Sarah McLachlan's "Building a Mystery" was the most successful single of 1997 in Canada, peaking atop the RPM chart for eight nonconsecutive weeks.

RPM was a Canadian magazine that published the best-performing singles of Canada from 1964 to 2000. Eighteen different songs rose to number one this year, starting with "Head over Feet" by Alanis Morissette and ending with "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba. Ten artists reached the top spot for the first time in 1997: Merril Bainbridge, OMC, No Doubt, The Wallflowers, Savage Garden, Our Lady Peace, Hanson, Sarah McLachlan, Sugar Ray, and Chumbawamba. This year, no artist achieved more than one number-one single.

Two songs spent eight weeks at number one in 1997: "Building a Mystery" by Sarah McLachlan and "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba; the former song was the year's best-performing single. The Rolling Stones earned their ninth number-one single in 1997 with "Anybody Seen My Baby?", having first topped the RPM Singles Chart in November 1965 with "Get Off of My Cloud";[1] this gave them a 31-year, 11-month spread of number-one hits in Canada.

Alanis Morissette, Our Lady Peace, and Sarah McLachlan were the only Canadian acts to reach number one in their home country this year. American band The Wallflowers stayed at number one for five weeks with "One Headlight", and four acts totalled three weeks at the summit: Sheryl Crow, INXS, Hanson, and Sugar Ray.

Key
† Indicates best-performing single of 1997

Chart history

No Doubt reached number one for two weeks with "Don't Speak".
Sheryl Crow's song "Everyday Is a Winding Road" topped the chart for three weeks, giving Crow her fourth Canadian number-one hit.
Rock band Our Lady Peace reached number one in their home country in 1997 when "Clumsy" ascended to the top spot in June.
Hanson stayed at number one for three weeks with "MMMBop" in July.
"Anybody Seen My Baby?" gave the Rolling Stones their ninth chart-topper on RPM, 31 years after their first number one.
Issue date Song Artist Reference
6 January[A] "Head over Feet" Alanis Morissette [2]
13 January "Mouth" Merril Bainbridge [3]
20 January "How Bizarre" OMC [4]
27 January "Just Another Day" John Mellencamp [5]
3 February [6]
10 February "Don't Speak" No Doubt [7]
17 February [8]
24 February "A Long December" Counting Crows [9]
3 March [10]
10 March "Everyday Is a Winding Road" Sheryl Crow [11]
17 March [12]
24 March [13]
31 March "One Headlight" The Wallflowers [14]
7 April [14]
14 April [15]
21 April [16]
28 April [17]
5 May "Staring at the Sun" U2 [18]
12 May [19]
19 May "Elegantly Wasted" INXS [20]
26 May [21]
2 June [22]
9 June "I Want You" Savage Garden [23]
16 June [24]
23 June "Clumsy" Our Lady Peace [25]
30 June [26]
7 July [27]
14 July "MMMBop" Hanson [28]
21 July [29]
28 July [30]
4 August "Building a Mystery"†[31] Sarah McLachlan [32]
11 August [33]
18 August [34]
25 August [35]
1 September [36]
8 September [37]
15 September "Honey" Mariah Carey [38]
22 September [39]
29 September "Building a Mystery"† Sarah McLachlan [40]
6 October [41]
13 October "Fly" Sugar Ray [42]
20 October [43]
27 October "Anybody Seen My Baby?" The Rolling Stones [44]
3 November "Fly" Sugar Ray [45]
10 November "Tubthumping" Chumbawamba [46]
17 November [47]
24 November [48]
1 December [49]
8 December [50]
15 December [51]
22 December[B]
29 December

Notes

  1. ^ Due to a three-week break in publication over the 1996/1997 Christmas/New Year period, the week of 6 January is inferred.
  2. ^ Due to a three-week break in publication over the 1997/1998 Christmas/New Year period, the weeks of 22 December and 29 December are inferred.

See also

References

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