Billboard Adult Pop Songs of December 20, 1997

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1 Up by 1

Tubthumping
Chumbawamba
From the album: Tubthumper
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
11
Number
2 Down by 1

I Don't Want to Wait
Paula Cole
From the album: This Fire
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
22
Number
3

Fly
Sugar Ray
From the album: Floored
Peak
2
Weeks
18
Number
4 Up by 1

Walkin' On The Sun
Smash Mouth
From the album: Fush Yu Mang
Peak
4
Weeks
15
Number
5 Down by 1

All for You
Sister Hazel
From the album: ...Somewhere More Familiar
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
34
Number
6

Foolish Games
Jewel
From the album: Pieces of You
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
7 Up by 1

I Do
Lisa Loeb
From the album: Firecracker
Peak
7
Weeks
7
Number
8 Down by 1

If You Could Only See
Tonic
From the album: Lemon Parade
Peak
7
Weeks
25
Number
9

Semi-Charmed Life
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
3
Weeks
33
Number
10 Up by 1

3 AM
Matchbox Twenty
From the album: Yourself or Someone Like You
Peak
10
Weeks
7
Number
11 Down by 1

Push
Matchbox Twenty
From the album: Yourself or Someone Like You
Peak
6
Weeks
24
Number
12

Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
4
Weeks
24
Number
13

How Do I Live?
LeAnn Rimes
From the album: You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
Peak
10
Weeks
16
Number
14

Summertime
The Sundays
From the album: Static & Silence
Peak
14
Weeks
10
Number
15

Something About the Way You Look Tonight
Elton John
From the album: The Big Picture
Peak
15
Weeks
13
Number
16 Up by 1

Takes a Little Time
Amy Grant
From the album: Behind the Eyes
Peak
15
Weeks
17
Number
17 Down by 1

Barely Breathing
Duncan Sheik
From the album: Duncan Sheik
Peak
2
Weeks
60
Number
18 Up by 2

Criminal
Fiona Apple
From the album: Tidal
Peak
17
Weeks
17
Number
19 Down by 1

One Headlight
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
1 (for 5 weeks)
Weeks
44
Number
20 Down by 1

Sunny Came Home
Shawn Colvin
From the album: A Few Small Repairs
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
43
Number
21

Sweet Surrender
Sarah McLachlan
From the album: Surfacing
Peak
21
Weeks
5
Number
22 Up by 3

Kiss the Rain
Billie Myers
From the album: Growing, Pains
Peak
22
Weeks
6
Number
23

Surrounded
Chantal Kreviazuk
From the album: Under These Rocks and Stones
Peak
23
Weeks
8
Number
24 Down by 2

Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
Backstreet Boys
From the album: Backstreet Boys
Peak
18
Weeks
22
Number
25 Up by 1

How's It Going to Be
Third Eye Blind
From the album: Third Eye Blind
Peak
25
Weeks
6
Number
26 Up by 3

Truly, Madly, Deeply
Savage Garden
From the album: Savage Garden
Peak
26
Weeks
4
Number
27 Down by 3

Say What You Want
Texas
From the album: White on Blonde
Peak
23
Weeks
11
Number
28 Up by 2

32 Flavors
Alana Davis
From the album: Blame It on Me
Peak
28
Weeks
4
Number
29 Down by 2

Three Marlenas
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
27
Weeks
9
Number
30 Down by 2

Silver Springs
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: The Dance
Peak
22
Weeks
15
Number
31

Legend of a Cowgirl
Imani Coppola
From the album: Chupacabra
Peak
24
Weeks
13
Number
32 Up by 2

Happy
Sister Hazel
From the album: ...Somewhere More Familiar
Peak
32
Weeks
2
Number
33 Up by 2

Show Me Love
Robyn
From the album: Robyn Is Here
Peak
33
Weeks
4
Number
34 Down by 2

The Impression That I Get
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
From the album: Let's Face It
Peak
17
Weeks
21
Number
35 Up by 3

