List of UK charts and number-one singles (1969–1988)

The UK Singles Chart is the official chart for the United Kingdom of singles. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company and the beginning of an "official" singles chart is generally regarded as February 1969 when the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) was formed to compile the chart in a joint venture between the BBC and Record Retailer. Charts were used to measure the popularity of music and, initially, were based on sheet music. In 1952, NME imitated an American idea from Billboard magazine and began compiling a chart based on physical sales of the release. Rival publications such as Record Mirror, Melody Maker, Disc began to compile their own charts in the mid-to-late 1960s. Trade paper Record Retailer compiled their first chart in March 1960.

UK Singles Chart number ones

UK Singles Chart

Other charts

UK Singles Chart
Official Charts Company
Christmas number one

This list covers the period from the start-up of the BMRB in February 1969 to the last independently compiled charts of NME and Melody Maker in May 1988 (after which both published the Market Research Information Bureau chart.[1]). This period includes the point at which compilation of the UK Singles Chart was taken over by Gallup in January 1983.

During this 19-year period, there was a total of 343 canonical number-ones, plus an additional 149 that are not recognized by the Official Charts Company. From 1969 to 1971, the figure also included additional number-ones from Top Pops (which changed its name to Music Now in 1970); in 1969, six of the non-canonical number-ones only reached the top of their charts, a figure that would never be repeated.[2] 36 non-canonical number-ones only made the top of NME's charts, while Melody Maker had 44 stand-alone number-ones. Eleven of the number-ones in the Official Charts' canon did not make the top of any of the other charts.

Notable differences between the canonical and non-canonical charts include the Christmas 1980 season, when NME and Melody Maker had Jona Lewie's "Stop the Cavalry at number-one while the canonical seasonal number-one was "There's No One Quite Like Grandma" by St Winifred's School Choir. One of the more controversial instances of the BMRB era involved the Sex Pistols' anti-monarchy single "God Save the Queen," which NME had at number-one during the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[3][4] The single, released by Virgin Records, was the highest-selling single of the week[5][6] but had been banned by the BBC and some major retailers.[3] To prevent it from reaching the top of the BMRB chart, for one week compilers "decreed that shops which sold their own records could not have those records represented in the chart", thus sales from Virgin Megastores were not counted.[7] Despite reaching number-two on the official chart, it is sometimes referred to as reaching number one.[8][9][10] However, "God Save the Queen" reached no higher than number five on the Melody Maker chart.

Main charts

Queen, who spent nine weeks at number one with "Bohemian Rhapsody" in 1975, also had two number-ones that are not recognised in the Official Charts Company's canon.

British Market Research Bureau (BMRB)

On 15 February 1969, the BMRB was commissioned in a joint venture by the BBC and Record Retailer to compile the singles and album charts. BMRB compiled the first chart from postal returns of sales logs from 250 record shops.[11] The sampling cost approximately £52,000 and shops were randomly chosen and submitted figures for sales taken up to the close of trade on Saturday. The data was compiled on Monday and given to the BBC on Tuesday to be announced on Johnnie Walker's afternoon show and later published in Record Retailer (rebranded Music Week in 1972).[2] However, the BMRB often struggled to have the full sample of sales figures returned by post. The 1971 postal strike meant that data had to be collected by telephone but this was deemed inadequate for a national chart, and by 1973 the BMRB was using motorcycle couriers to collect sales figures.[2] A World in Action documentary exposé in 1980 revealed corruption within the industry; stores' chart-returns dealers would frequently be offered bribes to falsify sales logs.[12]

New Musical Express (NME)

ABBA, who had a total of eleven number-one singles between 1974 and 1982 – nine of which topped the official charts, and an additional two not recognised in the Official Charts Company's canon.

The New Musical Express (NME) chart was the first in the United Kingdom to gauge musics' popularity by physical sales previously sheet music sales were used. NME's co-founder Percy Dickins imitated the chart produced by American Billboard magazine and began to compile Britain's first hit parade in 1952.[2][13] Other periodicals produced their own charts and The Official Charts Company and Guinness' British Hit Singles & Albums regard NME as the canonical British singles chart until 10 March 1960.[11] After this Record Retailer is regarded as the canonical source until February 1969, when the BMRB was formed. However, during the 1960s NME had the biggest circulation of charts in the decade and was the most widely followed.[2][7]

After 1969, NME continued to compile charts in the 1970s and 1980s and ended its time as the longest running independently compiled in May 1988.[1]

Melody Maker

Paul McCartney with wife and Wings band member Linda. McCartney wrote the Wings song "Mull of Kintyre" which was the best selling record of the decade; in 1976 the band had two additional number-ones (one on each of the "other" charts) that are not recognised in the Official Charts Company's canon.

