These are The Official UK Charts Company UK Dance Chart number one hits of 1996.[1] The dates listed in the menus below represent the Saturday after the Sunday the chart was announced, as per the way the dates are given in chart publications such as the ones produced by Billboard, Guinness, and Virgin.
| Issue date | Song | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 January | "Sex on the Streets" | Pizzaman | |
| 13 January | "Sex on the Streets" | Pizzaman | |
| 20 January | "Got Myself Together" | The Bucketheads | |
| 27 January | "Spaceman" | Babylon Zoo | |
| 3 February | "Southside" | Dave Clark | |
| 10 February | "Your Love" | Inner City | |
| 17 February | "Giv Me Luv" | Alcatraz | |
| 24 February | "Children" | Robert Miles | |
| 2 March | "Disco's Revenge" | Gusto | |
| 9 March | "Be As One" | Sasha & Maria | |
| 16 March | "Movin'" | Mone | |
| 23 March | "Access" | DJ Misjah & DJ Tim | |
| 30 March | "Nekasaki EP" | Ken Doh | |
| 6 April | "The Nighttrain" | Kadoc | |
| 13 April | "No Other Love" | Blue Amazon | |
| 20 April | "I Got the Vibration/A Positive Vibration" | ||
| 27 April | "(Keep on) Jumpin'" | Lisa Marie Experience | |
| 4 May | "Keep on Jumpin'" | Lisa Marie Experience | |
| 11 May | "Klubbhopping" | ||
| 18 May | "There's Nothing I Won't Do" | JX | |
| 25 May | "Heaven" | Sarah Washington | |
| 1 June | "For What You Dream Of" | Bedrock featuring KYO | |
| 8 June | "For What You Dream Of" | Bedrock featuring KYO | |
| 15 June | "Don't Stop Movin'" | Livin' Joy | |
| 22 June | "On Ya Way" | Helicopter | |
| 29 June | "Stand Up" | Love Tribe | |
| 6 July | "Where Love Lives" | Alison Limerick | |
| 13 July | "Keep on Jumpin'" | Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown | |
| 20 July | "Le Voie Le Soleil" | Subliminal Cuts | |
| 27 July | "Higher State of Consciousness 96" | Wink | |
| 3 August | "Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow" | ||
| 10 August | "Do That to Me" | Lisa Marie Experience | |
| 17 August | "Hey Jupiter/Professional Widow" | Tori Amos | |
| 24 August | "Arms of Loren" | E'voke | |
| 31 August | "Want Love" | Hysteric Ego | |
| 7 September | "Hot & Wet (I Believe It)" | Tzant | |
| 14 September | "I'm Alive" | Stretch & Vern | |
| 21 September | "I'm Alive" | Stretch & Vern | |
| 28 September | "Seven Days and One Week" | ||
| 5 October | "Sugar Is Sweeter" | C. J. Bolland | |
| 12 October | "Stamp!" | Jeremy Healy & Amos | |
| 19 October | "No Diggity" | Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre | |
| 26 October | "Anomaly - Calling Your Name" | Libra | |
| 2 November | "Help Me Make It" | Huff + Puff | |
| 9 November | "Jus Come" | Cool Jack | |
| 16 November | "Heaven Knows - Deep Deep Down" | ||
| 23 November | "Jump to My Beat" | Wildchild | |
| 30 November | "Yeke Yeke96" | Mory Kanté | |
| 7 December | "Just Another Groove" | Mighty Dub Katz | |
| 14 December | "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" | Snoop Doggy Dog featuring Charlie Wilson | |
| 21 December | "Offshore" | Chicane | |
| 28 December | "Ultra Flava" | Heller & Farley Project |