Best Song Of 1997 Official

I pulled a crumpled Post-it from my jeans. On it, I’d written one title. I slid it face-up onto the table.

“It’s ‘Paranoid Android,’” said Mark, the senior editor, without looking up from his notes. “Full stop. Radiohead just redrew the map.”

“Bittersweet Symphony” – The Verve best song of 1997

The assignment: pick the single best song of the year.

It was the best song of 1997. Not because it was perfect. But because it knew you weren’t, either. I pulled a crumpled Post-it from my jeans

“Exactly,” I said. “That’s 1997. That’s the whole year.”

Mark pointed at me. “You. Tiebreaker.” ’” said Mark

That night, I rode the subway home, earbuds in, as the train rattled through the tunnel. I queued up track seven. The strings swelled. Ashcroft started walking.