Below is your personalised UK "What was the number one song on my birthday?" tracklist for January 5th since 1978.
Each of these tracks was a number one hit in UK on your birthday,
January 5th each year.
This list is currently showing #1 songs from 2002 to
2024.
Click on any song to see the video and more information.
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Spotify track listing.
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Not available on Spotify
These tracks are not currently available on Spotify:
When You Believe - Leon Jackson (#1 on 30th birthday)
River - Ellie Goulding (#1 on 42nd birthday)
Tracklist
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#1 song on birthday — 5th, January
My birthday! (1978) - Mull of Kintyre by Wings 1st birthday (1979) - Mary's Boy Child by Boney M. 2nd birthday (1980) - Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) by Pink Floyd 3rd birthday (1981) - There's No-one Quite Like Grandma by St Winifred's School Choir 4th birthday (1982) - Don't You Want Me by The Human League 5th birthday (1983) - Save Your Love by Renee and Renato 6th birthday (1984) - Only You by The Flying Pickets 7th birthday (1985) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 8th birthday (1986) - Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens 9th birthday (1987) - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town) by Jackie Wilson 10th birthday (1988) - Always on My Mind by Pet Shop Boys 11th birthday (1989) - Mistletoe and Wine by Cliff Richard 12th birthday (1990) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid II 13th birthday (1991) - Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter by Iron Maiden 14th birthday (1992) - Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen 15th birthday (1993) - I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston 16th birthday (1994) - Mr Blobby by Mr Blobby 17th birthday (1995) - Stay Another Day by East 17 18th birthday (1996) - Earth Song by Michael Jackson 19th birthday (1997) - 2 Become 1 by Spice Girls 20th birthday (1998) - Too Much by Spice Girls 21st birthday (1999) - Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You) by Chef 22nd birthday (2000) - I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun by Westlife 23rd birthday (2001) - Can We Fix It? by Bob the Builder 24th birthday (2002) - Somethin' Stupid by Robbie Williams, Nicole Kidman 25th birthday (2003) - Sound of the Underground by Girls Aloud 26th birthday (2004) - Mad World by Gary Jules 27th birthday (2005) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 20 28th birthday (2006) - That's My Goal by Shayne Ward 29th birthday (2007) - A Moment Like This by Leona Lewis 30th birthday (2008) - When You Believe by Leon Jackson 31st birthday (2009) - Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke 32nd birthday (2010) - The Climb by Joe McElderry 33rd birthday (2011) - When We Collide by Matt Cardle 34th birthday (2012) - Wherever You Are by Military Wives with Gareth Malone 35th birthday (2013) - Impossible by James Arthur 36th birthday (2014) - Happy by Pharrell Williams 37th birthday (2015) - Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson 38th birthday (2016) - A Bridge over You by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir 39th birthday (2017) - Rockabye by Clean Bandit 40th birthday (2018) - Perfect by Ed Sheeran 41st birthday (2019) - Sweet but Psycho by Ava Max 42nd birthday (2020) - River by Ellie Goulding 43rd birthday (2021) - Don't Stop Me Eatin by LadBaby 44th birthday (2022) - Sausage Rolls for Everyone by LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John 45th birthday (2023) - Last Christmas by Wham! 46th birthday (2024) - Lovin On Me by Jack Harlow