List of UK top-ten singles in 1995

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Robson & Jerome, who rose to prominence via the television series Soldier Soldier, achieved the best-selling single of 1995 with "Unchained Melody"/"White Cliffs of Dover", which spent seven weeks at number-one in May and June and has since sold 1,800,000 copies in the UK alone. They scored a second number-one hit in November with "I Believe"/"Up on the Roof", which became the year's third best seller. Robson & Jerome Duo.jpg
Robson & Jerome, who rose to prominence via the television series Soldier Soldier , achieved the best-selling single of 1995 with "Unchained Melody"/"White Cliffs of Dover", which spent seven weeks at number-one in May and June and has since sold 1,800,000 copies in the UK alone. They scored a second number-one hit in November with "I Believe"/"Up on the Roof", which became the year's third best seller.
Coolio (pictured in 2002) had the second best selling single of this year with his signature song "Gangsta's Paradise", featuring guest vocals from L.V., which spent two weeks at number-one and lasted 12 weeks in the top 10 altogether. Coolio.jpg
Coolio (pictured in 2002) had the second best selling single of this year with his signature song "Gangsta's Paradise", featuring guest vocals from L.V., which spent two weeks at number-one and lasted 12 weeks in the top 10 altogether.
Mick Hucknall (pictured in 2003) and his band Simply Red scored their first and only UK number-one single in September of this year with "Fairground", which topped the chart for four weeks. Mick Hucknall Bremen 2003.jpeg
Mick Hucknall (pictured in 2003) and his band Simply Red scored their first and only UK number-one single in September of this year with "Fairground", which topped the chart for four weeks.
Oasis achieved four top 10 singles in 1995. These included "Some Might Say", which became the band's first number-one single, and "Wonderwall", which spent 11 weeks in the top 10 and is now Oasis' biggest-selling single in the UK. Oasis Liam and Noel.jpg
Oasis achieved four top 10 singles in 1995. These included "Some Might Say", which became the band's first number-one single, and "Wonderwall", which spent 11 weeks in the top 10 and is now Oasis' biggest-selling single in the UK.

The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical singles. [2] [3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 1995, as well as singles which peaked in 1994 and 1996 but were in the top 10 in 1995. The entry date is when the single appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Contents

One-hundred and fifty-three singles were in the top ten in 1995. Nine singles from 1994 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "I Am Blessed" by Eternal was released in 1995 but did not reach its peak until 1996. "Another Day" by Whigfield, "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex, "Love Me for a Reason" by Boyzone, "Them Girls, Them Girls" by Zig and Zag and "Think Twice" by Celine Dion were the singles from 1994 to reach their peak in 1995. Sixty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1995. Coolio, Foo Fighters, Mary J. Blige, N-Trance and Supergrass were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 1995.

The 1994 Christmas number-one, "Stay Another Day" by East 17, remained at number-one for the first week of 1995. The first new number-one single of the year was "Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex. Overall, seventeen different singles peaked at number-one in 1995, with Michael Jackson, The Outhere Brothers, Robson & Jerome and Take That (2) having the joint most singles hit that position.

Background

Multiple entries

One-hundred and fifty-three singles charted in the top 10 in 1995, with one-hundred and forty-eight singles reaching their peak this year.

Sixty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1995. The five members of Irish boyband Boyzone (Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch and Stephen Gately) shared the record for the most top ten singles in 1995 with five hit singles each. "Father and Son" was Boyzone's biggest hit of the year: it peaked at number 2 in December and spent eight weeks in the top 10. "Love Me for a Reason" also reached number 2 in January, "So Good" made number 3 in August, and "Key to My Life" charted at the same position in April. The group also gave up their time for the Childliners charity record "The Gift of Christmas", peaking at number nine.

Blur were one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "Country House". Bobby Brown, Eternal, M People, Shaggy and Take That were among the other artists who had multiple top 10 entries in 1995.

