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Leila (name)
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Leila
Pronunciation
/leɪlə/
Arabic: [lajlaː,leː-]
Persian: [lejlɒː]
Gender
Female
Origin
Word/name
Arabic and Persian
Meaning
"Dusk"/ "Night"
Region of origin
Middle East
Other names
Related names
Lila, Layal

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Leila (Hebrew: לילה; Arabic: ليلى; Persian: ليلا) is a feminine given name in the Persian and Arabic languages.
Leila is the Arabic and Persian word for "night": laylah. The identification of the word "night" as the name of an angel originates with the interpretation of "Rabbi Yochanan" (possibly Yochanan ben Zakkai, c. 30–90 AD) who read "At night [Abraham] and his servants deployed against them and defeated them” (Genesis 14.15, JPS) as "by [an angel called] night" (Sanhedrin 96a).
The story of Qays and Layla or Layla and Majnun is based on the romantic poems of Qais Ibn Al-Mulawwah (قيس بن الملوح), who was nicknamed Majnoon Layla (مجنون ليلى), Arabic for "madly in love with Layla", his cousin Layla Al-Amiriah (ليلى العامرية) in 7th century Arabia.[1] His poems are considered the paragon of unrequited chaste love. They later became a popular romance in medieval Iran,[2] and use of the name spread accordingly. The name gained popularity further afield in the Muslim World, amongst Turkic peoples and in the Balkans and India.
Variant spellings include Laela, Laelah, Laila, Layla, Leïla, Leighla, Lejla and Leyla.
In the Nordic countries, Laila or Lajla (pronounced lie-lah) is derived from the Sami name Láilá, the Sami variant of Helga which means holy.[3]
Contents
1 People with this name
1.1 Laila
1.2 Layla
1.3 Leighla
1.4 Leila
1.5 Lejla
1.6 Leyla
2 Film, music and literature
2.1 Fictional and mythological characters
3 See also
4 References
People with this name[edit]
Laila[edit]
Laila Ali, boxer and daughter of Muhammad Ali
Laila Ali Abdulla, First Lady of the Maldives
Laila Bagge, Swedish manager and songwriter
Laila Freivalds, Swedish Social-Democrat
Laila Harré, New Zealand politician
Laila Hirvisaari, Finnish author and writer
Laila El Khalifi (better known as Leila K), Swedish singer and rapper
Laila Lalami, novelist and essayist
Laila Mehdin, Indian actress
Laila Morse, EastEnders actress
Laila Pakalniņa, Latvian director
Laila Rouass, English actress
Laila Soueif, Egyptian human and women's rights activist
Laila Stien, Norwegian writer
DJ Laila, Filipino radio and television presenter
Layla[edit]
Layla (disambiguation)
Layla El, British wrestler, dancer, model, actress, and entrepreneur
MC Layla Handbury, Australian MC
Layla Kayleigh, G4 host on the US television program, Attack of the Show!
Layla Kaylif, British Emirati singer
Layla Palmer, singer and keyboardist for the band Amity Lane
Layla al-Akhyaliyya, 8th century AD Ummayad Arab poet
Layla McCarter
Leighla[edit]
Leighla Schultz, former fiancée of Seth Rollins[importance?]
