If you were born on Thursday 18th October, 1979 then Message in a Bottle by The Police was the UK #1 song on your birthday. The song went to number one on September 29th 1979 and stayed at the top of the charts for 3 weeks. Message in a Bottle has a 75% popularity rating on Spotify.
Since your birthday on there have been 44 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 12th birthday.
These are all of the UK songs that were number 1 in October 1979, close to your birthday. Or, view every UK number one song in the year 1979.
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#1 songs on my birthday - 18th October
My birthday! (1979): 'Message in a Bottle' by The Police
1st birthday (1980): 'Don't Stand So Close to Me' by The Police
2nd birthday (1981): 'It's My Party' by Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin
3rd birthday (1982): 'Pass the Dutchie' by Musical Youth
4th birthday (1983): 'Karma Chameleon' by Culture Club
5th birthday (1984): 'I Just Called to Say I Love You' by Stevie Wonder
6th birthday (1985): 'The Power Of Love' by Jennifer Rush
7th birthday (1986): 'Every Loser Wins' by Nick Berry
8th birthday (1987): 'You Win Again' by Bee Gees
9th birthday (1988): 'One Moment in Time' by Whitney Houston
10th birthday (1989): 'Ride on Time' by Black Box
11th birthday (1990): 'Show Me Heaven' by Maria McKee
12th birthday (1991): '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You' by Bryan Adams
13th birthday (1992): 'Sleeping Satellite' by Tasmin Archer
14th birthday (1993): 'Relight My Fire' by Take That Featuring Lulu
15th birthday (1994): 'Sure' by Take That
16th birthday (1995): 'Fairground' by Simply Red
17th birthday (1996): 'Setting Sun' by The Chemical Brothers
18th birthday (1997): 'Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight' by Elton John
19th birthday (1998): 'Girlfriend' by Billie
20th birthday (1999): 'Genie in a Bottle' by Christina Aguilera
21st birthday (2000): 'Black Coffee' by All Saints
22nd birthday (2001): 'Can't Get You out of My Head' by Kylie Minogue
23rd birthday (2002): 'The Long and Winding Road/Suspicious Minds' by Will Young, Gareth Gates
24th birthday (2003): 'Where Is the Love?' by The Black Eyed Peas
25th birthday (2004): 'Radio' by Robbie Williams
26th birthday (2005): 'Push the Button' by Sugababes
27th birthday (2006): 'America' by Razorlight
28th birthday (2007): 'About You Now' by Sugababes
29th birthday (2008): 'So What' by Pink
30th birthday (2009): 'Oopsy Daisy' by Chipmunk
31st birthday (2010): 'Forget You' by Cee Lo Green
32nd birthday (2011): 'We Found Love' by Rihanna
33rd birthday (2012): 'Diamonds' by Rihanna
34th birthday (2013): 'Counting Stars' by OneRepublic
35th birthday (2014): 'All About That Bass' by Meghan Trainor
36th birthday (2015): 'What Do You Mean?' by Justin Bieber
37th birthday (2016): 'Say You Won't Let Go' by James Arthur
38th birthday (2017): 'Rockstar' by Post Malone
39th birthday (2018): 'Funky Friday' by Dave
40th birthday (2019): 'Dance Monkey' by Tones and I
41st birthday (2020): 'Mood' by 24kGoldn
42nd birthday (2021): 'Shivers' by Ed Sheeran
43rd birthday (2022): 'Unholy' by Sam Smith and Kim Petras
44th birthday (2023): 'Paint the Town Red' by Doja Cat
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