If you were born on Monday 17th October, 1966 then Hold Me Close by David Essex was the UK #1 song on your 9th birthday. The song went to number one on October 4th 1975 and stayed at the top of the charts for 3 weeks. Hold Me Close has a 42% popularity rating on Spotify.
Since your birthday on there have been 57 UK number one songs.
The most popular number one song on your birthday according to Spotify has been Unholy by Sam Smith and Kim Petras with a Spotify popularity score of 100%.
The song that stayed at the number one slot for the longest single run was (Everything I Do) I Do It for You by Bryan Adams which was at #1 for 16 weeks over your 25th birthday.
These are all of the UK songs that were number 1 in October 1975, close to your 9th birthday. Or, view every UK number one song in the year 1975.
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#1 songs on my birthday - 17th October
My birthday! (1966): 'Distant Drums' by Jim Reeves
1st birthday (1967): 'Massachusetts' by Bee Gees
2nd birthday (1968): 'Those Were the Days' by Mary Hopkin
3rd birthday (1969): 'Je t'aime... moi non plus' by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
4th birthday (1970): 'Band of Gold' by Freda Payne
5th birthday (1971): 'Maggie May' by Rod Stewart
6th birthday (1972): 'Mouldy Old Dough' by Lieutenant Pigeon
7th birthday (1973): 'Eye Level (Theme From The Thames TV Series Van Der Valk)' by Simon Park Orchestra
8th birthday (1974): 'Annie's Song' by John Denver
9th birthday (1975): 'Hold Me Close' by David Essex
10th birthday (1976): 'Mississippi' by Pussycat
11th birthday (1977): 'Silver Lady' by David Soul
12th birthday (1978): 'Summer Nights' by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
13th birthday (1979): 'Message in a Bottle' by The Police
14th birthday (1980): 'Don't Stand So Close to Me' by The Police
15th birthday (1981): 'It's My Party' by Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin
16th birthday (1982): 'Pass the Dutchie' by Musical Youth
17th birthday (1983): 'Karma Chameleon' by Culture Club
18th birthday (1984): 'I Just Called to Say I Love You' by Stevie Wonder
19th birthday (1985): 'The Power Of Love' by Jennifer Rush
20th birthday (1986): 'True Blue' by Madonna
21st birthday (1987): 'You Win Again' by Bee Gees
22nd birthday (1988): 'One Moment in Time' by Whitney Houston
23rd birthday (1989): 'Ride on Time' by Black Box
24th birthday (1990): 'Show Me Heaven' by Maria McKee
25th birthday (1991): '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You' by Bryan Adams
26th birthday (1992): 'Sleeping Satellite' by Tasmin Archer
27th birthday (1993): 'Relight My Fire' by Take That Featuring Lulu
28th birthday (1994): 'Sure' by Take That
29th birthday (1995): 'Fairground' by Simply Red
30th birthday (1996): 'Setting Sun' by The Chemical Brothers
31st birthday (1997): 'Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight' by Elton John
32nd birthday (1998): 'Girlfriend' by Billie
33rd birthday (1999): 'Genie in a Bottle' by Christina Aguilera
34th birthday (2000): 'Black Coffee' by All Saints
35th birthday (2001): 'Can't Get You out of My Head' by Kylie Minogue
36th birthday (2002): 'The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds' by Will Young, Gareth Gates
37th birthday (2003): 'Where Is the Love?' by The Black Eyed Peas
38th birthday (2004): 'Radio' by Robbie Williams
39th birthday (2005): 'Push the Button' by Sugababes
40th birthday (2006): 'America' by Razorlight
41st birthday (2007): 'About You Now' by Sugababes
42nd birthday (2008): 'So What' by Pink
43rd birthday (2009): 'Oopsy Daisy' by Chipmunk
44th birthday (2010): 'Forget You' by Cee Lo Green
45th birthday (2011): 'We Found Love' by Rihanna
46th birthday (2012): 'Diamonds' by Rihanna
47th birthday (2013): 'Counting Stars' by OneRepublic
48th birthday (2014): 'All About That Bass' by Meghan Trainor
49th birthday (2015): 'What Do You Mean?' by Justin Bieber
50th birthday (2016): 'Say You Won't Let Go' by James Arthur
51st birthday (2017): 'Rockstar' by Post Malone
52nd birthday (2018): 'Promises' by Calvin Harris, Sam Smith
53rd birthday (2019): 'Dance Monkey' by Tones and I
54th birthday (2020): 'Mood' by 24kGoldn
55th birthday (2021): 'Shivers' by Ed Sheeran
56th birthday (2022): 'Unholy' by Sam Smith and Kim Petras
57th birthday (2023): 'Paint the Town Red' by Doja Cat
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