Bohemian Rhapsody is the UK's Favourite Number One Single!
ITV is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first ever UK singles chart with a new 3-part TV series The Nation's Favourite Number One Single.
From The Beatles and Beyonce to Blondie, Kylie and Queen… these are songs that cross class, race and age divides – songs that have united Britain from 1952-2012.
1 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 2 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 3 Adele - Someone Like You 4 Oasis - Don’t Look Back In Anger 5 The Beatles - Hey Jude 6 John Lennon - Imagine 7 Britney Spears - …Baby One More Time 8 Abba - Dancing Queen 9 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You 10 Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 11 Take That - Back For Good 12 The Human League - Don't You Want Me 13 Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 14 Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You 15 David Bowie - Space Oddity 16 Madonna - Like a Prayer 17 Spice Girls - Wannabe 18 Soft Cell - Tainted Love 19 Blondie - Heart Of Glass 20 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas 21 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 22 George Michael - Careless Whisper 23 Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Crazy In Love 24 The Police - Every Breath You Take 25 Elton John - Candle In The Wind 1997 26 Procul Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale 27 Abba - The Winner Takes It All 28 Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful Worl 29 Madona - Vogue 30 The Kinks - You Really Got Me 31 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 32 Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella 33 The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 34 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 u 35 Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive 36 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 37 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 38 The Jam - Going Underground 39 Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock 40 Adam AND The Ants - Stand And Deliver 41 Rod Stewart - Maggie May 42 The Righteous Brother - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 43 Eminem - Stan 44 Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand 1963 (Brian) 45 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 46 The Animals - House of The Rising Sun (Brian and Roger) 47 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 48 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 49 Ben E King - Stand By Me 50 R Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly 1991 51 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work 52 The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go 53 Coolio ft L.V. - Gangsta's Paradise 54 10cc - I'm Not In Love 55 The Prodigy - Firestarter 56 The Streets - Dry Your Eyes 57 Fugees - Killing Me Softly 58 Slade - Merry Christmas Everybody 59 Ian Drury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 60 Dizzy Rascal - Bonkers
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