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  The Babys :  Everytime I Think Of You
  January 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single 100 231
  Music / Text: Conrad - Kennedy
  from album: "Head First"  1979
  Charts: US 13
 
  Blondie :  Heart Of Glass
  January 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2275
  Music / Text: Harry - Stein
  from album: "Parallel Lines"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  1  CH  1
 
  Little River Band :  Lady
  January 1979
  Label: EMI / single
  Music / Text: Graham Goble
  from album: "Sleeper Catcher"  1978
  Charts: UK 10
 
  Luv' :  Trojan Horse
  January 1979
  Label: Carrere / single 2044 132
  Music / Text: Janschen - Janschens
  from album: "Greatest Hits'"  1979
  Charts: D  3  CH  2
 
  Bob Marley :  Stir It Up (live)
  January 1979
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Babylon By Bus" (live)  1978
  Charts:
 
  Amii Stewart :  Knock On Wood
  January 1979
  Label: Hansa / single 100 212
  Music / Text: Steve Cropper - Eddie Floyd
  from album: "Knock On Wood"  1979
  Charts: US  1  UK  6  D 13  CH  2
 
  Jean Michel Jarre :  Equinoxe Part 5
  January 1979
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 846
  Music / Text: Jean Michel Jarre
  from album: "Eqzinoxe"  1978
  Charts: UK 45
 
  The Cure :  Killing An Arab
  January 1979
  Fiction / single
  Music / Text: Smith - Dempsey - Tolhurst
  from album: "Boys Don't Cry"  1980
  Charts:
 
  Fabrizio de André :  Andrea
  January 1979
  Label: Dischi / single 0035.041
  Music / Text: Fabrizio de André - Massimo Bubola
  from album: "Rimini"  1978
  Charts: CH  6
 
  Frankie Miller :  When I'm Away From You
  January 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2276
  Music / Text: Frankie Miller
  from album: "Falling In Love"  1978
  Charts: UK 42
 
  Dr. Feelgood :  Milk And Alcohol
  January 1979
  United Artists / single 36468
  Music / Text: Lowe - Mayo
  from album: "As It Happens"  1979
  Charts: UK  9  D 30
 
  Wire :  Outdoor Miner
  January 1979
  Label: Harvest / single
  Music / Text: Graham Lewis - Colin Newman
  from album: "Chairs Missing"  1978
  Charts: UK 51
 
  The Doobie Brothers :  What A Fool Believes
  January 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 314
  Music / Text: Loggins - McDonald
  from album: "Minute By Minute"  1978
  Charts: UK 31  US  1
 
  Judas Priest :  Take On The World
  January 1979
  Label: CBS / single 6915
  Music / Text: Glenn Tipton - Rob Halford
  from album: "Killing Machine"  1978
  Charts: UK 14
 
 
  Generation X :  King Rocker
  January 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Billy Idol - James
  from album: "Valley Of The Dolls"  1979
  Charts: UK 11
 
 
 
  Nazareth :  May The Sunshine
  January 1979
  Label: Philips / single
  Music / Text: McCafferty - Agnew - Charlton - Sweet
  from album: "No Mean City"  1978
  Charts: UK 22
 
 
  Elvis Costello :  Oliver's Army
  February 1979
  Label: Radar / single ADA 31
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "Armed Forces"  1979
  Charts: UK  2
 
  Darts :  Get It
  February 1979
  Label: Magnet / single MAG 140
  Music / Text: Nigel Trubridge
  from album: "Everyone Plays Darts"  1978
  Charts:  UK 10
 
  Billy Joel :  Big Shot
  February 1979
  Label: Columbia / single 10913
  Music / Text: Billy Joel
  from album: "52nd Street"  1978
  Charts: US 14
 
  Rod Stewart :  Ain't Love A Bitch
  February 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 302
  Music / Text: Rod Stewart - Gary Grainger
  from album: "Blondes Have More Fun"  1978
  Charts: UK 11  US 22
 
  Al Stewart :  Song On The Radio
  February 1979
  Label: Arista / single 0389
  Music / Text: Al Stewart
  from album: "Time Passages"  1978
  Charts: US 29
 
  Toto :  I'll Supply The Love
  February 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7157
  Music / Text: David Paich
  from album: "Toto"  1978
  Charts: US 45
 
  Ben E. King :  Supernatural Thing - Part I
  February 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single 3241
  Music / Text: Patrick Grant - Gwen Guthrie
  from album: "Supernatural"  1975
  Charts: US  5
 
  UFO :  Doctor Doctor  (live)
  February 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Schenker - Mogg
  from album: "Strangers In The Night - (live)"  1978
  Charts: UK 35
 
  Patrick Hernandez :  Born To Be Alive
  February 1979
  Label: Aquarius / single 6.12444
  Music / Text: Patrick Hernandez
  from album: "Born To Be Alive"  1979
  Charts: UK 10  US 16  D  1  CH  5
 
  Tina Turner :  Root Toot Undisputable Rock'n'Roller
  February 1979
  Label: Ariola / single 100 880
  Music / Text: George Jackson
  from album: "Rough"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Chris de Burgh :  Crusader
  February 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Chris de Burgh
  from album: "Crusader"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Jacksons :  Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
  February 1979
  Label: Epic / single EPC 8-50656
  Music / Text: Michael Jackson - Randy Jackson - Marlon Jackson
  from album: "Destiny"  1978
  Charts: UK  4  US  7
 
 
  Skids :  Into The Valley
  February 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 241
  Music / Text: Stuart Adamson - Richard Jobson
  from album: "Scared To Dance"  1979
  Charts: UK 10
 
 
  The Fall :  Industrial Estate  /  Futures And Pasts
  February 1979
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Mark E. Smith - Martin Bramah - Tony Friel
  from album: "Live At The Witch Trials"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Joe Jackson :  Sunday Papers
  February 1979
  Label: A&M / single
  Music / Text: Joe Jackson
  from album: "Look Sharp"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Bachman-Turner Overdrive :  Heartaches
  February 1979
  Label: Mercury / single 6167 777
  Music / Text: C.F. Turner - Fred Turner
  from album: "Rock'n'Roll Nights"  1979
  Charts: US 60
 
  Neil Diamond :  Forever In Blue Jeans
  February 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7047
  Music / Text: Diamond - Bennett
  from album: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers"  1978
  Charts: US 20  UK 16  D 31
 
  Abba :  Chiquitita
  February 1979
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 850
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "Voulez-Vous"  1979
  Charts: UK  2  US 29  D  3  CH  1
 
  Queen :  Don't Stop Me Now
  February 1979
  Label: EMI / single 2910
  Music / Text: Freddie Mercury
  from album: "Jazz"  1978
  Charts: UK  9  D 35
 
  Meat Loaf :  Bat Out Of Hell
  February 1979
  Label: Epic / single
  Music / Text: Jim Steinman
  from album: "Bat Out Of Hell"  1977
  Charts: UK 15
 
  Chic :  I Want Your Love
  February 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 245
  Music / Text: Nile Rodgers - Bernard Edwards
  from album: "C'est Chic"  1978
  Charts: US  7  UK  4  D 27
 
  Bee Gees :  Tragedy
  February 1979
  Label: RSO / single 2090 340
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Spirits Having Flown"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  2  CH  2
 
  Art Garfunkel :  Bright Eyes
  March 1979
  Label: CBS / single 6947
  Music / Text: Mike Batt
  from album: "Fate For Breakfast"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  D  3  CH  2
 
  Roxy Music :  Trash
  March 1979
  Label: EG / single 2001 853
  Music / Text: Bryan Ferry - Phil Manzanera
  from album: "Manifesto"  1979
  Charts: UK 40
 
  Sex Pistols :  Something Else
  March 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 240
  Music / Text: Eddie Cochran - Sharon Sheeley
  from album: "The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle"  1979
  Charts: UK  3
 
  April Wine :  Roller
  March 1979
  Label: Capitol / single 4660
  Music / Text: Myles Goodwyn
  from album: "First Glance"  1978
  Charts: US 34
 
  Oliver Onions :  Sandokan
  March 1979
  Label: RCA / single BP6091
  Music / Text: G. de Angelis - M. de Angelis - Susan Duncan Smith
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1977
  Charts: D 13  CH  4
 
  Thin Lizzy :  Waiting For An Alibi
  March 1979
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 220
  Music / Text: Phil Lynott
  from album: "Black Rose (A Rock Legend)"  1979
  Charts: UK  9
 
  The Clash :  English Civil War
  March 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7082
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: "Give 'Em Enough Rope"  1978
  Charts: UK 25
 
  Styx :  Renegade
  March 1979
  Label: A&M Records / single
  Music / Text: Tommy Shaw
  from album: "Pieces Of Eight"  1978
  Charts: US 16
 
  Dire_Straits :  Sultans Of Swing
  March 1979
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 206
  Music / Text: Mark Knopfler
  from album: "Dire Straits"  1978
  Charts: UK  8  US  4  D 20
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  You Angel You
  March 1979
  Label: Bronze / single 100 300
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Angel Station"  1979
  Charts: UK 54
 
  Supertramp :  The Logical Song
  March 1979
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 6892
  Music / Text: Hodgson - Davies
  from album: "Breakfast In America"  1979
  Charts: UK  7  US  6  D 12
 
