A Valentine's treat for you all x

 

1. (1993) 2 Unlimited - No Limit [WE'VE PEAKED ALREADY :heart: :heart:]

2. (1994) D:Ream - Things Can Only Get Better

3. (1995) N-Trance - Set You Free

4. (1996) Mariah Carey - Open Arms

5. (1997) LL Cool J - Ain't Nobody

6. (1998) Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy Wit It

7. (1999) Armand van Helden feat. Duane Harden - You Don't Know Me

8. (2000) Joey Negro feat. Taka Boom - Must Be The Music

9. (2001) Usher - Pop Ya Collar

10. (2002) Flip & Fill feat. Kelly Llorenna - True Love Never Dies

11. (2003) Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - Brave New World (The Opera Song)

12. (2004) Lostprophets - Last Train Home [eep]

13. (2005) Uniting Nations - Out Of Touch

14. (2006) Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down

15. (2007) Booty Luv - Boogie 2nite

16. (2008) Scouting For Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead

17. (2009) P!nk - Sober

18. (2010) Marina and the Diamonds - Hollywood

19. (2011) Rihanna feat. Drake - What's My Name

20. (2012) Avicii - Levels

21. (2013) One Direction - Kiss You

22. (2014) Busta Rhymes feat. Q-Tip & Kanye West - Thank You

23. (2015) Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding - Outside

24. (2016) Elle King - Ex's & Oh's

25. (2017) Train - Play That Song

26. (2018) J Hus - Bouff Daddy

27. (2019) Ellie Goulding feat. Diplo & Swae Lee - Close To Me

28. (2020) KSI feat. Trippie Redd - Wake Up Call

 

A couple more to add to the pile. This is such a great concept

 

29. (2021) Glass Animals - Heat Waves

30. (2022) The Weeknd - Sacrifice

Born 20 July 1988

 

1. NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE FOR YOU - GLENN MEDEIROS

2. LONDON NIGHTS - LONDON BOYS

3. NESSUN DORMA - LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

4. NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND LOVE - HEAVY D AND THE BOYZ

5. THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND - MADONNA

6. ONE NIGHT IN HEAVEN - M PEOPLE

7. LOVE AIN'T HERE ANYMORE - TAKE THAT

8. KISS FROM A ROSE/I'M ALIVE - SEAL

9. YOU'RE MAKIN ME HIGH - TONI BRAXTON

10. G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. - CHANGING FACES

11. IMMORTALITY - CELINE DION WITH THE BEE GEES

12. IF YOU HAD MY LOVE - JENNIFER LOPEZ

13. I'LL NEVER STOP - NSYNC

14. JUXTAPOZED WITH U - SUPER FURRY ANIMALS

15. STRANGE RELATIONSHIP - DARREN HAYES

16. 21 QUESTIONS - 50 CENT

17. FRIDAY'S CHILD - WILL YOUNG

18. BLOOD - EDITORS

19. FROM PARIS TO BERLIN - INFERNAL

20. HAD ENOUGH - ENEMY

21. HEARTBREAKER - WILL I AM FT CHERYL COLE

22. MAMA DO - PIXIE LOTT

23. OMG - USHER FT WILL I AM

24. THE LAZY SONG - BRUNO MARS

25. THERE SHE GOES - TAIO CRUZ

26. WAKE ME UP - SPARK PRODUCTIONS

27. RATHER BE - CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE

28. UPTOWN FUNK - MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS

29. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU - DAVID GUETTA FT ZARA LARSSON

30. PRAYING - KESHA

31. LEAVE A LIGHT ON - TOM WALKER

32. PANINI - LIL NAS X

33. ILY (I LOVE YOU BABY) - SURF MESA FT EMILEE

34. BUTTER - BTS

35. BAD HABITS - ED SHEERAN

 

 

Not a particularly good list - I like less than half of these!