Chart debuts

Sixty artists achieved their first top 10 single in 1995, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, eight went on to record another hit single that year: Black Grape, Björk, N-Trance, Nightcrawlers, Paul Oakenfold, Robson & Jerome, Scatman John and Supergrass. Clock, MN8, The Outhere Brothers and Pulp all had two other entries in their breakthrough year.

The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.

ArtistNumber of top 10sFirst entryChart positionOther entries
Ini Kamoze 1"Here Comes the Hotstepper"4
N-Trance 2"Set You Free"2"Stayin' Alive" (2)
Nicki French 1"Total Eclipse of the Heart"5
Green Day 1"Basket Case"7
MN8 3"I've Got a Little Something for You"2"If You Only Let Me In" (6), "Happy" (8)
Bill Whelan 1"Riverdance"9
Anúna
The RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Perfecto Allstarz 1"Reach Up (Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag)"6
Paul Oakenfold 2"Not Over Yet" (6)
Alex Party 1"Don't Give Me Your Life"2
Nightcrawlers 2"Push the Feeling On"3"Surrender Your Love" (7)
The Bucketheads 1"The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)"5
The Boo Radleys 1"Wake Up Boo!"9
Clock 3"Axel F"/"Keep Pushin'"7"Whoomp! (There It Is)" (4), "Everybody" (6)
Freak Power 1"Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out"2
The Outhere Brothers 3"Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)"1"Boom Boom Boom" (1), "La La La Hey Hey" (7)
Strike 1"U Sure Do"4
Grace 1"Not Over Yet"6
Brownstone 1"If You Love Me"8
Tina Arena 1"Chains"6
Deuce 1"I Need You"10
Björk 2"Army of Me"10"It's Oh So Quiet" (4)
Livin' Joy 1"Dreamer"1
Scatman John 2"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)"3"Scatman's World" (10)
Supergrass 2"Lenny"10"Alright"/"Time" (2)
Robson & Jerome 2"Unchained Melody"/"White Cliffs of Dover"1"I Believe"/"Up on the Roof" (1)
The Manchester United 1995 Football Squad 1"We're Gonna Do It Again"6
Stryker
Love City Groove 1"Love City Groove"7
Billie Ray Martin 1"Your Loving Arms"6
McAlmont & Butler 1"Yes"8
Pulp 3"Common People"3"Mis-Shapes"/"Sorted for E's & Wizz" (2), "Disco 2000" (7)
Black Grape 2"Reverend Black Grape"9"In the Name of the Father" (8)
Jam & Spoon 1"Right in the Night (Fall in Love with Music)"10
Plavka
Foo Fighters 1"This Is a Call"5
Reeves & Mortimer 1"I'm a Believer"3
Diana King 1"Shy Guy"2
Dana Dawson 1"3 is Family"9
Method Man 1"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"10
Mary J. Blige
TLC 1"Waterfalls"4
The Original 1"I Luv U Baby"2
JX 1"Son of a Gun"6
Berri 1"Sunshine After the Rain"4
The Rembrandts 1"I'll Be There for You"3
De'Lacy 1"Hideaway"9
Ricardo da Force 1"Stayin' Alive"2
Roy Chubby Brown 1"Living Next Door to Alice (Who the F**k is Alice?)"3
Josh Wink 1"Higher State of Consciousness"8
Coolio 1"Gangsta's Paradise"1
L.V.
Happy Clappers 1"I Believe"7
Passengers 1"Miss Sarajevo"6
Childliners1"The Gift of Christmas"9
Peter Andre
Sean Maguire
The Mike Flowers Pops 1"Wonderwall"2
Notes

Italian brothers Gianni and Paolo Visnadi made their chart debuts with two separate acts, charting first as members of Alex Party and later in the year with Livin' Joy. UB40's Ali Campbell charted for the first time as a solo artist in 1995, "That Look in Your Eye" peaking at number five in May. John Reid was credited as a featured artist for the Nightcrawlers single "Surrender Your Love" but he was actually part of the band.

