1
record label: Juana 3422
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1
written by: Frederick Knight
album: Sons Of Love
comments: [disco dance]
Anita Ward
Ring My Bell
1979
Juana
2
record label: Polydor 14547
chart position: RandB #1, UK #4, US #1, US AC #4
written by: Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
album: 2 Hot
comments: [Sweet Soul]
Peaches & Herb
Reunited
1979
Polydor
3
record label: Atlantic 3637
chart position: RandB #6, UK #1, US #2, US dance #8, US AC #5
written by: Denny Randell & Sandy Linzer
album: Dancin' And Lovin'
comments: [disco dance]
The Spinners
Working My Way Back to You
1979
Atlantic
4
record label: RSO 918
chart position: RandB #44, UK #1, US #1, US dance #22, US AC #19
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Spirit Having Flown
comments: [disco]
The Bee Gees
Tragedy
1979
RSO
5
record label: Epic 50797
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #2, US AC #21
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Off The Wall
comments: [disco dance]
Michael Jackson
Rock with You
1979
Epic
6
record label: Columbia 11125
chart position: RandB #20, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1, US AC #7
written by: Paul Jabara & Bruce Roberts
album: Wet & on the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2
comments: [disco]
Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
No More Tears
1979
Columbia
7
record label: Casablanca 978
chart position: RandB #3, UK #11, US #1, US dance #1
written by: Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer & Keith Forsey
album: Bad Girls
comments: [disco]
Donna Summer
Hot Stuff
1979
Casablanca
8
record label: Motown 1474
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #6
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Midnight Magic / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
The Commodores
Still
1979
Motown
9
record label: Casablanca 988
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, US dance #1, UK #14
written by: Donna Summer, Joe Esposito
album: Bad Girls
comments: [disco]
Donna Summer
Bad Girls
1979
Casablanca
10
record label: Epic 50742
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US dance #2
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Off the Wall
Michael Jackson
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
1979
Epic
11
record label: Atlantic 3584
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US dance #3, US AC #28
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: Risque
Chic
Good Times
1979
Atlantic
12
record label: Casablanca 2215
chart position: RandB #58, UK #7, US #1, US AC #4
written by: Toni Tennille
album: Make Your Move
Captain & Tennille
Do That to Me One More Time
1979
Casablanca
13
record label: AandM 2151
chart position: RandB #4, UK #13, US #1, US AC #1, US dance #17
written by: Andy Armer & Randy Badazz Alpert
album: Rise
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Herb Alpert
Rise
1979
A&M
14
record label: CBS 7721
chart position: RandB #2, UK #4, US #2, US AC #3
written by: David Foster, Jay Graydon & Bill Champlin
album: I Am...
comments: [ballad]
Earth, Wind & Fire
After the Love Has Gone
1979
CBS
15
record label: T.K. 1035
chart position: UK #3, US #1, US AC #27
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
album: Do You Wanna Go Party
comments: [ballad]
KC & The Sunshine Band
Please Don't Go
1979
T.K.
16
record label: Ariola 7736
chart position: RandB #6, US #1, UK #6, US dance #5
written by: Eddie Floyd & Steve Cropper
album: Knock on Wood
comments: [disco]
Amii Stewart
Knock on Wood
1979
Ariola
17
record label: Motown 1477
chart position: RandB #86, UK #2, US #4, US AC #2
written by: Carol Connors & David Shire
album: Late At Night / Fast Break OST / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [love ballad]
Billy Preston & Syreeta
With You I'm Born Again
1979
Motown
18
record label: Cotillion 44251
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #8, US dance #1, US AC #30
written by: Bernard Edwards, Lehman & Nile Rodgers
album: We Are Family
comments: [disco]
Sister Sledge
We Are Family
1979
Cotillion
19
record label: Casablanca 973
chart position: RandB #30, UK #2, US #3, US dance #14
written by: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis
album: Go West
comments: [disco]
Village People
In the Navy
1979
Casablanca
20
record label: RSO 925
chart position: RandB #57, UK #13, US #1, US AC #15
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Spirits Having Flown
The Bee Gees
Love You Inside Out
1979
RSO
21
record label: Columbia 10956
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #4, US dance 14
written by: Jon Lind & Allee Willis
album: I Am...
comments: [disco]
Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions
Boogie Wonderland
1979
Columbia
22
record label: Scope 2
chart position: UK #2
written by: Diana M. Bovell
album: Silly Games
comments: [Reggae]
Janet Kay
Silly Games
1979
Scope
23
record label: Epic 50656
chart position: RandB #3, UK #4, US #7, US dance #20
written by: Michael Jackson & Randy Jackson [Jackson 5]
album: Destiny
The Jacksons
Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
1979
Epic
24
record label: Casablanca 2227
chart position: RandB #20, US #2, US AC #1
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Barbara Mason
album: Moonlight Madness
comments: [love ballad]
Teri DeSario with K.C.
