List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 1979
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This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1979.
Donna Summer scored five top ten hits during the year with "Heaven Knows", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", and "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", the most among all other artists.
Top-ten singles
[edit]1978 peaks
[edit]| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 18 | "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" | Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand | 1 | December 2 | 10 |
| November 25 | "Le Freak" | Chic | 1[1] | December 9 | 15 |
| "I Love the Nightlife" | Alicia Bridges | 5 | December 23 | 7 | |
| December 9 | "(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away" | Andy Gibb | 9 | December 16 | 6 |
1980 peaks
[edit]| Top ten entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 10 | "Please Don't Go" | KC and the Sunshine Band | 1 | January 5 | 11 |
| December 8 | "Do That to Me One More Time" | Captain & Tennille | 1 | February 16 | 14 |
| December 22 | "Ladies' Night" | Kool & the Gang | 8 | January 12 | 5 |
See also
[edit]- 1979 in music
- List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1979
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1979
References
[edit]General sources
[edit]- Whitburn, Joel (2012). Pop Annual, 1955–2011 (8th ed.). Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-194-2.
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Seventies (ISBN 0-89820-076-8)
- Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Hot 100 Charts: The Eighties (ISBN 0-89820-079-2)
- Additional information obtained can be verified within Billboard's online archive services and print editions of the magazine.