What song was #1 on the day you were born.

[Spiritinthesky]

Have you ever done this?

Some people believe our lives are profoundly influenced by whatever pop song was #1 on the day we were born.

My number #1's are:
'You're So Vain' by Carly Simon in the US
'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool' by Little Jimmy Osmond in the UK
'Ben' by Michael Jackson in Australia

See which songs you get
http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1

[DJ Bat]

US - I Can't Get No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
AUS - A Walk In The Black Forest - Horst Jankowski (You know you want to click it cause you know you have no fucking clue and neither did I till tonight - *shudder*)
UK - Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds

Sounds like a tortured gothic musical. Perfect!

[SyntheticShock]

US: Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
UK: Is There Something I Should Know - Duran Duran
AUS: Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

[Velvet-Tongue]

US: Father Figure - George Michael?
UK: I should be so Lucky - Kylie Minogue
AU: (I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

[soma_stardust]

US: Night Fever - Bee Gees
UK: Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
AU: Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees

yey for being born in the disco era >.>

sweet 16:
US: Bump N Grind - R Kelly
UK: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World - Prince
AU: It's Alright - East 17 (who???)

ok, i honestly thought the 90's would be better. i was wrong....

[Pull~My~Hair]

u.s. All night long- Lionel Richie
u.k Uptown girl- Billy Joel
Aus. Karma Chameleon- Culture club

[mystoo]

U.S. Love Hangover - Diana Ross
Aus. Fernando - Abba
U.K. Fernando - Abba

I freakin' love ABBA.

[nathanmbailey]

US - Stuck with You - Huey Lewis and the News (fuck yes!)
UK - Don't Leave me This Way - Communards
Aus - Venus - Bananarama

[Ajax Knucklebones]

US- Get Back-The Beatles( Nice!)
UK- Dizzy- Tommy Roe
Aus- The Real Thing- Russell Morris( Ummm....Who?)

[Nos]

US-When Doves Cry (Prince)
UK-Two Tribes (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
Aus-It's Just Not Cricket (The Twelfth Man)

What the fuck is "It's Just Not Cricket"? Perhaps YOUTUBE will clear this up ...

[Nos]

US-When Doves Cry (Prince)
UK-Two Tribes (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
Aus-It's Just Not Cricket (The Twelfth Man)

What the fuck is "It's Just Not Cricket"? Perhaps YOUTUBE will clear this up ...

Okay some strange sports thing is all that came up

[Ajax Knucklebones]

Okay some strange sports thing is all that came up

Yeah...That would be the game of Cricket. Kind of like English Baseball in a way.

[Mr Karl]

the last waltz...englebert humperdink
to sir with love......lulu
massetuchets..beegees

and on my eighteenth birthday.........part time lover.stevie wonder

good god...........does anyone even remember the first three?

[inox]

US: "Joy To The World" - Three Dog Night
UK: "Double Barrel" - Dave & Ansil Collins
AUS: "Me And Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin

[inox]

US-When Doves Cry (Prince)
UK-Two Tribes (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
Aus-It's Just Not Cricket (The Twelfth Man)

What the fuck is "It's Just Not Cricket"? Perhaps YOUTUBE will clear this up ...

That expression means "It's just not ok/fair". Being wronged, basically. Here, it's being used as a dumb pun.

The odd sports thing is the "song":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth_Man

[Mr Karl]

US - I Can't Get No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
AUS - A Walk In The Black Forest - Horst Jankowski (You know you want to click it cause you know you have no fucking clue and neither did I till tonight - *shudder*)
UK - Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds

Sounds like a tortured gothic musical. Perfect!

listening to that made me wonder if that's a receding hairline mohawk on your avatar

[helcyon]

the last waltz...englebert humperdink
to sir with love......lulu
massetuchets..beegees

and on my eighteenth birthday.........part time lover.stevie wonder

good god...........does anyone even remember the first three?

I remember the Lulu one and the Bee gees one anyway

AUS - A Walk In The Black Forest - Horst Jankowski (You know you want to click it cause you know you have no fucking clue and neither did I till tonight - *shudder*)

c'mon - this is a classic!

Aus- The Real Thing- Russell Morris( Ummm....Who?)

another classic

The odd sports thing is the "song":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth_Man

sure is - it's a spoof which relies on you knowing about well known (in Australia) sports commentators and identities. Probably doesn't translate well anywhere else and leaves me fairly cold even though I do get it. Maybe Mike Patton gets it? In any case when the Fantomas played here a couple of weeks ago they all wore cricket gear and got the audience to throw stuff at them which they attempted to hit back with cricket bats.

My songs:
UK: I'm A Believer - The Monkees
US: I'm A Believer - The Monkees
AU: Snopy vs The Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen (that clearly should be "Snoopy" not "Snopy")

Life is becoming a constant reminder of my age - I do note that at least there are a very few on this thread who are beating me in that statistic though

[keiko]

My Birthday -
US : David Bowie - Lets Dance
UK : Spandex Ballet (???) - True
AUS: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

wtf is a Spandex Ballet?

