I'll Be Missing You Top of the Pops

 The following three editions of Top of the Pops 1997 (27th of June, 4th of July and 11th of July) will not be shown on BBC4 due to them featuring Puff Daddy. So a whopping big thanks goes to Anonymous for making each of them available at WeTransfer:

27/6/97

27-6-97:   Presenter:  Jo Whiley

(4) OCEAN COLOUR SCENE – Hundred Mile High City
(21) BRAND NEW HEAVIES – You Are The Universe
(5) BLUR – On Your Own  (via satellite)  ®
(16) PRIMAL SCREAM – Star
(2) THE VERVE – Bitter Sweet Symphony  (video)
(9) CAST – Guiding Star
(11) CELINE DION – Call The Man  (video)
(8) ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – Nothing Lasts Forever
(1) PUFF DADDY & FAITH EVANS – I’ll Be Missing You  (video)  (and credits)

4/7/97

4-7-97:   Presenter:  Jayne Middlemiss

(6) ULTRA NATÉ – Free
(9) PET SHOP BOYS – Somewhere  (video)
(12) FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS – I’m Not In Love/Scooby Snacks
(28) PAULA COLE – Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
(3) NO DOUBT – Just A Girl  (video)
(2) SASH! feat. RODRIGUEZ – Ecuador
(11) OCEAN COLOUR SCENE – Hundred Mile High City
(1) PUFF DADDY & FAITH EVANS – I’ll Be Missing You  (video)  (and credits)

11/7/97

11-7-97:   Presenter:  Zoë Ball

(3) 911 – The Journey
(12) ALISHA’S ATTIC – Air We Breathe
(17) TEENAGE FANCLUB – Ain’t That Enough
(5) TODD TERRY – Something Goin’ On
(8) SHERYL CROW – A Change Would Do You Good  (Glastonbury footage)
(4) ULTRA NATÉ – Free
(1) PUFF DADDY & FAITH EVANS – I’ll Be Missing You  (video)
(NEW) OASIS – D’You Know What I Mean?  (video)  (and credits)

Top of the Pops Hits the Sky

 I know a place where the sun hits the 20th of June 1997 edition of Top of the Pops!

Top sun hit

20-6-97:   Presenter:  Jayne Middlemiss

(25) LISA STANSFIELD – Never Gonna Give You Up

Getting the show underway with her seventeenth and final top 40 hit but the song got no higher.

(10) SUPERGRASS – Sun Hits The Sky

Brightening up the studio but the song got no higher.

(2) ETERNAL feat. BEBE WINANS – I Wanna Be The Only One

The former number one back in the studio for a fourth week in a row, albeit with a different gospel version of the song.

(6) THE CHARLATANS – How High

Performing their fourth and final top ten hit but it got no higher.

(NEW) MICHAEL JACKSON – History  (video)

Will peak at number 5.

(NEW) BLUR – On Your Own  (via satellite)

Will also peak at number 5.

(NEW) PET SHOP BOYS – Somewhere (video)

Will peak at number 9.

(21) DEL AMITRI – Not Where It’s At

Here with a song that got no higher.

(16) FINLEY QUAYE – Sunday Shining

Performing his first of five top 40 hits but this one got no higher.

(1) HANSON – MMMBop  (and credits)

Third and final week at number one.

Strange Top of the Pops

 I don't know if I'm coming or going baby, it's the 13th of June 1997 edition of Top of the Pops!

Still number one

13-6-97:   Presenter:  Jo Whiley

(6) ROSIE GAINES – Closer Than Close

A third studio performance in a row for a song that had already peaked at number 4.

(13) WET WET WET – Strange

A second studio performance but the song got no higher.

(14) EN VOGUE – Whatever

Here tonight but the song was at its peak.

(11) SKUNK ANANSIE – Brazen (Weep)

Their biggest hit but it got no higher.

(2) ETERNAL feat. BEBE WINANS – I Wanna Be The Only One

Third week in a row on the show for the former number one.

(4) JON BON JOVI – Midnight In Chelsea

In the studio with his first of two solo top ten hits and this was the biggest but it got no higher.

(7) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – Love Rollercoaster  (video)  (and charts)

Their second of four top ten hits was at its peak.

(1) HANSON – MMMBop  (and credits)

Second of three weeks at number one.