Top Songs of 1996
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Song▼ Genres▼
16 Horsepower Black Soul Choir Country Gospel, Gothic Country
119
8301
 2Pac I Ain't Mad at Cha Conscious Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop
129
8950
 2Pac feat. K-Ci & JoJo How Do U Want It G-Funk, Pop Rap, West Coast Hip Hop
70
5760
 Aaliyah One in a Million Contemporary R&B
Adam F Metropolis Drum and Bass
91
6924
 Air Casanova 70 Ambient Pop, Downtempo
Akinyele Put It in Your Mouth East Coast Hip Hop
21
2523
 Aphex Twin Girl/Boy Song Drill and Bass
107
7634
 Arab Strap The First Big Weekend Slowcore, Spoken Word
74
6053
 Ash Goldfinger Britpop, Power Pop
Ash Oh Yeah Britpop, Power Pop, Psychedelic Pop
56
4812
 BabyBird You're Gorgeous Britpop, Indie Pop
131
9143
 Babylon Zoo Spaceman Alternative Rock
116
8085
 Backstreet Boys Quit Playin' Games (With My Heart) Boy Band, Teen Pop
81
6589
 Baddiel & Skinner & Lightning Seeds Three Lions Britpop
Barenaked Ladies If I Had $1000000 Acoustic Rock, Musical Comedy
Barry Adamson feat. Jarvis Cocker Set the Controls for the Heart of the Pelvis Acid Jazz
Basement Jaxx Fly Life French House
2
477
 Beck Where It's At Alternative Dance, Funk Rock
6
1045
 Beck Devils Haircut Alternative Rock, Funk Rock
31
3039
 Beck The New Pollution Alternative Dance
62
5161
 Beck Jack-Ass Alternative Rock, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
15
1567
 Belle and Sebastian The State I Am In Twee Pop
49
4340
 Belle and Sebastian Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying Folk Pop, Twee Pop
54
4776
 Belle and Sebastian The Stars of Track and Field Indie Folk, Twee Pop
68
5638
 Belle and Sebastian The Fox in the Snow Chamber Folk, Chamber Pop
Belle and Sebastian Like Dylan in the Movies Chamber Pop, Twee Pop
Belle and Sebastian Judy and the Dream of Horses Chamber Pop, Twee Pop
90
6916
 Beth Orton She Cries Your Name Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Bim Sherman Solid as a Rock Contemporary Folk, Reggae
114
7953
 Bis Kandy Pop Dance-Punk, Indie Pop
Black Grape England's Irie Alternative Dance, Baggy / Madchester, Britpop
3
783
 Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre No Diggity East Coast Hip Hop, New Jack Swing
105
7568
 Boards of Canada Roygbiv IDM
Brainiac Pussyfootin' Experimental Rock, Noise Rock
Broadcast The Book Lovers Dream Pop, Indietronica
96
7072
 Bush Swallowed Post-Grunge
14
1563
 Busta Rhymes Woo-Hah!! Got You All in Check Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop
47
4010
 Butthole Surfers Pepper Alternative Rock, Psychedelic Rock
30
2943
 Cake The Distance Alternative Rock
144
9972
 Cake I Will Survive Alternative Rock
Cat Power Nude as the News Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi Maracatu Atômico Mangue Beat
Cibo Matto Sugar Water Art Pop, Shibuya-kei, Trip Hop
C.J. Bolland Sugar Is Sweeter Big Beat
Company Flow Eight Steps to Perfection Abstract Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop
72
5893
 Counting Crows A Long December Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Pop Rock
40
3722
 Dave Matthews Band Crash into Me Acoustic Rock, Soft Rock
110
7656
 De La Soul Stakes Is High Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop
140
9556
 Deana Carter Strawberry Wine Contemporary Country
Death in Vegas Dirt Big Beat
dEUS Little Arithmetics Folk Rock, Indie Rock
111
7716
 Diabologum A découvrir absolument Art Rock, Indie Rock
86
6828
 Die Sterne Was hat dich bloß so ruiniert Hamburger Schule, Indie Pop
11
1304
 DJ Shadow Midnight in a Perfect World Instrumental Hip Hop, Plunderphonics, Trip Hop
20
2485
 DJ Shadow Building Steam with a Grain of Salt Experimental Hip Hop, Instrumental Hip Hop, Plunderphonics
DJ Shadow Stem Experimental Hip Hop, Instrumental Hip Hop, Plunderphonics, Trip Hop
Do or Die feat. Johnny P & Twista Po Pimp Gangsta Rap, Southern Hip Hop
Dodgy Good Enough Britpop
52
4528
 Dr. Octagon Blue Flowers Abstract Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop
7
1103
 Eels Novocaine for the Soul Alternative Rock, Indie Pop
Eels Beautiful Freak Chamber Pop