01 MASH - Theme From M*A*S*H (Suicide Is Painless)

02 Shakin' Stevens - You Drive Me Crazy (grrrrr Stand and Deliver was #1 here :( )

03 Soft Cell - Torch :wub:

04 Yazoo - Nobody's Diary :wub:

05 Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave

06 Animotion - Obsession :wub:

07 Level 42 - Lessons In Love

08 Donna Allen - Serious

09 New Order - Blue Monday '88 :wub:

10 Donna Summer - I Don't Wanna Get Hurt

11 Erasure - Star :wub:

12 Madonna - Holiday :wub:

13 Elton John - The One

14 R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts :wub:

15 The Beautiful South - Everybody's Talkin' :wub:

16 Annie Lennox - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

17 Darren Day - Summer Holiday

18 Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People :puke:

19 Natalie Imbruglia - Wishing I Was There

20 New Radicals - You Get What You Give

21 Lonestar - Amazed

22 Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag

23 Korn - Here To Stay

24 Lisa Scott-Lee - Lately :lol:

25 ATL - Calling All Girls

26 Arcade Fire - Power Out :wub:

27 Shayne Ward - No Promises

28 Enrique Iglesias - Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song)

29 Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go :wub:

30 Paolo Nutini - Candy

31 Scouting For Girls - This Ain't a Love Song

32 Jessie J - Price Tag

33 Alexandra Burke - Let It Go

34 Lumineers - Hey Ho

35 Ed Sheeran - One

36 Tove Lo - Talking Body :wub:

37 Reggie n Bollie - New Girl

38 Kygo feat Ellie Goulding - First Time

39 Dappy - Oh My

40 Lil Dicky - Earth

41 Dua Lipa - Physical :wub:

42 Kid Laroi - Without You

43 Belters Only feat Jazzy - Make Me Feel Good

 

 

All in all, not that much there that I care about... however Arcade Fire was a very nice result for 26

I think I've understood this correctly!

 

I was born on 4th August 1997 so mine looks like this:

 

01. (1998) Spice Girls - Viva Forever :wub:

02. (1999) Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca *.*

03. (2000) Five & Queen - We Will Rock You :mellow:

04. (2001) O-Town - All Or Nothing

05. (2002) S Club Juniors - Automatic High *.*

06. (2003) Benny Benassi Presents The Biz - Satisfaction

07. (2004) Usher - Burn

08. (2005) MVP - Roc Ya Body (Mic Check 1, 2)

09. (2006) Kasabian - Empire :heart:

10. (2007) Manic Street Preachers - Autumnsong

 

11. (2008) Ironik - Stay With Me

12. (2009) Jordin Sparks - Battlefield

13. (2010) Professor Green - Just Be Good To Green (feat. Lily Allen)

14. (2011) Alexandra Stan - Mr Saxobeat

15. (2012) Misha B - Home Run

16. (2013) Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash - Reload (feat. John Martin)

17. (2014) Mr Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)

18. (2015) Krept & Konan - Freak of the Week (feat. Jeremih)

19. (2016) Galantis - No Money

20. (2017) Liam Payne - Strip That Down (feat. Quavo)

 

21. (2018) A$AP Rocky - Praise The Lord (Da Shine) (feat. Skepta)

22. (2019) Lewis Capaldi - Someone You Loved

 

This peaked immediately :lol:

23. (2020) Becky Hill - Heaven On My Mind (with Sigala)

24. (2021) Mimi Webb - Dumb Love

25. (2022) Doja Cat - Vegas

Posted mine here!

New additions to mine:

 

2021 Mimi Webb - Good Without

2022 Latto - Big Energy

 

Meh. Still love this concept though!

Born 4th November 1953

 

1. 1954 My son, my son - Vera Lynn

2. 1955 Rock around the clock - Bill Haley and his Comets

3. 1956 Hound dog - Elvis Presley

4. 1957 Tammy - Debbie Reynolds

5. 1958 Certain smile - Johnny Mathis

6. 1959 ('Til) I kissed you - Everly Brothers

7. 1960 Lucille / So sad (to watch good love go bad) - Everly Brothers (2)

