Popular Songs Of 1997, Vol. 4

Last but not least (I use that phrase a lot on this blog, don't I?), the final installment in the Popular Songs Of 1997 series. Next week, tune in for what's sure to be an even better bunch of songs. Because, of course, we will be exploring the most Popular Songs Of 1987. Meanwhile, enjoy these great songs!  ~  JH

1)  Green Day  ~  “Hitchin’ A Ride”

2)  En Vogue  ~  “Don’t Let Go (Love)”

3)  Hanson  ~  “MMMBop”

4)  Sarah McLachlan  ~  “Building A Mystery”

5)  U2  ~  “Staring At The Sun”

6)  Blur  ~  “Song 2”

7)  Robyn  ~  “Show Me Love”

8)  White Town  ~  “Your Woman”

9)  Aaliyah  ~  “The One I Gave My Heart To”

10)  Toby Keith  ~  “Me Too”

11)  The Mighty Mighty Bosstones  ~  “The Impression That I Get”

12)  Spice Girls  ~  “2 Become 1”

13)  Savage Garden  ~  “Truly Madly Deeply”

14)  311  ~  “Beautiful Disaster”

15)  Sister Hazel  ~  “All For You”

16)  Fiona Apple  ~  “Sleep To Dream”

17)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Three Marlenas”

18)  Usher  ~  “You Make Me Wanna…”

19)  Bush  ~  “Mouth”

20)  Diamond Rio  ~  “How Your Love Makes Me Feel”

21)  Foo Fighters  ~  “Everlong”

22)  Marcy Playground  ~  “Sex And Candy”

23)  Beck  ~  “The New Pollution”

24)  Az Yet  ~  “Hard To Say I’m Sorry”

25)  Counting Crows  ~  “Daylight Fading”

“Country” Songs, Vol. 1: Non-Country Songs

This is part 3 of a 4-part series featuring songs with the words "City" and "Country" in their titles. In researching for this series, I found a disproportionately high number of country songs with "Country" in their titles. I also found quite a few non-country "Country" songs. These are those. The last post in this series, which you'll see tomorrow, consists solely of country-music songs with the word "Country" in their titles. For those of you who enjoy that style of music, I think you'll find much to be pleased with. For those of you who don't particularly enjoy country, today's post is for you. Enjoy!  ~  JH

1)  The Wallflowers  ~  “Love Is A Country”

2)  James Taylor  ~  “Country Road”

3)  Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis  ~  “A Day In The Country”

4)  Ani DiFranco  ~  “God’s Country”

5)  Eddie Vedder  ~  “Girl From The North Country”

6)  Cracker  ~  “California Country Boy”

7)   Elton John  ~  “Country Comfort”

8)  Laura Nyro  ~  “Save The Country”

9)  Rory Gallagher  ~  “Country Mile”

10)  Cliff Richard & The Shadows  ~  “In The Country”

11)  Seether  ~  “Country Song”

12)  Bow Wow Wow  ~  “Go Wild In The Country”

13)  Canned Heat  ~  “Going Up The Country”

14)  Robert Plant  ~  “Black Country Woman”

15)  Elvis Costello  ~  “Country Darkness”

16)  Kelly Clarkson  ~  “My Country, ’Tis Of Thee”

17)  Bob Dylan  ~  “North Country Blues”

18)  Big Country  ~  “In A Big Country”

19)  Violent Femmes  ~  “Country Death Song”

20)  Cassandra Wilson  ~  “Another Country”

21)  Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros  ~  “Country Calling”

22)  Blur  ~  “Country House”

23)  Camera Obscura  ~  “Let’s Get Out Of This Country”

24)  U2  ~  “In God’s Country”

25)  Norah Jones  ~  “My Dear Country”