* = dance music; about 120 bpm & upwards
** = funk/soul/hiphop/jazz/reggae/world/ska/or combinations
*** = downtempo/electronic/ambient/idm
no stars = something else
# = guilty pleasures

My top 25 of favorite songs of the year 1996 (out of 41 listed here):

Note: Garbage – Stupid girl, a hit in 1996, is missing here. It’s originally from 1995, click that list to find that track. It could have been number 3 or 4 below. And Your woman, You’re not alone, Lovefool, Just a girl and Who do you think you are all became hits in 1997, although they were originally released this year.

1. Delinquent Habits – Tres delinquentes **
2. White town – Your woman **
3. Fun Lovin Criminals – Scooby snacks
4. Lil’ Mo Ying Yang – Reach (Basement Jaxx Firecracker Remix) *
5. Nuyorican Soul – Runaway (album version) **
6. Olive – You’re not alone *
7. Ian Pooley – Chord memory (Daft Punk Remix) *
8. Spymaster & Eric Nouhan – Spontaneous *
9. Etienne De Crécy – Prix choc *
10. Manic Street Preachers – A design for life
11. Beck – The new pollution **
12. Kerri Chandler – Halleluja (Kaoz Club Mix) *
13. Motorbass – Les ondes *
14. DJ Shadow – Midnight in a perfect world ***
15. Minos Pour Main Basse (Sur La Ville) – Le patron est devenu fou! *
16. Spice Girls – Wannabe #
17. Mooloodjee – Les 10 jours fous *
18. Alex Gopher – Super disco *
19. Daft Punk – Da funk *
20. Air – Soldissimo (Etienne De Crécy Remix) ***
21. The Cardigans – Lovefool
22. George Morel – Let’s groove (Original Instrumental) *
23. Rawcoticks – Hardcore hiphop (Dj Premier Remix) **
24. Grooveyard – Mary go wild *
25. Cornershop – Butter the soul ***

My other favorites, the ‘subtop’ part (above is the potential ‘all time top 500′ stuff):

• Big Soul – Hippy hippy shake
• Dimitri From Paris – Sacre Francais
• Etienne De Crécy – Liquidation Totale *
• The Fugees – Cowboys **
• Holy Barbarians – Opium
• Jamiroquai – Alright **
• Jamiroquai – Virtual insanity **
• The Knowtoryus – Revenge of the bomberclad joint **
• Kristine W. – Land of the living (Lisa Marie Experience Radio Edit) *
• Kula Shaker – Tattva
• Lisa Marie Experience – Keep on jumping *
• No Doubt – Don’t speak
• No Doubt – Just a girl
• Nuyorican Soul – I am the black gold of the sun **
• Spice Girls – Who do you think you are #
• Todd Terry ft. Jocelyn Brown And Martha Wash – Keep on jumping *

Extra (from previous site): pics from the year 1996

• Fashion in 1996