8. 1961 Take five - Dave Brubeck Quartet

9. 1962 Sherry - Four Seasons

10.1963 Then he kissed me - Crystals

11.1964 When you walk in the room - Searchers

12.1965 Positively 4th street - Bob Dylan

13.1966 If I were a carpenter - Bobby Darin

14.1967 There is a mountain - Donovan

15.1968 Listen to me - Hollies

16.1969 Space oddity - David Bowie

17.1970 New world in the morning - Roger Whittaker

18.1971 Superstar / For all we know - Carpenters

19.1972 I'm stone in love with you - Stylistics

20.1973 Caroline - Status Quo

21.1974 Too good to be forgotten - Chi-Lites

22.1975 Darlin' - David Cassidy

23.1976 Without you (1976) - Nilsson

24.1977 Turn to stone - Electric Light Orchestra

25.1978 Respectable - Rolling Stones

26.1979 I don't want to be a freak - Dynasty

27.1980 Love x love - George Benson

28.1981 Bedsitter - Soft Cell

29.1982 State of independence - Donna Summer

30.1983 Love will tear us apart (1983) - Joy Division

31.1984 I won't run away - Alvin Stardust

32.1985 Bring on the dancing horses - Echo and the Bunnymen

33.1986 Sometimes - Erasure

34.1987 Dance little sister - Terence Trent d'Arby

35.1988 Take a look - Level 42

36.1989 7 o'clock - Quireboys

37.1990 Megamix - Technotronic

38.1991 Me in time - Charlatans

39.1992 Gold - East 17

40.1993 Never - Jomanda

41.1994 Steam - East 17 (2)

42.1995 I'll always be around - C&C Music Factory

43.1996 Loungin' - LL Cool J

44.1997 Deadweight - Beck

45.1998 You got me - Christian Fry

46.1999 Glory of the 80's - Tori Amos

47.2000 October swimmer - JJ72

48.2001 Gettin' into u - W.O.S.P.

49.2002 Got to have your love - Liberty X

50.2003 Someday - Nickelback

51.2004 Baby cakes - 3 of a Kind

52.2005 Just friends - Nine Black Alps

53.2006 Love don't let me go (walking away) - David Guetta vs The Egg

54.2007 Kill (rebirth) - 30 Seconds to Mars

55.2008 Paper planes - Mia

56.2009 Face drop - Sean Kingston

57.2010 Broken arrow - Pixie Lott

58.2011 Bring me to life - Evanescence

59.2012 Backtrack - Rebecca Ferguson

60.2013 Get lucky - Daft Punk

61.2014 Sky full of stars - Coldplay

62.2015 Omen - Disclosure

63.2016 False alarm - Matoma and Becky Hill

64.2017 Congratulations - Post Malone and Quavo

65.2018 Homerton B - Unknown T

66.2019 Both - Headie One

67.2020 Ginger - Wizkid

68.2021 Blinding lights - Weeknd

 

Some artists are unknown to me; I got lucky with 2013, one of my all time favourites; and also with 3 Everly Brothers' songs, they set the harmony standards for many of the 60's groups, including the Beatles. Ended with a good song too.

 

5th June 1987 and the song which was #1 on the day I was born was Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)

 

1. (1988) Wet Wet Wet - With A Little Help From My Friends/Billy Bragg - She’s Leaving Home

2. (1989) Cliff Richard - The Best Of Me

3. (1990) Chad Jackson - Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked)

4. (1991) Beverley Craven - Promise Me

5. (1992) Richard Marx - Hazard

6. (1993) George Michael, Queen & Lisa Stansfield - Five Live (EP)

7. (1994) Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Fabulous

8. (1995) Ali Campbell - That Look In Your Eye

9. (1996) JX - There’s Nothing I Won’t Do

10. (1997) Toby Bourke & George Michael - Waltz Away Darling

11. (1998) Bus Stop featuring Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting

