Dancing Queen Finally Tops Annual Request Chart

“Dancing Queen” by Abba has been announced as the most requested song of 2018 by patients of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. It’s the first time that the song has topped our annual request chart on its 16th appearance. It managed to beat “My Way” by Frank Sinatra into second place, which despite being Radio Brockley’s all-time most requested song has still never made it to our annual No.1. It matches its previous best position this year.

At number 3 it was “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel, also getting it’s highest ever position, with “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen climbing to No.4 and achieving its highest placing in 23 years. The year’s highest new entry was at No.5 for Ed Sheeran with “Perfect”

In the most requested artists of the year, our most requested artist of all-time, Elvis Presley finally went back to our number one spot. It’s only the second time he’s ever topped our annual countdown, the previous occasion being way back in 2005. He moved ahead of Ed Sheeran who dropped a place to number two. Abba climbed to a new peak of number 3 with Queen and Frank Sinatra rounding off the top five.

David Bowie made his first ever appearance in our Top 10 whilst the Electric Light Orchestra made our Top 20 for the first time ever.

Alan Joyce presented the chart show for the 27th year in a row, with Keith Reeve updating the chart live on Facebook. Here are the Top 20s for the year:

 

MOST REQUESTED SONGS OF 2018
1   (4)    DANCING QUEEN Abba
2   (5)    MY WAY Frank Sinatra
3   (re)   BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Simon and Garfunkel
4   (9)    BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Queen
5   (N)    PERFECT Ed Sheeran
6   (7)    HAPPY Pharrell Williams
7   (13)  GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME Tom Jones
8   (35)  THE BEST Tina Turner
9   (N)    MR BLUE SKY Electric Light Orchestra
10  (N)    HUMAN Rag ‘n’ Bone Man
11  (16)  I WANT TO BREAK FREE Queen
12  (re)   MAMMA MIA Abba
13  (re)   ROLLING IN THE DEEP Adele
14  (10)  I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Whitney Houston
15  (17)  ANGELS Robbie Williams
16  (re)   HELLO Adele
17  (re)   ISLANDS IN THE STREAM Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
18  (N)    ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL Pink Floyd
19  (N)    ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT Elvis Presley
20  (6)    REHAB Amy Winehouse

 

MOST REQUESTED ARTISTS OF 2018
 1   (2)    Elvis Presley
2   (1)    Ed Sheeran
3   (5)    Abba
4   (3)    Queen
5   (4)    Frank Sinatra
6   (7)    Adele
7   (6)    The Beatles
8   (17)  Whitney Houston
9   (23)  David Bowie
10  (16)  Rod Stewart
11  (24)  George Michael
12  (19)  Nat King Cole
13  (re)   Simon and Garfunkel
14  (9)    Michael Jackson
15  (re)   Rolling Stones
16  (re)   Dolly Parton
17  (15)  Coldplay
18  (21)  Tom Jones
19  (re)   Dire Straits
20  (N)   Electric Light Orchestra