Melody Maker compiled its own chart from 1956 until 1988 which was used by many national newspapers.[2] It was the third periodical to compile a chart and rivaled existing compilers NME and Record Mirror. Melody Maker's chart, like NME's, was based on a telephone poll of record stores.[2][1] Melody Maker compiled a Top 20 for its first chart using figures from 19 shops on 7 April 1956.[2] During the 1950s, sample sizes ranged from around 1433 shops and on 30 July 1960 the phoning of record shops was supplemented with postal returns; the first chart to use this method sampled 38 stores from 110 returns. On 26 August 1967, Disc, owned by the same company as Melody Maker, stopped compiling their own chart and started using the Melody Maker chart.[14] In its 9 February 1963 edition, Melody Maker disclosed that it received chart returns from 245 retailers and that its chart was audited by auditors supplied by Middlesex County Council.[15] By the end of 1969, however, with the establishment of the BMRB, Melody Maker and NME had reduced their sample pool to 100 stores.[16]

Top Pops

During the 1980s, Culture Club had two "official" number ones, plus two others not recognised in the Official Charts Company's canon.

Top Pops was founded initially as a monthly publication in May 1967. In May 1968 it began compiling a chart based on the telephone sample of 12 W H Smith & Son stores. The charts and paper became weekly the following month. Rebranded Music Now by 1970, the chart and paper ceased publication the following year.[1]

Gallup

Rick Astley (pictured in 2017) had the distinction of charting the last non-canonical number-one in 1988 with "Together Forever."

On 4 January 1983, compilation of the UK single and album charts was taken over by Gallup who began the introduction of computerised tills which automated the data collection process.[2][11] The chart was based entirely on sales of physical singles from retail outlets and announced on Tuesday until October 1987, when the Top 40 was revealed each Sunday, due to the new automated process.[17] Gallup would continue to compile the single and album charts for a few more years past the elimination of NME and Melody Maker's independently compiled charts after the 14 May 1988 issues and their switching starting the next week to charts compiled by the Market Research Information Bureau.,[1] until 30 June 1990 when the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) terminated its contract with them[18][19] and switched to a new entity, Chart Information Network[nb 1], which would change its name to The Official UK Charts Company in November 2001.

Comparison of chart number-ones (1969–1988)

Key
110 The number of weeks spent as a number-one single on a chart regarded as canonical by the Official Charts Company.
No The single did not reach number one on the chart regarded as canonical at the time.
110 The number of weeks spent as a number-one single on a chart regarded not as canonical by the Official Charts Company.
No The single did not reach number one on the listed chart (which was not regarded as canonical at the time).
* One of the weeks as number-one single was spent jointly with another single and, for the purposes of sorting, is considered less than acts whose time at number one was outright.
The canonical sources referred to above are BMRB for number ones 266512 and Gallup for number ones 512608