12. (1999) TLC - No Scrubs

13. (2000) Mikey Graham - You’re My Angel

14. (2001) Sunshine Anderson - Heard It All Before

15. (2002) Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

16. (2003) Love Inc - Broken Bones

17. (2004) Natasha Bedingfield - Single

18. (2005) Ben Adams - Sorry

19. (2006) Stan Boardman - Stan’s World Cup Song

20. (2007) Linkin Park - What I’ve Done

21. (2008) Nelly featuring Fergie - Party People

22. (2009) Deadmau5 & Kaskade - I Remember

23. (2010) Taio Cruz featuring Kesha - Dirty Picture

24. (2011) Jessie J featuring B.o.B - Price Tag

25. (2012) Skrillex featuring Sirah - Bangarang

26. (2013) Imagine Dragons - Radioactive

27. (2014) Tove Lo - Stay High

28. (2015) Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J - She Knows

29. (2016) Blonde featuring Craig David - Nothing Like This

30. (2017) Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

31. (2018) Tom Walker - Leave A Light On

32. (2019) Digga D - No Diet

33. (2020) Niko B - Who’s That What’s That

34. (2021) Years & Years - Starstruck

35. (2022) Aitch & Ashanti - Baby

Edited August 11, 20222 yr by Hadji

attempt 2 let's go.

 

My 0th birthday #1 is 2nd best Boyzone member with Life is a Rollercoaster

 

01. (2001) Robbie Williams - Eternity/The Road to Mandalay (ofc I have to have him)

02. (2002) Scooter - The Logical Song (idk ha)

03. (2003) Pink feat. William Orbit - Feel Good Time (good but not one of her best)

04. (2004) J-Kwon - Tipsy (idk ha and I nearly got Rachel Stevens or Jamelia :( )

05. (2005) Charlotte Church - Crazy Chick (BOP but I had Since U Been Gone either-side which is in my top 10 songs of all time so ugh - SUBG remains superior but the way I've become reobssesed with crazy chick this decade & it's probs in my top 100 of all time so I am fully here for this choice now x)

06. (2006) Paolo Nutini - Last Request (okay)

07. (2007) Enrique Iglesias - Do You Know (The Ping Pong Song) :heart: (YASSSS an iconic classic)

08. (2008) Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me :wub: :wub: :wub: (YASSSSSSS one of my fave songs of all time, I still listen to it regularly)

09. (2009) Agnes - Release Me :wub: :wub: :wub: (YASSSSS 3 in a row!! all time fave)

10. (2010) 30H!3 feat. Kesha - My First Kiss (okay but all the songs around it are so much better :/)

 

11. (2011) Adele - Set Fire to the Rain :heart: (one of ha best)

12. (2012) Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe :wub: :wub: (YASSS all time classic and fave <3)

13. (2013) Iggy Azalea - Bounce (a BOP and so underrated, but I was one place off Taylor :(( )

14. (2014) Jason Derulo feat. Snoop Dogg - Wiggle (one of the worst songs of the decade but considering I would have All of Me if I was one year younger, I'll take it.)

15. (2015) Krept & Konan feat. Jeremih - Freak of the Week (not massive on this but both artists have way worse & I can bop to this in a club)

16. (2016) Ariana Grande - Into You :heart: :heart: (pop HEAVEN <3)

17. (2017) Jason Derulo & Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla Sign - Swalla (no thx)

18. (2018) Xxxtentacion - Sad (Jesus Christ no ew the worst yet)

19. (2019) Dominic Fike - 3 Nights (a great bop but I nearly had Taylor again :(( )

this is mostly good acc!

 

20. (2020) Nathan Dawe ft. Jaykae - Flowers (no thank u, nearly had queen Ava as well :cry: but then on the other hand I nearly had this city which is somehow even worse than flowers)

21. (2021) Mimi Webb - Dumb Love (bop tbh)

22. (2022) Metallica - Master of Puppets (no thank u x tho tbf most the songs around it are trash anyway)

My Birthday is 27-01-2004

 

1st: Ciara ft. Petey Pablo - Goodies [#1]

2nd: Notorious B.I.G/Nelly/Diddy - Nasty Girl [#1²]

3rd: View - Same Jeans

4th: Rihanna - Don't Stop the Music

5th: Saturdays - Issues

6th: Example - Won't Go Quietly

7th: Rihanna ft. Drake - What's My Name [#1]

8th: Pixie Lott - Kiss the Stars

9th: James Arthur - Impossible [#1³]

