Chapter 17 - Hot Music of 1997/1998/1999 (per Billboard)

Looking back at the music 20 years ago, there are so many that have now become classic almost. So many we have forgotten about. That is partly why I want this movie to be a period piece. So many songs we never hear any more. And, I find it so hard to believe amongst the top 100 songs, songs that I really don't like. Of course that is normal. No one likes ALL music. Here is a look at the lists:

1997 № Title Artist(s) 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 (Love)" En Vogue 8 "Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison 9 "How Do I Live" LeAnn Rimes 10 "Wannabe" Spice Girls 11 "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" 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 (Every Time I See Your Face)" 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 (What It Takes)" 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 "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 (Bayside Boys Mix)" 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 (Don't Waste Your Time)" 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. № Title Artist(s) 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 (Love)" En Vogue 8 "Return of the Mack" Mark Morrison 9 "How Do I Live" LeAnn Rimes 10 "Wannabe" Spice Girls 11 "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" 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 (Every Time I See Your Face)" 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 (What It Takes)" 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 "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 (Bayside Boys Mix)" 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 (Don't Waste Your Time)" 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.

. 1998 № Title Artist(s) 1 "Too Close" Next 2 "The Boy Is Mine" Brandy and Monica 3 "You're Still the One" Shania Twain 4 "Truly Madly Deeply" Savage Garden 5 "How Do I Live" LeAnn Rimes 6 "Together Again" Janet 7 "All My Life" K-Ci & JoJo 8 "Candle in the Wind 1997" Elton John 9 "Nice & Slow" Usher 10 "I Don't Want to Wait" Paula Cole 11 "How's It Going to Be" Third Eye Blind 12 "No, No, No" Destiny's Child 13 "My Heart Will Go On" Celine Dion 14 "Gettin' Jiggy wit It" Will Smith 15 "You Make Me Wanna..." Usher 16 "My Way" Usher 17 "My All" Mariah Carey 18 "The First Night" Monica 19 "Been Around the World" Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase 20 "Adia" Sarah McLachlan 21 "Crush" Jennifer Paige 22 "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" Backstreet Boys 23 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Aerosmith 24 "Body Bumpin' (Yippie-Yi-Yo)" Public Announcement 25 "This Kiss" Faith Hill 26 "I Don't Ever Want to See You Again" Uncle Sam 27 "Let's Ride" Montell Jordan featuring Master P and Silkk the Shocker 28 "Sex and Candy" Marcy Playground 29 "Show Me Love" Robyn 30 "A Song for Mama" Boyz II Men 31 "What You Want" Mase featuring Total 32 "Frozen" Madonna 33 "Gone till November" Wyclef Jean 34 "My Body" LSG 35 "Tubthumping" Chumbawamba 36 "Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)" Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz 37 "I Want You Back" 'N Sync 38 "When the Lights Go Out" Five 39 "They Don't Know" Jon B. 40 "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" Master P featuring Fiend, Silkk the Shocker, Mia X and Mystikal 41 "Make It Hot" Nicole featuring Missy Elliott and Mocha 42 "Never Ever" All Saints 43 "I Get Lonely" Janet Jackson featuring Blackstreet 44 "Feel So Good" Mase featuring Kelly Price 45 "Say It" Voices of Theory 46 "Kiss the Rain" Billie Myers 47 "Come with Me" Puff Daddy featuring Jimmy Page 48 "Romeo and Juliet" Sylk-E. Fyne featuring Chill 49 "It's All About Me" Mýa and Sisqo 50 "I Will Come to You" Hanson 51 "One Week" Barenaked Ladies 52 "Swing My Way" K. P. & Envyi 53 "The Arms of the One Who Loves You" Xscape 54 "My Love Is the Shhh!" Somethin' for the People featuring Trina & Tamara 55 "Daydreamin'" Tatyana Ali 56 "We're Not Making Love No More" Dru Hill 57 "Semi-Charmed Life" Third Eye Blind 58 "I Do" Lisa Loeb 59 "Lookin' at Me" Mase featuring Puff Daddy 60 "Looking Through Your Eyes" LeAnn Rimes 61 "Lately" Divine 62 "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" Backstreet Boys 63 "I Still Love You" Next 64 "Time After Time" INOJ 65 "Are You Jimmy Ray?" Jimmy Ray 66 "Cruel Summer" Ace of Base 67 "I Got the Hook Up" Master P featuring Sons of Funk 68 "Victory" Puff Daddy featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes 69 "Too Much" Spice Girls 70 "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" Pras Michel featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard and Mýa 71 "How Deep Is Your Love" Dru Hill featuring Redman 72 "Friend of Mine" Kelly Price featuring R. Kelly and Ron Isley 73 "Turn It Up (Remix)/Fire It Up" Busta Rhymes 74 "I'll Be" Edwin McCain 75 "Ray of Light" Madonna 76 "All for You" Sister Hazel 77 "Touch It" Monifah 78 "Money, Power & Respect" The LOX featuring DMX and Lil' Kim 79 "Bitter Sweet Symphony" The Verve 80 "Dangerous" Busta Rhymes 81 "Spice Up Your Life" Spice Girls 82 "Because of You" 98 Degrees 83 "The Mummers' Dance" Loreena McKennitt 84 "All Cried Out" Allure featuring 112 85 "Still Not a Player" Big Pun featuring Joe 86 "The One I Gave My Heart To" Aaliyah 87 "Foolish Games" / "You Were Meant for Me" Jewel 88 "Love You Down" INOJ 89 "Do for Love" 2Pac featuring Eric Williams 90 "Raise the Roof" Luke featuring No Good But So Good 91 "Heaven" Nu Flavor 92 "The Party Continues" Jermaine Dupri featuring Da Brat and Usher 93 "Sock It 2 Me" Missy Elliott featuring Da Brat 94 "Butta Love" Next 95 "A Rose Is Still a Rose" Aretha Franklin 96 "4 Seasons of Loneliness" Boyz II Men 97 "Father" LL Cool J 98 "Thinkin' Bout It" Gerald Levert 99 "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" Deborah Cox 100 "Westside" TQ.

