May 17, 1997

----- DROPOUTS -----
You Don't Have To Hurt No More - Mint Condition ----- 32 (2) / 5
Naked Eye - Luscious Jackson ----- 36 (6) / 8



39 40 --- What's On Tonight - Montell Jordan
 39 --- Thinking Of You - Tony! Toni! Tone! (44)
35 38 --- Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit - Gina G
40 37 --- For You - Kenny Lattimore
 36 --- It's Your Love - Tim McGraw w/ Faith Hill (HOT SHOT DEBUT)
33 35 --- One More Time - Real McCoy
29 34 --- Big Daddy - Heavy D
30 33 --- I Shot The Sheriff - Warren G
37 32 --- Bitch - Meredith Brooks
31 31 --- Don't Let Go (Love) - En Vogue

32 30 --- Get It Together - 702
34 29 --- Don't Wanna Be A Player - Joe
27 28 --- Your Woman - White Town
23 27 --- Everyday Is A Winding Road - Sheryl Crow
26 26 --- Staring At The Sun - U2
24 25 --- I Believe I Can Fly - R. Kelly
17 24 --- All By Myself - Celine Dion
21 23 --- In My Bed - Dru Hill
25 22 --- I Don't Want To / I Love Me Some Him - Toni Braxton
22 21 --- Secret Garden - Bruce Springsteen

20 20 --- Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton                        
15 19 --- I'll Be - Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z
19 18 --- Everytime I Close My Eyes - Babyface
16 17 --- Barely Breathing - Duncan Sheik
28 16 --- G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. - Changing Faces
18 15 --- Da' Dip - Freak Nasty
13 14 --- Cupid - 112
10 13 --- Wannabe - Spice Girls          
14 12 --- The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
11 11 --- MyBabyDaddy - B-Rock & The Bizz

12 10 --- I Belong To You (Every Time I See Your Face) - Rome
09 09 --- Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Az Yet feat. Peter Cetera
08 08 --- Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - Paula Cole
03 07 --- Can't Nobody Hold Me Down - Puff Daddy feat. Mase              
04 06 --- I Want You - Savage Garden
05 05 --- For You I Will - Monica
02 04 --- You Were Meant For Me - Jewel
07 03 --- Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison
06 02 --- MMMBop - Hanson
01 01 --- Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.        


This week marks the first Top 40 hit for country legend Faith Hill who married Tim McGraw.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 17-23 May 1997

01 -- YOU'RE NOT ALONE Olive *
02 04 LOVE FOOL The Cardigans
03 -- WONDERFUL TONIGHT Damage
04 07 YOU MIGHT NEED SOMEBODY Shola Ama
05 05 I BELIEVE I CAN FLY R Kelly ***
06 01 LOVE WON'T WAIT Gary Barlow *
07 -- I'M A MAN, NOT A BOY North & South
08 -- KOWALSKI Primal Scream
09 -- SUSAN'S HOUSE Eels
10 09 BELLISSIMA DJ Quicksilver

11 03 LOVE IS THE LAW The Seahorses
12 -- FIVE MILES TO EMPTY Brownstone
13 -- LOVE, SHINE A LIGHT Katrina and the Waves [50]
14 02 STAR PEOPLE '97 George Michael
15 -- LOVE IS ALL WE NEED Mary J Blige
16 10 BODYSHAKING 911
17 13 DON'T LEAVE Blackstreet
18 06 ALRIGHT Jamiroquai
19 -- THE PROPHET CJ Bolland
20 -- DEEPER Delirious?

21 08 BLOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR Michael Jackson *
22 18 DROP DEAD GORGEOUS Republica
23 -- SHINE Space Brothers
24 -- FOREVER GIRL O-T-T
25 11 I LOVE YOU - STOP Red 5
26 -- BLUE DAY Suggs + Chelsea F.C.
27 -- STRUMPET My Life Story
28 -- THIS IS TO MOTHER YOU Sinead O'Connor
29 17 OLD BEFORE I DIE Robbie Williams
30 12 MONKEY WRENCH The Foo Fighters

31 20 READY OR NOT The Course
32 23 DON'T SPEAK No Doubt ***
33 -- I WISH YOU LOVE Paul Young
34 -- FIREWORKS (E.P.) Embrace
35 14 FALLING Ant & Dec
36 -- 'THE PROFESSIONALS' (REMIX) Laurie London's Big Band
37 -- CORNER SHOP Babybird
38 33 ENCORE UNE FOIS Sash!
39 24 NIGHTMARES Brainbug
40 -- SPY BREAK! Propellerheads

-- 15 TAXLOSS Mansun
-- 16 IN MY BED Dru Hill
-- 19 YOUNG BOY Paul McCartney
-- 21 YOU SHOWED ME The Lightning Seeds
-- 22 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Gene
-- 25 SUGAR HONEY ICED TEA Goodfellaz
-- 26 IT'S ALRIGHT Nu Yorican Soul
-- 27 AROUND THE WORLD Daft Punk
-- 28 PURE 3 Colours Red
-- 29 STEP INTO MY WORLD Hurricane #1
-- 30 A PRISONER OF THE PAST Prefab Sprout
-- 31 AIN'T NO PLAYA Jay Z
-- 32 HYPNOTISE The Notorious BIG
-- 34 STARING AT THE SUN U2
-- 35 DANCE WITH ME Tin Tin Out
-- 36 HALO Texas
-- 37 THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER D:Ream
-- 38 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? / MAMA The Spice Girls ***
-- 39 TOMORROW James
-- 40 SENSATIONAL Michelle Gayle



Several debuts here: Olive, North & South, Delirious?, Embrace, Space Brothers, and Propellerheads

Katrina and the Waves were singing the UK entry in that year's EuroVision Song Contest (and were successful as it turned out)