The 10 Worst UK Number Ones of the 1990s

Posted in: Musicouching by Alistair Briggs on March 22nd, 2009 | 31 Comments

Here we will take a look at some of the worst UK number one songs of the 1990’s. It begs the question, what were the buying public thinking.

First things first, before we begin, I would like to point out that this selection of songs is a personal choice of what I believe to be some of the worst songs that reached the number one spot in the UK during the 1990’s. They lead me to question what on earth the public were thinking in buying these in enough quantity to get it to the top spot. For those of you reading this from the UK you may well remember these songs, for those outwith some of these songs you may well have never heard of before, but check the videos and I am sure you will understand exactly why I feel that these are awful. Oh yeah, comments always welcome oh and if you do find yourself actually enjoying some of these songs well………. (better not finish that sentence. lol)

Teletubbies Say “Eh-Oh” by the Teletubbies

Ok I admit, the Teletubbies was a huge smash-hit on television, aimed at very young children. The antics of Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Lala and Po were loved by toddlers but pretty much loathed and ridiculed by adults. Now considering that toddlers have no money and are not able to go into a shop and request to purchase this song then who on earth actually did. The kids parents, that’s who. Through either constant pestering from their small children or from some thought that their children would want it, enough adults went into shops and bought this, to take it to the top of the charts. It actually somehow managed to be the biggest selling song for two consecutive weeks in December of 1997.

Mr Blobby by Mr Blobby

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Mr Blobby shot to fame on Noel’s House Party, a Saturday evening show hosted by Noel Edmonds. The character of Mr Blobby would just run about, fall over and basically make a fool of itself and anyone else it came in contact with. Hilarious. Here was a show that was getting millions and millions of viewers every week and at the height of the shows popularity this song was released. Realistically though, how did so many people think that it was a good idea to buy this. Enough people bought this to keep it at number one for a worrying 3 weeks. Before long the British public realised their mistake as Mr Blobby sank with out trace taking Noel Edmonds career with him. Noel Edmonds has been lucky in recent years to be given another chance at hosting a popular show, having become the presenter of the game show Deal Or No Deal.

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