UK Best Selling Singles by Year (1952-present) - Statistics

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Answer Stats
Year Song Artist(s) % Correct
1997 Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight Sir Elton John
81%
1987 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley
74%
2015 Uptown Funk Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars
74%
2014 Happy Pharrell Williams
72%
2009 Poker Face Lady Gaga
72%
1992 I Will Always Love You Whitney Houston
70%
2006 Crazy Gnarles Barkley
69%
1984 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid
69%
2004 Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid 20
69%
1998 Believe Cher
65%
2013 Blurred Lines Robin Thicke/T.I./Pharrell Williams
63%
2012 Somebody That I Used To Know Gotye/Kimbra
61%
1981 Don't You Want Me The Human League
59%
2017 Shape Of You Ed Sheeran
59%
1982 Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners
57%
1983 Karma Chameleon The Culture Club
57%
2007 Bleeding Love Leona Lewis
54%
2003 Where Is The Love? The Black Eyed Peas
54%
2008 Hallelujah Alexandra Burke
52%
2020 Blinding Lights The Weeknd
50%
2000 Can We Fix It? Bob The Builder
50%
1999 ... Baby One More Time Britney Spears
48%
2011 Someone Like You Adele
48%
2010 Love The Way You Lie Rihanna/Eminem
46%
1968 What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
46%
1991 (Everything I Do) I Do It For You Bryan Adams
44%
1990 Unchained Melody The Righteous Brothers
44%
1995 Unchained Melody Robson And Jerome
44%
1958 Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
41%
1994 Love Is All Around Wet Wet Wet
39%
1971 My Sweet Lord George Harrison
39%
2016 One Dance Drake/Wizkid/Kyla
39%
1986 Don't Leave Me This Way The Communards
37%
2001 It Wasn't Me Shaggy/Rikrok
37%
1988 Mistletoe And Wine Sir Cliff Richard
37%
1977 Mull Of Kintyre/Girls' School Wings
37%
1978 Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring Boney M.
37%
1985 The Power Of Love Jennifer Rush
37%
2002 Anything Is Possible/Evergreen Will Young
35%
2005 Is This The Way To Amarillo? Tony Christie/Peter Kay
35%
2019 Someone You Loved Lewis Capaldi
35%
1996 Killing Me Softly Fugees
33%
2018 One Kiss Calvin Harris/Dua Lipa
33%
1989 Ride On Time Black Box
33%
1969 Sugar, Sugar The Archies
33%
1966 Green,Green Grass Of Home Sir Tom Jones
30%
1979 Bright Eyes Art Garfunkel
28%
1980 Don't Stand So Close To Me The Police
28%
1976 Save Your Kisses For Me Brotherhood Of Man
26%
1974 Tiger Feet Mud
26%
1963 She Loves You The Beatles
24%
1975 Bye Bye Baby Bay City Rollers
20%
1964 Can't Buy Me Love The Beatles
20%
1993 I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) Meatloaf
20%
1967 Release Me Engelbert Humperdinck
20%
1965 Tears Sir Ken Dodd
17%
1972 Amazing Grace The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band
15%
1962 I Remember You Frank Ifield
13%
1959 Living Doll Sir Cliff Richard
13%
1957 Diana Paul Anka
11%
1953 I Believe Frankie Laine
9%
1973 Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree Tony Orlando/Dawn
9%
1961 Wooden Heart Elvis Presley
9%
1960 It's Now Or Never Elvis Presley
6%
1955 Rose Marie Slim Whitman
4%
1954 Secret Love Doris Day
4%
1970 The Wonder Of You Elvis Presley
4%
1952 Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn
0%
1956 I'll Be Home Pat Boone
0%
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