Edit by chart considered the canonical source: BMRBGallup

No.
[nb 2]
Artist Single BMRB
[nb 3]
NME
[nb 4]
Melody
Maker

[40]
Top
Pops

[nb 5]
Gallup
[nb 6]
Weeks at number one
0266Amen Corner"(If Paradise Is) Half as Nice" 2122
0267Peter Sarstedt"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?" 1442
0268Marvin Gaye"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" 3332
0269Desmond Dekker & The Aces"Israelites" 1211
0270The Beatles with Billy Preston"Get Back" 6553
Herman's Hermits"My Sentimental Friend" NoNoNo2
0271Tommy Roe"Dizzy" 1222
0272The Beatles"The Ballad of John and Yoko" 3232
0273Thunderclap Newman"Something in the Air" 3211
Edwin Hawkins Singers"Oh Happy Day" NoNoNo2
Elvis Presley"In the Ghetto" No111
0274The Rolling Stones"Honky Tonk Women" 5552
Robin Gibb"Saved by the Bell" NoNoNo2
Stevie Wonder"My Cherie Amour" NoNoNo1
0275Zager and Evans"In The Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)" 3334
0276Creedence Clearwater Revival"Bad Moon Rising" 335No
Bee Gees"Don't Forget to Remember" NoNoNo1
0277Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg"Je t'aime... moi non plus" 1NoNo2
0278Bobbie Gentry"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" 1332
0279The Archies"Sugar, Sugar" 8442
Fleetwood Mac"Oh Well" No1No2
The Tremeloes"(Call Me) Number One" NoNoNo2
Stevie Wonder"Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday" No11No
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition"Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" No1No1
0280Rolf Harris"Two Little Boys" 6666
Marmalade"Reflections of My Life" No111
0281Edison Lighthouse"Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" 5333
The Jackson 5"I Want You Back" No113
0282Lee Marvin"Wand'rin' Star" 333No
0283Simon & Garfunkel"Bridge over Troubled Water" 3445
0284Dana"All Kinds of Everything" 2NoNoNo
0285Norman Greenbaum"Spirit in the Sky" 2244
0286England World Cup Squad "70""Back Home" 3311
The Moody Blues"Question" No1NoNo
0287Christie"Yellow River" 1131
0288Mungo Jerry"In the Summertime" 7444
Free"All Right Now" No334
The Kinks"Lola" No1NoNo
0289Elvis Presley"The Wonder of You" 6353
0290Smokey Robinson and The Miracles"The Tears of a Clown" 1424
0291Freda Payne"Band of Gold" 6555
Deep Purple"Black Night" No111
0292Matthews' Southern Comfort"Woodstock" 3333
0293Jimi Hendrix Experience"Voodoo Child" 11NoNo
Don Fardon"Indian Reservation" NoNo11
0294Dave Edmunds's Rockpile"I Hear You Knocking" 6322
McGuinness Flint"When I'm Dead and Gone" No133
0295Clive Dunn"Grandad" 3433
0296George Harrison"My Sweet Lord" 5674
0297Mungo Jerry"Baby Jump" 211
Paul McCartney"Another Day" No1No
0298T. Rex"Hot Love" 651.5*5*
0299Dave and Ansel Collins"Double Barrel" 221.5*2*
The Rolling Stones"Brown Sugar" No1No
0300Dawn"Knock Three Times" 533
Free"My Brother Jake" No1No
Tony Christie"I Did What I Did for Maria" No11
0301Middle of the Road"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" 555
0302T. Rex"Get It On" 433
The New Seekers"Never Ending Song of Love" No14.5*1*
0303Diana Ross"I'm Still Waiting" 434.5*3*
0304The Tams"Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" 323
0305Rod Stewart"Reason to Believe" / "Maggie May" 566
0306Slade"Coz I Luv You" 433
0307Benny Hill"Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" 455
0308The New Seekers"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" 444
America"A Horse with No Name" No1No
0309T. Rex"Telegram Sam" 212
0310Chicory Tip"Son of My Father" 322
Don McLean"American Pie" No11
0311Nilsson"Without You" 565
0312Royal Scots Dragoon Guards"Amazing Grace" 445
0313T. Rex"Metal Guru" 443
0314Don McLean"Vincent" 233
Gary Glitter"Rock and Roll Parts 1 & 2" NoNo1
0315Slade"Take Me Bak 'Ome" 11No
0316Donny Osmond"Puppy Love" 544
0317Alice Cooper"School's Out" 333
0318Rod Stewart"You Wear It Well" 122
0319Slade"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" 322
T. Rex"Children of the Revolution" No11
0320David Cassidy"How Can I Be Sure" 211
0321Lieutenant Pigeon"Mouldy Old Dough" 445
0322Gilbert O'Sullivan"Clair" 222
0323Chuck Berry"My Ding-a-Ling" 435
Slade"Gudbuy T'Jane" No1No
0324Little Jimmy Osmond"Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" 542
David Bowie"The Jean Genie" No11
0325Sweet"Blockbuster" 544
Strawbs"Part of the Union" No22
