Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 24th March 1996! A stacked week of new entries, with 18 new singles vying to displace Take That from the top after three long weeks. Among them: Cast, Dubstar, Ken Doh, Mary J Blige, Wet Wet Wet, The Prodigy, PJ & Duncan and even Prince Naseem and the theme tune to the X Files! There's also the opportunity for the presenters to gush lovingly about one of their favourite bands of all time...

You can listen to the entire UK Top 40 (or as much of it as we can find!) via our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/68NaWOzT2CEDSV8m4CNZta?si=w3c05-QMREqlOoWS2rMsoA

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Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 17th March 1996. Where we left it last week, Take That's final single from their original incarnation was ensconced at Number 1 for a second week, but this time out there are 15 new entries - including singles from Madonna, Garbage, DJ Misjah & DJ Tim, Tina Turner, Shaggy and Tori Amos - looking to dislodge it. Furthermore, there's a high-profile battle of Britpop ballads between Menswear and Shed Seven, both aiming for the summit.

You can check out the entire Top 40 here via our Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3coT8Yazew4pZhlvSq4hN7?si=zrBSZv1TTZCzoRNgULWsnQ

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Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 10th March 1996! This week, there are new entries from Louise, The Beatles, Peter Andre, the Bunnymen side-project Electrafixion, remixes of Gary Numan and Tito Puente, a lovely re-entry from Connells and a slow-burning big hitter from a certain Mark Morrison...

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Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 3rd March 1996! 

Last episode, the Gallagher brothers had finally unseated 'Spaceman' at the top of the charts, but this week there are 16 new entries - including new singles from Boyzone, Gat Decor, Supergrass, Lightning Seeds, Sasha & Maria, Queen, Lush, Eternal and Take That, plus a heavyweight collab between Nick Cave and PJ Harvey!

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After FIVE weeks at number one, can anybody get rid of 'Spaceman' from the top? Join Juliet and Ed as they scope out new singles from Celine Dion, Terrorvision, Echobelly, David Bowie, Gusto, Sting, Way Out West and Oasis in the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 25th February 1996. Oh, and a god-awful new version of 'Fun, Fun, Fun' by Status Quo...

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Greetings all you Lifers! Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was revealed on 18th February 1996, where Babylon Zoo's 'Spaceman' was set to spend a fifth week at the summit unless one of the new singles from (deep breath) Gabrielle, Blur, Robert Miles, Alanis Morissette, Deborah Cox, Björk or Whitney Houston could dislodge it.

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Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 11th February 1996!

Can anybody dislodge Babylon Zoo's 'Spaceman' from Number One? It's enjoyed three weeks at the top so far, but there are new entries from Mariah Carey, Luniz, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ocean Colour Scene, Cypress Hill and (sighs) Scooter hoping to replace it.

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Greetings to all you Lifers! Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was announced on 4th February 1996!

Where we left it last time, Babylon Zoo were enjoying a second week at the top with 'Spaceman', but this week there are 13 new entries looking to topple Jas Man and his band, including Smashing Pumpkins, East 17, Joan Osborne, Lighthouse Family, Gemini and BT... plus a reissued golden oldie from Etta James that starred on a certain steamy Diet Coke ad.

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Seek refuge from the horrors of 2026 by joining Juliet and Ed as they revisit the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was thirty years ago exactly, on 28th January 1996!

This week, there are 14 new entries, including singles from The Bluetones, Dog Eat Dog, Lisa Moorish, Bobby Brown, QFX and Radiohead - plus possibly the two most irritating novelty house/techno records of the year at the same time!

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Hello all you Lifers! Join Juliet and Ed as they count down the UK Top 40 Singles Chart as it was exactly thirty years ago, namely the chart from 21st January 1996.

Where we left it last week, Saint George Michael had ended Michael Jackson's baffling six-week reign at Number One with a beautiful song called 'Jesus To A Child'. 

This week, however, there are new entries from Ace Of Base, Chemical Brothers, 3T, Goldbug, Meat Loaf, Shed Seven and Skunk Anansie, all aiming for the top spot. Oh, and a certain song from a Levi's ad...

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