List of number one hits in the UK charts (1979)

This is a list of the number one hits on the UK charts in 1979. It is based on the Official Singles Chart Top 75 and the Official Albums Chart Top 75 determined by the Chart Information Network . There were 18 number one singles and 19 number one albums that year.

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Singles

← 1978 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1980 →
Period Where. total Interpreter Title Author (s) Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , author [s], additional information) December 31, 1978 - January 20, 1979 3 weeks 3 Village People YMCA Music: Jacques Morali; Text: Henri Belolo - January 21, 1979 - January 27, 1979 1 week 1 Ian Dury & the Blockheads Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick Ian Robins Dury, Charles Jeremy Jankel - January 28, 1979 - February 25, 1979 5 weeks 5 Blondie Heart of Glass Deborah Harry , Christopher Stein - February 26, 1979 - March 10, 1979 1 week 1 Bee Gees Tragedy Barry Alan Gibb , Maurice Ernest Gibb , Robin Hugh Gibb - March 11, 1979 - April 7, 1979 4 weeks 4th Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive Dino George Fekaris, Freddie Perren - April 8, 1979 - May 19, 1979 6 weeks 6th Kind of sparkle Bright Eyes Mike Batt - May 20, 1979 - June 9, 1979 3 weeks 3 Blondie Sunday Girl Chris Stein - June 10, 1979 - June 23, 1979 2 weeks 2 Anita Ward Ring My Bell Frederick Douglas Knight - June 24, 1979 - July 21, 1979 4 weeks 4th Tubeway Army Are 'Friends' Electric? Gary Numan - July 22, 1979 - August 18, 1979 4 weeks 4th The Boomtown Rats I Don't Like Mondays Music: Bob Geldof , Johnnie Fingers ; Text: Bob Geldof - August 19, 1979 - September 15, 1979 4 weeks 4th Cliff Richard We Don't Talk Anymore Alan Tarney - September 16, 1979 - September 22, 1979 1 week 1 Gary Numan Cars Gary Numan - September 23, 1979 - October 13, 1979 3 weeks 3 The Police Message in a Bottle Gordon Matthew Sumner - October 14, 1979 - October 20, 1979 1 week 1 The Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star Geoffrey Downes , Trevor Charles Horn , Bruce Martin Woolley - October 21, 1979 - November 10, 1979 3 weeks 3 Lena Martell One Day at a Time Kristoffer Kristofferson , Marijohn Wilkin - November 11, 1979 - December 1, 1979 3 weeks 3 Dr. Hook When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman Bruce Noel Stevens - December 2, 1979 - December 8, 1979 1 week 1 The Police Walking on the Moon Gordon Matthew Sumner - December 9, 1979 - January 12, 1980 5 weeks 5 Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall (Pt. 2) Roger Waters -
← 1978				→ 1980 →

Albums

← 1978 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1980 →
Period Where. total Interpreter title Additional Information (Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information) December 31, 1978 - January 13, 1979 2 weeks 2 Showaddywaddy Greatest hits - January 14, 1979 - February 3, 1979 3 weeks 3 ( Various artists ) Don't Walk - Boogie - February 4, 1979 - February 10, 1979 1 week 1 ( Various artists ) Action replay - February 11, 1979 - March 10, 1979 4 weeks 4th Blondie Parallel lines - March 11, 1979 - March 24, 1979 2 weeks 2 Bee Gees Spirits Having Flown - March 25, 1979 - April 21, 1979 4 weeks 4th Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 - April 22, 1979 - May 12, 1979 3 weeks 3 Leo Sayer The Very Best of Leo Sayer - May 13, 1979 - June 9, 1979 4 weeks 4th ABBA Voulez-Vous - June 10, 1979 - July 14, 1979 5 weeks 5 ELO Discovery - July 15, 1979 - July 21, 1979 1 week 1 Tubeway Army Replicas - July 22, 1979 - September 1, 1979 6 weeks 6th ( Various artists ) The Best Disco Album in the World - September 2, 1979 - September 15, 1979 2 weeks 2 Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door - September 16, 1979 - September 22, 1979 1 week (total 2) 2 Gary Numan The Pleasure Principle - September 23, 1979 - September 29, 1979 1 week 1 Boney M. Oceans of Fantasy - September 30, 1979 - October 6, 1979 1 week (total 2) 2 Gary Numan The Pleasure Principle - October 7, 1979 - October 13, 1979 1 week 1 Blondie Eat to the Beat 1) - October 7, 1979 - November 3, 1979 4 weeks 4th The Police Reggatta de Blanc 1) - November 4, 1979 - November 10, 1979 1 week 1 Fleetwood Mac Tusk - November 11, 1979 - December 1, 1979 3 weeks (4 in total) 4th ABBA Greatest Hits Vol. 2 - December 2, 1979 - January 5, 1980 5 weeks 5 Rod Stewart Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 -
← 1978				→ 1980 →

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¹⁾ In the week from October 7th to 13th, two albums were listed at number 1 at the same time.

The figures are based on the Chart Information Network's official UK sales hit parades . The dates refer to the validity date of the charts, i.e. the week following the sales week.

Annual hit parades

← 1978 ←	List of number one hits in the UK charts			1980 →
Singles position# Albums Bright Eyes Art Garfunkel Mike Batt 1 Parallel Lines Blondie Heart of Glass Blondie Deborah Harry , Christopher Stein 2 Discovery ELO We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard Alan Tarney 3 The Very Best of Leo Sayer Leo Sayer I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats Music: Bob Geldof , Johnnie Fingers ; Text: Bob Geldof 4th Breakfast in America Supertramp When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman Dr. Hook Bruce Noel Stevens 5 Voulez-Vous ABBA I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor Dino George Fekaris, Freddie Perren 6th Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Barbra Streisand Are 'Friends' Electric? Tubeway Army Gary Numan 7th Spirits Having Flown Bee Gees Sunday Girl Blondie Chris Stein 8th Greatest Hits Vol. 2 ABBA Dance Away Roxy Music Bryan Ferry 9 Reggatta de Blanc The Police One Day at a Time Lena Martell Kristoffer Kristofferson , Marijohn Wilkin 10 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Rod Stewart
← 1978				→ 1980 →

swell

• British Hit Singles & Albums. 18th Edition, Guinness World Records Limited 2005, ISBN 978-1-904994-00-8 .
• GEMA repertoire search

Web links

• Official Charts: All The Number 1 Singles
• Chart Surfer: Number 1 - Hits UK 1979
• everyhit: Top Hits of 1979 / Top Albums of 1979

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