Billboard Top 100 Hits From 1979
Disco reigns supreme in 1979. Dire Straits begin their first U.S. tour in Boston. Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" hits #1 on the Billboard. Solid Gold premieres on television.
- Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 , Pink Floyd
- London Calling, The Clash
- Rapper's Delight, The Sugarhill Gang
- Good Times, Chic
- Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough, Michael Jackson
- We Are Family, Sister Sledge
- Comfortably Numb, Pink Floyd
- Hot Stuff, Donna Summer
- Brass in Pocket, The Pretenders
- Message in a Bottle, The Police
- Train In Vain, The Clash
- Highway To Hell, AC/DC
- Cars, Gary Numan
- Funkytown, Lipps, Inc.
- My Sharona, The Knack
- Rock With You, Michael Jackson
- Cruisin', Smokey Robinson
- Refugee, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- Oliver's Army, Elvis Costello
- The Logical Song, Supertramp
- What I Like About You, Romantics
- Hey Hey My My (Into the Black), Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- Bad Girls, Donna Summer
- Boogie Wonderland, Earth, Wind & Fire with the Emotions
- After the Love Has Gone, Earth, Wind & Fire
- Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen
- Don't Bring Me Down, Electric Light Orchestra
- Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now, McFadden & Whitehead
- I Don't Like Mondays, Boomtown Rats
- Life During Wartime, Talking Heads
- I Was Made for Lovin' You, KISS
- Up the Junction, Squeeze
- Ladies Night, Kool and the Gang
- Atomic, Blondie
- I Do Love You, GQ
- I Wanna Be Your Lover, Prince
- Sara, Fleetwood Mac
- Video Killed the Radio Star, Buggles
- Boys Don't Cry, The Cure
- Pop Muzik, M
- Don't Do Me Like That, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- Ring My Bell, Anita Ward
- The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Charlie Daniels Band
- Working My Way Back to You, Spinners
- Eton Rifles, The Jam
- Walking On the Moon, The Police
- Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll, Vaughan Mason & Crew
- Tusk, Fleetwood Mac
- And the Beat Goes On, Whispers
- Are Friends Electric?, Tubeway Army
- Breakfast In America, Supertramp
- Special Lady, Ray, Goodman & Brown
- Too Much Too Young, Specials
- Forever Mine, O'Jays
- Cruel To Be Kind, Nick Lowe
- On the Radio, Donna Summer
- Dreaming, Blondie
- Gangsters, Special A.K.A.
- Peace, Love and Understanding, Elvis Costello
- Take the Long Way Home, Supertramp
- Fool In the Rain, Led Zeppelin
- I Call Your Name, Switch
- All My Love, Led Zeppelin
- The Second Time Around, Shalamar
- Chuck E's in Love, Rickie Lee Jones
- Let's Go, Cars
- One Step Beyond, Madness
- Disco Nights, GQ
- Making Plans For Nigel, XTC
- Escape (The Pina Colada Song), Rupert Holmes
- Turn Off the Lights, Teddy Pendergrass
- The Long Run, Eagles
- Heartbreaker, Pat Benatar
- My Girl, Madness
- Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy, Bad Company
- Funkin' for Jamaica, Tom Browne
- Knee Deep, Funkadelic
- Young Lust, Pink Floyd
- Off the Wall, Michael Jackson
- Tragedy, Bee Gees
- Heartache Tonight, Eagles
- Cool For Cats, Squeeze
- Dance the Night Away, Van Halen
- Too Hot, Kool and the Gang
- Born to Be Alive, Patrick Hernandez
- Money, Flying Lizards
- Chiquitita, Abba
- Reasons To Be Cheerful, Pt. 3, Ian Dury & the Blockheads
- Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin', Journey
- Hey You, Pink Floyd
- Goodbye Stranger, Supertramp
- Rock 'n' Roll High School, Ramones
- You Can't Change That, Raydio
- Ride Like the Wind, Christopher Cross
- I Need a Lover, John Cougar
- Gimme Gimme Gimme, Abba
- Dim All the Lights, Donna Summer
- Since You've Been Gone, Rainbow
- Let's Get Serious, Jermaine Jackson
- Still, Commodores