The Eurochart Hot 100 Singles As published weekly in the pan-European trade magazine Music & Media Week 42 - October 18, 1997 TW LW WC TITLE - Act (Label) 100 NE 1 AYLA - Kosmonova (Dos Or Die) 99 72 10 SEX ON THE BEACH - T-Spoon (Control/Edel) 98 83 2 DEBASER - Pixies (4AD) 97 RE 12 BALLA BALLA - Domino (RCA) 96 71 18 FREE - DJ Quicksilver (Dos Or Die/Positiva) 95 NE 1 CLOSED FOR BUSINESS - Mansun (Parlophone) 94 NE 1 THE BITTEREST PILL I EVER HAD TO SWALLOW - The Jam (Polydor) 93 NE 1 BINGO - Catch (Virgin) 92 62 4 JE VOUDRAIS LA CONNAITRE - Patricia Kaas (Columbia) 91 NE 1 SUPERHERO - Daze (Dance Pool) 90 74 29 HEDONISM (JUST BECAUSE YOU FEEL GOOD) - Skunk Anansie (One Little Indian) 89 70 4 OLE Y OLA - Alabina (Atoll) 88 96 3 POUR ENTRE LIBRE - 2 Be 3 (EMI) 87 63 7 KISS YOU ALL OVER - No Mercy (MCI/Arista) 86 NE 1 OOH LA LA - Coolio (Tommy Boy) 85 69 50 FREED FROM DESIRE - Gala (Do It Yourself) 84 67 11 ANNA - Freundeskreis (Four/Columbia) 83 66 12 LA NEIGE AU SAHARA - Anggun (Columbia) 82 48 5 YOU HAVE BEEN LOVED/THE STRANGEST THING '97 - George Michael (Aegean/Virgin) 81 NE 1 FRIDAY STREET - Paul Weller (Go! Discs/Island) 80 59 2 FORMULA - DJ Visage (CDL/EMI) 79 NE 1 LOVE ME AND LEAVE ME - The Seahorses (Geffen) 78 47 4 NIGHT NURSE - Sly & Robbie feat. Simply Red (East West) 77 61 4 CONGO - Genesis (Virgin) 76 NE 1 QUANTO AMORE SEI - Eros Ramazzotti (DDD) 75 92 12 LE TEMPS QUI COURT - Alliage (Bax Dance/Mercury) 74 RE 2 I FEEL UR PAIN - Space Frog feat. The Grim Reaper (Energized/Dance Pool) 73 NE 1 YOUR CARESS (ALL I NEED) - DJ Flavours (All Around The World) 72 54 7 GIRLS IN LOVE - Grungerman & Forever Sweet (Panic) 71 60 2 PAS TOI... - Melgroove (Chrysalis) 70 75 15 IL EST VRAIMENT PHENOMENAL! - Phenomenal Club (Versailles) 69 65 3 IN NIJE DEI - De Kast (CNR) 68 NE 1 THE WAY I FEEL - Roachford (Columbia) 67 68 8 LEVEN NA DE DOOD - Freek De Jonge (EMI) 66 87 2 RESCUE ME - Bell, Book & Candle (Hansa/Ariola) 65 86 2 TE EXTRANO, TE OLVIDO, TE AMO - Ricky Martin (Tristar/Columbia) 64 NE 1 SATURDAY - East 57th St. feat. Donna Allen (AM:PM) 63 49 5 SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT - DJ Bobo (Metrovinyl) 62 42 14 HISTORY/GHOSTS - Michael Jackson (MJJ/Epic) 61 50 12 PICTURE OF YOU - Boyzone (Polydor) 60 57 31 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU - The Rembrandts (East West) 59 44 8 THE AGE OF LOVE - Scooter (Club Tools/Edel) 58 51 5 SALMA YA SALAMA - Dalida (Barclay) 57 53 6 MR. GORGEOUS - Smoke City (Jive) 56 35 14 TIC, TIC TAC - Chilli feat. Carrapicho (MCI/Arista) 55 41 4 FIX - Blackstreet feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard & Slash (Interscope) 54 89 6 I KNOW WHERE IT'S AT - All Saints (London) 53 93 3 GIB MIR NOCH ZEIT - Blumchen (Control/Edel) 52 39 8 NEVER GONNA LET YOU GO - Tina Moore (Delirious/RCA) 51 52 4 4 SEASONS OF LONELINESS - Boyz II Men (Motown) 50 