Leila[edit]
Leila Aboulela, Sudanese writer
Leila Ahmed, Egyptian-American professor
Leila Anderson, South African performance artist
Leila Arab, London-based musician of Persian descent
Leila Barros, Brazilian volleyball player
Leila Bela, Iranian-American musician, actress and writer
Leila de Lima, Filipino human rights activist
Leila Denmark, American pediatrician
Leila Forouhar, Iranian singer and actress
Leila George, American-Australian actress
Leila Goldkuhl, American model, runner-up on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 19
Leila Hatami, Iranian actress, Leila
Leila Hayes, Australian actress
Leila Hyams, American film actress
Leila Josefowicz, American violinist
Leila K (born Laila El Khalifi), Swedish singer and rapper
Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and lyricist
Leila Khaled, Palestinian hijacker and PFLP member
Leila Lopes (pageant titleholder), Angolan Miss Universe 2011 winner
Leila McKinnon, Iranian-Australian journalist
Leila N. Morris (properly, Lelia N. Morris, 1862–1929), American hymnwriter
Leila Mourad, Egyptian singer and movie star
Leila Pahlavi, Princess of Iran
Leila Säälik (born 1941), Estonian actress
Leïla Slimani (born 1981), French-Moroccan writer and journalist
Leila Sobral, Brazilian basketball player
Leila Al Solh, Lebanese public figure
Leila Tong, Hong Kong actress and singer
Leila Vaziri, Iranian-American swimmer, world record holder
Leila Waddell, mistress of British occultist Aleister Crowley
Lejla[edit]
Lejla Hot, Serbian singer of Albanian descent
Leyla[edit]
Leyla Achba, princess at the Ottoman Empire court
Leyla Bağcı (born 1990), Turkish-Dutch footballer
Leyla Chihuán, Peruvian volleyball player
Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano opera singer
Leyla Güngör (born 1993), Turkish-Swedish footballer
Leyla Mamedbekova,the first female professor in Azerbaijan in the field of pathology, the first female forensic medical expert, and the first female chief pathologist of Azerbaijan.
Leyla Mammadbeyova, the first female Azerbaijani aviator
Leyla Milani, Canadian model of Iranian descent
Leyla Neyzi, Turkish academic
Leyla Pınar, Turkish harpsichordist and musicologist
Leyla Qasim, Kurdish activist in Iraq
Leyla Saz, composer, poet and writer of Cretan Turkish descent
Leyla Tuğutlu, Turkish beauty queen
Leyla Vakilova, Azerbaijani ballerina
Leyla Zana, Kurdish politician from Turkey
Film, music and literature[edit]
Laila, Norwegian silent film starring Mona Mårtenson
Laila (album), album by Shahin Badar
Leila, song by Indochine in the album L'aventurier
Fictional and mythological characters[edit]
Lailah, an angel of the night in Jewish mythology
Layla in the classic Persian love story Layla and Majnun
Leïla, heroine of Bizet's opera Les Pecheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), 1863
Layla in the 1st Story Maxi CD 「Seisen no Iberia / 聖戦のイベリア」 of Sound Horizon
Layla in the animated series Winx Club
Layla Hamilton in the Japanese manga series Kaleido Star
Layla Heartfilia in the Japanese manga series Fairy Tail
Leyla Harding in the British soap opera Emmerdale
Layla Miller in the Marvel universe
Layla from the Story of Tracy Beaker Series 3-5, portrayed by Cara Readle
Layla Serizawa in the Japanese manga series NANA
Leela (Doctor Who), a companion of the Fourth Doctor (1977–78)
Leela in the animated TV show Futurama
Leila, a playable character in Final Fantasy II
Leila, a daughter of main character in video game by Saber Interactive Inversion
Leila Hosnani, mother of Nessim (and Narouz) Hosnani, in Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet
Leila Morgan in Angel (1999 TV series) TV show
See also[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Female names Leyla.
Leela (name)
Leila (disambiguation)
Lilith, name with the same etymological root
References[edit]
Jump up ^ [1]
Jump up ^ Layla, Behind the Name. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
Jump up ^ Láilá, Behind the Name. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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Bay City Rollers
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Bay City Rollers
Bay City Rollers in the Netherlands (1976)
Background information
Origin
Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres
Pop, pop rock, power pop, glam rock
Years active
1966–87, 1990, 1998–2000, 2015–
Labels
Bell, Arista, Epic
Associated acts
The Saxons
The Rollers
Pilot
Members
Alan Longmuir
Stuart "Woody" Wood
Les McKeown
Past members
Derek Longmuir
Eric Faulkner
Ian Mitchell
Pat McGlynn
Gordon "Nobby" Clark
Keith Norman
David Paton
Eric Manclark
Russell Powell
Billy Lyall
Ray Weston
Neil Henderson
Jimmy Rooney
Archie Marr
John Devine
Duncan Faure
The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop band whose popularity was highest in the mid 1970s. The British Hit Singles & Albums noted they were "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and were "the first of many acts heralded as the 'biggest group since the Beatles' and one of the most screamed-at teeny-bopper acts of the 1970s".[1] For a relatively brief, but fervent period (nicknamed "Rollermania"), they were worldwide teen idols. The group's line-up had numerous changes over the years, but the classic line-up during its heyday included; guitarists Eric Faulkner and Stuart John Wood, singer Les McKeown, bassist Alan Longmuir, and drummer Derek Longmuir.
