music released in 1979
singles released or popular in 1979
ranked by popular vote
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#1 London Calling (official video) by the Clash (with 41595 votes)
#2 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 by Pink Floyd (with 40580 votes)
#3 Bela Lugosis Dead by Bauhaus (with 40435 votes)
#4 Video Killed The Radio Star by the Buggles (with 39145 votes)
#5 Message in a Bottle (official video) by the Police (with 39004 votes)
#6 Sultans of Swing (official video) by Dire Straits (with 38235 votes)
#7 Roxanne (official video) by the Police (with 36953 votes)
#8 Heart of Glass (official video) by Blondie (with 36823 votes)
#9 Broken English by Marianne Faithfull (with 36274 votes)
#10 Dreaming (official video) by Blondie (with 29478 votes)
#11 What I Like About You (official video) by the Romantics (with 29349 votes)
#12 Highway to Hell (official video) by AC/DC (with 29228 votes)
#13 Chuck Es In Love by Rickie Lee Jones (with 27015 votes)
#14 My Sharona by the Knack (with 26242 votes)
#15 Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) - acoustic version by Neil Young (with 25039 votes)
#16 Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin (official video) by Journey (with 24111 votes)
#17 Nobody Home by Pink Floyd (with 23755 votes)
#18 Hot Stuff - Bad Girls medley by Donna Summer (with 23621 votes)
#19 Jane by Starship (with 20332 votes)
#20 One Way or Another by Blondie (with 18321 votes)
#21 Tragedy by the Bee Gees (with 16515 votes)
#22 Hell Bent for Leather (live) by Judas Priest (with 14201 votes)
#23 Bad Girls by Donna Summer (with 12402 votes)