What was #1 on the day you were born?

Shiminay

The U.K. number 1 on the 24th April 1978 was Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs by Brian And Michael

The U.S. number 1 on the 24th April 1978 was Night Fever by The Bee Gees

Fugsake!

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All the best,

Bard

For meself, it's Chicago's "If you leave me now" in the UK and Rod Stewart's "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)".

(December 2nd 1976)

NICE SIG, btw, Zapper

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The_Elf

my god i was born in freekie times

US: "Disco Duck (part 2)" by "Rick Dee and his cast of idiots"

UK: "Mississippi" by "PussyCat"

MiCr0

The U.K. number 1 on the 19th September 1978 was Three Times A Lady by The Commodores

The U.S. number 1 on the 19th September 1978 was Boogie Oogie Oogie by Taste of Honey

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It’s so easy to criticise

--Kaiser--

AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGG!

the U.S. #1 on 23 July 1982 was "Don't you want me" by The Human League

but far far far worse

the U.K. #1 on 23 July 1982 was "Fame" (from the movie) by Irene Cara

I repeat:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGG!

Hobbes

I got the King and Karen.

The U.K. number 1 was The Wonder Of You by Elvis Presley

The U.S. number 1 was (They Long to Be) Close to You by The Carpenters

FreaK_BrutheR

Sugar Baby Love by The Rubettes - UK
The Streak by Ray Stevens -US

stu_69

mine has to be the worst :
uk -->We Don't Talk Anymore by Cliff Richard
the us makes up for it though with the funky classic:
us-->My Sharona by The Knack /)

Manach

I sadly beg to differ with Stu_69:
The U.K. number 1 on that day was
"Two Little Boys" by Rolf Harris.

Bard

Find out @ http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/cont/choose.html

(UK & US number one singles)

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Swifty

ooooo mine was Chain Reaction by Diana Ross

Lucutus

Think we had this before on After Hours or something...

Mine is deadly...

The U.S. number 1 on the 1st March 1977 was New Kid in Town by The Eagles



Luc

plastic membrane

Cool. December 1st 1978, Boomtown Rats- Rattrap. I Like it...

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Im going to the bear fights tomorrow, want to come with ??

Jak

"I feel Love"

Possibly more appropriate for a wedding anniversary ..

"Looks like we made it"

Possibly more appropriate were I a twin.

Zapper

Mine is "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants.....I'm not too sure if my mother used this particular postion while giving birth or not...i'll have to ask her....

Your money or yor life.....

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I Like Jam.

Bard

Originally posted by stu_69:
{Snip}
us-->My Sharona by The Knack /)

YES! Been looking for the name of that band...

our company's called "Cyrona" you see and as an... ... there was the idea of... ... we thought that... ...

oh never mind

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MiCr0

niall
if that "plan" goes any further please never tell us, ever, under penalty of death

MiCr0

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It’s so easy to criticise

Bard

Originally posted by MiCr0:
niall
if that "plan" goes any further please never tell us, ever,

t'was a joke... chill

under penalty of death

MiCr0

From Sweden's heart, shalt thou stab at me?

ooh... the bard has spoken

{Edit:} *cough*... ok, I'll admit it, I'm Napstering "My Sharona"...

[This message has been edited by Bard (edited 27-10-2000).]

MiCr0

oh dear,
/me books a ticket home, to initate some "justice"



--david

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It’s so easy to criticise

Bard

its not for meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

it's for our mad technical director who cant stop singing it

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Cloud

Cool!

MiCr0

this is the reason that napster should be banned.
never mind that its pirated music, it give ppl access to thousands of terrible songs


MiCr0

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It’s so easy to criticise

Bard

Originally posted by Cloud:
Cool!

What am I now, eh? Some tool of the corporate branding devil...

/me shakes his weary head...

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MiCr0

LOL @ clouds gif

Bard

Originally posted by MiCr0:
LOL @ clouds gif

yeah, s'good, innit? - I wouldn't dream of using it without permission, of course

MiCr0

of course not
i've got the licence agreement right here to use the dogbert pic too. if any wants to see it just ask

MiCr0

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It’s so easy to criticise

Canaboid

UK: Hot Love - T-Rex
US: Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

Cool.

