1989: Easter Sunday 26th March

The entire top 5 stayed put this week. Soul II Soul ft Caron Wheeler were number 5 with Keep On Movin', Paul Abdul was at 4 with Straight Up and Donna Summer was at number 3 with This Time I Know It's For Real. Number 2 for the second of three weeks, after two at the topspot, was Neighbours heart throb Jason Donovan with Too Many Broken Hearts. Number 1 was Madonna's controversial single Like A Prayer, with a deliberately provocative video featuring homicide, stigmata and, near the end, burning crosses.

At the time of Like A Prayer, I didn't like madonna, I havent got a clue why - but her stuff grew on me throughout the years!

Just as well she grew on you Fiesta, cos here she is again.

1990: Easter Sunday 15th April

Paula Abdul and the wild pair shot up from 17 to 5 with Opposites Attract, whilst UB40 stayed put at 4 with Kingston Town. Last week's 2 and 3 switched places, with Snap!'s The Power down to 3 and Alannah Myles up to 2 with Black Velvet. Staying at number one for a second week, in only it's third week on the chart, was Vogue by Madonna.

1991: Easter Sunday 31st March

Rod Stewart stays put at 3 with Rhythm Of My Heart. James flew up from 7 to number 2 with Sit Down, but couldn't get past the existing number one, the one and only Chesney Hawkes.

1992: Easter Sunday 19th April

Shakespear's sister dropped from 2 to 5 with Stay, and Vanessa Williams dropped one place to 4 with Save The Best For Last (remember the ads for Bisto Best?). SL2 climbed up 4 places to 3 with On A Ragga Tip. There was a new entry at number 2, the highest placed new entry ever in easter up to this point, for Iron Maiden's Be Quick Or Be Dead. Staying put for the second of three weeks at the top were Right Said Fred with Deeply Dippy.

1993: Easter Sunday 11th April

Sub Sub climbed from 10 to 4 with Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use), which featured Melanie Williams. Numbers 2 and 3 switched places with Informer by Snow now at 2 and Shaggy's Oh Carolina down to 3. Staying at the top spot was a single that originally was a hit in 1984, The Bluebells Young At Heart.

1994: Easter Sunday 3rd April

The symbol formally (and latterly) known as Prince had a new entry at 4 with Most Beautiful Girl In The World, whilst Bruce Springsteen dropped one place to 3 with Streets of Philadelphia. The eponymous single Doop also fell one place to 2, making way for the first ever new entry at number one on the easter chart, Everything Changes by Take That.

*Warning this video contains unecessary footage of Meat Loaf making an even more unnecessary gesture*

1995: Easter Sunday 16th April

In a new entry at number 4, Bryan Adams was asking Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman. The top 3 stayed put, with Bobby Brown's Two Can Play That Game at 3, and the Outhere Brothers at 2 with Don't Stop (Wiggle, Wiggle). Number One for a second easter running, were Take That with Back For Good.

1996: Easter Sunday 7th April

Take That had split in February, and there last ever single was on it's way down, so they wouldn't be making it 3 easter number ones in a row, so who was gonna do it? Mark Morrison's Return Of The Mack climbed one place to number 3 and Mark Snow's X-Files theme was staying put at 2. Staying put at the top spot was another rather controversial charttopper, about as far removed from chocolate eggs and fluffy bunnies as you could get, The Prodigy's Firstarter.

*warning this video isn't for the feint hearted, young children or members of the W.I.*

1997: Easter Sunday 30th March

The Charlatans entered the chart at 4 with North Country Boy, whilst No Doubt's Don't Speak stayed put at 3. The Spice Girls dropped one place to number 2, having tied their double A-side, Mama/Who Do You Think You Are, into both Red Nose Day and Mothers' Day they didn't quite have the steam to take easter for themselves too. Entering at the topspot for easter, The Chemical Brothers were back once again with the Block Rockin' Beats.

Edited April 7, 201312 yr by DanChartFan

1998: Easter Sunday 12th April

Celine Dion dropped one place to 3 with My Heart Will Go On, whilst Busta Rhymes was a new entry at 2 with the double A-side Turn It Up/Fire It Up. Staying put at number 1 for a fourth week, in it's fourth charting week, was Run-DMC It's Like That.

