Cher's Official Top 20 biggest singles revealed

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Cher is back! But then she never really went away, did she? As her Here We Go Again tour reaches the UK, we’ve ranked her biggest hits of the digital era, revealing her most streamed and downloaded songs to find out which Cher songs are the most popular in the UK today. 

Are you ready to turn back time? Before we get to the full list, let’s take a closer look at a few highlights...

14. Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) (2018)

In 2018 Cher pulled off the unthinkable - releasing an album of ABBA covers that wasn't terrible (the group's music is famously tricky to imitate). It was undeniably fun, camper-than-camp, and it featured Cher on the artwork as ABBA's Agnetha and Anni-Frid. Trailer single Gimme Gimme Gimme may be heavy on the Auto-Tune, but there's still plenty of heart in it. 

8. Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (1971)

Cher is queen of the comebacks, let's face it, and she successfully pulled off her first triumphant return with this, released in 1971. Cher became noted for her songs that told stories, and Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves dramatically played out the tale of a family of outcasts. It peaked at Number 4 on the Official Singles Chart and gave Cher her biggest hit in the UK in five years, since 1966’s Little Man also hit Number 4. As you can see from the video, Cher's hair game has never been anything less than 💯

5. I Got You Babe (1965)

The song where it all began, over 50 years ago (seriously). We're sure when Cher first took to the stage with her tambourine and her then-husband Sonny Bono, she had little idea that this sweet and simple love duet would kick off a career that would bring her 33 UK Top 40 hits, including 15 Top 10s and four chart-toppers. This karaoke classic leapt up the chart in late summer 1965 and spent two weeks at Number 1. And which iconic artists did Sonny and Cher knock off the top? Why, it was the Beatles with a song you may have heard of – Help!

4. The Shoop Shoop Sing (It's In His Kiss) (1991)

They say patience is a virtue, and Cher must have it in spades – she had to wait 26 years before topping the Official Singles Chart for a second time. Since her last Number 1, Cher's career had been through its ups and downs, but by 1991 she'd established herself as a bona fide Oscar-winning movie star. The Shoop Shoop Song was taken from Cher's latest hit movie Mermaids, and her young co-stars – a baby-faced Christina Ricci and a brilliantly mortified Winona Ryder – appeared in the video with her. The UK couldn't get enough of it: it spent five weeks at the top!

2. If I Could Turn Back Time (1989)

Cher has famously never had the best taste in her own material. You may love some of her biggest hits, but she wouldn't thank you if you invited her to a barbecue and cranked them out. As well as hating her debut single I Got You Babe, she also wasn’t particularly keen on recording If I Could Turn Back Time, penned by mega hit songwriter Diane Warren. The story goes that Diane held her down by her leg in the studio until she recorded it, and Cher being Cher, responded with a ‘F**k you, bitch! OK, I’ll try it’, and loved the outcome. The result is one of the most enduring songs of her career, and is her second most downloaded song in the UK.

1. Believe (1998)

What else was going to top this Cher list? A worldwide hit when it was released in 1998, Believe spent seven straight weeks at Number 1 in the UK, and was the biggest selling single of that year. The Grammy-winning track was a considerable departure from her usual pop-rock sound, and is widely cited as the first commercial recording to use Auto-Tune as a vocal effect. Not only that, but Believe is the best-selling single by a female artist in the UK EVER. Crucially, it's also the song that cemented her status as pop culture icon.

MORE: Look back at Cher's entire Official Chart history, including 15 Top 10s

Cher's Official UK Top 20 biggest hits of the digital era

POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK YEAR
1 BELIEVE CHER 1 1999
2 IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME CHER 6 1989
3 FERNANDO CHER & ANDY GARCIA 92 2018
4 I GOT YOU BABE SONNY & CHER 1 1965
5 SUPER TROUPER CHER/STREEP/BARANSKI/WALTERS N/A 2018
6 THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT'S IN HIS KISS) CHER 1 1991
7 WALKING IN MEMPHIS CHER 11 1995
8 GYPSIES TRAMPS & THIEVES CHER 4 1971
9 JUST LIKE JESSE JAMES CHER 11 1990
10 STRONG ENOUGH CHER 5 1999
11 I FOUND SOMEONE CHER 5 1987
12 WELCOME TO BURLESQUE CHER N/A 2010
13 YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME CHER N/A 2010
14 GIMME GIMME GIMME (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT) CHER N/A 2018
15 SAVE UP ALL YOUR TEARS CHER 37 1991
16 LOVE & UNDERSTANDING CHER 10 1991
17 ALL OR NOTHING CHER 12 1999
18 HEART OF STONE CHER 43 1990
19 SOS CHER N/A 2018
20 AFTER ALL CHER & PETER CETERA 84 1989

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This chart includes downloads and streaming equivalent sales combined.

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Alfiebot

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Also, a few actual sales figures would be nice!

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Alfiebot

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Cher was an Oscar winning actress and has had a top 10 hit in the UK and the US in 4 different decades before 'Believe'.

Anyway, where's 'I Hope You Find It' on the list?

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Djosci Coêlho Jr.

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Cher was a pop culture icon LONG before "Believe". "Believe" was the cherry on top of an already iconic career.

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Alfiebot

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Would be nice if you shared some actual info like download and sales figures? Also, she has 16 top 10 hits counting the ‘Dead Ringer For Love’ duet with Meat Loaf, it has been credited to her on later releases of both artists.

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Bengy

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How about some sales figures.

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Neil Prince

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I remember Diane Warren in a radio interview saying she had to compromise on If I Could Turn back Time. The original production was meant to be much more of a love song style but Cher wanted to make it more rockier

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etin

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there was discussion between cher & celine dion fans.. which one is the best selling single of the year ? my heart...or believe ?

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Panos Tsaligopoulos

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I don't know about the UK, but worldwide Believe was the #1 single of 1999 and My Heart Will Go On the #1 single of 1998. My Heart Will Go On is #24 on the all time global chart, while Believe is #40 (source: United World Chart from media traffic)

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etin

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in uk, cher rocks!

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Tosyma

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An icon, a legend, a diva... Happy birthday, Cher!

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Stephen

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This is the same article as last year, are the songs even in the correct order? Why didn't you do an albums list? Very lazy of the OCC to recycle an old article.

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Stephen

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Some sales would be great!

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Alexander

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congrats cher on lasting and still making great music even now. proof that talent lasts.

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Laura Grosset

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A MUSICAL ICON!!!! SOOOOO LUV YOUR MUSIC>>>IT IS TIMELESS!!!!

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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Why the N/as for some peak positions?

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Alfiebot

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Means that they didn't chart, although 'After All' peaked at #84 in 1989.

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Southendman

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Well.......parts of her are 70!!!!! lol

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Alfiebot

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Legend!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHER!

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Alfiebot

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Cher has 16 top10 singles - the duet with Meat Loaf 'Dead Ringer For Love' was #5 in 1981!