Below is your personalised UK "What was the number one song on my birthday?" tracklist for August 17th since 1979.
Each of these tracks was a number one hit in UK on your birthday,
August 17th each year.
This list is currently showing #1 songs from 2003 to
2024.
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Tracklist
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#1 song on birthday — 17th, August
My birthday! (1979) - I Don't Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats 1st birthday (1980) - The Winner Takes It All by ABBA 2nd birthday (1981) - Green Door by Shakin' Stevens 3rd birthday (1982) - Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners 4th birthday (1983) - Give It Up by KC and the Sunshine Band 5th birthday (1984) - Two Tribes by Frankie Goes to Hollywood 6th birthday (1985) - Into the Groove by Madonna 7th birthday (1986) - The Lady in Red by Chris de Burgh 8th birthday (1987) - I Just Can't Stop Loving You by Michael Jackson 9th birthday (1988) - The Only Way Is Up by Yazz and the Plastic Population 10th birthday (1989) - Swing the Mood by Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers 11th birthday (1990) - Turtle Power by Partners in Kryme 12th birthday (1991) - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You by Bryan Adams 13th birthday (1992) - Rhythm Is a Dancer by Snap! 14th birthday (1993) - Living on My Own by Freddie Mercury 15th birthday (1994) - Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet 16th birthday (1995) - Never Forget by Take That 17th birthday (1996) - Wannabe by Spice Girls 18th birthday (1997) - Men in Black by Will Smith 19th birthday (1998) - No Matter What by Boyzone 20th birthday (1999) - When You Say Nothing at All by Ronan Keating 21st birthday (2000) - Rock DJ by Robbie Williams 22nd birthday (2001) - Eternal Flame by Atomic Kitten 23rd birthday (2002) - Colourblind by Darius 24th birthday (2003) - Breathe by Blu Cantrell 25th birthday (2004) - Thunderbirds / 3am by Busted 26th birthday (2005) - You're Beautiful by James Blunt 27th birthday (2006) - Hips Don't Lie by Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean 28th birthday (2007) - The Way I Are by Timbaland 29th birthday (2008) - I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry 30th birthday (2009) - Never Leave You by Tinchy Stryder 31st birthday (2010) - Beautiful Monster by Ne-Yo 32nd birthday (2011) - Swagger Jagger by Cher Lloyd 33rd birthday (2012) - Heatwave by Wiley Featuring MS D 34th birthday (2013) - We Can't Stop by Miley Cyrus 35th birthday (2014) - Am I Wrong by Nico & Vinz 36th birthday (2015) - Drag Me Down by One Direction 37th birthday (2016) - Cold Water by Major Lazer 38th birthday (2017) - Feels by Calvin Harris 39th birthday (2018) - In My Feelings by Drake 40th birthday (2019) - Senorita by Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello 41st birthday (2020) - Head & Heart by Joel Corry 42nd birthday (2021) - Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran 43rd birthday (2022) - Afraid to Feel by LF System 44th birthday (2023) - Sprinter by Dave and Central Cee