10 Worst Songs To Ever Reach Number 1 In The UK

7. Cliff Richard - The Millennium Prayer (1999)

With one of the longest chart careers in the business, Harry Rodger Webb was always going to hit a few rough patches throughout his life, but his last song of the twentieth century may take some beating.

In it, he sets the words of The Lord's Prayer to the tune of Auld Lang Syne - a combination of two particularly sanctified refrains that really doesn't add up to the sum of its parts.

It didn't manage to name the Christmas number one spot, knocked off by Westlife and their cover of Abba's I Have a Dream - but regardless, the damage had been done with its surprise success, inflicting Cliff upon a whole new generation.

It would prove to be his final chart-topper, though he has had four more top ten hits since.

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