Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1997
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1997.
Elton John was 50 years old when his double-sided single topped the chart, which was "Something About The Way You Look Tonight" and the 1997 remake of "Candle In The Wind", although it only debuted in October 1997 and was also #1 for two weeks in the 1998 calendar year.
Jewel's "Foolish Games / You Were Meant For Me" was the second most popular song of the year, outperforming many number one singles. The song only reached number two for two weeks, but spent twenty-eight consecutive weeks in the top ten and 65 weeks on the chart. It is also placed higher than both of the songs that prevented it from topping the Hot 100.
Although it wasn't dethroned until November 1996 and spent 60 total weeks on the chart, "Macarena" by Los Del Rio, which topped the 1996 year-end chart, is only ranked #82.
Amber's "This Is Your Night" despite peaking in the 1997 calendar year, and being in the 1996 installment, is not displayed in the 1997 installment.
| No. | Title | Artist |
| 1 | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" | Elton John |
| 2 | "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" | Jewel |
| 3 | "I'll Be Missing You" | Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans and 112 |
| 4 | "Un-Break My Heart" | Toni Braxton |
| 5 | "Can't Nobody Hold Me Down" | Puff Daddy featuring Mase |
| 6 | "I Believe I Can Fly" | R. Kelly |
| 7 | "Don't Let Go " | En Vogue |
| 8 | "Return of the Mack" | Mark Morrison |
| 9 | "How Do I Live" | LeAnn Rimes |
| 10 | "Wannabe" | Spice Girls |
| 11 | "Quit Playing Games " | Backstreet Boys |
| 12 | "MMMBop" | Hanson |
| 13 | "For You I Will" | Monica |
| 14 | "You Make Me Wanna..." | Usher |
| 15 | "Bitch" | Meredith Brooks |
| 16 | "Nobody" | Keith Sweat featuring Athena Cage |
| 17 | "Semi-Charmed Life" | Third Eye Blind |
| 18 | "Barely Breathing" | Duncan Sheik |
| 19 | "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | Az Yet featuring Peter Cetera |
| 20 | "Mo Money Mo Problems" | The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase |
| 21 | "The Freshmen" | The Verve Pipe |
| 22 | "I Want You" | Savage Garden |
| 23 | "No Diggity" | Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre |
| 24 | "I Belong to You " | Rome |
| 25 | "Hypnotize" | The Notorious B.I.G. |
| 26 | "Every Time I Close My Eyes" | Babyface |
| 27 | "In My Bed" | Dru Hill |
| 28 | "Say You'll Be There" | Spice Girls |
| 29 | "Do You Know " | Robyn |
| 30 | "4 Seasons of Loneliness" | Boyz II Men |
| 31 | "G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T." | Changing Faces |
| 32 | "Honey" | Mariah Carey |
| 33 | "I Believe in You and Me" | Whitney Houston |
| 34 | "Da' Dip" | Freak Nasty |
| 35 | "2 Become 1" | Spice Girls |
| 36 | "All for You" | Sister Hazel |
| 37 | "Cupid" | 112 |
| 38 | "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" | Paula Cole |
| 39 | "Sunny Came Home" | Shawn Colvin |
| 40 | "It's Your Love" | Tim McGraw and Faith Hill |
| 41 | "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" | Gina G |
| 42 | "Mouth" | Merril Bainbridge |
| 43 | "All Cried Out" | Allure featuring 112 |
| 44 | "I'm Still in Love with You" | New Edition |
| 45 | "Invisible Man" | 98 Degrees |
| 46 | "Not Tonight" | Lil' Kim featuring Da Brat, Left Eye, Missy Elliott and Angie Martinez |
| 47 | "Look into My Eyes" | Bone Thugs-n-Harmony |
| 48 | "Get It Together" | 702 |
| 49 | "All by Myself" | Celine Dion |
| 50 | "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" | Celine Dion |
| 51 | "My Love Is the Shhh!" | Somethin' for the People featuring Trina & Tamara |
| 52 | "Where Do You Go" | No Mercy |
| 53 | "I Finally Found Someone" | Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams |
| 54 | "I'll Be" | Foxy Brown featuring Jay-Z |
| 55 | "If It Makes You Happy" | Sheryl Crow |
| 56 | "Never Make a Promise" | Dru Hill |
| 57 | "When You Love a Woman" | Journey |
| 58 | "Up Jumps da Boogie" | Timbaland & Magoo featuring Missy Elliott and Aaliyah |
| 59 | "I Don't Want To" / "I Love Me Some Him" | Toni Braxton |
| 60 | "Everyday Is a Winding Road" | Sheryl Crow |
| 61 | "Cold Rock a Party" | MC Lyte |
| 62 | "Pony" | Ginuwine |
| 63 | "Building a Mystery" | Sarah McLachlan |
| 64 | "I Love You Always Forever" | Donna Lewis |
| 65 | "Your Woman" | White Town |
| 66 | "C U When U Get There" | Coolio featuring 40 Thevz |
| 67 | "Change the World" | Eric Clapton |
| 68 | "My Baby Daddy" | B-Rock and the Bizz |
| 69 | "Tubthumping" | Chumbawamba |
| 70 | "Gotham City" | R. Kelly |
| 71 | "Last Night" | Az Yet |
| 72 | "ESPN Presents The Jock Jam" | Various Artists |
| 73 | "Big Daddy" | Heavy D |
| 74 | "What About Us" | Total |
| 75 | "Smile" | Scarface featuring 2Pac and Johnny P. |
| 76 | "What's on Tonight" | Montell Jordan |
| 77 | "Secret Garden" | Bruce Springsteen |
| 78 | "The One I Gave My Heart To" | Aaliyah |
| 79 | "Fly Like an Eagle" | Seal |
| 80 | "No Time" | Lil' Kim featuring Puff Daddy |
| 81 | "Naked Eye" | Luscious Jackson |
| 82 | "Macarena " | Los del Río |
| 83 | "On & On" | Erykah Badu |
| 84 | "Don't Wanna Be a Player" | Joe |
| 85 | "I Shot the Sheriff" | Warren G |
| 86 | "You Should Be Mine " | Brian McKnight featuring Mase |
| 87 | "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | Madonna |
| 88 | "Someone" | SWV and Puff Daddy |
| 89 | "Go the Distance" | Michael Bolton |
| 90 | "One More Time" | Real McCoy |
| 91 | "Butta Love" | Next |
| 92 | "Coco Jambo" | Mr. President |
| 93 | "Twisted" | Keith Sweat |
| 94 | "Barbie Girl" | Aqua |
| 95 | "When You're Gone" / "Free to Decide" | The Cranberries |
| 96 | "Let Me Clear My Throat" | DJ Kool |
| 97 | "I Like It" | The Blackout All-Stars |
| 98 | "You're Makin' Me High" / "Let It Flow" | Toni Braxton |
| 99 | "You Must Love Me" | Madonna |
| 100 | "Let It Go" | Ray J |