This Week on the UK Official Charts: 12th April
April 13, 2021
Take a look back over the years to see which songs were in the Top 10 on the Official UK Chart this week…
Elvis Presley – “There Goes My Everything” was at #7 in 1971
Chart date: 11 April 1971 – 17 April 1971
Bay City Rollers – “Bye Bye Baby” was at #1 in 1975
Chart date: 06 April 1975 – 12 April 1975
Shakin’ Stevens – “A Love Worth Waiting For” was at #2 in 1984
Chart date: 08 April 1984 – 14 April 1984
Sam Cooke – “Wonderful World” was at #3 in 1986
Chart date: 06 April 1986 – 12 April 1986
George Michael – “A Different Corner” was at #2 in 1986
Chart date: 06 April 1986 – 12 April 1986
Savage Garden – “Truly, Madly, Deeply” was at #5 in 1998
Chart date: 12 April 1998 – 18 April 1998
Celine Dion – “My Heart Will Go On” was at #3 in 1998
Chart date: 12 April 1998 – 18 April 1998
Craig David – “Fill Me In” was at #1 in 2000
Chart date: 09 April 2000 – 15 April 2000
Westlife – “Uptown Girl” was at #8 in 2001
Chart date: 08 April 2001 – 14 April 2001
Elvis Presley – “Crying in The Chapel” was at #2 in 2005
Chart date: 10 April 2005 – 16 April 2005
Leona Lewis – “Better in Time” was at #7 in 2008
Chart date: 06 April 2008 – 12 April 2008
P!NK – “Just Give Me a Reason” was at #2 in 2013
Chart date: 07 April 2013 – 13 April 2013
John Legend – “All of Me” was at #2 in 2014
Chart date: 06 April 2014 – 12 April 2014
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