# What song was number one (US and UK) when you were born? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2001, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794 "2001-07-17T14:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/21 "2001-07-17T20:18:13Z")
11/25/60 US: Stay, by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs UK: It’s Now or Never, by some guy named Elvis ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/22 "2001-07-17T20:45:05Z")
Oct 18, 1966 UK - _Distant Drums_ by Jim Reeves US - _Reach Out I’ll Be There_ by The Four Tops I know both artists, but neither song. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/23 "2001-07-17T21:00:54Z")
I did this a few months ago… US = “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)” by Three Dog Night UK = “In the Summertime” by Mungo Jerry Both of which are awesome, and both of which I lorded over my friend in jail, who was stuck with “Dancing Queen” by ABBA for US and UK. And he hates, loathes, despises Disco. Hehehehehehe… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2001, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/24 "2001-07-17T22:49:28Z")
8 Mar 1965: UK: I’ll Never Find Another You by The Seekers (huh?) US: My Girl by The Temptations My girl, my girl, my girl… Talkin’ 'bout my giiiiiiirl…my girl! That’s me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/25 "2001-07-18T01:05:05Z")
5 January 1983: US: _Maneater_, Hall & Oates UK: _Save Your Love,_ Renee and Renato ---
**Author:** ![Mobius74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@Mobius74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mobius74)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/26 "2001-07-18T02:32:40Z")
Songs for my birthday are pretty boring fare, but on the day I graduated from high school, _The Streak_ by Ray Stevens was #1 in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Mobius74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@Mobius74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mobius74)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/27 "2001-07-18T02:38:02Z")
\*\* “Don’t look, Ethel!!! it was too late…” ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/28 "2001-07-18T05:37:12Z")
July 6th, 1976 US: Silly Love Songs by Wings UK: You To Me Are Everything by The Real Thing Wow. Two love songs. No wonder I fall in love so easily. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mikehardware](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mikehardware](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikehardware)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/29 "2001-07-18T13:12:36Z")
US - Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley UK - On The Street Where You Live by Vic Damone I’ll have to play them back-to-back - “Purple People Eater On The Street Where You Live” ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794/30 "2001-07-18T19:34:04Z")
US – Love is Blue by Paul Mauriat UK – Cinderella Rockefella by Esther and Abi Ofarim I’m not sure what this says about me. Maybe I’m actually the evil stepbrother of Poppa or Handy Smurf and the three of us formed a band that totally rocked! My daughter’s US song is soooo coooooolll: Independent Woman Part I by Destiny’s Child. Hate the song, but I hope it describes my daughter when she grows up! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-was-number-one-us-and-uk-when-you-were-born/72794.md?page=1)