UK Top 100 singles 1952-2002
100 Mississippi
1975
Pussycat
UK Sales 947,000
99 Sailing
1975
Rod Stewart
955,000
98 Back For
Good
1994
Take That
959,582
97 Amazing
Grace
1972
Royal Scots Dragoon
Guards
962,000
5 Weeks at No.1
96 Wonderwall
1995
Oasis
966,940
95 Telstar
1962
Tornados
967,000
94 Ride On
Time
1989
Black
Box
973,850
93 Uptown
Girl
1983
Billy
Joel
92
Ghostbusters
1984
Ray Parker Jnr
974,001
91
Fame
1982
Irene
Cara
975,000
90 Bachelor
Boy/
1962
Cliff & The Shadows
The
Next Time
976,000
89 The Lion
Sleeps/
Tonight
1982
Tight Fit
978,000
88 Sugar,
Sugar
1969
Ron
Dante
979,000
Voice
of the Archies
87 Hit Me
With
1978
Ian Dury
Your
Rhythm Stick
&
The Blockheads
979,100
86
Especially For You
1988
Kyle & Jason
982,000
85 Torn
1997
Natalie Imbruglia
982,324
84 Under
The Moon Of Love
1976
Showaddywaddy
985,000
83 Stand &
Deliver
1981
Adam & The Ants
985,000
82 Tie A
Yellow Ribbon
1981
Dawn / Tony Orlando
988,000
81 I'd
Like To Teach The
1971
The
New Seekers
World To Sing
990,000.
80 Eye Of The
Tiger
1982
Survivor
From "Rocky lll"
990,000
79 Don't Cry
For Me/
1976
Julie
Covington
Argentina
993,000
78 Another
Brick In The/
1979
Pink
Floyd
Wall
995,000
77
Long Haired Lover/
1972
Little
Jimmy Osmond
From Liverpool
998,000
76 Blue
Monday
1988
New Order
1,001,400
75 The
Theme from/
1972
Simon
Park Orchestra
Van der Valk
1,005,500
74
Save Your Kisses for me
1976
Brotherhood Of Man
1,006,200
73
Merry Xmas Everybody
1973
Slade
1,006,500
72 Bob
The Builder
2000
I'm not joking!
Can we fix it? Yes we can!
1,008,777
71
Blue (DA BA DEE)
1999
Eiffel 65
1,023,536
70 Can't
Get You Out Of/ 2001
Kyle Minogue
My Head
1,037,235
69
Earth Song
1995
Michael Jackson
1,038,821
68
The Young Ones
1962
Cliff
& The Shadows
1,052,000
67
2 Became 1
1996
Spice
Girls
1,072,073
66
No Matter What
1998
Boyzone
1,074,192
65
Pure & Simple
2001
HearSay
1,078,434
64 Saturday
Night
1994
Whigfield
1,092,250
63
I Believe/Up On The/
1995
Robson & Jerome
Roof
1,093,972
62
I Remember You
1962
Frank
Ifield
1,096,000
61
Spaceman
1996
Babylon Zoo
1,098,880
60
Teletubbies say: Eh - Oh!
1997
Dipsy ,Laa-Laa, Tinky-Winky, Po
1,107,235
59
It's Like That
1998
Run- D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins
1,119,905
58
Stranger On The Shore 1961
Mr. Acker Bilk
1,130,000
57 Tainted
Love 1981
Soft Cell - (107 Wks in US Charts)
1,135,000
56 I
Love You Love Me Love 1973
Gary Glitter
1,140,000
55
Don't Give Up On Us 1976
David
Soul
1,145,000
54
Tragedy/Heartbeat
1998
Steps
1,150,285
53 Bright
Eyes 1978
Art
Garfunkel
"Watership Down"
1,155,000
52
The Last Waltz
1967
Engelbert
Humperdinck
1,160,000
51
Mary's Boy Child
1957
Harry
Belafonte
1,175,000
50 Heart
Of Glass
1979
Blondie
1,180,000
49
It Wasn't Me
2001 Shaggy.
Feat. Ricardo 'Rik Rak'
1,180,000
Dugent
48
Come On Eileen
1982 Dexy's
Midnight Runners
1,201,000
47 The
Green Green Grass Of Home 1966 Tom
Jones
1,205,000
46 Its
Now Or Never
1960 Elvis
Presley
1,210,000
45 Think
Twice
1994
Celine Dion
1,234,982
44
Diana
1957
Paul Anka
1,240,000
43
Gangsta's Paradise
1995
Coolio. Feat. I.V.
