Below is your personalised UK "What was the number one song on my birthday?" tracklist for May 22nd since 1981.
Each of these tracks was a number one hit in UK on your birthday,
May 22nd each year.
This list is currently showing #1 songs from 2005 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 5th birthday)
Ferry 'Cross the Mersey - The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney (#1 on 8th birthday)
Tracklist
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#1 song on birthday — 22nd, May
My birthday! (1981) - Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants 1st birthday (1982) - A Little Peace by Nicole 2nd birthday (1983) - TRUE by Spandau Ballet 3rd birthday (1984) - The Reflex by Duran Duran 4th birthday (1985) - 19 by Paul Hardcastle 5th birthday (1986) - The Chicken Song by Spitting Image 6th birthday (1987) - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship 7th birthday (1988) - With a Little Help from My Friends by Wet Wet Wet, Billy Bragg, Cara Tivey 8th birthday (1989) - Ferry 'Cross the Mersey by The Christians, Holly Johnson, Paul McCartney 9th birthday (1990) - Killer by Adamski 10th birthday (1991) - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) by Cher 11th birthday (1992) - Please Don't Go/Game Boy by KWS 12th birthday (1993) - All That She Wants by Ace of Base 13th birthday (1994) - Come on You Reds by Manchester United Football Squad 14th birthday (1995) - Unchained Melody by Robson Green & Jerome Flynn 15th birthday (1996) - Fastlove by George Michael 16th birthday (1997) - You're Not Alone by Olive 17th birthday (1998) - Turn Back Time by Aqua 18th birthday (1999) - You Needed Me by Boyzone 19th birthday (2000) - Don't Call Me Baby by Madison Avenue 20th birthday (2001) - It's Raining Men by Geri Halliwell 21st birthday (2002) - If Tomorrow Never Comes by Ronan Keating 22nd birthday (2003) - Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly 23rd birthday (2004) - F.U.R.B. (F**k You Right Back) by Frankee 24th birthday (2005) - Lonely by Akon 25th birthday (2006) - Crazy by Gnarls Barkley 26th birthday (2007) - Baby's Coming Back/Transylvania by McFly 27th birthday (2008) - 4 Minutes by Madonna 28th birthday (2009) - Number 1 by Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz 29th birthday (2010) - Good Times by Roll Deep 30th birthday (2011) - The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars 31st birthday (2012) - R.I.P. by Rita Ora 32nd birthday (2013) - Get Lucky by Daft Punk 33rd birthday (2014) - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) by Mr Probz 34th birthday (2015) - Cheerleader by OMI 35th birthday (2016) - One Dance by Drake 36th birthday (2017) - Despacito (Remix) by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee 37th birthday (2018) - One Kiss by Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa 38th birthday (2019) - Vossi Bop by Stormzy 39th birthday (2020) - Rockstar by DaBaby 40th birthday (2021) - Body by Tion Wayne and Russ Millions 41st birthday (2022) - As It Was by Harry Styles 42nd birthday (2023) - Miracle by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding