| This Kiss - Faith Hill <<7 wks @ #1>> - 30 wks - #1 - 8/9-9/20/98 I Want You Back - 'N Sync Torn - Natalie Imbruglia You're Still The One - Shania Twain You Won't Forget Me - La Bouche Adia - Sarah Maclachlan My Favorite Mistake - Sheryl Crow <<1 wk @ #1>> - 16 wks - #1 - 10/4/98 One Week - Barenaked Ladies <2 wks @ #2> - 15 wks - #2 - 8/23 & 30/98 Walking After You - Foo Fighers Break Your Heart - Natalie Merchant <<8 wks @ #1>> 10 wks - #1 - 10/25-12/13/98 Jumper - Third Eye Blind - 19 wks - #3 - 12/13/98 The Power of Goodbye - Madonna <<1 wk @ #1>> - 14 wks - #1 - 9/27/98 Wishing I Was There - Natalie Imbruglia <2 wks @ #2> 13 wks - #2 - 9/6 & 13/98 Fire Escape - Fastball - 12 wks - #3 - 11/15 & 22/98 Thank U - Alanis Morissette <<2 wks @ #1>> - 12 wks - #1 - 10/11 & 18/98 Pink - Aerosmith How's It Gonna Be - Third Eye Blind The First Night - Monica - 13 wks - #3 - 8/30/98 From This Moment On - Shania Twain <3 wks @ #2> 11 wks - #2 - 11/8-22/98 Searchin' My Soul - Vonda Shepard Back To You - Bryan Adams Tearin' Up My Heart - 'N Sync Turn Back Time - Aqua Kiss The Rain - Billie Myers Amnesia - Chumbawumba Recover Your Soul - Elton John All My Life - K-Ci & JoJo What Would Happen - Meredith Brooks Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz <3 wks @ #2> - 7 wks - #2 - 11/29-12/13/98 Crush - Jennifer Paige - 14 wks - #4 - 8/23/98 Gettin' Jiggy Wit It - Will Smith Kind & Generous - Natalie Merchant This Is How We Party - S.O.A.P. Sweet Surender - Sarah Maclachlan Hey Now Now - Swirl 360 Weird - Hanson Heaven's What I Feel - Gloria Estefan The Way - Fastball To The Moon & Back - Savage Garden Do For Love - 2 Pac Too Much - Spice Girls Slide - Goo Goo Dolls - 8 wks - #5 - 11/22/98 Do You Really Want Me? - Robyn It's Up To You - The Tuesdays The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica Jump Jive 'N Wail - Brian Setzer Orchestra - 10 wks - #6 - 10/4/98 Never Ever - All Saints I'll Be There For You - Solid Harmonie You Get What You Give - New Radicals - 5 wks - #3 - 11/29/98 Go Deep - Janet Jackson The Mummer's Dance - Lorenna McKennit Tell Me - Audra & Alana My All - Mariah Carey ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears - 9 wks - #3 - 10/25/98 Rain - SWV Everybody - Backstreet Boys The Sweetest Thing - U2 - 7 wks - #5 - 11/29/98 Cleopatra's Theme - Cleopatra Lullaby - Shawn Mullins - 9 wks - #5 - 10/11/98 Because Of You - 98 Degrees - 9 wks - #9 - 9/27 & 10/4/98 Frozen - Madonna Inside Out - Eve 6 - 14NC wks - #7 - 7/12/98 Time After Time - Inoj <2 wks @ #2> - 5 wks - #2 - 10/11 & 18/98 Angel - Sarah Maclachlan - 6NC wks - #3 - 12/6/98 You're Not Alone - Olive I Will Wait - Hootie & The Blowfish - 9 wks - #3 - 9/27/98 Are You That Somebody - Aaliyah Lollipop - Aqua Ray Of Light - Madonna Push It - Garbage Believe - Cher <<2 wks @ #1>> - 3 wks - #1 - 12/20 & 27/98 Spark - Tori Amos Happy - Sister Hazel Sin So Well - Rebekah Closing Time - Semisonic Daysleeper - R.E.M. - 8 wks - #8 - 12/6/98 Light In Your Eyes - Blessid Union of Souls Brick - Ben Folds Five 32 Flavors - Alana Davis Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry - 9 wks - #11 - 8/23/98 Heros - Wallflowers Lately - Divine - 4 wks - #11 - 12/27/98 Everything to Everyone - Everclear Cruel Summer - Ace of Base In My Father's Eyes - Eric Clapton My Way - Usher Hands - Jewel - 8 wks - #13 - 12/6 & 27/98 Whenever You're