| Issue date
|
Song
|
Artist
|
Weeks at
number one
|
| 1968[1]
|
| 2 January |
"Monja"†[2] |
Roland W. |
5
|
| 6 February |
"Judy in Disguise" |
John Fred & His Playboy Band |
5
|
| 12 March |
"Words" |
Bee Gees |
2
|
| 26 March |
"Lady Madonna" |
The Beatles |
4
|
| 23 April |
"Delilah" |
Tom Jones |
8
|
| 18 June |
"A Man Without Love" |
Engelbert Humperdinck |
6
|
| 30 July |
"Heavenly Club" |
Les Sauterelles |
6
|
| 10 September |
"Hey Jude" |
The Beatles |
6
|
| 22 October |
"Those Were the Days" |
Mary Hopkin |
6
|
| 3 December |
"With a Little Help from My Friends" |
Joe Cocker |
1
|
| 10 December |
"My Little Lady" |
The Tremeloes |
1
|
| 17 December |
"Eloise"†[3] (1969) |
Barry Ryan |
6
|
| 1969[4]
|
| 28 January |
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" |
The Beatles |
6
|
| 11 March |
"Crimson and Clover" |
Tommy James and the Shondells |
2
|
| 25 March |
"Atlantis" |
Donovan |
4
|
| 22 April |
"Sorry Suzanne" |
The Hollies |
2
|
| 6 May |
"Get Back / Don't Let Me Down" |
The Beatles with Billy Preston |
4
|
| 3 June |
"Mendocino" |
Sir Douglas Quintet |
1
|
| 10 June |
"Ballad of John and Yoko" |
The Beatles |
2
|
| 24 June |
"Mendocino" |
Sir Douglas Quintet |
3
|
| 15 July |
"Oh Happy Day" |
The Edwin Hawkins Singers |
1
|
| 22 July |
"Mendocino" |
Sir Douglas Quintet |
1
|
| 29 July |
"Honky Tonk Women" |
The Rolling Stones |
4
|
| 26 August |
"In the Year 2525" |
Zager and Evans |
1
|
| 2 September |
"Je t'aime... moi non plus" |
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin |
8
|
| 28 October |
"Grüezi wohl, Frau Stirnimaa" |
Die Minstrels |
10
|
| 1970[5]
|
| 6 January |
"Venus" |
The Shocking Blue |
4
|
| 3 February |
"Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" |
Steam |
5
|
| 10 March |
"Let It Be" |
The Beatles |
7
|
| 28 April |
"Mademoiselle Ninette" |
Soulful Dynamics |
8
|
| 23 June |
"El Cóndor Pasa" |
Simon and Garfunkel |
9
|
| 25 August |
"In the Summertime" |
Mungo Jerry |
4
|
| 22 September |
"A Song of Joy"†[6] |
Miguel Ríos |
7
|
| 10 November |
"Black Night" |
Deep Purple |
4
|
| 8 December |
"San Bernadino" |
Christie |
6
|
| 1971[7]
|
| 19 January |
"My Sweet Lord" |
George Harrison |
5
|
| 23 February |
"Butterfly" |
Danyel Gérard |
6
|
| 6 April |
"What Is Life" |
George Harrison |
1
|
| 13 April |
"(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" |
Lynn Anderson |
7
|
| 1 June |
"Brown Sugar" |
The Rolling Stones |
1
|
| 8 June |
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep"†[8] |
Middle of the Road |
9
|
| 10 August |
"Sweet Hitch-Hiker" |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
3
|
| 31 August |
"Co-Co" |
Sweet |
6
|
| 12 October |
"Mamy Blue" |
Pop Tops |
10
|
| 21 December |
"Akropolis adieu" |
Mireille Mathieu |
3
|
| 1972[9]
|
| 11 January |
"Soley Soley" |
Middle of the Road |
3
|
| 1 February |
"I Will Return" |
Springwater |
1
|
| 8 February |
"Sacramento" |
Middle of the Road |
6
|
| 21 March |
"How Do You Do" |
Mouth & MacNeal |
5
|
| 25 April |
"Après toi" |
Vicky Leandros |
7
|
| 13 June |
"One Way Wind" |
The Cats |
5
|
| 18 July |
"Song Sung Blue" |
Neil Diamond |
4
|
| 22 August |
"Popcorn"†[10] |
Hot Butter |
10
|
| 31 October |
"Silver Machine" |
Hawkwind |
3
|
| 21 November |
"Mexico" |
Les Humphries Singers |
9
|
| 1973[11]
|
| 23 January |
"Ich fange nie mehr was an einem Sonntag an" |
Monica Morell |
5
|
| 27 February |
"Crocodile Rock" |
Elton John |
3
|
| 20 March |
"Mama Loo" |
Les Humphries Singers |
5
|
| 24 April |
