List of Billboard number-one dance singles of 1979

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These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1979.

Issue dateSongArtist
January 6"Le Freak"/
"I Want Your Love"/
"Chic Cheer"
Chic
January 13"Contact" Edwin Starr
January 20 Fly Away (all cuts) Voyage
January 27"I Will Survive"/
"Substitute"/
"Anybody Wanna Party?"/
"I Said Yes"
Gloria Gaynor
February 3
February 10
February 17"Keep on Dancin'"/
"Do It at the Disco"/
"Let's Lovedance Tonight"
Gary's Gang
February 24"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart
March 3
March 10
March 17"I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" Instant Funk
March 24"We Are Family"/
"He's the Greatest Dancer"/
"Lost in Music"
Sister Sledge
March 31
April 7"Dancer"/
"Dance to Dance"
Gino Soccio
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19"Ring My Bell" Anita Ward
May 26 Bad Girls (all cuts) [1] Donna Summer
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30
July 7
July 14"Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez
July 21
July 28
August 4"I've Got the Next Dance" Deniece Williams
August 11"This Time Baby" Jackie Moore
August 18"Here Comes That Sound Again" Love De-Luxe
August 25 The Boss (all cuts) Diana Ross
September 1
September 8"Found a Cure"/
"Stay Free"/
"Nobody Knows"
Ashford & Simpson
September 15
September 22"Come to Me"/
"Don't Stop Dancing"/
"Playboy"
France Joli
September 29
October 6
October 13"Move On Up"/
"Up Up Up"/
"Destination's Theme"
Destination
October 20
October 27
November 3
November 10"Harmony"/
"Ooh, La La"
Suzi Lane
November 17"Beat of the Night"/
"Pump It Up"
Fever
November 24"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
December 1
December 8
December 15
December 22"Deputy of Love" Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band
December 29

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References

  1. "Gene J2P and P2J Ver 1 - Billboard 1979-05-26.pdf" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. May 26, 1979. Retrieved January 7, 2020.