20 – ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon (1,640,000 copies sold)
19 – ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ by The Beatles (1,780,000 copies sold)
18 – ‘Anything is Possible’/’Evergreen’ by Will Young (1,790,000 copies sold)
17 – ‘Last Christmas’ / ‘Everything She Wants’ by Wham! (1,800,000 copies sold)
FUN FACT: Only single in the top 20 never to be number one in the UK.
16 – ‘Believe’ by Cher (1,800,000 copies sold)
15 – ‘Barbie Girl’ by Aqua (1,830,000 copies sold)
14 – ‘(Everything I Do) I Do It For You’ by Bryan Adams (1,830,000 copies sold)
13 – ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams (1,830,000 copies sold)
12 – ‘I Just Called To Say I Love You’ by Stevie Wonder (1,840,000 copies sold)
11 – ‘Unchained Melody’ / ‘(There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover’ by Robson & Jerome (1,860,000 copies sold)
10 – ‘Mary’s Boy Child – Oh My Lord’ by Boney M. (1,870,000 copies sold)
9 – ‘Love Is All Around’ by Wet Wet Wet (1,880,000 copies sold)
8 – ‘She Loves You’ by The Beatles (1,920,000 copies sold)
7 – ‘Rivers of Babylon’ / ‘Brown Girl in the Ring’ by Boney M. (2,020,000 copies sold)
6 – ‘Relax’ by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (2,050,000 copies sold)
5 – ‘You’re the One That I Want’ by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (2,050,000 copies sold)
4 – ‘Mull of Kintyre’ / ‘Girls’ School’ by Wings (2,080,000 copies sold)
3 – ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen (2,500,000 copies sold)
2 – ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?‘ by Band Aid (3,780,000 copies sold)
1 – ‘Candle in the Wind 1997’ / ‘Something About the Way You Look Tonight’ by Elton John (4,930,000 copies sold)
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