| W/E |
Artist |
Song |
Weeks at No.1 |
Comments |
18th Jan |
Tori Amos |
Professional Widow (It's
Got To Be Big) |
1 |
Only UK No 1 for this US
folk-style singer who had two Top 10 hits in
1994, gaining cult popularity. |
25th Jan |
White Town |
Your Woman |
1 |
This was the individual Jyoti
Mishra, who created the hit in his bedroom. It
was his only No 1. |
1st Feb |
Blur |
Beetlebum |
1 |
A 2nd and last UK No 1 for
Blur who continued to have hits for the rest
of the decade. |
8th Feb |
LL Cool J |
Ain't Nobody |
1 |
This New Yorker was the first
solo rapper to reach the UK Top 10 in 1987. Another
10 years and he got his only UK No 1 with this
song. |
15th Feb |
U2 |
Discotheque |
1 |
A 3rd UK No 1 for U2 who were,
by this time, an internationally renown stadium
band. |
22nd Feb |
No Doubt |
Don't Speak |
3 |
1st UK No 1 for this Californian
band led by Eric Stefani, with lead vocals by
his sister Gwen. |
15th Mar |
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3 |
They set a new record with
this single, becoming the first act ever to
have their first 4 singles reach No 1. |
5th Apr |
Chemical Brothers |
Block Rockin' Beats |
1 |
Second successive No 1, which
also won a US Grammy award for best rock instrumental. |
12th Apr |
R Kelly |
I Believe I Can Fly |
3 |
R&B singer from Chicago,
who was in demand from other performers for songs
and production work. This hit featured
in the film "Space Jam". |
3rd May |
Michael Jackson |
Blood On The Dance Floor |
1 |
A 7th and final UK No 1 of
the 20th century for Jackson with this
track taken from his album of the same name. |
10th May |
Gary Barlow |
Love Won't Wait |
1 |
He was trying to create a more sophisticated
image than in his Take That days, but was loosing
some fans as a result. This became his 2nd and
last UK No 1. |
17th May |
Olive |
You're Not Alone |
2 |
Only UK No 1 for this UK band with lead singer
Ruth-Ann Boyle, and Tim Kellett who was previously
with Simply Red. |
31st May |
Eternal featuring Bebe Winans |
I Wanna Be The One |
1 |
Only UK No 1 for this London-based soul trio
(at the time of this hit), who won several music
awards. |
7th Jun |
Hanson |
Mmmbop |
3 |
Only UK No 1 for this US teenage act with a
13-year-old lead singer. |
28th Jun |
Puff Daddy & Faith Evans |
I'll Be Missing You |
6 |
Puff Daddy is New Yorker Sean Combs, who as
a rapper and producer has won many awards. The
song is the re-titled Police No 1 "Every Breath
You Take" (1983). |
19th Jul |
Oasis |
D'you Know What I Mean |
1 |
A 3rd UK No 1 for Oasis with the first single
from their third album "Be
Here Now". |
16th Aug |
Will Smith |
Men In Black |
4 |
A 2nd UK No 1 for Will. This was the theme from
the movie of the same name, in which he starred. |
13th Sep |
Verve |
The Drugs Don't Work |
1 |
Formed in Wigan, Lancashire in 1990 with lead
vocalist Richard Ashcroft. They had a strong cult
following until Ashcroft went solo in 2000. |
20th Sep |
Elton John |
Candle In The Wind 97 / Something
About The Way You Look Tonight |
5 |
This was a re-write of his 1974 hit about Marilyn
Monroe. This version was raising funds for the
Diana, Princess of Wales charity, following her
death in Paris. This, his 4th UK No 1 went on to
become the biggest selling single in the world
ever. |
25th Oct |
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1 |
This latin-flavoured hit, taken from their second
album "Spiceworld", broke their own record, and
their first five singles had now made No 1. |
1st Nov |
Aqua |
Barbie Girl |
4 |
A 1st UK No 1 for this Danish Euro-pop outfit
with cartoonist video and stage presentations. |
29th Oct |
Various Artists |
Perfect Day |
3 |
Collaboration of 29 stars, fund raising for the
BBC Children In Need charity. The song was originally
written and recorded in 1973 by Lou Reed, who opened
and closed this version. |
13th Dec |
Teletubbies |
Teletubbies Say Eh-oh! |
2 |
This was the theme song from the BBC's tiny
tots' TV programme, "Teletubbies", much loved by
toddlers and students alike. |
27th
Dec |
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2 |
Another new record for the Spice Girls as their
first six singles made the No 1 spot, but their
next release would stall at No 2. |
