Hits 96

Hits 96 is a compilation album released in 1995. As a part of the Hits compilation series, it contains UK hit singles from the second half of 1995. The album reached number 1 on the UK compilations chart and was at number 1 for a total of five weeks.

Following the relative success of Global Television's Hitz Blitz, it was decided to revive the Hits brand full time with a double-album release. Warner Music, one of the original partners of the Hits series, returned to the series for the first time since 1991's The Hits Album (15).

The album was released in 1995 but copies of the album incorrectly state the album's copyright date as 1996.

Hits 96 was a rival to Now 32, the year-ending chart release of Hits's main rival series, Now That's What I Call Music!, though the releases were released a month apart. Unlike Now 35, which culled chart hits from mid to late 1995, Hits 96 actually collected chart hits from as early as 1993, as is the case with its closing track "Boom! Shake the Room"

Track listing

Disc one

1. Robson & Jerome - I Believe
2. Enya - Anywhere Is
3. Everything but the Girl - Missing
4. Simply Red - Fairground
5. TLC - Waterfalls
6. Corona - I Don't Wanna Be a Star
7. N-Trance feat. Ricardo da Force - Stayin' Alive
8. Berri - Sunshine After The Rain
9. The Original - I Luv U Baby
10. Dorothy - What's That Tune?
11. Take That - Never Forget
12. Frank Bruno - Eye Of The Tiger
13. De'Lacy - Hideaway
14. Michelle Gayle - Happy Just To Be With You
15. Mr. Roy - Something About U (Can't Be Beat)
16. Happy Clappers - I Believe
17. Molella feat. The Outhere Brothers - If You Wanna Party
18. Motiv8 and Kym Mazelle - Searching For The Golden Eye
19. Perez Prado - Guaglione
20. Smokie feat. Roy Chubby Brown - Living Next Door To Alice (Who The F**k Is Alice?) (Bleeped)

Disc two

1. Oasis - Wonderwall
2. Pulp - Common People
3. Supergrass - Alright
4. Björk - It's Oh So Quiet
5. Garbage - Queer
6. Echobelly - King Of The Kerb
7. Edwyn Collins - A Girl Like You
8. Erasure - Fingers & Thumbs
9. St. Etienne - He's On The Phone
10. Sleeper - What Do I Do Now?
11. Cher - Walking In Memphis
12. Annie Lennox - Waiting in Vain
13. Seal - Prayer for the Dying
14. Suggs - I'm Only Sleeping
15. M People - Love Rendezvous
16. Jodeci - Love U 4 Life
17. Mary J. Blige - (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
18. Louise Seville - Yah Mo B There
19. R. Kelly - You Remind Me Of Something
20. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake the Room (remix)

External links

• Discogs entry for Hits 96