Yes, I'm Ready
1979
Casablanca
25
record label: Motown 1466
chart position: RandB #8, UK #8, US #4, US AC #9
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Midnight Magic / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
The Commodores
Sail On
1979
Motown
26
record label: Casablanca 2201
chart position: RandB #13, US #2, UK #29, US dance #54, US AC #44
written by: Donna Summer
album: Bad Girls
comments: [disco]
Donna Summer
Dim All the Lights
1979
Casablanca
27
record label: Cotillion 44245
chart position: RandB #1, UK #6, US #9, US dance #1
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: We Are Family
comments: [disco]
Sister Sledge
He's the Greatest Dancer
1979
Cotillion
28
record label: De lite 801
chart position: RandB #1, UK #9, US #8
written by: George Brown & Kool & the Gang
album: Ladies' Night
Kool & the Gang
Ladies' Night
1979
De lite
29
record label: Tamla 54303
chart position: RandB #5, UK #52, US #4, US AC #1
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
Send One Your Love
1979
Tamla
30
record label: Solar 1709
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, US dance #1, UK #45, US AC #47
written by: William Shelby & Leon Sylvers III
album: Big Fun
Shalamar
The Second Time Around
1979
Solar
31
record label: Tamla 54306
chart position: RandB #4, US #4, US AC #34
written by: Smokey Robinson & Marv Tarplin
album: Where There's Smoke / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
Smokey Robinson
Cruisin'
1979
Tamla
32
record label: Arista 0419
chart position: RandB #18, US #5, US AC #5
written by: Richard Kerr & Will Jennings
album: Dionne [1979 album]
comments: [ballad]
Dionne Warwick
I'll Never Love This Way Again
1979
Arista
33
record label: P.I.R. 3681
chart position: RandB #1, UK #5, US #13, US dance #10
written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead & Jerry Cohen
album: McFadden & Whitehead / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [disco dance]
McFadden & Whitehead
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
1979
P.I.R.
34
record label: Casablanca 959
chart position: RandB #10, US #4, UK #34, US AC #17
written by: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
album: Live and More / Sleepless Nights
comments: [disco dance]
Donna Summer & Brooklyn Dreams
Heaven Knows
1979
Casablanca
35
record label: Windsong 11530
chart position: RandB #37, US #5, US AC #1
written by: David Lasley & Allee Willis
comments: [ballad]
Maxine Nightingale
Lead Me On
1979
Windsong
36
record label: Epic 8045 (UK)
chart position: RandB #5, UK #7, US #10
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Off The Wall
Michael Jackson
Off the Wall
1979
Epic
37
record label: Casablanca 965
chart position: RandB #21, US #8, US dance #2, US AC #19
written by: Bob Esty & Michele Aller
album: Take Me Home
comments: [disco dance]
Cher
Take Me Home
1979
Casablanca
38
record label: Ariola 7742
chart position: RandB #27, UK #3, US AC# 50
written by: Dominic Bugatti & Frank Musker
album: New Dimensions
comments: [love ballad]
The Three Degrees
Woman in Love
1979
Ariola
39
record label: Sugar Hill 101
chart position: RandB #4, UK #3, US #36, US dance #14
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: Sugarhill Gang
comments: [hip hop]
The Sugarhill Gang
Rapper's Delight
1979
Sugar Hill
40
record label: Warner 49050
