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This is a list of the best-selling singles on the UK Singles Chart for each year.
| Year
| Song
| Artist
| Number sold
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| 1952
| "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart"
| Vera Lynn
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| 1953
| "I Believe"
| Frankie Laine
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| 1954
| "Secret Love"
| Doris Day
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| 1955
| "Rose Marie"
| Slim Whitman
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| 1956
| "I'll Be Home"
| Pat Boone
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| 1957
| "Diana"
| Paul Anka
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| 1958
| "Jailhouse Rock"
| Elvis Presley
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| 1959
| "Living Doll"
| Cliff Richard
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| 1960
| "It's Now or Never"
| Elvis Presley
| 1,210,000
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| 1961
| "Are You Lonesome Tonight"
| Elvis Presley
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| 1962
| "I Remember You"
| Frank Ifield
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| 1963
| "She Loves You"
| The Beatles
| 1,890,000
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| 1964
| "Can't Buy Me Love"
| The Beatles
| 1,520,000
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| 1965
| "Tears"
| Ken Dodd
| 1,521,000
|
| 1966
| "Green Green Grass of Home"
| Tom Jones
| 1,205,000
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| 1967
| "Release Me"
| Engelbert Humperdinck
| 1,365,000
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| 1968
| "Hey Jude"
| The Beatles
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| 1969
| "Sugar, Sugar"
| The Archies
| 979,000
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| 1970
| "The Wonder of You"
| Elvis Presley
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| 1971
| "My Sweet Lord"
| George Harrison
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| 1972
| "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
| The New Seekers
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| 1973
| "I Love You Love Me Love"
| Gary Glitter
| 1,140,000
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| 1974
| "You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me"
| The New Seekers
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| 1975
| "Bohemian Rhapsody"
| Queen
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| 1976
| "Save Your Kisses for Me"
| Brotherhood of Man
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| 1977
| "Mull of Kintyre"/"Girls School"
| Wings
| 2,130,000
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| 1978
| "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl In The Ring"
| Boney M
| 1,995,000
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| 1979
| "Bright Eyes"
| Art Garfunkel
| 1,155,000
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| 1980
| "Don't Stand So Close To Me"
| The Police
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| 1981
| "Don't You Want Me"
| Human League
| 1,430,000
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| 1982
| "Come on Eileen"
| Dexy's Midnight Runners
| 1,201,000
|
| 1983
| "Karma Chameleon"
| Culture Club
| 1,405,000
|
| 1984*
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
| Band Aid
| 3,400,000
|
| 1985
| "The Power Of Love"
| Jennifer Rush
| 1,321,530
|
| 1986
| "Don't Leave Me This Way"
| The Communards
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| 1987
| "Never Gonna Give You Up"
| Rick Astley
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| 1988
| "The Only Way Is Up"
| Yazz and the Plastic Population
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| 1989
| "Ride on Time"
| Black Box
| 973,000
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| 1990
| "Unchained Melody"
| Righteous Brothers
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| 1991
| "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"
| Bryan Adams
| 1,527,824
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| 1992
| "I Will Always Love You"
| Whitney Houston
| 1,355,055
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| 1993
| "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)"
| Meat Loaf
| 761,200
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| 1994
| "Love Is All Around"
| Wet Wet Wet
| 1,783,827
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| 1995
| "Unchained Melody"
| Robson and Jerome
| 1,790,000
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| 1996
| "Killing Me Softly"
| The Fugees
| 1,268,157
|
| 1997*
| "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/
"Candle In The Wind 1997"
| Elton John
| 4,860,000
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| 1998
| "Believe"
| Cher
| 1,672,108
|
| 1999
| "...Baby One More Time"
| Britney Spears
| 1,450,154
|
| 2000
| "Can We Fix It?"
| Bob the Builder
| 1,008,777
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| 2001
| "It Wasn't Me"
| Shaggy feat. Rik Rok
| 1,150,000
|
| 2002
| "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen"
| Will Young
| 1,783,919
|
| 2003
| "Where Is the Love?"
| Black Eyed Peas
| 625,198
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| 2004*
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
| Band Aid 20
| 1,066,000
|
| 2005*
| "Is This The Way To Amarillo"
| Tony Christie feat. Peter Kay
| 1,100,200
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| 2006
| "Crazy"
| Gnarls Barkley
| 820,053
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| 2007
| "Bleeding Love"
| Leona Lewis
| 788,000
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* denotes cause/charity release
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