  Lucio Dalla :  Anna e Marco
  March 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Lucio Dalla
  from album: "Lucio Dalla"  1979
  Charts:
 
 
  Showaddywaddy :  Remember Then
  March 1979
  Label: Arista / single 247
  Music / Text: Showaddywaddy
  from album: "Crepes & Drepes"  1979
  Charts: UK 17  D 46
 
 
  Dire_Straits :  Water Of Love / Down To The Waterline
  March 1979
  Label: Vertigo / single in the Netherlands
  Music / Text: Mark Knopfler
  from album: "Dire Straits"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Angel :  That Magic Touch
  March 1979
  Label: Casablanca / single
  Music / Text: DiMino - Giuffria
  from album: "Sinful"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Village People :  In The Navy
  March 1979
  Label: Metronome / single 0030.168
  Music / Text: Morali - Belolo - Willis
  from album: "Go West"  1979
  Charts: UK  2  US  3  D  3  CH  7
 
  George Harrison :  Blow Away
  March 1979
  Label: Dark Horse / single DRC 8763
  Music / Text: George Harrison
  from album: "George Harrison"  1979
  Charts: UK 51  US 16
 
  The Cars :  Good Times Roll
  March 1979
  Label: Elektra / single 46014
  Music / Text: Ric Ocasek
  from album: "The Cars"  1978
  Charts: US 41
 
  The Sweet :  Call Me
  March 1979
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 857
  Music / Text: Andy Scott
  from album: "Cut Above The Rest"  1979
  Charts: D 29
 
  Boney M. :  Painter Man
  March 1979
  Label: Atlantic / Hansa / single K 11255 (UK)
  Music / Text: Kenny Pickett - Eddie Phillips
  from album: "Nightflight To Venus"  1978
  Charts: UK 10
 
  Bad Company :  Rock And Roll Fantasy
  March 1979
  Label: Swan Song / single 70119
  Music / Text: Paul Rodgers
  from album: "Desolation Angels"  1979
  Charts: US 13
 
  Eric Clapton :  Tulsa Time
  March 1979
  Label: RSO / single
  Music / Text: Danny Flowers
  from album: "Backless"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Buzzcocks :  Everybody's Happy Nowadays
  March 1979
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36499
  Music / Text: Buzzcocks
  from album: "A Different Kind Of Tension"  1979
  Charts: UK 29
 
  The Jam :  Strange Town
  March 1979
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 34
  Music / Text: Paul Weller
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1991
  Charts: UK 15
 
  Boston :  Feelin' Satisfied
  March 1979
  Label: Epic / single 50677
  Music / Text: Tom Scholz
  from album: "Don't Look Back"  1978
  Charts: US 46
 
  Frank Zappa :  City Of Tiny Lites  /  Yo' Mama
  March 1979
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Frank Zappa
  from album: "Sheik Yerbouti"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Allman Brothers Band :  Crazy Love
  March 1979
  Label: Capricorn / single 0320
  Music / Text: Rusty Young
  from album: "Enlightened Rogues"  1979
  Charts: US 29
 
  Sham 69 :  Questions And Answers
  March 1979
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 27
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: "The Adventures Of The Hersham Boys"  1979
  Charts: UK 18
 
  UFO :  Shoot Shoot  (live)
  March 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Schenker - Mogg - Parker - Way
  from album: "Strangers In The Night - (live)"  1978
  Charts: UK 48
 
  Motörhead :  Overkill
  March 1979
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Kilmister - Taylor - Clarke
  from album: "Overkill"  1979
  Charts: UK 39
 
  Racey :  Some Girls
  March 1979
  Label: RAK / single 006-62 530
  Music / Text: Chinn / Chapman
  from album: "Smash And Grab"  1979
  Charts: UK  2  D  2  CH  2
 
  Randy Vanwarmer :  Just When I Needed You Most
  March 1979
  Label: Bearsville / single 100.729
  Music / Text: Randy Vanwarmer
  from album: "Warmer"  1979
  Charts: UK  8  US  4
 
  The Beach Boys :  Here Comes The Night
  March 1979
  Label: Caribou / single 7204
  Music / Text: Brian Wilson - Mike Love
  from album: "L.A. (Light Album)"  1979
  Charts: US 44  UK 37
 
 
  Siouxsie & The Banshees :  The Starcase (Mystery)
  March 1979
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 9
  Music / Text: Steven Severin - Siouxsie Sioux
  from album: "Once Upon A Time - The Singles"  1981
  Charts: UK 24
 
 
  Sex Pistols :  Silly Thing
  April 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 256
  Music / Text: Steve Jones - Paul Cook
  from album: "The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle"  1979
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Dr. Hook :  When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
  April 1979
  Label: Capitol / single 006-85 907
  Music / Text: Even Stevens
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1980
  Charts: UK  1  US  6  D  8
 
  Sister Sledge :  We Are Family
  April 1979
  Label: Cotillion / single COT 11293
  Music / Text: Nile Rodgers - Bernand Edwards
  from album: "We Are Family"  1979
  Charts: US  2  UK  8  CH  6  D 26
 
  Angelic Upstarts :  I'm An Upstart
  April 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single K 17354
  Music / Text: Mensi - Mond
  from album: "Teenage Warning"  1979
  Charts: UK 31
 
  Boney M. :  Hooray! Hooray! It's A Holiday
  April 1979
  Label: Hansa / single 100 444
  Music / Text: Fred Jay - Frank Farian
  from album: "The Magic Of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits"  1980
  Charts: UK  3  D  4  CH  4
 
  Wings :  Goodnight Tonight
  April 1979
  Label: Odeon / single 006-62 579
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: "Back To The Egg"  1979
  Charts: UK  5  US  5  D 34
 
  Gary Moore :  Parisienne Walkways
  April 1979
  Label: MCA / single
  Music / Text: Moore - Lynott
  from album: "Back On The Streets"  1979
  Charts: US  8
 
  Ian Hunter :  When The Daylight Comes
  April 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single 6155 250
  Music / Text: Ian Hunter
  from album: "You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Cheap Trick :  I Want You To Want Me (live)
  April 1979
  Label: Epic / single EPC 7201
  Music / Text: Rick Nielsen
  from album: "At Budokan (live)"  1979
  Charts: UK 29  US  7  D 18
 
 
  Nazareth :  Whatever You Want Babe
  April 1979
  Label: Philips / single
  Music / Text: McCafferty - Agnew - Charlton - Sweet
  from album: "No Mean City"  1978
  Charts:
 
 
  Billy Joel :  Honesty
  April 1979
  Label: Columbia / single 10959
  Music / Text: Billy Joel
  from album: "52nd Street"  1978
  Charts: US 24
 
  Van Halen :  Dance The Night Away
  April 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single 8823
  Music / Text: Van Halen - Van Halen - Anthony - Roth
  from album: "Van Halen II"  1979
  Charts: US 15
 
  Frank Zappa :  Dancing Fool
  April 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7261
  Music / Text: Frank Zappa
  from album: "Sheik Yerbouti"  1979
  Charts: US 45
 
  Roxy Music :  Dance Away
  April 1979
  Label: EG / single 2001 872
  Music / Text: Bryan Ferry
  from album: "Manifesto"  1979
  Charts: UK  2  US 44  D 30
 
  Bee Gees :  Love You Inside Out
  April 1979
  Label: RSO / single 2090 349
  Music / Text: Barry Gibb - Robin Gibb - Maurice Gibb
  from album: "Spirits Having Flown"  1979
  Charts: US  1  UK 13  D 21
 
  The Undertones :  Jimmy Jimmy
  April 1979
  Label: Sire / single SIR 4015
  Music / Text: John O'Neill
  from album: "The Undertones"  1979
  Charts: UK 16
 
  The Rollers :  Turn On The Radio
  April 1979
  Label: Arista / single 006-62 711
  Music / Text: Faulkner - Faure - Wood - Longmuir
  from album: "Elevator"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Who :  Long Live Rock
  April 1979
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Pete Townshend
  from album: "The Kids Are Alright"  1979
  Charts: UK 48  US 54
 
  Clout :  Save Me
  April 1979
  Label: Carrere / single 2044 146
  Music / Text: Fletcher - Flett
  from album: -
  Charts: D  4  CH  4
 
  Dr. Feelgood :  As Long As The Price Is Right (live)
  April 1979
  United Artists / single 36506
  Music / Text: Larry Wallis
  from album: "As It Happens" (live)  1979
  Charts: UK 40
 
  Eruption :  One Way Ticket
  April 1979
  Label: Hansa / single 100 377
  Music / Text: Jack Keller - Bank Hunter
  from album: "Leave A Light"  1978
  Charts: UK  9  D  7  CH  1
 
  Chicago :  Gone Long Gone
  April 1979
  Label: Columbia / single 10935
  Music / Text: Peter Cetera
  from album: "Hot Streets"  1978
  Charts: US 73
 
  The Shadows :  Theme From "The Deer Hunter"
  April 1979
  Label: EMI / single 5C 006-07026
  Music / Text: Stanley Myers
  from album: "String Of Hits"  1979
  Charts: UK  9
 
