1997 UK Official Charts Number One Hits SURVIVOR (Round 1)

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  • Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (4th January)

    Votes: 38 80.9%

  • Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got to Be Big) (18th January)

    Votes: 28 59.6%

  • White Town - Your Woman (25th January)

    Votes: 23 48.9%

  • Blur - Beetlebum (1st February)

    Votes: 10 21.3%

  • LL Cool J - Ain't Nobody (8th February)

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • U2 - Discothèque (15th February)

    Votes: 8 17.0%

  • No Doubt - Don't Speak (22nd February)

    Votes: 39 83.0%

  • Spice Girls - Mama (15th March)

    Votes: 19 40.4%

  • Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are (15th March)

    Votes: 41 87.2%

  • The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats (5th April)

    Votes: 15 31.9%

  • R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (12th April)

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dance Floor (3rd May)

    Votes: 13 27.7%

  • Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait (10th May)

    Votes: 1 2.1%

  • Olive - You're Not Alone (17th May)

    Votes: 33 70.2%

  • Eternal feat. Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be the Only One (31st May)

    Votes: 29 61.7%

  • Hanson - MMMBop (7th June)

    Votes: 18 38.3%

  • Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112 - I'll Be Missing You (28th June)

    Votes: 18 38.3%

  • Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean? (19th July)

    Votes: 6 12.8%

  • Will Smith - Men in Black (16th August)

    Votes: 14 29.8%

  • The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work (13th September)

    Votes: 26 55.3%

  • Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997 (20th September)

    Votes: 5 10.6%

  • Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight (20th September)

    Votes: 15 31.9%

  • Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (25th October)

    Votes: 41 87.2%

  • Aqua - Barbie Girl (1st November)

    Votes: 30 63.8%

  • BBC Various Artists - Perfect Day (29th November)

    Votes: 21 44.7%

  • Teletubbies - Teletubbies say "Eh-Oh" (13th December)

    Votes: 10 21.3%

  • Spice Girls - Too Much (27th December)

    Votes: 31 66.0%
  • Total voters
    47
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We take on 1997 this time. Let's get the hits rolling (and dropping) one after another, with Moopy voting for their favourite UK Number One of the year.

First round! In this round you are voting to SAVE UP TO 16 ACTS/TRACKS you want to move on to the next round.
 
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I think my 2 favorites songs on that list are Your Woman and You’re Not Alone
 
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This is a much better list than 1998 or 1999

I'm predicting an Eternal and Spice Girls (WDYTYA) final.




08 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (4th January) Votes: 14 77.8%
08 Tori Amos - Professional Widow (It's Got to Be Big) (18th January) Votes: 13 72.2%
07 White Town - Your Woman (25th January) Votes: 14 77.8%
00 Blur - Beetlebum (1st February) Votes: 3 16.7%
05 LL Cool J - Ain't Nobody (8th February) Votes: 1 5.6%
05 U2 - Discothèque (15th February) Votes: 3 16.7%
07 No Doubt - Don't Speak (22nd February) Votes: 16 88.9%
02 Spice Girls - Mama (15th March) Votes: 7 38.9%
06 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are (15th March) Votes: 16 88.9%
06 The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats (5th April) Votes: 7 38.9%
02 R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (12th April) Votes: 1 5.6%
08 Michael Jackson - Blood on the Dance Floor (3rd May) Votes: 7 38.9%
00 Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait (10th May) Votes: 1 5.6%
10 Olive - You're Not Alone (17th May) Votes: 16 88.9%
10 Eternal feat. Bebe Winans - I Wanna Be the Only One (31st May) Votes: 15 83.3%
00 Hanson - MMMBop (7th June) Votes: 9 50.0%
05 Puff Daddy & Faith Evans feat. 112 - I'll Be Missing You (28th June) Votes: 8 44.4%
06 Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean? (19th July) Votes: 3 16.7%
05 Will Smith - Men in Black (16th August) Votes: 6 33.3%
08 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work (13th September) Votes: 13 72.2%
00 Elton John - Candle in the Wind 1997 (20th September) Votes: 2 11.1%
10 Elton John - Something About The Way You Look Tonight (20th September) Votes: 8 44.4%
-1 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life (25th October) Votes: 16 88.9%
00 Aqua - Barbie Girl (1st November) Votes: 12 66.7%
06 BBC Various Artists - Perfect Day (29th November) Votes: 10 55.6%
00 Teletubbies - Teletubbies say "Eh-Oh" (13th December) Votes: 2 11.1%
07 Spice Girls - Too Much (27th December)
 
Really? I think this is the weakest one so far. I didn’t even use all my 16 saves.

If Spice Up Your Life isn’t winning then it will have to be Olive’s You’re Not Alone. :disco:
 
One vote for R Kelly!

Also one vote for Love Won't Wait which is objectively one of the blandest pieces of nothing put to record.
 
I'd like to see The Teletubbies get through to the next round.

It's an experimental, outsider masterpiece, a deeply sinister collage of half-remembered lullabies and childhood nightmares (did anyone else try counting sheep to get to sleep only to have them sing menancingly to you?), all set to an unsettlingly jaunty backdrop that grows more and more infuriating as it progresses. A singular comment on how childhood is chewed up, processed and spat out for profit.
 
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Also one vote for Love Won't Wait which is objectively one of the blandest pieces of nothing put to record.
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Love Won't Wait really was bad enough to be a British Eurovision entry from the early mid noughties.
 
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Really? I think this is the weakest one so far. I didn’t even use all my 16 saves.

If Spice Up Your Life isn’t winning then it will have to be Olive’s You’re Not Alone. :disco:
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Yes I agree. Weakest by some distance for me.
 
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Clementine by Mark Owen should have been the Take That solo success story of 1997.
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If only it didn't have him singing it.

I do have a sneaking regard for Gary Barlow's Open Road though. In a 6 or 7 kind of way.
 
I like his first single that was a ballad and I can’t even remember how it went but I recall loving it.
 
I was initially perturbed by the general lack of votes for Block Rockin' Beats but it's probably one of those records that makes less sense out of its time.
 
I'm also going to get myself a Moopy ban and say that I think "D'You Know What I Mean?" might be my favourite Oasis single. It's so deliciously overblown and Liam sounds amazing on it.
 
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I'm also going to get myself a Moopy ban and say that I think "D'You Know What I Mean?" might be my favourite Oasis single. It's so deliciously overblown and Liam sounds amazing on it.
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No I think it's one of their best too.
 
Yes Olive to win please.

Even if they are a poor man's EBTG and lasted 5 minutes. WHAT A TUNE.
 
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