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Black hits vs white hits

Feb 2, 2025

Which colour, black or white, has featured the most in UK top 40 hits? The results are shown below.

Artist Black Peak position Artist White Peak position
Guy Mitchell Pretty Little Black-Eyed Susie 2 1 Mantovani White Christmas 6
Frankie Laine Blowing Wild (The Ballad Of Black Gold) 2 2 Perez Prado Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 1
Doris Day The Black Hills Of Dakota 7 3 Eddie Calvert Cherry Pink (And Apple Blossom White) 1
Sammy Davis Jr. That Old Black Magic 16 4 King Brothers A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) 6
John Barry Black Stockings 27 5 Terry Dene A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) 18
Jimmy Dean Little Black Book 33 6 Pat Boone White Christmas 29
Four Pennies Black Girl 20 7 Tommy Steele Little White Bull 6
Horst Jankowski A Walk In The Black Forest (Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt) 3 8 Acker Bilk White Cliffs Of Dover 30
Rolling Stones Paint It, Black 1 9 Roy Castle Little White Berry 40
Los Bravos Black Is Black 2 10 Righteous Brothers The White Cliffs Of Dover 21
Dubliners Black Velvet Band 15 11 Procol Harum A Whiter Shade Of Pale 1
Fleetwood Mac Black Magic Woman 37 12 Moody Blues Nights In White Satin 19
Move Blackberry Way 1 13 Jacky Lee White Horses 10
Bob And Marcia Young Gifted And Black 5 14 Cream White Room 28
Deep Purple Black Night 2 15 T.Rex Ride A White Swan 2
Horace Faith Black Pearl 13 16 Greyhound Black And White 6
Equals Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys 9 17 Wombles Wombling White Tie And Tails 22
Greyhound Black And White 6 18 Nazareth My White Bicycle 14
Burundi Steiphenson Black Burundi Black 31 19 Jonathan King Una Paloma Blanca (White Dove) 5
Hollies Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress 32 20 Clash White Riot 38
Mungo Jerry Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black 13 21 Tubes White Punks On Dope 28
Cozy Powell The Man In Black 18 22 Bing Crosby White Christmas 5
Paper Lace The Black-Eyed Boys 11 23 Clash (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 32
Johnny Wakelin Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) 7 24 Dickies Nights In White Satin 39
Goodies Black Pudding Bertha (The Queen Of Northern Soul) 19 25 Dollar Hand Held In Black And White 19
La Belle Epoque Black Is Black 2 26 Elkie Brooks Nights In White Satin 33
Ram Jam Black Betty 7 27 Modern Romance Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 15
Dollar Hand Held In Black And White 19 28 Gary Numan White Boys And Heroes 20
China Crisis Black Man Ray 14 29 Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) 7
Alannah Myles Black Velvet 2 30 Billy Idol White Wedding 6
Janet Jackson Black Cat 15 31 Keith Harris White Christmas 40
Michael Jackson Black Or White 1 32 Michael Jackson Black Or White 1
Belinda Carlisle Little Black Book 28 33 Michael Jackson Black Or White (Re-Mix) 14
David Bowie Black Tie White Noise 36 34 David Bowie Black Tie White Noise 36
Soul Asylum Black Gold 26 35 Robson And Jerome (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover 1
EYC Black Book 13 36 Annie Lennox A Whiter Shade Of Pale 16
Soundgarden Black Hole Sun 12 37 Duran Duran White Lines (Don’t Do It) 17
Pearl Jam Spin The Black Circle 10 38 Sunscreem White Skies 25
Soundgarden Fell On Black Days 24 39 Black And White Army Black And White Army (Bringing The Pride Back Home) 26
Tricky Black Steel 28 40 Offspring Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) 1
Wildchild Legends Of The Dark Black – Pt 2 11 41 Jason Downs White Boy With A Feather 19
Black Grape Reverend Black Grape 9 42 Murderdolls White Wedding 24
Frank Black Men In Black 37 43 Dido White Flag 2
Beautiful South Blackbird On The Wire 23 44 Hope Of The States The Red The White The Black The Blue 15
Texas Black Eyed Boy 5 45 Doves Black And White Town 6
Will Smith Men In Black 1 46 Goldfrapp Ride A White Horse 15
Nuyorican Soul I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun 31 47 Upper Room Black And White 22
Black And White Army Black And White Army (Bringing The Pride Back Home) 26 48 Elliot Minor The White One Is Evil 27
All Saints Black Coffee 1 49 Taylor Swift White Horse 22
Everlast Black Jesus 37 50 Mr. Hudson White Lies 20
Will Smith Black Suits Comin’ (Nod Ya Head) 3 51 Jamiroquai White Knuckle Ride 39
Goldfrapp Black Cherry 28 52 George Michael White Light 15
Hope Of The States The Red The White The Black The Blue 15 53 Disclosure White Noise 2
Doves Black And White Town 6 54 Macklemore White Walls 26
KT Tunstall Black Horse & The Cherry Tree 28 55
Charlatans Blackened Blue Eyes 28 56
Upper Room Black And White 22 57
Muse Supermassive Black Hole 4 58
My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade 1 59
Amy Winehouse Back To Black 8 60
Sam Sparro Black And Gold 2 61
Hype Squad Black And Yellow 35 62
Wiz Khalifa Black And Yellow 5 63
Breathe Carolina Blackout 21 64
Stooshe Black Heart 4 65
AC/DC Back In Black 27 66
Biffy Clyro Black Chandelier 14 67
Wretch 32 Blackout 6 68
Kanye West Black Skinhead 34 69
Iggy Azalea Black Widow 4 70
Little Mix Black Magic 1 71
Rae Sremmurd Black Beatles 2 72
Dave Black 40 73
Griff Black Hole 18 74
Jonasu Black Magic 3 75
D-Block Europe Black Beatles 35 76
Tom Odell Black Friday 21 77