To commemorate the first 1000 number 1 singes we present a unique table showing them in order of chart success.
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402 | Alice Cooper | School's Out | 1972 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Slade | Mama Weer All Crazee Now | 1972 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
404 | Bay City Rollers | Give A Little Love | 1975 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| George Michael | A Different Corner | 1986 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| George Michael & Queen With Lisa Stansfield | Five Live (EP) | 1993 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Goombay Dance Band | Seven Tears | 1982 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Madonna | Like A Prayer | 1989 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| MASH | Theme From 'M*A*S*H' (Suicide is Painless) | 1980 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder | Ebony And Ivory | 1982 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
411 | Nick Berry | Every Loser Wins | 1986 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
412 | Dickie Valentine | Christmas Alphabet | 1955 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
413 | Manfred Mann | Pretty Flamingo | 1966 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
414 | Musical Youth | Pass The Dutchie | 1982 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Osmonds | Love Me For A Reason | 1974 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
416 | Rolling Stones | The Last Time | 1965 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
417 | Frankee | FURB (F U Right Back) | 2004 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
418 | George Michael | Fastlove | 1996 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
419 | Pilot | January | 1975 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
420 | Pet Shop Boys | Heart | 1988 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Police | Message In A Bottle | 1979 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
422 | Spice Girls | Mama / Who Do You Think You Are? | 1997 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
423 | Ben E King | Stand By Me | 1987 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Sandie Shaw | (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me | 1964 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
425 | Boyzone | No Matter What | 1998 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
426 | Searchers | Needles And Pins | 1964 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 |
427 | Doctor & The Medics | Spirit In The Sky | 1986 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Manhattan Transfer | Chanson D'Amour | 1977 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Zager & Evans | In The Year 2525 | 1969 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
430 | Foreigner | I Want To Know What Love Is | 1984 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Jet Harris & Tony Meehan | Diamonds | 1963 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
432 | Beatles | The Ballad Of John And Yoko | 1969 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas | Bad To Me | 1963 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
434 | Marmalade | Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da | 1968 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
435 | Eiffel 65 | Blue (Da Ba Dee) | 1999 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| Equals | Baby Come Back | 1968 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
437 | New Kids On The Block | You Got It (The Right Stuff) | 1989 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
438 | Rolling Stones | Get Off Of My Cloud | 1965 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
439 | Hanson | Mmm Bop | 1997 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Thunderclap Newman | Something In The Air | 1969 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
441 | Bombalurina | Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini | 1990 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers | That's What I Like | 1989 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
443 | Joe Dolce Music Theatre | Shaddup You Face | 1981 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Michelle | All This Time | 2004 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
445 | Hear'Say | Pure And Simple | 2001 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
446 | Robin Beck | The First Time | 1988 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
447 | Enya | Orinoco Flow | 1988 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
448 | Sandie Shaw | Long Live Love | 1965 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
449 | Take That | How Deep Is Your Love | 1996 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
450 | Prodigy | Firestarter | 1996 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Slade | Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me | 1973 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
452 | Jam | Going Underground / Dreams Of Children | 1980 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Take That | Never Forget | 1995 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
454 | Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman | Somethin' Stupid | 2001 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
455 | Baddiel & Skinner And The Lightning Seeds | Three Lions '98 | 1998 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Overlanders | Michelle | 1966 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
457 | Spitting Image | The Chicken Song | 1986 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
458 | Jam | A Town Called Malice / Precious | 1982 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
459 | Ferry Aid | Let It Be | 1987 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Gerry Marsden, Paul McCartney, Holly Johnson & The Christians | Ferry Cross The Mersey | 1989 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
461 | Band Aid II | Do They Know It's Christmas? | 1989 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
462 | Spice Girls | 2 Become 1 | 1996 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
463 | David Whitfield | Answer Me | 1953 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
464 | Michael Holliday | The Story Of My Life | 1958 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 15 |
465 | Celine Dion | My Heart Will Go On | 1998 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 17 |
466 | Lonnie Donegan | Gamblin' Man / Putting On The Style | 1957 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 19 |
467 | Bobby Darin | Mack The Knife | 1959 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 17 |
