UK Number Ones on this Day
28 August 2026
1 Year Ago
(2025)
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2 Years Ago
(2024)
Chase & Status & Stormzy
Backbone
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Wikipedia: "Backbone" is a song by British electronic music duo Chase & Status and rapper Stormzy. It was released on 8 August 2024 through EMI. After having been performed several times in the months leading up to the release, the song marks the first time the two acts have collaborated on record. "Backbone" entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart. Outside the United Kingdom, "Backbone" peaked within the top 10 of the charts of New Zealand. It also peaked at number 11 in Malaysia on 31 August 2024.
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3 Years Ago
(2023)
Dua Lipa
Dance The Night
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from the album Barbie the Album
Wikipedia: "Dance the Night" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from the soundtrack to the 2023 fantasy comedy film Barbie. Lipa co-wrote the song with songwriter Caroline Ailin and its producers Andrew Wyatt and Mark Ronson, with the Picard Brothers also contributing to production. Atlantic and Warner Records released the song as the soundtrack's lead single on 25 May 2023. A disco, disco-pop, and synth-pop song, it was inspired by a dance sequence in the film and is about always appearing perfect externally.
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5 Years Ago
(2021)
Ed Sheeran
Bad Habits
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from the album =
Wikipedia: "Bad Habits" is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 25 June 2021, through Asylum and Atlantic Records, as the lead single from his fourth studio album, = ("Equals"). The song marked his first solo release from an album in over four years. A limited edition CD and cassette single were also released. The song received mixed reviews from music critics, who compared its sound and style to the works of the Weeknd, as well as Bronski Beat.
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10 Years Ago
(2016)
Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MO
Cold Water
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from the album Major Lazer Essentials
Wikipedia: "Cold Water" is a song by American electronic dance music production group Major Lazer, featuring vocals from Canadian singer Justin Bieber and Danish singer MØ. The song was released on July 22, 2016, as the lead single from their debut greatest hits album, Major Lazer Essentials. It became Major Lazer's third collaboration with MØ after "Lean On" and "Lost".
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15 Years Ago
(2011)
Olly Murs
Heart Skips A Beat Ft Rizzle Kicks
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from the album In Case You Didn't Know and Right Place, Right Time (US version)
Wikipedia: "Heart Skips a Beat" is a song by English singer-songwriter Olly Murs, taken from his second studio album, In Case You Didn't Know. The song features vocals from English hip hop duo Rizzle Kicks, and was released as the album's lead single on 19 August 2011. It was written by Alex Smith, Preston, Kish Mauve and Rizzle Kicks. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted at number one with first-week sales of over 109,000 copies, becoming his second number-one single. It also served as the closing song at Murs' 2012 arena tour.
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20 Years Ago
(2006)
Beyonce Ft Jay-z
Deja Vu
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from the album B'Day
Wikipedia: "D?j? Vu" is a song by American singer-songwriter Beyonc?, featuring rapper Jay-Z. It was produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, 808-Ray and Beyonc? for her second solo album, B'Day (2006). "D?j? Vu" is an R&B song, which incorporates elements of 1970s funk and soul music. Its music is largely based on live instrumentation, including bass guitar, hi-hat and horns, except the Roland TR-808 drum machine, which is a non-live instrument. The song's title and lyrics refer to a woman being constantly reminded of a past lover.
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25 Years Ago
(2001)
Five
Let's Dance
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from the album Kingsize
Wikipedia: "Let's Dance" is the first single from English boy band Five's third studio album, Kingsize (2001). The song was written by Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes, Martin Harrington, Abz Love, Jason "J" Brown, and Sean Conlon and produced by Stannard and Gallagher. Released on 13 August 2001, "Let's Dance" charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Five's third and final number-one single, and was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The song also peaked at number two on the Irish Singles Chart and became a top-10 in hit in Australia, Flanders, Greece, and Romania.
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30 Years Ago
(1996)
Spice Girls
Wannabe
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from the album Spice
Wikipedia: "Wannabe" is the debut single by the British girl group the Spice Girls, released on 26 June 1996. It was written by the Spice Girls, Matt Rowe and Richard "Biff" Stannard and produced by Rowe and Stannard for the group's debut album, Spice, released in November 1996. The song was originally mixed by Dave Way, however the Spice Girls were not pleased with the result, and the recording was instead mixed by Mark "Spike" Stent. A dance-pop song, its lyrics address the value of female friendship over heterosexual relationships. It has since became a symbol of female empowerment and the most emblematic song of the group's girl power philosophy.
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40 Years Ago
(1986)
Boris Gardiner
I Want To Wake Up With You
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from the album Everything to Me
Wikipedia: "I Wanna Wake Up with You" is a song written by Nashville songwriter Ben Peters. It was first recorded by American country music artist and actor Mac Davis and released in March 1980. In 1986, veteran reggae artist Boris Gardiner covered this song as "I Want to Wake Up with You" (or sometimes titled as "I Wanna Wake Up with You"). Gardiner's version went to No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks in August 1986.[1] It was the third best-selling single of 1986 in the UK. It also reached number 1 in Australia.[2] and number 3 in South Africa, spending 18 weeks on the charts.[3]
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50 Years Ago
(1976)
Elton John And Kiki Dee
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
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from the album Duets
Wikipedia: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a duet by English musician Elton John and English singer Kiki Dee, released by The Rocket Record Company on 25 June 1976. It was written by John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche", respectively, and intended as an affectionate pastiche of the Motown style, notably the various duets recorded by Marvin Gaye and singers such as Tammi Terrell and Kim Weston. John and Taupin originally intended to record the song with Dusty Springfield, but ultimately withdrew the offer; Springfield's partner Sue Cameron later said this was because she was too ill at the time.
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60 Years Ago
(1966)
The Beatles
Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby
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from the album Revolver
Wikipedia: "Yellow Submarine" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with "Eleanor Rigby". Written as a children's song by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, it was drummer Ringo Starr's vocal spot on the album. The single went to number one on charts in the United Kingdom and several other European countries, and in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. It won an Ivor Novello Award for the highest certified sales of any single written by a British songwriter and issued in the UK in 1966. In the US, the song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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