79 6 MA MELISSA - Les Minikeums (FTD) 49 45 9 MEET HER AT THE LOVE PARADE - Da Hool (Kosmo/Ariola) 48 46 5 YA RAYAH - Rachid Taha (Barclay) 47 32 2 ARMS AROUND THE WORLD - Louise (1st Avenue/EMI) 46 76 2 TAKE ME TO THE LIMIT - Mr. President (Club Culture/WEA) 45 NE 1 BIG BAD MAMA - Foxy Brown feat. Dru Hill (Def Jam/Mercury) 44 43 3 BURNIN' - Daft Punk (Soma/Virgin) 43 36 19 UH LA LA LA - Alexia (DWA) 42 40 21 PRENONS NOTRE TEMPS - Poetic Lovers (M6) 41 NE 1 HASTA SIEMPRE - Nathalie Cardone (Columbia) 40 27 20 MMMBOP - Hanson (Mercury) 39 34 3 JUST FOR YOU - M People (M People/BMG) 38 37 5 HE'S COMIN' - Nana (Urban/Motor) 37 56 2 DA YA THINK I'M SEXY? - N-Trance feat. Rod Stewart (All Around The World) 36 28 6 THE DRUGS DON'T WORK - The Verve (Hut/Virgin) 35 25 6 WHERE'S THE LOVE - Hanson (Mercury) 34 NE 1 RAINCLOUD - Lighthouse Family (Wild Card/Polydor) 33 33 11 I WILL SURVIVE - Hermes House Band (Scorpio) 32 38 10 OH LA LA LA - 2 Eivissa (Club Tools/Edel) 31 18 2 ANYBODY SEEN MY BABY? - The Rolling Stones (Virgin) 30 30 5 BECAUSE IT'S LOVE - The Kelly Family (Kel-Life/EMI) 29 20 31 (UN, DOS, TRES) MARIA - Ricky Martin (Tristar/Columbia) 28 26 2 PLEASE - U2 (Island) 27 29 26 YOU MIGHT NEED SOMEBODY - Shola Ama (Freakstreet/WEA) 26 31 14 AIN'T THAT JUST THE WAY - Lutricia McNeal (CNR) 25 23 6 HONEY - Mariah Carey (Columbia) 24 24 20 I WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE - Eternal feat. BeBe Winans (1st Avenue/EMI) 23 91 2 STAY - Sash! feat. La Trec (Byte Blue) 22 22 16 TOUT - Lara Fabian (Polydor) 21 21 19 HOW COME, HOW LONG - Babyface & Stevie Wonder (Epic) 20 19 17 BITTER SWEET SYMPHONY - The Verve (Hut/Virgin) 19 15 13 GOTHAM CITY - R. Kelly (Jive) 18 17 7 CRUSH ON YOU - Aaron Carter (Ultrapop/Edel) 17 16 20 ALANE - Wes (Saint George/Epic) 16 95 2 ANGEL OF MINE - Eternal (1st Avenue/EMI) 15 14 12 BITCH - Meredith Brooks (Capitol) 14 12 11 MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS - The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy & Mase (Bad Boy/Arista) 13 9 12 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK) - Backstreet Boys (Jive) 12 10 19 FREE - Ultra Nate (Strictly Rhythm/AM:PM) 11 8 9 TUBTHUMPING - Chumbawamba (EMI) 10 11 4 SUNCHYME - Dario G (Eternal/WEA) 9 7 3 STAND BY ME - Oasis (Creation) 8 6 13 C U WHEN U GET THERE - Coolio feat. 40 Thevz (Tommy Boy) 7 4 18 SAMBA DE JANEIRO - Bellini (Orbit/Virgin) 6 13 3 GOT 'TIL IT'S GONE - Janet Jackson feat. Q-Tip & Joni Mitchell (Virgin) 5 NE 1 AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME - Backstreet Boys (Jive) 4 5 12 BARBIE GIRL - Aqua (Universal) 3 3 14 MEN IN BLACK - Will Smith (Columbia) 2 2 17 I'LL BE MISSING YOU - Puff Daddy feat. Faith Evans & 112 (Bad Boy/Arista) 1 1 4 SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT/CANDLE IN THE WIND '97 - Elton John (Rocket/Mercury) (C) BPI Communications Inc.