Updated on February 17, 1997
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Most
Popular Singles in the World
Edition 47 - Week 8 - February 17, 1997
This week the votes from 1182 people have been used to compile this chart. This list contains the best singles in the world. Vote for a single in this chart if you think other people should buy it too.
| TW | LW | NW | Artist - Title | Label/Publisher(s) | HI | ID |
| 1 | 2 | 17 | No Doubt Don't Speak | Interscope/MCA | 1 | 1410 |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | David Bowie Little Wonder | RCA/BMG | 2 | 1593 |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | Madonna Don't Cry for Me Argentina | Maverick/WEA | 1 | 1539 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | Toni Braxton Un-Break My Heart | LaFace/Arista/BMG | 1 | 1408 |
| 5 | 10 | 4 | U2 Discotheque | Island/ | 5 | 1565 |
| 6 | 5 | 11 | 3T I Need You | Epic/Sony | 3 | 1500 |
| 7 | 6 | 10 | Spice Girls 2 Become 1 | Virgin/EMI | 6 | 1531 |
| 8 | 7 | 11 | Prince/TAFKAP/The Symbol Betcha By Golly Wow | EMI | 3 | 1479 |
| 9 | 9 | 12 | Garbage #1 Crush | Mushroom/BMG | 7 | 1497 |
| 10 | 8 | 23 | Michael Jackson Stranger in Moscow | Epic/Sony | 1 | 1364 |
| 11 | 12 | 22 | Rush Test for Echo | Atlantic/WEA | 11 | 1347 |
| 12 | 11 | 12 | En Vogue Don't Let Go (Love) | Elektra/WEA | 10 | 1450 |
| 13 | 21 | 3 | Depeche Mode Barrel of a Gun | Warner/WEA | 13 | 1594 |
| 14 | 15 | 6 | REM Electrolite | Warner | 14 | 1535 |
| 15 | 13 | 9 | Cardigans Lovefool | Polygram | 9 | 1533 |
| 16 | 25 | 2 | Blur Beetlebum | Parlophone/ | 16 | 1596 |
| 17 | 17 | 10 | R. Kelly I Believe I Can Fly | Jive/BMG | 15 | 1516 |
| 18 | 20 | 26 | Alanis Morissette Head over Feet | Maverick/Reprise/Warner | 4 | 1318 |
| 19 | 35 | 5 | Sheryl Crow Every Day is a Winding Road | A&M/Polydor | 19 | 1511 |
| 20 | 14 | 14 | Garbage Milk | Mushroom/BMG | 12 | 1469 |
| 21 | 26 | 29 | Spice Girls Wannabe | Virgin | 6 | 1247 |
| 22 | 19 | 9 | Celine Dion All By Myself | Columbia/Sony | 19 | 1534 |
| 23 | 24 | 14 | Cranberries When You're Gone | Island/Mercury | 21 | 1464 |
| 24 | 18 | 26 | 3T & Michael Jackson Why | Epic/Sony | 1 | 1261 |
| 25 | 22 | 13 | The Prodigy Breathe | XL/ | 13 | 1478 |
| 26 | 33 | 6 | Counting Crows A Long December | DGC/ | 26 | 1553 |
| 27 | 16 | 20 | Sheryl Crow If It Makes You Happy | A&M/Polydor | 3 | 1374 |
| 28 | 23 | 28 | Celine Dion It's All Coming Back to Me Now | Epic/Sony | 1 | 1279 |
| 29 | 29 | 19 | Def Leppard All I Want is Everything | Mercury | 13 | 1388 |
| 30 | 31 | 13 | Backstreet Boys Quit Playing Games: With My Heart | Jive/Zomba | 28 | 1445 |
| 31 | 41 | 11 | Metallica Mama Said | Vertigo/Mercury | 31 | 1508 |
| 32 | 38 | 3 | Suede Saturday Night | Nude/ | 32 | 1584 |
