List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1997 - wikipedia List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1997 This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2014 ) Elton John earned his final Hot 100 number - one single with `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' / `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '', which stayed at the top position for 12 straight weeks The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best - performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single 's weekly physical sales and airplay. There were nine singles that peaked atop the charts, but if `` Un-Break My Heart '' is excluded from the count ( for the song started its peak in the previous year ), the total would be eight, the second lowest for a single year, tied with 1996 and subsequently, 2005. The longest running number - one single of 1997 is `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' / `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '', which logged 14 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Two of those weeks were logged in 1998 while the remaining 12 were attained in 1997. With `` Honey '' becoming her 12th # 1 single, Mariah Carey broke the record for most # 1 songs by a female artist, surpassing Madonna and Whitney Houston with 11 each. Contents 1 Chart history 2 See also 3 References 4 Additional sources Chart history Key Indicates best - performing single of 1997 Issue date Song Artist ( s ) Ref. January 4 `` Un-Break My Heart '' Toni Braxton January 11 January 18 January 25 February 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 `` Wannabe '' Spice Girls March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 `` Ca n't Nobody Hold Me Down '' Puff Daddy featuring Mase March 29 April 5 April 12 April 19 April 26 May 3 `` Hypnotize '' The Notorious B.I.G. May 10 May 17 May 24 `` MMMBop '' Hanson May 31 June 7 June 14 `` I 'll Be Missing You '' Puff Daddy and Faith Evans featuring 112 June 21 June 28 July 5 July 12 July 19 July 26 August 2 August 9 August 16 August 23 August 30 `` Mo Money Mo Problems '' The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase September 6 September 13 `` Honey '' Mariah Carey September 20 September 27 October 4 `` 4 Seasons of Loneliness '' Boyz II Men October 11 `` Candle in the Wind 1997 '' / `` Something About the Way You Look Tonight '' Elton John October 18 October 25 November 1 November 8 November 15 November 22 November 29 December 6 December 13 December 20 December 27 See also 1997 in music References Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of January 4, 1997 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of January 11, 1997 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. 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Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 8, 1997 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 15, 1997 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 22, 1997 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of March 29, 1997 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of April 5, 1997 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of April 12, 1997 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. Jump up ^ `` The Hot 100 chart listing for the week of April 19, 1997 ''. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 23. 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Additional sources Fred Bronson 's Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition ( ISBN 0 - 8230 - 7677 - 6 ) Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2008, 12 Edition ( ISBN 0 - 89820 - 180 - 2 ) Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts : The Nineties ( ISBN 0 - 89820 - 137 - 3 ) Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard 's online archive services and print editions of the magazine. 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Question: what was the #1 song in october 1997
Answer: "4 Seasons of Loneliness"