Christmas Number One Uk 1984

All number 1s are special but the festive chart topper is the ultimate prize.
Christmas number one uk 1984. The 1983 christmas number one an a capella cover of yazoo s only you by the flying pickets remained at number one for the first week of 1984. Originally broadcast 11 december 1984. A timeline of all united kingdom uk number one no 1 music singles for the year 1984 including date artist and title of song. Probably the most iconic and of it s time christmas song band aid super group took the christmas number one spot in 1984 with do they know it s christmas.
Duran duran wham culture club spandau ballet and frankie goes to hollywood dominated the chart. Winifred s school choir there s no one quite like grandma. Cyndi lauper frankie goes to hollywood madonna prince and the smiths were among the many artists who achieved their first uk charting top 10 single in 1984. Let s look back at every official christmas number 1 single in the uk.
This clip is from bbc news. Official singles chart top 100 16 december 1984 22 december 1984 the official uk top 40 chart is compiled by the official charts company based on official sales of sales of downloads cd vinyl. Has reached number one in the uk singles charts. The official uk singles chart began in 1952 after appearing in the new musical express.
Before 1987 they were released on a tuesday due to the need for manual calculation. The following record labels had five or more number ones on the uk singles chart during the 1980s. Additionally adam ant and boy george each had one solo number one hit and two number one hits as lead singers of bands adam and the ants and culture club respectively totalling three number one hits each. Number one christmas songs in the uk.
Here is a complete list of the number one christmas songs for the entire decade and some of the stories behind them. Band aid is number one 1984. Do they know it s christmas. If only all these amazing acts could come together to record one enormous hit single together what a record that would be.