Yesterday was my 52nd birthday in Real Life, so I decided to go find out what was the UK No.1 single for this week in each year since I was born. 🙂
Some gems in there, plus a few surprises. Also, a lot of ‘WTF?’ songs, which I decided not to play. Though I might throw those into a future show… 😉
Truth be told, some of the more recent entries served to remind me how out-of-touch I am with current ‘pop’ music. Then again, I’d rather listen to (and purchase) stuff that speaks to me, and not follow the crowd. 🙂
Tracklisting:
1968 — Baby Come Back — The Equals
1969 — Something In The Air — Thunderclap Newman
1970 — In the Summertime — Mungo Jerry
1971 — Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep — Middle of the Road
1974 — She — Charles Aznavour
1976 — You to Me Are Everything — The Real Thing
1978 — You’re the One That I Want — John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
1979 — Are ‘Friends’ Electric? — Tubeway Army & Gary Numan
1980 — Xanadu — Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
1981 — Ghost Town — The Specials
1982 — Happy Talk — Captain Sensible
1983 — Baby Jane — Rod Stewart
1984 — Two Tribes — Frankie Goes to Hollywood
1985 — Frankie — Sister Sledge
1986 — Papa Don’t Preach — Madonna
1987 — It’s a Sin — Pet Shop Boys
1989 — Back to Life — Soul II Soul
1991 — (Everything I Do) I Do It for You — Bryan Adams
1992 — Take a Chance on Me — Erasure (from Abba-Esque EP)
1993 — Dreams — Gabrielle
1994 — Love Is All Around — Wet Wet Wet
1996 — Killing Me Softly With His Song — Fugees
1998 — Because We Want To — Billie Piper
1999 — 9 PM – Till I Come — ATB
2000 — The Real Slim Shady — Eminem
2001 — Another Chance — Roger Sanchez
2002 — A Little Less Conversation — Elvis Presley & JXL
2003 — Crazy in Love (feat. Jay-Z) — Beyoncé
2006 — Hips Don’t Lie (feat. Wyclef Jean) — Shakira
2007 — Umbrella (feat. JAY-Z) — Rihanna
2009 — Evacuate the Dancefloor — Cascada
2010 — California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) — Katy Perry
2013 — Love Me Again — John Newman
2014 — Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea) — Ariana Grande
2017 — Despacito — Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
2018 — Shotgun — George Ezra