Now - Yearbook 1997 Pop

Step back into one of the most exciting years in pop history a time when boundarypushing alternative anthems, flawless dancefloor fillers, global megastars and fresh faces all collided on the charts. NOW Yearbook 1997 celebrates an unforgettable year of hits with 78 massive tracks across 4 CDs.CD1 kicks off in style, with the stunning jazzdrenched ballad from legend George Michael, Older, before Natalie Imbruglia039s huge debut single Torn. Texas scored a UK top 5 with Say What You Want and Hanson hit the US amp UK 1 with MMMBop. Barbie Girl from Aqua and the Spice Girls anthemic Spice Up Your Life were both 1s and lead a run of pure pop including Boyzone Picture Of You, Louise Arms Around The World, 911 Bodyshakin and Backstreet Boys Everybody Backstreets Back alongside Steps with their debut 5, 6, 7, 8, and Ricky Martins global smash Mara. Up next is Elton Johns superb Something About The Way You Look Tonight one half of the biggest selling single of all time. Eternal feat. Bebe Winans hit 1 with I Wanna Be The Only One and All Saints made their debut with I Know Where Its At. En Vogues powerful Dont Let Go Love and Gabrielles remake of Walk On By lead into the discs closing trio the atmospheric Out Of My Mind from Duran Duran, the genreblending 1 Your Woman from White Town, and Pet Shop Boys brilliant version of the musical classic Somewhere.CD2 opens with another George Michael classic from his Older album, the beautiful You Have Been Loved, ahead of a second contemporary masterpiece Secret Garden from Bruce Springsteen. Next Up, Paul McCartneys Young Boy and Sheryl Crows top 10 hit A Change Would Do You Good. Meredith Brooks makes her debut with Bitch and Robbie Williams Old Before I Die, became his second smash as a solo artist. Different styles of dance pop are celebrated in a run of floor fillers including Jamiroquais groovy Alright, and from Tina Moore Never Gonna Let You Go Kelly G. BumpNGo Vocal Mix, Whitney Houston Step By Step and Lutricia McNeal Aint That Just The Way. Finley Quaye and Ginuwine feature before rap from LL COOL J enjoying his first UK 1 with Aint Nobody, and Coolio with the earworm C U When U Get There. Soulful vocals close this disc with Mary J. Bliges Everything, ahead of great covers from Shola Ama with You Might Need Somebody, and Wonderful Tonight from Damage.CD3 kicks off with Radioheads defining Paranoid Android, and Oasiss huge 1 DYou Know What I Mean the lead single from their third album Be Here Now. Indiepop anthems follow from The Seahorses Love Is The Law, Supergrass Richard III, The Charlatans North Country Boy and Ocean Colour Scene Hundred Mile High City. 90s altpop continues with Casts Free Me, Kula Shakers hit cover of Hush and Embraces All You Good Good People. Echo amp The Bunnymen returned in 97 with Nothing Lasts Forever, and James also scored a Top 10 hit with Shes A Star. The Cardigans had a 2 smash with Lovefool and Ready To Go gave Republica a Top 20 chart debut. Next up, some of the years electronic dance music highlights The Chemical Brothers with the massive Block Rockin Beats ahead of Moby with his reimagining of the classic filmseries theme James Bond Theme Mobys ReVersion. Orbital provided the theme to the remake of The Saint and Smoke City provide triphop brilliance with Underwater Love, ahead of the disc finishing with the atmospheric version of 039You Showed Me by The Lightning Seeds and Suedes plaintive Saturday Night.The final disc opens with a stellar run of 1997s dancefloor gold. Opening with the club juggernaut and 1 Professional Widow from Tori Amos, remixed for single release by Armand Van Helden, ahead of the collaboration between Lisa Stansfield and The Dirty Rotten Scoundrels on the remix of People Hold On, Olives UK 1 Youre Not Alone, the huge 97 Now Voyager remix of You Got The Love from The Source feat. Candi Staton, and Remember Me from Blue Boy. Ultra Nat and Dannii Minogue had euphoric dancepop smashes with Free and All I Wanna Do, which are featured before panEuropean hits from Sash Encore Une Fois and Dario G Sunchyme. Eurovision glory happened for the UK in 1997, and winners Katrina And The Waves with Love Shine A Light are up next before gems from Cline Dion, Backstreet Boys and the second solo 1 for Gary Barlow with Love Wont Wait. Gina G keeps things Fresh, No Mercy hit 2 with the infectious Where Do You Go, and NTrance featuring Rod Stewart reimagined the classic Da Y Think Im Sexy. Five achieved a Top 10 debut with Slam Dunk Da Funk, East 17 enjoyed their 11th visit to the Top 10 with Hey Child, and Wet Wet Wets If I Never See You Again was another Top 5 hit for the enduringly popular band celebrating their 10th anniversary. The journey back to 1997 closes with the huge 1 ballad from the Spice Girls Too Much the years Christmas 1 and their 6th charttopper in an unbroken run to datewhich ends the collection on a perfect pop high.