On Friday, 15 November 1952, The New Musical Express published the first ever singles chart in the UK. When England beat Switzerland, Doris Day's Secret Love was still the best selling single for the seventh week in a row (although its eighth week as number one). When the chart of Friday, 18 June 1954 was published, there were ten surviving songs from the last chart when England played a week ago:-

1.	(=)	Secret Love - Doris Day (Philips)
2.	(=)	Such A Night - Johnnie Ray (Philips)
3.	(=)	Friends And Neighbours - Billy Cotton & His Band (Decca)
4.	(10)	Wanted - Perry Como (HMV)
5.	(4)	The Happy Wanderer - Obernkirchen Children's Choir (Parlophone)
6.	(=)	(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely - Four Knights (Capitol)
7.	(5)	Someone Else's Roses - Joan Regan (Decca)
8.	(=)	The Gang That Sang Heart Of My Heart - Max Bygraves (HMV)
9.		Cara Mia - David Whitfield with Mantovani & His Orchestra (Decca)
10.	(9)	Changing Partners - Kay Starr (Capitol)
11.	(7)	The Kid's Last Fight - Frankie Laine (Philips)
12.	(re)	Wanted - Al Martino (Capitol)
♪Most weeks at number one when England played: Frankie Laine, five, Doris Day, four, Guy Mitchell, two Al Martino, Lita Roza, Stargazers and David Whitfield, one each