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On 5 October 1962, Elvis Presley's "She's Not You" was declared Ireland's first number one. This is a list of number-one songs as recorded by IRMA’s Top 50 Singles chart — a weekly national survey of popular songs in Ireland. It is compiled by the IRMA from single sales. The lists below show the songs that have topped the chart.
Song Artist 3 January "The Christmas No 1" Zig and Zag: 10 January 17 January "Sadeness (Part I)" Enigma: 24 January "Do The Bartman" The Simpsons: 31 January 7 February 14 February 21 February 28 February 7 March 14 March 21 March 28 March "Rhythm of My Heart" Rod Stewart: 4 April "Deep, Deep Trouble" The Simpsons 11 April 18 April 25 April 2 May
Song Artist 1 January "I Have a Dream"/"Seasons in the Sun" Westlife: 8 January 15 January 22 January "Born to Make You Happy" Britney Spears: 29 January 5 February "Silence" Delerium: 12 February "Go Let It Out" Oasis: 19 February "Rise" Gabrielle: 26 February "Pure Shores" All Saints: 4 March "Maniac 2000" Mark McCabe: 11 March 18 March 25 ...
Song Artist Ref. 4 January "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Band Aid II: 11 January 18 January "Hangin' Tough" New Kids On The Block: 25 January "Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinéad O'Connor: 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 February 1 March 8 March "Love Shack" The B-52's: 15 March "Brits Mix 1990" Various Artists 22 March "That Sounds Good To Me"
This following is a list of one-hit wonders in Ireland, showing Irish musical acts who only managed to score one top forty hit in the Irish singles chart. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Many of the one hit wonders in the UK and the United States were also one hit wonders in Ireland , but are not listed here.
Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ) held the Irish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 on 9 March 1980 at its studios in Dublin, hosted by Larry Gogan.. Eight songs were performed live to the Irish viewers and listeners, with the winning song being decided by 10 regional juries across the country.
Early Irish poetry and song has been translated into modern Irish and English by notable Irish poets, song collectors and musicians. [1] The 6th century hymn Rop tú mo baile by Dallán Forgaill for example, was published in 1905 in English by Mary Elizabeth Byrne, and is widely known as Be Thou My Vision.
"Arthur McBride" – an anti-recruiting song from Donegal, probably originating during the 17th century. [1]"The Recruiting Sergeant" – song (to the tune of "The Peeler and the Goat") from the time of World War 1, popular among the Irish Volunteers of that period, written by Séamus O'Farrell in 1915, recorded by The Pogues.