#tbt These Were the Top Alternative Songs on Dec. 3, 1997

Jack and Rose were 'flying,' the final episodes of Bevis and Butt-Head had aired on MTV, and damn, it was a great time to be a Brit. It was 1997, and these were the top ten alternative songs on Billboard's charts.

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The British are coming! The British are coming! (Well, OK, they already came.. like a few times.) Grab a hot cuppa tea and check out the songs from eighteen years ago, today. (Is it weird that I am kind of attracted to Sid-Vicious-looking Dave Grohl?)

10
Oasis - Don't Go Away
9
Days of the New - Touch, Peel and Stand
8
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
7
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
6
Matchbox Twenty - 3 a.m.
5
Bush - Mouth
4
Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun
Yep, they did exist before Fort Collins' 'Breadgate 2015' and the Shrek movies.
3
Foo Fighters - Everlong
2
Everclear - Everything To Everyone
1
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
If you don't know what this song is, listen to it. You will.

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