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Cliff Richard and Sarah Brightman – ‘All I Ask Of You’

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 1d

Zero no. 1 singles in Ireland about Russia's greatest love machine:

A bearded man with his right hand raised

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 1d

No. 1 singles in Ireland about, featuring or named after them:
3 - Jesus Christ
3 - Pope John Paul II
5 - Roy Keane

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Another Andrew Lloyd Webber concoction from the top of our charts. If you think the song is noxious schmaltz, wait 'til you see the video: irishnumberones.com/2022/03/05/c...

25 October 1986 During my Paris years I went to the Opera a couple of times, but I never saw any phantoms there. West End musicals: don’t trust them! If you’ve visited Paris you may hav…

Bombalurina – ‘Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 2d

We have Andrew Lloyd Webber to thank for 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini', the song that knocked 'Put 'Em Under Pressure' off the Irish number one spot in 1990: irishnumberones.com/2022/04/28/b...

30 August 1990 Bombalurina is the name of a feline in the musical Cats, and the ‘executive producer’ of this record is Cats composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who apparently wanted a number …

Jason Donovan – ‘Any Dream Will Do’

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 2d

Two versions of Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Any Dream Will Do' have topped the Irish charts - by Irish singer Joe Cuddy in 1974 and then this one by Jason: irishnumberones.com/2022/05/08/j...

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…

Marti Webb – ‘Take That Look Off Your Face’

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 2d

'I Don't Know How To Love Him' in December 1971 was our first of many number ones from Andrew Lloyd Webber. This from 1980 is sung by a Webb and written by a Webber, which implies the existence of a Webbest: irishnumberones.com/2022/01/02/m...

27 March 1980 Our first power ballad, a genre that really took off in the ’80s and, like the poor or venereal disease, is still with us. This one, of the West End musical variant, is sung by …

Tina and The Real McCoy – ‘I Don’t Know How To Love Him’

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 2d

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9 December 1971
Tina and The Real McCoy – ‘I Don’t Know How To Love Him’: Jaysus irishnumberones.com/2025/10/06/t...

9 December 1971 This seems to be the first number one single anywhere for Andrew Lloyd Webber, although Jesus Christ Superstar had topped the US album charts the previous year. (Earlier in 1971, He…

HUNTR/X’s ‘Golden’ Is No. 1 on Hot 100 for Eighth Week, Tate McRae’s ‘Tit for Tat’ Debuts at No. 3

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 2d

🗽 In other news from America, it's now eight weeks in total for 'Golden' from KPop Demon Hunters as the US no. 1 www.billboard.com/lists/huntr-...

HUNTR/X’s "Golden" is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for an eighth week.

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 3d

Jesus Christ! This Irish singer will be next in our chart-toppers of 1971 on Irish Number Ones irishnumberones.com

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Duck! Coming next in Ireland's chart-topping singles of 2016 on Irish Number Ones... irishnumberones.com

Niall Horan - Heaven (Official Video)

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 4d

No solo number one single in Ireland yet for Niall. Here's the best of his seven top ten hits so far: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G9L...

YouTube video by NiallHoranVEVO

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 4d

Seven Irish chart-toppers with One Direction put Niall Horan one ahead of his fellow Mullingar native Joe Dolan as the Westmeath act with the most no. 1 singles in Ireland.

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

The best pop single of the last 25 years, and some others too: check out all of Ireland's chart-toppers of 2012 on Irish Number Ones. Content warning: Ireland's Euro 2012 campaign irishnumberones.com/by-date/#2012

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

Fun. Ireland's top ten singles this week in October 2012. Source: www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-...

Ireland's top ten singles this week in October 2012. Source: https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/84917-irish-chart-thread-2012?p=5505840#post5505840

Fun.: Some Nights [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

One place below Taylor Swift in the Irish top ten this week in October 2012: the band of her future collaborator Jack Antonoff. I presume this wasn't on his CV when he went for the job: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkB...

YouTube video by Fueled By Ramen

Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

Taylor Swift was releasing albums back in October 2012 too. From that month's Red and the Irish top ten this week then: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA4i...

YouTube video by Taylor Swift

Of Monsters and Men – ‘Little Talks’

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

In other alt-folk from the Irish top ten this week in October 2012: a number one two months earlier. You'll remember it when you hear it: irishnumberones.com/2024/04/22/o...

16 August 2012 Or if you like, the music from a ton of TV ads and montages but not the ukulele one, which is ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy. Interestingly, while ‘Little Talks’ was …

Inside Grammy winner Winston Marshall’s crusade to save the UK from woke radicalism: ‘Britain’s in real trouble’

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

Who'd have thought the (now ex-)guitarist from Mumford & Sons would have the political views of someone whose father co-owns GB News? nypost.com/2025/04/30/u...

“I feel very dedicated now to my country and trying to pull it back from the brink,” Winston Marshall told The Post after his surprising White House visit this week.

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

Also in the Irish top ten this week in October 2012: the English group I presume influenced all those Irish alt-folk bands in the charts today www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGKf...

Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by MumfordAndSonsVEVO

YouTube video by RihannaVEVO

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

Top five in Ireland this week in October 2012 and soon to be a UK no. 1: RiRi with inspo-content 'Diamonds' www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA2...

Rihanna - Diamonds

YouTube video by Lykke Li - Topic

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

Of course, some of us had been listening to Lykke Li back with her lovely debut album in 2008, even though I'm not a hipster #NotAHipster www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU0W...

Dance, Dance, Dance

Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers (Director: Tarik Saleh)

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

Compare and contrast. The original pre-remix version of 'I Follow Rivers' by Lykke Li: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZYb...

YouTube video by Lykke Li

Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers - Magician Remix [Music Video]

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

Top five in Ireland this week in October 2012, having been denied the top spot the previous week by the dreadful The Script: the fab remix version of Lykke Li's 'I Follow Rivers' www.youtube.com/watch?v=nska...

YouTube video by officialsinsico

“Golden” Official Lyric Video | KPop Demon Hunters | Sony Animation

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Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · 5d

Currently in its fourth week in total at no. 2 on the Irish charts: will it get to number one? www.youtube.com/watch?v=yebN...

YouTube video by Sony Pictures Animation