Elio e le Storie Tese La terra dei cachi Comedy Rock
Elliott Smith Angeles Indie Folk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Elliott Smith Speed Trials Indie Folk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Singer/Songwriter
25
2692
 Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach God Give Me Strength Adult Contemporary
92
6929
 En Vogue Don't Let Go (Love) Contemporary R&B
65
5449
 Eric Clapton Change the World Pop Rock
12
1441
 Erykah Badu On & On Neo-Soul
Everything But the Girl Wrong Dance-Pop, Deep House
Extremoduro So payaso Hard Rock
Failure Stuck on You Alternative Rock
Faithless Salva Mea Progressive House
125
8779
 Fatboy Slim Everybody Needs a 303 Big Beat
Fatboy Slim Going Out of My Head Big Beat
95
7065
 Faze Action In the Trees Deep House, Nu-Disco
10
1245
 Fiona Apple Criminal Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
80
6563
 Fiona Apple Sleep to Dream Art Pop, Singer/Songwriter
102
7378
 Fiona Apple Shadowboxer Jazz Pop, Piano Rock, Singer/Songwriter
63
5206
 Fountains of Wayne Radiation Vibe Indie Rock, Power Pop
118
8261
 Fountains of Wayne Sink to the Bottom Indie Rock, Power Pop
112
7880
 Franco Battiato La cura Italo Pop
5
1010
 Fugees Ready or Not Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop
17
1669
 Fugees Killing Me Softly Contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul, Pop Soul
66
5455
 Fun Lovin' Criminals Scooby Snacks Rap Rock
Fun Lovin' Criminals Fun Lovin Criminal Rap Rock
Geggy Tah Whoever You Are Alternative Dance
41
3773
 George Michael Jesus to a Child Pop Soul, Sophisti-Pop
97
7103
 George Michael Fastlove Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
57
5017
 Ghostface Killah Daytona 500 Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop
84
6698
 Ghostface Killah feat. Mary J. Blige All That I Got Is You East Coast Hip Hop, Neo-Soul
60
5084
 Ginuwine Pony Contemporary R&B
98
7284
 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci Patio Song Indie Pop, Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Pop
Guided by Voices The Official Ironmen Rallysong Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Hypocrisy Roswell 47  Djent, Melodic Death Metal
126
8802
 Innerzone Orchestra Bug in the Bassbin Nu Jazz
93
6935
 Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity Acid Jazz, Funk
Jamiroquai Cosmic Girl Acid Jazz, Dance-Pop
124
8683
 Jarabe de Palo La Flaca Latin Pop, Latin Rock, Pop Rock
135
9325
 Jay-Jay Johanson So Tell the Girls That I Am Back in Town Trip Hop
50
4403
 Jay-Z Dead Presidents East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
Jay-Z Can I Live East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
87
6832
 Jay-Z feat. Foxy Brown Ain't No Nigga East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
143
9903
 Jay-Z feat. Mary J. Blige Can't Knock the Hustle East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
55
4798
 Jay-Z feat. The Notorious B.I.G. Brooklyn's Finest East Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap
Jimi Tenor Can't Stay with You Baby Acid Jazz, Nu Jazz
Jimmy Webb Wichita Lineman Singer/Songwriter
Joe Henry & Madonna Guilty by Association Alternative Rock
38
3637
 Khaled Aïcha Pop Raï
79
6561
 Kula Shaker Tattva Britpop, Neo-Psychedelia, Raga Rock
Kula Shaker Hey Dude Britpop, Neo-Psychedelia
Lamb Górecki Trip Hop
71
5879
 Laurent Garnier Crispy Bacon Techno
75
6200
 LeAnn Rimes Blue Country Pop
Leonardo's Bride Even When I'm Sleeping Pop Rock
Lewis Taylor Lucky Neo-Soul
Lil' Kim feat. Puff Daddy No Time East Coast Hip Hop
Lois & Dub Narcotic Sound System Rougher Downtempo, Dub
Los Piojos Verano del '92 Latin Alternative, Murga
Lost Boyz Renee Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop
Low Over the Ocean Dream Pop, Slowcore
89
6895
 Luscious Jackson Naked Eye Alternative Dance, Pop Rap, Pop Rock
Luscious Jackson Why Do I Lie? Alternative Rock
134
9294
 Lush Ladykillers Britpop, Indie Pop, Indie Rock
26
2804
 Makaveli Hail Mary Gangsta Rap, West Coast Hip Hop
9
1162
 Manic Street Preachers A Design for Life Britpop, Power Pop
