Below is your personalised UK "What was the number one song on my birthday?" tracklist for January 5th since 1984.
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 2008 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 24th birthday)
River - Ellie Goulding (#1 on 36th birthday)
Tracklist
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#1 song on birthday — 5th, January
My birthday! (1984) - Only You by The Flying Pickets 1st birthday (1985) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 2nd birthday (1986) - Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin' Stevens 3rd birthday (1987) - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town) by Jackie Wilson 4th birthday (1988) - Always on My Mind by Pet Shop Boys 5th birthday (1989) - Mistletoe and Wine by Cliff Richard 6th birthday (1990) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid II 7th birthday (1991) - Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter by Iron Maiden 8th birthday (1992) - Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen 9th birthday (1993) - I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston 10th birthday (1994) - Mr Blobby by Mr Blobby 11th birthday (1995) - Stay Another Day by East 17 12th birthday (1996) - Earth Song by Michael Jackson 13th birthday (1997) - 2 Become 1 by Spice Girls 14th birthday (1998) - Too Much by Spice Girls 15th birthday (1999) - Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You) by Chef 16th birthday (2000) - I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun by Westlife 17th birthday (2001) - Can We Fix It? by Bob the Builder 18th birthday (2002) - Somethin' Stupid by Robbie Williams, Nicole Kidman 19th birthday (2003) - Sound of the Underground by Girls Aloud 20th birthday (2004) - Mad World by Gary Jules 21st birthday (2005) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 20 22nd birthday (2006) - That's My Goal by Shayne Ward 23rd birthday (2007) - A Moment Like This by Leona Lewis 24th birthday (2008) - When You Believe by Leon Jackson 25th birthday (2009) - Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke 26th birthday (2010) - The Climb by Joe McElderry 27th birthday (2011) - When We Collide by Matt Cardle 28th birthday (2012) - Wherever You Are by Military Wives with Gareth Malone 29th birthday (2013) - Impossible by James Arthur 30th birthday (2014) - Happy by Pharrell Williams 31st birthday (2015) - Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson 32nd birthday (2016) - A Bridge over You by Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir 33rd birthday (2017) - Rockabye by Clean Bandit 34th birthday (2018) - Perfect by Ed Sheeran 35th birthday (2019) - Sweet but Psycho by Ava Max 36th birthday (2020) - River by Ellie Goulding 37th birthday (2021) - Don't Stop Me Eatin by LadBaby 38th birthday (2022) - Sausage Rolls for Everyone by LadBaby featuring Ed Sheeran and Elton John 39th birthday (2023) - Last Christmas by Wham! 40th birthday (2024) - Lovin On Me by Jack Harlow