1979

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	UK First Chart Appearance	UK Chart Peak	UK Now Appearances
ABBA - Chiquitita	28 January 1979	2	1
ABBA - Does Your Mother Know	29 April 1979	4	1
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)	14 October 1979	3	2
ABBA - I Have a Dream	9 December 1979	2	1
ABBA - Voulez-Vous	8 July 1979	3	1
Amii Stewart - Knock on Wood	1 April 1979	6	5
Amii Stewart - Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven	10 June 1979	5	3
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell	27 May 1979	1	2
Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes	25 February 1979	1	2
The B-52's - Rock Lobster	5 August 1979	12	4
B.A. Robertson - Bang Bang	22 July 1979	2	2
B.A. Robertson - Knocked It Off	21 October 1979	8	1
The Bellamy Brothers - If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me	5 August 1979	3	2
Blondie - Dreaming	23 September 1979	2	2
Blondie - Heart of Glass	21 January 1979	1	16
Blondie - Sunday Girl	13 May 1979	1	5
Blondie - Union City Blue	18 November 1979	13	2
Boney M. - Gotta Go Home	5 August 1979	12	2
Boney M. - Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday	22 April 1979	3	2
Boney M. - Painter Man	25 February 1979	10	1
Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Green Onions	9 December 1979	7	4
The Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles	11 November 1979	13	1
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays	15 July 1979	1	1
The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star	16 September 1979	1	10
The Cars - Just What I Needed	11 February 1979	17	1
Cats U.K. - Luton Airport	30 September 1979	22	1
The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down to Georgia	16 September 1979	14	6
Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me	29 April 1979	29	3
Chic - Good Times	24 June 1979	5	11
Chic - I Want Your Love	18 February 1979	4	3
Chic - My Feet Keep Dancing	2 December 1979	21	1
Chic - My Forbidden Lover	7 October 1979	15	1
The Clash - English Civil War	25 February 1979	25	1
The Clash - London Calling	9 December 1979	11	5
Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore	15 July 1979	1	4
Commodores - Sail On	19 August 1979	8	1
Commodores - Still	28 October 1979	4	1
The Crusaders - Street Life	12 August 1979	5	2
The Damned - Love Song	29 April 1979	20	1
Dan Hartman - This Is It	7 January 1979	17	1
Darts - Duke of Earl	15 July 1979	6	1
Darts - Get It	4 February 1979	10	1
Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk	24 June 1979	4	1
Diana Ross - The Boss	15 July 1979	40	1
The Dickies - Banana Splits	15 April 1979	7	3
Dollar - I Wanna Hold Your Hand	18 November 1979	9	1
Dollar - Love's Gotta Hold On Me	12 August 1979	4	1
Dollar - Who Were You With in the Moonlight	13 May 1979	14	1
Donna Summer - Bad Girls	1 July 1979	14	1
Donna Summer - Dim All the Lights	26 August 1979	29	1
Donna Summer - Hot Stuff	6 May 1979	11	5
The Dooleys - The Chosen Few	16 September 1979	7	1
The Dooleys - Wanted	10 June 1979	3	1
Dr. Feelgood - Milk and Alcohol	14 January 1979	9	3
Dr. Hook - When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman	16 September 1979	1	5
Earth, Wind and Fire - After the Love Has Gone	22 July 1979	4	3
Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions - Boogie Wonderland	12 May 1979	4	10
Eddie Rabbitt - Every Which Way But Loose	21 January 1979	41	1
Edwin Starr - Contact	21 January 1979	6	3
Edwin Starr - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio	20 May 1979	9	2
Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down	26 August 1979	3	6
Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train to London	11 November 1979	8	2
Electric Light Orchestra - Shine a Little Love	13 May 1979	6	1
Elton John - Are You Ready for Love	6 May 1979	1	10
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Accidents Will Happen	12 May 1979	28	1
Eruption - One Way Ticket	15 April 1979	9	1
Fiddler's Dram - Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)	9 December 1979	3	2
The Flying Lizards - Money	29 July 1979	5	6
Frantique - Strut Your Funky Stuff	5 August 1979	10	6
Gary Moore & Phil Lynott - Parisienne Walkways	15 April 1979	8	5
Gary Numan - Cars	26 August 1979	1	5
Generation X - King Rocker	14 January 1979	11	2
Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time	12 August 1979	30	1
Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl	20 May 1979	5	2
Gibson Brothers - Cuba	4 March 1979	41	2
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive	28 January 1979	1	21
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Reasons to Be Cheerful, Pt. 3	29 July 1979	3	1
The Isley Brothers - It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)	28 October 1979	14	1
The Jackson Five - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)	24 March 1979	4	1
