List of number-one singles of 1979 (Ireland)

This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1979.

Week ending	Song	Artist	Ref.
6 January	"Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord"	Boney M
13 January	"Y.M.C.A."	Village People
20 January
27 January
3 February
10 February	"Chiquitita"	ABBA
17 February
24 February
3 March	"Tragedy"	The Bee Gees
10 March
17 March	"I Will Survive"	Gloria Gaynor
24 March
31 March
7 April
14 April	"Bright Eyes"	Art Garfunkel
21 April
28 April
5 May	"Hallelujah"	Milk and Honey
12 May	"Bright Eyes"	Art Garfunkel	[1]
19 May
26 May	"Sunday Girl"	Blondie
2 June
9 June
16 June
23 June	"Dance Away"	Roxy Music
30 June	"Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down, Con Shine"	Brendan Shine
7 July
14 July
21 July
28 July	"Green Fields Of France"	The Furey Brothers & Davey Arthur
4 August	"I Don't Like Mondays"	The Boomtown Rats
11 August
18 August
25 August
1 September	"We Don't Talk Anymore"	Cliff Richard
8 September
15 September
22 September
29 September	"Viva IL Papa"	Caitriona Walsh
6 October	"Welcome John Paul II"	Jim Tobin
13 October
20 October	"Message in a Bottle"	The Police
27 October	"Video Killed the Radio Star"	The Buggles
3 November
10 November	"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"	ABBA
17 November	"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"	Dr. Hook
24 November
1 December
8 December	"Walking on the Moon"	The Police
15 December	"Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"	Pink Floyd
22 December
29 December

• 21 Number Ones
• Most weeks at No.1 (song): "Bright Eyes" - Art Garfunkel
• Most weeks at No.1 (artist): Art Garfunkel
• Most No.1s: Abba (2), The Police (2)
• Two songs about the visit by Pope John Paul II to Ireland reached No. 1

See also

• 1979 in music
• Irish Singles Chart
• List of artists who reached number one in Ireland

References

1. Hayes, Jim (9 May 2015). "The top ten chart this week in 1979". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2024.