Distinctive songs of the UK

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Each country has certain songs that were hits in that one location but nowhere else. This page lists the biggest hit songs of the UK that failed to chart elsewhere. For the whole period (1960 to 2004) these are:

# Artist Song Title Year Region
1 Michelle Mcmanus All This Time 2004 UK
1 Busted Thunderbirds Are Go 2004 UK
1 Sam & Mark With a Little Help From My Friends 2004 UK
1 Girls Aloud I'll Stand By You 2004 UK
1 Busted 3AM 2004 UK
1 Ken Dodd Tears 1965 UK
1 McFly Obviously 2004 UK
1 Eric B & Rakim I Know You Got Soul 1987 UK
1 Robson & Jerome Unchained Melody 1995 UK
1 DJ Casper Cha Cha Slide 2004 UK
1 McFly Five Colours in Her Hair 2004 UK
1 Busted Who's David? 2004 UK
13 Will Young Anything is Possible 2002 UK
14 England Football World Cup Squad Back Home 1970 UK
15 Charles Aznavour She 1974 UK
16 Darius Colourblind 2002 UK
17 Anthony Newley Why? 1960 UK
18 Adam Faith Poor Me 1960 UK
19 Three of A Kind Babycakes 2004 UK
19 The Shapeshifters Lola's Theme 2004 UK

This has also been calculated for each decade.

Distinct songs of the UK: 1960s

For the 1960s the most distinct songs were:

# Artist Song Title Year Region
1 Ken Dodd Tears 1965 UK
2 Anthony Newley Why? 1960 UK
3 Adam Faith Poor Me 1960 UK
4 Bern Elliott & the Fenmen Money 1963 UK
5 Jimmy Reed Too Much 1963 UK
6 Des O'Connor I Pretend 1968 UK
7 Leonard Cohen Sisters of Mercy 1966 UK
8 The Bachelors Charmaine 1963 UK
9 Temperance Seven You're Driving Me Crazy 1961 UK
10 Rolf Harris Two Little Boys 1969 UK
11 Captain Beefheart Pachuco Cadaver 1969 UK
12 Donald Peers Please Don't Go 1968 UK
13 Nina Simone Ain't Got No - I Got Life 1968 UK
14 Country Joe & The Fish Pat's Song 1967 UK
15 Jackie Trent Where Are You Now (My Love) 1965 UK
15 Bob Dylan It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry 1965 UK
17 Val Doonican What Would I Be 1966 UK
18 The Mike Sammes Singers Somewhere My Love 1966 UK
19 Billy Fury When Will You Say I Love You? 1963 UK
20 Val Doonican If the Whole World Stopped Loving 1967 UK

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39

Distinct songs of the UK: 1970s

For the 1970s the most distinct songs were:

# Artist Song Title Year Region
1 England Football World Cup Squad Back Home 1970 UK
2 Charles Aznavour She 1974 UK
3 Clive Dunn Grandad 1970 UK
4 Rod Stewart An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down 1970 UK
5 Don Covay It's Better to Have (And Don't Need) 1974 UK
6 Ken Boothe Everything I Own 1974 UK
7 Gang of Four At Home He's a Tourist 1979 UK
8 David Essex Gonna Make You a Star 1974 UK
9 Peters & Lee Welcome Home 1973 UK
10 The Tams Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 1971 UK
11 David Cassidy Daydreamer 1973 UK
12 Magazine Shot by Both Sides 1978 UK
13 Andy Williams Can't Help Falling in Love 1970 UK
14 Neil Reid Mother of Mine 1972 UK
15 Captain Beefheart Big Eyed Beans from Venus 1972 UK
16 Sylvia Vrethammar Y Viva Espana 1974 UK
17 David Bowie Space Oddity (1975) 1975 UK
18 Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Chile 1970 UK
19 The Quads There Must Be Thousands 1979 UK
20 Tim Buckley Song to the Siren 1970 UK

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39

Distinct songs of the UK: 1980s

For the 1980s the most distinct songs were:

# Artist Song Title Year Region
1 Eric B & Rakim I Know You Got Soul 1987 UK
2 James Sit Down 1989 UK
3 Jesus & Mary Chain Never Understand 1985 UK
4 Carcass Cadaveric Incubator of Endo Parasites 1988 UK
4 The Hollies He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (1988) 1988 UK
6 Ben E King Stand By Me (1987) 1987 UK
7 Humanoid Stakker Humanoid 1988 UK
8 Maloko In the Midnight Hour 1989 UK
9 The Fall Hit The North 1987 UK
10 Wet Wet Wet With a Little Help From My Friends 1988 UK
10 Billy Bragg She's Leaving Home 1988 UK
12 John Lennon Imagine (1980) 1980 UK
12 Joy Division Twenty Four Hours 1980 UK
12 Mash Theme From 'MASH' (Suicide is Painless) 1980 UK
15 The Pixies Wave of Mutilation 1989 UK
16 Nick Berry Every Loser Wins 1986 UK
16 Culture Capture Rasta 1986 UK
18 The Fall The Man whose Head Expanded 1983 UK
19 Billy Bragg Levi Stubb's Tears 1986 UK
20 The Birthday Party Release the Bats 1981 UK

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39

Distinct songs of the UK: 1990s

For the 1990s the most distinct songs were:

# Artist Song Title Year Region
1 Robson & Jerome Unchained Melody 1995 UK
2 Nirvana Sliver 1990 UK
3 Would Be's I'm Hardly Ever Wrong 1990 UK
3 Elton John Sacrifice/Healing Hands 1990 UK
3 The Righteous Brothers Unchained Melody (1990) 1990 UK
3 Englandneworder World in Motion 1990 UK
7 The Bluebells Young At Heart (1993) 1993 UK
7 New Decade Statue of Gold 1993 UK
9 Dunblane Throw These Guns Away 1996 UK
9 Dunblane Knockin' On Heaven's Door 1996 UK
9 Boyzone A Different Beat 1996 UK
9 Dick Dale Nitrus 1996 UK
13 Dreadzone Zion Youth 1995 UK
14 Cliff Richard Saviour's Day 1990 UK
15 Sonic Youth Sugar Kane 1993 UK
16 The Beautiful South A Little Time 1990 UK
17 Steps Heartbeat 1998 UK
18 Armand Van Helden & Duane Harden U Don't Know Me 1999 UK
18 Westlife Seasons in the Sun 1999 UK
18 Cay Princes & Princesses 1999 UK

These were calculated for data version 2.3.39


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