List of number one hits in France (1979)

This list contains all the number one hits in France in 1979. There were 9 number one singles and 5 number one albums that year. At the turn of the year in the week from December 29, 1978 to January 4, 1979, two titles shared first place in the single charts.

Singles • Albums • Bottom of page

Singles

	List of number one hits in France			1980 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 29, 1978 - January 4, 1979 1 week 1 Julio Iglesias Le monde est fou, le monde est beau Claude Jacques Raoul Lemesle, Evangelina Sobredo Galanes, Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva - December 29, 1978 - February 1, 1979 5 weeks 5 Village People YMCA Music: Jacques Morali ; Text: Henri Belolo - February 2, 1979 - March 1, 1979 4 weeks 4th The Bee Gees Tragedy Barry Alan Gibb , Maurice Ernest Gibb , Robin Hugh Gibb - March 2, 1979 - May 10, 1979 10 weeks (total of 15) 15th Patrick Hernandez Born to Be Alive Patrick Pierre Hernandez - May 11, 1979 - June 7, 1979 4 weeks 4th Village People In the Navy Music: Jacques Morali ; Text: Henri Belolo - June 8, 1979 - July 12, 1979 5 weeks (total of 15) 15th Patrick Hernandez Born to Be Alive Patrick Pierre Hernandez - July 13, 1979 - September 6, 1979 8 weeks 8th Billy Joel Honesty Billy Joel - September 7, 1979 - October 11, 1979 5 weeks 5 Francis Cabrel Je l'aime à mourir Francis Christian Cabrel - October 12, 1979 - November 22, 1979 6 weeks (8 in total) 8th Christophe Aline Daniel Bevilacqua - November 23, 1979 - February 7, 1980 11 weeks 11 The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star Bruce Martin Woolley, Trevor Charles Horn , Geoffrey Downes -
				→ 1980 →

Albums

	List of number one hits in France			1980 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 29, 1978 - January 4, 1979 1 week 1 Dave Pour que tu me comprennes - January 5, 1979 - February 1, 1979 4 weeks (9 in total) 9 Michel Sardou Je vole - February 2, 1979 - March 29, 1979 8 weeks 8th The Bee Gees Spirits Having Flown - March 30, 1979 - December 27, 1979 39 weeks 39 Supertramp Breakfast in America - December 28, 1979 - January 3, 1980 1 week 1 Chic Le freak -
				→ 1980 →

Web links

• Number 1 singles
• Number 1 albums

See also: Number One Hits 1979 in Australia , Belgium , Germany , Finland , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , New Zealand , the Netherlands , Norway , Austria , Sweden , Switzerland , Spain , the United States, and the United Kingdom .