  Sparks :  The Number One Song In Heaven
  April 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 244
  Music / Text: Giorgio Moroder - Ron Mael - Russel Mael
  from album: "No. 1 In Heaven"  1979
  Charts: UK 14
 
  Mike Oldfield :  Guilty
  April 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 245
  Music / Text: Mike Oldfield
  from album: "Exposed (live)"  1979
  Charts: UK 22
 
  Rickie Lee Jones :  Chuck E.'s In Love
  April 1979
  Label: Warner / single 17.390
  Music / Text: Rickie Lee Jones
  from album: "Rickie Lee Jones"  1979
  Charts: US  4  UK 18
 
  The Kinks :  (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
  April 1979
  Label: Arista / single 0409
  Music / Text: Ray Davies
  from album: "Low Budget"  1979
  Charts: US 41
 
  Donna Summer :  Hot Stuff
  April 1979
  Label: Casablanca / single BF 18665
  Music / Text: Faltermeyer - Forsey - Bellotte
  from album: "Bad Girls"  1979
  Charts: UK 11  US  1  D  5  CH  1
 
  Toto :  Georgy Porgy
  April 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7378
  Music / Text: David Paich
  from album: "Toto"  1978
  Charts: US 48
 
  Leif Garrett :  Feel The Need
  April 1979
  Label: Scotti / single SB 11 274
  Music / Text: Abrim Tilmon
  from album: "Feel The Need"  1978
  Charts: US 57  UK 38  D 43
 
  Kenny Rogers :  She Believes In Me
  Apri 1979
  Label: United Artists / single 1273
  Music / Text: Steve Gibb
  from album: "The Gambler"  1978
  Charts: US  5  UK 42
 
  Joe Jackson :  One More Time
  May 1979
  Label: A&M / single
  Music / Text: Joe Jackson
  from album: "Look Sharp"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Damned :  Love Song
  May 1979
  Label: Chiswick / single CHIS 112
  Music / Text: Captain Sensible - Scabies - Vanian - Ward
  from album: "Machine Gun Ettiquette"  1979
  Charts: UK 20
 
  David Bowie :  Boys Keep Swinging
  May 1979
  Label: RCA / single PB 1585
  Music / Text: David Bowie - Brian Eno
  from album: "Lodger"  1979
  Charts: UK  7
 
  Blondie :  Sunday Girl
  May 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2320
  Music / Text: Chris Stein
  from album: "Parallel Lines"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  D  6  CH  5
 
  The Blues Brothers :  Hey Bartender
  May 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single 3576
  Music / Text: Floyd Dickson
  from album: "Briefcase Full Of Blues"  1978
  Charts:
 
  The Doobie Brothers :  Minute By Minute
  May 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 314
  Music / Text: Michael McDonald - Lester Abrams
  from album: "Minute By Minute"  1978
  Charts: UK 47  US 14
 
  Anita Ward :  Ring My Bell
  May 1979
  Label: T.K. Records / single TKR 7543
  Music / Text: Frederick Knight
  from album: "Songs Of Love"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  3  CH  5
 
  Elvis Costello :  Accidents Will Happen
  May 1979
  Label: Radar / single ADA 35
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "Armed Forces"  1979
  Charts: UK 28
 
  Patrick Juvet :  Lady Night
  May 1979
  Label: Barclay / single 62602
  Music / Text: Jacques Morali - Victor Willis - Patrick Juvet
  from album: "Lady Night"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Earth, Wind & Fire :  Boogie Wonderland
  May 1979
  Label: Columbia / single 3-10956
  Music / Text: Willis - Lind
  from album: "I Am"  1979
  Charts: UK  4  US  6  D 25
 
  Robert John :  Sad Eyes
  May 1979
  Label: EMI / single 85 966
  Music / Text: Robert John
  from album: "Robert John"  1979
  Charts: US  1  UK 31
 
  Abba :  Does Your Mother Know
  May 1979
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 881
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "Voulez-Vous"  1979
  Charts: UK  4  US 19  D 10  CH  6
 
  Kiss :  I Was Made For Lovin' You
  May 1979
  Label: Casablanca / single BF 18667
  Music / Text: Stanley - Poncia - Child
  from album: "Dynasty"  1979
  Charts: US 11  D  2  CH  2
 
  Scorpions :  Another Piece Of Meat
  May 1979
  Label: Harvest / single 006-45 653
  Music / Text: Rudolf Schenker - Herman Rarebell
  from album: "Lovedrive"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Cure :  Boys Don't Cry
  May 1979
  Fiction / single
  Music / Text: Smith - Dempsey - Tolhurst
  from album: "Boys Don't Cry"  1980
  Charts:
 
  Stiff Little Fingers :  Gotta Getaway
  May 1979
  Label: Rough Trade / single
  Music / Text: Jake Burns - Gordon Ogilvie
  from album: "Nobody's Heroes"  1980
  Charts:
 
  The Clash :  The Cost Of Living EP
                      I Fought The Law - Groovy Times - Gates Of The West - Capital Radio
  May 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7324
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 22
 
  The Babys :  Head First
  May 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single
  Music / Text: Brock - Waite - Stocker - Stocker
  from album: "Head First"  1979
  Charts: US 77
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Shine A Little Love
  May 1979
  Label: Jet / single 144
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Discovery"  1979
  Charts: UK  6  US  8  D 30
 
  Simple Minds :  Life In A Day
  May 1979
  Label: Zoom / single ZUM 10
  Music / Text: Charlie Burchill - Jim Kerr
  from album: "Life In A Day"  1979
  Charts: UK 62
 
  Suzi Quatro :  Don't Change My Luck
  May 1979
  Label: RAK / single 006-61 837
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "If You Knew Suzi"  1978
  Charts: D 35
 
 
  Peter Frampton :  I Can't Stand It No More
  May 1979
  Label: A&M Records / single
  Music / Text: Peter Frampton
  from album: "Where I Should Be"  1979
  Charts: US 14
 
 
  Gerry Rafferty :  Night Owl
  May 1979
  Label: United Artists / single 1 C 006-82 628
  Music / Text: Gerry Rafferty
  from album: "Night Owl"  1979
  Charts: UK  5
 
  Tubeway Army :  Are 'Friends' Electric
  May 1979
  Label: Beggars Banquet / single INT 111.520
  Music / Text: Gary Numan
  from album: "Replicas"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  D 23
 
  Luv' :  Casanova
  May 1979
  Label: Philips / single 6012 897
  Music / Text: Janschen - Janschens
  from album: "Lots Of Luv'"  1979
  Charts: D  6  CH  4
 
  Donna Summer :  Bad Girls
  May 1979
  Label: Casablanca / single BF 18675
  Music / Text: Summer - Sudano - Hokenson - Esposito
  from album: "Bad Girls"  1979
  Charts: UK 14  US  1  D  9  CH  5
 
 
  Japan :  Life In Tokyo
  May 1979
  Label: Ariola / single
  Music / Text: David Sylvian - Giorgio Moroder
  from album: "Assemblage"  1981
  Charts: 1982 UK 28
 
 
  Iggy Pop :  I'm Bored
  May 1979
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Iggy Pop
  from album: "New Values"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Graham Parker :  Discovering Japan / Local Girls
  May 1979
  Label: Vertigo / single
  Music / Text: Graham Parker
  from album: "Squeezing Out Sparks"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Bob Dylan :  Simple Twist Of Fate  /  Shelter From The Storm  (live)
  May 1979
  great live tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Bob Dylan At Budokan" (live)  1979
  Charts:
 
  Patti Smith Group :  Frederick
  May 1979
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Patti Smith
  from album: "Wave"  1979
  Charts: UK 63  US 90
 
  Scorpions :  Is There Anybody There?
  May 1979
  Label: Harvest / single HAR 5185
  Music / Text: Schenker - Meine - Rarebell
  from album: "Lovedrive"  1979
  Charts: UK 39
 
 
  Skids :  Masquerade
  May 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 262
  Music / Text: Stuart Adamson - Richard Jobson
  from album: "Days In Europa"  1979
  Charts: UK 14
 
 
  The Rollers :  Elevator
  May 1979
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Faulkner - Faure - Wood
  from album: "Elevator"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Teens :  Here I Stand
  May 1979
  Label: Hansa / single 100 486
  Music / Text: Norman Ascot - Tom Cunningham
  from album: "The Teens"  1978
  Charts: D 31
 
  Kevin Keegan :  Head Over Heels In Love
  June 1979
  Label: EMI / single 006-45 607
  Music / Text: Norman - Spencer
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 31  D 10
 
  The Beach Boys :  Lady Lynda
  June 1979
  Label: Caribou / single 7427
  Music / Text: Al Jardine - R. Altbach
  from album: "L.A. (Light Album)"  1979
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Triumph :  Hold On
  June 1979
  Label: RCA / single 11569
  Music / Text: Gil Moore - Mike Levine - Rik Emmett
  from album: "Just A Game"  1979
  Charts: US 38
 
  The Angels :  Shadow Boxer
  June 1979
  Label: Albert / single
  Music / Text: Brewster - Neeson - Brewster
  from album: "No Exit"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Eddy Grant :  Living On The Frontline
  June 1979
  Label: Ensign / single ENY 26
  Music / Text: Eddy Grant
  from album: "Walking On Sunshine" 1979
  Charts: UK 11
 