0326Slade"Cum On Feel the Noize" 322
0327Donny Osmond"The Twelfth of Never" 122
0328Gilbert O'Sullivan"Get Down" 211
0329Dawn featuring Tony Orlando"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" 453.5*4*
0330Wizzard"See My Baby Jive" 424.5*3*
0331Suzi Quatro"Can the Can" 133
033210cc"Rubber Bullets" 111
0333Slade"Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" 322
0334Peters and Lee"Welcome Home" 121
0335Gary Glitter"I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am!)" 433
The Carpenters"Yesterday Once More" NoNo3
0336Donny Osmond"Young Love" 421
Barry Blue"Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" NoNo3
0337Wizzard"Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)" 111
David Essex"Rock On" No1No
Sweet"The Ballroom Blitz" No11
0338Simon Park Orchestra"Eye Level (Theme From The Thames TV Series "Van Der Valk")" 444
0339David Cassidy"Daydreamer" / "The Puppy Song" 323
The Osmonds"Let Me In" No1No
0340Gary Glitter"I Love You Love Me Love" 444
0341Slade"Merry Xmas Everybody" 523
0342New Seekers feat. Lyn Paul"You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" 12No
Leo Sayer"The Show Must Go On" No13
Sweet"Teenage Rampage" No1No
0343Mud"Tiger Feet" 433
0344Suzi Quatro"Devil Gate Drive" 223
0345Alvin Stardust"Jealous Mind" 121
0346Paper Lace"Billy Don't Be a Hero" 333
0347Terry Jacks"Seasons in the Sun" 423
Mud"The Cat Crept In" No11
0348ABBA"Waterloo" 223
0349The Rubettes"Sugar Baby Love" 442
R. Dean Taylor"There's a Ghost in My House" NoNo1
Showaddywaddy"Hey Rock and Roll" NoNo1
0350Ray Stevens"The Streak" 121
0351Gary Glitter"Always Yours" 111
0352Charles Aznavour"She" 434
0353George McCrae"Rock Your Baby" 332
0354The Three Degrees"When Will I See You Again" 233
Donny and Marie Osmond"I'm Leaving It (All) Up to You" NoNo1
0355The Osmonds"Love Me for a Reason" 321
0356Carl Douglas"Kung Fu Fighting" 342
357John Denver"Annie's Song" 1No1
Peter Shelley"Gee Baby" No1No
358Sweet Sensation"Sad Sweet Dreamer" 1No2
359Ken Boothe"Everything I Own" 323
Queen"Killer Queen" NoNo2
0360David Essex"Gonna Make You a Star" 351
Gary Glitter"Oh Yes! You're Beautiful" NoNo1
0361Barry White"You're the First, the Last, My Everything" 211
0362Mud"Lonely This Christmas" 433
0363Status Quo"Down Down" 111
Ralph McTell"Streets of London" No21
0364The Tymes"Ms Grace" 112
0365Pilot"January" 322
The Carpenters"Please Mr. Postman" No1No
0366Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" 212
0367Telly Savalas"If" 222
0368Bay City Rollers"Bye Bye Baby" 666
Bobby Goldsboro"Honey" No11
0369Mud"Oh Boy" 2NoNo
Minnie Riperton"Lovin' You" No12
0370Tammy Wynette"Stand by Your Man" 333
0371Windsor Davies and Don Estelle"Whispering Grass" 322
Showaddywaddy"Three Steps to Heaven" No1No
037210cc"I'm Not in Love" 223
0373Johnny Nash"Tears on My Pillow" 121
0374Bay City Rollers"Give a Little Love" 311
0375Typically Tropical"Barbados" 122
0376The Stylistics"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" 323
0377Rod Stewart"Sailing" 444
Leo Sayer"Moonlighting" No3No
0378David Essex"Hold Me Close" 333
0379Art Garfunkel"I Only Have Eyes for You" 221
0380David Bowie"Space Oddity" 224
0381Billy Connolly"D.I.V.O.R.C.E." 11No
Hot Chocolate"You Sexy Thing" No11
0382Queen"Bohemian Rhapsody" 967
Sailor"A Glass of Champagne" No1No
0383ABBA"Mamma Mia" 223
0384Slik"Forever and Ever" 112
0385The Four Seasons"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" 22No
Manuel and the Music of the Mountains"Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto de Aranjuez" NoNo1
0386Tina Charles"I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" 334
0387Brotherhood of Man"Save Your Kisses for Me" 654
0388ABBA"Fernando" 465
0389J. J. Barrie"No Charge" 111
0390The Wurzels"The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)" 2No1
Wings"Silly Love Songs" No1No
0391Real Thing"You to Me Are Everything" 323
Candi Staton"Young Hearts Run Free" No12
0392Demis Roussos"Excerpts From "The Roussos Phenomenon" (EP)" 111
0393Elton John & Kiki Dee"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" 675
Wings"Let 'Em In" NoNo1
0394ABBA"Dancing Queen" 654
Real Thing"Can't Get By Without You" NoNo1
0395Pussycat"Mississippi" 432
0396Chicago"If You Leave Me Now" 346
0397Showaddywaddy"Under the Moon of Love" 333
0398Johnny Mathis"When a Child Is Born (Soleado)" 333
