These are the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits of 1979.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist(s) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 6 | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees | |
| January 13 | |||
| January 20 | "Le Freak" | Chic | |
| January 27 | |||
| February 3 | |||
| February 10 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart | |
| February 17 | |||
| February 24 | |||
| March 3 | |||
| March 10 | "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor | |
| March 17 | |||
| March 24 | "Tragedy" | Bee Gees | |
| March 31 | |||
| April 7 | "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor | |
| April 14 | "What a Fool Believes" | The Doobie Brothers | |
| April 21 | "Knock on Wood" | Amii Stewart | |
| April 28 | "Heart of Glass" | Blondie | |
| May 5 | "Reunited" | Peaches & Herb | |
| May 12 | |||
| May 19 | |||
| May 26 | |||
| June 2 | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer | |
| June 9 | "Love You Inside Out" | Bee Gees | |
| June 16 | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer | |
| June 23 | |||
| June 30 | "Ring My Bell" | Anita Ward | |
| July 7 | |||
| July 14 | "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer | |
| July 21 | |||
| July 28 | |||
| August 4 | |||
| August 11 | |||
| August 18 | "Good Times" | Chic | |
| August 25 | "My Sharona" | The Knack | |
| September 1 | |||
| September 8 | |||
| September 15 | |||
| September 22 | |||
| September 29 | |||
| October 6 | "Sad Eyes" | Robert John | |
| October 13 | "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" | Michael Jackson | |
| October 20 | "Rise" | Herb Alpert | |
| October 27 | |||
| November 3 | "Pop Muzik" | M | |
| November 10 | "Heartache Tonight" | Eagles | |
| November 17 | "Still" | Commodores | |
| November 24 | "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" | Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer | |
| December 1 | |||
| December 8 | "Babe" | Styx | |
| December 15 | |||
| December 22 | "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" | Rupert Holmes | |
| December 29 |
Famous quotes containing the words list, hot, number-one:
“Lastly, his tomb
Shall list and founder in the troughs of grass
And none shall speak his name.”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)
“I am ashamed
That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus,
That these hot tears, which break from me perforce,
Should make thee worth them.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I’m your number-one fan.”
—William Goldman (b. 1931)