Manic Street Preachers Australia Alternative Rock
Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go Britpop
13
1560
 Marilyn Manson The Beautiful People Industrial Metal, Industrial Rock
Marilyn Manson Tourniquet Industrial Rock
Mark Eitzel No Easy Way Down Singer/Songwriter
35
3599
 Mark Morrison Return of the Mack Contemporary R&B
Matchbox 20 3 AM Pop Rock
64
5277
 Maxwell Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) Neo-Soul, Smooth Soul
Mazzy Star Flowers in December Dream Pop
MC Lyte Cold Rock a Party East Coast Hip Hop, Pop Rap
142
9775
 Metallica Hero of the Day Alternative Metal, Hard Rock
Metallica Until It Sleeps Hard Rock
Metallica Ain't My Bitch Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Mobb Deep Drop a Gem on 'Em Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop
104
7460
 Modest Mouse Dramamine Midwest Emo
Modest Mouse Broke Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Mogwai Summer Post-Rock
53
4720
 Nada Surf Popular Alternative Rock, Power Pop
37
3606
 Nas feat. Lauryn Hill If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop
137
9411
 Nasty Habits Shadow Boxing Techstep
Nearly God Poems Trip Hop
82
6615
 Neneh Cherry Woman Contemporary R&B, Trip Hop
Neutral Milk Hotel Song Against Sex Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock, Noise Pop
61
5128
 Nick Cave & PJ Harvey Henry Lee Chamber Pop, Folk Rock
123
8657
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Stagger Lee Alternative Rock, Punk Blues
69
5700
 Noir Désir L'homme pressé Indie Rock
94
6963
 Noir Désir Un jour en France Alternative Rock
132
9151
 Ocean Colour Scene The Riverboat Song Britpop
Ocean Colour Scene The Day We Caught the Train Britpop
Odds Someone Who's Cool Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Olive You're Not Alone Breakbeat, Dance-Pop
43
3886
 Orbital The Box Ambient Techno, IDM
59
5043
 OutKast Elevators (Me & You) Southern Hip Hop
Palace Music You Have Cum in Your Hair and Your Dick Is Hanging Out Singer/Songwriter
Pascal Obispo Lucie Pop
Patti Smith Summer Cannibals Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Paul Kelly [Australia] How to Make Gravy Christmas Music, Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
138
9412
 Paula Cole I Don't Want to Wait Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Pavement Give It a Day Indie Rock
77
6390
 Photek The Hidden Camera Atmospheric Drum and Bass
45
3964
 Placebo Nancy Boy Noise Pop
139
9422
 Placebo Teenage Angst Alternative Rock
34
3276
 Primitive Radio Gods Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand Downtempo
Propellerheads Take California Big Beat
67
5634
 Quad City DJ's C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) Miami Bass, Pop Rap
44
3892
 R. Kelly I Believe I Can Fly Contemporary R&B
120
8397
 Radiohead Talk Show Host Alternative Rock, Art Rock
18
2061
 Rage Against the Machine Bulls on Parade Rap Metal
Red House Painters Have You Forgotten Alt-Country, Indie Folk
32
3175
 R.E.M. E-Bow the Letter Alternative Rock, Folk Rock
R.E.M. Bittersweet Me Alternative Rock
R.E.M. Electrolite Alternative Rock
Robert Miles Children Dream Trance
Savage Garden To the Moon and Back Pop Rock
99
7309
 Sebadoh On Fire Indie Rock
58
5038
 Sepultura Roots Bloody Roots Groove Metal, Nu Metal
Sepultura Ratamahatta Groove Metal, Thrash Metal
106
7617
 Shawn Colvin Sunny Came Home Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Shed Seven Chasing Rainbows Britpop
36
3600
 Sheryl Crow If It Makes You Happy Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
103
7418
 Shihad Home Again Alternative Rock
Skunk Anansie Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) Alternative Rock
22
2527
 Sleater-Kinney I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone Indie Rock, Riot Grrrl
Sleater-Kinney Call the Doctor Indie Rock, Riot Grrrl
115
8020
 Sloan The Good in Everyone Power Pop
Smog I Break Horses Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Slowcore
73
5909
 Sneaker Pimps 6 Underground Trip Hop
83
6641
 Sneaker Pimps Spin Spin Sugar Alternative Dance, Trip Hop
146
9992