  Elton John :  Mama Can't Buy You Love
  June 1979
  Label: Rocket / single 6079 683
  Music / Text: Casey James - Leroy Bell
  from album: "Greatest Hits Volume III - 1979-1987"  1987
  Charts: UK 15  US 22
 
  Kansas :  People Of The South Wind
  June 1979
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Kerry Livgren
  from album: "Monolith"  1979
  Charts: US 23
 
  Joe Jackson :  Is She Really Going Out With Him?
  June 1979
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7459
  Music / Text: Joe Jackson
  from album: "Look Sharp"  1979
  Charts: UK 13  US 21
 
  Queen :  Sheer Heart Attack  /  God Save The Queen  (live)
  June 1979
  great album live tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Roger Taylor  /  Trad. arr. by Brian May
  from album: "Live Killers"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Knack :  My Sharona
  June 1979
  Label: Capitol / single 006-85 921
  Music / Text: Averre - Fieger
  from album: "Get The Knack"  1979
  Charts: UK  6  US  1  CH  7  D 12
 
  The Cars :  Let's Go
  June 1979
  Label: Elektra / single 46063
  Music / Text: Ric Ocasek
  from album: "Candy-O"  1979
  Charts: US 14  UK 51
 
  Village People :  Go West
  June 1979
  Label: Metronome / single 0030.180
  Music / Text: Morali - Belolo - Willis
  from album: "Go West"  1979
  Charts: UK 15  US 45
 
  Chic :  Good Times
  June 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 310
  Music / Text: Nile Rodgers - Bernard Edwards
  from album: "Risqué"  1979
  Charts: US  1  UK  5  D 36
 
  Nick Lowe :  Crackin' Up
  June 1979
  Label: Radar / single ADA 34
  Music / Text: Nick Lowe
  from album: "Labour Of Lust"  1979
  Charts: UK 34
 
  Bonnie Tyler :  Married Men
  June 1979
  Label: RCA / single PB 5164
  Music / Text: Frank Musker - Dominic Bugatti
  from album: "The Greatest Hits"  1986
  Charts: UK 35
 
  The Charlie Daniels Band :  The Devil Went Down To Georgia
  June 1979
  Label: Epic / single 59700
  Music / Text: Daniels - DiGregorio - Hayward - Crain - Edwards - Marshall
  from album: "Million Mile Reflections"  1979
  Charts: US  3  UK 14
 
  Umberto Tozzi :  Gloria
  June 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7415
  Music / Text: Giancarlo Bigazzi - Umberto Tozzi
  from album: "Gloria"  1979
  Charts: D  8  CH  1
 
  Sniff 'n' The Tears :  Drivers Seat
  June 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single 3604
  Music / Text: Paul Roberts
  from album: "Fickle Heart"  1978
  Charts: US 15  UK 42  D 32
 
  Wings :  Getting Closer
  June 1979
  Label: Odeon / single 006-62 945
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: "Back To The Egg"  1979
  Charts: UK 60  US 20
 
  Thin Lizzy :  Do Anything You Want To
  June 1979
  Label: Vertigo / single
  Music / Text: Phil Lynott
  from album: "Black Rose (A Rock Legend)"  1979
  Charts: UK 14
 
  Sex Pistols :  C'mon Everybody
  June 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 272
  Music / Text: Eddie Cochran - Jerry Capehart
  from album: "The Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle"  1979
  Charts: UK  3
 
  Barbra Streisand :  The Main Event / Fight
  June 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7714
  Music / Text: Bruce Roberts - Paul Jabara - Bob Esty
  from album: "The Main Event" (Soundtrack)  1979
  Charts: US  3
 
  Dave Edmunds :  Girls Talk
  June 1979
  Label: Swansong / single SS 19418
  Music / Text: Elvis Costello
  from album: "Repeat When Necessary"  1979
  Charts: UK  4  US 65
 
  Public Image Ltd. :  Death Disco
  June 1979
  Label: Virgin / single
  Music / Text: Wobble - Lydon - Levene - Walker
  from album: "Metal Box"  1979  (released in a alternative version as "Swan Lake")
  Charts: UK 20
 
  Motörhead :  No Class
  June 1979
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Kilmister - Taylor - Clarke
  from album: "Overkill"  1979
  Charts: UK 61
 
  Supertramp :  Breakfast In America
  June 1979
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 7651
  Music / Text: Hodgson - Davies
  from album: "Breakfast In America"  1979
  Charts: UK  9  D 23
 
  Supertramp :  Goodbye Stranger
  July 1979
  Label: A&M Records / single 2162
  Music / Text: Hodgson - Davies
  from album: "Breakfast In America"  1979
  Charts: US 15
 
  Smokie :  Do To Me
  July 1979
  Label: RAK / single 006-62 747
  Music / Text: Chris Norman - Pete Spencer
  from album: "The Other Side Of The Road"  1979
  Charts: D 10  CH  7
 
  Cheap Trick :  Ain't That A Shame
  July 1979
  Label: Epic / single
  Music / Text: A. Domino - D. Bartholomew
  from album: "At Budokan (live)"  1979
  Charts: US 35
 
 
  UK Subs :  Stranglehold
  July 1979
  Label: GEM Records / single GEM5
  Music / Text: Charlie Harper
  from album: "Another Kind Of Blues"  1979
  Charts: UK 26
 
 
  The Fall :  Rowche Rumble
  July 1979
  Label: Step Forward / single
  Music / Text: Mark E. Smith - Marc Riley - Craig Scanlon
  from album: "77-Early Years-79"  1981
  Charts:
 
  Darts :  Duke Of Earl
  July 1979
  Label: Magnet / single MAG 147
  Music / Text: E. Dixon - E. Edwards - B. Williams
  from album: "Dart Attack"  1979
  Charts:  UK 6
 
  Buzzcocks :  Harmony In My Head
  July 1979
  Label: United Artists / single UP 36541
  Music / Text: Buzzcocks
  from album: "A Different Kind Of Tension"  1979
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Diana Ross :  The Boss
  July 1979
  Label: Motown / single 1462
  Music / Text: Nick Ashford - Valerie Simpson
  from album: "The Boss"  1979
  Charts: US 19  UK 40
 
  Boomtown Rats :  I Don't Like Mondays
  July 1979
  Label: Mercury / single 6008 550
  Music / Text: Bob Geldof
  from album: "The Fine Art Of Surfacing"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  D  6  CH  6
 
  Simple Minds :  Chelsea Girl
  July 1979
  Label: Zoom / single
  Music / Text: Charlie Burchill - Jim Kerr
  from album: "Life In A Day"  1979
  Charts:
 
 
  Siouxsie & The Banshees :  Playground Twist
  July 1979
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 59
  Music / Text: Steven Severin - Kenny Morris - Siouxsie Sioux - John McKay
  from album: "Join Hands"  1979
  Charts: UK 28
 
 
  Earth, Wind & Fire :  After The Love Has Gone
  July 1979
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Foster - Champlin - Graydon
  from album: "I Am"  1979
  Charts: UK  4  US  2
 
  Ian Dury And The Blockheads :  Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3)
  July 1979
  Label: Stiff / single BUY 50
  Music / Text: Davey Payne - Ian Dury - Chaz Jankel
  from album: "Sex And Drugs And Rock And Roll"  1987
  Charts: UK  3
 
  Manfred Mann's Earth Band :  Don't Kill It Carol
  July 1979
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Mike Heron
  from album: "Angel Station"  1979
  Charts: UK 45  D 23
 
  J.J. Cale :  Don't Cry Sister
  July 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: John J. Cale
  from album: "5"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Nils Lofgren :  Shine Silently
  July 1979
  Label: A & M / single S 7615
  Music / Text: Dick Wagner - Nils Lofgren
  from album: "Nils"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Cliff Richard :  We Don't Talk Anymore
  July 1979
  Label: EMI / single 006-07 076
  Music / Text: Alan Tarney
  from album: "Rock'n'Roll Juvenile"  1976
  Charts: UK  1  US  7  D  1  CH  1
 
  Robert Palmer :  Bad Case Of Lovin' You (Doctor Doctor)
  July 1979
  Label: Island / single 100 665
  Music / Text: John Moon Martin
  from album: "Secrets"  1979
  Charts: US 14
 

 

  Queen :  Love Of My Life  (live)
  July 1979
  Label: EMI / single
  Music / Text: Mercury - May
  from album: "Live Killers"  1979
  Charts: UK 63
 
  Abba :  Voulez-Vous / Angeleyes
  July 1979
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "Voulez-Vous"  1979
  Charts: UK  3  D 14  CH  9
 
  Michael Jackson :  Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
  July 1979
  Label: Epic / single EPC 7763
  Music / Text: Phillinganes - Jackson
  from album: "Off The Wall"  1979
  Charts: UK  3  US  1  CH  4  D 13
 
  Little River Band :  Lonesome Loser
  July 1979
  Label: Capitol / single 85970
  Music / Text: David Briggs
  from album: "First Under The Wire"  1979
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Dire_Straits :  Lady Writer
  July 1979
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 230
  Music / Text: Mark Knopfler
  from album: "Communiqué"  1979
  Charts: UK 51  US 45
 
