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The Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1990s

Britain’s 90s charts weren’t just Britpop and girl groups – they threw up some straight-out weird winners. TrashTheory takes you on a whistle-stop tour of the oddest chart-toppers, from TV presenters covering Phantom of the Opera and Iron Maiden’s (surprisingly) only No. 1, to Gregorian-house mavericks and a spoken-word sunshine sermon that ruled the summer.

Highlights include the Charleston-meets-dance hit “Doop,” the infamous sunscreen speech setting you free, Teletubbies storming the pop charts, Chef’s cheeky “Chocolate Salty Balls,” Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic pop single, and even Cliff Richard bowing out with the Millennium Prayer. Fully fact-checked, soundtrack credits included, it’s a delightfully quirky look at when the British public’s taste got gloriously off-beat.

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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Music YouTube