10th: Vance Joy - Riptide

11th: Sia - Elastic Heart

12th: Craig David & Big Narstie - When the Bassline Drops

13th: Neiked - Sexual

14th: Sigrid - Strangers

15th: Gesaffelstein ft. The Weeknd - Lost in the Fire

16th: Lewis Capaldi - Bruises

17th: Taylor Swift - Willow

18th: Adele - Oh My God

 

Haven't had a #1 since I was 9, closest was this year where OMG went #2, wonder if I'll get a #1 ever again

Number 1 when I was born (26-08-1989): Jive Bunny, "Swing The Mood" (I mean FFS)

 

1st: Bombalurina - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini (I mean I obviously did something wrong in a previous life to have two crap novelty records at the top both ends of my first year on earth)

2nd: Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy (FFS)

3rd: Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart (FFS with a mullet)

4th: Urban Cookie Collective - The Key The Secret (TUNE)

5th: China Black - Searching (not heard this one)

6th: Clock - Everybody (wasn't a Clock fan. Next)

7th: Los Del Rio - Macarena (it's no Saturday Night)

8th: Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Now THIS is more like it. Classic)

9th: Embrace - My Weakness Is None Of Your Business (meh)

10th: Apollo 440 - Stop The Rock (not my favourite of theirs. I prefer "Ain't Talkin' Bout Dub" more)

11th: Ronan Keating - Life Is A Rollercoaster (OK I'll take this one, it's one of his better solo singles)

12th: Robbie Williams - Eternity / The Road To Mandalay (Eternity is one of Robbie's best singles for me, I'll take this one)

13th: Will Smith feat. Tra Knox - Black Suits Comin (Nod Ya Head) (Not a patch on the original Men In Black. Bit shouty and not much cop)

14th: D Kay & Epsilon feat. Stamina MC - Barcelona (I LOVED this one!)

15th: D12 - How Come (Eminem having beef with the members of D12 who are not him. Next)

16th: Eminem - Ass Like That (Eminem having ass. Presumably not with the members of D12 who are not him. Next)

17th: Paolo Nutini - Last Request (this was quite gorgeous. I'll take this one)

18th: Eve - Tambourine (oooh this was a tune, forgot about this one)

19th: Nelly feat. Akon & Ashanti - Body On Me (meh)

20th: Bloc Party - One More Chance (I prefer "Banquet" more)

21st: Usher feat. Pitbull - DJ Got Us Falling In Love (meh)

22nd: Nicole Scherzinger - Wet (prefer "Your Love" or "Don't Hold Your Breath" more)

23rd: Cheryl - Under The Sun (meh. If this was "Call My Name" I'd be having no complaints)

24th: Arctic Monkeys - Why D'Ya Only Call Me When You're High? (Not really an Arctic Monkeys fan. Next)

25th: Oliver Heldens and Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive) (Could take or leave it)

26th: Skrillex & Diplo feat. Justin Bieber - Where Are U Now (not listening to this for starters. Boom tish)

27th: Adele - Send My Love To Your New Lover (I'll pass)

28th: Drake - Signs (meh)

29th: Martin Garrix feat. Khalid - Oceans (meh)

30th: Normani - Motivation (better than anything Fifth Harmony ever did, although this still isn't much cop)

31st: Kygo & Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It (the original is better)

32nd: KSI and Lil' Wayne - Lose (meh)

 

To summise: the great British public have mostly given me aural s**** for my birthday. There aren't enough slow claps to signify my feelings on this.

2001 (born, my birthday #1 was Can’t Get You Out Of My Head which I think is the biggest possible win :heart: )

2002 (1) Will Young & Gareth Gates - The Long And Winding Road / Suspicious Minds

2003 (2) The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love

2004 (3) Nelly - My Place / Flap Your Wings

2005 (4) Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To

2006 (5) Justin Timberlake - SexyBack

2007 (6) Plain White T’s - Hey There Delilah

2008 (7) James Morrison - You Make It Real

2009 (8) Madonna - Celebration

2010 (9) Shontelle - Impossible

2011 (10) Will Young - Jealousy

2012 (11) Little Mix - Wings

2013 (12) Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness

2014 (13) Power Music Workout - All About That Bass (guessing this is one of those cover versions that used to chart before official releases? what a great birthday present )

2015 (14) Martin Solveig & GTA - Intoxicated

2016 (15) Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons - Sucker For Pain

2017 (16) J Balvin - Mi Gente

2018 (17) Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes

2019 (18) Post Malone ft. Young Thug - Goodbyes

2020 (19) BTS - Dynamite

2021 (20) Digga D ft. Arrdee - Wasted

 

Overall a pretty meh list, Lana is an easy fave!

