▸ the year you arrived
1997
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You will be 29 this year — a child of the '90s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Top 10 of 1997
- 1
Something About the Way You Look Tonight
Elton John, Anne Dudley & Orchestra
- 3
I'll Be Missing You (feat. Faith Evans, 112)
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans
- 4
Un-Break My Heart
Toni Braxton
- 5
Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (feat. Mase)
Puff Daddy
- 7
Don't Let Go (Love)
En Vogue
- 8
Return of the Mack
Mark Morrison
- 9
How Do I Live
LeAnn Rimes
- 10
Wannabe
Spice Girls
- 11
Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
Backstreet Boys
- 12
MMMBop
Hanson
Your stats
Your generation
Gen Z
1997 belonged to
Toni Braxton
3 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
Somewhere in 1997, Spider-Man was on, a Fruit by the Foot was open, and somebody was about to wait for the modem to finish screaming.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- Doug👕 tee →
- Rugrats👕 tee →
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- X-Men👕 tee →
- Batman: The Animated Series👕 tee →
- Animaniacs👕 tee →
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- Spider-Man👕 tee →
- Hey Arnold!
📰 Headlines
- Princess Diana dies
- Hong Kong returns to China
- Heaven's Gate suicides
- Mars Pathfinder lands
- Tobacco settlement
💡 Tech & Firsts
- DVD players hit US stores
- Wi-Fi (802.11) standard released
- Tamagotchi US launch
- First weblogs appear
- DVD movie releases begin
🏆 Sports
- Marlins win the World Series
- Bulls win their fifth title
- Packers win Super Bowl XXXI
- Red Wings win the Stanley Cup
- Tiger Woods wins the Masters
🤪 Crazes & fads
- Tamagotchi mania
- Beanie Babies peak
- Hanson 'MMMBop'
- Austin Powers
- Titanic fever begins
👖 Clothes
- JNCO wide-leg jeans
- Frosted tips
- Spaghetti-strap dresses
- Bucket hats
- Adidas track pants
💵 What it cost
- Stamp: 32¢
- Gas: ~$1.23/gal
- Movie ticket: ~$4.59
- Median new home: ~$146,000
- New car avg: ~$19,000
🧸 Toy chest
🍬 On the shelf
- Fruit by the Foot🛒 grab some →
- Shark Bites🛒 grab some →
- String Thing
- Butterfinger BB's
- Wonder Ball
- Sour Punch Straws🛒 grab some →
- Airheads Xtremes🛒 grab some →
- 3D Doritos
- Cheetos Paws
- Planters P.B. Crisps
🥤 In the fridge
- Clearly Canadian🛒 grab some →
- Snapple🛒 grab some →
- Fruitopia
- Orbitz
- Arizona Iced Tea🛒 grab some →
- Mistic
- All Sport
- Gatorade Frost🛒 grab some →
- SunnyD🛒 grab some →
- Squeezit
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💬 Memories from 1997
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