Name that #1 hit single
Here’s another set of cryptic clues, some easy and some not, which relate to British hit singles that made the #1 spot. Can you identify the song and the artist(s)? To help, I have put the year it was a #1 hit. One point each for song and for each artist – let’s see who can get the highest score.
1. Arsonist (1996) FIRESTARTER PROGIDY
2. Ditty about the Planet (1995) EARTH SONG MICHAEL JACKSON
3. Highlight of many weekends (1994)
4. Start the log burner again (1993) RELIGHT MY FIRE TAKE THAT ft LULU
5. Skimpy swimsuit (1990) ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI ????????
6. Wave the white flag (1961) SURRENDER ELVIS
7. Many of us may be getting on a bit but we’re all …….. (1993) YOUNG AT HEART THE BLUEBELLS
8. One of Batman’s main adversaries (1990) THE JOKER STEVE MILLER BAND
9. Kid from Ulster (1989) BELFAST CHILD SIMPLE MINDS
10. In Australia? (1983) DOWN UNDER MEN AT WORK
11. Lad from Osaka (1981) JAPANESE BOY ANEKA
12. Tale of fantasy land created by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1968)
13. Big cat paws (1974) TIGER FEET MUD
14. Completely free from faults or defects (1988) PERFECT FAIRGORUND ATTRACTION
15. Attractive bird (1966) PRETTY FLAMINGO MANFRED MANN
16. A marionette perhaps? (1967) PUPPET ON A STRING SANDIE SHAW
17. What the ladies like to sport (1963)
18. What many of us won’t be getting any time soon (1963)
19. Duck! (1973) GET DOWN GILBERT O'SULLIVAN
20. They once fled Egypt (1969) THE ISRAELITES DESMOND DECKER
1. Arsonist (1996) FIRESTARTER PROGIDY
2. Ditty about the Planet (1995) EARTH SONG MICHAEL JACKSON
3. Highlight of many weekends (1994)
4. Start the log burner again (1993) RELIGHT MY FIRE TAKE THAT ft LULU
5. Skimpy swimsuit (1990) ITSY BITSY TEENY WEENY YELLOW POLKA DOT BIKINI ????????
6. Wave the white flag (1961) SURRENDER ELVIS
7. Many of us may be getting on a bit but we’re all …….. (1993) YOUNG AT HEART THE BLUEBELLS
8. One of Batman’s main adversaries (1990) THE JOKER STEVE MILLER BAND
9. Kid from Ulster (1989) BELFAST CHILD SIMPLE MINDS
10. In Australia? (1983) DOWN UNDER MEN AT WORK
11. Lad from Osaka (1981) JAPANESE BOY ANEKA
12. Tale of fantasy land created by poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1968)
13. Big cat paws (1974) TIGER FEET MUD
14. Completely free from faults or defects (1988) PERFECT FAIRGORUND ATTRACTION
15. Attractive bird (1966) PRETTY FLAMINGO MANFRED MANN
16. A marionette perhaps? (1967) PUPPET ON A STRING SANDIE SHAW
17. What the ladies like to sport (1963)
18. What many of us won’t be getting any time soon (1963)
19. Duck! (1973) GET DOWN GILBERT O'SULLIVAN
20. They once fled Egypt (1969) THE ISRAELITES DESMOND DECKER
