The first candle on our Blue Peter Advent Crown was lit on Saturday, a teensy bit ahead of Advent. We counted down and we counted up, we even did our times tables! We wished and we hoped and we drove up the A1, possibly to get our eyes tested in Barnard Castle via Northampton. And, I have to say, that I think the three, IS a magic number!
- Gay Against You – Hello
- Múm – There Is a Number of Small Things
- Gorillaz – M1 A1
- David Bowie – V-2 Schneider
- Cocteau Twins – Five Ten Fiftyfold
- Joan Armatrading – Down To Zero
- Kate Bush – There Goes A Tenner
- Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number
- Mose Allison – Seventh Son
- Dusty Springfield – I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten
- Count Basie – One O’Clock Jump (Count Basie)
- The Countdown Clock
- David Bowie – Space Oddity
- R.E.M. – The One I Love
- The Go! Team – Feelgood By Numbers
- Shirley Ellis – The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)
- Feist – 1234
- Bob Marley & The Wailers – Three Little Birds
- Iggy Pop – Real Wild Child (Wild One)
- Sparks – No.1 Song In Heaven
- The Associates – 18 Carat Love Affair
- New Musik – Living By Numbers
- Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait (2012 Collection Remaster)
- The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Take Five
- Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston – It Takes Two
- The Chiffons – One Fine Day
- Manfred Mann – 5 4 3 2 1
- Dolly Parton – 9 To 5
- The Rolling Stones – 19th Nervous Breakdown
- Spin Doctors – Two Princes
- Sesame Street – Ladybugs’ Picnic
- The Charlatans UK – The Only One I Know
- Gwen Stefani – What You Waiting For?
- Laibach – Final Countdown (Juno Reactor Version – Beyond The Infinite Mix)
- The KLF Feat. The Children Of The Revolution – 3AM Eternal
- SILVER BULLET – 20 Seconds to Comply (1990)
- The Go! Team – Bottle Rocket
- Shirley Ellis – Soul Time
- Dawn – Knock Three Times
- Linda Jardim – (60 Miles by Road and Rail) Northampton
- Gene Pitney – Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
- Beyoncé – Countdown
- De La Soul – The Magic Number
- Gloria Estefan – 1-2-3
- Rudimental – Waiting All Night ft. Ella Eyre Lyrics
- Adam Ant – Goody Two Shoes
- Bananarama – Robert De Niro’s Waiting
- Steps – 5,6,7,8
- Happy Mondays – 24 Hour Party People
- Wire – 12 X U
- The B-52’s – 6060-842
- City Boy – 5.7.0.5.
- The Cure – “10:15 Saturday Night”
- The Undertones – You’ve Got My Number (Why Don’t You Use It!)
- Nena – 99 Red Balloons
- Europe – The Final Countdown
- Pulp – Disco 2000 (Single Version)
- Toots & The Maytals – 54-46 Was My Number
- The Maytals – 007 (Shanty Town)
- Queen – Another One Bites The Dust
- Tom Robinson – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
- Medicine Head – One And One Is One
- Paolo Nutini – 10/10
- Lou Bega – Mambo No. 5
- Tenpole Tudor – Swords Of A Thousand Men
- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)
- The Ventures – Hawaii Five-0
- The Clovers – Love Potion No. 9
- Hazel O’Connor – Eighth Day
- Bow Wow Wow – C30 C60 C90 Go
- Lene Lovich – Lucky Number
- AZEALIA BANKS – 212 FT. LAZY JAY
- Blondie – One Way Or Another
- Simon & Garfunkel – The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
- The Proclaimers – I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)
- The Smiths – Panic
There wes just one track that wasn’t available on Spotify. The German version of These Boots are made for Walking by Conny Kampla:
Frohe Weihnachten, Joueux Noel, Feliz Navidad, God Jul, Buon Natale to everyone x. See you in 2021.

