This is a summary of the top 100 UK songs of 1996. Check out the Year-End Chart 1996 – UK below or go directly to the playlist via Spotify or watch all the music videos on our YouTube channel. It is also possible to save or download the full playlist.
The list includes songs like “Return Of The Mack” by Mark Morrison and “Mysterious Girl” by Peter Andre ft. Bubbler Ranx but also songs by The Spice Girls and Robert Miles.
Without a doubt, the biggest hits of the year 1996 are “Wannabe” by The Spice Girls and “Killing Me Softly” by Fugees.
List of 100 Best songs of 1996
| # | Title - Artist |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wannabe - The Spice Girls |
| 2 | Killing Me Softly - Fugees |
| 3 | Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison |
| 4 | Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit - Gina G |
| 5 | Children - Robert Miles |
| 6 | Mysterious Girl - Peter Andre featuring Bubbler Ranx |
| 7 | Three Lions - Baddiel & Skinner and The Lightning Seeds |
| 8 | Spaceman - Babylon Zoo |
| 9 | Un-Break My Heart - Toni Braxton |
| 10 | Say You'll Be There - The Spice Girls |
| 11 | Fastlove - George Michael |
| 12 | Anything - 3T |
| 13 | Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something |
| 14 | Firestarter - The Prodigy |
| 15 | Macarena - Los Del Rio |
| 16 | Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis |
| 17 | Ready Or Not - Fugees |
| 18 | Breathe - The Prodigy |
| 19 | How Deep Is Your Love - Take That |
| 20 | Earth Song - Michael Jackson |
| 21 | Born Slippy - Underworld |
| 22 | Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion |
| 23 | The X-Files - Mark Snow |
| 24 | Nobody Knows - Tony Rich Project |
| 25 | Give Me A Little More Time - Gabrielle |
| 26 | If You Ever - East 17 featuring Gabrielle |
| 27 | What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted - Robson & Jerome |
| 28 | Words - Boyzone |
| 29 | Cecilia - Suggs & Louchie Lou / Michie One |
| 30 | One And One - Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler |
| 31 | How Bizarre - OMC |
| 32 | You're Gorgeous - Babybird |
| 33 | Don't Stop Movin' - Livin' Joy |
| 34 | It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Celine Dion |
| 35 | Father And Son - Boyzone |
| 36 | I Wanna Be A Hippy - Technohead |
| 37 | Flava - Peter Andre |
| 38 | I Got 5 On It - Luniz |
| 39 | I Love You Always Forever - Donna Lewis |
| 40 | Jesus To A Child - George Michael |
| 41 | Wonderwall - Oasis |
| 42 | Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai |
| 43 | There's Nothing I Won't Do - JX |
| 44 | Forever Love - Gary Barlow |
| 45 | Missing - Everything But The Girl |
| 46 | Insomnia - Faithless |
| 47 | Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll - The Woolpackers |
| 48 | They Don't Care About Us - Michael Jackson |
| 49 | Lifted - The Lighthouse Family |
| 50 | A Design For Life - Manic Street Preachers |
| 51 | Spinning The Wheel - George Michael |
| 52 | What's Love Got To Do With It - Warren G featuring Adina Howard |
| 53 | Slight Return - The Bluetones |
| 54 | Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Throw These Guns Away - Dunblane |
| 55 | Move Move Move (The Red Tribe) - 1996 Manchester United FA Cup Squad |
| 56 | I've Got A Little Puppy - The Smurfs |
| 57 | Seven Days And One Week - BBE |
| 58 | A Different Beat - Boyzone |
| 59 | Always Be My Baby - Mariah Carey |
| 60 | Freedom - Robbie Williams |
| 61 | One Of Us - Joan Osborne |
| 62 | The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene |
| 63 | Setting Sun - The Chemical Brothers |
| 64 | Theme From Mission - Impossible - Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen |
| 65 | Coming Home Now - Boyzone |
| 66 | Good Enough - Dodgy |
| 67 | Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio featuring LV |
| 68 | Why - 3T featuring Michael Jackson |
| 69 | I Feel You - Peter Andre |
| 70 | 2 Become 1 - The Spice Girls |
| 71 | Oh What A Night - Clock |
| 72 | One By One - Cher |
| 73 | Tha Crossroads - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
| 74 | Higher State Of Consciousness '96 Remixes - Wink |
| 75 | Escaping - Dina Carroll |
| 76 | Rotterdam - The Beautiful South |
| 77 | You're Makin' Me High - Toni Braxton |
| 78 | I'm Alive - Stretch 'N' Vern Presents 'Maddog' |
| 79 | So Pure - Baby D |
| 80 | No Woman No Cry - Fugees |
| 81 | Falling Into You - Celine Dion |
| 82 | I Am, I Feel - Alisha's Attic |
| 83 | Keep On Jumpin' - Lisa Marie Experience |
| 84 | Hey Dude - Kula Shaker |
| 85 | We've Got It Goin' On - Backstreet Boys |
| 86 | Female Of The Species - Space |
| 87 | I Just Want To Make Love To You - Etta James |
| 88 | I Need You - 3T |
| 89 | I Am Blessed - Eternal |
| 90 | I Belong To You - Gina G |
| 91 | Loungin - LL Cool J |
| 92 | Naked - Louise |
| 93 | It's Oh So Quiet - Bjork |
| 94 | Tattva - Kula Shaker |
| 95 | Blurred - Pianoman |
| 96 | Stranger In Moscow - Michael Jackson |
| 97 | Someday - Eternal |
| 98 | California Love - 2Pac featuring Dr Dre |
| 99 | Child - Mark Owen |
| 100 | Ironic - Alanis Morissette |
Spotify Playlist Year-End Chart 1996 – UK
Did you like this playlist from the year 1996? Then we recommend you also to check out the year-end lists from the year 1995 and 1997 or the entire nineties section!
British Best-selling Albums of the 2000s
- Back to Bedlam - James Blunt (2004)
- No Angel - Dido (2000)
- Back to Black - Amy Winehouse (2006)
- Spirit - Leona Lewis (2007)
- White Ladder - David Gray (1998)
