If a song has sold over one million copies, it’s considered a “great selling single”.
And one would think that you would know every single song that would be considered a TOP SELLING SINGLE OF ALL TIME, right?
Well, WEB WATCH challenges you to see how good you are at recognizing these 25 TOP SELLING SINGLES, which range in sales from 1.453 million sold all the way to 4.965 million copies sold for the song in the #1 slot.
How many of these songs can you hum or otherwise recognize? More interesting — how many are you TOTALLY unfamiliar with?
- “Candle In The Wind ’97” – Elton John
- “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” – Band Aid
- “Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen
- “Mull Of Kintyre” – Wings
- “Rivers Of Bablyon” / “Brown Girl In The Ring”
- “You’re The One That I Want” – John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
- “Relax” – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- “She Loves You” – The Beatles
- “Unchained Melody” – Robson & Jerome
- “Mary’s Boychild – Oh My Lord” – Boney M
- “Evergreen” / “Anything Is Possible” – Will Young
- “Love Is All Around” – Wet Wet Wet
- “I Just Called To Say I Love You” – Stevie Wonder
- “I Want To Hold Your Hand” – The Beatles
- “Barbie Girl” – Aqua
- “Believe” – Cher
- “Perfect Day” – Various Artists
- “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” – Bryan Adams
- “Tears” – Ken Dodd
- “Can’t Buy Me Love” – The Beatles
- “Summer Nights” – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
- “Two Tribes” – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- “Imagine” – John Lennon
- “Last Christmas” – Wham!
- “Baby One More Time” – Britney Spears
So maybe, just maybe, we cheated a little bit. That list is for the TOP SELLING UK SINGLES.
Here’s a worldwide list from 2012. Let’s see how much better you do at this one:
- Bing Crosby – White Christmas
- Elton John – Candle in the Wind 1997
- Bing Crosby – Silent Night
- Bill Haley & His Comets – Rock Around The Clock
- Elvis Presley – It’s Now or Never
- USA for Africa – We Are The World
- The Ink Spots – If I Didn’t Care
- Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
- Gene Autry – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On
- The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
- Scorpions – Wind of Change
- Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki
- Bruno Mars – Just The Way You Are
- Ke$ha -Tik Tok ()
- Village People – Y.M.C.A
- Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Bightman – Time to Say Goodbye
- Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
- Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
- Terry Jacks – Seasons in the Sun
- George McCrae – Rock Your Baby
- Los del Rio – Macarena
- Roger Whittaker – The Last Farewell
- Mills Brothers – Paper Doll
- The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand
Is this worldwide list any better for your recollection? What song(s) should or shouldn’t be on this list?