April 23, 201411 yr Author PBxuq_eWW94 01/02/1997 Placebo - Nancy Boy Taking advantage of a slow time for singles (in my eyes) Nancy Boy manages a week at number 1 heading a brand new top 3. Of course, at the time I love it a whole lot more. Everyone seemed to be excite that they could manage a Top 5 hit and it dragged a whole legion of britpop fans in a somewhat darker direction. They went on to better it in many ways. 1 Week 01/02/1997 1 - Nancy Boy - Placebo 2 - Hedonism - Skunk Anansie 3 - Beetlebum - Blur
April 23, 201411 yr Author _9gc7AWzMoY 08/02/1997 David Bowie - Little Wonder Now, some people scoffed at him, arriving to the drum and bass party in 1997. Who cares when it sounds as good as this? I just read that the lyrics were inspired by the sever dwarves. He produced himself too - something that hadn't happened in 20 years. His 90s singles were generally great. 3 Weeks 08/02/1997 1 - Little Wonder - David Bowie 2 - Nancy Boy - Placebo 3 - Beetlebum - Blur 15/02/1997 1 - Little Wonder - David Bowie 2 - Barrel of a Gun - Depeche Mode 3 - Second Nature - Electronic 22/02/1997 1 - Little Wonder - David Bowie 2 - Da Funk - Daft Punk 3 - Barrel of a Gun - Depeche Mode Edited April 24, 201411 yr by AnthonyT
April 24, 201411 yr Author n1ZqN_VFhdo 01/03/1997 Daft Punk - Da Funk Who'd have thought on hearing this that Daft Punk would influence pop music (as well as dance music) for most of the following decade and that they'd have a million selling single 16 years later? Not I, for one. It completely relies on a few excellently executed layers. The restraint is commendable. 3 Weeks 01/03/1997 1 - Da Funk - Daft Punk 2 - Little Wonder - David Bowie 3 - Barrel of a Gun - Depeche Mode 08/03/1997 1 - Da Funk - Daft Punk 2 - Don't Say Your Love is Killing Me - Erasure 3 - Little Wonder - David Bowie 15/03/1997 1 - Da Funk - Daft Punk 2 - What Do You Want From Me? - Monaco 3 - Don't Say Your Love is Killing Me - Erasure
April 24, 201411 yr Excellent to see "Da Funk" was a #1 - I remember buying Discovery in an independent record shop back in 2001 and playing it for most of that summer. :wub: I also have vague memories of this and "Around The World" making the Top 40 and sounding quite out-of-place but very good amongst all the Brit pop and dance pop.
April 24, 201411 yr Author All these singles were # 1s in my chart. "You'll See" was my "Song Of The Year". How I could missed it ? Finally we shared two # 1 songs in our retrospectives. Thanks for replying, Alex. We do have an overlap in tastes.
April 24, 201411 yr Author ZRhIAQAiTtY 22/03/1997 Monaco - What Do You Want From Me? How could I not love this? It sounds exactly like prime-time New Order, moody verse and glorious chorus and all. Dat baseline. A friend once pointed out that the bridge incorporates influences of U2, (2:08) Oasis (2:34) and Pet Shop Boys (2:47) 1 Week 01/03/1997 1 - What Do You Want From Me? - Monaco 2 - Da Funk - Daft Punk 3 - NI Ten Ichi Ryu -Photek
April 24, 201411 yr Author UcSwDUE-QK4 29/03/1997 Lamb - Gorecki There's so much to love about this amazing track. The heart felt lyrics, the strings, the percussion, the build of it all. It's quite an experience. 4 Weeks 29/03/1997 1 - Gorecki - Lamb 2 - What Do You Want From Me? - Monaco 3 - Da Funk - Daft Punk 05/04/1997 1 - Gorecki - Lamb 2 - What Do You Want From Me? - Monaco 3 - Block Rockin' Beats - Chemical Brothers 12/04/1997 1 - Gorecki - Lamb 2 - Block Rockin' Beats - Chemical Brothers 3 - It's No Good - Depeche Mode 19/04/1997 1 - Gorecki - Lamb 2 - Song 2 - Blur 3 - Halo - Texas Edited April 24, 201411 yr by AnthonyT
April 24, 201411 yr Author Wk-km8Rtxu8 26/04/1997 Texas - Halo So much of this reminds me of the majesty of A Design for Life - which is no surprise as Mike Hedges produced it too. The strings have such a kick to them. Best Texas single by a long way. 1 Week 26/04/1997 1 - Halo - Texas 2 - Around the World - Daft Punk 3 - Dead Man Walking - David Bowie
April 24, 201411 yr Author s9MszVE7aR4 03/05/1997 Daft Punk - Around the World I can understand someone not liking this song - the vocoder-ed vocals are annoying but the music is so bloody good I can manage to ignore them. I must try and get a purely instrumental version. It kept Olive at number 2 for 3 weeks which was also a highlight of 1997. Amazing video too - Michel Gondry is a genius. 5 Weeks 03/05/1997 1 - Around the World - Daft Punk 2 - Halo - Texas 3 - Dead Man Walking - David Bowie 10/05/1997 1 - Around the World - Daft Punk 2 - Halo - Texas 3 - Tomorrow - James 17/05/1997 1 - Around the World - Daft Punk 2 - You're Not Alone - Olive 3 - Kowalski - Primal Scream 24/05/1997 1 - Around the World - Daft Punk 2 - You're Not Alone - Olive 3 - Kowalski - Primal Scream 31/05/1997 1 - Around the World - Daft Punk 2 - You're Not Alone - Olive 3 - Fireworks - Embrace Edited April 24, 201411 yr by AnthonyT
April 24, 201411 yr Wahoo! I predicted and hoped for "What Do You Want From Me?" It's not how it used to be... I was introduced to that song by Trigger Happy TV would you believe it - and I bought the soundtracks to both series as I loved the music from it: hopefully Gene follows in August! :D "Around The World" is also amazing. Lots I'm loving from '97.
