| 1 | Sublime | Wrong Way | Sublime (1996) |
| 2 | Sugar Ray | Fly (feat. Super Cat) | Floored (1997) |
| 3 | Foo Fighters | Everlong | The Colour and the Shape (1997) |
| 4 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | The Impression That I Get | Let's Face It (1997) |
| 5 | Smash Mouth | Walkin' on the Sun | Fush Yu Mang (1997) |
| 6 | Third Eye Blind | Semi-Charmed Life | Third Eye Blind (1997) |
| 7 | The Wallflowers | One Headlight | Bringing Down the Horse (1996) |
| 8 | Beck | The New Pollution | Odelay (1996) |
| 9 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Eye | Non-album Single (1997) [From Lost Highway Soundtrack] |
| 10 | Blur | Song 2 | Blur (1997) |
| 11 | The Prodigy | Breathe | The Fat of the Land (1997) |
| 12 | Reel Big Fish | Sell Out | Turn the Radio Off (1996) |
| 13 | Jewel | You Were Meant for Me | Pieces of You (1995) |
| 14 | Third Eye Blind | Graduate | Third Eye Blind (1997) |
| 15 | Chumbawamba | Tubthumping | Tubthumper (1997) |
| 16 | Sublime | Santeria | Sublime (1996) |
| 17 | Sneaker Pimps | 6 Underground | Becoming X (1996) |
| 18 | Squirrel Nut Zippers | Hell | Hot (1996) |
| 19 | Dave Matthews Band | Crash Into Me | Crash (1996) |
| 20 | Sublime | Doin' Time | Sublime (1996) |
| 21 | White Town | Your Woman | Women in Technology (1997) |
| 22 | No Doubt | Sunday Morning | Tragic Kingdom (1995) |
| 23 | Matchbox Twenty | Push | Yourself or Someone Like You (1996) |
| 24 | Tool | Stinkfist | Ænima (1996) |
| 25 | Fiona Apple | Criminal | Tidal (1996) |
| 26 | The Verve Pipe | The Freshmen | Villains (1996) |
| 27 | Depeche Mode | It's No Good | Ultra (1997) |
| 28 | Beck | Jack-Ass | Odelay (1996) |
| 29 | Luscious Jackson | Naked Eye | Fever In Fever Out (1996) |
| 30 | The Offspring | Gone Away | Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) |
| 31 | Marcy Playground | Sex and Candy | Marcy Playground (1997) |
| 32 | The Cure | Wrong Number | Galore (1997) |
| 33 | Bush | Greedy Fly | Razorblade Suitcase (1996) |
| 34 | Sarah McLachlan | Building a Mystery | Surfacing (1997) |
| 35 | Everclear | Everything to Everyone | So Much for the Afterglow (1997) |
| 36 | U2 | Staring at the Sun | Pop (1997) |
| 37 | Green Day | Hitchin' a Ride | Nimrod (1997) |
| 38 | Daft Punk | Da Funk | Homework (1997) |
| 39 | Blink-182 | Dammit | Dude Ranch (1997) |
| 40 | Garbage | #1 Crush | Non-album Single (1996) [From Romeo + Juliet Soundtrack] |
| 41 | Third Eye Blind | How's It Going to Be | Third Eye Blind (1997) |
| 42 | The Verve | Bitter Sweet Symphony | Urban Hymns (1997) |
| 43 | The Prodigy | Firestarter | The Fat of the Land (1997) |
| 44 | Green Day | Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) | Nimrod (1997) |
| 45 | Save Ferris | Come on Eileen | It Means Everything (1997) |
| 46 | Oasis | Don't Go Away | Be Here Now (1997) |
| 47 | Jamiroquai | Virtual Insanity | Travelling Without Moving (1996) |
| 48 | Foo Fighters | Monkey Wrench | The Colour and the Shape (1997) |
| 49 | Fiona Apple | Sleep to Dream | Tidal (1996) |
| 50 | Bush | Mouth | Razorblade Suitcase (1996) |
| 51 | The Chemical Brothers | Block Rockin' Beats | Dig Your Own Hole (1997) |
| 52 | Tonic | If You Could Only See | Lemon Parade (1996) |
| 53 | The Cardigans | Lovefool | First Band on the Moon (1996) |
| 54 | Sublime | Caress Me Down | Sublime (1996) |
| 55 | The Offspring | All I Want | Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) |
| 56 | Space | Female of the Species | Spiders (1996) |
| 57 | Live | Turn My Head | Secret Samadhi (1997) |
| 58 | The Smashing Pumpkins | The End Is the Beginning Is the End | Non-album Single (1997) [From Batman & Robin Soundtrack] |
| 59 | Jane's Addiction | Jane Says | Nothing's Shocking (1988) |