0399David Soul"Don't Give Up on Us" 431
0400Julie Covington"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" 132
0401Leo Sayer"When I Need You" 324
Heatwave"Boogie Nights" NoNo1
0402The Manhattan Transfer"Chanson D'Amour" 322
0403ABBA"Knowing Me, Knowing You" 564
David Soul"Going In With My Eyes Open" NoNo1
0404Deniece Williams"Free" 231
0405Rod Stewart"I Don't Want to Talk About It" / "The First Cut Is the Deepest" 435
Joe Tex"Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)" NoNo1
Sex Pistols"God Save the Queen" No1No
0406Kenny Rogers"Lucille" 1NoNo
0407The Jacksons"Show You the Way to Go" 122
0408Hot Chocolate"So You Win Again" 312
Boney M."Ma Baker" No1No
0409Donna Summer"I Feel Love" 455
0410Brotherhood of Man"Angelo" 11No
0411The Floaters"Float On" 1No2
Space"Magic Fly" No33
Jean-Michel Jarre"Oxygène (Part IV)" NoNo1
0412Elvis Presley"Way Down" 531
0413David Soul"Silver Lady" 31No
La Belle Epoque"Black Is Black" NoNo2
0414Baccara"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" 11No
Rod Stewart"You're in My Heart" No12
0415ABBA"The Name of the Game" 422
Status Quo"Rockin' All Over the World" No11
0416Wings"Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" 998
0417Althea & Donna"Uptown Top Ranking" 123
0418Brotherhood of Man"Figaro" 2NoNo
0419ABBA"Take a Chance on Me" 333
Rose Royce"Wishing on a Star" NoNo1
0420Kate Bush"Wuthering Heights" 431
Blondie"Denis" No23
0421Brian and Michael"Matchstalk Men & Matchstalk Cats & Dogs (Lowry's Song)" 3NoNo
Showaddywaddy"I Wonder Why" No12
0422Bee Gees"Night Fever" 243
0423Boney M."Rivers of Babylon" 544
0424John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John"You're the One That I Want" 9109
0425Commodores"Three Times a Lady" 546
042610cc"Dreadlock Holiday" 12No
0427John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John"Summer Nights" 766
John Travolta"Sandy" NoNo1
0428The Boomtown Rats"Rat Trap" 232
0429Rod Stewart"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" 112
0430Boney M."Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" 444
0431Village People"Y.M.C.A." 331
0432Ian Dury and The Blockheads"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick" 122
0433Blondie"Heart of Glass" 434
ABBA"Chiquitita" No1No
0434Bee Gees"Tragedy" 211
Elvis Costello"Oliver's Army" No11
0435Gloria Gaynor"I Will Survive" 424
Village People"In the Navy" No1No
0436Art Garfunkel"Bright Eyes" 665
M"Pop Muzik" No11
0437Blondie"Sunday Girl" 312
Roxy Music"Dance Away" No11
0438Anita Ward"Ring My Bell" 232
0439Tubeway Army"Are "Friends" Electric?" 433
Janet Kay"Silly Games" No11
0440The Boomtown Rats"I Don't Like Mondays" 445
0441Cliff Richard"We Don't Talk Anymore" 433
0442Gary Numan"Cars" 122
0443The Police"Message in a Bottle" 322
0444The Buggles"Video Killed the Radio Star" 122
0445Lena Martell"One Day at a Time" 31No
0446Dr. Hook"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" 342
The Jam"The Eton Rifles" NoNo1
0447The Police"Walking on the Moon" 112
0448Pink Floyd"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" 544
0449Pretenders"Brass in Pocket" 222
Madness"My Girl" No11
0450The Special A.K.A. feat. Rico"Too Much Too Young"[nb 7] 212
0451Kenny Rogers"Coward of the County" 221
0452Blondie"Atomic" 233
0453Fern Kinney"Together We Are Beautiful" 111
0454The Jam"Going Underground" / "Dreams of Children" 323
0455The Detroit Spinners"Working My Way Back to You – Forgive Me Girl" 2No1
Liquid Gold"Dance Yourself Dizzy" No2No
0456Blondie"Call Me" 121
0457Dexys Midnight Runners"Geno" 213
0458Johnny Logan"What's Another Year" 221
Hot Chocolate"No Doubt About It" No1No
0459The Mash"Theme from M*A*S*H (Suicide is Painless)" 324
Lipps Inc"Funkytown" No1No
0460Don McLean"Crying" 321
Splodgenessabounds"Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please" NoNo1
0461Olivia Newton-John and the Electric Light Orchestra"Xanadu" 232
0462Odyssey"Use It Up and Wear It Out" 212
Diana Ross"Upside Down" No11
0463ABBA"The Winner Takes It All" 222
0464David Bowie"Ashes to Ashes" 222
0465The Jam"Start!" 111
0466Kelly Marie"Feels Like I'm in Love" 2NoNo
Randy Crawford"One Day I'll Fly Away" No22
0467The Police"Don't Stand So Close to Me" 444
0468Barbra Streisand"Woman in Love" 332
0469Blondie"The Tide Is High" 222
0470ABBA"Super Trouper" 322
