Top 20 Songs 1997 [exclusive] <Top 100 Essential>

At #4 was —a folk singer with a $20 guitar and a poem about loneliness. At #3 was "Foolish Games" also by Jewel . Yes, she occupied two spots in the top five, beating everyone except Puff Daddy and Elton John. Her music was quiet, acoustic, and vulnerable. It was the sound of a girl in a coffee shop.

But the real war was for #1. The top song of 1997 was —a rewritten ode to Princess Diana that sold 33 million copies. It was funereal, orchestral, and inescapable. top 20 songs 1997