Contents
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1 History
1.1 Early days and formation: 1966–73
1.2 British breakthrough: 1974–75
1.3 World impact: 1976
1.4 1977–79
1.5 New singer, new name
1.6 1980s and beyond
2 Financial disputes
3 Discography
4 References
5 Further reading
History[edit]
Early days and formation: 1966–73[edit]
In 1966 bassist Alan Longmuir, his younger brother, drummer Derek Longmuir and their schoolfriend, lead singer Gordon "Nobby" Clark, founded The Saxons in Edinburgh, Scotland. Soon after, they changed to The Bay City Rollers by throwing a dart at a map of the United States, which landed near Bay City, Michigan.[2] The Bay City Rollers' first manager was Tam Paton, himself a former big band leader.[3] Short-term members from this period included bassist David Paton (from 1969 to 1970) and keyboardist Billy Lyall (1969–71), who went on to be founding members of another successful Edinburgh band, Pilot.
After signing with Bell Records, the band's first hit was "Keep On Dancing" (UK No. 9, 1971), a cover of a 1965 hit by The Gentrys.[2][4] Clark was backed on vocals on "Keep On Dancing" by King, multi-tracked.[4] Upon this release's success, they made appearances on BBC One's Top of the Pops.
Several non-charting singles were released over the following two years. This period saw the addition of long term member guitarist Eric Faulkner. In mid-1973 they narrowly missed the UK Singles Chart with the fourth single, "Saturday Night", one of many songs written and produced for the band by the songwriting duo of Scotsman Bill Martin and Irishman Phil Coulter.[citation needed] By the end of 1973, Clark had become disillusioned with the band's musical direction and decided to leave just when his recording of "Remember (Sha-La-La-La)" zoomed up the charts to No.6. He was replaced as lead singer by Les McKeown. A couple of months later, in early 1974, what became known as the classic line-up[2] was completed when guitarist John Devine was replaced by Stuart "Woody" Wood.
British breakthrough: 1974–75[edit]
In late 1973 McKeown recorded lead vocals on "Remember (Sha-La-La-La)", and a lead-in to a series of UK chart hits. 16-year-old Stuart Wood completed the 'Classic Five' line up in February 1974 a week after the band had debuted the "Remember" single on Top Of The Pops (in which John Devine had mimed the piano part), and by the dawn of 1975 the band were well on their way to achieving global success likened to Beatles fame. The successful Classic Five line up consisted of Alan Longmuir, Derek Longmuir, Stuart Woody Wood, Eric Faulkner and Les McKeown.
Beginning with "Remember" (UK No. 6), the Rollers' popularity exploded, and they released a string of hits on the UK chart. Following in succession were "Shang-a-Lang" (UK No. 2), "Summerlove Sensation" (UK No. 3), and "All of Me Loves All of You" (UK No. 4).[1]
By early 1975, they were one of the highest-selling acts in the UK. That year saw a successful UK tour, which prompted newspaper headlines about the rise of "Rollermania"[4] (this on the heels of "Osmondmania" a few years prior; both terms were take-offs on Beatlemania of a decade before). The Rollers were the subject of a 20-week UK television series, Shang-a-Lang.
A cover of the Four Seasons' "Bye, Bye, Baby" stayed at No. 1 in the UK for six weeks in March and April 1975, selling nearly a million copies to become the biggest seller of the year, and the subsequent single "Give a Little Love" topped the charts in July 1975, their second No. 1 hit.[1][2] Two full-length LPs were produced during this period: Once Upon a Star (1975) and Wouldn't You Like It? (1975). Faulkner and Wood undertook the majority of the songwriting duties.
