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 |