1979 Year End Charts

Top Songs of 1979
Rank	Song	Artist	Plays
1	The Logical Song	Supertramp	119
2	Dancing Barefoot	Patty Smith	113
3	Sara	Fleetwood Mac	105
4	Highway to Hell	AC/DC	101
5	Fool in the Rain	Led Zeppelin	99
6	Don’t Stop Till' You Get Enough	Michael Jackson	92
7	Goodbye Stranger	Supertramp	91
8	Always Look on the Bright Side of Life	Monty Python	85
9	Somebody Get Me a Doctor	Van Halen	82
10	Let's Go	The Cars	80
11	Breakfast in America	Supertramp	80
12	Refugee	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	77
13	Rock with You	Michael Jackson	77
14	Pocahontas	Neil Young	76
15	Sparrow	Marvin Gaye	76
16	Highway Song	Blackfoot	75
17	Storms	Fleetwood Mac	74
18	Gone Hollywood	Supertramp	72
19	The Devil Went Down to Georgia	The Charlie Daniels Band	70
20	Crouselambra	Led Zeppelin	70
21	We Are Family	Sister Sledge	68
22	The Guns of Brixton	The Clash	67
23	In the Navy	Village People	67
24	Reunited	Peaches & Herb	67
25	Brass in Pocket	Pretenders	66
26	She's Out of My Life	Michael Jackson	65
27	My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)	Neil Young	65
28	Elegy	Jethro Tull	63
29	Anna's Song	Marvin Gaye	63
30	What a Fool Believes	The Doobie Brothers	62
31	Aqua Marine	Santana	61
32	Is That Enough	Marvin Gaye	60
33	All My Love	Led Zeppelin	60
34	Pegasus	Allman Brothers Band	59
35	Fins	Jimmy Buffett	59
36	Dance the Night Away	Van Halen	59
37	Don't Bring Me Down	Electric Light Orchestra	58
38	London Calling	The Clash	56
39	The Vigil	Blue Oyster Cult	55
40	Double Vision	Foreigner	54
41	Hold the Line	Toto	54
42	Love Will Tear Us Apart	Joy Division	53
43	Lucifer	The Alan Parsons Project	52
44	Train in Vain	The Clash	52
45	Music Box Dancer	Frank Mills	50
46	All Night Long	Rainbow	50
47	Do You Wanna Go Party	KC and the Sunshine Band	49
48	Mirrors	Blue Oyster Cult	49
49	Girls Got Rhythm	AC/DC	48
50	Falling in Love Again	Marvin Gaye	47
1979
Top Albums
Rank	Album	Artist	Units (M)
1	Breakfast in America	Supertramp	9.1
2	London Calling	The Clash	6.0
3	Highway to Hell	AC/DC	5.7
4	Here My Dear	Marvin Gaye	5.3
5	Rust Never Sleeps	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	4.6
6	Off the Wall	Michael Jackson	4.6
7	Candy-O	The Cars	4.2
8	In Through the Out Door	Led Zeppelin	3.8
9	Stormwatch	Jethro Tull	3.1
10	Volcano	Jimmy Buffett	2.9
Top Books
Rank	Book	Author	Units (M)
1	The Seven Mysteries of Life	Guy Murchie	3.7
2	The Stand	Stephen King	3.4
3	Sophie's Choice	William Styron	3.0
4	The Gnostic Gospels	Elaine Pagels	2.8
5	The Faded Sun Trilogy	C.J. Cherryh	2.1
6	The Sea, The Sea	Iris Murdoch	2.1
7	Flowers in the Attic	V.C. Andrews	1.9
8	Sacajawea	Anna Lee Waldo	1.8
9	Kindred	Octavia Butler	1.8
10	The Drama of the Gifted Child	Alice Miller	1.6
Top Movies
Rank	Movie		Units (M)
1	Apocalypse Now		15.1
2	Days of Heaven		13.5
3	The Deer Hunter		12.1
4	Alien		12.0
5	Superman		10.5
6	The Champ		9.3
7	Escape From Alcatraz		9.2
8	Breaking Away		8.7
9	Manhattan		8.4
10	The China Syndrome		8.4