Here’s a list of the songs that I performed in public for the first time during February 2025. Each month I aim to play at least one new song from each of the following repertoires:

• Songs that reached #1 in the UK.
• Songs that reached #1 somewhere else.
• Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere.

Songs that reached #1 in the UK

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Sun 2-Feb-2025	Teenage Kicks (One Direction, 2013)	2013 Comic Relief single, released as “One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks)”
Sun 16-Feb-2025	Hey Jude (Beatles, 1968)	Best-selling record in the UK for 1968
Sun 16-Feb-2025	Stand by your man (Tammy Wynette, 1975)	We tried it unrehearsed a week or two back, but this time I learnt it well enough to play without prompts
Sun 23-Feb-2025	The Drugs Don’t Work (The Verve, 1997)	#1 for one week before “Candle in the Wind (97)” was released

 

Songs that reached #1 somewhere else

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Sun 2-Feb-2025	I did what I did for Maria (Tony Christie, 1971)	#1 in New Zealand
Sun 9-Feb-2025	As Tears Go By (Rolling Stones, 1966)	#1 in Canada, played in memory of Mariann Faithfull, who died last month
Sun 23-Feb-2025	Streets of London (Ralph McTell, 1975)	#1 in Ireland

 

Songs that have not reached #1 anywhere

Date	Song (Artist, Year it reached #1)	Notes
Sun 2-Feb-2025	Could it be magic (Barry Manilow, n/a)	Barry Manilow, interviewed on UK TV, said that this reached #1 for him and for Take That. #3 appears to be its highest chart position anywhere
Sun 9-Feb-2025	Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want (Smiths, n/a)	I’ve been meaning to try this one for a while
Sun 23-Feb-2025	When You’re Young (Jam, n/a)	In memory of Rick Buckler, drummer of The Jam, who died this month
Sun 23-Feb-2025	London Calling (Clash, n/a)	A group performance at our usual Sunday afternoon session