| 33 | 27 | 35 | Mariah Carey Forever | Columbia/Sony | 1 | 1209 |
| 34 | 40 | 16 | Spice Girls Say You'll Be There | Virgin/EMI | 8 | 1423 |
| 35 | 45 | 13 | 2PAC I Ain't Mad at Cha' | Death Row/Interscope | 20 | 1439 |
| 36 | 68 | 2 | Nine Inch Nails The Perfect Drug | Interscope | 36 | 1603 |
| 37 | 46 | 3 | Babyface Everytime I Close My Eyes | Epic/Sony | 37 | 1587 |
| 38 | 55 | 3 | Bush Greedy Fly | Interscope/ | 38 | 1569 |
| 39 | 30 | 7 | Celine Dion To Love You More | Columbia/Sony | 30 | 1521 |
| 40 | 44 | 8 | Jewel You Were Meant for Me | Atlantic/WEA | 40 | 1527 |
| 41 | 43 | 29 | Radiohead The Bends | Parlophone/EMI | 23 | 1260 |
| 42 | 48 | 3 | Texas Say What You Want | Mercury/ | 42 | 1579 |
| 43 | 34 | 12 | Pet Shop Boys Single Bilingual | Parlophone/EMI | 13 | 1489 |
| 44 | 49 | 12 | Smashing Pumpkins Thirty Three | Virgin/EMI | 25 | 1498 |
| 45 | 42 | 10 | Bryan Adams Star | A&M/Polydor | 35 | 1513 |
| 46 | 36 | 34 | Queen Let Me Live | Parlophone/EMI Music | 9 | 1210 |
| 47 | 53 | 16 | Nirvana Aneurysm | DGC/Geffen | 19 | 1407 |
| 48 | 59 | 5 | The Bluetones Marblehead Johnson | A&M/Polydor | 48 | 1390 |
| 49 | 28 | 18 | Madonna You Must Love Me | Maverick/Warner | 1 | 1421 |
| 50 | 39 | 34 | Bon Jovi Hey God | Mercury | 8 | 1202 |
| 51 | 37 | 16 | Bush Swallowed | Interscope/MCA | 20 | 1441 |
| 52 | 66 | 10 | Kula Shaker Govinda | Columbia/Sony | 52 | 1491 |
| 53 | 63 | 4 | Erasure In My Arms | Mute/ | 53 | 1577 |
| 54 | 32 | 13 | Enigma Beyond the Invisible | Virgin | 15 | 1451 |
| 55 | - | 1 | Live Lakini's Juice | Uni/MCA | 55 | 1595 |
| 56 | 47 | 18 | Belinda Carlisle Always Breaking My Heart | Chrysalis | 31 | 1380 |
| 57 | 50 | 16 | Robert Miles feat. M. Nayler One & One | BMG | 22 | 1436 |
| 58 | 52 | 9 | Jamiroquai Cosmic Girl | Sony | 46 | 1507 |
| 59 | 64 | 18 | Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre No Diggity | Interscope/MCA | 27 | 1398 |
| 60 | 61 | 11 | REM Leave | Warner | 29 | 1490 |
| 61 | 91 | 3 | Pearl Jam Off He Goes | Sony | 61 | 1561 |
| 62 | 51 | 13 | Dune Who Wants to Live Forever | Orbit/Virgin | 14 | 1483 |
| 63 | 54 | 5 | Dave Matthews Band Crash into Me | RCA/BMG | 44 | 1542 |
| 64 | 67 | 2 | DC Talk Jesus Freak | Virgin | 64 | 1599 |
| 65 | 69 | 12 | Marilyn Manson Beautiful People | Interscope/Uni | 53 | 1429 |
| 66 | 82 | 5 | Whitney Houston Step by Step | Arista/BMG | 66 | 1540 |
| 67 | 85 | 4 | Puff Johnson Over and Over | Columbia/Sony | 67 | 1568 |
| 68 | 60 | 18 | REM Bittersweet Me | Warner | 12 | 1413 |
| 69 | - | 1 | Placebo Nancy Boy | Elevator/ | 69 | 1606 |
| 70 | 80 | 5 | The Corrs Love to Love You | Eastwest/Warner | 70 | 1523 |
| 71 | 62 | 5 | Ocean Color Scene The Circle | MCA | 54 | 1391 |