The Jags - Back of My Hand	2 September 1979	17	3
The Jam - The Eton Rifles	28 October 1979	3	1
The Jam - Strange Town	11 March 1979	15	1
Janet Kay - Silly Games	3 June 1979	2	4
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out with Him?	29 July 1979	13	4
Jon and Vangelis - I Hear You Now	30 December 1979	8	1
KC and the Sunshine Band - Please Don't Go	2 December 1979	3	2
Kate Bush - Wow	11 March 1979	14	1
Kiss - I Was Made for Lovin' You	24 June 1979	50	1
The Knack - My Sharona	24 June 1979	6	9
Kool and the Gang - Ladies Night	21 October 1979	9	5
The Korgis - If I Had You	17 June 1979	13	1
Leif Garrett - I Was Made For Dancin'	14 January 1979	4	5
Lena Martell - One Day at a Time	23 September 1979	1	2
Lene Lovich - Lucky Number	11 February 1979	3	2
M - Pop Muzik	1 April 1979	2	8
Madness - My Girl	30 December 1979	3	3
Madness - One Step Beyond	4 November 1979	7	4
Madness - The Prince	26 August 1979	16	3
Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad of Lucy Jordan	18 November 1979	48	4
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now	13 May 1979	5	8
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell	4 February 1979	8	11
The Members - The Sounds of the Suburbs	28 January 1979	12	3
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough	9 September 1979	3	1
Mike Oldfield - Blue Peter	2 December 1979	19	1
Milk & Honey - Hallelujah	14 April 1979	5	4
Neil Diamond - Forever in Blue Jeans	25 February 1979	16	1
The Nolans - I'm in the Mood for Dancing	16 December 1979	3	7
Patrick Hernandez - Born to Be Alive	10 June 1979	10	1
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime	25 November 1979	6	14
Peaches & Herb - Reunited	15 April 1979	4	4
The Police - Message In A Bottle	16 September 1979	1	5
The Police - Roxanne	22 April 1979	12	5
The Police - Walking on the Moon	25 November 1979	1	3
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket	11 November 1979	1	9
Pretenders - Kid	8 July 1979	33	5
Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing	4 February 1979	34	2
Public Image Ltd - Death Disco	1 July 1979	20	3
Queen - Crazy Little Thing Called Love	14 October 1979	2	2
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now	4 February 1979	9	7
Racey - Some Girls	25 March 1979	2	3
Rainbow - Since You Been Gone	15 September 1979	6	8
The Real Thing - Can You Feel the Force	11 February 1979	5	5
The Regents - 7 Teen	16 December 1979	11	4
Rose Royce - Is It Love You're After	11 November 1979	13	3
Roxy Music - Angel Eyes	5 August 1979	4	2
Roxy Music - Dance Away	22 April 1979	2	3
The Ruts - Babylon's Burning	10 June 1979	7	3
Sad Café - Every Day Hurts	16 September 1979	3	1
Secret Affair - Time For Action	26 August 1979	13	3
The Selecter - On My Radio	7 October 1979	8	3
Sex Pistols - C'Mon Everybody	24 June 1979	3	1
Sheila and B. Devotion - Spacer	18 November 1979	18	10
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Playground Twist	1 July 1979	28	1
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Staircase (Mystery)	25 March 1979	24	1
Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer	11 March 1979	6	5
Sister Sledge - Lost in Music	5 August 1979	4	8
Sister Sledge - We Are Family	20 May 1979	5	10
Skids - Into the Valley	11 February 1979	10	3
Skids - Working for the Yankee Dollar	18 November 1979	20	2
Sparks - Beat the Clock	15 July 1979	10	4
Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven	15 April 1979	14	3
The Specials - Gangsters	22 July 1979	6	2
The Specials - A Message to You Rudy	27 October 1979	10	2
Squeeze - Cool for Cats	18 March 1979	2	3
Squeeze - Up the Junction	27 May 1979	2	2
Status Quo - Whatever You Want	16 September 1979	4	1
The Stranglers - Duchess	12 August 1979	14	2
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight	25 November 1979	3	3
Suzi Quatro - She's in Love With You	14 October 1979	11	1
Thin Lizzy - Sarah	14 October 1979	24	1
Thin Lizzy - Waiting for an Alibi	25 February 1979	9	1
The Three Degrees - My Simple Heart	18 November 1979	9	1
The Three Degrees - The Runner	18 March 1979	10	2
The Three Degrees - Woman in Love	7 January 1979	3	2
Toto - Hold The Line	4 February 1979	14	4
The Tourists - I Only Want to Be With You	4 November 1979	4	3
The Tourists - The Loneliest Man in the World	2 September 1979	32	1
Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?	13 May 1979	1	4
Two Man Sound - Que Tal America	14 January 1979	46	1
The Undertones - Jimmy Jimmy	22 April 1979	16	1
Village People - Go West	10 June 1979	15	1
Village People - In the Navy	11 March 1979	2	5
Viola Wills - Gonna Get Along Without You Now	30 September 1979	8	2
Voyage - Let's Fly Away	18 March 1979	38	2
Wings - Goodnight Tonight	1 April 1979	5	2
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel	16 September 1979	17	3

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