Cloud

Hehe, use away! You inspired me Bard ;-)

I got some stupid Donny Osmond song for the UK and Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack for the US, not so bad.

Now if we could have a reverse number one lookup we'd know what ages we all are!

John.
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John Breslin
Cloud Internet http://www.planetcloud.com/
cloud@eircom.net
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[This message has been edited by Cloud (edited 27-10-2000).]

Stephen

September 13th, 1982 - UK #1: Survivor - Eye of the Tiger

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- Munch

Chief

On the Evil time that was Halloween night 1977, I was spawned onto this accursed earth.. and my No.1's were:

Yes Sir I Can Boogie by Baccara

You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone

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My life as an evil creature is now complete, these 2 world renowned pieces of musical perfection will be the anthems to my decadent destruction of this world...

umm.. im not wile impressed like..

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"LOSE me.. Hate me.. SMASH me..
ERASE me.. KILL me.."

nine inch nails - eraser

|Chief|...

Bard

Originally posted by Cloud:
Hehe, use away! You inspired me Bard ;-)

Hehe... cheers...

Oh there I go inspiring someone again, eh? tchah...

cool

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redder88

I think I beat ye all in terms of true yuchness!!:

Lionel Ritchie & Diana Ross: Endless Love
Shakin Stevens: Green Door

But then again what can you expect. The charts were terrible then and are still terrible now. I mean Steps knocking U2 off the No.1 postion? Come on. For the love of sanity.

Shinji

Day I was born, John Lennon tracks all round - Imagine was No. 1 in the UK, and Just Like Starting Over was No. 1 in the USA.

I think I was born on pretty much the only day in the eighties with any taste

the fnj

On the 4th of August 1982

US #1 was The Eye of the Tiger by Survivor!

Which is cool

UK #1 was Fame by Irene Cara!

That sucks!

Take it

U.K. No.1 - Xanadu by Olivia Newton-John And The Electric Light Orchestra WHAT THE FUKK IS THAT ??

U.S. No.1 - It's Still Rock 'N Roll to Me by Billy Joel MMM don't know what that is either

darthmise

Sliver lady -David Soul
Yo ulight up my life -Debby Boone

Bard

Originally posted by Take it:
U.S. No.1 - It's Still Rock 'N Roll to Me by Billy Joel MMM don't know what that is either

You don't know that one???... sheesh... kids today, eh?

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WhiteWashMan

The U.K. number 1 on the 1st February 1974 was Tiger Feet by Mud
the U.S. number 1 on the 1st February 1974 was You're Sixteen by Ringo Starr

sooo old....

SantaHoe

The U.K. number 1 was Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless) by MASH

The U.S. number 1 was Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.

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/me cries
What a pile of toss.

Bard

Wish I could remember what date I got engaged... might be interesting to see what the #1 was that day

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MiCr0

bard,
go and ask you girlf
i'm sure she will know

MiCr0
then again she might kill you

Bard

Micro... I don't have one... it was nearly 4 years ago that I got engaged... some time in December '96 (I think), and it's all in the past now.

So it could have been...
"A different beat" by Boyzone in the UK
"Unbreak my heart" by Toni Braxton in the US

/me shrugs

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sixpack's little hat

The U.K. number 1 on the 12th July 1979 was Are 'Friends' Electric? by The Tubeway Army
The U.S. number 1 on the 12th July 1979 was Ring My Bell by Anita Ward

Hunh?

LoLth

hmmmm,

uk: Gonna Make You A Star by David Essex
us: Whatever Gets You Thru the Night by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band

regi

I was hoping for something cool but instead I got...

US: You're the One That I Want by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John

UK: Rivers Of Babylon by Boney M

Aah well, disco classics anyway

Da Bounca

UK : Seven Tears by the Goombay Dance Band


US : I Love Rock'N Roll by Joan Jett and The Blackhearts

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The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.

amp

US - (You're) Having My Baby by Paul Anka


hahahahhahahahahahahaha!!!

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Lunacy Abounds! Play GLminesweeper!

Blitzkrieger

argh

Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) by Pink Floyd

BattlingCheese

UK: Atomic-Blondie
US: Crazy Little Thing Called Love-Queen