Top 1979 Singles Ranked
|
Rank |
Artist |
|
|
1 |
Chic |
Good Times |
|
2 |
Michael Jackson |
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough |
|
3 |
Amii Stewart |
Knock on Wood |
|
4 |
Patrice Rushen |
Haven't You Heard |
|
5 |
Nick Lowe |
Cruel to Be Kind |
|
6 |
Sister Sledge |
He's the Greatest Dancer |
|
7 |
Gary Numan |
Cars |
|
8 |
Sister Sledge |
We Are Family |
|
9 |
Anita Ward |
Ring My Bell |
|
10 |
Dolly Parton |
You're the Only One |
|
11 |
The B-52's |
Planet Claire |
|
12 |
Cher |
Take Me Home |
|
13 |
Michael Jackson |
Rock With You |
|
14 |
The Knack |
My Sharona |
|
15 |
Funkadelic |
(Not Just) Knee Deep |
|
16 |
The Jones Girls |
You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else |
|
17 |
Earth, Wind, and Fire & The Emotions |
Boogie Wonderland |
|
18 |
Mary Kay Place |
Taking It All in Stride |
|
19 |
Mary Kay Place |
It Hurts to Be in Love |
|
20 |
Rosanne Cash |
Take Me, Take Me |
|
21 |
Electric Light Orchestra |
Don't Bring Me Down |
|
22 |
Donna Summer |
Hot Stuff |
|
23 |
Blondie |
Atomic |
|
24 |
Isaac Hayes |
Don't Let Go |
|
25 |
Charly McClain |
Let's Put Our Love in Motion |
|
26 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Sara |
|
27 |
M |
Pop Musik |
|
28 |
Paul McCartney & Wings |
Goodnight Tonight |
|
29 |
The Buggles |
Video Killed the Radio Star |
|
30 |
The B-52's |
Rock Lobster |
|
31 |
Chic |
My Feet Keep Dancing |
|
32 |
Michael Jackson |
Working Day and Night |
|
33 |
The Commodores |
Wonderland |
|
34 |
Teena Marie |
I'm Just a Sucker for Your Love |
|
35 |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
Refugee |
|
36 |
The B-52's |
52 Girls |
|
37 |
Billy Preston & Syreeta |
With You I'm Born Again |
|
38 |
McFadden & Whitehead |
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now |
|
39 |
Teddy Pendergrass |
Come Go With Me |
|
40 |
Jefferson Starship |
Jane |
|
41 |
Mass Production |
Firecracker |
|
42 |
The B-52's |
Lava |
|
43 |
The Bee Gees |
Tragedy |
|
44 |
Slave |
Just a Touch of Love |
|
45 |
Charly McClain |
When a Love Ain't Right |
|
46 |
Twennynine Feat. Lenny White |
Peanut Putter |
|
47 |
Rickie Lee Jones |
Chuck E.'s in Love |
|
48 |
Peaches and Herb |
Reunited |
|
49 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Tusk |
|
50 |
Jermaine Jackson |
Let's Get Serious |
|
51 |
Rufus & Chaka Khan |
Do You Love What You Feel |
|
52 |
Prince |
I Wanna Be Your Lover |
|
53 |
Earth, Wind, and Fire |
After the Love Has Gone |
|
54 |
Donna Summer |
Bad Girls |
|
55 |
Queen |
Crazy Little Thing Called Love |
|
56 |
Atlanta Rhythm Section |
Do It or Die |
|
57 |
Stevie Wonder |
Send One Your Love |
|
58 |
The B-52's |
Dance This Mess Around |
|
59 |
The O'Jays |
Forever Mine |
|
60 |
Teri DeSario & K.C. |
Yes, I'm Ready |
|
61 |
Bette Midler |
The Rose |
|
62 |
The Cars |
Let's Go |
|
63 |
Marianne Faithfull |
Broken English |
|
64 |
Pink Floyd |
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) [Edit] |
|
65 |
Donna Summer |
On the Radio |
|
66 |
Kool & the Gang |
Ladies Night |
|
67 |
The Bee Gees |
Love You Inside Out |
|
68 |
Raydio |
You Can't Change That |
|
69 |
Grace Jones |
Private Life |
|
70 |
Atlanta Rhythm Section |
Spooky |
|
71 |
Switch |
Best Beat in Town |
|
72 |
Patti Smith Group |
Dancing Barefoot |
|
73 |
Pat Benatar |
Heartbreaker |
|
74 |
Kool & the Gang |
Too Hot |
|
75 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Think About Me |
|
76 |
The Eagles |
Heartache Tonight |
|
77 |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers |
Don't Do Me Like That |
|
78 |
Smokey Robinson |
Cruisin' |
|
79 |
Little River Band |
Lonesome Loser |
|
80 |
Herb Alpert |
Rise |
|
81 |
Donna Summer |
Dim All the Lights |
|
82 |
Waylon Jennings |
Amanda |
|
83 |
Dolly Parton |
Sweet Summer Lovin' |
|
84 |
Fern Kinney |
Groove Me |
|
85 |
The Crusaders |
Street Life |
|
86 |
Lene Lovich |
Lucky Number |
|
87 |
Mary Kay Place |
This Year's Girl |
|
88 |
Grace Jones |
Love is the Drug |
|
89 |
Ashford & Simpson |
Found a Cure |
|
90 |
Donna Summer |
Sunset People |
|
91 |
Emmylou Harris |
Blue Kentucky Girl |
