List of top 10 singles for 1997 in Australia

This is a list of singles that charted in the top ten of the ARIA Charts in 1997.

Top-ten singles

Key

Symbol	Meaning
◁	Indicates single's top 10 entry was also its ARIA top 50 debut
(#)	1997 Year-end top 10 single position and rank

List of ARIA top ten singles that peaked in 1997

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten	References
Singles from 1996
2 December	"Breathe" (#9) ◁	The Prodigy	2	10 March	24	[1]
	"To the Moon and Back"	Savage Garden	1	13 January	14	[2]
	"Wishes"	Human Nature	6	6 January	7	[3]
9 December	"(If You're Not in It for Love) I'm Outta Here!"	Shania Twain	5	20 January	13	[4]
	"Un-Break My Heart"	Toni Braxton	6	13 January	12	[2]
Singles from 1997
6 January	"Break My Stride" (#10)	Unique II	2	13 January	12	[2]
13 January	"Don't Speak" (#8)	No Doubt	1	3 February	13	[5]
20 January	"Freak" ◁	Silverchair	1	20 January	12	[4]
	"I Finally Found Someone"	Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams	2	3 February	11	[5]
27 January	"Twisted"	Keith Sweat	9	27 January	2	[6]
	"Sexy Eyes"	Whigfield	6	24 February	12	[7]
10 February	"Discothèque" ◁	U2	3	10 February	2	[8]
17 February	"Don't Cry for Me Argentina"	Madonna	9	3 March	3	[9]
10 March	"Pony"	Ginuwine	3	17 March	10	[10]
	"Last Night"	Az Yet	2	17 March	13	[10]
	"Don't Let Go (Love)"	En Vogue	3	24 March	15	[11]
	"Don't Say Goodbye" ◁	Human Nature	8	14 April	6	[12]
17 March	"Truly Madly Deeply" (#7)	Savage Garden	1	31 March	17	[13]
31 March	"Abuse Me" ◁	Silverchair	9	31 March	4	[13]
7 April	"I Shot the Sheriff"	Warren G	8	7 April	3	[14]
14 April	"2 Become 1" ◁	Spice Girls	2	28 April	12	[15]
21 April	"Your Woman"	White Town	2	12 May	11	[16]
28 April	"Blood on the Dance Floor" ◁	Michael Jackson	5	12 May	6	[16]
5 May	"Secret Garden"	Bruce Springsteen	9	5 May	3	[17]
12 May	"One More Time"	Real McCoy	3	19 May	9	[18]
19 May	"When I Die"	No Mercy	2	9 June	9	[19]
	"You Were Meant for Me"	Jewel	3	23 June	12	[20]
26 May	"MMMBop" (#5) ◁	Hanson	1	26 May	13	[21]
9 June	"Ashes to Ashes" ◁	Faith No More	8	9 June	4	[19]
	"Song 2"	Blur	4	30 June	7	[22]
23 June	"Break Me Shake Me" ◁	Savage Garden	7	23 June	1	[20]
30 June	"The End Is the Beginning Is the End"	The Smashing Pumpkins	10	30 June	1	[22]
7 July	"Cemetery" ◁	Silverchair	5	7 July	2	[23]
	"When Doves Cry" ◁	Quindon Tarver	3	14 July	10	[24]
	"Even When I'm Sleeping"	Leonardo's Bride	4	21 July	6	[25]
	"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"	Az Yet featuring Peter Cetera	5	14 July	11	[24]
14 July	"Burn" ◁	Tina Arena	2	14 July	4	[24]
	"B*tch"	Meredith Brooks	2	21 July	14	[25]
21 July	"I'll Be Missing You" (#4)	Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112	1	28 July	13	[26]
	"Alone"	Bee Gees	7	1 September	9	[27]
28 July	"How Come, How Long"	Babyface featuring Stevie Wonder	5	18 August	10	[28]
4 August	"Men in Black" (#6) ◁	Will Smith	1	1 September	13	[27]
11 August	"Where's the Love" ◁	Hanson	2	11 August	12	[29]
25 August	"Honey" ◁	Mariah Carey	8	25 August	4	[30]
	"How Do I Live"	Trisha Yearwood	3	22 September	14	[31]
1 September	"Semi-Charmed Life"	Third Eye Blind	8	15 September	4	[32]
15 September	"C U When U Get There"	Coolio featuring 40 Thevz	7	15 September	7	[32]
29 September	"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997" (#1) ◁	Elton John	1	29 September	14	[33]
	"I Say a Little Prayer"	Diana King	6	13 October	6	[34]
	"Barbie Girl" (#2)	Aqua	1	10 November	11	[35]
6 October	"Everytime You Cry" ◁	John Farnham and Human Nature	3	20 October	10	[36]
20 October	"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"	Backstreet Boys	3	8 December	9	[37]
	"Got 'til It's Gone"	Janet featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell	10	20 October	2	[36]
3 November	"Tubthumping" (#3) ◁	Chumbawamba	1	1 December	16	[38]
	"Spice Up Your Life"	Spice Girls	8	3 November	5	[39]
	"Mo Money Mo Problems"	The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase	10	3 November	1	[39]
10 November	"I Will Come to You" ◁	Hanson	2	8 December	11	[37]
	"Tell Him" ◁	Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion	9	10 November	1	[35]
	"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"	N-Trance featuring Rod Stewart	3	1 December	15	[38]
17 November	"The Memory Remains" ◁	Metallica	6	17 November	1	[40]
	"Coco Jamboo"	Mr. President	7	1 December	10	[38]
1 December	"Push"	Matchbox 20	8	1 December	6	[38]
8 December	"Doctor Jones" ◁	Aqua	1	22 December	13	[41]

1996 peaks

Main article: List of top 10 singles for 1996 in Australia

List of ARIA top ten singles in 1997 that peaked in 1996

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten	References
7 October	"Wannabe"	Spice Girls	1	28 October	16	[42]
28 October	"What's Love Got to Do with It"	Warren G featuring Adina Howard	2	4 November	12	[43]
4 November	"Where Do You Go"	No Mercy	2	2 December	12	[44]
16 December	"Macarena Christmas"	Los del Río	5	16 December	4	[45]

1998 peaks

Main article: List of top 10 singles for 1998 in Australia

List of ARIA top ten singles in 1997 that peaked in 1998

Top ten entry date	Single	Artist(s)	Peak	Peak date	Weeks in top ten	References
15 December	"As Long as You Love Me"	Backstreet Boys	2	12 January	12	[46]
	"You Sexy Thing"	T-Shirt	6	5 January	14	[47]
29 December	"Together Again"	Janet Jackson	4	12 January	12	[46]