Number-one singles of 1979 (Ireland)

This is a list of singles which have reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart

Irish Singles Chart

The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...

in 1979.

Week ending	Song	Artist
6 January	Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord "Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord" is a 1978 Christmas single for Boney M., a cover of Harry Belafonte's 1956 hit, put in medley with the new song "Oh My Lord" ....	Boney M Boney M Boney M. is a Eurodisco group created by German record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Jamaicans Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell from Aruba...
13 January	YMCA YMCA (song) "Y.M.C.A." is a song recorded by American disco group Village People. It was released in 1978 as the only single from the album Cruisin. The song reached No. 2 on the U.S. charts in early 1979 and reached No.1 in the UK around the same time, becoming the group's biggest hit...	Village People Village People Village People is a concept disco group that formed in the United States in 1977, well known for their on-stage costumes depicting American cultural stereotypes, as well as their catchy tunes and suggestive lyrics....
20 January	YMCA	Village People
27 January	YMCA	Village People
3 February	YMCA	Village People
10 February	Chiquitita Chiquitita "Chiquitita" was the first single release from Swedish pop group ABBA's Voulez-Vous album, their sixth for Polar, and their fifth for Epic and Atlantic...	ABBA ABBA ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
17 February	Chiquitita	ABBA
24 February	Chiquitita	ABBA
3 March	Tragedy Tragedy (song) "Tragedy" is a song recorded by the Bee Gees, included on their 1979 album Spirits Having Flown. The single reached number one in the UK in February 1979 and repeated the feat the following month on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100...	The Bee Gees
10 March	Tragedy	The Bee Gees
17 March	I Will Survive I Will Survive "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris...	Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul...
24 March	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor
31 March	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor
7 April	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor
14 April	Bright Eyes Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel song) "Bright Eyes" is a song written by Mike Batt, and performed by Art Garfunkel. It was used in the soundtrack of the 1978 film Watership Down and as such is considered the theme song of the film and the later television series adaptations. The track also appears on Garfunkel's fourth studio album,...	Art Garfunkel Art Garfunkel Arthur Ira "Art" Garfunkel is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and actor, best known as being a member of the folk duo Simon & Garfunkel...
21 April	Bright Eyes	Art Garfunkel
28 April	Bright Eyes	Art Garfunkel
5 May	Hallelujah Hallelujah (Eurovision song) "Hallelujah" was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in Hebrew by Gali Atari and Milk & Honey for Israel....	Milk and Honey Milk and Honey (group) Milk and Honey was an Israeli singing group consisting of Re'uven Gvitrz, Shmulik Bilu and Yehuda Tamir. The group performed with Gali Atari at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, where they won with the song, "Hallelujah". Their track peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #5 in April 1979. They made...
12 May	Bright Eyes	Art Garfunkel
19 May	Bright Eyes	Art Garfunkel
26 May	Sunday Girl Sunday Girl "Sunday Girl" was a UK number-one single by Blondie for three weeks in May 1979. It was Blondie's second UK number-one single after "Heart of Glass"; it was, however, never released as a single in the US.-Song information:...	Blondie Blondie (band) Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
2 June	Sunday Girl	Blondie
9 June	Sunday Girl	Blondie
16 June	Sunday Girl	Blondie
23 June	Dance Away	Roxy Music Roxy Music Roxy Music was a British art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson . Former members include Brian Eno , and Eddie Jobson...
30 June	Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down	Brendan Shine Brendan Shine Brendan Shine is an Irish folk singer and accordion player from Athlone, best known for his songs about everyday Irish life such as "Do you Want your Old Lobby Washed Down" and "Spuds"....
7 July	Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down	Brendan Shine
14 July	Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down	Brendan Shine
21 July	Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down	Brendan Shine
28 July	Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down	Brendan Shine
4 August	I Don't Like Mondays	The Boomtown Rats The Boomtown Rats The Boomtown Rats were an Irish punk rock band that had a series of Irish and UK hits between 1977 and 1985. They were led by vocalist Bob Geldof.-Biography:All six members were originally from Dún Laoghaire, Ireland...
11 August	I Don't Like Mondays	The Boomtown Rats
18 August	I Don't Like Mondays	The Boomtown Rats
25 August	I Don't Like Mondays	The Boomtown Rats
1 September	We Don't Talk Anymore We Don't Talk Anymore "We Don't Talk Anymore" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard that reached number one in the UK singles chart in August 1979, remaining there for four weeks...	Cliff Richard Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard, OBE is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor, and philanthropist who has sold over an estimated 250 million records worldwide....
8 September	We Don't Talk Anymore	Cliff Richard
15 September	We Don't Talk Anymore	Cliff Richard
22 September	We Don't Talk Anymore	Cliff Richard
29 September	Viva Il Papa	Catriona Walsh
6 October	Welcome John Paul II	Jim Tobín Jim Tobin James Anthony Tobin, known as Abba Dabba, was a right-handed major league baseball pitcher with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Bees/Braves and Detroit Tigers from 1937 to 1945...
13 October	Welcome John Paul II	Jim Tobin
20 October	Message in a Bottle Message in a Bottle (song) "Message in a Bottle" is a 1979 song by The Police, from their second album, Reggatta de Blanc.The song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island, who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love. A year later, he has not received any sort of response, and despairs, thinking he is...	The Police The Police The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...
27 October	Video Killed the Radio Star Video Killed the Radio Star "Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song by the British synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on Island Records from their debut album The Age of Plastic. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by...	The Buggles The Buggles The Buggles were an English New Wave band consisting of Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes . They are remembered chiefly for their 1979 debut single "Video Killed the Radio Star" that was #1 on the singles chart in 16 countries. Its music video was the first to be shown on MTV in the U.S...
3 November	Video Killed the Radio Star	The Buggles
10 November	Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ", originally titled "Been and Gone and Done It", is one of Swedish pop group ABBA's biggest disco hits. It was recorded and released in 1979 with "The King Has Lost His Crown" as the B-side. It appears on ABBA's Greatest Hits Vol...	ABBA
17 November	Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)	ABBA
24 November	When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" was a popular single by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama....	Dr Hook
1 December	When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman	Dr Hook
8 December	When You're in Love With a Beautiful Woman	Dr Hook
15 December	Walking on the Moon Walking on the Moon "Walking on the Moon" is a 1979 song by The Police, from their second album, Reggatta de Blanc. The song was The Police's second number-one hit single in the United Kingdom. It reached number nine in Australia but did not chart in the United States...	The Police
22 December	Another Brick in the Wall Another Brick in the Wall "Another Brick in the Wall" is the title of three songs set to variations of the same basic theme, on Pink Floyd's 1979 rock opera, The Wall, subtitled Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3...	Pink Floyd Pink Floyd Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
29 December	Another Brick in the Wall	Pink Floyd

20 Number Ones
Most weeks at No.1 (song): "Bright Eyes" - Art Garfunkel (5), "Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down" - Brendan Shine (5)
Most weeks at No.1 (artist): Art Garfunkel (5), Brendan Shine (5), Abba (5)
Most No.1s: Abba (2), The Police (2)

See also