Below is your personalised UK "What was the number one song on my birthday?" tracklist for May 21st since 1971.
Each of these tracks was a number one hit in UK on your birthday,
May 21st each year.
This list is currently showing #1 songs from 2019 to
2024.
Click on any song to see the video and more information.
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Not available on Spotify
These tracks are not currently available on Spotify:
The Chicken Song - Spitting Image (#1 on 15th birthday)
Ferry 'Cross the Mersey - The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney (#1 on 18th birthday)
Tracklist
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#1 song on birthday — 21st, May
My birthday! (1971) - Knock Three Times by Tony Orlando and Dawn 1st birthday (1972) - Metal Guru by T. Rex 2nd birthday (1973) - See My Baby Jive by Wizzard 3rd birthday (1974) - Sugar Baby Love by The Rubettes 4th birthday (1975) - Stand by Your Man by Tammy Wynette 5th birthday (1976) - Fernando by ABBA 6th birthday (1977) - I Don't Want to Talk About It by Rod Stewart 7th birthday (1978) - Rivers of Babylon by Boney M. 8th birthday (1979) - Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel 9th birthday (1980) - What's Another Year by Johnny Logan 10th birthday (1981) - Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants 11th birthday (1982) - A Little Peace by Nicole 12th birthday (1983) - TRUE by Spandau Ballet 13th birthday (1984) - The Reflex by Duran Duran 14th birthday (1985) - 19 by Paul Hardcastle 15th birthday (1986) - The Chicken Song by Spitting Image 16th birthday (1987) - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship 17th birthday (1988) - With a Little Help from My Friends by Wet Wet Wet, Billy Bragg, Cara Tivey 18th birthday (1989) - Ferry 'Cross the Mersey by The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney 19th birthday (1990) - Killer by Adamski 20th birthday (1991) - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) by Cher 21st birthday (1992) - Please Don't Go/Game Boy by KWS 22nd birthday (1993) - Five Live by George Michael & Queen 23rd birthday (1994) - Come on You Reds by Manchester United Football Squad 24th birthday (1995) - Unchained Melody by Robson Green & Jerome Flynn 25th birthday (1996) - Fastlove by George Michael 26th birthday (1997) - You're Not Alone by Olive 27th birthday (1998) - Turn Back Time by Aqua 28th birthday (1999) - I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys 29th birthday (2000) - Don't Call Me Baby by Madison Avenue 30th birthday (2001) - It's Raining Men by Geri Halliwell 31st birthday (2002) - If Tomorrow Never Comes by Ronan Keating 32nd birthday (2003) - Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly 33rd birthday (2004) - F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) by Eamon 34th birthday (2005) - Lonely by Akon 35th birthday (2006) - Crazy by Gnarls Barkley 36th birthday (2007) - Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania by McFly 37th birthday (2008) - 4 Minutes by Madonna 38th birthday (2009) - Number 1 by Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz 39th birthday (2010) - Good Times by Roll Deep 40th birthday (2011) - The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars 41st birthday (2012) - R.I.P. by Rita Ora 42nd birthday (2013) - Get Lucky by Daft Punk 43rd birthday (2014) - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) by Mr Probz 44th birthday (2015) - Cheerleader by OMI 45th birthday (2016) - One Dance by Drake 46th birthday (2017) - Despacito (Remix) by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee 47th birthday (2018) - One Kiss by Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa 48th birthday (2019) - Vossi Bop by Stormzy 49th birthday (2020) - Rockstar by DaBaby 50th birthday (2021) - Body by Tion Wayne and Russ Millions 51st birthday (2022) - As It Was by Harry Styles 52nd birthday (2023) - Miracle by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding