UK Streaming Song of the Year (1952-2024)

UK Streaming: Song of the Year, 1952-2024

These are the most streamed songs in the UK from 1952 to the present. Check out other “songs of the year” lists here. 2024: Noah Kahan “Stick Season” 2023: Miley Cyrus “Flowers” 2022: Harry Styles “As It Was” 2021: Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits” 2020: Joel Corry with MNEK “Head and Heart” 2019: Tones & I “Dance Monkey” 2018: Lewis Capaldi “Someone You Loved” 2017: Ed Sheeran “Shape of You” 2016: James Arthur “Say You Won’t Let Go” 2015: Sia with Sean Paul “Cheap Thrills” 2014: Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud” 2013: Vance Joy “Riptide” 2012: Passenger “Let Her Go” 2011: Adele “Someone Like You” 2010: Eminem & Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” 2009: Miley Cyrus “Party in the U.S.A.” 2008: Jason Mraz “I’m Yours” 2007: Arctic Monkeys “Fluorescent Adolescent” 2006: The Kooks “Naïve” 2005: Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” 2004: Mario “Let Me Love You” 2003: The Killers “Mr. Brightside” 2002: Eminem “Lose Yourself” 2001: Nickelback “How You Remind Me” 2000: Toploader “Dancing in the Moonlight” 1999: TLC “No Scrubs” 1998: Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” 1997: The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” 1996: Blackstreet with Dr. Dre & Queen Pen “No Diggity” 1995: Oasis “Wonderwall” 1994: The Notorious B.I.G. “Juicy” 1993: Haddaway “What Is Love” 1992: Radiohead “Creep” 1991: Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 1990: AC/DC “Thunderstruck” 1989: Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 1988: Fleetwood Mac “Everywhere” 1987: Whitney Houston “I Wanna Dance with Somebody Who Loves Me” 1986: Bon Jovi “Livin’ on a Prayer” 1985: Bryan Adams “Summer of ‘69” 1984: Wham! “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” 1983: Eurythmics “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This” 1982: Toto (“Africa” 1981: Journey “Don’t Stop Believin’” 1980: Queen “Another One Bites the Dust” 1979: Queen “Don’t Stop Me Now” 1978: Earth, Wind & Fire “September” 1977: Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” 1976: Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” 1975: Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” 1974: Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama” 1973: Dolly Parton “Jolene” 1972: Elton John “Tiny Dancer” 1971: John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads” 1970: Elton John “Your Song” 1969: The Beatles “Here Comes the Sun” 1968: Otis Redding “(Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay” 1967: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” 1966: The Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” 1965: The Four Tops “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” 1964: The Temptations “My Girl” 1963: The Ronettes “Be My Baby” 1962: Solomon Burke “Cry to Me” 1961: Ben E. King “Stand by Me” 1960: Etta James “At Last” 1959: Paul Anka “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” 1958: Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” 1957: Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock” 1956: Johnny Cash “I Walk the Line” 1955: Little Richard “Tutti Frutti” 1954: Ray Charles “I Gotta Woman” 1953: Dean Martin “That’s Amore” 1952: Gene Kelly “Singin’ in the Rain” Resources/Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “‘Songs of the Year’ lists” Official Charts (11/3/2022). “Official Charts and BBC Radio 1 and 2 team up to reveal the UK’s Official most-streamed songs of the past 70 years” by George Griffiths Dave’s Music Database: “Spotify: Songs of the Year” Dave’s Music Database: “Streaming: Billion Airs Club” First posted 11/3/2022; last updated 12/31/2024.