I totally lose the 'what was no 1 on your 18th birthday' competitionn

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Was watching TOTP and thought I'd check what was toppermost of the poppermost when I turned 18 and omg.

Let it Be by Ferryaid. What a letdown.

link here, others are available

Snap @WWingBingo !

Ride on Time

Which is reasonably sound I feel

Ain't no doubt by Jimmy Nail.

What's worse is I actually bought this on 7 inch and I still have it in my vinyl collection to this day . I hang my head in shame

Funnily enough Shakey was Christmas number one a week after I was born! And every time anyone in my family hears Reet Petite they call me up and play it down the phone as apparently I used to go mad for it as a toddler and shake my bum in front of the TV 🤣🤣🤣 also fitting here as I’m about a foot shorter than everyone else!

My Ding a Ling Chuck Berry.

I did not buy it.

I loved 'Reet Petite'- but got a lot of stick as a very short, dumpy 15 year old when it came out!).
(I am not 'petite' I'm just very short).

Men In Black by Will Smith. Number 1 for 4 weeks so hopefully a decent enough window not to out my identity.

Never Ever by All Saints

I can't believe people went out to actually purchase a physical copy of a single for all of these.

Some great songs in his list and some more dubious ones but all of the memeorable!!

Great thread OP!

I am having trouble getting near my exact date probably because it was just after Christmas so I have a horrible feeling that Mull of Kintyre that stayed in the charts for about 9 weeks was the number one on my 18th :{

Mistletoe and Wine by Cliff Richard. 🤔

I have a Christmas birthday so cheesy songs are usually popular at that time.

having some awful flashbacks from this thread! the long term number ones many of us wished would go away.

Mariah Carey without you, 🫤

Day I was born - Ghost Town by The Specials
Day I turned 18 - Livin' la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin

I feel your pain… Mr Blobby on my 8th birthday is a particular highlight 😂

The first, the last, my everything by Big Bazza White.

Am only child. How terribly moving

Mine is Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley.
I had to dance to it at my party. I was a goth!! 🥴

Well you're pretty much the same age as my DP 😊

Out Of Space by Prodigy. I'm happy with that!

Mine was "nothings gonna stop us now" by starship...absolute 80s banger

Mine was Eternal Flame by The Bangles. Not too bad. DH had the same number one as you.

Cliff Richard Mistletoe and Wine. Bloody birthday always overshadowed by Xmas!

Talk dirty by Jason Derulo lol not the worst.

I seen a meme on Facebook that said whatever was number 1 on your 14th birthday defines your teenage years. So I looked mine up. It was Mr Blobby 😂 the curse of the Christmas novelty number 1.
Blobby Blobby

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Hugo Montenegro 😂