Number One Songs On This Date: US and UK

Number One Single This lists the songs that were number one in the US on any date from January 1, 1940 to present. To make it convenient, the songs that hit number one on February 4 are shown below. You can also choose to see the songs that were number one in the UK on any date from January 1, 1953 to present.

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Month
Day
Year
 US Chart
 UK Chart
 

Select a year below to see all the songs that hit number one in that year.
 1940 - 2012
Year Artist - Title Weeks at
number one
1940 Glenn Miller - In The Mood 12
1941 Artie Shaw - Frenesi 13
1942 Glenn Miller - A String Of Pearls 2
1943 Tommy Dorsey - There Are Such Things 5
1944 Glen Gray - My Heart Tells Me 5
1945 Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters - Don't Fence Me In 8
1946 Vaughn Monroe - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 5
1947 Sammy Kaye - The Old Lamp-Lighter 7
1948 Vaughn Monroe - Ballerina 10
1949 Evelyn Knight - A Little Bird Told Me 7
1950 Andrews Sisters - I Can Dream, Can't I? 4
1951 Patti Page - Tennessee Waltz 9
1952 Johnnie Ray - Cry 11
1953 Perry Como - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes 5
1954 Eddie Fisher - Oh! My Papa 8
1955 Fontane Sisters - Hearts Of Stone 1
1956 Dean Martin - Memories Are Made Of This 5
1957 Elvis Presley - Too Much 3
1958 Danny and the Juniors - At The Hop 5
1959 Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes 3
1960 Johnny Preston - Running Bear 3
1961 Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow 2
1962 Joey Dee and The Starliters - Peppermint Twist (Part 1) 3
1963 Paul and Paula - Hey Paula 3
1964 Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 7
1965 Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 2
1966 Petula Clark - My Love 2
1967 Monkees - I'm A Believer 7
1968 Paul Mauriat - Love Is Blue 5
1969 Tommy James and The Shondells - Crimson And Clover 2
1970 Shocking Blue - Venus 1
1971 Tony Orlando and Dawn - Knock Three Times 3
1972 Don McLean - American Pie 4
1973 Elton John - Crocodile Rock 3
1974 Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme 1
1975 Ohio Players - Fire 1
1976 Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover 3
1977 Mary MacGregor - Torn Between Two Lovers 2
1978 Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive 4
1979 Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy 4
1980 Michael Jackson - Rock With You 4
1981 Kool and the Gang - Celebration 2
1982 J. Geils Band - Centerfold 6
1983 Toto - Africa 1
1984 Culture Club - Karma Chameleon 3
1985 Foreigner - I Want to Know What Love Is 2
1986 Dionne and Friends - That's What Friends Are For 4
1987 Madonna - Open Your Heart 1
1988 Tiffany - Could've Been 2
1989 Sheriff - When I'm With You 1
1990 Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract 3
1991 C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) 2
1992 Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 3
1993 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You 14
1994 Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting - All for Love 3
1995 TLC - Creep 4
1996 Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men - One Sweet Day 16
1997 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart 11
1998 Janet Jackson - Together Again 2
1999 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time 2
2000 Savage Garden - I Knew I Loved You 4
2001 Shaggy feat. Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent - It Wasn't Me 2
2002 Usher - U Got It Bad 6
2003 Jennifer Lopez feat. LL Cool J - All I Have 4
2004 OutKast - Hey Ya! 9
2005 Mario - Let Me Love You 9
2006 Beyoncé feat. Slim Thug - Check on It 5
2007 Beyonce - Irreplaceable 10
2008 Flo-Rida feat. T-Pain - Low 10
2009 Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You 2
2010 Ke$ha - TiK ToK 9
2011 Bruno Mars - Grenade 4
2012 Adele - Set Fire To The Rain 2
Source: Billboard Magazine