  Lake :  Paradise Way
  July 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7798
  Music / Text: Detlef Petersen - James Hopkins-Harrison
  from album: "Paradise Island"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Sparks :  Beat The Clock
  July 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 270
  Music / Text: Ron Mael - Russel Mael
  from album: "No. 1 In Heaven"  1979
  Charts: UK 10
 
  Nils Lofgren :  No Mercy
  July 1979
  Label: A & M / single S 7624
  Music / Text: Nils Lofgren
  from album: "Nils"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Patti Smith Group :  Dancing Barefoot
  July 1979
  Label: Arista / single
  Music / Text: Smith - Kral
  from album: "Wave"  1979
  Charts:
 
 
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  Pretenders :  Kid
  July 1979
  Label: Real / single ARE 9
  Music / Text: Crissie Hynde
  from album: "Pretenders"  1979
  Charts: UK 33
 
 
  Hot Chocolate :  Going Through The Motions
  July 1979
  Label: RAK / single 006-63 069
  Music / Text: Errol Brown
  from album: "Going Through The Motions"  1979
  Charts: UK 53
 
  The Undertones :  Here Comes The Summer
  July 1979
  Label: Sire / single SIR 4022
  Music / Text: John O'Neill
  from album: "The Undertones"  1979
  Charts: UK 34
 
 
  Showaddywaddy :  Sweet Little Rock'n'Roller
  July 1979
  Label: Arista / single 278
  Music / Text: Berry - Danova - Howdar - Yellowstone
  from album: "Showaddywaddy"  1981
  Charts: UK 15
 
 
 
  The Specials :  Gangsters
  July 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single 100 879
  Music / Text: Jerry Dammers
  from album: "The Specials Singles"  1991
  Charts: UK  6
 
 
  Journey :  Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'
  July 1979
  Label: CBS / single 7890
  Music / Text: Steve Perry
  from album: "Evolution"  1979
  Charts: US 16
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  The Diary Of Horace Wimp
  July 1979
  Label: Jet / single 150
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Discovery"  1979
  Charts: UK  8  D 52
 
  Herb Alpert :  Rise
  July 1979
  Label: A&M / single S 7613
  Music / Text: Randy Badazz - Andy Armer
  from album: "Rise"  1979
  Charts: UK 13  US  1
 
  Sham 69 :  Hersham Boys
  August 1979
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 64
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: "The Adventures Of The Hersham Boys"  1978
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Smokie :  I Can't Stop Loving You
  August 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Alan Silson - Terry Uttley
  from album: "The Other Side Of The Road"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Bellamy_Brothers :  If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me
  August 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 405
  Music / Text: David Bellamy
  from album: "The Two And Only"  1979
  Charts: UK  3  US 39  CH  2  D 34
 
  Crusaders :  Street Life
  August 1979
  Label: MCA / single 63173
  Music / Text: Will Jennings - Joe Sample
  from album: "Street Life"  1979
  Charts: UK  5  US 36
 
  Boney M. :  El Lute
  August 1979
  Label: Hansa / single 100 804
  Music / Text: Hans Blum - Fred Jay - Frank Farian
  from album: "Oceans Of Fantasy"  1979
  Charts: D  1  CH  2     "Gotta Ho Home / El Lute"  UK 12
 
  Alan Sorrenti :  Tu Sei L'Unica Donna Per Me
  August 1979
  Label: Decca / single 6.12599
  Music / Text: Alan Sorrenti
  from album: "L.A. & N.Y."  1979
  Charts: D 13  CH  1
 
  Ian Hunter :  Just Another Night
  August 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single 2352
  Music / Text: Ian Hunter - Mick Ronson
  from album: "You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic"  1979
  Charts: US 68
 
  Angelic Upstarts :  Teenage Warning
  August 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single K 17426
  Music / Text: Mensi - Mond
  from album: "Teenage Warning"  1979
  Charts: UK 29
 
  Roxy Music :  Angel Eyes
  August 1979
  Label: EG / single 2141 152
  Music / Text: Ferry - MacKay
  from album: "Manifesto"  1979
  Charts: UK  4
 
  Racey :  Boy Oh Boy
  August 1979
  Label: RAK / single 006-63 114
  Music / Text: Gloria Macari - Roger Ferris
  from album: "Smash And Grab"  1979
  Charts: UK 22  D  3  CH  2
 
  Queen :  We Will Rock You (live)  /  Let Me Entertain You  (live)
  August 1979
  Label: Elektra / single E-46532 (Japan)
  Music / Text: Brian May  /  Freddie Mercury
  from album: "Live Killers"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The B-52's :  Rock Lobster
  August 1979
  Label: Island / single WIP 6506
  Music / Text: Kate Pierson - Fred Schneider - Keith Strickland - Cindy Wilson - Rick Wilson
  from album: "The B-52's"  1979
  Charts: UK 37  US 56
 
  The Jam :  When You're Young
  August 1979
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 69
  Music / Text: Paul Weller
  from album: "Greatest Hits"  1991
  Charts: UK 17
 
  Commodores :  Sail On
  August 1979
  Label: Motown / single 1466
  Music / Text: Lionel Richie
  from album: "Midnight Magic"  1979
  Charts: US  4  UK  8
 
  Santana :  Aqua Marine
  August 1979
  Label: CBS / single 8649
  Music / Text:  Santana - Pasqua
  from album: "Marathon"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Bob Dylan :  Precious Angel
  August 1979
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Slow Train Coming"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Joy Division :  New Dawn Fades  /  Disorder
  August 1979
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Sumner - Hook - Morris - Curtis
  from album: "Unknown Pleasures"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Gerry Rafferty :  Get It Right Next Time
  August 1979
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Gerry Rafferty
  from album: "Night Owl"  1979
  Charts: UK 30  US 21
 
  Dr. Feelgood :  Put Him Out Of Your Mind
  August 1979
  United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Mayo - Vernon
  from album: "Let It Roll"  1979
  Charts: UK 73
 
  Scorpions :  Lovedrive
  August 1979
  Label: Harvest / single HAR 5188
  Music / Text: Schenker - Meine
  from album: "Lovedrive"  1979
  Charts: UK 69
 
  Nick Lowe :  Cruel To Be Kind
  August 1979
  Label: Columbia / single 11018
  Music / Text: Nick Lowe - Ian Gomm
  from album: "Labour Of Lust"  1979
  Charts: UK 12  US 12
 
  Rainbow :  No Time To Lose
  August 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Ritchie Blackmore - Roger Glover
  from album: "Down To Earth"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Foreigner :  Dirty White Boy
  September 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Jones - Gramm
  from album: "Head Games"  1979
  Charts: US 12
 
 
  The Stranglers :  Duchess
  August 1979
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: "The Raven"  1979
  Charts: UK 14
 
 
  Nick Straker Band :  A Walk In The Park
  September 1979
  Label: Philips / single 6079 720
  Music / Text: Nicky Bailey
  from album: "Future's Above My Head"  1979
  Charts: UK 20  D  3  CH  5
 
  Gary Numan :  Cars
  September 1979
  Label: Beggars Banquet / single INT 111.524
  Music / Text: Gary Numan
  from album: "The Pleasure Principle"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  US  9  D 45
 
  Bob Dylan :  Gotta Serve Somebody
  September 1979
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Bob Dylan
  from album: "Slow Train Coming"  1979
  Charts: US 24
 
 
  UK Subs :  Tomorrows Girls
  September 1979
  Label: GEM Records / single GEM10
  Music / Text: Charlie Harper
  from album: "Another Kind Of Blues"  1979
  Charts: UK 28
 
 
  Tom Verlaine :  Kingdom Come  /  The Grip Of Love  /  Breakin' In My Heart
  September 1979
  Label: Elektra  /  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Tom Verlaine
  from album: "Tom Verlaine"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Knack :  Good Girls Don't
  September 1979
  Label: Capitol / single 006-85 995
  Music / Text: Averre - Fieger
  from album: "Get The Knack"  1979
  Charts: UK 66  US 11
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Don't Bring Me Down
  September 1979
  Label: Jet / single 503
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Discovery"  1979
  Charts: UK  3  US  4  D  5  CH  2
 
  Suzi Quatro :  I've Never Been In Love
  September 1979
  Label: RAK / single RAK/008-73 786
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Suzi... And Other Four Letter Words"  1979
  Charts: UK 56  US 44
 
  Kiss :  Sure Know Something
  September 1979
  Label: Casablanca / single BF 18684
  Music / Text: Stanley - Poncia
  from album: "Dynasty"  1979
  Charts: US 47  D 28
 
  AC/DC :  Highway To Hell
  September 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 11 321
  Music / Text: Young - Young - Scott
  from album: "Highway To Hell"  1979
  Charts: UK 56  US 47  D 30
  
  Rainbow :  Since You Been Gone
  September 1978
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Russ Ballard
  from album: "Down To Earth"  1979
  Charts: UK  6
 
 
  Status Quo :  Whatever You Wnat
  September 1979
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 242
  Music / Text: Parfitt - Bown
  from album: "Whatever You Want"  1979
  Charts: UK  4  D 12
 
