These are The Official UK Charts Company UK Dance Chart number one hits of 1997. [1] The dates listed in the menus below represent the Saturday after the Sunday the chart was announced, as per the way the dates are given in chart publications such as the ones produced by Billboard, Guinness, and Virgin.
| Issue date | Song | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 4 January | "The Message" | Shy FX |
| 11 January | "Professional Widow" | Tori Amos |
| 18 January | "People Hold On" (The Bootleg Mixes) | Lisa Stansfield/Dirty Rotten |
| 25 January | "Get Up (Everybody)" | Byron Stingily |
| 1 February | "Remember Me" | Blue Boy |
| 8 February | "Runaway" | Nuyorican Soul feat India |
| 15 February | "Life's Too Short" | Hole in One |
| 22 February | "Da Funk/Musique" | Daft Punk |
| 1 March | "Encore Une Fois" | Sash! |
| 8 March | "Close to Your Heart" | JX |
| 15 March | "Spin Spin Sugar" | Sneaker Pimps |
| 22 March | "Ni Ten Ichi Ryu" | Photek |
| 29 March | "Rock da House" | Tall Paul |
| 5 April | "Bellissima" | DJ Quicksilver |
| 12 April | "My Love Is Deep" | Sara Parker |
| 19 April | "Groovebird" | Natural Born Grooves |
| 26 April | "Around the World" | Daft Punk |
| 3 May | "Nightmare" | Brainbug |
| 10 May | "It's Alright, I Feel It!" | Nuyorican Soul featuring Jocelyn Brown |
| 17 May | "Shine" | Space Brothers |
| 24 May | "Make the World Go Round" | Sandy B |
| 31 May | "RipGroove" | Double 99 |
| 7 June | "Closer Than Close" | Rosie Gaines |
| 14 June | "Share the Fall" | Roni Size |
| 21 June | "Deep (I'm Falling Deeper)" | Ariel |
| 28 June | "Casual Sub (Burning Spear)" | ETA |
| 5 July | "Age of Love (The Remixes)" | Age of Love |
| 12 July | "Something Goin' On" | Todd Terry |
| 19 July | "Risingson" | Massive Attack |
| 26 July | "Something Goin' On" | Todd Terry |
| 2 August | "Moment of My Life" | Bobby D'Ambrosio featuring M Weeks |
| 9 August | "Get Up! Go Insane" | Stretch & Vern |
| 16 August | "More Bits and Pieces" | Coldcut |
| 23 August | The Jam EP | A Tribe Called Quest |
| 30 August | "Never Gonna Let You Go" | Tina Moore |
| 6 September | "Anytime" | Nu-Birth |
| 13 September | "Heroes" | Roni Size |
| 20 September | "Turn Me Out (Turn to Sugar)" | Praxis featuring Kathy Brown |
| 27 September | "Circles" | Adam F |
| 4 October | "Sanctuary" | Omni Trio |
| 11 October | "Saturday" | East 57th Street featuring Donna Allen |
| 18 October | "Piper" | Jonny L |
| 25 October | "I Am the Black Gold of the Sun" | Nuyorican Soul featuring Jocelyn Brown |
| 1 November | "Rock the Funky Beat" | Natural Born Chillers |
| 8 November | "Ultrafunkula" | Armand Van Helden |
| 15 November | "Gunman" | 187 Lockdown |
| 22 November | "Benedictus" | Brainbug |
| 29 November | "Smack My Bitch Up" | The Prodigy |
| 6 December | "I Thought It Was You" | Sex-O-Sonique |
| 13 December | "My Desire" | Amira |
| 20 December | "Deeper" | Serious Danger |
| 27 December | "Guess Who's Back" | Rakim |
The UK Dance Singles Chart and the UK Dance Albums Chart are music charts compiled in the United Kingdom by the Official Charts Company from sales of songs in the dance music genre in record stores and digital downloads. The chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1's and Official Charts Company's website. The archive on the Official Charts Company website goes back to 3 July 1994, the beginning of the first charting week. The dates listed in the menus below represent the Saturday after the Sunday the chart was announced, as per the way the dates are given in chart publications such as the ones produced by Billboard, Guinness, and Virgin.