Record of the Year Revisited: 1997

Original Record of the Year: Adam F - Circles

1997 was the year that had the most new entries in the Top 40 and therefore was the year that gave me the most options. 

In theory more new entries should equate for more capacity for more interesting records to get into the Top 40. In practice it meant an overload of boy bands/ girl groups and similar some of which is now long forgotten.

That said there were still decent tunes in the Top 40, the sort that wouldn't make it onto Top of the Pops as I've been finding out via the reruns.

My original pick for my record of the year was a drum & bass record that I'd heard on tapes from raves long before it entered the Top 40. I witnessed first hand this going from an underground record to a Top 40 hit.

Has another record got a better claim to be record of the year?

No I don't think so. There's some decent records, some of which were definitely made for the clubs rather than the charts. What we have here though is a record I was very fond of when it was an underground record whilst it may have lost its underground tag when it charted it's still the same record.