 Social Distortion I Was Wrong Alternative Rock, Punk Rock
Soul Coughing Super Bon Bon Alternative Rock
46
4006
 Soundgarden Burden in My Hand Grunge
Soundgarden Blow Up the Outside World Grunge
Soundgarden Pretty Noose Grunge
130
8964
 Space [UK] Female of the Species Britpop, Space Age Pop
4
968
 Spice Girls Wannabe Pop
76
6386
 Spice Girls Say You'll Be There Contemporary R&B, Dance-Pop
100
7315
 Spice Girls 2 Become 1 Pop
39
3701
 Stereolab Cybele's Reverie Art Pop, Chamber Pop
113
7948
 Stone Temple Pilots Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart Grunge, Power Pop
133
9231
 Stone Temple Pilots Big Bang Baby Alternative Rock
24
2618
 Sublime What I Got Rap Rock
136
9356
 Sublime Santeria Alternative Rock, Pop Reggae, Third Wave Ska
Sublime Wrong Way Alternative Rock, Third Wave Ska
29
2891
 Suede Trash Britpop, Glam Rock
108
7636
 Suede Beautiful Ones Britpop, Glam Rock
Suede Filmstar Britpop, Glam Rock
33
3196
 Super Furry Animals The Man Don't Give a Fuck Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Power Pop
Super Furry Animals Hometown Unicorn Neo-Psychedelia
Super Furry Animals God! Show Me Magic Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
Super Furry Animals If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You Britpop, Neo-Psychedelia
Superdrag Sucked Out Alternative Rock, Power Pop
101
7334
 Supergrass Going Out Britpop, Power Pop
Supergroove Can't Get Enough Funk, Funk Rock
The Afghan Whigs Going to Town Alternative Rock
The Afghan Whigs Honky's Ladder Grunge
The Blue Nile Happiness Dream Pop, Sophisti-Pop
16
1627
 The Cardigans Lovefool Indie Pop
122
8533
 The Charlatans One to Another Britpop, Indie Rock
8
1126
 The Chemical Brothers Setting Sun Big Beat, Neo-Psychedelia
The Chemical Brothers Loops of Fury Big Beat
The Cranberries Salvation Alternative Rock
117
8117
 The Divine Comedy Something for the Weekend Chamber Pop
The Divine Comedy Becoming More Like Alfie Chamber Pop
The Divine Comedy The Frog Princess Britpop, Chamber Pop
The Heartists Belo Horizonti House
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion 2Kindsa Love Garage Punk
127
8862
 The Lemonheads The Outdoor Type Alternative Rock, Folk Rock
The Lemonheads If I Could Talk I'd Tell You Jangle Pop, Power Pop
1
275
 The Prodigy Firestarter Big Beat
28
2877
 The Prodigy Breathe Big Beat
The Roots What They Do Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop
78
6512
 The Tragically Hip Ahead by a Century Folk Rock
85
6713
 The Verve Pipe The Freshmen Post-Grunge
42
3790
 The Wallflowers One Headlight Pop Rock
141
9584
 The Wallflowers 6th Avenue Heartache Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Thomas Bangalter Spinal Scratch French House, Funky House
Tiger Race Indie Rock
128
8914
 Toni Braxton You're Makin' Me High Contemporary R&B
Toni Braxton Un-break My Heart Adult Contemporary, Contemporary R&B, Smooth Soul
Tonic If You Could Only See Post-Grunge
23
2591
 Tool Stinkfist Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal
Tool AEnema Alternative Metal
Tool Forty Six & 2 Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal
27
2817
 Tori Amos Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix) Alternative Dance, House
51
4445
 Tortoise Djed Krautrock, Post-Rock
Tortoise Along the Banks of the Rivers Experimental Rock, Post-Rock
Tortoise Remixed by Spring Heel Jack Galapagos 1 Atmospheric Drum and Bass, Jazzstep
109
7650
 Tricky Makes Me Wanna Die Trip Hop
121
8457
 Tricky Christiansands Trip Hop
Type O Negative My Girlfriend's Girlfriend Alternative Metal, Gothic Metal
Vasco Rossi Sally Pop Rock
Way Out West The Gift Breakbeat
19
2155
 Weezer El Scorcho Alternative Rock, Power Pop
88
6868
 Weezer The Good Life Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Weezer Pink Triangle Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Westside Connection Bow Down Gangsta Rap, West Coast Hip Hop
145
9974
 Whirlpool Productions From: Disco To: Disco Nu-Disco
48
4333
 Wilco Misunderstood Alt-Country, Country Rock, Roots Rock
Wilco Monday Alt-Country, Country Rock
Wilco Outtasite (Outta Mind) Alt-Country, Alternative Rock