Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Tourney-1997

Here are the number ones from the year 1997!! A maximum of 3 votes is enforced!!

1997:

January 18-"Lady Picture Show" by Stone Temple Pilots-1 week


February 1-"One Headlight" by The Wallflowers-5 weeks


March 8-"Falling In Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" by Aerosmith-5 weeks


April 12-"Precious Declaration" by Collective Soul-4 weeks


May 10-"Gone Away" by The Offspring-2 weeks


May 24-"Little White Lie" by Sammy Hagar-5 weeks


June 28-"If Only You Could See" by Tonic-5 weeks


August 2-"Listen" by Collective Soul-5 weeks


September 6-"Pink" by Aerosmith-4 weeks


October 4-"Touch, Peel and Stand" by Days of the New-16 weeks

I refuse to participate because you are a douche to my family!

Here is a quick list of songs that have qual'd so far:

1981-
1st-Tied:
"Burnin' For You" by Blue Öyster Cult-3 votes, 23%
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by Police-3 votes, 23%
2nd-Tied:
"Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones-2 votes, 15%
"You Better Bet" by The Who- 2 votes, 15%

1982-
1st:
"You Got Lucky" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-3 votes, 25%
2nd-Tied:
"Shock the Monkey" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 16%
"Down Under" by Men at Work-2 votes, 16%

1983-
1st-Tied:
"Hungry Like a Wolf" by Duran Duran-4 votes, 26%
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police-4 votes, 26%
2nd:
"Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes-3 votes, 20%

1984-
1st:
"Jump" by Van Halen-3 votes,30%
2nd-Tied:
"You Might Think" by The Cars-2 votes, 20%
"The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley-2 votes, 20%

1985-
1st:
"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds-4 votes, 33%
2nd-Tied:
"The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News-2 votes, 16%
"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits-2 votes, 16%

1986-
1st:
"Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News-5 votes, 31%
2nd:
"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel-3 votes, 18%
3rd-Tied:
"Amanda" by Boston-2 votes, 12%
"In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 12%

1987-
1st:
"Learning to Fly" by Pink Floyd-3 votes, 33%
2nd-Tied:
"Jammin' Me" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-2 votes, 22%
"With or Without You" by U2-2 votes, 22%

1988-
1st:
"Orange Crush" by R.E.M-3 votes, 33%
2nd:
"Desire" by U2-2 votes, 22%
"Angel of Harlem" by U2-2 votes, 22%
3rd:
"On the Turning Away" by Pink Floyd-1 vote, 11%
"Heaven Knows" by Robert Plant-1 vote, 11%

1989:
1st:
"I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty-6 votes, 28%
2nd:
"Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%
"Runnin' Down A Dream" by Tom Petty-5 votes, 23%
3rd:
"The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley-3 votes, 14%

1990:
1st-Tied:
"What it Takes" by Aerosmith-3 votes, 20%
"The Other Side" by Aerosmith-3 votes, 20%
"Suicide Blonde" by INXS-3 votes, 20%
"Hard to Handle" by The Black Crowes-3 votes, 20%
2nd-Tied:
"Blue Sky Mine" by Midnight Oil-1 vote, 6%
"Cradle of Love" by Billy Idol-1 vote, 6%
"Good Clean Fun" by The Allman Brothers Band-1 vote, 6%
3rd: No third place

1991:
1st:
"Losing My Religion" by R.E.M.-4 votes. 33%
2nd:
"Learning to Fly" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-3 votes, 25%
3rd-Tied:
"Silent Lucidity" by Queensrÿche-2 votes, 16%
"Mysterious Ways" by U2-2 votes, 16%

1992:
1st-Tied:
"One" by U2-2 votes, 25%
"Remedy" by The Black Crowes-2 votes, 25%
"Digging in the Dirt" by Peter Gabriel-2 votes, 25%
2nd-Tied:
"Let's Get Rocked" by Def Leppard-1 vote, 12%
"Keep the Faith" by Bon Jovi-1 vote, 12%

1993:
1st-
"Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz-4 votes, 23%
2nd-
"No Rain" by Blind Melon-3 votes, 17%
3rd-
"Livin' on the Edge" by Aerosmith-2 votes, 11%
"Mary Jane's Last Dance" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-2 votes, 11%
"Daughter" by Pearl Jam-2 votes, 11%

1994:
1st-
"No Excuses" by Alice in Chains-6 votes, 31%
2nd-
"Black Hole Sun" by Soundgarden-5 votes, 26%
3rd-Tied-
"Interstate Love Song" by Stone Temple Pilots-2 votes, 10%
"You Don't Know How it Feels" by Tom Petty and the Heartreakers-2 votes, 10%

1995:
1st-
"Better Man" by Pearl Jam-6 votes with 31%
2nd-
"My Friends" by Red Hot Chili Peppers-5 votes, 26%
3rd-
"Lightning Crashes" by Live-3 votes, 15%

1996:
1st-
"1979" by Smashing Pumpkins-8 votes, 255
2nd-Tied-
"The World I Know" by Collective Soul-4 votes, 12%
"In the Meantime" by Spacehog-4 votes, 12%
"Trippin' On a Hole in a Paper Heart" by Stone Temple Pilots-4 votes, 12%
3rd-
"Blow Up the Outside World" by Soundgarden-3 votes, 9%



Here the records of the tournament so far:

Band with the most songs qualifying:
1st-Tied:
-U2 with 5 songs
-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with 5 songs
2nd:
Peter Gabriel with 4 songs
3rd-Tied:
-Tom Petty with 3 songs


Band with the most 1st places: TIED
The Police with 2 First Places-
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"-1981
"Every Breath You Take"-1983
AND Aerosmith with 2 First Places
"What it Takes"-1990
"The Other Side"-1990
AND R.E.M. with 2 First Places
"Orange Crush"-1988
"Losing My Religion"-1991
AND The Black Crowes with 2 First Places
"Hard to Handle"-1990
"Remedy"-1992



Song with the most votes:
1:
"1979" by Smashing Pumpkins-8 votes, 25%-1996
2nd-Tied:
"I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty-6 votes, 28%-1989
"No Excuses" by Alice in Chains-6 votes, 31%-1994
"Better Man" by Pearl Jam-6 votes, 31%-1995

Top Three Artists with the most votes in the tournament:
1st-Tom Petty has 16 votes overall with 3 songs
2nd--Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers has 13 votes with 6 songs
3rd-U2 has 10 votes with 5 songs

ZIMMER1994 wrote:I refuse to participate because you are a douche to my family!

I apologize. It was an accident.

hahahaha not. okay.

I voted One Headlight, Precious Declaration and Little White Lie

I went with "Gone Away," "Lady Picture Show," and "One Headlight."

It would be insane if One Headlight doesn't break as one of the top three. That song is a classic, and in my decision should win this year's poll, and should be a heavy hitter going into the further rounds.

I could only vote for One Headlight for now. So many of the others are unappealing to me...I may revise my vote!

I feel like this year was a step down from last year, but is still better than a couple of years in the early 90's....