 
  The Police :  Message In A Bottle
  September 1979
  Label: A&M / single S 7632
  Music / Text: Sting
  from album: "Reggatta De Blanc"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  D 35
 
  Judas Priest :  Rock Forever / Hell Bent For Leather
  September 1979
  Label: CBS / free single with live album "Unleashed In The East"
  Music / Text: K.K. Downing - Glenn Tipton - Rob Halford
  from album: "Unleashed In The East"  (live)  1979
  Charts:
 
 
  Siouxsie & The Banshees :  Mittageisen (Metal Postcard)
  September 1979
  Label: Polydor / single 2059 151
  Music / Text: Steven Severin - Kenny Morris - Siouxsie Sioux - John McKay
  from album: "The Scream"  1978
  Charts: UK 47
 
 
  Dave Edmunds :  Queen Of Hearts
  September 1979
  Label: Swansong / single SS 19419
  Music / Text: Hank DeVito
  from album: "Repeat When Necessary"  1979
  Charts: UK 11
 
  999 :  Found Out Too Late
  September 1979
  Label: Radar / single
  Music / Text: Nick Cash - Guy Days
  from album: "The Biggest Prize In Sport"  1980
  Charts:
 
 
  Ramones :  Rock'n'Roll High School
  September 1979
  Label: Sire / single
  Music / Text: Ramones
  from album: "End Of The Century"  1980
  Charts: UK 67
 
 
  Leonard Cohen :  The Guests
  Sepember 1979
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Leonard Cohen
  from album: "Recent Songs"  1979
  Charts:
  The Alan Parsons Project :  Damned If I Do
  September 1979
  Label: Arista / single 101 777
  Music / Text: Alan Parsons - Eric Woolfson
  from album: "Eve"  1979
  Charts: US 27
 
  The Residents :  A Spirit Steals A Child  /  Festival Of Death
  September 1979
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: ?
  from album: "Eskimo  1979
  Charts:
 
  Bonnie Tyler :  I Believe In Your Sweet Love
  September 1979
  Label: RCA / single PB 5187
  Music / Text: Steve Wolfe - Ronnie Scott - Scott Wolfe
  from album: "Goodbye To The Island"  1981
  Charts:
 
  Buggles :  Video Killed The Radio Star
  September 1979
  Label: Island / single 100 924
  Music / Text: Horn - Downes - Wolley
  from album: "The Ace Of Plastic"  1980
  Charts: UK  1  US 40  D  2  CH  1
 
 
  Skids :  Charade
  September 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 288
  Music / Text: Stuart Adamson - Richard Jobson
  from album: "Days In Europa"  1979
  Charts: UK 31
 
 
  The Teens :  1-2-3-4 Red Light
  September 1979
  Label: Hansa / single 100 819
  Music / Text: Didi Zill
  from album: "Teens & Jeans & Rock'n'Rol"  1979
  Charts: D 16
 
  Commodores :  Still
  September 1979
  Label: Motown / single 1474
  Music / Text: Lionel Richie
  from album: "Midnight Magic"  1979
  Charts: US  1  UK  4
 
  Molly Hatchet :  Flirtin' With Desaster  /  Let The Good Time Roll
  September 1979
  Label: Epic / great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Danny Joe Brown - Dave Hlubek - Banner Thomas
  from album: "Flirtin' With Desaster"  1979
  Charts:
 
  XTC :  Making Plans For Nigel
  September 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 282
  Music / Text: Colin Moulding
  from album: "Drums And Wires"  1979
  Charts: UK 17
 
  Blondie :  Dreaming
  September 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2350
  Music / Text: Harry - Stein
  from album: "Eat To The Beat"  1979
  Charts: UK  2  US 27  D 26
 
  Kool And The Gang :  Ladies Night
  October 1979
  Label: Metronome / single 0030.251
  Music / Text: George Brown - Kool & The Gang
  from album: "Ladies Night"  1979
  Charts: US  8  UK  9  CH  7  D 18
 
 
  Camel :  Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine
  October 1979
  Label: Deram / single
  Music / Text: Andrew Latimer - Colin Bass - Jan Schelhaas - Andy Ward
  from album: "I Can See Your House From Here"  1979
  Charts:
 
 
  Smokey Robinson :  Cruisin'
  October 1979
  Label: Tamla Motown / single 006-91 787
  Music / Text: William Robinson - Marv Tarplin
  from album: "Where There's Smoke..."  1979
  Charts: US  4
 
  Fleetwood Mac :  Tusk
  October 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 468
  Music / Text: Lindsey Buckingham
  from album: "Tusk"  1979
  Charts: UK  6  US  8  D  7
 
  Santana :  Lightning In The Sky
  October 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text:  Santana - Solberg
  from album: "Marathon"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Styx :  Babe
  October 1979
  Label: A&M Records / single 7637
  Music / Text: Dennis DeYoung
  from album: "Cornerstone"  1979
  Charts: UK  6  US  1
 
  John Cougar :  I Need A Lover
  October 1979
  Label: Riva / single 202
  Music / Text: John Mellencamp
  from album: "John Cougar"  1970
  Charts: US 28
 
  Cheap Trick :  Dream Police
  October 1979
  Label: Epic / single
  Music / Text: Rick Nielsen
  from album: "Dream Police"  1979
  Charts: US 26
 
  Eagles :  Heartache Tonight
  October 1979
  Label: Asylum / single AS 13 394
  Music / Text: Frey - Henley - Seger - Souther
  from album: "The Long Run"  1979
  Charts: UK 40  US  1  CH 10
 
  Little Feat :  Down On The Farm
  October 1979
  classic album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Paul Barrčre - Gabriel Barrčre
  from album: "Down On The Farm"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Cure :  Jumping Someone Else's Train
  October 1979
  Fiction / single
  Music / Text: Smith - Dempsey - Tolhurst
  from album: "Boys Don't Cry"  1980
  Charts:
 
 
  The Selecter :  On My Radio
  October 1979
  Label: 2 Tone / single CHSTT 4
  Music / Text: Neol Davies
  from album: "To Much Pressure"  1980
  Charts: UK  8
 
 
 
  The Stranglers :  Nuclear Device
  October 1979
  Label: United Artists / single
  Music / Text: Cornwell - Burnel - Greenfield - Black
  from album: "The Raven"  1979
  Charts: UK 36
 
 
  Talking Heads :  Life During Wartime
  October 1979
  Label: Sire Records / single
  Music / Text: David Byrne - Chris Frantz - Jerry Harrison - Tina Weymouth
  from album: "Fear Of Music"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Kenny Loggins :  This Is It
  October 1979
  Label: Columbia / single 11109
  Music / Text: Kenny Loggins - Michael McDonald
  from album: "Keep The Fire"  1979
  Charts: US 11
 
  The Damned :  Smash It Up
  October 1979
  Label: Chiswick / single CHIS 116
  Music / Text: Captain Sensible - Scabies - Vanian - Ward
  from album: "Machine Gun Ettiquette"  1979
  Charts: UK 35
 
 
  U2 :  Three
         Out Of Control / Stories For Boys / Boy-Girl
  October 1979
  Label: CBS Ireland / single
  Music / Text: U2
  from album: "Boy"  1980
  Charts: Ireland  1
 
 
  Dead Kennedys :  California über alles
  October 1979
  Label: Fast / single
  Music / Text: Jello Biafra - John Greenway
  from album: "Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vege"  1980
  Charts:
 
  Neil Young & Crazy Horse :  Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
  October 1979
  Label: Reprise / single 49031
  Music / Text: Neil Young / Jeff Blackburn
  from album: "Rust Never Sleeps"  1979
  Charts: US 79
 
  AC/DC :  Girls Got Rhythm
  October 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Young - Young - Scott
  from album: "Highway To Hell"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Whitesnake :  Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues
  October 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Coverdale - Marsden
  from album: "Love Hunter"  1978
  Charts:
 
  Joe Jackson :  I'm The Man
  October 1979
  Label: A&M / single
  Music / Text: Joe Jackson
  from album: "I'm The Man"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Supertramp :  Take The Long Way Home
  October 1979
  Label: A&M Records / single 2193
  Music / Text: Hodgson - Davies
  from album: "Breakfast In America"  1979
  Charts: US 10
 
  Roy Orbison :  Easy Way Out
  October 1979
  Label: Asylum / single
  Music / Text: Valentini - Saulino
  from album: "Laminar Flow"  1979
  Charts: US 109
 
  The Captain & Tennille :  Do That To Me One More Time
  October 1979
  Label: Casablanca / single 2215
  Music / Text: Toni Tennille
  from album: "Make Your Move"  1979
  Charts: US  1  UK  7  D 33  CH  5
 
  The Undertones :  You've Got My Number   <Why Don't You Use It!>
  October 1979
  Label: Sire / single SIR 4024
  Music / Text: John O'Neill
  from album: -
  Charts: UK 32
 
  Lee Ritenour :  Rio Funk
  October 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Lee Ritenour
  from album: "Rio"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Sparks :  Tryouts For The Human Race
  October 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 289
  Music / Text: Giorgio Moroder - Ron Mael - Russel Mael
  from album: "No. 1 In Heaven"  1979
  Charts: UK 45
 
