Ooooh, my birthday countdown is drawing to an end this week as we hear the UK chart toppers on 27th June 2022 & 2023.

I’m going to have to think of a new thing to start from next week! Any ideas/requests?

My Birthday Hits! UK Chart Toppers on my birthday in 2022 & 2023

Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush

THANK YOU Stranger Things! Best birthday number one in years (because it is actually from 1985, when popular music was still decent) all thanks to a TV programme. It was a genius use of music and cinematography, too. Made full use of Kate Bush’s slightly eerie style without having to change it in any way. Beautiful.

Sprinter by Central Cee X Dave

I entirely missed this one, too. Thankfully.

I guess these guys get points for being clear spoken and using big words like intergalactic. But… yeah no. Never listening to that again.

Aaaaaanyway, here are my chosen tracks for the week…

All Star by Smash Mouth

This one always makes me think of Shrek, even though I knew it before that came out. It’s just a great tune – all that glitters is gold.

She Bangs by Ricky Martin

Somehow this is my most played song of 2024 so far (all 7 days of it) – apparently I am resorting to the Millennium to find some musical comfort from the soggy January gloom.