| Top 40 Hits of October 1996 |
| 1 |
Boyzone | Words |
| 2 |
Spice Girls | Say You'll Be There |
| 3 |
Deep Blue Something | Breakfast At Tiffany's |
| 4 |
Chemical Brothers | Setting Sun |
| 5 |
Celine Dion | It's All Coming Back To Me Now |
| 6 |
Babybird | You're Gorgeous |
| 7 |
Donna Lewis | I Love You Always Forever |
| 8 |
Beautiful South | Rotterdam |
| 9 |
Faithless | Insomnia |
| 10 |
BBE | Seven Days And One Week |
| 11 |
East 17 featuring Gabrielle | If You Ever |
| 12 |
Fugees | Ready Or Not |
| 13 |
Damage | Love II Love |
| 14 |
LL Cool J | Loungin |
| 15 |
Mark Morrison | Trippin' |
| 16 |
Cast | Flying |
| 17 |
Blackstreet featuring Dr Dre | No Diggity |
| 18 |
Dina Carroll | Escaping |
| 19 |
Toni Braxton | Un-Break My Heart |
| 20 |
Jeremy Healy & Amos | Stamp! |
| 21 |
Manic Street Preachers | Kevin Carter |
| 22 |
Suede | Beautiful Ones |
| 23 |
Clock | Oh What A Night |
| 24 |
Spice Girls | Wannabe |
| 25 |
Peter Andre | Flava |
| 26 |
Reef | Place Your Hands |
| 27 |
Bally Sagoo | Dil Cheez (My Heart...) |
| 28 |
Luther Vandross | Your Secret Love |
| 29 |
Sneaker Pimps | 6 Underground |
| 30 |
Livin' Joy | Follow The Rules |
| 31 |
Jamiroquai | Virtual Insanity |
| 32 |
Future Sound Of London | My Kingdom |
| 33 |
Stretch 'N' Vern Present Maddog | I'm Alive |
| 34 |
Madonna | You Must Love Me |
| 35 |
Felix | Don't You Want Me |
| 36 |
Space | Neighbourhood |
| 37 |
Alisha's Attic | Alisha Rules The World |
| 38 |
E-Motion | The Naughty North And The Sexy South |
| 39 |
Lightning Seeds | What If |
| 40 |
Phil Collins | Dance Into The Light |
