1999 Number One Songs UK

This list of the 1999 number one songs in the UK is the last in the series which began with 1980. Making this the 20th and final countdown of the number one songs of the 90s – and 80s. For this is a site focusing on music from those two decades.

So what was number 1 in the charts in 1999? There were 36 1999 UK number ones – more than in any other year I’ve covered. I guess everyone wanted to make history before a new century began.

UK number 1 singles of 1999 included tracks released by boy and girl bands, the ‘King of Latin pop’, a big new female star from the US and one of the Kings of UK Christmas hits. While there were so many 1999 number one songs, the singles chart was dominated by pop. No Britpop, however, for the top spot that year.

Three weeks was the longest any one act managed, from all the 1999 number ones. Three acts managed that, while the rest of the UK number ones in 1999 enjoyed just one week or a fortnight in pole position.

Let’s make a start. Here’s every number one song of 1999, here in the UK.

The 36 1999 number one songs in the UK

Chef – Chocolate Salty Balls

1 week at number one in January 1999

Steps – Heartbeat / Tragedy

1 week at number one in January 1999

Fatboy Slim – Praise You

1 week at number one in January 1999

911 – A Little Bit More

1 week at number one in January 1999

The Offspring – Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)

1 week at number one in January & February 1999

Armand Van Helden & Duane Harden – You Don’t Know Me

1 week at number one in February 1999

Blondie – Maria

1 week at number one in February 1999

Lenny Kravitz – Fly Away

1 week at number one in February 1999

Britney Spears – One More Time

2 weeks at number one in February & March 1999

Boyzone – When The Going Gets Tough

2 weeks at number one in March 1999

B*Witched – Blame It On The Weatherman

1 week at number one in March & April 1999

Mr Oizo – Flat Beat

2 weeks at number one in April 1999

Martine McCutcheon – Perfect Moment

2 weeks at number one in April 1999

Westlife – Swear It Again

2 weeks at number one in May 1999

Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way

1 week at number one in May 1999

Boyzone – You Needed Me

1 week at number one in May 1999

Shanks & Bigfoot – Sweet Like Chocolate

2 weeks at number one in May & June 1999

Baz Luhrmann – Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

1 week at number one in June 1999

S Club & – Bring it All Back

1 week at number one in June 1999

Vengaboys – Boom Boom Boom Boom

1 week at number one in June & July 1999

ATB – 9pm (Till I Come)

2 weeks at number one in July 1999

Ricky Martin – Livin’ La Vida Loca

3 weeks at number one in July & August 1999

Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All

2 weeks at number one in August 1999

Westlife – If I Let You Go

1 week at number one in August 1999

Geri Halliwell – Mi Chico Latino

1 week at number one in August & September 1999

Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5

2 weeks at number one in September 1999

Vengaboys – We’re Going To Ibiza

1 week at number one in September 1999

Eiffel 65 – Blue (Da Ba Dee)

3 weeks at number one in September & October 1999

Christina Aguilera – Genie In A Bottle

2 weeks at number one in October 1999

Westlife – Flying Without Wings

1 week at number one in October & November 1999

Five – Keep On Movin’

1 week at number one in November 1999

Geri Halliwell – Lift Me Up

1 week at number one in November 1999

Robbie Williams – She’s The One

1 week at number one in November 1999

Wamdue Project – King Of My Castle

1 week at number one in November & December 1999

Cliff Richard – The Millennium Prayer

3 weeks at number one in December 1999

Westlife – I Have A Dream / Seasons In The Sun

1 week at number one in December 1999

What do you think of the 1999 number one songs in the UK?

Well there you go – the 1999 hit songs that reached the top in the UK. Lots of boy bands in there, right? My favourites of these 1999 popular songs are by The Offspring, Lou Bega, Fatboy Slim, Ricky Martin and Blondie.

There were a lot of 1999 top songs, that’s for sure – more than during any other year of the decade.

Marcy x

Discover the number ones from every other year of the 90s here:

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