Editing 1979 in music (section)

===Other Chart hit singles===
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*"[[Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)]]" – [[The Dickies]] (# 7 UK)
*"[[Bat Out of Hell (song)|Bat Out of Hell]]" – [[Meat Loaf]] ''(# 8 UK)''
*"[[Beautiful People (Australian Crawl song)|Beautiful People]]" – [[Australian Crawl]] ''(# 22 Australia)''
* "[[Bright Side of the Road]]" – [[Van Morrison]] ''(# 63 UK, # 48 Netherlands)'' 
* "[[C'mon Aussie C'mon]]" – [[Mojo (advertising)|The Mojo Singers]] ''(# 1 Australia - originally released in 1978)''
* "[[Choirgirl (song)|Choirgirl]]" – [[Cold Chisel]] ''(# 14 Australia)''
* "[[Dancing Barefoot]]" – [[Patti Smith|Patti Smith Group]] ''(# 39 Netherlands)''
* "[[Death Disco]]" – [[Public Image Ltd.]] ''(# 20 United Kingdom)''
* "[[The Eton Rifles]]" – [[The Jam]] ''(# 3 United Kingdom, # 50 Australia)''
* "[[Freedom's Prisoner]]" – [[Steve Harley]] ''(# 58 UK)''
* "[[Good Times Roll]]" - [[The Cars]] ''(# 41 United States, # 60 US Cash Box Top 100 Singles, # 74 Canada)''
* "[[Here Comes the Summer]]" – [[The Undertones]] ''(# 34 UK)''
* "[[Hersham Boys]]" – [[Sham 69]] ''(# 6 UK)''
* "[[Hit and Run (Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons song)|Hit and Run]]" – [[Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons]] (# 12 Australia)
* "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" - [[Jimmy and the Boys]] ''(# 57 Australia)''
* "[[I Do Love You (Billy Stewart song)|I Do Love You]]" – [[GQ (band)|GQ]] ''(# 20 US, # 5 US R&B charts)''
* "[[I Just Can't Be Happy Today]]" – [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]] (# 46 UK)
* "[[I Wanna Be Sedated]]" – [[Ramones]]
* "[[Into the Valley]]" – [[The Skids]] (# 10 UK)
* "[[Jezebel (Jon Stevens song)|Jezebel]] – [[Jon Stevens]] (# 1 New Zealand)
* "[[Jimmy Jimmy (song)|Jimmy Jimmy]]" – [[The Undertones]] (# 16 UK)
* "[[Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel song)|Just the Way You Are]]" – [[Barry White]]
* "[[Just What I Needed]]" – [[The Cars]]
* "[[Just When I Needed You Most]]" – [[Randy VanWarmer]]
* "[[Lay Your Love on Me]]" – [[Racey]]
* "[[Lead Me On (Maxine Nightingale song)|Lead Me On]]" – [[Maxine Nightingale]]
* "[[Let's Go (The Cars song)|Let's Go]]" – [[The Cars]]
* "[[Life During Wartime (song)|Life During Wartime]]" – [[Talking Heads]]
* "[[A Little Bit of Soap|Little Bit of Soap]]" – [[Nigel Olsson]]
* "[[The Logical Song]]" – [[Supertramp]]
* "[[London Calling (song)|London Calling]]" – [[The Clash]]
* "[[Lonesome Loser]]" – [[Little River Band]]
* "[[The Long Run (song)|The Long Run]]" – [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
* "[[Lotta Love]]" – [[Nicolette Larson]]
* "[[Love Song (The Damned song)|Love Song]]" – [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]
* "[[Lucky Number (song)|Lucky Number]]" – [[Lene Lovich]]
* "[[The Main Event/Fight]]" – [[Barbra Streisand]]
* "[[Make My Dreams a Reality]]" – [[GQ (band)|GQ]]
* "[[Making Plans for Nigel]]" – [[XTC]]
* "[[Mama Can't Buy You Love]]" – [[Elton John]]
* "[[A Message to You, Rudy]]/Nite Klub" – [[The Specials]]
* "[[Message in a Bottle (The Police song)|Message in a Bottle]]" – [[The Police]]
* "[[Milk and Alcohol]]" – [[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]]
* "[[Morning Dance (song)|Morning Dance]]" – [[Spyro Gyra]]
* "[[Moskau (song)|Moskau]]" – [[Dschinghis Khan]]
* "[[Music Box Dancer]]" – [[Frank Mills]]
* "[[My Forbidden Lover]]" – [[Chic (band)|Chic]]
* "[[My Girl (Madness song)|My Girl]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
* "[[My Life (Billy Joel song)|My Life]]" – [[Billy Joel]]
* "[[Nami Nori Pirates]]"  – [[Pink Lady (band)]]
* "[[Old Time Rock and Roll]]" – [[Bob Seger]]
* "[[Oliver's Army]]" – [[Elvis Costello and the Attractions]]
* "[[On My Radio (song)|On My Radio]]" – [[The Selecter]]
* "[[One Step Beyond (song)|One Step Beyond]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
* "[[One Way or Another]]" – [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
* "[[One Way Ticket (Neil Sedaka song)|One Way Ticket]]" – [[Eruption (British band)|Eruption]]
* "[[Ooh Baby Baby]]" – [[Linda Ronstadt]]
* "[[Ooh, Yes I Do]]" – [[Luv']]
* "[[Parisienne Walkways (song)|Parisienne Walkways]]" – [[Gary Moore]]
* "[[Playground Twist]]" – [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]
* "[[Please Don't Go (KC and the Sunshine Band song)|Please Don't Go]]" – [[KC & The Sunshine Band]]
* "[[The Prince (song)|The Prince]]" – [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
* "[[Queen of Hearts (Hank DeVito song)|Queen of Hearts]]"  – [[Dave Edmunds]]