"Dangerous
Minds"
1,246,306
42
Never Ever
1997
All Saints
1,254,604
41 Killing
Me Softly
1996
Fugees
1,268,157
40
Wannabe
1996 Spice
Girls
1,269,841
39 My
Heart Will Go On
1998
Celine Dion
"Titanic"
1,312,551
38 Unchained
Melody
2002 Gareth
Gates
1,318,714
37 The
Power Of Love
1985 Jennifer
Rush
1,321,530
36 I
Will Always Love You
1992 Whitney
Houston
"The Bodyguard"
1,355,055
35 Release
Me
1967
Engelbert Humperdinck
1,365,000
34
Careless Whisper
1984
George Michael
1,365,995
33 YMCA
1978
Village People
1,380,000
32 Day
Tripper 1965
The Beatles
1,385,000
31 Rock
Around The Clock
1955 Bill
Haley & His Comets
1,392,000
30 THE
CARNIVAL IS OVER
1965 JUDITH
DURHAM
1,400,000 ATHOL GUY
KEITH
POTGER
BRUCE
WOODLEY
THE
SEEKERS!
29 Karma
Chameleon
1983
Culture Club
1,405,000
28 I'll Be
Missing You
1997
Puff Daddy / Faith Evans
1,409,688
27 I Feel
Fine
1964
The Beatles
1,410,000
26 Last
Christmas/Everything
1984
Wham
She
Wants
1,420,000
25 Don't You Want
Me?
1981
Human League
1,430,000
24 Baby One More Time
1999 Britney Spears
1,450,154
23 Imagine
1975 John
Lennon
1,486,581
22 Two Tribes
1984
Frankie Goes To
Hollywood
1,510,000
21 Summer Nights
1978 John
Travolta &
1,515,000 Olivia
Newton-John
20 Can't Buy
Me Love
1964
The Beatles
1,520,000
19 Tears
1965 Ken
Dodd
1,521,000
18
(Everything I Do
1991 Bryan
Adams
I
Do It For You)
Robin Hood: Prince
Of
Thieves.
1,527,824
17 Perfect
Day
1997
Various Artists
1,548,538
16 Believe
1998 Cher
1,672,108
The
biggest selling single by a Female Artist.
Earning $40,000,000 Worldwide.
15 Barbie
Girl
1997
Aqua
1,722,418
14 I Want To
Hold Your Hand
1963 The
Beatles
1,750,000
13 I Just
Called To Say/
1984
Stevie Wonder
I Love You
"Women In Red"
1,775,000
12
Evergreen/Anything/
2002
Will Young
Is Possible
1,779,938
11 Love Is
All Around
1994 Wet,
Wet, Wet
"Four Wedding & A/
Funeral"
1,783,827
10 Mary's
Boy Child -
1978 Boney
M
Oh My Lord
1,790,000
9
Unchained Melody
1995
Robson & Jerome
"Soldier, Soldier"
1,843,701
8 She
Loves You
1963
The Beatles
1,890,000
7
Relax
1983
Frankie Goes
1,910,000
To
Hollywood
6
You're The One That/
1978 John
& Olivia
I Want
1,975,000
5
Rivers Of Babylon/
1978
Bony M
Brown Girl In The Ring
1,985,000
4
Mull Of Kintyre
1977
Wings
2,050,000
3
Bohemian
Rhapsody
1975
Queen
2,130,000
2
Do
They Know It's
1984
Band Aid
Christmas
3,550,000
1
Candle In The Wind '97
1997
Elton John
(Goodbye
England's Rose)
4,864,611.
Many thanks to Sylvie!