1979 in British music

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This is a summary of 1979 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. 1979 saw the beginning of a few trends in British music. The start of the New Romantic movement and synthesiser bands began to gather momentum (although both these trends had to wait for the eighties for real growth) and the first rap hit in the UK for the Sugar Hill Gang. The 2 Tone movement also emerged with early work from bands like The Specials and Madness.

[edit] 1979

Village People - "Y.M.C.A."

January 6 for 3 weeks
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"

January 27 for 1 week
Blondie - "Heart of Glass"

February 3 for 4 weeks
Bee Gees - "Tragedy"

March 3 for 2 weeks
Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"

March 17 for 4 weeks
Art Garfunkel - "Bright Eyes"

April 14 for 6 weeks
Blondie - "Sunday Girl"

May 26 for 3 weeks
Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell"

June 16 for 2 weeks
Tubeway Army (Gary Numan) - "Are 'Friends' Electric"

June 30 for 4 weeks
Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays"

July 28 for 4 weeks
Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore"

August 25 for 4 weeks
Gary Numan - "Cars"

September 22 for 1 week
Police - "Message In A Bottle"

September 29 for 3 weeks
Buggles - "Video Killed The Radio Star"

October 20 for 1 week
Lena Martell - "One Day At A Time"

October 27 for 3 weeks
Dr Hook - "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman"

November 17 for 3 week
Police - "Walking on the Moon"

December 8 for 1 week
Pink Floyd - "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II"

December 15 for 5 weeks