0471John Lennon"(Just Like) Starting Over" 111
Jona Lewie"Stop the Cavalry" No23
0472St Winifred's School Choir"There's No One Quite Like Grandma" 2NoNo
0473John Lennon"Imagine" 441
Adam and the Ants"Antmusic" NoNo1
Phil Collins"In the Air Tonight" No22
0474John Lennon"Woman" 1NoNo
Ultravox"Vienna" No12
0475Joe Dolce Music Theatre"Shaddap You Face" 322
0476Roxy Music"Jealous Guy" 222
Kim Wilde"Kids in America" NoNo1
0477Shakin' Stevens"This Ole House" 332
0478Bucks Fizz"Making Your Mind Up" 322
Ennio Morricone"Chi Mai (Theme from The Life and Times of David Lloyd George)" No11
Starsound"Stars on 45" No11
0479Adam and the Ants"Stand and Deliver" 322
Shakin' Stevens"You Drive Me Crazy" NoNo1
0480Smokey Robinson"Being with You" 223
0481Michael Jackson"One Day In Your Life" 231
0482The Specials"Ghost Town" 323
Spandau Ballet"Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" No1No
0483Shakin' Stevens"Green Door" 432
Stevie Wonder"Happy Birthday" No11
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra"Hooked on Classics" NoNo1
0484Aneka"Japanese Boy" 111
0485Soft Cell"Tainted Love" 212
0486Adam and the Ants"Prince Charming" 453
The Police"Invisible Sun" NoNo1
0487Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin"It's My Party" 423
Altered Images"Happy Birthday" No11
0488The Police"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" 121
0489Queen and David Bowie"Under Pressure" 223
0490Julio Iglesias"Begin The Beguine (Volver A Empezar)" 111
0491The Human League"Don't You Want Me" 535
ABBA"One of Us" No1No
0492Bucks Fizz"The Land of Make Believe" 221
0493Shakin' Stevens"Oh Julie" 1NoNo
0494Kraftwerk"Computer Love" / "The Model" 143
The Stranglers"Golden Brown" NoNo1
0495The Jam"Town Called Malice" / "Precious" 333
0496Tight Fit"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" 347
0497Goombay Dance Band"Seven Tears" 322
Imagination"Just an Illusion" NoNo1
0498Bucks Fizz"My Camera Never Lies" 12No
Chas & Dave"Ain't No Pleasing You" NoNo1
0499Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder"Ebony and Ivory" 324
Ph.D."I Won't Let You Down" No1No
0500Nicole"A Little Peace" 211
Yazoo"Only You" NoNo1
0501Madness"House of Fun" 2No2
0502Adam Ant"Goody Two Shoes" 231
Soft Cell"Torch" NoNo1
0503Charlene"I've Never Been to Me" 111
0504Captain Sensible"Happy Talk" 211
Steve Miller Band"Abracadabra" No1No
0505Irene Cara"Fame" 323
0506Dexys Midnight Runners and the Emerald Express"Come On Eileen" 444
0507Survivor"Eye of the Tiger" 432
Dire Straits"Private Investigations" No12
The Jam"The Bitterest Pill" No11
0508Musical Youth"Pass the Dutchie" 322
0509Culture Club"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" 333
0510Eddy Grant"I Don't Wanna Dance" 323
Dionne Warwick"Heartbreaker" No1No
The Human League"Mirror Man" No11
0511The Jam"Beat Surrender" 323
0512Renée and Renato"Save Your Love"[nb 8] 31No1
Culture Club"Time (Clock of the Heart)" No2NoNo
0513Phil Collins"You Can't Hurry Love" 232
0514Men at Work"Down Under" 333
Tears for Fears"Change" No1No
515Kajagoogoo"Too Shy" 212
516Michael Jackson"Billie Jean" 221
517Bonnie Tyler"Total Eclipse of the Heart" 222
The Style Council"Speak Like a Child" No1No
518Duran Duran"Is There Something I Should Know?" 212
519David Bowie"Let's Dance" 343
520Spandau Ballet"True" 234
Heaven 17"Temptation" No1No
521New Edition"Candy Girl" No12
522The Police"Every Breath You Take" 334
David Bowie"China Girl" 11No
523Rod Stewart"Baby Jane" 123
524Paul Young"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" 543
Freeez"I.O.U." No1No
525KC and the Sunshine Band"Give It Up" 113
Spandau Ballet"Gold" 22No
526UB40"Red Red Wine" 332
527Culture Club"Karma Chameleon" 666
Lionel Richie"All Night Long (All Night)" No1No
528Billy Joel"Uptown Girl" 325
Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson"Say Say Say" No1No
The Assembly"Never Never" 11No
Paul Young"Love of the Common People" 1NoNo
529The Flying Pickets"Only You" 555
530Paul McCartney"Pipes of Peace" 112
531Frankie Goes to Hollywood"Relax" 465
Queen"Radio Ga Ga" 1NoNo
532Nena"99 Red Balloons" 433
533Lionel Richie"Hello" 556
Phil Collins"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" 14No
534Duran Duran"The Reflex" 2No4
The Pointer Sisters"Automatic" 21No
535Wham!"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" 232
