August 23, 1997

----- DROPOUTS -----
I Want You - Savage Garden ----- 4 / 25
Smile - Scarface feat. 2Pac & Johnny P ----- 12 / 9



  40 --- All I Want - 702 (51)
36 39 --- I Belong To You (Every Time I See Your Face) - Rome
38 38 --- Cupid - 112
30 37 --- Whatever - En Vogue
40 36 --- Do You Like This - Rome
37 35 --- Go The Distance - Michael Bolton
34 34 --- Take It To The Streets - Rampage feat. Billy Lawrence
28 33 --- I Can Love You - Mary J. Blige
33 32 --- The Jock Jam - ESPN Presents
25 31 --- MMMBop - Hanson        

27 30 --- Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Az Yet feat. Peter Cetera
35 29 --- Coco Jamboo - Mr. President
29 28 --- Barely Breathing - Duncan Sheik
31 27 --- More Than This - 10,000 Maniacs
26 26 --- For You I Will - Monica
 25 --- You Make Me Wanna... - Usher (HOT SHOT DEBUT)
23 24 --- It's Your Love - Tim McGraw w/ Faith Hill
18 23 --- Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls
17 22 --- Look Into My Eyes - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
19 21 --- You Were Meant For Me - Jewel

22 20 --- Someone - SWV (feat. Puff Daddy)
20 19 --- The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe
15 18 --- Gotham City - R. Kelly
24 17 --- Up Jumps Da Boogie - Magoo & Timbaland
14 16 --- G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. - Changing Faces
13 15 --- Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison
21 14 --- Invisible Man - 98°
16 13 --- All For You - Sister Hazel
12 12 --- C U When U Get There - Coolio feat. 40 Thevz
11 11 --- Sunny Came Home - Shawn Colvin

08 10 --- Do You Know (What It Takes) - Robyn
05 09 --- Bitch - Meredith Brooks
07 08 --- Not Tonight - Lil' Kim feat. Da Brat, Left Eye, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott & Angie Martinez
09 07 --- Never Make A Promise - Dru Hill
10 06 --- How Do I Live - LeAnn Rimes
06 05 --- 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls
04 04 --- Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
03 03 --- Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) - Backstreet Boys
02 02 --- Mo Money, Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy & Mase
01 01 --- I'll Be Missing You - Puff Daddy & Faith Evans (feat. 112)                        


Scoring his first of a many debuts is R&B legend Usher.

R1 SINGLES CHART - 23-29 August 1997

01 01 MEN IN BLACK Will Smith **
02 -- TUBTHUMPING Chumbawamba
03 02 I'LL BE MISSING YOU Puff Daddy ft Faith Evans ******
04 -- ALL I WANNA DO Dannii Minogue
05 03 FREED FROM DESIRE Gala
06 05 EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET'S BACK) The Backstreet Boys
07 07 MO' MONEY, MO' PROBLEMS The Notorious B.I.G.
08 08 BITCH Meredith Brooks
09 -- FILMSTAR Suede
10 09 C U WHEN U GET THERE Coolio ft 40 Thevz

11 -- ALL OUT OF LOVE O-T-T
12 06 EVERYTHING Mary J Blige
13 04 YESTERDAY Wet Wet Wet
14 10 PICTURE OF YOU Boyzone
15 -- THE MIND OF THE MACHINE N-Trance
16 13 FREE Ultra Nate
17 -- DEEPER IN YOU Livin' Joy
18 16 D'YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? Oasis *
19 15 BLACK-EYED BOY Texas
20 12 ALL ABOUT US Peter Andre

21 -- YOU BRING ME UP K-Ci & Jo-Jo
22 -- A THOUSAND TREES The Stereophonics
23 18 ECUADOR Sash!
24 19 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY The Levellers
25 -- SANDMAN The Blue Boy
26 17 CALIFORNIA DREAMING The Mamas and the Papas
27 11 NOT TONIGHT Lil Kim
28 14 OUTLAW Olive
29 -- I AM WHAT I AM Mark Owen
30 -- TIED TO THE 90'S Travis

31 -- THE WORLD IS FLAT Echobelly
32 24 TARANTINO'S NEW STAR North & South
33 22 GET UP! GO INSANE! Stretch & Vern
34 -- ROCK THE BELLS Kadoc
35 20 YOUNG HEARTS RUN FREE Kym Mazelle
36 23 BITTERSWEET SYMPHONY The Verve
37 25 SOMETHIN' GOING ON Todd Terry
38 -- CLOUDS The Source
39 -- DUCHESS My Life Story
40 27 GOTHAM CITY R Kelly

-- 21 ANTHEM The Wildhearts
-- 26 DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT TAKES? Robyn
-- 28 I WANNA BE THE ONLY ONE Eternal + BeBe Winans *
-- 29 ROCK ME GOOD Universal
-- 30 BRUSHED Paul Weller
-- 31 PIECE OF MY HEART Shaggy
-- 32 TOSS IT UP 2pac/Makaveli
-- 33 HYPNOTISE D*Influence
-- 34 BLINDED BY THE SUN The Seahorses
-- 35 DISCOHOPPING Klubbheads
-- 36 I'LL BE THERE FOR YOU The Rembrandts
-- 37 MORE BEATS & PIECES Coldcut
-- 38 BEST REGRETS Geneva
-- 39 HISTORY Michael Jackson
-- 40 MMMBOP Hanson ***



First appearances in the Top 40 for agitators Chumbawamba, and former members of Jodeci, K-Ci & Jo-Jo