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This is a list of the best-selling singles on the UK Singles Chart for each year.
| Year |
Song |
Artist |
Number sold |
| 1952 |
"Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" |
Vera Lynn |
|
| 1953 |
"I Believe" |
Frankie Laine |
|
| 1954 |
"Secret Love" |
Doris Day |
|
| 1955 |
"Rose Marie" |
Slim Whitman |
|
| 1956 |
"I'll Be Home" |
Pat Boone |
|
| 1957 |
"Diana" |
Paul Anka |
|
| 1958 |
"Jailhouse Rock" |
Elvis Presley |
|
| 1959 |
"Living Doll" |
Cliff Richard |
|
| 1960 |
"It's Now or Never" |
Elvis Presley |
1,210,000 |
| 1961 |
"Are You Lonesome Tonight" |
Elvis Presley |
|
| 1962 |
"I Remember You" |
Frank Ifield |
|
| 1963 |
"She Loves You" |
The Beatles |
1,890,000 |
| 1964 |
"Can't Buy Me Love" |
The Beatles |
1,520,000 |
| 1965 |
"Tears" |
Ken Dodd |
1,521,000 |
| 1966 |
"Green Green Grass of Home" |
Tom Jones |
1,205,000 |
| 1967 |
"Release Me" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
1,365,000 |
| 1968 |
"Hey Jude" |
The Beatles |
|
| 1969 |
"Sugar, Sugar" |
The Archies |
979,000 |
| 1970 |
"The Wonder of You" |
Elvis Presley |
|
| 1971 |
"My Sweet Lord" |
George Harrison |
|
| 1972 |
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" |
The New Seekers |
|
| 1973 |
"I Love You Love Me Love" |
Gary Glitter |
1,140,000 |
| 1974 |
"You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me" |
The New Seekers |
|
| 1975 |
"Bohemian Rhapsody" |
Queen |
1,190,000 (0.94m 1991/92) |
|
| 1976 |
"Save Your Kisses for Me" |
Brotherhood of Man |
1,006,200 |
| 1977 |
"Mull of Kintyre"/"Girls School" |
Wings |
2,050,000 |
| 1978 |
"Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring" |
Boney M |
1,995,000 |
| 1979 |
"Bright Eyes" |
Art Garfunkel |
1,155,000 |
| 1980 |
"Don't Stand So Close To Me" |
The Police |
|
| 1981 |
"Don't You Want Me" |
Human League |
1,430,000 |
| 1982 |
"Come on Eileen" |
Dexy's Midnight Runners |
1,201,000 |
| 1983 |
"Karma Chameleon" |
Culture Club |
1,405,000 |
| 1984* |
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
Band Aid |
3,400,000 |
| 1985 |
"The Power Of Love" |
Jennifer Rush |
1,321,530 |
| 1986 |
"Don't Leave Me This Way" |
The Communards |
|
| 1987 |
"Never Gonna Give You Up" |
Rick Astley |
|
| 1988 |
"Mistletoe & Wine" |
Cliff Richard |
|
| 1989 |
"Ride on Time" |
Black Box |
973,000 |
| 1990 |
"Unchained Melody" |
Righteous Brothers |
820,000 |
| 1991 |
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" |
Bryan Adams |
1,527,824 |
| 1992 |
"I Will Always Love You" |
Whitney Houston |
1,355,055 |
| 1993 |
"I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" |
Meat Loaf |
761,200 |
| 1994 |
"Love Is All Around" |
Wet Wet Wet |
1,783,827 |
| 1995 |
"Unchained Melody" |
Robson and Jerome |
1,842,000 |
| 1996 |
"Killing Me Softly" |
The Fugees |
1,268,157 |
| 1997* |
"Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/
"Candle In The Wind 1997" |
Elton John |
4,864,611 |
| 1998 |
"Believe" |
Cher |
1,672,108 |
| 1999 |
"...Baby One More Time" |
Britney Spears |
1,450,154 |
| 2000 |
"Can We Fix It?" |
Bob the Builder |
1,008,777 |
| 2001 |
"It Wasn't Me" |
Shaggy feat. Rik Rok |
1,150,000 |
| 2002 |
"Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen" |
Will Young |
1,783,919 |
| 2003 |
"Where Is the Love?" |
Black Eyed Peas |
625,198 |
| 2004* |
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" |
Band Aid 20 |
1,066,000 |
| 2005* |
"Is This The Way To Amarillo" |
Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay |
1,100,200 |
| 2006 |
"Crazy" |
Gnarls Barkley |
820,053 |
| 2007 |
"Bleeding Love" |
Leona Lewis |
788,000 |
| 2008 (So far) |
"Mercy" |
Duffy |
421,960 |
* denotes cause/charity release
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