Other #1 songs on October 1, 1997
Across genres and charts

#1 alternative hit

Walkin' on the Sun

Smash Mouth

#1 country song

How Your Love Makes Me Feel

Diamond Rio

#1 R&B song

You Make Me Wanna...

Usher

#1 song in the UK

Candle in the Wind 1997

Elton John

#1 song

4 Seasons of Loneliness

Boyz II Men

The #1 Movie
At the box office on October 1, 1997

The Peacemaker

Directed by Mimi Leder

Notable October 1 Birthdays
Born in the 1990s

Robbie Ray

Baseball Player

Born October 1, 1991

Daniel Gafford

Basketball Player

Born October 1, 1998