2014-09-22

We know you care about the music we play – especially in “Happy Hour” between 1 and 2 pm every day when we spin smash hits from everywhere and everywhen in The Number Ones at One. And now you’re invited to help pick the number ones we play on the weekend. We’ve compiled a listed of 100 iconic chart toppers for you. All you need to do is choose one from the list and send us your request with the form below. In case you can’t find your favourite #1 on the list, you can use the form to tell us what other special song belongs on the list.

Here’s the ever hot 100:

A is for:



Africa – Toto
A Horse with No Name – America
All I Wanna Do – Sheryl Crow
American Pie – Don McLean
Another Brick in the Wall Part II – Pink Floyd

B is for:


Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Baby Love – The Supremes
Back for Good – Take That
Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
Black Velvet – Alannah Myles
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen
Brass in Pocket – Pretenders
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Deep Blue Something
Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel

C is for:


Careless Whisper – George Michael
Circle of Life – Elton John
Come On Eileen – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Conga – Miami Sound Machine

D is for:

Dancing Queen – ABBA
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
Don’t You Want Me – Human League
Down Under – Men At Work

E is for:

Every Breath You Take – The Police
(Everything I Do) I Do It For You – Bryan Adams
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor

F is for:

Footloose – Kenny Loggins

G is for:

Get Down On It – Kool & the Gang
Get Into the Groove –  Madonna
Give Me the Night – George Benson
Good Times – Chic
Good Vibrations – Beach Boys
Got My Mind Set on You – George Harrison

H is for:

Hand in My Pocket – Alanis Morissette
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother – The Hollies
Heart of Glass – Blondie
Heart of Gold – Neil Young
Hello – Lionel Richie
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Hold On – Willson Phillips
Hotel California – The Eagles
House of the Rising Sun – The Animals
How Do You Do – Roxette

I is for:

I Can’t Go for That – Hall & Oates
I Heard It Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
I Shot the Sheriff – Eric Clapton
I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
I’m a Believer – The Monkees
I’m Not in Love – 10CC
I’m Like a Bird – Nelly Furtado
Imagine – John Lennon
In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones

J is for:

Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley

K is for:

Karma Chameleon – Culture Club

L is for:

Lean on Me – Bill Withers
Let It Be – The Beatles
Like a Prayer – Madonna
Love Is All Around – Wet Wet Wet

M is for:

Maggie May – Rod Stewart

N is for:

New Sensation – INXS
Night Fever – Bee Gees
No Matter What – Boyzone
Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor
Notorious – Duran Duran

O is for:

Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison

P is for:

Part-time Lover – Stevie Wonder

R is for:

Red Red Wine – UB40
Relax – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
River of Dreams – Billy Joel
Rivers of Babylon – Boney M

S is for:

(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – Rolling Stones
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel
Space Oddity – David Bowie
Stand By Me – Ben E.King
Staying Alive – Bee Gees
Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams

T is for:

Tainted Love – Soft Cell
Take On Me – A-ha
That’s the Way I Like It – KC & the Sunshine Band
The Sweetest Taboo – Sade
There Must Be an Angel – Eurythmics
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
True – Spandau Ballet

V is for:

Valerie – Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse
Video Killed the Radio Star – Buggles

W is for:

Walking on the Moon – The Police
We Are Family – Sister Sledge
West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong Orchestra
Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
Wild Thing – The Troggs

Y is for:

YMCA – Village People
You’ll Never Walk Alone – Gerry and the Pacemakers
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – Bachman Turner Overdrive
You’re the One That I Want – Travolta/ Newton-John
You’re So Vain – Carly Simon
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – The Righteous Brothers

Pick your favourite number-one hit for the 1s@1

What is your favourite song on the above list of number-one hits?

Why is this song special to you?

Is there a number-one hit not on the list that you would love to hear?

Why is this song special to you?

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