The following is a list of the IRMA's number-one singles of 1996.
Dates given are the Saturday of publication.
Issue Date | Song | Artist |
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5 January | "Father and Son" | Boyzone |
12 January | "Jesus to a Child" | George Michael |
19 January | "Spaceman" | Babylon Zoo |
26 January | ||
2 February | ||
9 February | ||
16 February | ||
23 February | "Don't Look Back in Anger" | Oasis |
1 March | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Take That |
8 March | ||
15 March | ||
22 March | "Aon Focal Eile" | Richie Kavanagh |
29 March | ||
5 April | ||
12 April | ||
19 April | ||
26 April | ||
3 May | ||
10 May | "Man Utd Man" | Men United |
17 May | ||
24 May | ||
31 May | ||
7 June | "Nobody Knows" | The Tony Rich Project |
14 June | "Killing Me Softly" | The Fugees |
21 June | ||
28 June | ||
5 July | ||
12 July | ||
19 July | ||
26 July | ||
2 August | "Lemon Tree" | Fool's Garden |
9 August | "Wannabe" | Spice Girls |
16 August | ||
23 August | ||
30 August | ||
6 September | The Hurling Songs (EP) | The Wild Swans |
13 September | ||
20 September | "How Bizarre" | OMC |
27 September | ||
4 October | ||
11 October | "Words" | Boyzone |
18 October | ||
25 October | ||
1 November | ||
8 November | ||
15 November | "Rat Trap" | Dustin & Bob Geldof |
22 November | ||
29 November | ||
6 December | "Breathe" | The Prodigy |
13 December | ||
20 December | "2 Become 1" | Spice Girls |
27 December |
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