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What Songs Were Popular in the Year 1979?

Top Songs and factoids about pop music in the year 1979, as voted on by SongYear.com viewers.

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"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson

"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson

"Heart of Glass" by Blondie

"Heart Of Glass" by Blondie

"Rock With You" by Michael Jackson

"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor

"Please Don't Go" by KC & the Sunshine Band

"Born To Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez

"Sad Eyes" by Robert John

"Cars" by Gary Numan

"Pop Muzik" by M

"Funky Town" by Lipps Inc.

"Le Freak" by Chic

"Off The Wall" by Michael Jackson

"Tragedy" by Bee Gees

"Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer

"Bad Girls" by Donna Summer

"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" by Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer

"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" by Rod Stewart

"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" by Rod Stewart

"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes

"Cheap Sunglasses" by ZZ Top

"Babe" by Styx

"My Sharona" by The Knack

"Knock On Wood" by Amii Stewart

"Mandolay" by La Flavour

"Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward

"Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler

"Good Times" by Chic

"Sailing" by Christopher Cross

"Come To Me" by France Joli

"Still" by Commodores

"Heartache Tonight" by Eagles

"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge

"The Boss" by Diana Ross

"Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang

"I Want You To Want Me" by Cheap Trick

"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" by McFadden & Whitehead

"What A Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers

"Too Much Heaven" by Bee Gees

"Love You Inside Out" by Bee Gees

"Do That To Me One More Time" by Captain & Tennille

"Relight My Fire" by Dan Hartman

"All The Gold In California" by Gatlin Brothers

"Rise" by Herb Alpert

"Ladies Night" by Kool & the Gang

"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" by Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer

"This Time Baby" by Jackie Moore

"There But For The Grace Of God" by Machine

"Reunited" by Peaches & Herb

"Heaven Must Have Sent You" by Bonnie Pointer

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Don't Let Go..Issac Hayes

lol, this was the year I was born...glad I was too young to know most of these, lol.

I must have heard Escape (The Pina Colada Song) 1000 times.

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