By this time, Bay City Roller fans had a completely distinctive style of dress, the main elements of which were calf-length tartan trousers and tartan scarves.[2]
English singer-songwriter Nick Lowe wrote a "jaundiced" (in Lowe's words[5]) paean to the band titled "Bay City Rollers We Love You". The track was "carefully sculpted" to be poor enough to get Lowe out of a recording contract with United Artists, but the strategy backfired. UA issued the record as by "The Tartan Horde",[6] which was the name given to Rollers fans in England, and it became a substantial hit in Japan.[5] Lowe was obliged to record a follow-up song called "Rollers Show", which did not meet with the same commercial success. This follow-up song was included on the US release of Lowe's first album, "Pure Pop for Now People".
World impact: 1976[edit]
As the group's popularity swelled to superstardom in the UK, a concerted effort was made by Arista Records (the record company that evolved from Bell) to launch the Rollers in North America. New Arista head Clive Davis was instrumental in grooming and overseeing the project. His work paid off, as in late 1975, the Rollers reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 with "Saturday Night", the song that had missed the UK chart completely two years earlier.[2] The Rollers gave the track their American debut via a satellite-link performance on Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell. In Canada, it fared equally well, hitting No. 1 on the RPM national singles chart on 10 January 1976.[7] The Bay City Rollers (1975) album (North American release only) hit No. 1 in the same chart on 7 February.[7]
A second North American hit came with "Money Honey", written by Faulkner which hit No. 9 in the US. In Canada, it fared better, following its predecessor to the top, and giving them their second No. 1 in the RPM national singles chart on 13 March 1976.[8]
The North America/Japan release album Rock n' Roll Love Letter (1976) jumped from No. 25 to the top position in a single week in Canada, deposing their own Bay City Rollers (1975) album at No. 1 on the national chart on 27 March 1976,[9] but only managed to achieve the No. 31 spot on the US Billboard chart.
They were also extremely popular in Australia. One example of their popularity, was put into the book about Countdown – the Australian TV music show which ran from 1974 - 1987. Their 1976 appearance on Countdown coincided with a total eclipse of the sun. Director Ted Emery recalls;
'(there)... were thousands of kids done up in tartan pants that didn't reach the top of their shoes, constantly bashing on the plexiglas doors. They would do anything... to get into that television studio. There's 200 kids bashing on the door and a total eclipse of the sun occurred. I'd never seen one. On this day we all stopped in the studio and the Rollers went up on the roof. We stood out there and watched the flowers close up and all the automatic street lighting come on. It was chilling, the most fantastic thing you'd ever see. Downstairs the kids never turned around, staring into the plexiglas waiting to see the Rollers come out of the studio, go down the corridor and into the canteen. (They) never noticed the total eclipse of the sun'.[10]
By early 1976, the strain of success (and the discomfort of being a man in his late 20s in a teen band) had taken its toll on bassist Alan Longmuir, who decided to leave the group.[2] He was replaced for seven months by 17-year-old Ian Mitchell from Northern Ireland – the first band member born outside Edinburgh, Scotland.[2] With Mitchell, the group released an album titled Dedication (1976), and hit the charts with a cover version of the Dusty Springfield song "I Only Want to Be with You", which reached US No. 12, as well as "Yesterday's Hero" (featuring live material from a 1976 personal appearance in Toronto's Nathan Phillips Square),[11] and "Dedication".
1977–79[edit]
As the Rollers' popularity waned, the shuffling of personnel continued; Mitchell quit the band. He was replaced by guitarist Pat McGlynn, who joined the band with the forlorn wish that "I just hope I can cope." McGlynn lasted only a few months before quitting in turn, complaining that the other Rollers had treated him like a servant.[citation needed] Further struggles involved the direction of their sound, as the members wished to pursue more sophisticated styles. They settled on David Bowie's producer, Harry Maslin, and in August 1977 released It's a Game as a four-piece group, comprising McKeown, Wood, Faulkner and Derek Longmuir. The It's a Game tour produced the live album Rollerworld: Live at the Budokan 1977, recorded in 1977 at Japan's Budokan Hall, but unreleased until 2001.