The duo McAlmont & Butler consisted of singer David McAlmont and guitarist Bernard Butler, the latter who was in Suede until his departure the previous year, The group had their first hit with the number 7 single "Animal Nitrate" in 1993. Former Happy Mondays members Shaun Ryder and Mark "Bez" Berry became part of the line-up of newly created Black Grape. Edwyn Collins first found fame with Orange Juice in the mid-1980s but went it alone on number 4 hit "A Girl Like You".

Vic Reeves of the comedy partnership Reeves & Mortimer had previous chart entries to his name with 1991's "Born Free" and "Dizzy". Bob Mortimer was making his debut in the top 10. Suggs launched a solo career while still an active member of Madness, scoring a top 10 single with double-A side "I'm Only Sleeping"/"Off On Holiday".

Ricardo da Force had his first official entry as a featured artist on N-Trance's cover of "Stayin' Alive" but he had performed vocals on The KLF chart topper "3 a.m. Eternal", as well as their other singles "Last Train to Trancentral" and "Justified & Ancient", and Adamski's "The Space Jungle". Prince adopted the new moniker Artist Formerly Known as Prince from 1995 onwards, charting with "Gold" which landed at number ten.

The Childliners charity single "The Gift of Christmas" saw a collective of new and veteran chart acts uniting to raise money for Childline. Members of Boyzone, China Black, East 17, Let Loose and Ultimate Kaos all had previous top 10 credits to their name prior to 1995, as did solo artists C. J. Lewis, Dannii Minogue, Michelle Gayle and West End. Deuce, MN8 and Nightcrawlers all debuted earlier in 1995 but the band members all featured as individuals instead of the group's line-up. A.S.A.P., Backstreet Boys, E.Y.C., Gemini and The Flood were the groups whose line-up's first credit was on this record. Peter Andre and Sean Maguire were the two solo artists for which "The Gift of Christmas" was their first top 10 single of any description.

Songs from films

Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Here Comes the Hotstepper" (from Pret-a-Porter ), "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" ( Don Juan DeMarco ), "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" and "Kiss from a Rose" ( Batman Forever ), "Shy Guy" ( Bad Boys ), "Gangsta's Paradise" ( Dangerous Minds ) and "GoldenEye" ( GoldenEye ).

Additionally, the K-Klass remix "The Best Things in Life Are Free" from Mo' Money charted in the top ten. Although the single itself did not promote the film, the music video was assembled from footage of the film.

Charity singles

Several singles raising money for different charitable causes reached the top ten this year. The Comic Relief single was an all-star collaboration between Cher, Chrissie Hynde, Neneh Cherry and Eric Clapton, a cover version of "Love Can Build a Bridge". It topped the chart for one week on 25 March 1995 (week ending).

The charity collective Childliners, which included members of bands including Boyzone, Backstreet Boys and Let Loose, produced a single in aid of Childline entitled "The Gift of Christmas". Its highest position was number 9, which it reached on 16 December 1995 (week ending), staying there for two weeks.

Best-selling singles

Robson & Jerome had the biggest-selling single of 1995 with the double-A side "Unchained Melody"/"White Cliffs of Dover", which spent ten weeks in the top 10 (including seven weeks at number-one), sold over 1.8 million copies and was certified 2× platinum by the BPI. "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V. came in second place. Robson & Jerome's "I Believe"/"Up on the Roof", "Back for Good" from Take That and "Think Twice" by Celine Dion made up the top five. Singles by Michael Jackson ("Earth Song"), Simply Red, Michael Jackson ("You Are Not Alone"), Everything but the Girl and Oasis were also in the top ten best-selling singles of the year.

"Unchained Melody"/"White Cliffs of Dover" (2) also ranked in the top 10 best-selling singles of the decade.

