British females who reached number one on the Hot 100 (United States)

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Poll Results

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"Downtown" - Petula Clark 37
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" - Bonnie Tyler 13
"Wannabe" - Spice Girls 3
"Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis 3
"To Sir, With love" - Lulu 2
"Morning Train (9 to 5)" - Sheena Easton 2
"Venus" - Bananarama 2
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" - Kim Wilde 2
"My Love" - Petula Clark 0


dromedary farsi (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 21:58 (seventeen years ago)

I quite like the Lulu record but it's 'Downtown' by a mile for me. It's always been one of my favourites.

dubmill, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 22:04 (seventeen years ago)

Yup, me likes also that part of town.

t**t, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 22:52 (seventeen years ago)

Downtown shits all over everything else on this list

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 22:54 (seventeen years ago)

I have such fond memories of my mom singing along with the AM radio whenever the local station played 'Downtown' - it's a great song and Petula so rules the British songstresses - it will win in a walk ...

BlackIronPrison, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:01 (seventeen years ago)

I feel like Dusty Springfield should be on this list, too bad she never had a #1.

Maltodextrin, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:15 (seventeen years ago)

it's 'Downtown' by a mile

Lasers of the New School (PappaWheelie V), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:18 (seventeen years ago)

Turn around! It's Bonnie Tyler for me.

Richard C, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:23 (seventeen years ago)

total eclipse is great great great but downtown is better! no contrarian vote from me today.

goole, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:34 (seventeen years ago)

Kevin Keller, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:44 (seventeen years ago)

leona

lex pretend, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:13 (seventeen years ago)

total eclipse is great great great but downtown is better! no contrarian vote from me today.

― goole, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 23:34 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ this

Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:18 (seventeen years ago)

*shakes head and lols for years at the lex post*

maybe just that it's actually there and you knew it was going to be

fandango, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:33 (seventeen years ago)

Downtown is pretty epically unbeateable, one of those you never quite remember how good it actually is until you hear it again.

I feel more Bonnie Tyler these days mind

fandango, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:34 (seventeen years ago)

Downtown carries some pop cultural baggage, but that could probably be held equally against Total Eclipse...

sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:59 (seventeen years ago)

I assumed Dusty Springfield must have had a US #1 at some point.. "What Have I Done To This" came close

billstevejim, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 07:16 (seventeen years ago)

deserve

billstevejim, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 07:16 (seventeen years ago)

nuff respect for "downtown" but bonnie is the winner here

the birdman from the hilarious "alcatraz" prison (get bent), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 07:33 (seventeen years ago)

nice to see scotland and wales represented here

the birdman from the hilarious "alcatraz" prison (get bent), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 07:35 (seventeen years ago)

creator of 2008's most successful meme (velko), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 07:44 (seventeen years ago)

I grew up with Nicki French's funky houseish version of "total eclipse of the heart" (#2, she almost made the list! goddamn bryan adams) and prefer it to the original, I think.

"Downtown" is nice. That "Keep Me Hangin' On" cover, too. "Venus" is like the female "Lust for Life." "Bleeding Love is pretty clever, but she sounds a bit too robotic (and no, that's not what the track calls for). I'm probably voting "Wannabe."

"alpha dog" (Tape Store), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 08:14 (seventeen years ago)

All of these singles are actually pretty amazing. Bonnie Tyler, anyway, just ahead of "Wannabe".

Owner of a lonely hat (edwardo), Wednesday, 19 November 2008 08:52 (seventeen years ago)

Must be "Venus" although America has hardly gone for the best of British female singers, to say the least.

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:11 (seventeen years ago)

In my perfect world, this list would consist entirely of songs by The Sundays. But since that's not happening, I have to go with "Downtown"

Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:14 (seventeen years ago)

Hang on, that's it?

On "WWTBA Millionaire" yesterday, the 4 for "in order, these 4 british female singers that had US number ones" included Kim Wilde.

Mark G, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:18 (seventeen years ago)

Sorry, strike that, just saw it.

Still, "That's it?"

Mark G, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 10:18 (seventeen years ago)

I love most of these songs but I wanted "Morning Train" to get a vote.

Joseph McCombs, Thursday, 20 November 2008 06:03 (seventeen years ago)

It's completely impossible for me to think of "Downtown" without thinking of Groundskeeper Willie:

"ach...DOON-TOON!"

Sara Sara Sara, Thursday, 20 November 2008 06:09 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Saturday, 22 November 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

never heard Bleeding Love but the rest of these are bangers. (My Love runt of the litter though.)

numismatic factory (sic), Saturday, 22 November 2008 03:11 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Sunday, 23 November 2008 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

awesome

velko, Sunday, 23 November 2008 00:02 (seventeen years ago)

It's completely impossible for me to think of "Downtown" without thinking of Groundskeeper Willie:

"ach...DOON-TOON!"

― Sara Sara Sara, Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:09 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark

I do this with Theme to Summer Place and Jasper.

we are ALL grady (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 23 November 2008 00:30 (seventeen years ago)


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