# Find out the #1 song on your birthday (US or UK) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559 "2005-03-08T18:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/1 "2005-03-08T18:25:32Z")
[http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php](http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/member/birthdayno1.php) Fun. My 1st birthday celebrated _I Will Survive_ sung by the ferocious Gloria Gaynor. My 18th birthday celebrated _Wannabe_ by the Spice Girls. Both of these songs are guilty pleasures for me. What songs do you get? ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/2 "2005-03-08T18:33:34Z")
Oh god… _The Chipmunk Song_ by Alvin and the Chipmunks. That’s a bit of ignorance that could’ve gone undisspelled. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/3 "2005-03-08T18:35:24Z")
_People got to be free_ - The Rascals was number one the day I was born. I never had any psychic connection with the song. Now, if _Ball of Confusion_ came up… ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/4 "2005-03-08T18:36:56Z")
Is that for US or UK? Or just ask me…the guy who knows virtually everything about No.1 hits 😃 Mine was Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel.Suits me ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/5 "2005-03-08T18:38:56Z")
Day I was born: Night Fever, Bee Gees 18th Birthday: Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey 21st Birthday: No Scrubs, TLC 🙂🙂🙂 ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/6 "2005-03-08T18:50:09Z")
On the day I was born: **A Big Hunk O’ Love** by Elvis Presley Thus spake the prophet. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/7 "2005-03-08T18:56:40Z")
On the day I was born, it was “All In The Game” by Tommy Edwards. 10th birthday: “Hey Jude” by The Beatles. 20th birthday: “Kiss You All Over” by Exile. 30th birthday: “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin (ugh). 40th birthday: “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing” by Aerosmith (never heard it). ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/8 "2005-03-08T19:08:14Z")
> [@PinkMarabou](#): > > Day I was born: Night Fever, Bee Gees > 18th Birthday: Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey > 21st Birthday: No Scrubs, TLC > 🙂🙂🙂 Night Fever was #1 when I was born as well. You have a birthday coming up soon? ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/9 "2005-03-08T19:17:52Z")
I’m so old, songs hadn’t been invented when I was born :eek: Oh, wait, it was just that #1 song lists hadn’t been invented yet. Still… When I became 18, though: The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Talk about sheer perfundity. ---
**Author:** ![MinniePurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@MinniePurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinniePurl)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/10 "2005-03-08T19:36:07Z")
[Popstrology](http://www.popstrology.com/lookup.html) is the same, but take the concept a bit further, at least for USians. I’m a Smokey Robinson & the Miracles (Tears of a Clown) born in the Year of the Jackson 5. Could be worse-- it’s not my favorite Smokey song, but at least it’s not the Jackson 5 or something worse. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/11 "2005-03-08T19:47:45Z")
The Letter - The Box Tops ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/12 "2005-03-08T19:54:52Z")
Not only did I learn that my birth song was “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” by Sly & The Family Stone, but I also learned that was indeed how they spelled it. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/13 "2005-03-08T20:04:56Z")
_I Want To Know What Love Is_ Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/14 "2005-03-08T20:10:09Z")
“Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green. Yes, as a matter of fact, I _do_ take a tremendous amount of pride in the fact that mine was cool. _::bows::_ (in GB, it was “Telegram Sam” by T. Rex. I have no idea what that is.) ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/15 "2005-03-08T20:26:46Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > (in GB, it was “Telegram Sam” by T. Rex. I have no idea what that is.) That’s an amazing song, from “The Slider” LP, one of my all-time faves. It’s got the strangest lyrics, to wit: _Automatic shoes, automatic shoes Give me 3D vision and the California blues…_ but then an awful lot of Marc Bolan’s lyrics have really strange lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/16 "2005-03-08T20:29:44Z")
On the day I was born, _Kiss You All Over_ by Exile was #1 on the US charts. On my twenty-first birthday, it was _Unpretty_ by TLC. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/17 "2005-03-08T20:42:07Z")
On my birthday it was _Le Freak_ by Chic. On my 18th birthday it was _Unbreak My Heart_ by Toni Braxton. Meh, I could take or leave either song. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/18 "2005-03-08T20:45:17Z")
I did the US one. I was born a year before they started keeping track. 1st birthday - “Rock Around The Clock” - Bill Hayley and The Comets I can live with that 16th birthday - “Close To You” - The Carpenters _GAG_ 18th birthday - “Alone Again (Naturally)” - Gilbert O’ Sullivan _GAG_ _GAG_ 21st birthday - "One of These Nights - The Eagles YAY! A good one! 30th birthday - “When Doves Cry” - Prince I can live with that 40th birthday - "I Swear - All-4-One _GAG_ _GAG_ _GAG_ 50th birthday - “Confessions Part 2” - Usher Having officially entered old fartdom that day I have no clue what this is ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/19 "2005-03-08T20:52:35Z")
US: Zeroth birthday: “Hey Jude” by the Beatles 🆒 18th birthday: “Amanda” by Boston (not bad) 21st birthday: “Listen to Your Heart” by Roxette (never heard it, but that was during my “never listen to anything current” stage) 30th birthday: “One Week” by the Barenaked Ladies (pretty good) UK: Zeroth birthday: “With a Little Help From My Friends” by Joe Cocker (better than the original, in my opinion, and I’m a huge Beatles fan) 18th birthday: “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin (gag) 21st birthday: “That’s What I Like” by Jive Bunny (never heard of it) 30th birthday: “Believe” by Cher (Bwahahaha!) ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559/20 "2005-03-08T20:55:41Z")
“Night Fever” - BeeGees. Huh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-out-the-1-song-on-your-birthday-us-or-uk/293559.md?page=2)