UK Number One Song On 15th May, 1978

Rivers of Babylon

Boney M.

If you were born on Monday 15th May, 1961 then Rivers of Babylon by Boney M. was the UK #1 song on your 17th birthday. The song went to number one on May 13th 1978 and stayed at the top of the charts for 5 weeks. Rivers of Babylon has a 67% popularity rating on Spotify.

Since your birthday on there have been 62 UK number one songs.

The most popular number one song on your birthday according to Spotify has been Miracle by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding with a Spotify popularity score of 93%.

The song that stayed at the number one slot for the longest single run was One Dance by Drake which was at #1 for 15 weeks over your 55th birthday.

UK number one songs in May 1978

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#1 songs on my birthday - 15th May

My birthday! (1961): 'Blue Moon' by The Marcels
1st birthday (1962): 'Wonderful Land' by The Shadows
2nd birthday (1963): 'From Me to You' by The Beatles
3rd birthday (1964): 'Don't Throw Your Love Away' by The Searchers
4th birthday (1965): 'King of the Road' by Roger Miller
5th birthday (1966): 'Pretty Flamingo' by Manfred Mann
6th birthday (1967): 'Puppet on a String' by Sandie Shaw
7th birthday (1968): 'What a Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong
8th birthday (1969): 'Get Back' by The Beatles
9th birthday (1970): 'Spirit in the Sky' by Norman Greenbaum
10th birthday (1971): 'Knock Three Times' by Tony Orlando and Dawn
11th birthday (1972): 'Amazing Grace' by Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
12th birthday (1973): 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree' by Dawn, Tony Orlando
13th birthday (1974): 'Waterloo' by ABBA
14th birthday (1975): 'Oh Boy' by Mud
15th birthday (1976): 'Fernando' by ABBA
16th birthday (1977): 'Free' by Deniece Williams
17th birthday (1978): 'Rivers of Babylon' by Boney M.
18th birthday (1979): 'Bright Eyes' by Art Garfunkel
19th birthday (1980): 'Geno' by Dexy's Midnight Runners
20th birthday (1981): 'Stand and Deliver' by Adam and the Ants
21st birthday (1982): 'A Little Peace' by Nicole
22nd birthday (1983): 'TRUE' by Spandau Ballet
23rd birthday (1984): 'The Reflex' by Duran Duran
24th birthday (1985): '19' by Paul Hardcastle
25th birthday (1986): 'Rock Me Amadeus' by Falco
26th birthday (1987): 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' by Starship
27th birthday (1988): 'Perfect' by Fairground Attraction
28th birthday (1989): 'Hand on Your Heart' by Kylie Minogue
29th birthday (1990): 'Killer' by Adamski
30th birthday (1991): 'The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)' by Cher
31st birthday (1992): 'Please Don't Go/Game Boy' by KWS
32nd birthday (1993): 'Five Live' by George Michael & Queen
33rd birthday (1994): 'Inside' by Stiltskin
34th birthday (1995): 'Dreamer' by Livin' Joy
35th birthday (1996): 'Fastlove' by George Michael
36th birthday (1997): 'Love Won't Wait' by Gary Barlow
37th birthday (1998): 'Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade' by All Saints
38th birthday (1999): 'I Want It That Way' by Backstreet Boys
39th birthday (2000): 'Oops!... I Did It Again' by Britney Spears
40th birthday (2001): 'It's Raining Men' by Geri Halliwell
41st birthday (2002): 'Kiss Kiss' by Holly Valance
42nd birthday (2003): 'Loneliness' by Tomcraft
43rd birthday (2004): 'F**k It (I Don't Want You Back)' by Eamon
44th birthday (2005): 'Lonely' by Akon
45th birthday (2006): 'Crazy' by Gnarls Barkley
46th birthday (2007): 'Beautiful Liar' by Beyonce, Shakira
47th birthday (2008): '4 Minutes' by Madonna
48th birthday (2009): 'Number 1' by Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz
49th birthday (2010): 'Good Times' by Roll Deep
50th birthday (2011): 'Party Rock Anthem' by LMFAO
51st birthday (2012): 'Young' by Tulisa
52nd birthday (2013): 'Get Lucky' by Daft Punk
53rd birthday (2014): 'Summer' by Calvin Harris
54th birthday (2015): 'Cheerleader' by OMI
55th birthday (2016): 'One Dance' by Drake
56th birthday (2017): 'I'm the One' by DJ Khaled
57th birthday (2018): 'One Kiss' by Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa
58th birthday (2019): 'Vossi Bop' by Stormzy
59th birthday (2020): 'Toosie Slide' by Drake
60th birthday (2021): 'Body' by Tion Wayne and Russ Millions
61st birthday (2022): 'As It Was' by Harry Styles
62nd birthday (2023): 'Miracle' by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding


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