- Number-one singles of 1979 (Ireland)
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This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart in 1979.
Week ending Song Artist 6 January Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord Boney M 13 January YMCA Village People 20 January YMCA Village People 27 January YMCA Village People 3 February YMCA Village People 10 February Chiquitita ABBA 17 February Chiquitita ABBA 24 February Chiquitita ABBA 3 March Tragedy The Bee Gees 10 March Tragedy The Bee Gees 17 March I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor 24 March I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor 31 March I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor 7 April I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor 14 April Bright Eyes Art Garfunkel 21 April Bright Eyes Art Garfunkel 28 April Bright Eyes Art Garfunkel 5 May Hallelujah Milk and Honey 12 May Bright Eyes Art Garfunkel 19 May Bright Eyes Art Garfunkel 26 May Sunday Girl Blondie 2 June Sunday Girl Blondie 9 June Sunday Girl Blondie 16 June Sunday Girl Blondie 23 June Dance Away Roxy Music 30 June Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down Brendan Shine 7 July Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down Brendan Shine 14 July Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down Brendan Shine 21 July Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down Brendan Shine 28 July Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down Brendan Shine 4 August I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats 11 August I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats 18 August I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats 25 August I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats 1 September We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard 8 September We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard 15 September We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard 22 September We Don't Talk Anymore Cliff Richard 29 September Viva Il Papa Catriona Walsh 6 October Welcome John Paul II Jim Tobín 13 October Welcome John Paul II Jim Tobin 20 October Message in a Bottle The Police 27 October Video Killed the Radio Star The Buggles 3 November Video Killed the Radio Star The Buggles 10 November Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) ABBA 17 November Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) ABBA 24 November When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman Dr Hook 1 December When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman Dr Hook 8 December When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman Dr Hook 15 December Walking on the Moon The Police 22 December Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd 29 December Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd - 20 Number Ones
- Most weeks at No.1 (song): "Bright Eyes" - Art Garfunkel (5), "Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down" - Brendan Shine (5)
- Most weeks at No.1 (artist): Art Garfunkel (5), Brendan Shine (5), Abba (5)
- Most No.1s: Abba (2), The Police (2)
See also
Irish music charts Charts #1 Singles Songs · Artists
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- 1979 record charts
- Lists of number-one songs in Ireland
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