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List of number-one singles of 1979 (Canada)

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British progressive rock band Supertramp scored the Canada number-one year-end hit of 1979 with "The Logical Song".

RPM was a Canadian music magazine that published the best-performing singles chart in Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1979, twenty-eight singles reached number one in Canada. The first number one single was from Canadian singer-songwriter Gino Vannelli, with "I Just Wanna Stop" which reached number one in December 1978, and the last was "Babe" from American rock band Styx. Twelve acts achieved their first number-one song in the chart in 1979: the Village People, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Supertramp, Sister Sledge, Anita Ward, The Knack, Patrick Hernandez, Robert Palmer, M and Styx; the Village People and The Knack would also score another number-one hit that year. The Bee Gees and Donna Summer would also have more than one new number-one song, having three and two singles respectively. Excluding Gino Vannelli, which charted in late December 1978, Anne Murray was the only Canadian act with at least one number-one song in the chart that year, with "I Just Fall in Love Again".

The best-performing single of the year was "The Logical Song" by the British progressive rock band Supertramp, which spent 28 weeks in the chart, including two weeks at number one. The longest-running number-one single is "Babe", which spent five weeks at number one throughout December 1979. The Bee Gees' "Tragedy", and Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" stayed at number one for four weeks each that year. The Bee Gees had the most weeks at number one, totalling seven weeks, and also had the most number-one singles, with three.

Chart history

Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 song on RPM's Year-End Top 200 Singles of 1979.
The Bee Gees had the most number-one hits in Canada in 1979, with "Too Much Heaven", "Tragedy" and "Love You Inside Out".
Styx (band pictured in 2017) spent five weeks at number one with the final number-one hit of the year, "Babe".
Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 6 "I Just Wanna Stop" Gino Vannelli
January 13 "Le Freak" Chic
January 20 "Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees
January 27 "Y.M.C.A." Village People
February 3
February 10 "Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees
February 17
February 24 "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart
March 3
March 10
March 17
March 24 "Tragedy" Bee Gees
March 31
April 7
April 14
April 21 "I Just Fall in Love Again" Anne Murray
April 28 "What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers
May 5 "Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart
May 12 "Heart of Glass" Blondie
May 19 "In the Navy" Village People
May 26 "Reunited" Peaches & Herb
June 2
June 9 "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer
June 16
June 23 "Love You Inside Out" Bee Gees
June 30 "The Logical Song" Supertramp
July 7
July 14 "We Are Family" Sister Sledge
July 21
July 28 "Ring My Bell" Anita Ward
August 4
August 11 "Bad Girls" Donna Summer
August 18
August 25 "Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez
September 1
September 8 "My Sharona" The Knack
September 15
September 22
September 29 "I Was Made for Lovin' You" Kiss
October 6 "Don't Bring Me Down" Electric Light Orchestra
October 13 "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" Robert Palmer
October 20
October 28 "Pop Muzik" M
November 3
November 10 "Good Girls Don't" The Knack
November 17 "Heartache Tonight" Eagles
November 24
December 1 "Babe" Styx
December 8
December 15
December 22
December 29

See also

Notes

  1. Due to a week's break in publication for the 1978/1979 New Year period, the week of January 6 is inferred.

References

  1. "1979 Top 200 Singles". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 13. December 22, 1979.
  2. "RPM 100 Singles: January 13, 1979". RPM.
  3. "RPM 100 Singles: January 20, 1979". RPM.
  4. "RPM 100 Singles: January 27, 1979". RPM.
  5. "RPM 100 Singles: February 3, 1979". RPM.
  6. "RPM 100 Singles: February 10, 1979". RPM.
  7. "RPM 100 Singles: February 17, 1979". RPM.
  8. "RPM 100 Singles: February 24, 1979". RPM.
  9. "RPM 100 Singles: March 3, 1979". RPM.
  10. "RPM 100 Singles: March 10, 1979". RPM.
  11. "RPM 100 Singles: March 17, 1979". RPM.
  12. "RPM 100 Singles: March 24, 1979". RPM.
  13. "RPM 100 Singles: March 31, 1979". RPM.
  14. "RPM 100 Singles: April 7, 1979". RPM.
  15. "RPM 100 Singles: April 14, 1979". RPM.
  16. "RPM 100 Singles: April 21, 1979". RPM.
  17. "RPM 100 Singles: April 28, 1979". RPM.
  18. "RPM 100 Singles: May 5, 1979". RPM.
  19. "RPM 100 Singles: May 12, 1979". RPM.
  20. "RPM 100 Singles: May 19, 1979". RPM.
  21. "RPM 100 Singles: May 26, 1979". RPM.
  22. "RPM 100 Singles: June 2, 1979". RPM.
  23. "RPM 100 Singles: June 9, 1979". RPM.
  24. "RPM 100 Singles: June 16, 1979". RPM.
  25. "RPM 100 Singles: June 23, 1979". RPM.
  26. "RPM 100 Singles: June 30, 1979". RPM.
  27. "RPM 100 Singles: July 7, 1979". RPM.
  28. "RPM 100 Singles: July 14, 1979". RPM.
  29. "RPM 100 Singles: July 21, 1979". RPM.
  30. "RPM 100 Singles: July 28, 1979". RPM.
  31. "RPM 100 Singles: August 4, 1979". RPM.
  32. "RPM 100 Singles: August 11, 1979". RPM.
  33. "RPM 100 Singles: August 18, 1979". RPM.
  34. "RPM 100 Singles: August 25, 1979". RPM.
  35. "RPM 100 Singles: September 1, 1979". RPM.
  36. "RPM 100 Singles: September 8, 1979". RPM.
  37. "RPM 100 Singles: September 15, 1979". RPM.
  38. "RPM 100 Singles: September 22, 1979". RPM.
  39. "RPM 100 Singles: September 29, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 1.
  40. "RPM 100 Singles: October 6, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 2.
  41. "RPM 100 Singles: October 13, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 3.
  42. "RPM 100 Singles: October 20, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 4.
  43. "RPM 100 Singles: October 27, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 5.
  44. "RPM 100 Singles: November 3, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 6.
  45. "RPM 100 Singles: November 10, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 7.
  46. "RPM 100 Singles: November 17, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 8.
  47. "RPM 100 Singles: November 24, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 9.
  48. "RPM 100 Singles: December 1, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 10.
  49. "RPM 100 Singles: December 8, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 11.
  50. "RPM 100 Singles: December 15, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 12.
  51. "RPM 100 Singles: December 22, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 13.
  52. "RPM 100 Singles: December 29, 1979". RPM. Vol. 32, no. 14.

External links

Canadian singles charts
CHUM Chart
RPM Top Singles
Nielsen SoundScan
Billboard Canadian Hot 100
RPM Country singles chart
Radio & Records Canada Country Top 30
Billboard Canada Country Airplay
RPM Dance chart
RPM Alternative 30/Rock Report
Radio & Records Rock Top 30
The Record Retail Singles
See also
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