March 2, 1996

----- DROPOUTS -----
Natural One - Folk Implosion ----- 29 / 7
We Got It - Immature ----- 37 / 1



  40 --- Who Do U Love - Deborah Cox (51)
40 39 --- Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three
36 38 --- As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B. Hawkins
29 37 --- Fantasy - Mariah Carey                  
30 36 --- Diggin' On You - TLC
32 35 --- Set U Free - Planet Soul
34 34 --- Fu-Gee-La - Fugees
33 33 --- Don't Cry - Seal
24 32 --- Soon As I Get Home - Faith Evans
26 31 --- Tell Me - Groove Theory

35 30 --- Get Money - Junior M.A.F.I.A.
39 29 --- All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) - Joe
28 28 --- Glycerine - Bush
23 27 --- You'll See - Madonna
22 26 --- No One Else - Total
31 25 --- Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio feat. L.V.        
27 24 --- I Want To Come Over - Melissa Etheridge
25 23 --- Hook - Blues Traveler
 22 --- Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) - R. Kelly feat. Ronald Isley & Ernie Isley (HOT SHOT DEBUT)
21 21 --- Wonder - Natalie Merchant

20 20 --- The World I Know - Collective Soul
18 19 --- Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
19 18 --- Time - Hootie & The Blowfish
15 17 --- Tonite's Tha Night - Kris Kross
16 16 --- 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
17 15 --- Anything - 3T
12 14 --- Before You Walk Out Of My Life / Like This And Like That - Monica
14 13 --- Name - Goo Goo Dolls
13 12 --- Wonderwall - Oasis
10 11 --- Hey Lover - LL Cool J

11 10 --- Follow You Down / Til I Hear It From You - Gin Blossoms
09 09 --- One Of Us - Joan Osborne
08 08 --- Exhale (Shoop Shoop) - Whitney Houston    
07 07 --- Jesus To A Child - George Michael
06 06 --- Be My Lover - La Bouche
03 05 --- Missing - Everything But The Girl
04 04 --- Nobody Knows - Tony Rich Project
05 03 --- Sittin' Up In My Room - Brandy
02 02 --- Not Gon' Cry - Mary J. Blige
01 01 --- One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men                              

R1 SINGLES CHART - 2-8 March 1996

01 -- DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER Oasis *
02 03 CHILDREN Robert Miles
03 02 ANYTHING 3T
04 01 SPACEMAN Babylon Zoo *****
05 -- PERSERVERANCE Terrorvision
06 10 I WANT TO BE A HIPPY Technohead
07 04 I GOT 5 ON IT Luniz
08 05 LIFTED Lighthouse Family
09 -- DISCO'S REVENGE Gusto
10 -- FALLING INTO YOU Celine Dion

11 06 ONE OF US Joan Osborne
12 -- HALLO SPACEBOY David Bowie
13 07 STEREOTYPES Blur
14 15 GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE TIME Gabrielle
15 -- LET YOUR SOUL BE YOUR PILOT Sting
16 38 EARTH SONG Michael Jackson ******
17 09 I JUST WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU Etta James
18 12 COUNT ON ME Whitney Houston + CeCe Winans
19 14 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES John Alford
20 -- DARK THERAPY Echobelly

21 16 SLIGHT RETURN The Bluetones
22 13 DO U STILL? East 17
23 -- DOWN LOW R Kelly
24 -- FUN FUN FUN Status Quo + The Beach Boys
25 -- BE MY LOVER La Bouche
26 11 ELECTRONIC PLEASURE N-Trance
27 17 OPEN ARMS Mariah Carey
28 08 HYPERBALLAD Bjork
29 23 THE RIVERBOAT SONG Ocean Colour Scene
30 32 WONDERWALL Oasis

31 -- CRUISING D'Angelo
32 24 YOU LEARN Alanis Morrisette
33 20 WHAM BAM Candy Girls
34 33 MISSING Everything But The Girl
35 -- HYPNOTISIN' Winx
36 18 NEVER NEVER LOVE Simply Red
37 26 ONE BY ONE Cher
38 -- DOMINATION Way Out West
39 37 FATHER AND SON Boyzone
40 -- COLD WORLD Genius

-- 19 ROOTS, BLOODY ROOTS Sepultura
-- 21 SKIN ON SKIN Grace
-- 22 ULTRA FLAVOUR Heller & Farley Project
-- 25 PATHWAY TO THE MOON MN8
-- 27 HOLD ON 4 YOU Clock
-- 28 I WILL SURVIVE Diana Ross
-- 29 GIVE ME LUV Alcatraz
-- 30 ALL I NEED IS A MIRACLE '96 Mike and the Mechanics
-- 31 WHO DO U LOVE? Deborah Cox
-- 34 GANGSTA'S PARADISE Coolio ft LV **
-- 35 AEROPLANE Red Hot Chili Peppers
-- 36 BACK IN THE U.K. Scooter
-- 39 JESUS TO A CHILD George Michael *
-- 40 NEVER KNEW LOVE LIKE THIS Pauline Henry


#12 was seen as a thematic sequel to Bowie's earlier #1 singles Space Oddity and Ashes To Ashes. It also featured Pet Shop Boys
#16 shot back up the chart after the furore the previous week over Jackson's performance of the song at the Brit Awards, where Jarvis Cocker protested against it
#24 also caused trouble when BBC Radio 1 refused to playlist it, causing Status Quo to accuse them of ageism