Top-ten singles

Key
SymbolMeaning
Single peaked in 1994 but still in chart in 1995.
Single released in 1995 but peaked in 1996.
(#)Year-end top-ten single position and rank
EnteredThe date that the single first appeared in the chart.
PeakHighest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart.
Entered
(week ending)
Weeks
in
top
10
SingleArtistPeakPeak reached
(week ending)
Weeks
at
peak
Singles in 1994
26 November 19947"Crocodile Shoes" ‡ Jimmy Nail 410 December 19941
3 December 19948"Stay Another Day" ‡ East 17 110 December 19945
10 December 19945"All I Want for Christmas Is You" ‡ Mariah Carey 217 December 19943
17"Think Twice" (#5) Celine Dion 14 February 19957
8"Love Me for a Reason" Boyzone 27 January 19951
17 December 19942"Another Day" [A] Whigfield 77 January 19951
24 December 199410"Cotton Eye Joe" Rednex 114 January 19953
4"Them Girls, Them Girls" Zig and Zag 57 January 19951
31 December 19944"Whatever" ‡ Oasis 331 December 19941
Singles in 1995
7 January 19959"Here Comes the Hotstepper" Ini Kamoze 421 January 19954
14 January 19959"Set You Free" N-Trance 211 February 19951
4"Tell Me When" The Human League 621 January 19952
1"Sympathy for the Devil" Guns N' Roses 914 January 19951
21 January 19955"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Nicki French 528 January 19953
2"Bump n' Grind" R. Kelly 828 January 19951
28 January 19952"Basket Case" Green Day 728 January 19951
1"She's a River" Simple Minds 928 January 19951
4 February 19953"Run Away" M.C. Sar & Real McCoy 64 February 19951
7"I've Got a Little Something for You" MN8 24 March 19951
2"Riverdance" [B] Bill Whelan & Anúna
featuring The RTÉ Concert Orchestra
94 February 19951
11 February 19955"Reach Up (Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag)" Perfecto Allstarz [C] 64 March 19951
1"Open Your Heart" M People 94 March 19951
18 February 19954"No More "I Love You's"" Annie Lennox 218 February 19952
8"Don't Give Me Your Life" Alex Party 211 March 19952
25 February 19951"Bedtime Story" Madonna 425 February 19951
2"Someday I'll Be Saturday Night" Bon Jovi 74 March 19951
4 March 19954"Push the Feeling On" Nightcrawlers 311 March 19951
11 March 19954"The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)" [D] The Bucketheads [E] 511 March 19951
1"Wake Up Boo!" The Boo Radleys 911 March 19951
3"Axel F"/"Keep Pushin'" Clock 718 March 19951
18 March 19953"Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out" [F] Freak Power 318 March 19951
4"Love Can Build a Bridge" [G] Cher, Chrissie Hynde & Neneh Cherry with Eric Clapton 125 March 19951
9"Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)" The Outhere Brothers 11 April 19951
2"Whoops Now"/"What'll I Do" Janet Jackson 925 March 19951
25 March 19954"Julia Says" Wet Wet Wet 31 April 19951
1 April 19957"Two Can Play That Game" Bobby Brown 38 April 19954
4"U Sure Do" Strike 48 April 19952
2"Baby It's You" The Beatles 71 April 19951
1"Let It Rain" East 17 101 April 19951
8 April 19957"Back for Good" (#4) Take That 18 April 19954
4"Baby Baby" Corona 515 April 19952
3"Not Over Yet" Grace 615 April 19951
15 April 19953"If You Love Me" Brownstone 815 April 19952