Power Music Workout :cheeseblock: iirc that actually got played on the chart show and all. (They usually just played the proper songs when those fake versions entered the top 40 but I think that one was an exception).

 

1992 X

(1) 1993 : Gabrielle - Dreams

(2) 1994 : All 4 One - I Swear

(3) 1995 : U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

(4) 1996 : Kula Shaker - Tattva

(5) 1997 : The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

(6) 1998 : Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

(7) 1999 : Britney Spears - Sometimes

(8) 2000 : Girl Thing - Last One Standing

(9) 2001 : S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin'

(10) 2002 : Liberty X - Just A Little

(11) 2003 : Jennifer Ellison - Baby I Don't Care

(12) 2004 : Phixx - Wild Boys

(13) 2005 : Stereophonics - Superman

(14) 2006 : Kooks - She Moves In Her Own Way

(15) 2007 : Hellogoodbye - Here (In your Arms)

(16) 2008 : Glasvegas - Geraldine

(17) 2009 : Tinchy Stryder Ft N Dubz - Number 1

(18) 2010 : Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber - Eenie Meenie

(19) 2011 : J-Lo Ft Pitbull - On The Floor

(20) 2012 : Rita Ora Ft Tinie Tempah - R.I.P.

(21) 2013 : Rudimental Ft Ella Eyre - Waiting All Night

(22) 2014 : Secondcity - I Wanna Feel

(23) 2015 : Kygo Ft Conrad Sewell - Firestone

(24) 2016 : Chainsmokers Ft Daya - Don't Let Me Down

(25) 2017 : Ed Sheeran - Galway Girl

(26) 2018 : David Guetta Ft Sia - Flames

(27) 2019 : Young T & Bugsey Ft Aitch - Strike A Pose

(28) 2020 : Drake Ft Giveon - Chicago Freestyle

(29) 2021 : Tion Wayne - Wow

(30) 2022 : Latto Ft Mariah Carey - Big Energy

 

Meh to 2020 & 2021 songs, 'Big Energy' is fine enough albeit a bit bored now though.

 

Born 23 August 1986

 

X I Want to Wake Up With You - Boris Gardiner

1 Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

2 The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue

3 Ride On Time - Black Box

4 Tonight - New Kids on the Block

5 All for Love - Color Me Badd

6 Don’t You Want Me - Felix

7 Right Here - SWV

8 Regulate - Warren G / Nate Dogg

9 Kiss from a Rose - Seal

10 Better Watch Out - Ant & Dec

11 All Out of Love - OTT

12 The Air That I Breathe - Simply Red

13 If Ya Gettin’ Down - Five

14 Maria Maria - Santana

15 Love You Anyway - De Nada

16 A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

17 Heaven - Jason Nevins / Holly James

18 Some Girls - Rachel Stevens

19 Love Me Like You - Magic Numbers

20 Sleepwalking - Maria Lawson

21 How Do I Breathe - Mario

22 Take a Bow - Rihanna

23 22 - Lily Allen

24 Gold Dust - DJ Fresh

25 Cinema - Benny Benassi / Gary Go

26 Under the Sun - Cheryl Cole

27 Other Side - Jason Derulo

28 Summer - Calvin Harris

29 I Don’t Like It (I Love It) - Flo Rida

30 I Hate You (I Love You) - Gnash

31 Real Life - Duke Dumont / Gorgon City

32 2002 - Anne-Marie

33 Money in the Grave - Drake / Rick Ross

34 You Broke Me First - Tate McRae

35 By Your Side - Calvin Harris / Tom Grennan

 

