UK Top 40 Singles - week ending 31 March 1979

 

1. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

2. Village People - In The Navy

3. Sex Pistols - Something Else/Friggin' In The Riggin'

4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army

5. Lene Lovich - Lucky Number

6. Chic - I Want Your Love

7. Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force

8. Players Association - Turn The Music Up

9. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

10. Gary's Gang - Keep On Dancin'

 

11. Bee Gees - Tradegy

12. Thin Lizzy - Waiting For An Alibi

13. Skids - Into The Valley

14. Dennis Brown - Money In My Pocket

15. Toto - Hold The Line

16. Squeeze - Cool For Cats

17. Cars - Just What I Wanted

18. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

19. Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes

20. Violinski - Clog Dance

21. Herbie Hancock - You Bet Your Love

22. Boney M - Painter Man

23. Kate Bush - Wow

24. Jam - Strange Town

25. Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer

26. Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

27. Clash - English Civil War (Johnny Comes Marching Home)

28. Neil Diamond - Forever In Blue Jeans

29. Sham 69 - Questions & Answers

30. Three Degrees - The Runner

31. Edwin Starr - Contact

32. Gene Chandler - Get Down

33. Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Staircase (Mystery)

34. Racey - Some Girls

35. Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays

36. David Essex - Imperial Wizzard

37. Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes

38. Blondie - Heart Of Glass

39. Pointer Sisters - Fire

40. Voyage - Let's Fly Away

good times :)

 

 

4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army

5. Lene Lovich - Lucky Number

6. Chic - I Want Your Love

8. Players Association - Turn The Music Up

9. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

13. Skids - Into The Valley ............ track of the year imho.

15. Toto - Hold The Line

16. Squeeze - Cool For Cats

17. Cars - Just What I Wanted

18. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

20. Violinski - Clog Dance

23. Kate Bush - Wow

24. Jam - Strange Town

29. Sham 69 - Questions & Answers

32. Gene Chandler - Get Down

33. Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Staircase (Mystery)

35. Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays

37. Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes

 

Comments on Top 10 & what I like of remainder:

 

1. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive - I hate this song. Hilarious this female anthem was written by a man!

2. Village People - In The Navy - Another dreadful track.

3. Sex Pistols - Something Else/Friggin' In The Riggin' - No John Lydon = no Sex Pistols = dire.

4. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Oliver's Army - A truly wonderful track from the pen of Liverpool's third greatest singer/songwriter.

5. Lene Lovich - Lucky Number - The Proto Marina Diamandis. A wonderful Stiff label track.

6. Chic - I Want Your Love - Rodgers & Edwards could do no wrong to my ears.

7. Real Thing - Can You Feel The Force - An OK track. Not a patch on the Liverpool's act's 1976 big hits.

8. Players Association - Turn The Music Up - More like hit the mute button.

9. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now - A classic Freddie penned track extolling the virtues of Cocaine use.

10. Gary's Gang - Keep On Dancin' - another unremarkable funk/soul/R&B/disco record.

 

11. Bee Gees - Tradegy

12. Thin Lizzy - Waiting For An Alibi

13. Skids - Into The Valley

15. Toto - Hold The Line

16. Squeeze - Cool For Cats - (Like XTC's Andy Partridge & Colin Moulding) Chris Difford & Glenn Tilbrook were two criminally underrated songwriters.

17. Cars - Just What I Wanted

18. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

19. Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes

23. Kate Bush - Wow

24. Jam - Strange Town

25. Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer

26. Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)

28. Neil Diamond - Forever In Blue Jeans

33. Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Staircase (Mystery)

34. Racey - Some Girls

35. Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays

37. Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes

38. Blondie - Heart Of Glass

39. Pointer Sisters - Fire