Mambo No. 5 the song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Bob the Builder's second number-one single there after "Can We Fix It?". The song experienced major success in Australia and Ireland. In the former country, the song debuted at number three on the ARIA Singles Chart on 4 November 2001 and reached number two on 18 November, held off the top spot by Alien Ant Farm's cover of "Smooth Criminal". After staying at number two for another week, the song began to leave the chart, spending nine more weeks in the top 50. In Ireland, the song first
Number One (magazine) dog who answered the letters). At the end of each year, the magazine would run a reader's poll of the top pop acts of the year. These would include "best group", "best single" and "most fanciable pop star" among others. "Number One" was the first magazine to champion pop group Take That and featured them many times on the cover in 1991 before they became famous. Ultimately, the magazine didn't survive to see the group achieve their first top 10 hit. Unlike "Smash Hits", "Number One" made no secret of the fact the two were in direct competition and would