| Top 40 Hits of January 1979 |
| 1 |
Village People | YMCA |
| 2 |
Ian & The Blockheads | Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick |
| 3 |
Earth Wind & Fire | September |
| 4 |
Racey | Lay Your Love On Me |
| 5 |
Blondie | Heart Of Glass |
| 6 |
Olivia Newton-John | A Little More Love |
| 7 |
Paul Evans | Hello This Is Joanne |
| 8 |
Three Degrees | Woman In Love |
| 9 |
Chic | Le Freak |
| 10 |
Elton John | Song For Guy |
| 11 |
Driver 67 | Car 67 |
| 12 |
Funkadelic | One Nation Under A Groove |
| 13 |
Chaka Khan | I'm Every Woman |
| 14 |
Barry White | Just The Way You Are |
| 15 |
Shadows | Don't Cry For Me Argentina |
| 16 |
Bee Gees | Too Much Heaven |
| 17 |
Hot Chocolate | I'll Put You Together Again |
| 18 |
Barbra & Neil | You Don't Bring Me Flowers |
| 19 |
Barron Knights | A Taste Of Aggro |
| 20 |
Billy Joel | My Life |
| 21 |
Rocky Sharpe & The Replays | Rama Lama Ding Dong |
| 22 |
Sarah Brightman & Hot Gossip | I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper |
| 23 |
Sally Oldfield | Mirrors |
| 24 |
Boney M | Mary's Boy Child |
| 25 |
Third World | Cool Meditation |
| 26 |
Shalamar | Take That To The Bank |
| 27 |
Anne Murray | You Needed Me |
| 28 |
Abba | Chiquitita |
| 29 |
Heatwave | Always And Forever / Mind Blowing Decisions |
| 30 |
Barry Manilow | Could It Be Magic |
| 31 |
Dan Hartman | This Is It |
| 32 |
Leo Sayer | Raining In My Heart |
| 33 |
Dollar | Shooting Star |
| 34 |
Dr Feelgood | Milk And Alcohol |
| 35 |
Mankind | Dr Who |
| 36 |
Rod Stewart | Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? |
| 37 |
London Symphony Orchestra | Theme From 'Superman' |
| 38 |
Clash | Tommy Gun |
| 39 |
Leif Garrett | I Was Made For Dancin' |
| 40 |
Musique | In The Bush |