468 | Frank Ifield | Confessin' | 1963 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
469 | Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra | Somethin' Stupid | 1967 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
470 | Bee Gees | Night Fever | 1978 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 |
471 | Whitney Houston | Saving All My Love For You | 1985 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
472 | Perez 'Prez' Prado & His Orchestra | Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White | 1955 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 17 |
473 | Coolio Featuring LV | Gangsta's Paradise | 1995 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 18 |
474 | Roy Orbison | It's Over | 1964 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 18 |
475 | UB40 | (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You | 1993 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 14 |
476 | Dave Clark Five | Glad All Over | 1963 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 |
477 | Norman Greenbaum | Spirit In The Sky | 1970 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
478 | Andy Williams | Butterfly | 1957 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
479 | Cliff Richard | I Love You | 1960 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 15 |
480 | Beatles | Hey Jude | 1968 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
481 | Baddiel & Skinner And The Lightning Seeds | Three Lions | 1996 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
482 | Shaggy | Oh Carolina | 1993 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
483 | Vera Lynn | My Son My Son | 1954 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 14 |
484 | S Club 7 | Don't Stop Movin' | 2001 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
485 | Whitney Houston | I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) | 1987 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
486 | Elvis Presley | Crying In The Chapel | 1965 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
487 | Jason Donovan | Any Dream Will Do | 1991 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
488 | Adam Ant | Goody Two Shoes | 1982 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
489 | Soft Cell | Tainted Love | 1981 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
490 | Jason Donovan | Too Many Broken Hearts | 1989 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| Vic Reeves & The Wonder Stuff | Dizzy | 1991 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
492 | Tony Bennett | Stranger In Paradise | 1955 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
493 | Roy Orbison | Only the Lonely | 1960 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 23 |
494 | Charles & Eddie | Would I Lie To You? | 1992 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 15 |
495 | Mark Morrison | Return Of The Mack | 1996 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 |
496 | Vic Damone | On The Street Where You Live | 1958 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 |
497 | Russ Conway | Roulette | 1959 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 19 |
498 | Mike Sarne With Wendy Richard | Come Outside | 1962 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 |
499 | Ray Charles | I Can't Stop Loving You | 1962 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 |
500 | Bucks Fizz | The Land Of Make Believe | 1981 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
501 | Eddie Cochran | Three Steps To Heaven | 1960 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
502 | Johnny Preston | Running Bear | 1960 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 |
503 | Danny Williams | Moon River | 1961 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| Nelly Featuring Kelly Rowland | Dilemma | 2002 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
505 | Manfred Mann | Do Wah Diddy Diddy | 1964 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 14 |
506 | Seekers | I'll Never Find Another You | 1965 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
507 | Herman's Hermits | I'm Into Something Good | 1964 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Three Degrees | When Will I See You Again | 1974 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
509 | Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas | Little Children | 1964 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
| Boomtown Rats | Rat Trap | 1978 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 13 |
511 | Dana | All Kinds Of Everything | 1970 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| Don McLean | Vincent | 1972 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
| Foundations | Baby Now That I've Found You | 1967 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 14 |
514 | Beach Boys | Good Vibrations | 1966 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Honeycombs | Have I The Right? | 1964 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
516 | Love Affair | Everlasting Love | 1968 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Sonny & Cher | I Got You Babe | 1965 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Wham! | Wake Me Up Before You Go Go | 1984 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
519 | Belinda Carlisle | Heaven Is A Place On Earth | 1987 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| Freddie Mercury | Living On My Own | 1993 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| Lou Bega | Mambo No 5 (A Little Bit Of...) | 1999 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
522 | Art Garfunkel | I Only Have Eyes For You | 1975 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| KLF Featuring The Children Of The Revolution | 3AM Eternal | 1991 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
524 | Michael Jackson | One Day In Your Life | 1981 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
525 | Hollies | He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother | 1988 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
526 | Phil Collins | You Can't Hurry Love | 1982 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
527 | Englandneworder | World In Motion | 1990 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| Wham! | I'm Your Man | 1985 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 10 |
529 | Manchester United Football Squad | Come On You Reds | 1994 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Phil Collins | Groovy Kind Of Love | 1988 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Usher Featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris | Yeah | 2004 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
