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

357 replies

PermanentTemporary · 03/03/2023 22:15

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

OP posts:
DesteB · 03/03/2023 23:28

Mine was Hey Jude, not complaining.

StJulian2023 · 03/03/2023 23:29

Oh NO!! R Kelly of all revolting people, ‘I believe I can fly’

FatCatt · 03/03/2023 23:30

Closer by the chainsmokers

YewandOak · 03/03/2023 23:31

Do you really want to hurt me? by Culture Club

moveoverye · 03/03/2023 23:32

The Sun Always Shines on TV - A-Ha

ouchmyteeth · 03/03/2023 23:32

Price tag by Jessie j

Booooot · 03/03/2023 23:36

We found Love - Rihanna and Calvin Harris

HerculesMulligannn · 03/03/2023 23:37

Come on Eileen, by Dexy’s Midnight Runners.

I’m good with that. Feels like the soundtrack of my youth.

Timeflieswhenyourehavingfun · 03/03/2023 23:42

Sinead O’Connor - nothing compares to you.

SlippinKimmy · 03/03/2023 23:42

StJulian2023 · 03/03/2023 23:29

Oh NO!! R Kelly of all revolting people, ‘I believe I can fly’

Haha, snap! We must be the same age 😁. Vile song and man though 🤮

itbemay · 03/03/2023 23:45

Space Oddity - Bowie

I'm old!!

StJulian2023 · 03/03/2023 23:48

SlippinKimmy · 03/03/2023 23:42

Haha, snap! We must be the same age 😁. Vile song and man though 🤮

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Yes just 🤮🤮🤮!

We are still so young, aren’t we?! 😬🤣

piano789 · 03/03/2023 23:48

too much. By the spice girls

TossieFleacake · 03/03/2023 23:48

Saschka · 03/03/2023 22:28

Professional Widow by Tori Amos. Thought it was pretty cheesy at the time (I was into dnb), but it is better than Benny Hill! Grin

Me too!!

LozzaChops101 · 03/03/2023 23:49

Ignition - R Kelly. 😒😒😒😒😒

Floralnomad · 03/03/2023 23:49

Mine was When Doves Cry - not complaining at all .

Cattenberg · 03/03/2023 23:50

The Millennium Prayer by Cliff Richard.

Oh dear.

Phos · 03/03/2023 23:51

Ignition by R Kelly

Phos · 03/03/2023 23:51

LozzaChops101 · 03/03/2023 23:49

Ignition - R Kelly. 😒😒😒😒😒

Me too!! I actually bought it though so I can’t complain

MillicentTrilbyHiggins · 03/03/2023 23:52

Crossroads by Blazin' Squad.

Which i now have as an earworm. Well, the one line that I know anyway Angry

Dinersaur · 03/03/2023 23:52

3peassuit · 03/03/2023 22:25

Ernie, the fastest milkman in the west by Benny Hill. You can’t get much naffer than that.

Wish there was a like button!

80sMum · 03/03/2023 23:53

Number One on my 18th birthday was Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen. One of my all time favourites.

takemebacktothe1990s · 03/03/2023 23:54

Keep On Movin' by Five Grin

MajorCarolDanvers · 03/03/2023 23:54

Please Don't Go / Game Boy by KWS

BrigitteBond · 03/03/2023 23:55

3peassuit · 03/03/2023 22:25

Ernie, the fastest milkman in the west by Benny Hill. You can’t get much naffer than that.

I loved that, when I was about 8 I think.