected to feature had made an appearance in the series previously, but it was the first time we heard from Hanson, The Cardigans, Ultra Nate, Shola Ama, Warren G, The Verve and Fun Lovin' Criminals. It was also the first appearance from Jay Z (later named Jay-Z), albeit as a featured artist.
Onto the omissions, and with 4 #1's making the cut out of a possible 8, it meant that we missed out on having Michael Jackson Blood On The Dancefloor, Gary Barlow Love Won't Wait, Olive You're Not Alone and Puff Daddy & Faith Evans I'll Be Missing You which was a tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G. Other noteworthy hits to be overlooked included the timeless classic Time To Say Goodbye performed by Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli, and a #2 hit that year. As well as the theme tune to one of the most iconic 90's TV shows F.R.I.E.N.D.S. was The Rembrants I'll Be There For You, a Top 10 hit in May 1997. Also excluded (in place of other singles from the same artist) was the #2 Richard III by Supergrass. Also absent was the iconic 2 minute anthem by Blur Song 2, a #2 hit in April 1997. One other to add to this list was the #3 pop song Bodyshakin' by 911.
As always there were some one hit wonders placed on this volume, and they were from No Mercy, Rosie Gaines, N-Tyce, Foxy Brown, The Seahorses, Brainbug, The Course and Diddy.
Artwork Rating: 7/10 Very Good Quite like the colours used in this design. The gold and bronze working well together and reflections of the logo from every angle. Very shiny design.
Disc 1 Favourite: R. Kelly I Believe I Can Fly A childhood favourite I have to say. This song has never lost its appeal to me, and the soulful lyrics just work really well. Of course, it will never not remind me of the movie Space Jam each time I hear it. R. Kelly's greatest work.
Disc 2 Favourite: The Verve Bittersweet Symphony An iconic piece of music which received much attention both in its commercial use and sampled in other tracks later on. For me, this is very melodic and a song I often come back to for it's enjoyment.
Overall Rating: 7/10 Very Good This is a very good volume for me. It was just before I began collecting the series but I had heard many of the songs at the time and the quality is there. I like that there is very much a broad selection of genres found within this volume too, but what often stands out from this year in music was the heavy use of indie and Brit-pop found in the charts. A couple of additions might have bumped up the overall rating.
Andrew's Best 5 (as of April 2017) 1. R. Kelly I Believe I Can Fly 2. En Vogue Don't Let Go (Love) 3. Ultra Nate Free 4. Sash! feat. Rodriguez Ecuador 5. The Verve Bittersweet Symphony
Andrew's Worst 5 (as of April 2017) 1. Foxy Brown feat. Jay Z I'll Be 2. Warren G feat. Ron Isley Smokin' Me Out 3. James Waltzing Along 4. Supergrass Sun Hits The Sky 5. N-Tyce Hey DJ! (Play That Song)
Posted by: fiesta 18th April 2017, 12:17 PM
another one of my fave now albums, so many good tracks! voted Ocean Colour Scene & No Doubt. Also love Todd Terry, Eternal, Seahorses, Fun Lovin Criminals
Posted by: King Rollo 18th April 2017, 04:15 PM
Nothing stands out on disc 1 but voted for Ecuador. Best songs on disc 2: Bittersweet Symphony,Paranoid Android and Nightmare.
Posted by: Jester 19th April 2017, 09:02 PM
A classic 90s Now (and probably my second favourite ever). Some great tunes, I voted Lovefool and Bittersweet Symphony.
Posted by: DalekTurret32 19th April 2017, 10:57 PM
I remember seeing a photo of this album appearing in an episode of Fun House [1997], when they were showing the prizes in the Fun House and one of them included CD tokens.
Favourites:
MmmBop (guilty pleasure) I Wanna Be The Only One Lovefool Just A Girl Ecuador Free Closer Than Close Star People Don't Let Go (Love) I Believe I Can Fly Hey DJ (Play That Song) I'll Be Staring At The Sun Bittersweet Symphony Love Is The Law Hundred Mile High City Old Before I Die Guiding Star Paranoid Android (My favourite Radiohead song) Sun Hits The Sky Waltzing Along On Your Own Scooby Snacks (Dat Pulp Fiction sample in the opening "Everybody stay cool, this is a robbery! Any of you f**king pricks move and I'll execute every motherf**kin' last one of ya!") The Saint Nightmare Ain't Nobody Something Going On Give Me Love
Posted by: Dobbo 23rd April 2017, 11:53 AM
Artwork: Love it! Very glorious gold, saying look at me! Buy me! 8/10.
CD 1: A VERY strong disc. My fave has to be the brilliant Ultra Natι - Free, an essential 90s anthem that always perks me up! Shout outs to Rosie Gaines, Coolio & Ecuador too, all tracks I return to semi-regulary. Some big pop songs kicking off the album, Lovefool was the Rate winner. The big blot of this disc is I Believe I Can Fly genuinely one of the worst songs ever! Or I should say, least fave.
CD 2: Not a patch on the first disc. Bittersweet Symphony the CLEAR best track here. Not a lot else to mention, Nightmare is an interesting & unique addition but overall a poor side.
Overall: Combining both discs I'll rank this as a 7/10.
Posted by: Hide&Seek 5th July 2017, 08:17 PM
Disc 1 faves (could easily pick more than five) :
1. En Vogue Don't Let Go (Love) 2. N-Tyce Hey DJ! (Play That Song) 3. No Mercy Where Do You Go 4. Spice Girls Who Do You Think You Are 5. George Michael Star People (Forthright Edit)
Disc 2 faves (slim pickings as usual) :
1. Todd Terry feat. Martha Wash and Jocelyn Brown Something Goin' On
Posted by: No Sleeep 17th July 2017, 05:36 PM
Disc 1 faves: 1. En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) 2. R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly 3. Eternal feat. Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be the Only One 4. No Doubt - Just A Girl 5. Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are 6. Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z - I'll Be
Disc 2 faves: 1. Diddy - Give Me Love (By default! Terrible disc 2, they used all the good ones on disc 1)