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