532 | Four Seasons | December '63 | 1976 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Manfred Mann | The Mighty Quinn | 1968 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
534 | Dexy's Midnight Runners | Geno | 1980 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| M/A/R/R/S | Pump Up The Volume | 1987 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
536 | Wurzels | Combine Harvester | 1976 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
537 | A-ha | The Sun Always Shines On TV | 1985 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Blondie | The Tide Is High | 1980 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Bonnie Tyler | Total Eclipse Of The Heart | 1983 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| David Bowie | Space Oddity | 1975 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Odyssey | Use It Up And Wear It Out | 1980 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
| Prince | The Most Beautiful Girl In The World | 1994 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
543 | All Saints | Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade | 1998 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Gareth Gates Featuring The Kumars | Spirit In The Sky | 2003 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
545 | T Rex | Telegram Sam | 1972 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Telly Savalas | If | 1975 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 |
547 | George Michael & Aretha Franklin | I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) | 1987 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Wham! | The Edge Of Heaven | 1986 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
549 | Prodigy | Breathe | 1996 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
550 | Kenny Rogers | Coward Of The County | 1980 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
551 | Spice Girls | Say You'll Be There | 1996 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
552 | Beatles | Paperback Writer | 1966 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Gabrielle | Rise | 2000 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
554 | Abba | Waterloo | 1974 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Fugees | Ready Or Not | 1996 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Suzi Quatro | Devil Gate Drive | 1974 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Teletubbies | Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh! | 1997 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
558 | St Winifred's School Choir | There's No One Quite Like Grandma | 1980 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
559 | Amen Corner | (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice | 1969 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
560 | Alma Cogan | Dreamboat | 1955 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 16 |
561 | Adam Faith | Poor Me | 1960 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 18 |
562 | Europe | The Final Countdown | 1986 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 |
563 | Johnny Tillotson | Poetry In Motion | 1960 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
564 | Michael Jackson | You Are Not Alone | 1995 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 |
565 | Barry White | You're The First, The Last, My Everything | 1974 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
566 | Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince | Boom! Shake The Room | 1993 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
567 | Chaka Demus & Pliers Featuring Jack Radics And Taxi Gang | Twist And Shout | 1993 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
568 | Johnston Brothers | Hernando's Hideaway | 1955 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 |
569 | Britney Spears | Baby One More Time | 1999 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
570 | Searchers | Sweets For My Sweet | 1963 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
571 | Troggs | With A Girl Like You | 1966 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
572 | Dave & Ansel Collins | Double Barrel | 1971 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Kinks | Sunny Afternoon | 1966 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
574 | Rolling Stones | Jumpin' Jack Flash | 1968 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
575 | Madonna | La Isla Bonita | 1987 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
576 | Peter & Gordon | World Without Love | 1964 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 |
577 | Abba | Mamma Mia | 1975 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
578 | Tasmin Archer | Sleeping Satellite | 1992 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
579 | John Lennon | Woman | 1981 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
580 | Pretenders | Brass In Pocket | 1979 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
581 | Byrds | Mr Tambourine Man | 1965 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
582 | Marcels | Blue Moon | 1961 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Mario Winans Featuring Enya & P Diddy | I Don't Wanna Know | 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Mungo Jerry | Baby Jump | 1971 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Snap! | The Power | 1990 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
586 | Rolling Stones | (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction | 1965 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| Smokey Robinson | Being With You | 1981 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 |
588 | 10cc | I'm Not In Love | 1975 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Kajagoogoo | Too Shy | 1983 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
590 | Gilbert O'Sullivan | Clair | 1972 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
591 | Feargal Sharkey | A Good Heart | 1985 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
592 | ATB | 9pm (Till I Come) | 1999 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Kinks | You Really Got Me | 1964 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Lisa Stansfield | All Around The World | 1989 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Searchers | Don't Throw Your Love Away | 1964 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Sonia | You'll Never Stop Me From Loving You | 1989 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
597 | Deniece Williams | Free | 1977 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
598 | David Cassidy | How Can I Be Sure | 1972 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
599 | Anita Ward | Ring My Bell | 1979 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| David Bowie | Ashes To Ashes | 1980 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 |