Top 40 - 26th August 1979
These were officially the biggest hits of 26th August 1979
1
We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
2
I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
3
Bang Bang
B.a. Robertson
4
Angel Eyes
Roxy Music
5
After The Love Has Gone
Earth Wind And Fire
6
Gangsters
The Special Aka
7
Duke Of Earl
Darts
8
Money
Flying Lizards
9
Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3
Ian Dury And The Blockheads
10
Ooh! What A Life
Gibson Brothers
11
Just When I Needed You Most
Randy Vanwarmer
12
Hersham Boys
Sham 69
13
Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Joe Jackson
14
Angeleyes/voulez-vous
ABBA
15
Gotta Go Home/el Lute
Boney M
16
Street Life
The Crusaders
17
Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller
Showaddywaddy
18
When You're Young
The Jam
19
The Diary Of Horace Wimp
Electric Light Orchestra
20
Cars
Gary Numan
21
Morning Dance
Spyro Gyra
22
If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me
Bellamy Brothers
23
Love's Gotta Hold On Me
Dollar
24
Lost In Music
Sister Sledge
25
Duchess
The Stranglers
26
Wanted
The Dooleys
27
Stay With Me Till Dawn
Judie Tzuke
28
Gone, Gone, Gone
Johnny Mathis
29
Teenage Warning
Angelic Upstarts
30
Reggae For It Now
Bill Lovelady
31
You Never Know What You've Got
Me And You
32
Beat The Clock
Sparks
33
Girls Talk
Dave Edmunds
34
Boy Oh Boy
Racey
35
Strut Your Funky Stuff
Frantique
36
Spiral Scratch
Buzzcocks
37
Lines
The Planets
38
Don't Bring Me Down
Electric Light Orchestra
39
Can't Stand Losing You
The Police
40
Get It Right Next Time
Gerry Rafferty
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