These are UK Official Indie Chart number one hits of 1996.Complied by Music Week
Issue date Song Artist Record label ref 6 January "It's Oh So Quiet" Björk One Little Indian 13 January "Wonderwall" Oasis Creation 20 January 27 January "Too Hot" Coolio Tommy Boy 3 February "Whole Lotta Love" Goldbug Acid Jazz 10 February "Slight Return" The Bluetones Superior Quality 17 February 24 February 2 March "Hyperballad" Björk One Little Indian 9 March "Don't Look Back in Anger" Oasis Creation 16 March 23 March 30 March "Being Brave" Menswear Laurel 6 April "Don't Look Back in Anger" Oasis Creation 13 April "The X-Files Theme" DJ Dado ZYX 20 April 27 April 4 May "Goldfinger" Ash Infectious 11 May "Sale of the Century" Sleeper Indolent 18 May "Cut Some Rug/Castle Rock" The Bluetones Superior Quality 25 May "Move Move Move (The Red Tribe)" Manchester United F.C. Music Collections 1 June "Blue Moon/Only You" John Alford Love This 8 June "Do U Know Where You're Coming From" M-Beat featuring Jamiroquai Renk 15 June "Female of the Species" Space Gut 22 June 29 June 6 July "Something for the Weekend" The Divine Comedy Setanta 13 July "Oh Yeah" Ash Infectious 20 July "Born Slippy .NUXX" Underworld Cooking Vinyl 27 July 3 August 10 August 17 August "Trash" Suede Nude 24 August "Born Slippy .NUXX" Underworld Cooking Vinyl 31 August "We've Got It Goin' On" The Backstreet Boys Jive 7 September 14 September "One to Another" The Charlatans Beggars Banquet 21 September 28 September "On a Rope" Rocket from the Crypt Elemental 5 October "Marblehead Johnson" The Bluetones Superior Quality 12 October 19 October "You're Gorgeous" Babybird The Echo Label 26 October 2 November "Beautiful Ones" Suede Nude 9 November "You're Gorgeous" Babybird The Echo Label 16 November "Possibly Maybe" Björk One Little Indian 23 November "The Frog Princess" The Divine Comedy Setanta 30 November "I'll Never Break Your Heart" The Backstreet Boys Jive 7 December 14 December "Twisted (Everyday Hurts)" Skunk Anansie One Little Indian 21 December "Forever" Damage Big Life 28 December
See also 1996 in music
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