  The Cars :  It's All I Can Do
  October 1979
  Label: Elektra / single 46546
  Music / Text: Ric Ocasek
  from album: "Candy-O"  1979
  Charts: US 41
 
  Santana :  You Know That I Love You
  October 1979
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Solberg - Santana - Ligertwood - Pasqua
  from album: "Marathon"  1979
  Charts: US 35
 
  Van Morrison :  Bright Side Of The Road
  October 1979
  Label: Mercury / single 6001 121
  Music / Text: Van Morrison
  from album: "Into The Music"  1979
  Charts: UK 63
 
  Sham 69 :  You're A Better Man Than I
  October 1979
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 82
  Music / Text: Dave Parsons - Jimmy Pursey
  from album: "The Adventures Of The Hersham Boys"  1978
  Charts: UK 49
 
 
  The Specials :  A Message To You Rudy
  October 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single 6155 271
  Music / Text: Robert Thompson
  from album: "Specials"  1979
  Charts: UK 10
 
 
  The Fabulous Thunderbirds :  Scratch My Back
  October 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Slim Harpo
  from album: "Girls Go Wild"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Donna Summer  / Barbra Streisand :  No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
  October 1979
  Label: Casablanca / single BF 18700
  Music / Text: Bruce Roberts - Paul Jabara
  from album: "On The Radio - Greatest Hits Vol. I & II"  1980
  Charts: US  1  UK  3  D 31  CH 11
 
  Rupert Holmes :  Escape (The Pińa Colada Song)
  October 1979
  Label: MCA / single 101 239
  Music / Text: Rupert Holmes
  from album: "Partners In Crime"  1979
  Charts: UK 23  US  1
 
  Bob Marley :  So Much Trouble In The World
  October 1979
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Survival"  1979
  Charts: UK 56
 
  Joy Division :  Transmission
  October 1979
  Label: Factory / single
  Music / Text: Sumner - Hook - Morris - Curtis
  from album: "Still" compilation 1981
  Charts:
 
  Gianna Nannini :  America
  October 1979
  Label: Dischi / single 035.047
  Music / Text: Gianna Nannini
  from album: "California"  1979
  Charts: D 15
 
  Queen :  Crazy Little Thing Called Love
  October 1979
  Label: EMI / single 5001
  Music / Text: Freddie Mercury
  from album: "The Game"  1980
  Charts: UK  2  US  1  D 13  CH  5
 
  Suzi Quatro :  She's In Love With You
  November 1979
  Label: RAK / single RAK/008-63 248
  Music / Text: Chinn - Chapman
  from album: "Suzi... And Other Four Letter Words"  1979
  Charts: UK 11  US 41  D  8  CH  6
 
  Kenny Rogers :  Coward Of The County
  November 1979
  Label: United Artists / single 006-82 807
  Music / Text: Bowling - Wheeler
  from album: "Kenny"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  US  3  CH  8  D 18
 
  Angelic Upstarts :  Never 'Ad Nothin'
  November 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single K 17476
  Music / Text: Mensi - Mond
  from album: "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place"  1980
  Charts: UK 52
 
  Jefferson Starship :  Girl With The Hungry Eyes
  November 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Paul Kantner
  from album: "Freedom At Point Zero"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Shoes :  Too Late
  November 1979
  Label: Elektra / single 46557
  Music / Text: Gary Klebe
  from album: "Present Tense"  1979
  Charts: US 75
 
  Matchbox :  Rockabilly Rebel
  November 1979
  Label: Magnet / single MAG 155
  Music / Text: Steve Bloomfield
  from album: "Matchbox"  1979
  Charts: UK 18  D 17  CH  9
 
  Stevie Wonder :  Send One Your Love
  November 1979
  Label: Motown / single
  Music / Text: Stevie Wonder
  from album: "Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants"  1979
  Charts: UK 52  US  4
 
  The Jam :  The Eton Rifles
  November 1979
  Label: Polydor / single POSP 83
  Music / Text: Paul Weller
  from album: "Setting Sons"  1979
  Charts: UK  3
 
  Blondie :  Union City Blue
  November 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single CHS 2400
  Music / Text: Harry - Harrison
  from album: "Eat To The Beat"  1979
  Charts: UK 13  D 54
 
  Udo Lindenberg :  Honky Tonky Show (live)
  November 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Lindenberg - Böttger
  from album: "Livehaftig"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Foreigner :  Head Games
  November 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single
  Music / Text: Jones - Gramm
  from album: "Head Games"  1979
  Charts: US 14
 
  Gibson Brothers :  Que Sera Mi Vida (If You Should Go)
  November 1979
  Label: Polydor / single 2040 267
  Music / Text: Kluger - Vangarde - Byl
  from album: "13 + 3 / 16 Chansons - 16 succčs"  1983
  Charts: UK  5  D  4  CH  5
 
  Sugarhill Gang :  Rapper's Delight
  November 1979
  Label: Metronome / single 0030.232
  Music / Text: Nile Rodgers - Bernard Edwards - O'Brien - Robinson - Jackson - Wright
  from album: "Sugarhill Gang"  1980
  Charts: UK  3  US 36  D  3  CH  2
 
  Michael Jackson :  Rock With You
  November 1979
  Label: Epic / single EPC 8206
  Music / Text: Rod Temperton
  from album: "Off The Wall"  1979
  Charts: UK  7  US  1  D 58
 
  Marianne Faithfull :  The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
  November 1979
  Label: Island / single 101 038
  Music / Text: Shel Silverstein
  from album: "Broken English"  1979
  Charts: UK 48  D  5  CH  5
 
  Abba :  Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
  November 1979
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 919
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "The Singles - The First Ten Years"  1982
  Charts: UK  3  D  3  CH  1
 
  Smokie :  Babe It's Up To You
  November 1979
  Label: RAK / single 006-63 338
  Music / Text: Macari - Ferris
  from album: "The Other Side Of The Road"  1979
  Charts: D  8  CH  8
 
 
  Madness :  One Step Beyond
  November 1979
  Label: Stiff / single 6.12644
  Music / Text: C. Campell
  from album: "One Step Beyond"  1979
  Charts: UK  7  CH  3
 
 
  Robert Palmer :  Can We Still Be Friends
  November 1979
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Todd Rundgren
  from album: "Secrets"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Jefferson Starship :  Jane
  November 1979
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: Freiberg - McPherson - Kantner - Chaquico
  from album: "Freedom At Point Zero"  1979
  Charts: UK 21  US 14
 
  Foghat :  Third Time Lucky
  November 1979
  Label: Bearsville / single 49125
  Music / Text: Dave Peverett
  from album: "Boogie Motel"  1979
  Charts: US 23
 
  Electric Light Orchestra :  Confusion
  November 1979
  Label: Jet / single 166
  Music / Text: Jeff Lynne
  from album: "Discovery"  1979
  Charts: UK  8  US 37  D  6
 
  Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers :  Don't Do Me Like That
  November 1979
  Label: MCA / single
  Music / Text: Tom Petty
  from album: "Damn The Torpedoes"  1979
  Charts: US 10
 
  Krokus :  Bedside Radio
  November 1979
  Label: Ariola / single 101 218
  Music / Text: Von Rohr - Von Arb - Nägeli
  from album: "Metal Rendez-Vous"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Boomtown Rats :  Diamond Smiles
  November 1979
  Label: Mercury / single 6008 553
  Music / Text: Bob Geldof
  from album: "The Fine Art Of Surfacing"  1979
  Charts: UK 13
 
  Frank Zappa :  Bobby Brown
  November 1979
  Label: CBS / single 8216
  Music / Text: Frank Zappa
  from album: "Sheik Yerbouti"  1979
  Charts: D  4  CH  5
 
  Mothers Finest :  Fire  /  Can't Fight This Feeling  (live)
  November 1979
  great album tracks - not released as singles
  Music / Text: Mothers Finest
  from album: "Live" (live)  1979
  Charts:
 
 
  Status Quo :  Living On An Island
  November 1979
  Label: Vertigo / single 6059 248
  Music / Text: Parfitt - Young
  from album: "Whatever You Want"  1979
  Charts: UK 16  D 38
 
 
  Gary Numan :  Complex
  November 1979
  Label: Beggars Banquet / single BEG 29
  Music / Text: Gary Numan
  from album: "The Pleasure Principle"  1979
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Michael Jackson :  Off The Wall
  November 1979
  Label: Epic / single EPC 8045
  Music / Text: Rod Temperton
  from album: "Off The Wall"  1979
  Charts: UK  7  US 10
 
 
  Pretenders :  Brass In Pocket
  November 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 529
  Music / Text: Hynde - Honeyman-Scott
  from album: "Pretenders"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  US 14
 
 
  Prince :  I Wanna Be Your Lover
  November 1979
  Label: Warner / single 49050
  Music / Text: Prince
  from album: "Prince"  1979
  Charts:  UK 41  US 11
 
  Thom Pace :  Maybe
  November 1979
  Label: RSO / single 2090 361
  Music / Text: Thom Pace
  from album: "Maybe"  1979
  Charts: UK 14  D  1  CH  2
 
  Bob Marley :  Survival
  November 1979
  Label: Island / single
  Music / Text: Bob Marley
  from album: "Survival"  1979
  Charts:
 
