US Number One Singles of 1979. Poll to pick your favourites.

It was their one moment of glory. Don't begrudge it them.

After all, how many more Knack singles can you name?

 

Chic, that's it, was it this bad in the UK(?) probably, glad my radio was turned off

 

430Boney M."Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord"9 December 197841979431Village People"Y.M.C.A."6 January 19793432Ian Dury and The Blockheads"Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick"27 January 19791433Blondie"Heart of Glass"3 February 19794434Bee Gees"Tragedy"3 March 19792435Gloria Gaynor"I Will Survive"17 March 19794436Art Garfunkel"Bright Eyes" †14 April 19796437Blondie"Sunday Girl"26 May 19793438Anita Ward"Ring My Bell"16 June 19792439Tubeway Army"Are 'Friends' Electric?"30 June 19794440The Boomtown Rats"I Don't Like Mondays"28 July 19794441Cliff Richard"We Don't Talk Anymore"25 August 19794442Gary Numan"Cars"22 September 19791443The Police"Message in a Bottle"29 September 19793444The Buggles"Video Killed the Radio Star"20 October 19791445Lena Martell"One Day at a Time"27 October 19793446Dr. Hook"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"17 November 19793447The Police"Walking on the Moon"8 December 19791448Pink Floyd"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)"15 December 19795

These were the UK #1s.

 

This could be the worst year for music ever.
I couldn't find one song I liked in that list.
The positive thing is that it forced me to look fo alternatives...jazz, Bluegrass,. Etc.

 

UK #1 singles of 1979.

1979 Number Ones - UK Singles Chart Number One hits

 

1. Heartache Tonight - Eagles
2. Still - Commodores
3. Heart Of Glass - Blondie
4. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
5. Bad Girls - Donna Summer
6. Good Times - Chic
7. My Sharona - The Knack
8. Babe - Styx
9. What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers

 

Never saw this until tonight! Thank you for including me in your round-up!
A bit heavy on the disco, a sign of the times, which would be changing, very soon, but not soon enough for me!

 

I like this one even better!

 

That is a good one.

 

Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
Le Freak - Chic
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart
What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers
Reunited - Peaches & Herb
Babe - Styx

 

Or this one:

 

I think Blondie ran away with this one.

 

Rod Stewart.
The Doobie Brothers.
Blondie.
The Knack.
Rupert Holmes.

That's them picked out from the order they appear on list.
My #1 would be Blondie.
Age cannot wither it.

 

• Too Much Heaven - Bee Gees
• Tragedy - Bee Gees
• Love You Inside Out - Bee Gees
• Sad Eyes - Robert John
• Heartache Tonight - Eagles
• Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes

 

Sad Eyes is a song that did nothing here. I have no memory of it at all.

 

Heartache Tonight - Eagles
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers
Love You Inside Out - Bee Gees
Sad Eyes - Robert John

All the others were good so I voted for them.

 

A great year especially for disco with Chic, Donna Summer and Michael Jackson all on top form. Also love Blondie, the Knack and M....

 

I've voted for:

The Bee Gees = Tragedy
Eagles - Heartache Tonight
Styx - Babe
Rupert Holmes - Escape

Lots of disco up there which is good for what it is, I'm sure, just not for me and a load (11) that I've not heard, including two out of the three Bee Gees songs.