"Der Junge mit der Mundharmonika" |
Bernd Clüver |
7
|
| 12 June |
"Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye"†[12] |
Demis Roussos |
12
|
| 12 September |
"Can the Can" |
Suzi Quatro |
6
|
| 24 October |
"Angie" |
The Rolling Stones |
4
|
| 21 November |
"I'd Love You to Want Me" |
Lobo |
12
|
| 1974[13]
|
| 20 February |
"Kansas City" |
Les Humphries Singers |
4
|
| 20 March |
"Tchip Tchip" |
Cash & Carry |
5
|
| 24 April |
"Waterloo" |
ABBA |
9
|
| 26 June |
"Seasons in the Sun"†[14] |
Terry Jacks |
3
|
| 17 July |
"Sugar Baby Love" |
The Rubettes |
8
|
| 11 September |
"Rock Your Baby" |
George McCrae |
6
|
| 23 October |
"Gigi l'amoroso" |
Dalida |
2
|
| 6 November |
"I'm Leaving It All Up to You" |
Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond |
12
|
| 1975[15]
|
| 31 January |
"I Can Help" |
Billy Swan |
6
|
| 14 March |
"Longfellow Serenade" |
Neil Diamond |
1
|
| 21 March |
"I Can Help" |
Billy Swan |
1
|
| 4 April |
"Griechischer Wein" |
Udo Jürgens |
2
|
| 18 April |
"Ding-A-Dong" |
Teach-In |
5
|
| 23 May |
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" |
ABBA |
5
|
| 27 June |
"Only You Can" |
Fox |
2
|
| 11 July |
"Paloma Blanca" |
George Baker Selection |
8
|
| 5 September |
"Tornerò"†[16] |
I Santo California |
6
|
| 17 October |
"Dolannes-Melodie" |
Jean-Claude Borelly |
16
|
| 1976[17]
|
| 6 February |
"Mamma Mia" |
ABBA |
2
|
| 20 February |
"Moviestar" |
Harpo |
5
|
| 26 March |
"Mississippi" |
Pussycat |
1
|
| 2 April |
"Fernando"†[18] |
ABBA |
11
|
| 25 June |
"Let Your Love Flow" |
The Bellamy Brothers |
5
|
| 30 July |
"Die kleine Kneipe" |
Peter Alexander |
5
|
| 3 September |
"Verde" |
Ricky King |
6
|
| 15 October |
"Daddy Cool" |
Boney M. |
14
|
| 1977[19]
|
| 22 January |
"Anita" |
Costa Cordalis |
3
|
| 12 February |
"Living Next Door to Alice"†[20] |
Smokie |
7
|
| 2 April |
"Swiss Lady" |
Pepe Lienhard Band |
8
|
| 4 June |
"Rock Bottom" |
Lynsey de Paul and Mike Moran |
2
|
| 18 June |
"Ma Baker" |
Boney M. |
3
|
| 9 July |
"Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" |
Baccara |
8
|
| 3 September |
"Magic Fly" |
Space |
2
|
| 17 September |
"Ti amo" |
Umberto Tozzi |
6
|
| 5 November |
"Ballade pour Adeline" |
Richard Clayderman |
2
|
| 19 November |
"Belfast" |
Boney M. |
10
|
| 1978[21]
|
| 28 January |
"Mull of Kintyre" |
Wings |
10
|
| 15 April |
"Rivers of Babylon"†[22] |
Boney M. |
14
|
| 22 July |
"Tu" |
Umberto Tozzi |
5
|
| 2 September |
"Ça plane pour moi" |
Plastic Bertrand |
1
|
| 9 September |
"You're the One That I Want" |
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John |
7
|
| 28 October |
"Mama Leone" |
Bino |
4
|
| 26 November |
"You're the Greatest Lover" |
Luv' |
3
|
| 17 December |
"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" |
Boney M. |
5
|
| 1979[23]
|
| 21 January |
"Y.M.C.A."[24] |
Village People |
8
|
| 18 March |
"Chiquitita" |
ABBA |
2
|
| 1 April |
"Heart of Glass" |
Blondie |
3
|
| 22 April |
"One Way Ticket" |
Eruption |
4
|
| 20 May |
"Music Box Dancer" |
Frank Mills |
5
|
| 24 June |
"Hot Stuff" |
Donna Summer |
1
|
| 1 July |
"Pop Muzik" |
M |
3
|
| 22 July |
"Gloria" |
Umberto Tozzi |
4
|
| 19 August |
"Tu sei l'unica donna per me" |
Alan Sorrenti |
9
|
| 21 October |
"We Don't Talk Anymore" |
Cliff Richard |
6
|
| 2 December |
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" |
ABBA |
1
|
| 9 December |
"Video Killed the Radio Star" |
The Buggles |
2
|
| 23 December |
"Todesengel" |
Frank Duval |
4
|
