When it comes to requests played on hospital radio, Abba have been confirmed as the number one in the UK.
The 2023 National Hospital Radio Request Chart has been revealed, and Abba’s “Dancing Queen” has been confirmed as the number one choice, replacing Harry Styles who was top last year.
It was the 19th year of the annual chart which this time used data from 11 hospital radio stations to compile the chart, which was revealed on HRB on Tuesday evening (23rd January).
The show will be repeated at various times during the rest of the month. The full top 40 is as follows.
| Pos. | Last Year | Artist – Song Title |
| 1 | 2 | Abba | Dancing Queen |
| 2 | 5 | Neil Diamond | Sweet Caroline |
| 3 | 30 | Frank Sinatra | My Way |
| 4 | 89 | Pharrell Williams | Happy |
| 5 | 1213 | Jim Reeves | I Love You Because |
| 6 | 259 | Elvis Presley | Jailhouse Rock |
| 7 | 329 | Wham! | Last Christmas |
| 8 | 79 | Queen | Don’t Stop Me Now |
| 9 | 19 | Meatloaf | Bat Out Of Hell |
| 10 | 86 | Elvis Presley | Blue Suede Shoes |
| 11 | 11 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| 12 | 1506 | Elvis Presley | Love Me Tender |
| 13 | 21 | Ed Sheeran | Perfect |
| 14 | RE | Dean Martin | That’s Amore |
| 15 | 28 | Queen | I Want To Break Free |
| 16 | 1777 | Bryan Adams | Summer Of 69 |
| 17 | 186 | Elvis Presley | Suspicious Minds |
| 18 | 9 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| 19 | 3 | Harry Styles | Sign Of The Times |
| 20 | 76 | Elton John | I’m Still Standing |
| 21 | 44 | Bob Marley | Three Little Birds |
| 22 | 245 | Frank Sinatra | Fly Me To The Moon |
| 23 | RE | The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl | Fairytale of New York |
| 24 | 338 | Tom Jones | Delilah |
| 25 | 298 | Chris De Burgh | Lady In Red |
| 26 | 136 | Johnny Cash | Ring Of Fire |
| 27 | 74 | Monty Python | Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life |
| 28 | 77 | Katrina & The Waves | Walking On Sunshine |
| 29 | 315 | Abba | Waterloo |
| 30 | 72 | Abba | Mamma Mia |
| 31 | RE | Cliff Richard | Summer Holiday |
| 32 | 203 | The Carpenters | Top Of The World |
| 33 | 1241 | Tina Turner | (Simply) The Best |
| 34 | 1 | Harry Styles | As It Was |
| 35 | 114 | Queen | We Are The Champions |
| 36 | 87 | The Killers | Mr Brightside |
| 37 | 629 | Tom Jones | Green Green Grass Of Home |
| 38 | 7 | The Eagles | Hotel California |
| 39 | 82 | Louis Armstrong | What A Wonderful World |
| 40 | 1749 | Chris Rea | Driving Home For Christmas |