| 60 | The Wallflowers | The Difference | Bringing Down the Horse (1996) |
| 61 | Save Ferris | The World Is New | It Means Everything (1997) |
| 62 | Radiohead | Let Down | OK Computer (1997) |
| 63 | Rage Against the Machine | Down Rodeo | Evil Empire (1996) |
| 64 | Live | Lakini's Juice | Secret Samadhi (1997) |
| 65 | Oasis | D'You Know What I Mean? | Be Here Now (1997) |
| 66 | Buck-O-Nine | My Town | Twenty-Eight Teeth (1997) |
| 67 | No Doubt | Excuse Me Mr. | Tragic Kingdom (1995) |
| 68 | Matchbox Twenty | 3 A.M. | Yourself or Someone Like You (1996) |
| 69 | Nine Inch Nails | The Perfect Drug | Non-album Single (1997) [From Lost Highway Soundtrack] |
| 70 | Beck | Deadweight | Non-album Single (1997) [From A Life Less Ordinary Soundtrack] |
| 71 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | The Rascal King | Let's Face It (1997) |
| 72 | Forest for the Trees | Dream | Forest for the Trees (1997) |
| 73 | The Prodigy | Smack My Bitch Up | The Fat of the Land (1997) |
| 74 | 311 | Beautiful Disaster | Transistor (1997) |
| 75 | Veruca Salt | Volcano Girls | Eight Arms to Hold You (1997) |
| 76 | The Aquabats! | Super Rad! | The Fury of The Aquabats! (1997) |
| 77 | The Smashing Pumpkins | Thirty-Three | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995) |
| 78 | Sublime | Doin' Time | Sublime (1996) |
| 79 | Counting Crows | A Long December | Recovering the Satellites (1996) |
| 80 | Days of the New | Touch, Peel and Stand | Days of the New (1997) |
| 81 | Sarah McLachlan | Sweet Surrender | Surfacing (1997) |
| 82 | Soul Coughing | Super Bon Bon | Irresistible Bliss (1996) |
| 83 | K's Choice | Not an Addict | Paradise in Me (1996) |
| 84 | Monaco | What Do You Want From Me? | Music for Pleasure (1997) |
| 85 | Ben Folds Five | Brick | Whatever and Ever Amen (1997) |
| 86 | Meredith Brooks | Bitch | Blurring the Edges (1997) |
| 87 | Bush | Cold Contagious | Razorblade Suitcase (1996) |
| 88 | Depeche Mode | Useless | Ultra (1997) |
| 89 | The Offspring | The Meaning of Life | Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) |
| 90 | The Chemical Brothers | Setting Sun | Dig Your Own Hole (1997) |
| 91 | Silverchair | Abuse Me | Freak Show (1997) |
| 92 | U2 | Discothèque | Pop (1997) |
| 93 | The Wallflowers | Three Marlenas | Bringing Down the Horse (1996) |
| 94 | Olive | You're Not Alone | Extra Virgin (1996) |
| 95 | Porno for Pyros | Hard Charger | Non-album Single (1997) [From Private Parts Soundtrack] |
| 96 | Less Than Jake | Dopeman | Losing Streak (1996) |
| 97 | David Bowie | I'm Afraid of Americans (V1) | Earthling (1997) |
| 98 | The Offspring | I Choose | Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) |
| 99 | Hooverphonic | 2Wicky | A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (1996) |
| 100 | Depeche Mode | Barrel of a Gun | Ultra (1997) |
| 101 | Death in Vegas | Dirt | Dead Elvis (1997) |
| 102 | Shawn Colvin | Sunny Came Home | A Few Small Repairs (1996) |
| 103 | Smash Mouth | Why Can't We Be Friends | Fush Yu Mang (1997) |
| 104 | Mansun | Wide Open Space | Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997) |
| 105 | Fiona Apple | Never Is a Promise | Tidal (1996) |
| 106 | The Suicide Machines | No Face | Destruction by Definition (1996) |
| 106.7 | OMC | How Bizarre (Radio Mix) | How Bizarre (1996) |
About 1997
In 1997, KROQ embraced the eclectic energy of alternative music, with Sublime’s ska-punk and Foo Fighters’ raw rock leading the charge. Third Eye Blind and The Wallflowers brought catchy alt-rock anthems, while electronic influences from The Prodigy and The Chemical Brothers added a bold, danceable edge to the station’s diverse playlist.