Two instant observations

 

1 - Lily Allen trolling me haha

2 - The song for my 29th and 30th birthdays seemed to fit my nihilism at the time pretty well lolol

Edited May 5, 20241 yr by chartjack2

Born 23 August 1986

 

X I Want to Wake Up With You - Boris Gardiner

1 Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

2 The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue

3 Ride On Time - Black Box

4 Tonight - New Kids on the Block

5 All for Love - Color Me Badd

6 Don’t You Want Me - Felix

7 Right Here - SWV

8 Regulate - Warren G / Nate Dogg

9 Kiss from a Rose - Seal

10 Better Watch Out - Ant & Dec

11 All Out of Love - OTT

12 The Air That I Breathe - Simply Red

13 If Ya Gettin’ Down - Five

14 Maria Maria - Santana

15 Love You Anyway - De Nada

16 A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton

17 Heaven - Jason Nevins / Holly James

18 Some Girls - Rachel Stevens

19 Love Me Like You - Magic Numbers

20 Sleepwalking - Maria Lawson

21 How Do I Breathe - Mario

22 Take a Bow - Rihanna

23 22 - Lily Allen

24 Gold Dust - DJ Fresh

25 Cinema - Benny Benassi / Gary Go

26 Under the Sun - Cheryl Cole

27 Other Side - Jason Derulo

28 Summer - Calvin Harris

29 I Don’t Like It (I Love It) - Flo Rida

30 I Hate You (I Love You) - Gnash

31 Real Life - Duke Dumont / Gorgon City

32 2002 - Anne-Marie

33 Money in the Grave - Drake / Rick Ross

34 You Broke Me First - Tate McRae

35 By Your Side - Calvin Harris / Tom Grennan

 

Two instant observations

 

1 - Lily Allen trolling me haha

2 - The song for my 29th and 30th birthdays seemed to fit my nihilism at the time pretty well lolol

0. (2000) Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (#1 the week I was born)

1. (2001) Roger Sanchez - Another Chance

2. (2002) Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way

3. (2003) Fast Food Rockers - Fast Food Song

4. (2004) McFly - Obviously

5. (2005) Audio Bully’s ft. Nancy Sinatra - Shot You Down

6. (2006) Automatic - Monster

7. (2007) Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate

8. (2008) Rihanna - Take a Bow

9. (2009) Pixie Lott - Mama Do

10. (2010) Eminem - Not Afraid

11. (2011) Vato Gonzalez/Foreign Beggars - Badman Riddim (Jump)

12. (2012) Labrinth - Express Yourself

13. (2013) Jessie J/Big Sean/Dizzee Rascal - Wild

14. (2014) 5 Seconds of Summer - Don’t Stop

15. (2015) Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth - See You Again

16. (2016) Jonas Blue ft. JP Cooper - Perfect Strangers

17. (2017) Jason Derulo/Nicki Minaj/Ty Dolla $ign - Swalla

18. (2018) Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams

19. (2019) Shawn Mendes - If I Can’t Have You

20. (2020) Blackpink - How You Like That

21. (2021) Olivia Rodrigo - Favorite Crime

22. (2022) Harry Styles - Music for a Sushi Restaurant

 

The last decade has been pretty bloody awful! Soulmate is probably my favourite of the bunch

BORN: George Michael + Aretha Franklin - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

 

1 (1988) Kylie Minogue - I Should Be So Lucky (I'm a year older than my fave's UK music career!)

2 (1989) Simple Minds - Belfast Child

3 (1990) Technotronic feat. Ya Kid K - Get Up (Before the Night is Over)

4 (1991) Oleta Adams - Get Here

5 (1992) The Temptations - My Girl

6 (1993) East 17 - Deep

7 (1994) Cappella - Move On Baby

8 (1995) Nicki French - Total Eclipse of the Heart (good god)

9 (1996) Etta James - I Just Want to Make Love to You

10 (1997) Blueboy - Remember Me

11 (1998) Usher - You Make Me Wanna...