On the disc, they covered an unsuccessful 1973 single by String Driven Thing, "It's a Game" to give them their final UK Top 20 hit (#16 in May 1977). Oddly enough, this single provided them with their highest-charting German hit, reaching No. 4 in the same year.[12] The follow-up "You Made Me Believe in Magic" could only make No. 34 in July in the UK and No. 10 in the US, but this would be their final major success there too.[2]
New singer, new name[edit]
At the end of 1978, the band had split with McKeown, then fired manager Tam Paton shortly after, and decided to continue in a more new-wave, rock-oriented sound. Their name was now The Rollers. South African-born Duncan Faure joined the band as new lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. With Faure, the line-up produced three albums: Elevator (1979), Voxx (1980), and Ricochet (1981).[2] Following the expiry of the band's Arista contract, neither of the releases sold as well as expected, and they stopped touring by late 1981.
1980s and beyond[edit]
During the 1980s and 1990s, there were a few short tours. Seven past members played Japan in 1982, and again in 1983. A reunion album, Breakout, was released in Japan and Australia in 1985, and added drummer George Spencer. Breakout was written primarily by McKeown and McGlynn with minor contributions from Faulkner, Wood, and Mitchell.
In the late 1980s a version of the band called the 'New Rollers' was formed featuring Faulkner on lead vocals, Kass (Karen Prosser) on vocals, Jason Medvec on guitar, Andy Boakes on bass, Mark Roberts on drums. The band toured extensively throughout the US and Canada as well as tours of the UK and Australia. This group also released an independent 5-song EP titled "Party Hardy".
In 1990 Stuart Wood and Alan Longmuir joined with Faulkner to tour under the Bay City Rollers name, and issued several CDs of re-recordings of the old Roller tunes.
The classic line-up (minus Derek Longmuir)[13]) performed a one-off New Year's Eve millennium concert, the last official Bay City Rollers concert (1999–2000) in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. Interest was rekindled in the UK by various television documentaries about the group, and a new television-advertised compilation of greatest hits, Very Best of the Bay City Rollers, which entered the UK Albums Chart on release in 2004 at No. 11.[1]
On 22 September 2015 The Bay City Rollers, including McKeown, Stuart “Woody” Wood and Alan Longmuir announced that were reforming and would play a show at the Glasgow Barrowlands on December 20.[14]
Financial disputes[edit]
According to the BBC, the Bay City Rollers sold 120 million records.[15]
In March 2007, six former members of the group (Faure plus the "classic line-up") announced a lawsuit against Arista Records in hopes of claiming what they describe as "tens of millions of dollars" of unpaid royalties. Nobby Clark has threatened to sue the other band members if their lawsuit is successful, stating that he was the creative force behind the band's success, despite the fact that he left the group in 1973 before the bulk of their fame and fortune began.[16][17]
In September 2010, Gordon "Nobby" Clark, Ian Mitchell and Pat McGlynn filed a complaint in the courts in United States against the six members (Faure plus the "classic line-up") over their being excluded from the case against Arista records. Clark, Mitchell and McGlynn were seeking to have their rights determined and are also seeking financial damages against the other Bay City Rollers for alleged breach of contract. In 2013 a judge in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the three due to the statute of frauds, which establishes that certain agreements must be in writing under certain conditions, with the appellate judge ruling, "A claim for unjust enrichment must be based on the value of plaintiffs' contribution to the joint effort of the band at the time it made the relevant records, not on the income stream resulting from a revival over thirty years later,"[18]
In March 2011 a New York judge determined that the Bay City Rollers can move forward with their four-year-old lawsuit against Arista Records, who themselves had denied responsibility for the majority of the royalties, claiming that the New York statute of limitations, which limits plaintiffs from recovering damages past six years in contract disputes, bars the Rollers' claims for royalties incurred prior to 2001. However, since the Rollers were able to show that Arista had continued to promise them their royalties in writing, the judge ruled that the statute was not applicable.[19]
Discography[edit]
Main article: Bay City Rollers discography
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Gardner, Eriq (29 August 2013). "Three Ex-Members of Bay City Rollers Denied in Royalty Collection Attempt". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
Jump up ^ Mickie (1 June 2011). "Mickie's Zoo: Bay City Rollers to continue suit against Arista Records". Mickieszoo.blogspot.com. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
Further reading[edit]
Brigitte Tast, Hans-Jürgen Tast: Wie weit ist vorbei? Ein Konzert, eine Party und Meldungen aus der ganzen Welt. Kulleraugen - Visuelle Kommunikation Nr. 48, Schellerten 2016, ISBN 978-3-88842-048-1.