| 72 | 72 | 3 | MC Lyte Cold Rock a Party | Eastwest/EEG | 72 | 1526 |
| 73 | 77 | 7 | Beck Devils Haircut | Geffen/ | 73 | 1496 |
| 74 | 92 | 29 | Tori Amos Hey Jupiter | Atlantic/Warner | 24 | 1287 |
| 75 | 88 | 2 | Unique II Break my Stride | Dance Pool/Sony | 75 | 1567 |
| 76 | 95 | 10 | Tool Stinkfist | BMG | 70 | 1471 |
| 77 | 98 | 3 | LL Cool J Ain't Nobody | Geffen/ | 77 | 1554 |
| 78 | - | 1 | George Michael Older | Virgin/EMI | 78 | 1592 |
| 79 | 81 | 7 | Bloodhound Gang Fire Water Burn | Geffen/Uni | 43 | 1551 |
| 80 | 71 | 5 | Donna Lewis Without Love | Atlantic/WEA | 51 | 1562 |
| 81 | 100 | 2 | White Town Your Woman | Chrysalis/EMI | 81 | 1591 |
| 82 | 90 | 6 | Tina Turner & Barry White In Your Wildest Dreams | Parlophone/EMI | 69 | 1504 |
| 83 | - | 1 | Offspring All I Want | Sony | 83 | 1598 |
| 84 | 58 | 5 | Cake The Distance | Capricorn/Mercury | 51 | 1509 |
| 85 | 78 | 20 | Merril Bainbridge Mouth | Universal | 21 | 1372 |
| 86 | 65 | 3 | Wallflowers One Headlight | Interscope/Uni | 65 | 1541 |
| 87 | 83 | 38 | Collective Soul Where The River Flows | Atlantic/Warner | 24 | 1168 |
| 88 | 79 | 16 | The Braids Bohemian Rhapsody | Big Beat/Atlantic | 36 | 1434 |
| 89 | - | 8 | Marco Borsato De Waarheid | Polydor | 63 | 1501 |
| 90 | - | 28 | Eric Clapton Change the World | Reprise/Warner | 32 | 1259 |
| 91 | 97 | 2 | D.J. Bobo Respect Yourself | EastWest/ | 91 | 1563 |
| 92 | 94 | 8 | Blackstreet Never Gonna Let You Go | Interscope/MCA | 65 | 1548 |
| 93 | 75 | 5 | Better Than Ezra Desperately Wanting | WEA | 69 | 1552 |
| 94 | 57 | 30 | Donna Lewis I Love You Always Forever | Atlantic/WEA | 4 | 1244 |
| 95 | 76 | 10 | Red Hot Chili Peppers Love Rollercoaster | Geffen/ | 45 | 1474 |
| 96 | 70 | 4 | Makaveli To Live and Die in L.A. | Death Row/ | 70 | 1564 |
| 97 | - | 1 | Warren G. I Shot the Sheriff | Interscope/BMG | 97 | 1609 |
| 98 | 84 | 16 | Suede Beautiful | Nude/ | 39 | 1437 |
| 99 | 73 | 22 | Metallica Hero of the Day | Elektra/Mercury | 11 | 1360 |
| 100 | 56 | 17 | Belinda Carlisle In Too Deep | Chrysalis | 27 | 1377 |
These singles fell out of the Top 100 this week.
| LW | NW | Artist - Title | Label/Publisher(s) | HI | ID |
| 74 | 27 | Tori Amos Professional Widow | Atlantic/Warner | 49 | 1264 |
| 86 | 10 | Backstreet Boys Anywhere for You | Jive/Zomba | 46 | 1415 |
| 87 | 41 | Roxette She Doesn't Live Here Anymore | EMI/EMI Music | 1 | 1139 |
| 89 | 39 | Oasis Champagne Supernova | Creation/Sony | 7 | 1153 |
| 93 | 2 | Poe Hello | Atlantic/WEA | 93 | 1576 |
| 96 | 2 | Newsboys Take Me to Your Leader | Star Song/ | 79 | 1566 |
| 99 | 5 | Orbital Satan | Internal/Mercury | 82 | 1558 |
The following singles have not yet received enough points to enter the Top 100 chart.
