List of number-one singles in 1979 (New Zealand)

This is a list of Number 1 hit singles in 1979 in New Zealand, starting with the first chart dated, 20 January 1979.

Chart

Key

 ‡  – Single of New Zealand origin

Week	Artist	Title
7 January 1979	Summer break - no chart	Summer break - no chart
14 January 1979	Summer break - no chart	Summer break - no chart
21 January 1979	Bee Gees	"Too Much Heaven"
28 January 1979	"Chic"	"Le Freak"
4 February 1979
11 February 1979
18 February 1979
25 February 1979	The Village People	"Y.M.C.A."
4 March 1979
11 March 1979	The Pointer Sisters	"Fire"
18 March 1979	Bee Gees	"Tragedy"
25 March 1979
1 April 1979
8 April 1979
15 April 1979
22 April 1979
29 April 1979	Blondie	"Heart of Glass"
6 May 1979	ABBA	"Chiquitita"
13 May 1979	Blondie	"Heart of Glass"
20 May 1979
27 May 1979
3 June 1979	Promises	"Baby It's You"
10 June 1979
17 June 1979
24 July 1979
1 July 1979
8 July 1979	Racey	"Lay Your Love On Me"
15 July 1979
22 July 1979
29 July 1979	Anita Ward	"Ring My Bell"
5 August 1979	Racey	"Some Girls"
12 August 1979
19 August 1979
26 August 1979
2 September 1979
9 September 1979
16 September 1979	Kiss	"I Was Made For Lovin' You"
23 September 1979	Robert John	"Sad Eyes"
30 September 1979	Kiss	"I Was Made For Lovin' You"
7 October 1979
14 October 1979
21 October 1979	Patrick Hernandez	"Born to Be Alive"
28 October 1979
4 November 1979	Michael Jackson	"Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"
11 November 1979
18 November 1979
25 November 1979
2 December 1979	Jon Stevens	"Jezebel"^‡
9 December 1979
16 December 1979
23 December 1979
30 December 1979	Summer break - no chart	Summer break - no chart

Notes

• Number of number-one singles: 16
• Longest run at number-one: "Tragedy" by Bee Gees and "Some Girls" by Racey (6 weeks).
• Jezebel continued its peak at number one during January 1980

External links

• The Official NZ Music Chart, RIANZ website