Australian Singles Charts for 1979

up there cazaly

These are the songs that Australians were listening to in 1979. Here is the Australian Singles Chart for 1979 based on sales.

Top Australian Singles

  1. Up There Cazaly – The Two-Man Band
  2. Computer Games – Mi-Sex
  3. C’mon Aussie C’mon – The Mojo Singers
  4. On the Inside – Lynne Hamilton

Top selling singles in Australia for 1979

*Denotes Australian artist

  1. Lay Your Love on Me – Racey
  2. I Was Made For Lovin’ You – Kiss
  3. Heart of Glass – Blondie
  4. Some Girls – Racey
  5. Born to Be Alive – Patrick Hernandez
  6. I Don’t Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats
  7. Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? – Rod Stewart
  8. Le Freak – Chic
  9. Knock on Wood – Amii Stewart
  10. Pop Muzik – M
  11. My Sharona – The Knack
  12. Make Love to Me – Kelly Marie
  13. Up There Cazaly – The Two-Man Band*
  14. Baby It’s You – Promises
  15. YMCA – Village People
  16. Stumblin’ In – Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
  17. Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
  18. Video Killed the Radio Star – The Buggles
  19. Computer Games – Mi-Sex*
  20. Bright Eyes – Art Garfunkel
  21. Lucky Number – Lene Lovich
  22. C’mon Aussie C’mon – The Mojo Singers*
  23. On the Inside – Lynne Hamilton*
  24. We Don’t Talk Anymore – Cliff Richard
  25. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

My video pick for 1979 is Mi Sex with “Computer Games”. Yeah, I know they were Kiwi’s but we claim all the good ones and these guys were good!

3 Comments

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  2. Dale on July 18, 2021 at 12:08 pm

    I gather the ones marked with an asterisk are local acts. You might want to add Lynne Hamilton to that list. On The Inside is the theme to Prisoner and written by Alan Caswell.

    • Mark Gibson on July 18, 2021 at 12:37 pm

      Thanks Dale, good pick up. I’ve fixed that now.
      Cheers, Mark 🙂

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