1"Strange Currencies" R.E.M. 915 April 19951
22 April 19953"Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" Bryan Adams 422 April 19951
5"Chains" Tina Arena 66 May 19951
1"I Need You" Deuce 1022 April 19951
29 April 19953"Key to My Life" Boyzone 36 May 19951
2"If You Only Let Me In" MN8 629 April 19951
1"Best in Me" Let Loose 829 April 19951
6 May 19953"Some Might Say" Oasis 16 May 19951
1"The Changingman" Paul Weller 76 May 19951
1"Army of Me" Björk 106 May 19951
13 May 19954"Dreamer" Livin' Joy 113 May 19951
6"Guaglione" Perez 'Prez' Prado & His Orchestra 227 May 19951
6"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)" Scatman John 327 May 19951
1"Lenny" Supergrass 1013 May 19951
20 May 199510"Unchained Melody"/"White Cliffs of Dover" (#1) Robson & Jerome 120 May 19957
2"We're Gonna Do It Again" [H] The Manchester United 1995 Football Squad
featuring Stryker
620 May 19951
1"Love City Groove" [I] Love City Groove 720 May 19951
4"Your Loving Arms" Billie Ray Martin 627 May 19951
27 May 19953"That Look in Your Eye" Ali Campbell 527 May 19951
2"Surrender Your Love" Nightcrawlers featuring John Reid727 May 19952
1"Only One Road" Celine Dion 827 May 19951
2"Yes" McAlmont & Butler 83 June 19951
3 June 19954"Common People" Pulp 23 June 19952
5"(Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime) I Need Your Loving" Baby D 324 June 19951
10 June 19954"Scream" [J] Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson 310 June 19951
2"This Ain't a Love Song" Bon Jovi 617 June 19951
1"Reverend Black Grape" Black Grape 910 June 19951
17 June 19958"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" U2 217 June 19952
3"Think of You" Whigfield 717 June 19952
1"Right in the Night (Fall in Love with Music)" Jam & Spoon featuring Plavka 1017 June 19951
24 June 19959"Boom Boom Boom" The Outhere Brothers 18 July 19954
1"Don't Want to Forgive Me Now" Wet Wet Wet 724 June 19951
1"Search for the Hero" M People 924 June 19951
7"A Girl Like You" Edwyn Collins 422 July 19951
1 July 19953"Whoomp! (There It Is)" Clock 41 July 19951
1"This Is a Call" Foo Fighters 51 July 19951
1"Stillness in Time" Jamiroquai 91 July 19951
8 July 19952"I'm a Believer" EMF & Reeves & Mortimer 38 July 19951
7"Shy Guy" Diana King 229 July 19951
1"Shoot Me with Your Love" D:Ream 78 July 19951
1"Humpin' Around" Bobby Brown 88 July 19951
4"In the Summertime" Shaggy featuring Rayvon 522 July 19951
15 July 19955"Alright"/"Time" Supergrass 215 July 19952
1"Happy" MN8 815 July 19951
22 July 19956"Kiss from a Rose"/"I'm Alive" Seal 45 August 19952
1"You Do Something to Me" Paul Weller 922 July 19951
2"3 Is Family" Dana Dawson 929 July 19951
29 July 19955"Try Me Out" Corona 65 August 19952
1"I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige 1029 July 19951
5 August 19955"Never Forget" Take That 15 August 19953
1"In the Name of the Father" Black Grape 85 August 19951
12 August 19952"So Good" Boyzone 312 August 19952
2"I'm Only Sleeping"/"Off On Holiday" Suggs 712 August 19951
6"Waterfalls" TLC 419 August 19951
1"Don't You Want Me (1995 Remixes)" [K] Felix 1012 August 19951
19 August 19954"I Luv U Baby" The Original 219 August 19951
2"Son of a Gun" [L] JX 619 August 19951
