Ranking of recorded music "My Sharona" by The Knack (singer Doug Fieger pictured) was the number-one song of 1979. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1979.[1][2] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 22, 1979. No. Title Artist(s) 1 "My Sharona" The Knack 2 "Bad Girls" Donna Summer 3 "Le Freak" Chic 4 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart 5 "Reunited" Peaches & Herb 6 "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor 7 "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer 8 "Y.M.C.A." Village People 9 "Ring My Bell" Anita Ward 10 "Sad Eyes" Robert John 11 "Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees 12 "MacArthur Park" Donna Summer 13 "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" Dr. Hook 14 "Makin' It" David Naughton 15 "Fire" The Pointer Sisters 16 "Tragedy" Bee Gees 17 "A Little More Love" Olivia Newton-John 18 "Heart of Glass" Blondie 19 "What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers 20 "Good Times" Chic 21 "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand 22 "Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart 23 "Stumblin' In" Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman 24 "Lead Me On" Maxine Nightingale 25 "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" The Jacksons 26 "Don't Cry Out Loud" Melissa Manchester 27 "The Logical Song" Supertramp 28 "My Life" Billy Joel 29 "Just When I Needed You Most" Randy VanWarmer 30 "You Can't Change That" Raydio 31 "Shake Your Groove Thing" Peaches & Herb 32 "I'll Never Love This Way Again" Dionne Warwick 33 "Love You Inside Out" Bee Gees 34 "I Want You to Want Me" Cheap Trick 35 "The Main Event/Fight" Barbra Streisand 36 "Mama Can't Buy You Love" Elton John 37 "I Was Made for Dancin'" Leif Garrett 38 "After the Love Has Gone" Earth, Wind & Fire 39 "Heaven Knows" Donna Summer and Brooklyn Dreams 40 "The Gambler" Kenny Rogers 41 "Lotta Love" Nicolette Larson 42 "Lady" Little River Band 43 "Heaven Must Have Sent You" Bonnie Pointer 44 "Hold the Line" Toto 45 "He's the Greatest Dancer" Sister Sledge 46 "Sharing the Night Together" Dr. Hook 47 "She Believes in Me" Kenny Rogers 48 "In the Navy" Village People 49 "Music Box Dancer" Frank Mills 50 "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" The Charlie Daniels Band 51 "Gold" John Stewart 52 "Goodnight Tonight" Wings 53 "We Are Family" Sister Sledge 54 "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" Bad Company 55 "Every 1's a Winner" Hot Chocolate 56 "Take Me Home" Cher 57 "Boogie Wonderland" Earth, Wind & Fire & The Emotions 58 "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away" Andy Gibb 59 "What You Won't Do for Love" Bobby Caldwell 60 "New York Groove" Ace Frehley 61 "Sultans of Swing" Dire Straits 62 "I Want Your Love" Chic 63 "Chuck E.'s In Love" Rickie Lee Jones 64 "I Love the Nightlife" Alicia Bridges 65 "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" McFadden & Whitehead 66 "Lonesome Loser" Little River Band 67 "Renegade" Styx 68 "Love Is the Answer" England Dan & John Ford Coley 69 "Got to Be Real" Cheryl Lynn 70 "Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez 71 "Shine a Little Love" Electric Light Orchestra 72 "I Just Fall in Love Again" Anne Murray 73 "Shake It" Ian Matthews 74 "I Was Made for Lovin' You" Kiss 75 "I Just Wanna Stop" Gino Vannelli 76 "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" GQ 77 "Ooo Baby Baby" Linda Ronstadt 78 "September" Earth, Wind & Fire 79 "Time Passages" Al Stewart 80 "Rise" Herb Alpert 81 "Don't Bring Me Down" Electric Light Orchestra 82 "Promises" Eric Clapton 83 "Get Used to It" Roger Voudouris 84 "How Much I Feel" Ambrosia 85 "Suspicions" Eddie Rabbitt 86 "You Take My Breath Away" Rex Smith 87 "How You Gonna See Me Now" Alice Cooper 88 "Double Vision" Foreigner 89 "Everytime I Think of You" The Babys 90 "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" Instant Funk 91 "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough" Michael Jackson 92 "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" Robert Palmer 93 "Somewhere in the Night" Barry Manilow 94 "We've Got Tonight" Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 95 "Dance the Night Away" Van Halen 96 "Dancin' Shoes" Nigel Olsson 97 "The Boss" Diana Ross 98 "Sail On" Commodores 99 "I Do Love You" GQ 100 "Strange Way" Firefall See also[edit] 1979 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1979 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1979 References[edit] ^ Top Records of 1979, Billboard, Talent In Action Section, December 22, 1979. p. TIA-10. Retrieved December 7, 2020. ^ Billboard. Top Pop Singles of the Year. December 22, 1979. Retrieved September 16, 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) vteBillboard Year-End Hot 100 singles1946–1949 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950–1969 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970–1989 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990–2009 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010–present 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024