I can't find an ad-free version of the actual video or of a contemporary performance (I'm guessing they didn't actually perform it in 1998, being as it was a remix of a song from 1984), so I present for you instead a similar video of various people dancing, including a certain moonwalker

Edited April 7, 201312 yr by DanChartFan

1999: Easter Sunday 4th April

The Cartoons Witch Doctor dropped from 2 to 5. There was a new entry at 4 for the Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched and Billie Piper, Thank Abba For The Music. Also new at 3 were Phats and Smal with Turn Around, whilst number 2 was also a new entry, and chart debut, for Eminem, My Name Is. Staying put at number 1 was Mr Oizo Flat Beat.

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2000: Easter Sunday 23rd April

Three new entries in a row between 6 and 4, Truesteppers ft Dane Bowers Buggin' at 6, Toni Braxton's He Wasn't Man Enough For Me at 5 and Oasis Who Feels Love? at 4. Uniquely though for 2000 the top 3 remain unmoved, with Sisqo's Thong Song at 3, Craig David's Fill Me In at 2 and staying at number 1 Fragma ft Coco Toca's Miracle.

2001: Easter Sunday 15th April

Gabrielle is new at 4 with Out Of Reach, and Janet Jackson is new at 3 with All For You. Shaggy and Ricardo 'Rikrok' Ducent stay at 2 with It Wasn't Me, and claiming a second week at the top was Emma Bunton with What Took You So Long.

2002: Easter Sunday 31st March

Missy 'Misdemeanour' Elliott entered at 5 with 4 My People. Will Young's Anything Is Possible/Evergreen fell from 2 to 4, and because of his fall last weeks number 2 and 3 climbed a place each, back to where they had been the week before that, Shakira now at 3 with Whenever Wherever, and Ali G and Shaggy at 2 with Me Julie. Claiming a second week at number one was Gareth Gates Unchained Melody.

Edited April 7, 201312 yr by DanChartFan

2003: Easter Sunday 20th April

Blur were Out Of Time, entering at 5, and Robbie was a new entry at number 4 but had Come Undone. 50Cent stayed put at 3 In Da Club, and Madonna was a new entry at number 2 with American Life, but she couldn't dislodge the existing number one, Room 5 ft Oliver Cheetham Make Luv.

2004: Easter Sunday 11th April

There was a new entry at 3 for Twista's Slow Jamz, whilst last week's charttopper, Yeah! by Usher, dropped to two, making way for a new entry, and chart debut, at number one for McFly 5 Colours In Her Hair.

Edited April 7, 201312 yr by DanChartFan

2005: Easter Sunday 27th March

Will Smith had a new entry at 6, Switch, and as part of his weekly reissues of his 21 number ones, Elvis Presley's Return To Sender returns to the chart at 5. 50 Cent Candy Shop entered at 4 and McFly's comic relief single All About You/You've Got A Friend dropped one place to 3. Mario entered at 2 with Let Me Love You and claiming the second of seven weeks at number one was Tony Christie's Amarillo due to the comic relief video featuring Peter Kay and friends.

*warning for those of an easily offended disposition, this video features Jimmy Saville*

2006: Easter Sunday 16th April

There was a new entry at 5 for Rihanna SOS, whilst Orson stayed put at 4 with No Tomorrow. Mary J Blige's One was down two to three, and Shayne Ward had a new entry at number 2 with No Promises. It was the third of 9 weeks at the topspot for Gnarls Barkley's Crazy.

2007: Easter Sunday 8th April

Last week's 4 and 5 switch places, with Alex Gaudino ft Crystal Waters Destination Calabria now at 5 and The Fray How To Save A Life at 4. The top 3 stay put, Gwen Stefani and Akon are at 3 with The Sweet Escape and Avril Lavigne's Girlfriend at 2. Making it three weeks at number 1 were The Proclaimers ft Brian Potter and Andy Pipkin, 500 Miles, that years Comic Relief video.