Hits 97

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Hits 97
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Compilation album by
various artists
Released11 November 1996
Label Sony Music TV, Global TV, warner.esp
Various artists chronology
Huge Hits 1996
(1996)
Hits 97
(1996)
New Hits 1997
(1997)

Hits 97 is a compilation album released in 1996. As a part of the Hits compilation series, it contains UK hit singles from mid-to-late 1996. [1] The album had a rivalry with Now 35 released later in the month - due to the longstanding rivalry between the Now and Hits compilation series. Some royalties from Hits 97 went to three different children's charities due to the inclusion of the final track, "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Dunblane. Hits 97 was one of the only Hits albums to feature a non-single, "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" by Oasis. (see Notes section)

Contents

Notes

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" - Robson & Jerome
  2. "Child" - Mark Owen
  3. "No Woman, No Cry" - Fugees (Refugee Camp)
  4. "Angel" - Simply Red
  5. "Cosmic Girl" - Jamiroquai
  6. "I Love You Always Forever" - Donna Lewis
  7. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something
  8. "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" - Celine Dion
  9. "I'll Never Break Your Heart" - Backstreet Boys
  10. "Forever Love" - Gary Barlow
  11. "Trippin'" - Mark Morrison
  12. "Flava" - Peter Andre
  13. "Golden Brown" - Kaleef
  14. "1st of tha Month" - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
  15. "I Need You" - 3T
  16. "I Belong to You" - Gina G
  17. "One and One" - Robert Miles featuring Maria Nayler
  18. "Follow The Rules" - Livin' Joy
  19. "Oh What A Night" - Clock

Disc two

  1. "You're Gorgeous" - Babybird
  2. "Hey Dude" - Kula Shaker
  3. "Place Your Hands" - Reef
  4. "Kevin Carter" - Manic Street Preachers
  5. "What If..." - The Lightning Seeds
  6. "The Frog Princess" - The Divine Comedy
  7. "The Circle" - Ocean Colour Scene
  8. "One to Another" - The Charlatans
  9. "Statuesque" - Sleeper
  10. "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" - Oasis
  11. "Breathe" - The Prodigy
  12. "Insomnia" - Faithless
  13. "Don't You Want Me" - Felix ("'96 Pugilist Mix", although it is only referred to as such in the booklet)
  14. "Driving" - Everything but the Girl
  15. "Your Secret Love" - Luther Vandross
  16. "On My Way Home" - Enya
  17. "No More Alcohol" - Suggs
  18. "When I Fall in Love" - Ant & Dec
  19. "Country Boy" - Jimmy Nail
  20. "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" - The Woolpackers
  21. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Ted Christopher, Mark Knopfler on guitar, relatives of the Dunblane school massacre victims

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References

  1. "Hits 97: Various: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-09-02.