Here is a list of 35 UK hits where the first and last line of the lyrics ar the same. There are probably more, feel free to give me your suggestions,

Title	Artist
5.15	The Who
All This Time	Sting
Banana Boat Song	Harry Belafonte
Boyfriend	Justin Bieber
Can I Play With Madness	Iron Maiden
Coward Of The County	Kenny Rogers
Dear Prudence	Siouxsie & The Banshees
Delaware	Perry Como
Diane	Bachelors
Gangsters	Special AKA
Ghost Town	Specials
Goin’ Back	Dusty Springfield
Highly Strung	Spandau Ballet
Honey	Bobby Goldsboro
I Won’t Back Down	Tom Petty
I’m A Better Man Now	Engelbert Humperdinck
Johnny The Horse	Madness
Last Train To Clarksville	Monkees
Let Me Be The One	Shadows
Let’s Get Rocked	Def Leppard
Love Story	Taylor Swift
Marvin Gaye	Charlie Puth
New Morning	Placebo
On The Inside	Lynn Hamilton
Rainbow Child	Dan Reed Network
Riders On The Storm	Doors
Shame	alan Price Set
Stay (I Missed You)	Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
Summer The First Time	Bobby Goldsboro
Take It On The Run	REO Speedwagon
The A Hole In The Bucket	Harry Belafonte & Odetta
The Onion Song	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Tutti Frutti	Little Richard
What’s Up	Four Non Blondes
Ziggy Stardust	Bauhaus

Here is a list of the landmark chart-toppers in both the UK and US. In the States they haven’t reached the 1,200th yet and in the UK we’re on 1,342.

Number	Act	Title	Year	Weeks at number one
1 UK	Al Martino	Here In My Heart	1952	9
1 US	Bill Haley & His Comets	(We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock	1955	8
100 UK	Anthony Newley	Do You Mind	1960	1
100 US	Jimmy Dean	Big Bad John	1961	5
200 UK	Beatles	Help	1965	3
200 US	Rolling Stones	Paint It Black	1966	2
300 UK	Dawn	Knock Three Times	1971	5
300 US	Rod Stewart	Maggie May / Reason To Believe	1971	5
400 UK	Julie Covington	Don’t Cry For Me Argentina	1977	1
400 US	Minnie Riperton	Lovin’ You	1975	1
500 UK	Nicole	A Little Peace	1982	2
500 US	Doobie Brothers	What A Fool Believes	1979	1
600 UK	T’Pau	China In Your Hand	1987	5
600 US	Madonna	Like A Virgin	1984	6
700 UK	Chaka Demus & Pliers With Jack Radics & Taxi Gang	Twist And Shout	1994	2
700 US	Rick Astley	Together Forever	1988	1
800 UK	All Saints	Bootie Call	1998	1
800 US	P.M. Dawn	Set Adrift On Memory Bliss	1991	1
900 UK	Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya & P!nk	Lady Marmalade	2001	1
900 US	‘N Sync	It’s Gonna Be Me	2000	3
1000 UK	Elvis Presley	One Night / I Got Stung	2005	1
1000 US	Rihanna	Disturbia	2008	2
1100 UK	Cascada	Evacuate The Dancefloor	2009	2
1100 US	DJ Khaled feat Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne	I’m The One	2017	1
1200 UK	will.i.am feat Eva Simons	This Is Love	2012	1
1300 UK	Rachel Platten	Fight Song	2015	1

Since streaming contributed to the UK singles chart back in July 2014, some songs are actually sticking around a bt longer including some chart-toppers. Here is an updated list of all number ones that have spent nine or more weeks at the top.

Artist	Title	Year	Weeks at number one
Al Martino	Here In My Heart	1952	9
Frankie Laine	I Believe	1953	18 *
Eddie Calvert	Oh, Mein Papa	1954	9
David Whitfield	Cara Mia	1954	10
Slim Whitman	Rose Marie	1955	11
Paul Anka	Diana	1957	9
Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody	1975 / 1991	14 *
Wings	Mull Of Kintyre/Girls’ School	1977	9
John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John	You’re The One That I Want	1978	9
Frankie Goes To Hollywood	Two Tribes	1984	9
Bryan Adams	(Everything I Do) I Do It For You	1991	16
Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	1992	10
Wet Wet Wet	Love Is All Around	1994	15
Gnarls Barkley	Crazy	2006	9
Rihanna feat Jay-Z	Umbrella	2007	10
Drake feat Wizkid & Kyla	One Dance	2016	15
Clean Bandit feat Sean Paul And Anne-Marie	Rockabye	2016	9
Ed Sheeran	Shape Of You	2017	14 *
Lius Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat Justin Bieber	Despacito	2017	11 *
Drake	God’s Plan	2018	9

* indicates more than one run at the top

The London Symphony Orchestra was originally booked to perform on the Titanic on its maiden voyage, but they ended up on another boat at the last minute.

The German composer Robert Schumann often plunged his hands into the entrails of a slaughtered animal to heal his ailments.

Axl Rose used to earn $8 an hour by smoking cigarettes for a science experiment at University of California, Los Angeles.

The actress Angelina Jolie’s uncle was the song writer Chip Taylor who wrote Wild Thing for the Troggs, On My Word for Cliff Richard and I Can’t Let Go for the Hollies.

AC/DC’s guitarist Malcolm Young once worked in a bra factory as a sewing-machine mechanic.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark contains 29 letters in the name and they had 29 UK hit singles.

Billie Holiday was once a babysitter for the comedian Billy Crystal.

On 30th December 1916 Rasputin died in the Russian city of St Petersburg, on the same date in 2010 Bobby Farrell from Boney M, who mimed the lyrics to their hit Rasputin, also died in St Petersburg.

The Clash’s 1982 hit Rock the Casbah was inspired by the banning of rock music in Iran under Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.

Led Zeppelin’s track Black Dog got its name from a black Labrador retriever that would wander the grounds of Headley Grange where they recorded the song.

The night after Frank Sinatra died, the lights on the Empire State Building in New York City were turned blue.

There are 25 acts to chart in the UK with the word ‘Of The’ in their name. Here’s the list:

Band Of The Black Watch

Beginning Of The End

Cast Of The New Rocky Horror Show

Cast Of The Only Way Is Essex

Chairmen Of The Board

Children Of The Night

Dawn Of The Replicants

Empire Of The Sun

Fields Of The Nephilim

Fresh 4 (Children Of The Ghetto) Feat Lizz E

Hope Of The States

Jah Wobble’s Invaders Of The Heart

Jon Of The Pleased Wimmin

KLF Feat The Children Of The Revolution

Light Of The World

Manuel and His Music Of The Mountains

Middle Of The Road

Presidents Of The United States Of America

Presidents Of The United States Of America

Queens Of The Stone Age

Story Of The Year

Temple Of The Dog

Time Of The Mumph

Voice Of The Beehive

Way Of The West