What was Number One when you were born?

[anvi]

US Movie: Young Guns (Never heard of it)
US Song: Roll With it - Steve Winwood (Ditto)
...
Some people here are so young they disturb me.

Dear, merciful God, I am fyked.     

[tmthforu94]

Film: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Song: The Power of Love - Celine Dion

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

US Number 1 song:  "The Love You Save" by the Jackson Five
UK Number 1 song: "In the Summertime" by Mungo Jerry
Canada Number 1 song:  "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles

Number 1 Box Office Film:  Kelly's Heroes

My autistic brother loves the opening scene to that movie where they play "Burning Bridges." He plays it over and over and over again. Still is a good movie though (and In The Summertime is awesome too).

[checkers]

Film: Mrs. Doubtfire
Song: "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" by Meat Loaf
NYT Bestseller: Robert James Waller - Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

"Name" by the Goo Goo Dolls. November 1995. It's still one of my favorite songs of all time.

[Flake]

Movie: Lost in Space
Song: All My Life (K-Ci & JoJo)
NYT Bestseller: The Street Lawyer (John Grisham)

[MaxQue]

US and Canada Song, "Rush Rush", by Paula Abdul (both had it Number One).
US movie: Terminator 2: Judgement Day.

NYT Fiction best seller: The Kitchen God's Wife, by Amy Tan.
Non-fiction: Iron John, by Robert Bly.

Of those, I only know Terminator.

[Јas]

Song (Ireland): Freedom, Wham!
Film (US): The Terminator
Book (NYT): The Talisman, Stephen King and Peter Straub

[badgate]

Batman

[The Dowager Mod]

Blazing Saddles.
Sunshine on My Shoulders - John Denver.

[stepney]

Ooh, this is interesting. Because last night I went to a grand dinner, then staggered home at midnight (turning into a pumpkin along the way) half-cut, and went into my local 24 hour supermarket to pick up food, and they were playing the song I thought for a long time was number one when I was born.

The song I always thought was number one when I was born was We All Stand Together by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus. I thought that because my mother told me that was number one when I was born. Indeed she told me she got the hospital radio to play it for her.

But, that song wasn’t number one when I was born. I could forgive that if the real number one was something instantly forgotten. And if I were a lady and the number one when my first- and only-born son was born was, say the Joe Dolce Band, hell, I’d tell the kid the number one was actually the great Third Man-inspired Vienna.

But looking at Wikipedia the number one when I was born was actually Band Aid, Do They Know It’s Christmas. I can’t stand Geldof, but really? You’d pretend instead Paul bloody McCartney and a song out of Rupert Bear The Movie was up there instead? What’s wrong with my old lady? If you have to pretend why not say I was born ten days earlier and Frankie were number one?
 
(And yes I turn 30 quite quite quite soon )

[politicallefty]

Box Office: RoboCop
US Single: Heart - Alone
UK Single: Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin

Obviously, I'm familiar with the first two. I can't say the same of that top UK single.