May No.1s

Singles which reached No.1 in the UK during the month of May (up to 2005 incl.). Artists should be hyperlinked once only, where appropriate.

1960s

 * The Searchers - Don't Throw Your Love Away (1964)
 * Four Pennies - Juliet (1964)
 * Cilla Black - You're My World (1964)
 * Jackie Trent – Where Are You Now (My Love) (1965)
 * Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love (1965)
 * Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo (1966)
 * The Tremeloes - Silence is Golden (1967)
 * Union Gap - Young Girl (1968)

1970s

 * England World Cup Squad - Back Home (1970)
 * Dawn - Knock Three Times (1971)
 * T Rex - Metal Guru (1972)
 * Wizzard - See My Baby Jive (1973)
 * Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love (1974)
 * ABBA - Fernando (1976)
 * Deniece Williams - Free  (1977)
 * Rod Stewart - I Don't Wanna Talk About It/The First Cut Is The Deepest (1977)
 * Boney M - Rivers of Babylon/Brown Girl in the Ring  (1978)
 * Blondie - Sunday Girl (1979)

1980s

 * MASH - Theme from Mash (Suicide is Painless) (1980)
 * Adam & The Ants - Stand and Deliver (1981)
 * Nicole - A Little Peace (1982)
 * Madness - House of Fun (1982)
 * Duran Duran - The Reflex (1984)
 * Paul Hardcastle - 19 (1985)
 * Spitting Image - The Chicken Song (1986)
 * Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (1986)
 * Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (1987)
 * Fairground Attraction - Perfect (1988)
 * Wet Wet Wet/Billy Bragg with Cara Tivey - With A Little Help From My Friends/She's Leaving Home (1988)
 * Kylie Minogue - Hand On Your Heart (1989)
 * VV AA - Ferry Cross The Mersey (1989)

1990s

 * Adamski - Killer (1990)
 * KWS - Please Don't Go/Game Boy (1992)
 * Tony Di Bart - The Real Thing (1994)
 * Stiltskin - Inside (1994)
 * Man Utd Football Club - Come On You Reds (1994)
 * Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (1994)
 * Livin' Joy - Dreamer (1995)
 * Robson & Gerome - Unchianed Melody (1995)
 * Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait (1997)
 * Olive - You're Not Alone (1997)
 * Eternal - I Wanna Be the Only One (1997)
 * All Saints - Under the Bridge/Lady Marmalade (1998)
 * Aqua - Tun Back Time (1998)

2000s

 * Britney Spears - Oops I Did It Again! (2000)
 * Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby' (2000)
 * Billie Piper - Day & Night (2000)
 * Sonique - It Feels So Good (2000)
 * Geri Halliwell - It's Raining Men (2001)
 * S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin' (2001)
 * Ronan Keating - If Tomorrow Never Comes (2002)
 * R Kelly - Ignition remix (2003)

>2005 notables

 * Rihanna ft Jay-Z - Umbrella (2007, 10 weeks)