26 August 19954"Country House" Blur 126 August 19952
4"Roll with It" Oasis 226 August 19952
2"Everybody" Clock 626 August 19951
1"Human Nature" Madonna 826 August 19951
2 September 19959"You Are Not Alone" (#8) Michael Jackson 19 September 19952
4"Sunshine After the Rain" Berri 49 September 19951
6"I'll Be There for You" [M] The Rembrandts 39 September 19952
2"Hideaway" De'Lacy 92 September 19952
9 September 19951"I Feel Love (1995 Remixes)" [N] Donna Summer 89 September 19951
1"Scatman's World" Scatman John 109 September 19951
16 September 19955"Stayin' Alive" N-Trance featuring Ricardo da Force 216 September 19951
2"Can I Touch You... There?" Michael Bolton 616 September 19951
1"Pour que tu m'aimes encore" Celine Dion 716 September 19951
8"Living Next Door to Alice (Who the F**k is Alice?)" Smokie featuring Roy Chubby Brown 321 October 19951
23 September 19957"Boombastic" Shaggy 123 September 19951
5"Fantasy" Mariah Carey 423 September 19952
2"Runaway" Janet Jackson 623 September 19951
2"La La La Hey Hey" The Outhere Brothers 723 September 19951
30 September 19957"Fairground" (#7) Simply Red 130 September 19954
2"Somewhere Somehow" Wet Wet Wet 77 October 19951
7 October 19953"Mis-Shapes"/"Sorted for E's & Wizz" Pulp 27 October 19952
1"Something for the Pain" Bon Jovi 87 October 19951
1"Man on the Edge" Iron Maiden 107 October 19951
14 October 19955"When Love & Hate Collide" Def Leppard 221 October 19951
2"Light of My Life" Louise [O] 814 October 19951
21 October 19953"Power of a Woman" Eternal [O] 521 October 19951
2"Higher State of Consciousness" Josh Wink 821 October 19951
28 October 199512"Gangsta's Paradise" (#2) Coolio featuring L.V. 128 October 19952
4"I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)" Meat Loaf 228 October 19951
14"Missing (Todd Terry Remix)" (#9) Everything but the Girl 325 November 19952
4 November 19953"Heaven for Everyone" Queen 24 November 19951
3"Thunder" East 17 44 November 19951
11 November 19959"I Believe"/"Up on the Roof" (#3) Robson & Jerome 111 November 19954
11"Wonderwall" (#10) [P] Oasis 211 November 19951
4"You'll See" Madonna 518 November 19951
18 November 19951"I Believe" Happy Clappers 718 November 19951
1"GoldenEye" Tina Turner 1018 November 19951
25 November 19951"The Universal" Blur 525 November 19951
2"Anywhere Is" Enya 725 November 19952
10"Father and Son" Boyzone 223 December 19952
8"It's Oh So Quiet" Björk 423 December 19953
2"Lie to Me" Bon Jovi 1025 November 19952
2 December 19951"Miss Sarajevo" Passengers [Q] 62 December 19951
9 December 19959"Earth Song" (#6) Michael Jackson 19 December 19956
2"One Sweet Day" Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men 69 December 19951
1"Disco 2000" Pulp 79 December 19951
1"Gold" Prince 109 December 19951
16 December 19953"Free as a Bird" The Beatles 216 December 19951
1"The Best Things In Life Are Free (1995 Remixes)" Luther Vandross & Janet Jackson 716 December 19951
2"The Gift of Christmas" [R] Childliners916 December 19952
23 December 19951"A Winter's Tale" Queen 623 December 19951
30 December 19952"Wonderwall" The Mike Flowers Pops 230 December 19951
3"I Am Blessed" ♦ Eternal [O] 713 January 19961

