Below is your personalised UK "What was the number one song on my birthday?" tracklist for July 5th since 1978.
Each of these tracks was a number one hit in UK on your birthday,
July 5th each year.
This list is currently showing #1 songs from 2002 to
2024.
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Tracklist
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#1 song on birthday — 5th, July
My birthday! (1978) - You're the One That I Want by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John 1st birthday (1979) - Are 'Friends' Electric? by Tubeway Army 2nd birthday (1980) - Crying by Don McLean 3rd birthday (1981) - One Day In Your Life by Michael Jackson 4th birthday (1982) - Happy Talk by Captain Sensible 5th birthday (1983) - Baby Jane by Rod Stewart 6th birthday (1984) - Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood 7th birthday (1985) - Frankie by Sister Sledge 8th birthday (1986) - The Edge of Heaven by Wham! 9th birthday (1987) - It's a Sin by Pet Shop Boys 10th birthday (1988) - I Owe You Nothing by Bros 11th birthday (1989) - Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) by Soul II Soul 12th birthday (1990) - Sacrifice / Healing Hands by Elton John 13th birthday (1991) - Any Dream Will Do by Jason Donovan 14th birthday (1992) - Abba-esque (EP) by Erasure 15th birthday (1993) - Dreams by Gabrielle 16th birthday (1994) - Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet 17th birthday (1995) - Unchained Melody by Robson Green & Jerome Flynn 18th birthday (1996) - Killing Me Softly by Fugees 19th birthday (1997) - I'll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy 20th birthday (1998) - 3 Lions '98 by Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds 21st birthday (1999) - 9pm (Till I Come) by ATB 22nd birthday (2000) - Spinning Around by Kylie Minogue 23rd birthday (2001) - Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink 24th birthday (2002) - A Little Less Conversation by Elvis Presley vs. JXL 25th birthday (2003) - Bring Me to Life by Evanescence 26th birthday (2004) - Obviously by McFly 27th birthday (2005) - Ghetto Gospel by 2Pac, Elton John 28th birthday (2006) - Maneater by Nelly Furtado 29th birthday (2007) - Umbrella by Rihanna 30th birthday (2008) - Closer by Ne-Yo 31st birthday (2009) - Bulletproof by La Roux 32nd birthday (2010) - California Gurls by Katy Perry 33rd birthday (2011) - Don't Wanna Go Home by Jason Derülo 34th birthday (2012) - Payphone by Maroon 5 35th birthday (2013) - Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke 36th birthday (2014) - Gecko (Overdrive) by Oliver Heldens, Becky Hill 37th birthday (2015) - Not Letting Go by Tinie Tempah 38th birthday (2016) - One Dance by Drake 39th birthday (2017) - Bridge over Troubled Water by Artists for Grenfell 40th birthday (2018) - Shotgun by George Ezra 41st birthday (2019) - I Don't Care by Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber 42nd birthday (2020) - Rockstar by DaBaby 43rd birthday (2021) - Good 4 U by Olivia Rodrigo 44th birthday (2022) - Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush 45th birthday (2023) - Sprinter by Dave and Central Cee