Billboard Magazine’s top 100 songs of 1979 were:
- My Sharona - Knack
- Bad Girls - Donna Summer
- Le Freak - Chic
- Do Ya Think I’m Sexy - Rod Stewart
- Reunited - Peaches & Herb
- I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
- Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
- Y.M.C.A. - Village People
- Ring My Bell - Anita Ward
- Sad Eyes - Robert John
- Too Much Heaven - The Bee Gees
- MacArthur Park - Donna Summer
- When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman - Dr. Hook
- Makin’ It - David Naughton
- Fire - Pointer Sisters
- Tragedy - The Bee Gees
- A Little More Love - Olivia Newton-John
- Heart Of Glass - Blondie
- What A Fool Believes - The Doobie Brothers
- Good Times - Chic
- You Don’t Bring Me Flowers - Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
- Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart
- Stumblin’ In - Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
- Lead Me On - Maxine Nightingale
- Shake Your Body - Jacksons
- Don’t Cry Out Loud - Melissa Manchester
- Logical Song - Supertramp
- My Life - Billy Joel
- Just When I Needed You Most - Randy Vanwarmer
- You Can’t Change That - Raydio
- Shake Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb
- I’ll Never Love This Way Again - Dionne Warwick
- Love You Inside Out - The Bee Gees
- I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
- Main Event - Barbra Streisand
- Mama Can’t Buy You Love - Elton John
- I Was Made For Dancin’ - Leif Garrett
- After The Love Has Gone - Earth, Wind & Fire
- Heaven Knows - Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams
- Gambler - Kenny Rogers
- Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson
- Lady - Little River Band
- Heaven Must Have Sent You - Bonnie Pointer
- Hold The Line - Toto
- He’s The Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge
- Sharing The Night Together - Dr. Hook
- She Believes In Me - Kenny Rogers
- In The Navy - Village People
- Music Box Dancer - Frank Mills
- Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
- Gold - John Stewart
- Goodnight Tonight - Paul McCartney & Wings
- We Are Family - Sister Sledge
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy - Bad Company
- Every One’s A Winner - Hot Chocolate
- Take Me Home - Cher
- Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire
- (Our Love) Don’t Throw It All Away - Andy Gibb
- What You Won’t Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
- New York Groove - Ace Frehley
- Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
- I Want Your Love - Chic
- Chuck E’s In Love - Rickie Lee Jones
- I Love The Nightlife (Disco ‘Round) - Alicia Bridges
- Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
- Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
- Renegade - Styx
- Love Is The Answer - England Dan & John Ford Coley
- Got To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
- Born To Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez
- Shine A Little Love - Electric Light Orchestra
- I Just Fall In Love Again - Anne Murray
- Shake It - Ian Matthews
- I Was Made For Lovin’ You - Kiss
- I Just Wanna Stop - Gino Vannelli
- Disco Nights - GQ
- Ooh Baby Baby - Linda Ronstadt
- September - Earth, Wind & Fire
- Time Passages - Al Stewart
- Rise - Herb Alpert
- Don’t Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
- Promises - Eric Clapton
- Get Used To It - Roger Voudouris
- How Much I Feel - Ambrosia
- Suspicions - Eddie Rabbitt
- You Take My Breath Away - Rex Smith
- How You Gonna See Me Now - Alice Cooper
- Double Vision - Foreigner
- Every Time I Think Of You - Babys
- I Got My Mind Made Up - Instant Funk
- Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
- Bad Case Of Lovin’ You - Robert Palmer
- Somewhere In The Night - Barry Manilow
- We’ve Got Tonight - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
- Dance The Night Away - Van Halen
- Dancing Shoes - Nigel Olsson
- Boss - Diana Ross
- Sail On - The Commodores
- I Do Love You - GQ
- Strange Way - Firefall
Previous year… 1978
To learn more about how Billboard ranks songs go to the Billboard Hot 100 Page. To see a summary of all the Billboard Hot 100 lists of from the 70’s click the Billboard Tag or click here.