|
92 |
GQ |
Disco Nights (Rock Freak) |
|
93 |
Charme |
Georgy Porgy |
|
94 |
Dave Edmunds |
Queen of Hearts |
|
95 |
Captain & Tennille |
Do That to Me One More Time |
|
96 |
The O'Jays |
Sing a Happy Song |
|
97 |
Patrick Hernandez |
Born to Be Alive |
|
98 |
The Commodores |
Sail On |
|
99 |
Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer |
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) |
|
100 |
Bob Welch |
Precious Love |
|
101 |
Emmylou Harris |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues |
|
102 |
Pat Benatar |
We Live for Love |
|
103 |
The Police |
Walking on the Moon |
|
104 |
Dolly Parton |
Down |
|
105 |
Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman |
Stumblin' In |
|
106 |
Jim Reeves & Deborah Allen |
Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me |
|
107 |
Maxine Nightingale |
Lead Me On |
|
108 |
Diana Ross |
The Boss |
|
109 |
Amii Stewart |
Light My Fire |
|
110 |
Bad Company |
Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy |
|
111 |
Rupert Holmes |
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) |
|
112 |
Emmylou Harris |
Save the Last Dance for Me |
|
113 |
The Village People |
In the Navy |
|
114 |
Amy Grant |
Father's Eyes |
|
115 |
Van Halen |
Dance the Night Away |
|
116 |
Waylon Jennings |
Good Ol' Boys |
|
117 |
Electric Light Orchestra |
Shine a Little Love |
|
118 |
David Naughton |
Makin' It |
|
119 |
Charlie Daniels Band |
The Devil Went Down to Georgia |
|
120 |
KC and the Sunshine Band |
Please Don't Go |
|
121 |
The Gap Band |
I Don't Believe You Want to Get up and Dance (Oops!) |
|
122 |
Chic |
My Forbidden Lover |
|
123 |
Dionne Warwick |
déjà vu |
|
124 |
Joe Jackson |
Is She Really Going Out With Him? |
|
125 |
Anne Murray |
Daydream Believer |
|
126 |
The Flying Lizards |
Money (That's What I Want) |
|
127 |
Electric Light Orchestra |
Last Train to London |
|
128 |
Dave Edmunds |
Girls Talk |
|
129 |
Con Funk Shun |
Chase Me |
|
130 |
The Doobie Brothers |
Minute By Minute |
|
131 |
The Eagles |
I Can't Tell You Why |
|
132 |
Johnny Cash |
(Ghost) Riders in the Sky |
|
133 |
Dionne Warwick |
I'll Never Love This Way Again |
|
134 |
John Stewart |
Gold |
|
135 |
Teena Marie |
Don't Look Back |
|
136 |
Stephanie Mills |
Put Your Body in It |
|
137 |
Cheap Trick |
Dream Police |
|
138 |
The Eagles |
The Long Run |
|
139 |
Minnie Riperton |
Memory Lane |
|
140 |
Emmylou Harris |
Beneath Still Waters |
|
141 |
Stephanie Mills |
What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin' |
|
142 |
Grace Jones |
Warm Leatherette |
|
143 |
The Kinks |
(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman |
|
144 |
Diana Ross |
No One Gets the Prize |
|
145 |
Joan Armatrading |
Rosie |
|
146 |
Randy VanWarmer |
Just When I Needed You Most |
|
147 |
Gang of Four |
Not Great Men |
|
148 |
James Taylor |
Up on the Roof |
|
149 |
The Police |
Message in a Bottle |
|
150 |
Natalie Cole |
Stand By |
|
151 |
The Commodores |
Still |
|
152 |
Kirsty MacColl |
They Don't Know |
|
153 |
Rosanne Cash |
Anybody's Darlin' (Anything But Mine) |
|
154 |
The Clash |
London Calling |
|
155 |
Squeeze |
Goodbye Girl |
|
156 |
Elvis Costello & the Attractions |
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding |
|
157 |
Anne Murray |
Shadows in the Moonlight |
|
158 |
Little River Band |
Cool Change |
|
159 |
Maureen McGovern |
Different Worlds |
|
160 |
Dave Edmunds |
Crawling From the Wreckage |
|
161 |
Pat Benatar |
In the Heat of the Night |
|
162 |
Earth, Wind, and Fire |
In the Stone |
|
163 |
Bob Dylan |
Gotta Serve Somebody |
|
164 |
Emmylou Harris |
Everytime You Leave |
|
165 |
Madness |
One Step Beyond… |
|
166 |
Michael Jackson |
Girlfriend |
|
167 |
Kenny Rogers |
Coward of the County |
|
168 |
Frank Mills |
Music Box Dancer |
|
169 |
Rosanne Cash |
Man Smart, Woman Smarter |
|
170 |
XTC |
Making Plans for Nigel |
|
171 |
Elvis Costello & the Attractions |
Accidents Will Happen |
|
172 |
Rick James |
Bustin' Out |
|
173 |
Rosanne Cash |
Couldn't Do Nothin' Right |
|
174 |
Teddy Pendergrass |
Turn off the Lights |