chart position: RandB #1, UK #41, US #11, US dance #2
written by: Prince
album: Prince
Prince
I Wanna Be Your Lover
1979
Warner
41
record label: Arista 0399
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, US AC #25
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Rock On
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio)
You Can't Change That
1979
Arista
42
record label: Casablanca 984
chart position: UK #15, US Dance #14, US #45
written by: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo and Victor Willis
album: Go West
Village People
Go West
1979
Casablanca
43
record label: Arista 0388
chart position: RandB #1, US #12, US dance #3
written by: Emanuel LeBlanc, Herb Lane, Keith Crier & Paul Service
album: Disco Nights
comments: [disco dance]
GQ
Disco Nights (Rock Freak)
1979
Arista
44
record label: MCA 41054
chart position: RandB #17, UK #5, US #36, US dance #75
written by: Joe Sample & Will Jennings
album: Street Life
comments: [jazz funk]
The Crusaders featuring Randy Crawford
Street Life
1979
MCA
45
record label: Infinity 50011
chart position: RandB #60, UK #17, US #24, US AC #1
written by: Jay Beckenstein
album: Morning Dance
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Spyro Gyra
Morning Dance
1979
Infinity
46
record label: 20th Century 7363 (UK)
chart position: RandB #13, UK #6, US #65, US dance #1
written by: Edwin Starr, Arthur Eugene Pullam & Robert Dickerson
album: Clean
comments: [disco]
Edwin Starr
Contact
1979
20th Century
47
record label: Motown 1459
chart position: RandB #52, US #11, US dance #8, US AC #43
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Bonnie Pointer [1978 album]
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
Bonnie Pointer
Heaven Must Have Sent You
1979
Motown
48
record label: Salsoul 2078
chart position: RandB #1, US #20, US dance #1
written by: Raymond Earl, Kim Miller & Scott Miller
album: Instant Funk
comments: [disco funk]
Instant Funk
I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)
1979
Salsoul
49
record label: Warner Bros. 17333 (UK)
chart position: RandB #3, US #18, UK #29, US AC #12
written by: Skip Scarborough
album: Livin' Inside Your Love
George Benson
Love Ballad
1979
Warner Bros.
50
record label: Columbia 3 10884
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #15, UK #8, US #41
written by: Eric Matthews & Gary Turnier
album: Keep On Dancin'
comments: [disco]
Gary's Gang
Keep On Dancin'
1979
Columbia
51
record label: Arista 0459
chart position: RandB #25, US #15, US AC #1
written by: Isaac Hayes & Adrienne Anderson
album: Dionne [1979 album]
Dionne Warwick
Deja Vu
1979
Arista
52
record label: Island 6525(UK)
chart position: UK #5, US Dance #8
written by: Daniel Vangarde, Jean Kluger and Nelly Byl
comments: [disco]
Gibson Brothers
Que Sera Mi Vida
1979
Island
53
record label: Pye 46147
chart position: UK #5
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: Can You Feel the Force
The Real Thing
Can You Feel the Force
1979
Pye
54
record label: Polydor 2011
chart position: RandB #11, US #18, US dance #3
written by: Jesse Stone
album: Don't Let Go
comments: [disco dance]
Isaac Hayes
Don't Let Go
1979
Polydor
55
record label: Vanguard 5011
chart position: UK #8, US Dance #56
written by: Chris Hills and Laurel Dann
album: Turn The Music Up!
comments: [disco]
The Players Association
Turn the Music Up!