Entries by artist

The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 1995, including songs that reached their peak in 1994 or 1996. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist.

Shaggy (pictured in 2018) achieved two entries in the UK top 10 this year, including "Boombastic", which reached number-one for one week in September. Capitals All Caps playoff Concert 2018 (28903289938).jpg
Shaggy (pictured in 2018) achieved two entries in the UK top 10 this year, including "Boombastic", which reached number-one for one week in September.
Blur scored two top 10 hits in 1995, including the number-one hit "Country House", which famously kept Oasis' "Roll with It" off the top spot in what became known as "The Battle of Britpop". Blur (band).png
Blur scored two top 10 hits in 1995, including the number-one hit "Country House", which famously kept Oasis' "Roll with It" off the top spot in what became known as "The Battle of Britpop".
Jarvis Cocker (pictured in 2007) and his band Pulp had three top 10 entries this year, including "Common People" and "Mis-Shapes"/"Sorted for E's & Wizz", which both peaked at number two, becoming the group's joint highest-charting singles. Connect Music Festival 2007 - Jarvis Cocker.jpg
Jarvis Cocker (pictured in 2007) and his band Pulp had three top 10 entries this year, including "Common People" and "Mis-Shapes"/"Sorted for E's & Wizz", which both peaked at number two, becoming the group's joint highest-charting singles.
Smokie (band member Mike Craft pictured in 2018) teamed up with comedian Roy Chubby Brown to record a cover version of the band's 1976 hit single "Living Next Door to Alice". This version, entitled "Living Next Door to Alice (Who the F**k is Alice?)", peaked at number three in the UK in October 1995, two places higher than the number five peak of the original version nineteen years earlier. 2018 Smokie - Mike Craft - by 2eight - DSC2933.jpg
Smokie (band member Mike Craft pictured in 2018) teamed up with comedian Roy Chubby Brown to record a cover version of the band's 1976 hit single "Living Next Door to Alice". This version, entitled "Living Next Door to Alice (Who the F**k is Alice?)", peaked at number three in the UK in October 1995, two places higher than the number five peak of the original version nineteen years earlier.
Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins who first found success as the lead singer with the band Orange Juice, achieved his biggest hit as a solo artist in 1995 with "A Girl Like You", which lasted seven weeks top 10, with its highest chart position at number four. Edwyn Collins portrait.jpg
Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins who first found success as the lead singer with the band Orange Juice, achieved his biggest hit as a solo artist in 1995 with "A Girl Like You", which lasted seven weeks top 10, with its highest chart position at number four.
US disc jockey and record producer Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez reached number five in the UK in March of this year under the pseudonym "The Bucketheads" with the hit record "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)". Kenny Dope Gonzalez.jpg
US disc jockey and record producer Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez reached number five in the UK in March of this year under the pseudonym "The Bucketheads" with the hit record "The Bomb! (These Sounds Fall into My Mind)".
EntriesArtistWeeksSingles
5 Keith Duffy [S] [T] [U] 17"Father and Son", "Key to My Life", "Love Me for a Reason", "So Good", "The Gift of Christmas"
Michael Graham [S] [T] [U] 17"Father and Son", "Key to My Life", "Love Me for a Reason", "So Good", "The Gift of Christmas"
Ronan Keating [S] [T] [U] 17"Father and Son", "Key to My Life", "Love Me for a Reason", "So Good", "The Gift of Christmas"
Shane Lynch [S] [T] [U] 17"Father and Son", "Key to My Life", "Love Me for a Reason", "So Good", "The Gift of Christmas"
Stephen Gately [S] [T] [U] 17"Father and Son", "Key to My Life", "Love Me for a Reason", "So Good", "The Gift of Christmas"
4 Bon Jovi 7"Lie to Me", "Someday I'll Be Saturday Night", "Something for the Pain", "This Ain't a Love Song"
Boyzone [S] 15"Father and Son", "Key to My Life", "Love Me for a Reason", "So Good"
Brian Harvey [U] [V] [W] 9"Let It Rain", "Stay Another Day", "The Gift of Christmas", "Thunder"