1999 № Title Artist(s) 1 "Believe" Cher 2 "No Scrubs" TLC 3 "Angel of Mine" Monica 4 "Heartbreak Hotel" Whitney Houston featuring Faith Evans and Kelly Price 5 "...Baby One More Time" Britney Spears 6 "Kiss Me" Sixpence None the Richer 7 "Genie in a Bottle" Christina Aguilera 8 "Every Morning" Sugar Ray 9 "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here" Deborah Cox 10 "Livin' la Vida Loca" Ricky Martin 11 "Where My Girls At?" 702 12 "If You Had My Love" Jennifer Lopez 13 "Slide" Goo Goo Dolls 14 "Have You Ever?" Brandy 15 "I Want It That Way" Backstreet Boys 16 "I'm Your Angel" R. Kelly and Celine Dion 17 "All Star" Smash Mouth 18 "Angel" Sarah McLachlan 19 "Smooth" Santana featuring Rob Thomas 20 "Unpretty" TLC 21 "Bills, Bills, Bills" Destiny's Child 22 "Save Tonight" Eagle-Eye Cherry 23 "Last Kiss" Pearl Jam 24 "Fortunate" Maxwell 25 "All I Have to Give" Backstreet Boys 26 "Bailamos" Enrique Iglesias 27 "What's It Gonna Be?!" Busta Rhymes featuring Janet 28 "What It's Like" Everlast 29 "Fly Away" Lenny Kravitz 30 "Someday" Sugar Ray 31 "Lately" Divine 32 "That Don't Impress Me Much" Shania Twain 33 "Wild Wild West" Will Smith featuring Dru Hill and Kool Moe Dee 34 "Scar Tissue" Red Hot Chili Peppers 35 "Heartbreaker" Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z 36 "I Still Believe" Mariah Carey 37 "The Hardest Thing" 98 Degrees 38 "Summer Girls" LFO 39 "Can I Get A..." Jay-Z featuring Amil and Ja Rule 40 "Jumper" Third Eye Blind 41 "Doo Wop (That Thing)" Lauryn Hill 42 "Mambo No. 5" Lou Bega 43 "Sweet Lady" Tyrese 44 "It's Not Right but It's Okay" Whitney Houston 45 "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" 'N Sync 46 "Lullaby" Shawn Mullins 47 "Anywhere" 112 featuring Lil Zane 48 "Tell Me It's Real" K-Ci & JoJo 49 "Back 2 Good" Matchbox 20 50 "808" Blaque 51 "She's So High" Tal Bachman 52 "She's All I Ever Had" Ricky Martin 53 "Miami" Will Smith 54 "Hands" Jewel 55 "Who Dat" JT Money featuring Solé 56 "Please Remember Me" Tim McGraw 57 "From This Moment On" Shania Twain 58 "Love Like This" Faith Evans 59 "You" Jesse Powell 60 "Trippin'" Total featuring Missy Elliott 61 "If You" Silk 62 "Ex-Factor" Lauryn Hill 63 "Give It to You" Jordan Knight 64 "Black Balloon" Goo Goo Dolls 65 "Spend My Life with You" Eric Benét featuring Tamia 66 "These Are the Times" Dru Hill 67 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Mark Chesnutt 68 "I Do (Cherish You)" 98 Degrees 69 "Because of You" 98 Degrees 70 "I Will Remember You" Sarah McLachlan 71 "Chanté's Got a Man" Chanté Moore 72 "Happily Ever After" Case 73 "My Love Is Your Love" Whitney Houston 74 "All Night Long" Faith Evans featuring Puff Daddy 75 "Back That Azz Up" Juvenile featuring Mannie Fresh and Lil Wayne 76 "Almost Doesn't Count" Brandy 77 "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" Shania Twain 78 "Steal My Sunshine" Len 79 "I Need to Know" Marc Anthony 80 "So Anxious" Ginuwine 81 "Faded Pictures" Case featuring Joe 82 "Back at One" Brian McKnight 83 "When a Woman's Fed Up" R. Kelly 84 "How Forever Feels" Kenny Chesney 85 "Amazed" Lonestar 86 "Sometimes" Britney Spears 87 "Ghetto Cowboy" Mo Thugs 88 "Out of My Head" Fastball 89 "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" Jay-Z 90 "Jamboree" Naughty by Nature featuring Zhané 91 "Take Me There" Blackstreet featuring Mýa, Mase and Blinky Blink 92 "Stay the Same" Joey McIntyre 93 "A Lesson in Leavin'" Jo Dee Messina 94 "Iris" Goo Goo Dolls 95 "Satisfy You" Puff Daddy featuring R. Kelly 96 "Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out)" Citizen King 97 "Music of My Heart" 'N Sync and Gloria Estefan 98 "Write This Down" George Strait 99 "When You Believe" Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey 100 "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" Alabama and 'N Sync.