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1997 End of Year Poll 39 members have voted

  1. 1. Vote for your favourite track

    • No Doubt - Don't Speak
      17
    • Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
      22

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I would be happy with a Tie cos I love them both and

both deserve it really

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UK Chart Run: 2-2-2-4-5-9-8-8-8-9-10-12-19-21-29-33-55-X-70-X-71 (19 weeks)

 

So it's congrats to Australian singer & actress Natalie Imbruglia for winning the 1997 survivor after a very tense battle. One of a handful of Neighbours actors to move into music, she released her debut album Left Of The Middle in late 1997. From that album was a cover version of a song by a relatively little-known American rock band called Ednaswap. Imbruglia's version highlighted the hit potential of the track and it set up her for a successful start to her singing career. It wasn't able to top the UK charts as a result of running into Barbie Girl but it nonetheless sold over a million copies and today sits in the top 100 best-selling singles of all time.

 

 

 

UK Chart Run: 1-1-1-2-4-3-3-3-6-11-16-23-32-40-48-63-68-71-X-56 (19 weeks)

 

With every winner there must a runner-up. This time it comes in the form of Californian pop rock band No Doubt. Similar to Chumbawamba, the band's origins date back many years before their commercial breakthrough. Their first 2 albums didn't chart anywhere however that would all change in 1997 with the release of Tragic Kingdom. Lead single Just A Girl scraped the UK top 40 in 1996 but Don't Speak would become arguably their magnum opus, debuting at #1 where it would stay for 3 consecutive weeks. More success would follow for the band stretching into the new millennium where lead singer Gwen Stefani would fly solo and carve out a very successful career of her own.

Edited by Dobbo.

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