 
  UK Subs :  She's Not There
  December 1979
  Label: GEM Records / single GEM14
  Music / Text: Rod Argent
  from album: "Raw Material"  1986
  Charts: UK 36
 
 
  Cheap Trick :  Voices
  December 1979
  Label: Epic / single EPC 8106
  Music / Text: Rick Nielsen
  from album: "Dream Police"  1979
  Charts: US 32
 
  Krokus :  Heatstrokes
  December 1979
  great album track - not released as single
  Music / Text: Von Rohr - Von Arb
  from album: "Metal Rendez-Vous"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Mike Oldfield :  Blue Peter
  December 1979
  Label: Virgin / single VS 317
  Music / Text: Trad.
  from album: "Music Wonderland"  1981
  Charts: UK 19
 
 
  Japan :  Quiet Life
  December 1979
  Label: Ariola / single
  Music / Text: David Sylvian
  from album: "Quiet Life"  1979
  Charts: 1981 UK 19
 
 
  The Damned :  I Just Can't Be Happy Today
  December 1979
  Label: Chiswick / single CHIS 120
  Music / Text: Captain Sensible - Scabies - Vanian - Ward - Discomi
  from album: "Machine Gun Ettiquette"  1979
  Charts: UK 46
 
  The Police :  Walking On The Moon
  December 1979
  Label: A&M / single
  Music / Text: Sting
  from album: "Reggatta De Blanc"  1979
  Charts: UK  1
 
  The Dirt Band :  An American Dream
  December 1979
  Label: United Artists / single 006-82 815
  Music / Text: Rodney Crowell
  from album: "An American Dream"  1979
  Charts: US 13
 
  Pink Floyd :  Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
  December 1979
  Label: Harvest / single: 006-63 494
  Music / Text: Roger Waters
  from album: "The Wall"  1979
  Charts: UK  1  US  1  D  1  CH  1
 
  Motörhead :  Bomber
  December 1979
  Label: Bronze / single
  Music / Text: Kilmister - Taylor - Clarke
  from album: "Bomber"  1979
  Charts: UK 34
 
  Robert Palmer :  What's It Take
  December 1979
  Label: Island / single 101 037
  Music / Text: Robert Palmer
  from album: "Secrets"  1979
  Charts: D 19
 
  Emerson Lake & Palmer :  Peter Gunn (live)
  December 1979
  Label: Ariola / single 100 824
  Music / Text: Henry Mancini
  from album: "Emerson Lake & Palmer In Concert (live 1978)"  1979
  Charts:
 
  The Alan Parsons Project :  Lucifer
  December 1979
  Label: Arista / single 101 243
  Music / Text: Parsons - Woolfson
  from album: "Eve"  1979
  Charts: D  8
 
  Barclay James Harvest :  Love On The Line
  December 1979
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Les Holroyd
  from album: "Eyes Of The Universe"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Cliff Richard :  Carrie
  December 1979
  Label: EMI / single 006-07 088
  Music / Text: Terry Britten - B.A. Robertson
  from album: "Rock'n'Roll Juvenile"  1976
  Charts: UK  4  US 34  D 26
 
  Sammy Hagar :  This Planet's On Fire
  December 1979
  Label: Capitol / single CL 16114
  Music / Text: Sammy Hagar
  from album: "Street Machine"  1979
  Charts: UK 52
 
  Frank Zappa :  Joe's Garage
  December 1979
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Frank Zappa
  from album: "Joe's Garage Act I"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Frank Duval :  Todesengel
  December 1979
  Label: Telefunken / single 6.12612
  Music / Text: Frank Duvaln
  from album: "Die schönsten Melodien aus Derrick und der Alte"  1979
  Charts: D  20  CH  1
 
  The Clash :  London Calling
  December 1979
  Label: CBS / single 8087
  Music / Text: Strummer - Jones
  from album: "London Calling"  1979
  Charts: UK 11
 
  Joe Jackson :  It's Different For Girls
  December 1979
  Label: A&M / single AMS 7493
  Music / Text: Joe Jackson
  from album: "I'm The Man"  1979
  Charts: UK  5
 
  AC/DC :  Touch Too Much
  December 1979
  Label: Atlantic / single ATL 20 206
  Music / Text: Young - Young - Scott
  from album: "Highway To Hell"  1979
  Charts: UK 29
 
  Styx :  Boat On The River
  December 1979
  Label: A&M Records / single AMS 7652
  Music / Text: Tommy Shaw
  from album: "Cornerstone"  1979
  Charts: D  5  CH  1
 
 
  Japan :  Fall In Love With Me
  December 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: David Sylvian
  from album: "Quiet Life"  1979
  Charts:
 
 
  Led Zeppelin :  Fool In The Rain / Hot Dog
  December 1979
  Label: Swan Song / single
  Music / Text: Page - Plant
  from album: "In Through The Out Door"  1979
  Charts: US 21
 
  Rainbow :  All Night Long
  December 1979
  Label: Polydor / single
  Music / Text: Ritchie Blackmore - Roger Glover
  from album: "Down To Earth"  1979
  Charts: UK  5
 
  Krokus :  Tokyo Nights
  December 1979
  Label: Ariola / single 101 340
  Music / Text: Von Rohr - Von Arb - Nägeli
  from album: "Metal Rendez-Vous"  1979
  Charts:
 
 
  Madness :  My Girl
  December 1979
  Label: Stiff / single BUY 62
  Music / Text: Mike Barson
  from album: "One Step Beyond"  1979
  Charts: UK  3
 
 
  Fleetwood Mac :  Sara
  December 1979
  Label: Warner Bros. / single WB 17 533
  Music / Text: Stevie Nicks
  from album: "Tusk"  1979
  Charts: US  7  UK 37  D  44
 
  Boney M. :  I'm Born Again
  December 1979
  Label: Hansa / single 101 101
  Music / Text: Fred Jay - Stefan Klinkhammer - Helmut Rulofs
  from album: "Oceans Of Fantasy"  1979
  Charts: UK 35  D  7  CH  6
 
  Toto :  99
  December 1979
  Label: CBS / single 8132
  Music / Text: David Paich
  from album: "Hydra"  1979
  Charts: US 26
 
  Dan Hartman :  Relight My Fire
  December 1979
  Label: Blue Sky / single 8104
  Music / Text: Dan Hartman
  from album: "Relight My Fire"  1980
  Charts:
 
  Billy Preston &  Syreeta :  With You I'm Born Again
  December 1979
  Label: Motown / single 1477
  Music / Text: David Shire - Carol Connors
  from album: "Late At Night"  1979
  Charts: UK  2  US  4
 
  Marianne Faithfull :  Broken English
  December 1979
  Label: Island / single 101 249
  Music / Text: Faithfull - Reynolds - Matevy - York - Stannard
  from album: "Broken English"  1979
  Charts: D 36
 
  Pat Benatar :  Heartbreaker
  December 1979
  Label: Chrysalis / single 6155 275
  Music / Text: Cory Wade - G. Gill
  from album: "In The Heat Of The Night"  1979
  Charts: US 23
 
  Mike Batt :  Lady Of The Dawn
  December 1979
  Label: Epic / single EPC 7962
  Music / Text: Mike Batt
  from album: "Tarot Suite"  1979
  Charts: CH  3  D 16
 
  Neil Diamond :  September Morn'
  December 1979
  Label: CBS / single
  Music / Text: Diamond - Bécaud
  from album: "September Morn'"  1979
  Charts: US 17
 
  Don McLean :  Crying
  December 1979
  Label: United Artists / single 35 325
  Music / Text: Roy Orbison - Joe Melson
  from album: "Chain Lightning"  1978
  Charts: UK  1  US  5
 
  Frank Sinatra :  Theme From New York, New York
  December 1979
  Label: Reprise / single REP 14 502
  Music / Text: Fred Ebb - John Kander
  from album: "New York New York - His Greatest Hits"  1983
  Charts: 1980  US 32  UK 59    1986  UK  4
 
  Smokie :  San Francisco Bay
  December 1979
  Label: RAK / single 006-63 644
  Music / Text: Chris Norman - Pete Spencer
  from album: "The Other Side Of The Road"  1979
  Charts: D  9
 
  Pink Floyd :  Comfortably Numb
  December 1979
  great album track - not released as a single
  Music / Text: Roger Waters - David Gilmour
  from album: "The Wall"  1979
  Charts:
 
  Elvis Presley :  It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You)
  December 1979
  Label: RCA / single
  Music / Text: J.A. Baltroph
  from album: "Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas"  1971
  Charts: UK 13
 
  Paul McCartney :  Wonderful Christmastime
  December 1979
  Label: Columbia / single 1-11162
  Music / Text: Paul McCartney
  from album: -
  Charts: UK  6
 
  Kelly Family :  David's Song (Who'll Come With Me)
  December 1979
  Label: Polydor / single 2042 167
  Music / Text: Vladimir Cosma - Dan Kelly
  from album: "Lieder der Welt"  1979
  Charts: D 15
 
  Abba :  I Have A Dream
  December 1979
  Label: Polydor / single 2001 931
  Music / Text: Andersson - Ulvaeus
  from album: "Voulez-Vous"  1979
  Charts: UK  2  D  4  CH  1
 

 

 

 

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