Below is your personalised UK "What was the number one song on my birthday?" tracklist for January 8th since 1987.
Each of these tracks was a number one hit in UK on your birthday,
January 8th each year.
This list is currently showing #1 songs from 2011 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:
Against All Odds - Steve Brookstein (#1 on 18th birthday)
When You Believe - Leon Jackson (#1 on 21st birthday)
River - Ellie Goulding (#1 on 33rd birthday)
Tracklist
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#1 song on birthday — 8th, January
My birthday! (1987) - Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town) by Jackie Wilson 1st birthday (1988) - Always on My Mind by Pet Shop Boys 2nd birthday (1989) - Especially for You by Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan 3rd birthday (1990) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid II 4th birthday (1991) - Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter by Iron Maiden 5th birthday (1992) - Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen 6th birthday (1993) - I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston 7th birthday (1994) - Twist and Shout by Chaka Demus & Pliers 8th birthday (1995) - Stay Another Day by East 17 9th birthday (1996) - Earth Song by Michael Jackson 10th birthday (1997) - 2 Become 1 by Spice Girls 11th birthday (1998) - Too Much by Spice Girls 12th birthday (1999) - Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You) by Chef 13th birthday (2000) - I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun by Westlife 14th birthday (2001) - Can We Fix It? by Bob the Builder 15th birthday (2002) - Somethin' Stupid by Robbie Williams, Nicole Kidman 16th birthday (2003) - Sound of the Underground by Girls Aloud 17th birthday (2004) - Mad World by Gary Jules 18th birthday (2005) - Against All Odds by Steve Brookstein 19th birthday (2006) - That's My Goal by Shayne Ward 20th birthday (2007) - A Moment Like This by Leona Lewis 21st birthday (2008) - When You Believe by Leon Jackson 22nd birthday (2009) - Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke 23rd birthday (2010) - The Climb by Joe McElderry 24th birthday (2011) - When We Collide by Matt Cardle 25th birthday (2012) - Paradise by Coldplay 26th birthday (2013) - Impossible by James Arthur 27th birthday (2014) - Happy by Pharrell Williams 28th birthday (2015) - Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson 29th birthday (2016) - Love Yourself by Justin Bieber 30th birthday (2017) - Rockabye by Clean Bandit 31st birthday (2018) - Perfect by Ed Sheeran 32nd birthday (2019) - Sweet but Psycho by Ava Max 33rd birthday (2020) - River by Ellie Goulding 34th birthday (2021) - Last Christmas by Wham! 35th birthday (2022) - Merry Christmas by Ed Sheeran and Elton John 36th birthday (2023) - Last Christmas by Wham! 37th birthday (2024) - Lovin On Me by Jack Harlow