1979
Vanguard
56
record label: Ariola America 7753
chart position: RandB #36, UK #5, US #69
written by: Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, John Densmore, Barry Leng & Simon May
album: Knock on Wood
comments: [disco]
Amii Stewart
Light My Fire -- 137 Disco Heaven
1979
Ariola America
57
record label: Motown 1462
chart position: RandB #12, UK #40, US #19, US AC #41
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: The Boss / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross
The Boss
1979
Motown
58
record label: Dash 5050
chart position: RandB #4, US #21, US dance #26
written by: Ish Ledesma (as Ishmael Ledesma)
album: Hot Numbers
comments: [disco dance]
Foxy
Hot Number
1979
Dash
59
record label: MCA 531
chart position: RandB #1, US #30, US dance #5
written by: David Wolinski
album: Masterjam
Rufus (and Chaka Khan)
Do You Love What You Feel
1979
MCA
60
record label: Capitol 4674
chart position: RandB #46, US #26, UK #15, US Dance #7
written by: Gloria Jones
album: Shipwrecked
comments: [disco dance]
Gonzalez
Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet
1979
Capitol
61
record label: 20th Century 2408
chart position: RandB #28, UK #9, US #79, US dance #7
written by: Edwin Starr
album: Happy Radio
comments: [disco]
Edwin Starr
H.A.P.P.Y. Radio
1979
20th Century
62
record label: RCA Victor 1386
chart position: RandB #7, UK #67, US #23, US dance #25
written by: John Fitch & Reuben Cross
album: Smooth Talk
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King)
I Don't Know If It's Right
1979
RCA Victor
63
record label: Atlantic 3620
chart position: RandB #33, UK #15, US #43, US dance #3
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: Risque
comments: [disco dance]
Chic
My Forbidden Lover
1979
Atlantic
64
record label: Arista 0426
chart position: RandB #5, US #20
written by: Billy Stewart
album: Disco Nights
GQ
I Do Love You
1979
Arista
65
record label: Warner 8874
chart position: RandB #2, US #36, US dance #1
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Stay Free
comments: [disco dance]
Ashford & Simpson
Found a Cure
1979
Warner
66
record label: Motown 1172 (UK)
chart position: RandB #21, UK #40, US AC #43, US #25
written by: Milan Williams
album: Midnight Magic / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
The Commodores
Wonderland
1979
Motown
67
record label: 20th Century 2403
chart position: RandB #8, US #22
written by: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: Whatcha Gonna Do with My Lovin'
Stephanie Mills
What Cha Gonna Do with My Lovin
1979
20th Century
68
record label: Horizon 123
chart position: RandB #15, US #30, US AC #8
written by: Brenda Russell
album: Brenda Russell
Brenda Russell
So Good, So Right
1979
Horizon
69
record label: AandM 2202
chart position: RandB #20, UK #46, US #30, US AC #23, US dance #45
written by: Andy Armer & Randy Badazz Alpert (as Randy Badazz)
album: Rise
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Herb Alpert
Rotation
1979
A&M
70
record label: P.I.R. 3727
chart position: RandB #4, US #28
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Identity Yourself
comments: [ballad]
The O'Jays
Forever Mine
1979
P.I.R.
71
record label: Ariola Hansa 546
chart position: UK #8, US Dance #52
written by: Milton Kellem
comments: [disco]
Viola Wills
Gonna Get Along without You Now
1979
Ariola Hansa
72
record label: MCA 12459
chart position: RandB #52, US #101, UK #15, US dance #10
written by: Alicia Myers & Kevin McCord
album: Happy Feet
Al Hudson & the Soul Partners (One Way)
You Can Do It
1979
MCA
73
record label: Fantasy 855
chart position: RandB #27, UK #46, US #40, US dance #4
written by: Carlo Donida, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
album: Stars
comments: [disco]
Sylvester
I (Who Have Nothing)
1979
Fantasy
74
record label: CBS 7902
chart position: RandB #47, UK #16, US #64
written by: Eddie Del Barrio (as Eduardo Del Barrio), Maurice White & Allee Willis
album: I Am...
Earth, Wind & Fire
Star
1979
CBS
75
record label: Ariola 801
chart position: UK #9
written by: Dominic Bugatti and Frank Musker
album: 3D
The Three Degrees
My Simple Heart
1979
Ariola
76
record label: Polydor 14532
chart position: RandB #10, US #32, US dance #25
written by: Judy Wieder & John Footman (as John L. Footman)
Alton McClain & Destiny
It Must Be Love
1979
Polydor
77
record label: T Neck 2287
chart position: RandB #27, UK #14, US #90, US dance #44
written by: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley , Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: Winner Takes All
comments: [disco funk]
The Isley Brothers
It's a Disco Night (Rock Don't Stop)
1979
T Neck
78
record label: P.I.R. 137361
chart position: RandB #5, US #38, US dance #12
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: The Jones Girls / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [disco dance]
The Jones Girls
You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
1979
P.I.R.