12 (1999) Tatyana Ali feat. Will Smith - Boy You Knock Me Out

13 (2000) Daphne & Celeste - Ooh Stick You :mellow:

14 (2001) Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg - The Next Episode :wub:

15 (2002) Puddle of Mudd - Control

16 (2003) Jurgen Vries feat. CMC - Brave New World (The Opera Song) :wub:

17 (2004) The Strokes - Reptilia

18 (2005) Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams

19 (2006) Antony Costa - Do You Ever Think of Me? (the answer is NO. Who knew he had a solo career?)

20 (2007) The Ordinary Boys - I Luv U

21 (2008) Scouting for Girls - Elvis Ain't Dead (Quite possibly the worst band ever, they don't even have one single good song to their name)

22 (2009) Lady Gaga - Poker Face

23 (2010) Ke$ha - TiK ToK

24 (2011) Bruno Mars - Just the Way You Are

25 (2012) Swedish House Mafia + Knife Party - Antidote

26 (2013) One Direction - Kiss You (their best!)

27 (2014) The Vamps - Wild Heart

28 (2015) Echosmith - Cool Kids

29 (2016) David Guetta feat. Sia - Bang My Head

30 (2017) Schulz/Guetta/Cheat Codes - Shed a Light (????)

31 (2018) Rita Ora - Anywhere

32 (2019) George Ezra - Shotgun

33 (2020) Arizona Veraz - Roxanne

34 (2021) Dua Lipa - Levitating

35 (2022) Charli XCX & Rina Sawayama - Bed For You

 

So many of these (particularly the 90s ones) are so far from being the best representations of their respective year.

 

Do you remember Antony Costa losing out to Daz Sampson in the Eurovision heats in 2006 hahaha

My Birthday Charts

Birth Date - 26 September 1983

 

1. (1984) I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder

2. (1985) Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler

3. (1986) Word Up - Cameo

4. (1987) Causing A Commotion - Madonna

5. (1988) Lovely Day (Sunshine Mix) - Bill Withers

6. (1989) Drama - Erasure (highest new entry that week)

7. (1990) What Time Is Love - KLF

8. (1991) Peace - Sabrina Johnston

9. (1992) The Best Things In Life Are Free - Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson

10. (1993) It Must Have Been Love - Roxette (re-issue single)

11. (1994) Sweetness - Michelle Gayle

12. (1995) Something For The Rain - Bon Jovi

13. (1996) Oh What A Night - Clock

14. (1997) South Of The Border - Robbie Williams

15. (1998) Bootie Call - All Saints

16. (1999) Thursday's Child - David Bowie

17. (2000) Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) - Spiller

18. (2001) Twenty Four Seven - Artful Dodger featuring Melanie Blatt

19. (2002) Fantasy - Appleton

20. (2003) Shake Ya Tailfeather - Nelly/P Diddy/Murphy Lee

21. (2004) Tropic Island Hum - Paul McCartney

22. (2005) Don't Lie - Black Eyed Peas

23. (2006) Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - Jet

24. (2007) Love Is Gone - David Guetta ft. Chris Willis

25. (2008) Closer - Ne-Yo

26. (2009) Beat Again - JLS

27. (2010) Airplanes - BOB featuring Hayley Williams

28. (2011) Heaven - Emeli Sande

29. (2012) Payphone - Maroon 5 ft Wiz Khalifa

30. (2013) La La La - Naughty Boy and Sam Smith

31. (2014) Love Runs Out - OneRepublic

32. (2015) Where Are U Now - Skrillex & Diplo/Justin Bieber

33. (2016) False Alarm - Matoma & Becky Hill

34. (2017) Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran

35. (2018) This Is Me - Keala Settle / Greatest Showman Ensemble

36. (2019) Ritual - Tiesto/Jonas Blue/Rita Ora

37. (2020) Airplane Mode - Nines featuring NSG

38. (2021) Bad Day - Justus Bennetts

39. (2022) Hot In It - Tiesto

40. (2023) Flowers - Miley Cyrus

41. (2024) Nights Like This - The Kid LAROI

 

Edited November 4, 2024Nov 4 by adrianreavill83