30 May 1974 Not the pair of mismatched TV cops their name suggests, Mouth & MacNeal were the no-less-incongruous singing duo who represented the Netherlands at Eurovision 1974. Mouth in particu…

30 May 1974 Not the pair of mismatched TV cops their name suggests, Mouth & MacNeal were the no-less-incongruous singing duo who represented the Netherlands at Eurovision 1974. Mouth in particu…

Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” zooms in at No. 1 on the Hot 100, where it’s her 16th career leader.

27 June 1991 What’s this, an ’80s revival already? Well, actually Jason was still having hits at the start of the ’90s – in fact, up to this point in mid-1991 he has more Ir…

9 May 1974 “Aha!”, the elders would say: “Joe Cuddy sang that!” This was a common reaction in the Ireland of 1991 to Jason Donovan topping the Irish charts with ‘Any D…

Love Me Do and 'Dr. No' both arrived on Oct. 5, 1962.

5 October 1962 Here’s the very first official Irish number one single, sitting on an Irish top ten—no Top 30 Hits on the fledgling RTÉ in its first year of service—compiled by future sports c…

We have an important announcement to make! Taylor Swift secures the Official Chart Double as The Life Of A Showgirl returns to Number 1 and Patient Zero debuts atop the Official Singles Chart.

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15 May 2020 Neither of the two acts here are easy to like. Roddy Ricch faced charges of domestic violence earlier in 2020, though the charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence. In 2018 DaBa…

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25 April 1974 The unluckiest pop song in history is ‘Si’ by Italian singer Gigliola Cinquetti. An impressive blend of hushed early-’70s bedsit folk-pop and sweeping orchestral bal…

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” leads the Hot 100 for a 24th week, extending its record for the longest No. 1 run in the chart’s history.

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19 December 1999 How should we approach the landmark of the final Irish number one of the millennium? The same way we approached it at the time: ignore any symbolism and just put a Westlife single …

18 April 1974 Sometimes my French still comes in handy. ‘Seasons In The Sun’ is a translation and cover of a Jacques Brel song called ‘Le Moribond’, a title which means &#82…

Claiming to have never heard Ella Langley's record-setting country song 'Choosin' Texas' is similar to saying, 'I listen to anything but country.'

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18 September 2008 Those of you following Irish Number Ones on the socials (@irishnumberones) will know ‘Mr Brightside’-Watch, my weekly bemusement at how The Killers’ most famous …

SIENNA SPIRO makes it three straight weeks at the summit with Great Expectation.

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