* "[[Questions and Answers (Sham 69 song)|Questions and Answers]]" – [[Sham 69]]
* "[[Rapper's Delight]]" – [[The Sugarhill Gang]] (#36 US: first rap song to hit Billboard's Top 40)
* "[[Reasons to Be Cheerful (Part 3)]]" – [[Ian Dury|Ian Dury & the Blockheads]]
* "[[Refugee (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song)|Refugee]]" – [[Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers]]
* "[[Rock with You]]" – [[Michael Jackson]]
* "[[Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto]]" – [[The Shadows]]
* "[[Roxanne (The Police song)|Roxanne]]" – [[The Police]] ''(released in 1978)''
* "[[Run Like Hell]]" – [[Pink Floyd]]
* "[[Sad Eyes (Robert John song)|Sad Eyes]]" – [[Robert John]]
* "[[Sail On (song)|Sail On]]" – [[Commodores]]
* "[[Shadows in the Moonlight (song)|Shadows in the Moonlight]]" – [[Anne Murray]]
* "[[Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)]]" – [[The Jackson 5|The Jacksons]]
* "[[Shape I'm In (Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons song)|Shape I'm In]]" – [[Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons]] 
* "[[She Believes In Me]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]]
* "[[Shine a Little Love]]" – [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
* "[[Ships]]" – [[Barry Manilow]]
* "[[Shivers (The Boys Next Door song)|Shivers]]" - [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Boys Next Door]]
* "[[Since You Been Gone]]" – [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]]
* "[[Slap and Tickle]]" – [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]]
* "[[Smash It Up]]" – [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]]
* "[[Some Girls (Racey song)|Some Girls]]" – [[Racey]]
* "[[Somethin' Else (Eddie Cochran song)|Somethin' Else]]"/"Friggin' in the Riggin'" – [[Sex Pistols]]
* "[[Somewhere in the Night (Helen Reddy song)|Somewhere in the Night]]" – [[Barry Manilow]]
* "[[Song on the Radio]]" – [[Al Stewart]]
* "[[Spiral Scratch]]" – [[Buzzcocks]]
* "[[The Staircase (Mystery)]]" – [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]
* "[[Strange Town]]" – [[The Jam]]
* "[[Street Life (The Crusaders album)|Street Life]]" – [[The Crusaders (Houston group)|The Crusaders]] w/[[Randy Crawford]]
* "[[Stumblin' In]]" – [[Suzi Quatro]] & [[Chris Norman]]
* "[[Sultans of Swing]]" – [[Dire Straits]] (released in 1978)
* "[[Take Me Home (Cher song)|Take Me Home]] – [[Cher]]
* "[[Take On the World (Judas Priest song)|Take On The World]]" – [[Judas Priest]]
* "[[Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)|Take The Long Way Home]] – [[Supertramp]]
* "[[Talking in Your Sleep (Crystal Gayle song)|Talking In Your Sleep]]" – [[Crystal Gayle]]
* "[[The Tears of a Clown#The Beat version|Tears of a Clown]]"/"Ranking Full Stop" – [[The Beat (British band)|The Beat]]
* "[[Cavatina (Myers)|Theme from the Deerhunter (Cavatina)]]" – [[The Shadows]]
* "[[Transmission (song)|Transmission]]" – [[Joy Division]]
* "[[Union City Blue]]" – [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
* "[[Up the Junction (song)|Up the Junction]]" – [[Squeeze (band)|Squeeze]]
* "[[Up There Cazaly]]" – [[Mike Brady (musician)|The Two Man Band]]
* "[[Video Killed The Radio Star]]" – [[The Buggles]]
* "[[Voulez-Vous (song)|Voulez-Vous]]" – [[ABBA]]
* "[[Waiting for an Alibi]]" – [[Thin Lizzy]]
* "[[We Are Family (Sister Sledge song)|We Are Family]]" – [[Sister Sledge]]
* "[[We Don't Talk Anymore (Cliff Richard song)|We Don't Talk Anymore]]" – [[Cliff Richard]]
* "[[What I Like About You (The Romantics song)|What I Like About You]]" - [[The Romantics]] ''(Began charting in 1980)'' 
* "[[Whatever You Want (Status Quo song)|Whatever You Want]]" – [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
* "[[When I Think of You (Leif Garrett song)|When I Think of You]]" – [[Leif Garrett]]
* "[[When You're Young (The Jam song)|When You're Young]]" – [[The Jam]]
* "[[Who Listens to the Radio]]" (Album version) - [[The Sports]] ''(# 35 Australia- original 45) - (# 45 United States - Album version)''
* "[[Wonderful Christmastime]]" – [[Paul McCartney]]
* "[[Y.M.C.A. (song)|Y.M.C.A]]" – [[Village People]]
* "[[You Decorated My Life]]" – [[Kenny Rogers]]
* "[[You Needed Me]]" – [[Anne Murray]] ''(in the UK; hit #1 in the US in 1978)''
* "[[You Take My Breath Away (Rex Smith song)|You Take My Breath Away]]" – [[Rex Smith (entertainer)|Rex Smith]]
* "[[You're a Better Man Than I]]" – [[Sham 69]]
* "[[You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)]]" – [[The Undertones]]
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