Top 40 - 5th August 1979
These were officially the biggest hits of 5th August 1979
1
I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
2
We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
3
Angeleyes/voulez-vous
ABBA
4
Can't Stand Losing You
The Police
5
Wanted
The Dooleys
6
Reasons To Be Cheerful, Part 3
Ian Dury And The Blockheads
7
Hersham Boys
Sham 69
8
The Diary Of Horace Wimp
Electric Light Orchestra
9
Girls Talk
Dave Edmunds
10
Born To Be Alive
Patrick Hernandez
11
Beat The Clock
Sparks
12
My Sharona
The Knack
13
Breakfast In America
Supertramp
14
After The Love Has Gone
Earth Wind And Fire
15
Good Times
Chic
16
If I Had You
The Korgis
17
Duke Of Earl
Darts
18
Stay With Me Till Dawn
Judie Tzuke
19
Are 'friends' Electric?
Tubeway Army
20
Silly Games
Janet Kay
21
Bad Girls
Donna Summer
22
Lady Lynda
The Beach Boys
23
Morning Dance
Spyro Gyra
24
Gangsters
The Special Aka
25
Ooh! What A Life
Gibson Brothers
26
C'mon Everybody
The Sex Pistols
27
Bang Bang
B.a. Robertson
28
Chuck E's In Love
Rickie Lee Jones
29
Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller
Showaddywaddy
30
Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Joe Jackson
31
Just When I Needed You Most
Randy Vanwarmer
32
Angel Eyes
Roxy Music
33
Harmony In My Head
Buzzcocks
34
Rock Around The Clock
Telex
35
Kid
The Pretenders
36
Light My Fire/137 Disco Heaven
Amii Stewart
37
Boogie Down (get Funky Now)
The Real Thing
38
The Bitch
Olympic Runners
39
Gotta Go Home/el Lute
Boney M
40
Maybe
Thom Pace
XR Chart Archive
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