These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1979.
Issue date | Song | Artist |
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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 | ||
"I Can't Help Myself " is a 1965 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label.
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. The chart lists the top songs that have not yet charted on the main Billboard Hot 100. Chart rankings are based on radio airplay, sales, and streams. In its initial years, the chart listed 15 positions, but expanded to as many as 36 during the 1960s, particularly during years when over 700 singles made the Billboard Hot 100 chart. From 1974 to 1985, the chart consisted of 10 positions; since 1992, the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart has listed 25 positions.
"I'm Every Woman" is a song by American singer Chaka Khan, released as her debut solo single from her first album, Chaka (1978). It was Khan's first hit outside her recordings with the funk band Rufus. "I'm Every Woman" was produced by Arif Mardin and written by the successful songwriting team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. The single established Chaka's career outside the group Rufus, whom she would leave after their eighth studio album Masterjam was released in late 1979.
"Stay" is a doo-wop song written by Maurice Williams and first recorded in 1960 by Williams with his group the Zodiacs. Commercially successful versions were later also issued by The Hollies, The Four Seasons and Jackson Browne.
"Go Home" is a song by Stevie Wonder, released as the second single from his twentieth studio album, In Square Circle (1985). The song showcased the narrator's plea to a young woman to go home, though the girl tries to get the narrator to stay with her. In the US, the song peaked at #2 on the Billboard R&B chart and #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and, to date, is Wonder's last song to reach the US top ten on the Hot 100. "Go Home" also topped both the Billboard dance chart and the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
"Got to Be Real" is a song by American singer Cheryl Lynn from her 1978 self-titled debut studio album. The song, which was Lynn's debut single, was written by Lynn, David Paich and David Foster.
"I'll Be Good to You" is a 1976 hit song by R&B duo the Brothers Johnson. George Johnson, one of the two Johnson brothers in the band, wrote the song after deciding to commit to a relationship with one woman, instead of dating several at a time. While George was recording a demo for the song, family friend Senora Sam came by and added some lyrics. Brothers Johnson producer and mentor Quincy Jones heard the song, liked it, and convinced George to sing lead on the finished track. Released from their debut album, Look Out for #1, it was a top-ten hit on the Billboard Hot Singles Charts, peaking at number three, and a number one song on the Billboard R&B Charts during the summer of 1976. The single was later certified gold by the RIAA.
"You Make Me Feel " is a 1978 song by American disco/R&B singer Sylvester. It was written by James Wirrick and Sylvester, and released as the second single from Sylvester's fourth album, Step II (1978). The song was already a largely popular dance club hit in late 1978, as the B-side of his previous single "Dance ", before it was officially being released in December. Music critic Robert Christgau has said the song is "one of those surges of sustained, stylized energy that is disco's great gift to pop music".
"With You I'm Born Again" is a 1979 duet written by Carol Connors and David Shire that originated on the soundtrack of the 1979 motion picture Fast Break. It was performed by Motown recording artists Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright and became an international hit for the duo, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK singles chart.
"Here We Go " is a song by American dance group C+C Music Factory. It was released in 1991 as the second single from their debut album, Gonna Make You Sweat. The song was a success in the US, reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It also hit number one on the Billboard dance chart for three weeks. In Europe, it reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and number five on the UK Dance Singles Chart. The song was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.
"A Deeper Love" is a 1991 single written by Robert Clivillés and David Cole, and performed by Clivillés & Cole, featuring vocals by Deborah Cooper and Paul Pesco. The song was the duo's fifth number-one on the US dance chart. On other US charts, "A Deeper Love" peaked at number 83 on the soul singles chart and number 44 on the pop chart. Overseas, especially in Europe the single charted higher, going to number 15 in the UK and number 8 on the Dutch Top 40.
"Just a Touch of Love" is a 1991 song written by Robert Clivillés and performed by American musical group C+C Music Factory. Also known as "Just a Touch of Love (Everyday)", it was the duo's fourth single from their debut album, Gonna Make You Sweat (1990), and also their fourth number one on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. On other US charts, the song went to #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #83 on the Billboard soul singles chart.
Music, Music is the eighth studio album by Australian-American pop singer Helen Reddy that was released in the summer of 1976 by Capitol Records and later described by J. Scott McClintock for AllMusic: "There are breezy, Bacharach-ian excursions, bluesy numbers, light country ('Mama'), jazzy ballads, and even a little Philly soul. On August 2 of that year the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States. It debuted on Billboard's Top LP's & Tapes chart that same month, in the issue dated August 14, and got as high as number 16 during its 13 weeks there, and in Canada's RPM magazine it peaked at number 14. The third album recorded by Reddy with producer Joe Wissert, Music, Music was cited in 1977 by Reddy as a personal favorite from among her albums. On August 23, 2005, Music, Music was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two Helen Reddy albums on one CD, the other album being her 1975 studio release, No Way to Treat a Lady.