Songs that have sold a million, but never reached number one on the UK singles chart!

by Christopher Smith

There are currently seven songs that have sold over a million copies in the UK but, to date, have never made it to number one. They are:

Bing Crosby – “White Christmas” (No.5, 1942)
Acker Bilk – “Stranger On The Shore” (No.2, 1961)
New Order – “Blue Monday” (No.3, 1982)
Wham – “Last Christmas” (No.2, 1984)
Oasis – “Wonderwall” (No.2, 1995)
Natalie Imbruglia – “Torn” (No.2, 1997)
Robbie Williams – “Angels” (No.4, 1998)

Enjoy them all!

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