What song was #1 on the day you were born

Spiritinthesky · 19-07-2012 12:17PM #1

Have you ever done this?

My number #1's are:
'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon in the US
'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond in the UK
'Ben' by Michael Jackson in Australia

http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1

McChubbin · 19-07-2012 11:24PM

Heart - The Pet Shop Boys
Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car - Billy Ocean

I Should Be So Lucky - Kylie Minogue

Rothko · 20-07-2012 12:17AM

Eternal Flame - The Bangles
Like A Prayer - Madonna

Martin_ie2012 · 20-07-2012 12:30AM

Hello- Lionel Richie (UK)
Against all odds- Phil Collins (US)

Bobby Baccala · 20-07-2012 12:39AM

Killing me softly - Fugees (UK)
Tha Crossroads - Bone thugz and harmony (US)
Until it sleeps - Metallica. (AUS)

Funnily enough I'm a massive hip hop fan, weird to see 2 of the biggest hip hop hits of the 90s were number one on my birthday.

Dunny · 20-07-2012 12:44AM

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Bombalurina(UK)

Vision Of Love - Mariah Carey(US) (CA)

Epic - Faith No More(AUS)

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 20-07-2012 12:47AM

I want to know what love is - Foreigner (UK) (US)

Posy · 20-07-2012 12:52AM

Every Breath You Take- The Police

im invisible · 20-07-2012 01:03AM

steve miller band - abracadabra

chicago - hard to say i'm sorry

survivor - eye of the tiger

not bad, not bad at all

OakeyDokey · 20-07-2012 01:12AM

UK - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) - Cher
US/CAN/GER - Joyride - Roxette
AUS - Tingles EP - RatCat

Skerries · 20-07-2012 01:16AM

suspect i'll be the oldest here till the old folks wake up

Can The Can - Suzi Quatro
My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn

strobe · 20-07-2012 01:21AM

Martin_ie2012 wrote: »

Hello- Lionel Richie (UK)
Against all odds- Phil Collins (US)

Snap, also 99 luftbaloons in AUS, love that song.

daithieoghan · 20-07-2012 01:25AM

Red Red Wine -UB40 ðŸ˜’

holystungun9 · 20-07-2012 09:11AM

deccurley wrote: »

I want to know what love is - Foreigner (UK) (US)

Ha! Reads like it's some drunken racist chat up line at a country disco.

woof im a dog · 20-07-2012 10:15AM

Theme From S'Express - S'Express

wtf is that

Tarkus · 20-07-2012 05:20PM

UK - It's Almost Tomorrow - The Dreamweavers
US The Poor People Of Paris - Les Baxter
AUS Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
GER Eventuell, Eventuell - Peter Alexander & Caterina Valente
CA Didn't even have it back then...WTF

DEFTLEFTHAND · 20-07-2012 05:39PM

Groovy Kind Of Love, Phil Collins.

Mars Bar · 20-07-2012 06:08PM

UK: Back To Life (How Ever Do You Want Me) - Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler

US: Good Thing - The Fine Young Cannibals

I don't know either song.

theteal · 20-07-2012 06:12PM

UK - David Bowie, Let's Dance
US - Michael Jackson, Billie Jean

Not bad

Malice · 21-07-2012 08:41AM

losthorizon · 21-07-2012 11:25PM

UK (IF Paradise is) half as Nice - Amen Corner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foTwWg1CyWU

US Crimson & Clover - Tommy James & the Shondells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGEeneO-t0

Australia Ob-La - Di. Ob la -Da - The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJhcGepfG04

losthorizon · 21-07-2012 11:35PM

Suas11 wrote: »

Eternal Flame - The Bangles

I had a thing and still have a thing for Susanna Hoff of the Bangles. Not many people know that she wrote that song for me.:p Shes still looking well after all these years. Great pop band. My fav song of theirs was the cover of September Girls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA

Irish Guitarist · 25-07-2012 11:55AM

I guess I'm the second oldest that has replied to this

UK - Forever And Ever by Slik
US - Symphony by Freddy Martin

I'm more interested in the Irish number one though so I found a similar Irish site - http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/number_one Mamma Mia by Abba was the Irish number one on the day I was born.

Also Elvis was made a reserve for the Memphis police on the day I was born. :cool:

partyguinness · 25-07-2012 12:04PM

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Killing me softly - Fugees (UK)
Tha Crossroads - Bone thugz and harmony (US)
Until it sleeps - Metallica. (AUS)

Funnily enough I'm a massive hip hop fan, weird to see 2 of the biggest hip hop hits of the 90s were number one on my birthday.

Jaysus...I was doing my Leaving Cert that summer. Killing Me Softly was No. 1 was ages while working on a building site in Kerry.

And then came the Spice Girls.

partyguinness · 25-07-2012 12:05PM

Summer Nights- John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. (UK)
MacArthur Park- Donna Summer (US)
Three Times a Lady- The Commodores (Aus)

partyguinness · 25-07-2012 12:07PM

Oh man I am getting old. I can remember most of the songs posted here being in the charts....:(

Kwack · 25-07-2012 12:24PM

I don't wanna Dance-Eddy Grant
Truly-Lionel Richie

Some truly bad music in the 80's

Spiritinthesky · 31-07-2012 07:11PM

Yes, it does make you feel old!

Whatsernamex33 · 03-08-2012 11:18PM

Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own.

Awesome. ;P

Cruel Sun · 07-08-2012 12:46AM

UK- Doop- Doop
US- The Sign - Ace Of Base
AUS- It's Alright - East 17

Disappointed.

Roisy7 · 12-08-2012 08:44PM

UK and Ireland- Simple Minds- Belfast Child

US- Paula Abdul- Straight Up

Pretty disappointing... My mother says she remembers Waiting for A Star to Fall being big around the time I was born, it always makes her wistful! :pac:

What song was #1 on the day you were born

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