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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

"I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor

"Rock With You" by Michael Jackson

"Le Freak" by Chic

"Sad Eyes" by Robert John

"Sailing" by Christopher Cross

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

"Pop Muzik" by M

"Born To Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez

"Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer

"Cars" by Gary Numan

"My Sharona" by The Knack

"Funky Town" by Lipps Inc.

"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

"Babe" by Styx

"Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward

"Off The Wall" by Michael Jackson

"Heartache Tonight" by Eagles

"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge

"Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler

"I Want You To Want Me" by Cheap Trick

"Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang

"Still" by Commodores

"Reunited" by Peaches & Herb

"Tragedy" by Bee Gees

"Cheap Sunglasses" by ZZ Top

"Bad Girls" by Donna Summer

"Ladies Night" by Kool & the Gang

"Love You Inside Out" by Bee Gees

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

"Knock On Wood" by Amii Stewart

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

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

"Come To Me" by France Joli

"Good Times" by Chic

"The Boss" by Diana Ross

"Mandolay" by La Flavour

"There But For The Grace Of God" by Machine

"Too Much Heaven" by Bee Gees

"All The Gold In California" by Gatlin Brothers

"What A Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers

"Relight My Fire" by Dan Hartman

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

"Rise" by Herb Alpert

"This Time Baby" by Jackie Moore

"Heartbreaker" by Pat Benatar

"I Can't Tell You Why" by Eagles

"Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd

"Boys Don't Cry" by The Cure

"Heaven Must Have Sent You" by Bonnie Pointer

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"Girl of My Dreams" by Bram Tchaikovsky

"Longer" by Dan Fogelberg

"Chuck E's in Love" by Rickie Lee Jones

got to get you into my life

dancing in the city

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