Near Me - Ace of Base - 6NC wks - #10 - 12/27/98 I Know Where It's At - All Saints - 9NC wks - #6 - 8/2 & 9/98 Breaking All The Rules - She Moves Everything's Gonna Be Allright - Sweetbox - 6 wks - #12 - 11/22/98 Stop - Spice Girls Together Again - Janet Jackson Breakdown - Mariah Carey feat. Bone Thugs 'n' Harmony When You Believe - Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey 3 wks - #14 - 11/22&29/98 Let's Forget About It - Lisa Loeb Love Is Alive - 3rd Party Electric Barbarella - Duran Duran Miami - Will Smith - 4 wks - #13 - 12/20/98 Real World - Matchbox 20 Around The World - Daft Punk Tell Me - Billie Myers Pride - Rachid Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger Have You Ever? - Brandy - 1 wk - #18 - 12/27/98 Father of Mine - Everclear Perfect - Smashing Pumpkins - 3 wks - #15 - 11/8/98 The Music Sounds Better With You - Stardust - 3 wks - #11 - 11/22/98 Too Gone, Too Long - En Vogue When The Lights Go Out - Five Are You Jimmy Ray? - Jimmy Ray Me - Paula Cole Open Up Your Eyes - Tonic All Cried Out - Allure feat. 112 You Make Me Wanna - Usher Sex & Candy - Marcy Playground If You Could Read My Mind - Stars on 54 - 3 wks - #16 - 10/18/98 I Do - Lisa Loeb Shadowboxer - Fionna Apple Heaven - Nu Flavor Can't Get Enough Of You Baby - Smash Mouth Something About The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John She Said - Collective Soul A Rose Is Still A Rose - Aretha Franklin Take Me There - Blackstreet & Mya f/ Mase & Blinky Blink 1 wk - #18 - 12/13/98 Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden Father Of Mine - Everclear - 1 wk - #19 - 12/20/98 I Will Come To You - Hanson My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion To Love You More - Celine Dion God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You - 'N Sync - 1 wk - #20 - 11/22/98 Good Ridance (Time Of Your Life) - Green Day |
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| The OZ Top 20 Countdown 1998 Year End Countdown |
| Rank |
| Song Title - Artist - Weeks On - Peak Pos. - Peak Date |
| Points |
| Points are awared using the inverse points system (#1=20 pts, #2=19 pts...#20=1pt). Bonus points are awarded for Highest Debut Award (15 pts), Biggest Mover Award (10 pts for each award), and Biggest Faller Award (-10 pts for each award). The countdown encompases the entire calendar year, chart activity in 1997 and 1999 are irrelavent to this year end countdown. Ties are broken in a number of ways: 1) The song with the longer chartlife is ranked higher. 2) If both songs charted equal amount of weeks, but one is non-consecutive, the consecutive one ranks higher. 3) If both songs are still equal, the one with the higher peak position gets ranked higher. 4) If both songs have the same peak position, then the one with the most Biggest Mover Awards ranks higher. 5) If both songs have the same amount of Biggest Mover Awards, the song with the least amount of Biggest Faller Awards ranks higher. 6) If both songs have the same amount of Biggest Faller Awards, the song that has the largest single fall in one week ranks lower. Needless to say this eliminates almost all ties, but in some cases when a song only charts for a single week, a tie will occur, these are marked with asterisk(*). |
| About the Year End Countdown ... |
| Song hit #1 in 1998 |
| Song hit #1 in 1997 |
| Still charting as of 12/27/98 |