April 24, 201411 yr Author 1997 is a lot more solid than I remembered. My fave years for singles have always been 96 and 98.
April 25, 201411 yr Author Interesting choice, I thought it's something from their mI ost well-known singles. Like Texas, but I prefer "The Hush", maybe all singles from that era, where my # 1s. Do you have any another Garbage singles in your top 3 or even # 1 ? There is not many chances for me to have any another same # 1s. Oh, wait. Maybe you are a secret fan of Vanilla. :lol: Why would you expect a well known single to be my favourite? The Hush singles were good. I loved the album track Saint. Absolutely beautiful. I am not saying if there are any more Garbage songs in my countdown - that would spoil the surprise.
April 26, 201411 yr Author gG4Ba19HYYw 07/06/1997 Jewel - Foolish Games This is absolutely gorgeous. An ode to a man in style and lyric that Kate Bush now and again used to employ, babbling along like Joni Mitchell. There's a distance at work here where she's clearly in awe of a man that she can quite connect with. 3 Weeks 07/06/1997 1 - Foolish Games - Jewel 2 - Paranoid Android - Radiohead 3 - Around the World - Daft Punk 14/06/1997 1 - Foolish Games - Jewel 2 - Paranoid Android - Radiohead 3 - The Beautiful People - Maralyn Manson 21/06/1997 1 - Foolish Games - Jewel 2 - Free - Ultra Nate 3 - Paranoid Android - Radiohead Edited April 26, 201411 yr by AnthonyT
April 27, 201411 yr Author JPR108kwNo4 28/06/1997 Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? Second one hit wonder in a row from a female America singer with vague country tinges. There's nothing startlingly original about this song, it's just got a really lovely lyric about a no good husband and nice vocal layers. 3 Weeks 28/06/1997 1 - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole 2 - Home - Depeche Mode 3 - Foolish Games - Jewel 05/07/1997 1 - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole 2 - Home - Depeche Mode 3 - Waltzing Along - James 12/07/1997 1 - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole 2 - Waltzing Along - James 3 - Home - Depeche Mode Edited April 27, 201411 yr by AnthonyT
April 27, 201411 yr Author QZTCt-nQY9U 19/07/1997 James - Waltzing Along Following up the mighty Tomorrow with Waltzing Along, James were going through my favourite period for them. She's a Star was also great. I find it hard to separate the two former singles. Waltzing Along just did better in this chart due to being released at a time of lesser competition. 2 Weeks 19/07/1997 1 - Waltzing Along - James 2 - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole 3 - 100 Mile High City - Ocean Colour Scene 26/07/1997 1 - Waltzing Along - James 2 - Risingson - Massive Attack 3 - D'ya Know What I Mean? - Oasis
April 27, 201411 yr Author 85E9Q5Wx210 02/08/1997 Massive Attack - Risingson Holy jebus - this is amazing. I vaguely remember it at the time but over the years and especially when I started falling badly for Mezzanine it has come to be one of the most astonishingly atmospheric pieces that I go to. The layers are so great. A highlight of 1997. 4 Weeks 02/08/1997 1 - Risingson - Massive Attack 2 - Blinded by the Sun - U2 3 - D'ya Know What I Mean? - Oasis 09/08/1997 1 - Risingson - Massive Attack 2 - Blinded by the Sun - U2 3 - What a Beautiful Day - Levellers 16/08/1997 1 - Risingson - Massive Attack 2 - Blinded by the Sun - U2 3 - What a Beautiful Day - Levellers
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