Number-one singles of 1976 (Ireland)

This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

in 1976.

Week ending	Song	Artist
3 January	Bohemian Rhapsody Bohemian Rhapsody "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera...	Queen Queen (band) Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...
10 January	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen
17 January	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen
24 January	Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen
31 January	Mamma Mia Mamma Mia (song) "Mamma Mia" is a song from ABBA's 3rd album, ABBA, written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson, with the lead vocals shared by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The song "Mamma Mia" is a common song used in bands or orchestras...	ABBA ABBA ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
7 February	Mamma Mia	ABBA
14 February	Mamma Mia	ABBA
21 February	Mamma Mia	ABBA
28 February	Mamma Mia	ABBA
6 March	Broken Promises	Red Hurley Red Hurley Brian 'Red' Hurley is an entertainer from Ireland whose singing career has spanned several decades. He is principally known as a solo artist, although he does perform with various bands, the members of which are prone to change.-Personal life:...
13 March	Glass of Champagne	Sailor Sailor (band) Sailor are a British pop group, best known in the 1970s for their hit singles "Glass of Champagne" and "Girls Girls Girls", written by the group's lead singer and 12-string guitar player, Georg Kajanus.-In the 1970s:...
20 March	Dreamin' My Dreams	Marianne Faithfull Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Faithfull is an award-winning English singer, songwriter and actress whose career has spanned five decades....
27 March	I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance) "I Love to Love " was a popular single by Tina Charles, from her debut album, I Love to Love; the song was composed by Jack Robinson and James Bolden...	Tina Charles
3 April	I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)	Tina Charles
10 April	You Don't Have to Say You Love Me You Don't Have to Say You Love Me "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" is the title of a 1966 hit recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield which proved to be her career record reaching #1 UK and #4 US: the song subsequently charted in the UK via remakes by Elvis Presley , Guys 'n' Dolls and Denise Welch with Presley's version...	Guys 'n' Dolls
17 April	Save Your Kisses for Me Save Your Kisses For Me "Save Your Kisses for Me" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, performed for the United Kingdom by Brotherhood of Man in The Hague, Netherlands. The lyrics and music were written by Tony Hiller, Lee Sheriden, and Martin Lee, the latter two being members of the band...	Brotherhood of Man Brotherhood of Man Brotherhood of Man are a British pop group who achieved success in the 1970s, most notably by winning the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest with "Save Your Kisses for Me"....
24 April	Fernando Fernando (song) "Fernando" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was the group's first non-album single and was released in November 1975 through Polar Music. Lead vocals were sung by Anni-Frid Lyngstad...	ABBA
1 May	Fernando	ABBA
8 May	Fernando	ABBA
15 May	Fernando	ABBA
22 May	Fernando	ABBA
29 May	Fernando	ABBA
5 June	Arms of Mary	Sutherland Brothers Sutherland Brothers The Sutherland Brothers originally performed as a folk / rock duo in the field of British music in the early 1970s, and then from 1973 to 1978 joined with rock band Quiver to record and tour as Sutherland Brothers & Quiver...
12 June	Arms of Mary	Sutherland Brothers
19 June	Arms of Mary	Sutherland Brothers
26 June	Arms of Mary	Sutherland Brothers
3 July	Silly Love Songs Silly Love Songs Silly Love Songs is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. The song appeared on the 1976 album, Wings at the Speed of Sound. It was also released as a single in 1976. The US single was released on 1 April 1976 and reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The UK single was...	Wings Wings (band) Wings were a British-American rock group formed in 1971 by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine and Linda McCartney that remained active until 1981....
10 July	Silly Love Songs	Wings
17 July	All My Roads Lead Back To You	Brendan Shine Brendan Shine Brendan Shine is an Irish folk singer and accordion player from Athlone, best known for his songs about everyday Irish life such as "Do you Want your Old Lobby Washed Down" and "Spuds"....
24 July	The Boys are Back in Town The Boys Are Back in Town "The Boys Are Back in Town" is a single from Irish hard rock band Thin Lizzy. The song came out in 1976 on their album Jailbreak. It was honoured with the 499th position among the 2004 Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, though it was not included in the 2010 update...	Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
31 July	The Boys are Back in Town	Thin Lizzy
7 August	The Boys are Back in Town	Thin Lizzy
14 August	Don't Go Breaking My Heart Don't Go Breaking My Heart "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee. It was written by Elton John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonym "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche" , and intended as an affectionate pastiche of the Tamla Motown style, notably the various duets recorded by Marvin Gaye and singers...	Elton John Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor... and Kiki Dee Kiki Dee Kiki Dee is an English singer with a career spanning more than 40 years....
21 August	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Elton John and Kiki Dee
28 August	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Elton John and Kiki Dee
4 September	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Elton John and Kiki Dee
11 September	Dancing Queen Dancing Queen "Dancing Queen" is a pop song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in August 1976, but was first performed two months earlier, on 18 June 1976, during a Royal Variety Show in Stockholm the evening before the Swedish royal wedding. It was the follow-up single to the hit "Fernando"...	ABBA
18 September	Dancing Queen	ABBA
25 September	Dancing Queen	ABBA
2 October	Dancing Queen	ABBA
9 October	Dancing Queen	ABBA
16 October	Dancing Queen	ABBA
23 October	Mississippi Mississippi (song) Mississippi was a popular single by Dutch group Pussycat. Written by Werner Theunissen and produced by Eddy Hilberts, Mississippi was the sole number one single for Pussycat, spending four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in October 1976....	Pussycat Pussycat (Dutch band) Pussycat was a Dutch country and pop music group from Brunssum, driven by the three Kowalczyk sisters: Tonny, Betty and Marianne. Other members of the band were Lou Willé , Theo Wetzels, Theo Coumans and John Theunissen.-Career:...
30 October	Mississippi	Pussycat
6 November	Mississippi	Pussycat
13 November	I'll Meet You at Midnight	Smokie Smokie (band) Smokie is an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire who found success in Europe in the 1970s.-Early years:Originally called The Yen, then The Sphynx and later Essence, the band was formed in 1964 at St. Bede's Grammar School in Heaton, Bradford as The Yen. The Yen's first gig was at Birkenshaw...
20 November	Without You	Nilsson Harry Nilsson Harry Edward Nilsson III was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. On all but his earliest recordings he is credited as Nilsson...
27 November	Without You	Nilsson
4 December	If You Leave Me Now If You Leave Me Now "If You Leave Me Now" is the title of a popular hit ballad by the American rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X. It was written and sung by bass guitar player Peter Cetera and released as a single in July 1976....	Chicago Chicago (band) Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
11 December	If You Leave Me Now	Chicago
18 December	If You Leave Me Now	Chicago
25 December	If You Leave Me Now	Chicago

18 Number Ones
Most weeks at No.1 (artist): ABBA (17)
Most weeks at No.1 (song): "Fernando" - ABBA, "Dancing Queen" - ABBA (6)
Most No.1s: ABBA (3)

See also