79
record label: RSO/Curtom 921
chart position: RandB #49, UK #28, US #41, US dance #11
written by: Paul Simon
album: Let Me Be Your Woman
comments: [disco]
Linda Clifford
Bridge Over Troubled Water
1979
RSO/Curtom
80
record label: Polydor 2021
chart position: RandB #61, UK #32, US #42, US dance #19
written by: Dino Fekaris
album: I Have a Right
comments: [disco]
Gloria Gaynor
Let Me Know (I Have a Right)
1979
Polydor
81
record label: Atlantic 3638
chart position: RandB #42, UK #21, US #101, US dance #3
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: Risque
comments: [disco dance]
Chic
My Feet Keep Dancing
1979
Atlantic
82
record label: Planet 9924
chart position: RandB #20, US #30, US dance #18
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: Energy
comments: [disco]
The Pointer Sisters
Happiness
1979
Planet
83
record label: Ariola 7757
chart position: UK #9, US Dance #30
written by: Hunter, Keller
album: Leave a Light
comments: [disco]
Eruption
One Way Ticket
1979
Ariola
84
record label: MCA 1253 (UK)
chart position: RandB #31, UK #13, US #105
written by: Miles Gregory
album: Rainbow Connection IV
comments: [disco dance]
Rose Royce
Is It Love You're After
1979
MCA
85
record label: P.I.R. 7728 (UK)
chart position: UK #10
written by: Jack Robinson, James Bolden and Vivienne Savoie Robinson
album: The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [disco dance]
Frantique
Strut Your Funky Stuff
1979
P.I.R.
86
record label: Motown 1478
chart position: RandB #42, US #40, US dance #4
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Bonnie Pointer [1979 album]
comments: [disco] [Motown Sound]
Bonnie Pointer
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
1979
Motown
87
record label: Tamla 54297
chart position: RandB #19, US #34, US AC #44, US dance #33
written by: Norma Helms & Mitchell Bottler
album: Ride to the Rainbow
comments: [Motown Sound]
Thelma Houston
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
1979
Tamla
88
record label: RAK 289 (UK)
chart position: UK #11
written by: David Most, Steve Glen and Mike Burns
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
Kandidate
I Don't Wanna Lose You
1979
RAK
89
record label: T.K. 7517 (UK)
chart position: RandB #32, UK #53, US #56, US dance #3
written by: David Mackey & Theophilus Coakley
album: T Connection
comments: [disco dance]
T-Connection
At Midnight
1979
T.K.
90
record label: Solar 1482
chart position: RandB #27, UK #40, US #70, US dance #6
written by: Kossi Gardner
album: In Danceland
comments: [disco dance]
Carrie Lucas
Dance with You
1979
Solar
91
record label: Warner - RFC 8757
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #60, US #48
written by: Gino Soccio
album: Cutline
comments: [disco dance]
Gino Soccio
Dancer
1979
Warner RFC
92
record label: State 82
chart position: RandB #6, US #45, US AC #34
written by: Ken Gold & Michael Denne
album: The Promise of Love
Delegation
Oh, Honey
1979
State
93
record label: Cotillion 45001
chart position: RandB #35, UK #17
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: We Are Family
comments: [disco dance]
Sister Sledge
Lost in Music
1979
Cotillion
94
record label: Epic 50600
chart position: RandB #17, US #47, US dance #5
written by: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
album: Melba [1978 album]
comments: [disco dance]
Melba Moore
You Stepped into My Life
1979
Epic
95
record label: Island 6503
chart position: UK #10, US Dance #48
written by: Daniel Vangarde and Alex Francfort
album: Cuba
comments: [disco dance]
Gibson Brothers
Ooh! What a Life
1979
Island
96
record label: Columbia 10971
chart position: RandB #26, US #73, US dance #1
written by: Cheyenne Fowler & Keg Johnson
album: When Love Comes Calling
comments: [disco dance]
Deniece Williams
I've Got the Next Dance
1979
Columbia
97
record label: Cotillion 44254
chart position: RandB #4, US #43
written by: Ricardo Williams
album: In the Purest Form
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production
Firecracker
1979
Cotillion
98
record label: P.I.R. 7740
chart position: RandB #2, US #48
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Teddy
comments: [Soul Ballad]
Teddy Pendergrass
Turn Off the Lights
1979
P.I.R.
99
record label: Drive 6278
chart position: RandB #9, US #86, US dance #4
written by: Peter Brown & Robert Rans
comments: [disco funk]
Peter Brown
Crank It Up (Funky Town)
1979
Drive
100
record label: Warner 49040
chart position: RandB #1, US #77, US dance #43
written by: George Clinton
album: Uncle Jam Wants You
comments: [funk]
Funkadelic
(Not Just) Knee Deep
1979
Warner