Hits 97


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. 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.

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" - Robson & Jerome
  2. "Child" - Mark Owen
  3. "No Woman, No Cry" - Fugees
  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

  20. "You're Gorgeous" - Babybird
  21. "Hey Dude" - Kula Shaker
  22. "Place Your Hands" - Reef
  23. "Kevin Carter" - Manic Street Preachers
  24. "What If..." - The Lightning Seeds
  25. "The Frog Princess" - The Divine Comedy
  26. "The Circle" - Ocean Colour Scene
  27. "One to Another" - The Charlatans
  28. "Statuesque" - Sleeper
  29. "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" - Oasis
  30. "Breathe" - The Prodigy
  31. "Insomnia" - Faithless
  32. "Don't You Want Me" - Felix
  33. "Driving" - Everything but the Girl
  34. "Your Secret Love" - Luther Vandross
  35. "On My Way Home" - Enya
  36. "No More Alcohol" - Suggs
  37. "When I Fall in Love" - Ant & Dec
  38. "Country Boy" - Jimmy Nail
  39. "Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll" - The Woolpackers
  40. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Ted Christopher, Mark Knopfler on guitar, relatives of the Dunblane school massacre victims