Top 40 Singles of 1979:

  1. Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
  2. The Knack - My Sharona
  3. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
  4. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
  5. Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
  6. Peaches & Herb - Reunited
  7. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
  8. The Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven
  9. Chic - Good Times
  10. Rupert Holmes - Escape (Piña Colada Song)
  11. Styx - Babe
  12. Herb Alpert - Rise
  13. The Village People - YMCA
  14. The Commodores - Still
  15. The Bee Gees - Tragedy
  16. Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer - No More Tears (Enough is Enough)
  17. Blondie - Heart of Glass
  18. The Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes
  19. Robert John - Sad Eyes
  20. M - Pop Muzik
  21. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
  22. The Pointer Sisters - Fire
  23. Earth, Wind & Fire - After the Love Has Gone
  24. Donna Summer - Dim All the Lights
  25. Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood
  26. Olivia Newton-John - A Little More Love
  27. Billy Joel - My Life
  28. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
  29. Barbra Streisand - The Main Event/Fight
  30. Eagles - Heartache Tonight
  31. The Bee Gees - Love You Inside Out
  32. Stevie Wonder - Send One Your Love
  33. The Village People - In the Navy
  34. Donna Summer w/Brooklyn Dreams - Heaven Knows
  35. Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman - Stumblin' In
  36. Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Love This Way Again
  37. The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia
  38. Frank Mills - Music Box Dancer
  39. Dr. Hook - Sharing the Night Together
  40. The Commodores - Sail On

This list was compiled by Fred Bronson. For the full list of the top 100 songs of this year, get his book Hottest Hot 100 Hits at the link below:


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