Top 40 Hits of Early October 1996
 | 1 | Deep Blue Something | Breakfast At Tiffany's |
 | 2 | Fugees | Ready Or Not |
 | 3 | The Chemical Brothers | Setting Sun |
 | 4 | BBE | Seven Days And One Week |
 | 5 | Celine Dion | It's All Coming Back To Me Now |
 | 6 | Donna Lewis | I Love You Always Forever |
 | 7 | Dina Carroll | Escaping |
 | 8 | LL Cool J | Loungin |
 | 9 | Babybird | You're Gorgeous |
 | 10 | Peter Andre | Flava |
 | 11 | The Spice Girls | Wannabe |
 | 12 | Phil Collins | Dance Into The Light |
 | 13 | Clock | Oh What A Night |
 | 14 | Jamiroquai | Virtual Insanity |
 | 15 | CJ Bolland | Sugar Is Sweeter |
 | 16 | Stretch 'N' Vern Presents 'Maddog' | I'm Alive |
 | 17 | The Beautiful South | Rotterdam |
 | 18 | Gabrielle | If You Really Cared |
 | 19 | The Bluetones | Marblehead Johnson |
 | 20 | Los Del Rio | Macarena |
 | 21 | The Smurfs | I've Got A Little Puppy |
 | 22 | Manic Street Preachers | Kevin Carter |
 | 23 | OMC | How Bizarre |
 | 24 | Ocean Colour Scene | The Circle |
 | 25 | Sleeper | Statuesque |
 | 26 | Jeremy Healy & Amos | Stamp! |
 | 27 | Sheryl Crow | If It Makes You Happy |
 | 28 | Everything But The Girl | Single |
 | 29 | Damage | Love II Love |
 | 30 | George Michael | Spinning The Wheel |
 | 31 | Longpigs | Lost Myself |
 | 32 | Apollo 440 | Krupa |
 | 33 | Daniel O'Donnell | Footsteps |
 | 34 | Luther Vandross | Your Secret Love |
 | 35 | Reel 2 Real | Are You Ready For Some More? |
 | 36 | Belinda Carlisle | Always Breaking My Heart |
 | 37 | Underworld | Born Slippy |
 | 38 | The Lighthouse Family | Goodbye Heartbreak |
 | 39 | Skunk Anansie | All I Want |
 | 40 | Super Furry Animals | If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You |