100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001) (TV)

Writer:

Stuart Maconie (writer)

Release Date:

6 January 2001 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot Keywords:

TV Special | Number In Title

Cast

Graham Norton	...	Presenter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bryan Adams	...	(archive footage)
Marc Almond	...	Himself
Marc Bolan	...	(archive footage) (as Marc Bolan & T-Rex)
Rolan Bolan	...	Himself
Emma Boughton	...	Herself (as Emma B)
Gary Brooker	...	Himself
Joanne Catherall	...	Herself
Jackie Clune	...	Herself
Phil Collen	...	(archive footage) (as Def Leppard)
Coolio	...	Himself
Stewart Copeland	...	Himself
Cornershop	...	(archive footage)
Kevin Costner	...	Robin Hood (archive footage)
Def Leppard	...	(archive footage)
Micky Dolenz	...	Himself
Gus Dudgeon	...	Himself
Ian Dury	...	(archive footage) (as Ian Dury & The Blockheads)
Joe Elliott	...	(archive footage) (as Def Leppard)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor	...	Herself
Mickey Finn	...	(archive footage) (as Marc Bolan & T-Rex)
Matthew Fisher	...	Himself
Mickey Gallagher	...	Himself (also archive footage) (as Ian Dury & The Blockheads)
Paul Gambaccini	...	Himself
Stephen Gately	...	Himself
Gloria Gaynor	...	Herself
Bob Geldof	...	Himself
Peter Gill	...	(archive footage) (as Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Tony Hadley	...	(archive footage) (as Spandau Ballet)
Eric Hall	...	Himself
Peter Hook	...	Himself
Jane Horrocks	...	Herself
Barney Hoskyns	...	Himself
Chaz Jankel	...	(archive footage) (as Ian Dury & The Blockheads)
Holly Johnson	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
John Keeble	...	(archive footage) (as Spandau Ballet)
Gary Kemp	...	(archive footage) (as Spandau Ballet)
Martin Kemp	...	(archive footage) (as Spandau Ballet)
Mark Kermode	...	Himself
Jerry Leiber	...	Himself
Mike Love	...	Himself
Stuart Maconie	...	Himself
Gerry Marsden	...	Himself (also archive footage) (as Gerry & The Pacemakers)
David McAlmont	...	Himself
Alan McGee	...	Himself
Danny McNamara	...	Himself
Richard McNamara	...	Himself
Moby	...	Himself
Paul Morley	...	Himself
Giorgio Moroder	...	Himself
Jason Nevins	...	Himself
Steve Norman	...	(archive footage) (as Spandau Ballet)
Phil Oakey	...	Himself
Sinéad O'Connor	...	Herself
Yoko Ono	...	Herself
Julius O'Riordan	...	Himself (as Judge Jules)
Mark O'Toole	...	(archive footage) (as Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Andy Richards	...	(archive footage) (as Frankie Goes to Hollywood)
Lionel Richie	...	Himself
John Robb	...	Himself
Smokey Robinson	...	Himself
Nile Rodgers	...	Himself
Fatboy Slim	...	Himself (as Norman Cook)
Spandau Ballet
Cristiano Spiller	...	Himself (as DJ Spiller)
Mike Stoller	...	Himself
Susanne Sulley	...	Herself
Andy Summers	...	Himself
Bernard Sumner	...	Himself
Roger Taylor	...	Himself
Kate Thornton	...	Herself
T-Rex	...	(archive footage)
Björn Ulvaeus	...	Himself
Midge Ure	...	Himself
Pete Waterman	...	Himself
Camille Yarbrough	...	Herself

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Bristol, England, UK

Soundtrack:

Don't Look Back in Anger

The 100 Greatest Number One Singles

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This was quite a good countdown because there were many songs I was hoping would be number one. Presented by Graham Norton, this 100 Greatest list counted down the greatest number one singles, as voted by the public. Contributions by: Gloria Gaynor, Sir Bob Geldof, Jane Horrocks, Mark Kermode, Moby, Sinéad O'Connor, Yoko Ono, Lionel Richie, Fatboy Slim (Norman Cook), Kate Thornton and Pete Waterman. The songs: Frankie Lane's I Believe (record for 18 weeks), Soul II Soul's Back to Life (However Do You Want Me), Kylie's I Should Be So Lucky, Eurythmics' There Must Be An Angel, Elvis's Jailhouse Rock, Village People's YMCA, Travolta & Newton-John's You're The One That I Want, Bee Gee's Night Fever, Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody, Buggles' Video Killed The Radio Star, Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around (15 weeks), Roy Orbison's Oh Pretty Woman, Boyzone's No Matter What, Take That's Back for Good, Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Relax, Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas?, Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You, Fatboy Slim's Praise You, Louis Armstrong's What a Wonderful World, Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive, Madonna's Like a Prayer, Robbie Williams' Millennium, Sinead O'Connor's Nothing Compares 2 U, Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (16 weeks), Spiller's Groovejet (If This Ain't Love), Oasis's Don't Look Back in Anger, Abba's Danicing Queen, The Beatles' Hey Jude, (could have been no. 1) Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, and no. 1 John Lennon's Imagine. There were also the five most hated #1's: Britney's Baby One More Time, Sir Elton's Candle in the Wind, Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On, and no. 1 Spice Girls' Wannabe. Very good!