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{{Infobox album
| name       = Hits 97
| type       = Compilation
| artist     = various artists
| cover      =Hits 97.jpg
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| released   = 11 November 1996
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| label      = [[Sony Music|Sony Music TV]], [[Bertelsmann Music Group|Global TV]], [[Warner Music Group|warner.esp]]
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| prev_title = Huge Hits 1996
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = New Hits 1997
| next_year  = 1997
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'''''Hits 97''''' is a [[compilation album]] released in 1996. As a part of the [[Hits (compilation series)|Hits]] compilation series, it contains UK hit singles from mid-to-late 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00000757V |title=Hits 97: Various: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2011-09-02}}</ref> The album had a rivalry with ''[[Now That's What I Call Music! 35 (UK series)|Now 35]]'' released later in the month - due to the longstanding rivalry between the [[Now That's What I Call Music|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 (band)|Oasis]]. (see Notes section)
==Notes==
*[[Felix (musician)|Felix]]'s song "[[Don't You Want Me (Felix song)|Don't You Want Me]]" is the "'96 Pugilist Mix" which features samples from the [[Tango (drink)#Blackcurrant Tango|Tango Blackcurrant]] TV advert ''[[St George (advertisement)|St George]]''.
*[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]' song "D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?" is unusually featured, as it was not a 1996 single but in fact a B-side to the single [[Shakermaker]], which was released in 1994. Its inclusion is perhaps due to Oasis' vast popularity at the time of release. The rival ''[[Now That's What I Call Music!|Now!]]'' series had also included earlier Oasis songs on the first two of their three 1996 releases.
*Royalties from [[Dunblane school massacre|Dunblane]]'s song "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door#Cover versions|Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" were split between the charities [[Save the Children]], [[Childline]] and [[Children's Hospice Association Scotland]].
==Track listing==
===Disc one===
# "[[What Becomes of the Brokenhearted#Covers|What Becomes of the Brokenhearted]]" - [[Robson & Jerome]]
# "[[Child (Mark Owen song)|Child]]" - [[Mark Owen]]
# "[[No Woman, No Cry#Fugees version|No Woman, No Cry]]" - [[Fugees]] (Refugee Camp)
# "[[Angel (Aretha Franklin song)|Angel]]" - [[Simply Red]]
# "[[Cosmic Girl (song)|Cosmic Girl]]" - [[Jamiroquai]]
# "[[I Love You Always Forever]]" - [[Donna Lewis]]
# "[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (song)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]" - [[Deep Blue Something]]
# "[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now#Celine Dion|It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]" - [[Celine Dion]]
# "[[I'll Never Break Your Heart]]" - [[Backstreet Boys]]
# "[[Forever Love (Gary Barlow song)|Forever Love]]" - [[Gary Barlow]]
# "Trippin'" - [[Mark Morrison]]
# "[[Flava (song)|Flava]]" - [[Peter Andre]]
# "[[Golden Brown#Cover versions|Golden Brown]]" - [[Kaliphz|Kaleef]]
# "[[1st of tha Month]]" - [[Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]]
# "[[I Need You (3T song)|I Need You]]" - [[3T]]
# "I Belong to You" - [[Gina G]]
# "[[One and One (song)#Robert Miles version|One and One]]" - [[Robert Miles]] featuring [[Maria Nayler]]
# "Follow The Rules" - [[Livin' Joy]]
# "[[December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)#Cover versions|Oh What A Night]]" - [[Clock (dance act)|Clock]]
===Disc two===
# "[[You're Gorgeous]]" - [[Babybird]]
# "[[Hey Dude (song)|Hey Dude]]" - [[Kula Shaker]]
# "[[Place Your Hands]]" - [[Reef (band)|Reef]]
# "[[Kevin Carter (song)|Kevin Carter]]" - [[Manic Street Preachers]]
# "What If..." - [[The Lightning Seeds]]
# "The Frog Princess" - [[The Divine Comedy (band)|The Divine Comedy]]
# "[[The Circle (song)|The Circle]]" - [[Ocean Colour Scene]]
# "[[One to Another]]" - [[The Charlatans (UK band)|The Charlatans]]
# "[[Statuesque]]" - [[Sleeper (band)|Sleeper]]
# "[[D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?]]" - [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]
# "[[Breathe (The Prodigy song)|Breathe]]" - [[The Prodigy]]
# "[[Insomnia (Faithless song)|Insomnia]]" - [[Faithless]]
# "[[Don't You Want Me (Felix song)|Don't You Want Me]]" - [[Felix (musician)|Felix]] <small>("'96 Pugilist Mix", although it is only referred to as such in the booklet)</small>
# "Driving" - [[Everything but the Girl]]
# "[[Your Secret Love (song)|Your Secret Love]]" - [[Luther Vandross]]
# "[[On My Way Home (song)|On My Way Home]]" - [[Enya]]
# "No More Alcohol" - [[Suggs (singer)|Suggs]]
# "[[When I Fall in Love (Ant & Dec song)|When I Fall in Love]]" - [[Ant & Dec]]
# "Country Boy" - [[Jimmy Nail]]
# "[[Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll]]" - [[The Woolpackers]]
# "[[Knockin' on Heaven's Door#Charitable version|Knockin' on Heaven's Door]]" - Ted Christopher, [[Mark Knopfler]] on guitar, relatives of the [[Dunblane school massacre]] victims
==References==
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[[Category:1996 compilation albums]]
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