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List of number-one singles of 1979 (Ireland)

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This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1979.

Week ending Song Artist Ref.
6 January "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" Boney M
13 January "Y.M.C.A." Village People
20 January
27 January
3 February
10 February "Chiquitita" ABBA
17 February
24 February
3 March "Tragedy" The Bee Gees
10 March
17 March "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor
24 March
31 March
7 April
14 April "Bright Eyes" Art Garfunkel
21 April
28 April
5 May "Hallelujah" Milk and Honey
12 May "Bright Eyes" Art Garfunkel [1]
19 May
26 May "Sunday Girl" Blondie
2 June
9 June
16 June
23 June "Dance Away" Roxy Music
30 June "Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down, Con Shine" Brendan Shine
7 July
14 July
21 July
28 July "Green Fields Of France" The Furey Brothers & Davey Arthur
4 August "I Don't Like Mondays" The Boomtown Rats
11 August
18 August
25 August
1 September "We Don't Talk Anymore" Cliff Richard
8 September
15 September
22 September
29 September "Viva Il Papa" Catriona Walsh
6 October "Welcome John Paul II" Jim Tobin
13 October
20 October "Message in a Bottle" The Police
27 October "Video Killed the Radio Star" The Buggles
3 November
10 November "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" ABBA
17 November "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" Dr. Hook
24 November
1 December
8 December "Walking on the Moon" The Police
15 December "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)" Pink Floyd
22 December
29 December
  • 20 Number Ones
  • Most weeks at No.1 (song): "Bright Eyes" - Art Garfunkel, "Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down" - Brendan Shine (5)
  • Most weeks at No.1 (artist): Art Garfunkel, Brendan Shine (5)
  • Most No.1s: Abba (2), The Police (2)
  • Two songs about the visit by Pope John Paul II to Ireland reached No. 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hayes, Jim (9 May 2015). "The top ten chart this week in 1979". Irish Independent. Retrieved 16 June 2024.