Singles that have sold over 1m copies in the UK

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Singles that have sold over 1m copies in the UK

 

"Candle In The Wind '97" - Elton John. (4.86 million)

"Do They Know It's Christmas?" - Band Aid. (3.55m)

"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen. (2.13m)

"Mull Of Kintyre" - Wings (2.05m)

"Rivers Of Bablyon" / "Brown Girl In The Ring" - Boney M (1.985m)

"You're The One That I Want" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (1.975m)

"Relax" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1.91m)

"She Loves You" - The Beatles (1.89m)

"Unchained Melody" - Robson & Jerome (1.84m)

"Mary's Boychild - Oh My Lord" - Boney M (1.79m)

"Evergreen" / "Anything Is Possible" - Will Young (1.78m)

"Love Is All Around" - Wet Wet Wet (1.78m)

"I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder (1.775m)

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles (1.75m)

"Barbie Girl" - Aqua (1.72m)

"Believe" - Cher (1.67m)

"Perfect Day" - Various Artists (1.55m)

"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" - Bryan Adams (1.53m)

"Tears" - Ken Dodd (1.52m)

"Can't Buy Me Love" - The Beatles (1.52m)

"Summer Nights" - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (1.52m)

"Two Tribes" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1.51m)

"Imagine" - John Lennon (1.49m)

"Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears (1.45m)

"Don't You Want Me" - The Human League (1.43m)

"Last Christmas" - Wham! (1.42m)

"I Feel Fine" - The Beatles (1.41m)

"I'll Be Missing You" - Puff Daddy and Faith Evans (1.41m)

"Karma Chameleon" - Culture Club (1.41m)

"The Carnival is Over" - The Seekers (1.40m)

"Rock Around The Clock" - Bill Haley and his Comets (1.39m)

"Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out" - The Beatles (1.39m)

"Y.M.C.A." - Village People (1.38)

"Careless Whisper" - George Michael (1.37m)

"Release Me" - Engelbert Humperdinck (1.37m)

"I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston (1.36m)

"Unchained Melody" - Gareth Gates (1.34m)

"The Power Of Love" - Jennifer Rush (1.32m)

"My Heart Will Go On" - Celine Dion (1.31m)

"Wannabe" - Spice Girls (1.27m)

"Killing Me Softly" - The Fugees (1.27m)

"Never Ever" - All Saints (1.25m)

"Gangsta's Paradise" - Coolio featuring LV (1.25m)

"Diana" - Paul Anka (1.24m)

"Think Twice" - Celine Dion (1.23m)

"It's Now Or Never" - Elvis Presley (1.21m)

"Green Green Grass Of Home" - Tom Jones (1.21m)

"Come On Eileen" - Dexy's Midnight Runners with the Emerald Express (1.20m)

"It Wasn't Me" - Shaggy featuring RikRok (1.18m)

"Heart Of Glass" - Blondie (1.18m)

"Mary's Boy Child" - Harry Belafonte (1.18m)

"The Last Waltz" - Engelbert Humperdinck (1.16m)

"Bright Eyes" - Art Garfunkel (1.16m)

"Heartbeat" / "Tragedy" - Steps (1.15m)

"Don't Give Up On Us" - David Soul (1.15m)

"I Love You Love Me Love" - Gary Glitter (1.14m)

"Tainted Love" - Soft Cell (1.14m)

"Stranger On the Shore" - Mr Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale (1.13m)

"It's Like That" - Run DMC vs Jason Nevins (1.12m)

"Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh!" - The Teletubbies (1.11m)

"Spaceman" - Babylon Zoo (1.10m)

"I Remember You" - Frank Ifield (1.10m)

"I Believe" / "Up On The Roof" - Robson and Jerome (1.09m)

"Saturday Night" - Whigfield (1.09m)

"Pure and Simple" - Hear'Say (1.08m)

"No Matter What" - Boyzone (1.07m)

"2 Become 1" - Spice Girls (1.07m)

"The Young Ones" - Cliff Richard & The Shadows (1.05m)

"Earth Song" - Michael Jackson (1.04m)

"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" - Kylie Minogue (1.04)

"Blue (Da Ba Dee)" - Eiffel 65 (1.02m)

"Can We Fix It" - Bob The Builder (1.01m)

"Merry Christmas Everybody" - Slade (1.01m)

"Save Your Kisses For Me" - Brotherhood Of Man (1.01m)

"Eye Level" - Simon Park (1.01m)

"Blue Monday" - New Order (1.00m)

 

 

[EFM's Librarian]

Nice to see Ken Dodd in there, especially when you consider there isn't a single one by Robbie <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

 

Who on earth is Simon Park, and how does 'Eye level' go?

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Eye Level was the theme tune to a TV show in the 70s.

 

Van Der Valk, maybe?

 

 

[CANV EFM]

it goes..

dah dah dah dahh

mm mmm mmmm mmmmm mmm mm mmmmm mm

mm mmm mmmm mmmmm mmm mm mm

bom bom bom bah bahh baahh bahhh

bah bah bah bah baaahhh baahhhh

bah bah bah bahh

bah bah bah bah bahhhhhhh

[JKiF]

one too many bah's at the end there CANV

[SteveP]

I like that theme!

 

The number one I really remember staying at number 1 for an eternity was Billy Ocean and "When the Going Gets Tough", how many did that sell, I thought it would make 1m easily.

[YB941 5thD EFM ~soul~]

Four weeks at number one in Spring '86.

 

No idea how many it sold.

 

 

[SteveP]

It's funny how 4 weeks seem like an eternity when you're eight.

[EFM The Firm, The Voice]

I think I had one of my first kisses to that song at London Colney youth club!

 

My first kiss was to "Feels like I'm in love" by Kelly Maire!