Dee Tails [U] [X] 12"Happy", "If You Only Let Me In", "I've Got a Little Something for You", "The Gift of Christmas"
G-Man [U] [X] 12"Happy", "If You Only Let Me In", "I've Got a Little Something for You", "The Gift of Christmas"
Janet Jackson 9"Runaway", "Scream", "The Best Things In Life Are Free (1995 Remixes)", "Whoops Now"/"What'll I Do"
John Hendy [U] [V] 9"Let It Rain", "Stay Another Day", "The Gift of Christmas", "Thunder"
KG [U] [X] 12"Happy", "If You Only Let Me In", "I've Got a Little Something for You", "The Gift of Christmas"
Kule T [U] [X] 12"Happy", "If You Only Let Me In", "I've Got a Little Something for You", "The Gift of Christmas"
Oasis [V] 18"Roll with It", "Some Might Say", "Whatever", "Wonderwall"
Terry Coldwell [U] [V] [W] 9"Let It Rain", "Stay Another Day", "The Gift of Christmas", "Thunder"
Tony Mortimer [U] [V] [W] 9"Let It Rain", "Stay Another Day", "The Gift of Christmas", "Thunder"
3 Celine Dion [S] 15"Only One Road", "Pour que tu m'aimes encore", "Think Twice"
Clock 8"Axel F"/"Keep Pushin'", "Everybody", "Whoomp! (There It Is)"
East 17 [V] [W] 7"Let It Rain", "Stay Another Day", "Thunder"
Graham Wilson [U] [Y] 8"Push the Feeling On", "Surrender Your Love", "The Gift of Christmas"
Hugh Brankin [U] [Y] 8"Push the Feeling On", "Surrender Your Love", "The Gift of Christmas"
John Reid [U] [Y] [Z] 8"Push the Feeling On", "Surrender Your Love", "The Gift of Christmas"
Madonna 6"Bedtime Story", "Human Nature", "You'll See"
Mariah Carey [V] 8"All I Want for Christmas Is You", "Fantasy", "One Sweet Day"
Michael Jackson 17"Earth Song", "Scream", "You Are Not Alone"
MN8 10"Happy", "If You Only Let Me In", "I've Got a Little Something for You"
The Outhere Brothers 20"Boom Boom Boom", "Don't Stop (Wiggle Wiggle)", "La La La Hey Hey"
Pulp 8"Common People", "Disco 2000", "Mis-Shapes"/"Sorted for E's & Wizz"
Ross Campbell [U] [Y] 8"Push the Feeling On", "Surrender Your Love", "The Gift of Christmas"
Wet Wet Wet 7"Don't Want to Forgive Me Now", "Julia Says", "Somewhere Somehow"
2 Amanda Perkins [U] [AA] 3"I Need You", "The Gift of Christmas"
The Beatles 5"Baby It's You", "Free as a Bird"
Björk 9"Army of Me", "It's Oh So Quiet"
Black Grape 2"In the Name of the Father", "Reverend Black Grape"
Blur 5"Country House", "The Universal"
Bobby Brown 8"Humpin' Around", "Two Can Play That Game"
Corona 9"Baby Baby", "Try Me Out"
Craig Robert Young [U] [AA] 3"I Need You", "The Gift of Christmas"
Eternal [BB] 4"I Am Blessed", "Power of a Woman"
Gianni Visnadi [CC] [DD] 12"Don't Give Me Your Life", "Dreamer"
Kelly O'Keefe [U] [AA] 3"I Need You", "The Gift of Christmas"
Lee Murray [U] [EE] 3"Best in Me", "The Gift of Christmas"
Lisa Armstrong [U] [AA] 3"I Need You", "The Gift of Christmas"
M People 2"Open Your Heart", "Search for the Hero"
N-Trance 14"Set You Free", "Stayin' Alive"
Nightcrawlers 6"Push the Feeling On", "Surrender Your Love"
Paul Holmes [U] [AA] 3"I Need You", "The Gift of Christmas"
Paul Oakenfold [FF] [GG] 8"Not Over Yet", "Reach Up (Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag)"
Paul Weller 2"The Changingman", "You Do Something to Me"
Paolo Visnadi [CC] [DD] 12"Don't Give Me Your Life", "Dreamer"
Queen 4"A Winter's Tale", "Heaven for Everyone"
Richie Wermerling [U] [EE] 3"Best in Me", "The Gift of Christmas"
Rob Jeffrey [U] [EE] 3"Best in Me", "The Gift of Christmas"
Robson & Jerome 18"I Believe"/"Up on the Roof"
"Unchained Melody"/"White Cliffs of Dover"
Scatman John 7"Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)", "Scatman's World"
Shaggy 11"Boombastic", "In the Summertime"
Supergrass 6"Alright"/"Time", "Lenny"
Take That 12"Back for Good", "Never Forget"
U2 [HH] 9"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", "Miss Sarajevo"
Whigfield [S] 4"Another Day", "Think of You"

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Gift of Christmas (song)</span> 1995 song by Childliners

"The Gift of Christmas" is a 1995 charity single by supergroup Childliners, with the proceeds of the single going to Childline. The song was written by Tony Mortimer of East 17. In a similar ilk to "Do They Know It's Christmas?" by Band Aid, the song features popular chart acts such as MN8, Boyzone, East 17, Backstreet Boys, Dannii Minogue, Peter Andre and more. It peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart, number 10 in Ireland and number 7 in Scotland.

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