Number 1 today in 1995: Cotton Eye Joe keeps Celine Dion off the
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You only have to look at the huge 62-year history of the Official Singles Chart to realise that us Brits love a novelty single – and we like it even better when they hit Number 1. Songs about milkmen, being told to shut up, polka-dotted aliens, animated frogs and popular children’s TV builders have all made the top of the charts, thanks to the unique sense of humour of the UK’s pop-pickers. And today 20 years ago, a bunch of lovable hillbillies were ruling the top of the Official Singles Chart, holding off an altogether more serious songstress.
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