Light in Your Eyes
Blessid Union of Souls
From the album: Blessid Union of Souls
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36 Down by 3

Don't Go Away
Oasis
From the album: Be Here Now, Be Here Now (Deluxe Remastered Edition)
Peak
27
Weeks
11
Number
37 Debut

Back to You
Bryan Adams
From the album: MTV Unplugged
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Down by 2

The Difference
The Wallflowers
From the album: Bringing Down the Horse
Peak
14
Weeks
23
Number
39 Debut

What Would Happen
Meredith Brooks
From the album: Blurring the Edges
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

The Mummers' Dance
Loreena McKennitt
From the album: The Book Of Secrets
Peak
40
Weeks
1

Dropouts

Number
37 Dropout

Butterfly
Mariah Carey
From the album: Butterfly
Peak
35
Weeks
7
Number
39 Dropout

Desperately Wanting
Better Than Ezra
From the album: Friction, Baby
Peak
37
Weeks
12
Number
40 Dropout

I Wanna Be There
Blessid Union of Souls
From the album: Blessid Union of Souls
Peak
25
Weeks
19

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Date

December 20, 1997

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2 1 Chumbawamba – "Tubthumping" 1(×1) 11

1 2 Paula Cole – "I Don't Want to Wait" 1(×6) 22

3 3 Sugar Ray – "Fly" 2 18

5 4 Smash Mouth – "Walkin' On The Sun" 4 15

4 5 Sister Hazel – "All for You" 1(×7) 34

6 6 Jewel – "Foolish Games" 1(×5) 23

8 7 Lisa Loeb – "I Do" 7 7

7 8 Tonic – "If You Could Only See" 7 25

9 9 Third Eye Blind – "Semi-Charmed Life" 3 33

11 10 Matchbox Twenty – "3 AM" 10 7

10 11 Matchbox Twenty – "Push" 6 24

12 12 Sarah McLachlan – "Building a Mystery" 4 24

13 13 LeAnn Rimes – "How Do I Live?" 10 16

14 14 The Sundays – "Summertime" 14 10

15 15 Elton John – "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" 15 13

17 16 Amy Grant – "Takes a Little Time" 15 17

16 17 Duncan Sheik – "Barely Breathing" 2 60

20 18 Fiona Apple – "Criminal" 17 17

18 19 The Wallflowers – "One Headlight" 1(×5) 44

19 20 Shawn Colvin – "Sunny Came Home" 1(×7) 43

21 21 Sarah McLachlan – "Sweet Surrender" 21 5

25 22 Billie Myers – "Kiss the Rain" 22 6

23 23 Chantal Kreviazuk – "Surrounded" 23 8

22 24 Backstreet Boys – "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" 18 22

26 25 Third Eye Blind – "How's It Going to Be" 25 6

29 26 Savage Garden – "Truly, Madly, Deeply" 26 4

24 27 Texas – "Say What You Want" 23 11

30 28 Alana Davis – "32 Flavors" 28 4

27 29 The Wallflowers – "Three Marlenas" 27 9

28 30 Fleetwood Mac – "Silver Springs" 22 15

31 31 Imani Coppola – "Legend of a Cowgirl" 24 13

34 32 Sister Hazel – "Happy" 32 2

35 33 Robyn – "Show Me Love" 33 4

32 34 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – "The Impression That I Get" 17 21

38 35 Blessid Union of Souls – "Light in Your Eyes" 35 3

33 36 Oasis – "Don't Go Away" 27 11

NE 37 Bryan Adams – "Back to You" 37 1

36 38 The Wallflowers – "The Difference" 14 23

NE 39 Meredith Brooks – "What Would Happen" 39 1

NE 40 Loreena McKennitt – "The Mummers' Dance" 40 1

DROPOUTS:

37 -- Mariah Carey – "Butterfly" 35 7

39 -- Better Than Ezra – "Desperately Wanting" 37 12

40 -- Blessid Union of Souls – "I Wanna Be There" 25 19

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