1979 in music

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Other significant singles

• "A Message To You Rudi/Nite Klub" - The Specials
• "Accidents Will Happen" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
• "After the Love Has Gone" - Earth, Wind & Fire
• "Ambition" - Vic Goddard and the Subway Sect
• "Baby It's You - Promises
• "Bad Case Of Loving You(Doctor Doctor)" - Robert Palmer
• "Bang Bang" - B.A. Robertson
• "Bat Out of Hell" - Meat Loaf
• "Boogie Wonderland" - Earth Wind and Fire with the Emotions
• "Born To Be Alive" - Patrick Hernandez
• "Boys Don't Cry" - The Cure
• "Boys Keep Swinging" - David Bowie
• "Breakfast At Sweethearts" - Cold Chisel
• "Breakfast In America" - Supertramp
• "Bright Side Of The Road" - Van Morrison
• "California Über Alles" - The Dead Kennedys
• "Can You Feel The Force" - The Real Thing
• "Can't Stand Losing You" - The Police
• "Choir Girl - Cold Chisel
• "Chiquitita" - ABBA
• "Comme disait Mistinguett" - Dalida
• "Computer Games" - Mi-Sex
• "Cool For Cats" - Squeeze
• "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" - Queen
• "Cruel To Be Kind" - Nick Lowe
• "Dance Away" - Roxy Music
• "Death Disco" - Public Image Limited
• "Do Anything You Wanna Do" - Thin Lizzy
• "Does Your Mother Know?" - ABBA
• "Don't Bring Me Down - ELO
• "Don't Do Me Like That" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• "Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough Micheal Jackson
• "Don't Throw Stones" The Sports
• "Driver's Seat" - Sniff and the Tears
• "Duchess" - The Stranglers
• "Electricity" - OMD
• "Eton Rifles" - The Jam
• "Every Day Hurts" - Sad Cafe
• "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" - The Buzzcocks
• "Freedom's Prisoner" - Steve Harley
• "Gangsters" - The Specials AKA
• "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" - ABBA
• "Girls Talk" - Dave Edmunds
• "Go West" - Village People
• "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" - Viola Wills
• Goodbye Girl - Squeeze
• "Goodbye Stranger" - Supertramp
• "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" - Edwin Starr
• "He must have been eighteen" - Dalida
• "Helwa Ya Baladi" - Dalida
• "Here Comes The Summer" - The Undertones
• "Highway to Hell" - AC/DC
• "Hit + Run" - Jo Jo Zep + The Falcons
• "I Have A Dream" - ABBA
• "Il faut danser reggae" - Dalida
• "In The Navy" - Village People
• "Into The Valley" - The Skids
• "Is It Love You're After?" - Rose Royce
• "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" - Joe Jackson
• "Jimmy Jimmy" - The Undertones
• "Just The Way You Are" - Barry White
• "Just What I Needed" - The Cars
• "Just When I Needed You Most" - Randy Vanwarmer
• "Lady Writer" - Dire Straits
• "Lay Your Love On Me" - Racey
• "Let me dance tonight" - Dalida
• "Let's Go" - The Cars
• "Logical Song - Supertramp
• "London Calling" - The Clash
• "Lost In Love" - Air Supply
• "Lucky Number" - Lene Lovich
• "Making Plans For Nigel" - XTC
• "Milk And Alcohol" - Dr. Feelgood
• "Monday, Tuesday... Laissez-moi danser" - Dalida
• "Morning Dance" - Spyro Gyra
• "Oliver's Army" - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
• "On My Radio" - The Selector
• "One Step Beyond" - Madness
• "One Way Ticket - Eruption
• "On The Inside - Lynne Hamilton
• "Parisenne Walkways" - Gary Moore
• "Problemorama (L'Argent... L'Argent...)" - Dalida
• "Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)" - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
• "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" - Steely Dan
• "Roll Over Beethoven(EP)" - Chuck Berry
• "Roxanne" - The Police
• "Sarah" - Thin Lizzy
• "Shape I'm In" - Jo Jo Zep + The Falcons
• "Shooting Star" - Dollar
• "Slap And Tickle" - Squeeze
• "Smash It Up" - The Damned
• "Some Girls" - Racey
• "Something Else/Friggin' In The Riggin'" - The Sex Pistols
• "Spiral Scratch(EP)" - The Buzzcocks
• "Stop Your Sobbing" - Pretenders
• "Sultans Of Swing" - Dire Straits
• "Take Me To The River" - Talking Heads
• "Tears Of A Clown/Ranking Full Stop" - The Beat
• "The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan" - Marianne Faithfull
• "The Cost Of Living(EP)" - The Clash
• "The Logical Song" - Supertramp
• "The Long Run" - The Eagles
• "Transmission" - Joy Division
• "Union City Blue" - Blondie
• "Up The Junction" - Squeeze
• "Vedrai Vedrai" - Dalida
• "Voulez-Vous" - ABBA
• "We Are Family" - Sister Sledge
• "Whatever You Want" - Status Quo
• "Who Where You With In The Moonlight" - Dollar
• "Wonderful Christmastime" - Paul McCartney
• "You Decorated My Life" - Kenny Rogers
• "You Needed Me" - Anne Murray