List of top 25 singles for 1979 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1979. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1979. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report". [1]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedweeks at No. 1
1."Lay Your Love on Me" Racey 18
2."I Was Made For Lovin' You" Kiss 2
3."Heart of Glass" Blondie 15
4."Some Girls" Racey 14
5."Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez 15
6."I Don't Like Mondays" The Boomtown Rats 12
7."Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart 12
8."Le Freak" Chic 15
9."Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart 2
10."Pop Muzik" M 13
11."My Sharona" The Knack 15
12."Make Love to Me" Kelly Marie 5
13."Up There Cazaly" The Two-Man Band 11
14."Baby It's You" Promises 2
15."YMCA" Village People 15
16."Stumblin' In" Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman 2
17."Hot Stuff" Donna Summer 11
18."Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles 17 (pkd #1 79 & 80)
19."Computer Games" Mi-Sex 11
20."Bright Eyes" Art Garfunkel 2
21."Lucky Number" Lene Lovich 2
22."C'mon Aussie C'mon" The Mojo Singers 12
23."On the Inside" Lynne Hamilton 4
24."We Don't Talk Anymore" Cliff Richard 3
25."I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor 5

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 2 January 2023– via Imgur.com.
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