536Frankie Goes to Hollywood"Two Tribes" 879
537George Michael"Careless Whisper" 343
538Stevie Wonder"I Just Called to Say I Love You" 656
Culture Club"The War Song" 11No
539Wham!"Freedom" 333
540Chaka Khan"I Feel for You" 343
541Jim Diamond"I Should Have Known Better" 1No1
542Frankie Goes to Hollywood"The Power of Love" No11
543Band Aid"Do They Know It's Christmas?" 555
Wham!"Everything She Wants" / "Last Christmas" 11No
544Foreigner"I Want to Know What Love Is" 213
Prince"1999" No1No
545Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson"I Know Him So Well" 214
King"Love and Pride" 12No
546Dead or Alive"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" 232
547Philip Bailey (duet with Phil Collins)"Easy Lover" 344
Frankie Goes to Hollywood"Welcome to the Pleasuredome" 1NoNo
548USA for Africa"We Are the World" NoNo2
Tears for Fears"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" 34No
549Phyllis Nelson"Move Closer" 111
550Paul Hardcastle"19" 555
551The Crowd"You'll Never Walk Alone" 122
Madonna"Crazy for You" 11No
552Sister Sledge"Frankie" 314
Harold Faltermeyer"Axel F" No2No
553Eurythmics"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" 211
554Madonna"Into the Groove" 454
555UB40 and Chrissie Hynde"I Got You Babe" 1No1
556David Bowie and Mick Jagger"Dancing in the Street" 354
557Midge Ure"If I Was" 1No1
558Jennifer Rush"The Power of Love" 435
a-ha"Take On Me" 12No
Elton John"Nikita" 1NoNo
559Feargal Sharkey"A Good Heart" 222
560Wham!"I'm Your Man" 222
561Whitney Houston"Saving All My Love for You" 342
562Shakin' Stevens"Merry Christmas Everyone" NoNo2
563Pet Shop Boys"West End Girls" 222
564a-ha"The Sun Always Shines on T.V." 322
Nana Mouskouri"Only Love" No1No
565Billy Ocean"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" 434
566Diana Ross"Chain Reaction" 233
David Bowie"Absolute Beginners" 1NoNo
567Cliff Richard and The Young Ones"Living Doll" 333
568George Michael"A Different Corner" 333
Janet Jackson"What Have You Done for Me Lately" No1No
569Falco"Rock Me Amadeus" 1No1
Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald"On My Own" No1No
570Spitting Image"The Chicken Song" 213
Peter Gabriel"Sledgehammer" No2No
571Doctor and the Medics"Spirit in the Sky" 4No3
Simply Red"Holding Back the Years" No1No
Nu Shooz"I Can't Wait" No1No
572Wham!"The Edge of Heaven" 122
573Madonna"Papa Don't Preach" 333
574Chris de Burgh"The Lady in Red" 213
575Boris Gardiner"I Want to Wake Up with You" 323
576The Communards"Don't Leave Me This Way" 554
577Madonna"True Blue" 111
578Nick Berry"Every Loser Wins" 333
579Berlin"Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from Top Gun)" 354
580Europe"The Final Countdown" 3No2
Erasure"Sometimes" No1No
581The Housemartins"Caravan of Love" 331
582Jackie Wilson"Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)" 324
583Steve "Silk" Hurley"Jack Your Body"[nb 9] No22
Robbie Nevil"C'est La Vie" 1NoNo
584Aretha Franklin and George Michael"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" 332
585Ben E. King"Stand by Me" 333
586Boy George"Everything I Own" 112
587Mel and Kim"Respectable" 121
588Ferry Aid"Let It Be" 233
Club Nouveau"Lean on Me" No1No
589Madonna"La Isla Bonita" 312
Judy Boucher"Can't Be with You Tonight" No1No
590Starship"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" 334
591Whitney Houston"I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" 332
592The Firm"Star Trekkin'" 212
593Pet Shop Boys"It's a Sin" 333
594Madonna"Who's That Girl" 121
595Los Lobos"La Bamba" 212
596Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett"I Just Can't Stop Loving You" 322
597Rick Astley"Never Gonna Give You Up" 445
598MARRS"Pump Up the Volume" / "Anitina (The First Time I See She Dance)" 232
Abigail Mead and Nigel Goulding"I Want to Be Your Drill Instructor" 1NoNo
599Bee Gees"You Win Again" 334
George Michael"Faith" 12No
600T'Pau"China in Your Hand" 345
Rick Astley"When I Fall in Love" 33No
601Pet Shop Boys"Always on My Mind" 314
602Belinda Carlisle"Heaven Is a Place on Earth" 222
603Tiffany"I Think We're Alone Now" 233
604Kylie Minogue"I Should Be So Lucky" 225
Bomb the Bass"Beat Dis" 11No
Rick Astley"Together Forever" 12No
605Aswad"Don't Turn Around" 332
606Pet Shop Boys"Heart" 223
607S-Express"Theme from S-Express" 212
608Fairground Attraction"Perfect" 121