The day I married my ex the No.1 song in the US was "gold digger" by Kanye West.
~K

[keiko]

... I looked them up. apparently a Spandau Ballet was quite the 80's band in the UK.

i just had to know. Wiki Link

~K

[Ajax Knucklebones]

... I looked them up. apparently a Spandau Ballet was quite the 80's band in the UK.

i just had to know. Wiki Link

~K

MTV played their videos alot in the early 80's. I always thought they sucked.

[athenahollow]

US: A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
UK: Frankie - Sister Sledge
AUS: Angel / Into The Groove - Madonna

I think I have all of those on MP3 in my 7+ hrs of 80's collection haha

[Ajax Knucklebones]

US: A View To A Kill - Duran Duran
UK: Frankie - Sister Sledge
AUS: Angel / Into The Groove - Madonna

I think I have all of those on MP3 in my 7+ hrs of 80's collection haha

I lived it. If it's popular "good" 80's music, I have no idea how you actually compiled 7 hrs. of it. I would say 2 hrs. of popular "good" music is stretching it.

Although my wife always did dig Duran Duran.

[JonQ]

U.S. Love Hangover - Diana Ross
Aus. Fernando - Abba
U.K. Fernando - Abba

I freakin' love ABBA.

Eep...turns out that you and I have the same results. Those are some odds.

[athenahollow]

I lived it. If it's popular "good" 80's music, I have no idea how you actually compiled 7 hrs. of it. I would say 2 hrs. of popular "good" music is stretching it.

Although my wife always did dig Duran Duran.

LOL. I never said it was "good"... I just said 80's. I may have been young, but my parents were teens in the 80s, so I grew up with it myself.

[Mr Karl]

... I looked them up. apparently a Spandau Ballet was quite the 80's band in the UK.

i just had to know. Wiki Link

~K

severe new wave............a strange time when people were selling thier metal albums for a buck or two because they liked new wave better.........good times

[mystoo]

Why the hell did I always think Spandau Ballet was a Canadian band?
Must have been the suck factor.

[helcyon]

severe new wave............a strange time when people were selling thier metal albums for a buck or two because they liked new wave better.........good times

Surprised that Spandau Ballet seem to be a bit unknown by some folk... they are one of the more famous of the breed. I guess I grew up with them myself. Because I know everyone cares... the "highlights" of their songs for me are:
1980 - To Cut a Long Story Short - this quite a good syntho new-ro one imo
1983 - Communication - pretty good
- Gold - used to lampoon this one in later years by casting gold and silver sprinklies into the audience with a poetically flourishing guitar strum like on their film clip
- True - A few memories of this as it was typically used as the slow last song at the suburban nightclubs I was sneaking into when I was 15 or so
1984 - Only when you leave - a bit too adult and mature but a nice jazzy type song although I don't really get into jazz particularly. it's probably not jazzy at all but I wouldn't know

[Avelaide]

the last waltz...englebert humperdink
to sir with love......lulu
massetuchets..beegees

and on my eighteenth birthday.........part time lover.stevie wonder

good god...........does anyone even remember the first three?

I adore "To Sir With Love". Great song and movie!

[Avelaide]

US-When Doves Cry (Prince)
UK-Two Tribes (Frankie Goes To Hollywood)
Aus-It's Just Not Cricket (The Twelfth Man)

What the fuck is "It's Just Not Cricket"? Perhaps YOUTUBE will clear this up ...

Lucky! When Doves cry is one of my favorite songs.

[Avelaide]

My Birthday -
US : David Bowie - Lets Dance
UK : Spandex Ballet (???) - True
AUS: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean

wtf is a Spandex Ballet?

The day I married my ex the No.1 song in the US was "gold digger" by Kanye West.
~K

Billie Jean: Another one of my favorites.

[Avelaide]

uk-A Little Time - The Beautiful South
us-Black Cat - Janet Jackson
aus-Blaze Of Glory - Jon Bon Jovi

and the day I turned 18:
us-Womanizer – Britney Spears
Pink - So What
Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon

Of course the only ones I might have heard are Womanizer (only on the radio, if that), and maybe So What, though I'd have to hear it to be sure. I was born in the wrong era.

[Mr Karl]

Why the hell did I always think Spandau Ballet was a Canadian band?
Must have been the suck factor.

well Canada did have.......platinum blonde and Toronto................and glass tiger

[mystoo]

Ok, Platinum Blonde fucking rocked! And uh, how could you forget Loverboy?

[Mr Karl]

And uh, how could you forget Loverboy?

gettin old and I needed the space for other things

[Amelia G]

Ok, Platinum Blonde fucking rocked! And uh, how could you forget Loverboy?

Perhaps after being turned loose?

[Bikerpunk]

well Canada did have.......platinum blonde and Toronto................and glass tiger

They had Frozen Ghost, don't forget. And Kick Axe. And Helix. HONEYMOON SUITE....

And SKINNY PUPPY.

[Bikerpunk]

US: Gypsy’s Tramps & Thieves - Cher
UK: Cos I Luv You - Slade
AUS: The Banks Of The Ohio - Olivia Newton-John

[mystoo]

And SKINNY PUPPY.