Happy 40th Playlist!

This is your full tracklist featuring the number 1 single on your birthday every year you have been alive as well as the biggest selling song of that year:

Your birthday! (1982) - I Don't Wanna Dance by Eddy Grant

Biggest selling song (1982) - Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners   

1st birthday (1983) - Uptown Girl by Billy Joel

Biggest selling song (1983) - Karma Chameleon by Culture Club

2nd birthday (1984) - I Should Have Known Better by Jim Diamond

Biggest selling song (1984) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid      

3rd birthday (1985) - I'm Your Man by Wham!

Biggest selling song (1985) - The Power of Love by Jennifer Rush   

4th birthday (1986) - Take My Breath Away (Love Theme from Top Gun) by Berlin

Biggest selling song (1986) - Don't Leave Me This Way by The Communards             

5th birthday (1987) - China in Your Hand by T'Pau

Biggest selling song (1987) - Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley         

6th birthday (1988) - First Time by Robin Beck

Biggest selling song (1988) - Mistletoe and Wine by Cliff Richard   

7th birthday (1989) - You Got It (The Right Stuff) by New Kids on the Block

Biggest selling song (1989) - Ride On Time by Black Box    

8th birthday (1990) - Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice

Biggest selling song (1990) - Unchained Melody by The Righteous Brothers              

9th birthday (1991) - Black or White by Michael Jackson

Biggest selling song (1991) - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You by Bryan Adams          

10th birthday (1992) - Would I Lie To You? by Charles and Eddie

Biggest selling song (1992) - I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston    

11th birthday (1993) - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) by Meat Loaf

Biggest selling song (1993) - I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) by Meat Loaf   

12th birthday (1994) - Let Me Be Your Fantasy by Baby D

Biggest selling song (1994) - Love Is All Around by Wet Wet Wet

13th birthday (1995) - I Believe by Robson & Jerome

Biggest selling song (1995) - Unchained Melody by Robson & Jerome          

14th birthday (1996) - Breathe by The Prodigy

Biggest selling song (1996) - Killing Me Softly by Fugees    

15th birthday (1997) - Perfect Day by Various artists

Biggest selling song (1997) - Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight by Elton John          

16th birthday (1998) - Believe by Cher

Biggest selling song (1998) - Believe by Cher         

17th birthday (1999) - King of My Castle by Wamdue Project

Biggest selling song (1999) - ...Baby One More Time by Britney Spears        

18th birthday (2000) - Independent Women Part I by Destiny's Child

Biggest selling song (2000) - Can We Fix It? by Bob the Builder       

19th birthday (2001) - Have You Ever by S Club 7

Biggest selling song (2001) - It Wasn't Me by Shaggy featuring Rikrok         

20th birthday (2002) - Dirrty by Christina Aguilera

Biggest selling song (2002) - Anything Is Possible / Evergreen by Will Young              

21st birthday (2003) - Mandy by Westlife

Biggest selling song (2003) - Where Is the Love? by The Black Eyed Peas    

22nd birthday (2004) - I'll Stand by You by Girls Aloud

Biggest selling song (2004) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 20 

23rd birthday (2005) - Hung Up by Madonna

Biggest selling song (2005) - Is This the Way to Amarillo by Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay

24th birthday (2006) - Patience by Take That

Biggest selling song (2006) - Crazy by Gnarls Barkley          

25th birthday (2007) - Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis

Biggest selling song (2007) - Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis             

26th birthday (2008) - If I Were a Boy by Beyoncé

Biggest selling song (2008) - Hallelujah by Alexandra Burke             

27th birthday (2009) - You Are Not Alone by The X Factor Finalists 2009

Biggest selling song (2009) - Poker Face by Lady Gaga       

28th birthday (2010) - Love You More by JLS

Biggest selling song (2010) - Love the Way You Lie by Eminem featuring Rihanna    

29th birthday (2011) - We Found Love by Rihanna

Biggest selling song (2011) - Someone like You by Adele   

30th birthday (2012) - Troublemaker by Olly Murs

Biggest selling song (2012) - Somebody That I Used to Know by Gotye featuring Kimbra      

31st birthday (2013) - Somewhere Only We Know by Lily Allen

Biggest selling song (2013) - Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams          

32nd birthday (2014) - Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid 30

Biggest selling song (2014) - Happy by Pharrell Williams    

33rd birthday (2015) - Sorry by Justin Bieber

Biggest selling song (2015) - Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars   

34th birthday (2016) - Rockabye by Clean Bandit

Biggest selling song (2016) -  One Dance by Drake featuring Wizkid & Kyla 

35th birthday (2017) - Havana by Camila Cabello

Biggest selling song (2017) - Shape of You by Ed Sheeran  

36th birthday (2018) - Thank U, Next by Ariana Grande

Biggest selling song (2018) - One Kiss by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa              

37th birthday (2019) - Dance Monkey by Tones and I

Biggest selling song (2019) - Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi              

38th birthday (2020) - Positions by Ariana Grande

Biggest selling song (2020) - Blinding Lights by The Weeknd

39th birthday (2021) - Easy On Me by Adele

Biggest selling song (2021) - Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran

40th birthday (2022) – Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift (TBC)

Biggest selling song (2022) - As It Was by Harry Styles (TBC)