THE iNFOMAN 1997 TOP 50 SINGLES
(compiled 15/2/98-7/6/98)
1 Bjork Joga
2 Tricky Makes me wanna die
3 Primal Scream Kowalski
4 Portishead Cowboys
5 Spiritualized Electricity
6 Radiohead Paranoid android
7 Texas Say what you want
8 The Verve The drugs don't work
9 Lamb Gorecki
10 Sneaker Pimps Spin spin sugar
11 Roni Size Reprazent Heroes
12 Chemical Brothers Setting sun - with Noel Gallagher
13 Echo and the Bunnymen Nothing lasts forever
14 Death In Vegas Dirt
15 Erykah Badu On and on
16 Kenickie In your car
17 Luscious Jackson Naked eye
18 Orb Toxygene
19 Portishead All mine
20 Sinead O'Connor This is a rebel song
21 Belle And Sebastian Lazy line painter Jane
22 Sneaker Pimps Post-modern sleaze
23 Arab Strap The clearing
24 Primal Scream Star
25 Belle and Sebastian A century of fakers
26 Propellerheads History repeating - with Shirley Bassey
27 808 State Lopez - with James Dean Bradfield
28 Erykah Badu Next lifetime
29 Theaudience I got the wherewithal
30 Roni Size Reprazent Share the fall
31 The Verve Bitter sweet symphony
32 Paul Weller Brushed
33 Texas Halo
34 Kenickie Nightlife
35 Prolapse Autocade
36 Morcheeba Shoulder holster
37 Echobelly The world is flat
38 David Bowie Little wonder
39 Alabama 3 Woke up this mornin'
40 Catatonia I am the mob
41 Roni Size Reprazent Brown paper bag
42 Smoke City Underwater love
43 All Saints Never ever
44 Rude Club Men in suits
45 Propellerheads On Her Majesty's Secret Service - with David Arnold
46 Paul Weller Mermaids
47 Tori Amos Professional Widow (Remix)
48 Nick Cave Into my arms
49 Morcheeba The music that we hear (Moog Island)
50 Crowsdell Popsick
Bubbling Under
Alabama 3 Speed of the sound of loneliness
(cover of Nanci Griffith)
Alabama 3 U don't dance 2 tekno
Basement Jaxx Fly life
Beck The new pollution
Belle And Sebastian Dog on wheels
Bentley Rhythm Ace Bentley's gonna sort you out
Beth Orton Someone's daughter
Beth Orton She cries your name
Blur Song 2
Chemical Brothers Block rockin' beats
Crustation Purple
Curve Chinese burn
David Bowie Dead man walking
David Holmes Gritty shaker
Dreadzone Moving on
Dubstar No more talk
Dubstar Cathedral Park
Echo and the Bunnymen I want to be there when you come
Echo and the Bunnymen Don't let it get you down
Echobelly Here comes the big rush
Erykah Badu Appletree
Fluke Squirt
Future Sound Of London We have explosive
Gabrielle Walk on by
(cover of Dionne Warwick)
Helen Love Does your heart go boom?
John Lydon Sun
Jungle Brothers Jungle Brothers
KRS-One Step into a world (Rapture's delight)
Lamb Godbless
Lithium Ride the rocket - with Sonya Madan
Lo-Fidelity Allstars Many tentacles pimping on the keys
Mariah Carey Fantasy - with Puff Daddy
Mogwai New paths to Helicon
Morrissey Alma matters
Morrissey Roy's keen
Mouse On Mars Schnick-schnack
My Life Story Duchess
(cover of the Stranglers)
Neneh Cherry Kootchi
Neneh Cherry Feel it
Oasis D'you know what I mean?
Oasis Stand by me
Orb Asylum
Orbital The Saint
Paul Weller Peacock suit
Paul Weller Friday Street
Pierre Henry Psych‚ rock - with Michel Columbier
Period Pains Spice Girls, who do you think you are?
Portishead Over
Pretenders Goin' back
Primal Scream Burning wheel
Prodigy Smack my bitch up
Propellerheads Spybreak
Puff And Huff Feeling good - with Nina Simone
Roy Davis Jnr Gabriel - with Peven Everett
Salad Cardboy king
Sash! Encore une fois
Secret Goldfish Dandelion Milk Summer (EP)
Sheryl Crow A change will do you good
Sheryl Crow Every day is a winding road
Stereolab Miss Modular
Sundays Cry
Sundays Summertime
Supergrass Richard III
Supergrass Sun hits the sky
Tanya Donelly Pretty deep
Tanya Donelly The bright light
Texas Put your arms around me
Tricky Tricky Kid
Veruca Salt Volcano girls
Veruca Salt Benjamin
The Verve Lucky man
Wannadies Hit