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.

Siouxsie & the Banshees members Morris and McKay quit the band, and were replaced on tour with Robert Smith of The Cure, who were supporting the Banshees on their tour, and also by Budgie (who Siouxsie would later marry... and divorce). This was also the year that another Goth band, a Death Rock band called Christian Death, lead by Rozz Williams, would begin.

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[edit] 1979

  1. Village People - "Y.M.C.A."
    January 6 for 3 weeks
  2. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"
    January 27 for 1 week
  3. Blondie - "Heart of Glass"
    February 3 for 4 weeks
  4. Bee Gees - "Tragedy"
    March 3 for 2 weeks
  5. Gloria Gaynor - "I Will Survive"
    March 17 for 4 weeks
  6. Art Garfunkel - "Bright Eyes"
    April 14 for 6 weeks
  7. Blondie (band)|Blondie - "Sunday Girl"
    May 26 for 3 weeks
  8. Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell"
    June 16 for 2 weeks
  9. Tubeway Army (Gary Numan) - "Are 'Friends' Electric"
    June 30 for 4 weeks
  10. Boomtown Rats - "I Don't Like Mondays"
    July 28 for 4 weeks
  11. Cliff Richard - "We Don't Talk Anymore"
    August 25 for 4 weeks
  12. Gary Numan - "Cars"
    September 22 for 1 week
  13. Police - "Message In A Bottle"
    September 29 for 3 weeks
  14. Buggles - "Video Killed The Radio Star"
    October 20 for 1 week
  15. Lena Martell - "One Day At A Time"
    October 27 for 3 weeks
  16. Dr Hook - "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman"
    November 17 for 3 week
  17. The Police|Police - "Walking on the Moon"
    December 8 for 1 week
  18. Pink Floyd - "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II"
    December 15 for 5 weeks

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