Coy, W. (2005), Bay City Babylon: The Unbelievable But True Story of the Bay City Rollers, Hats Off Books, ISBN 978-1587364631
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1952–1969
1952: "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" – Vera Lynn (UK)
1953: "I Believe" – Frankie Laine
1954: "Secret Love" – Doris Day
1955: "Rose Marie" – Slim Whitman
1956: "I'll Be Home" – Pat Boone
1957: "Diana" – Paul Anka
1958: "Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley
1959: "Living Doll" – Cliff Richard (UK)
1960: "It's Now or Never" – Elvis Presley
1961: "Wooden Heart" – Elvis Presley
1962: "I Remember You" – Frank Ifield (UK)
1963: "She Loves You" – The Beatles (UK)
1964: "Can't Buy Me Love" – The Beatles (UK)
1965: "Tears" – Ken Dodd (UK)
1966: "Green, Green Grass of Home" – Tom Jones (UK)
1967: "Release Me" – Engelbert Humperdinck (UK)
1968: "Hey Jude" – The Beatles (UK)
1969: "Sugar, Sugar" – The Archies
1970–1989
1970: "The Wonder of You" – Elvis Presley
1971: "My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison (UK)
1972: "Amazing Grace" – The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Band (UK)
1973: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974: "Tiger Feet" – Mud (UK)
1975: "Bye Bye Baby" – Bay City Rollers (UK)
1976: "Save Your Kisses for Me" – Brotherhood of Man (UK)
1977: "Mull of Kintyre" / "Girls' School" – Wings (UK)
1978: "Rivers of Babylon" / "Brown Girl in the Ring" – Boney M.
1979: "Bright Eyes" – Art Garfunkel
1980: "Don't Stand So Close to Me" – The Police (UK)
1981: "Don't You Want Me" – The Human League (UK)
1982: "Come On Eileen" – Dexys Midnight Runners (UK)
1983: "Karma Chameleon" – Culture Club (UK)
1984: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" – Band Aid (UK)
1985: "The Power of Love" – Jennifer Rush
1986: "Don't Leave Me This Way" – The Communards (UK)
1987: "Never Gonna Give You Up" – Rick Astley (UK)
1988: "Mistletoe and Wine" – Cliff Richard (UK)
1989: "Ride on Time" – Black Box
1990–2009
1990: "Unchained Melody" – The Righteous Brothers
1991: "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams
1992: "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
1993: "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" – Meat Loaf
1994: "Love Is All Around" – Wet Wet Wet (UK)
1995: "Unchained Melody" – Robson & Jerome (UK)
1996: "Killing Me Softly" – Fugees
1997: "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" / "Candle in the Wind 1997" – Elton John (UK)
1998: "Believe" – Cher
1999: "...Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears
2000: "Can We Fix It?" – Bob the Builder (UK)
2001: "It Wasn't Me" – Shaggy featuring Rikrok (UK)
2002: "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" – Will Young (UK)
2003: "Where Is the Love?" – The Black Eyed Peas
2004: "Do They Know It's Christmas?" – Band Aid 20 (UK)
2005: "Is This the Way to Amarillo" – Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay (UK)
2006: "Crazy" – Gnarls Barkley
2007: "Bleeding Love" – Leona Lewis (UK)
2008: "Hallelujah" – Alexandra Burke (UK)
2009: "Poker Face" – Lady Gaga
2010–present
2010: "Love the Way You Lie" – Eminem featuring Rihanna
2011: "Someone Like You" – Adele (UK)
2012: "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye featuring Kimbra
2013: "Blurred Lines" – Robin Thicke featuring T.I. & Pharrell Williams
2014: "Happy" – Pharrell Williams
2015: "Uptown Funk" – Mark Ronson (UK) featuring Bruno Mars
2016: "One Dance" – Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla (UK)
2017: "Shape of You" - Ed Sheeran (UK)
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