| TW | NW | Artist - Title | Label/Publisher(s) | ID |
| 1 | 7 | Jars of Clay Liquid | Essential/Silvertone/Jive | 1560 |
| 2 | 3 | Silverchair Abuse Me | Sony | 1604 |
| 3 | 5 | The Porn Kings Up to No Good | Popular/Warner | 1570 |
| 4 | 5 | East 17 Hey Child | London/ | 1580 |
| 5 | 3 | Luscious Jackson Naked Eye | Capitol/Cema | 1600 |
| 6 | 3 | Gabrielle Walk on By | Go! Beat/ | 1597 |
| 7 | 5 | Puff Daddy feat. Mase Can't Nobody Hold Me Down | Arista/BMG | 1574 |
| 8 | 7 | Kavana I Can Make You Feel Good | Nemesis/ | 1559 |
| 9 | 5 | Lightning Seeds Sugar Coated Iceberg | Epic/Sony | 1578 |
| 10 | 5 | Sublime Santeria | MCA | 1575 |
| 11 | 4 | The Roots What They Do | DGC/Geffen | 1586 |
| 12 | 3 | Duncan Sheik Barely Breathing | Atlantic/WEA | 1601 |
| 13 | 3 | Sponge Have You Seen Mary? | Sony | 1602 |
| 14 | 2 | No Mercy Please Don't Go | Arista/BMG | 1611 |
| 15 | 1 | Skunk Anansie Hedonism | 1618 | |
| 16 | 1 | Redman Whateva Man | PGD/Polygram | 1619 |
| 17 | 1 | Mansun She Makes My Nose Bleed | Parlophone/ | 1620 |
| 18 | 3 | The Orb Toxygene | Island/ | 1608 |
| 19 | 2 | 'N Sync I Want You Back | 1610 | |
| 20 | 2 | Vacuum I Breathe | Stockholm/ | 1617 |
| 21 | 4 | Lisa Stansfield vs. The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels People Hold On | Arista/BMG | 1583 |
| 22 | 1 | Snoop Doggy Dogg Vapors | Death Row/Interscope | 1621 |
| 23 | 5 | DJ Quicksilver I Have a Dream | Arcade/ | 1571 |
| 24 | 3 | Michelle Gayle Do You Know | 1st Avenue/RCA | 1607 |
| 25 | 2 | 702 Get it Together | Biv/Motown | 1614 |
| 26 | 4 | Datura Voo-Doo Believe | Time/ | 1582 |
| 27 | 5 | Erykah Badu On & on | MCA | 1573 |
| 28 | 4 | Reef Come Back Brighter | Sony | 1590 |
| 29 | 4 | Marky Mark Hey DJ! | 1588 | |
| 30 | 1 | Tracy Bonham The One | Island/Mercury | 1622 |
| 31 | 4 | John Mellencamp Just Another Day | Mercury/ | 1589 |
| 32 | 5 | Ghetto People feat. L-Viz In the Ghetto | Epic/Sony | 1581 |
| 33 | 5 | The Blackout Allstars I Like It | Sony | 1572 |
| 34 | 4 | Red 5 Da Beat Goes | 1585 | |
| 35 | 3 | The Blue Boy Remember Me | Pharm/EMI | 1605 |
| 36 | 2 | Freak Nasty Da' Dip | Triad/ | 1612 |
| 37 | 2 | E-40 feat. Bo-Rock Things'll Never Change | Jive/BMG | 1613 |
| 38 | 2 | Immature feat. Smooth and Ed Watch Me Do My Thing | Loud/BMG | 1615 |
| 39 | 2 | Jean-Michel Jarre Oxygene 8 | Epic/Sony | 1616 |
| 40 | 1 | Monstars of Space Jam Hit 'em High | Atlantic/Warner | 1623 |
| 41 | 1 | B.B.E. Flash | Zomba/ | 1624 |
| 42 | 1 | Montell Jordan What's On Tonight | PGD/Polygram | 1625 |
| 43 | 1 | Az Yet feat. Peter Cetera Hard to Say I'm Sorry | Arista/BMG | 1626 |
| 44 | 1 | Aaliyah One in a Million | Blackground/Atlantic | 1627 |
| 45 | 1 | No Doubt Excuse Me Mr. | Trauma/Interscope | 1628 |
| 46 | 1 | The Blue Boy Remember Me | Pharm/ | 1629 |
| 47 | 1 | Apollo Four Forty Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub | Stealth Sonic/ | 1630 |
| 48 | 1 | Mark Owen Clementine | RCA/BMG | 1631 |
| Legend | |
| - | New Entry or Re-Entry |
| Bullet (climbing fast) | |
| Climbing | |
| TW | This Week |
| LW | Last Week |
| NW | Number of Weeks |
| HI | Highest Position |
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'jojo' Appelo: singles@worldcharts.nl Daniel Weber: daweber@csd.uwm.edu |