Notes

  1. Spotlight Publications is a subsidiary of United Newspapers[20]
  2. According to the Official Charts Company and the canonical sources, chronologically, which number one it was.[21][22][23]
  3. The names, singles and duration of the number-ones are those given by The Official Charts Company.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
  4. The names, singles and duration of the number-ones are from the NME.[39]
  5. The names, singles and duration of the number-ones are from Top Pops (later Music Now).
  6. The names, singles and duration of the number-ones are those given by The Official Charts Company.[41][42][43][44][45][46][38]
  7. This number-one record was not a single but a five-track extended play (EP) with "Too Much Too Young" as the lead track.[47] The rules now require at most four distinct songs to be eligible for the UK Singles Chart.[48] Although the EP is credited to The Special A.K.A. on the record sleeve the record label credits The Specials.[49]
  8. The first three weeks of this record's number-one run was from the last three charts compiled by the BMRB; its last week at number one was from the first chart compiled by Gallup. Its run is thus divided accordingly.
  9. "Jack Your Body" was released on a 12" single that was over 25 minutes long, exceededing the maximum time for a record to be classified as a single. The track should have been classified as an album instead (as it was in NME) and, during the two weeks it spent at number one, "Reet Petite" would have been number one for a fifth week and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" would have become number one a week earlier.[50]

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