Every Friday, I’m publishing my personal top ten songs from a single year and this week it’s the turn of 1979.
For previous top ten tunes, please click on the year: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Margaret Thatcher, the first British female Prime Minister
So in 1979, Sid Vicious died of an overdose, an IRA bomb killed Lord Mountbatten, some bird called Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister and Alien was released. And yes, I celebrated my 3rd Birthday.
I have to say this has been my favourite year so far and it features my favourite song of all time. And because I’m such a fascinating human being, I’m going to leave it to you to work out which one it might be…
[Spotify playlist at the end as per]
- One Step Beyond by Madness
2. Rapper’s Delight by Sugarhill Gang
3. I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
4. Boys Don’t Cry by The Cure
5. Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles
6. I Don’t Like Mondays by Boomtown Rats
7. Cars by Gary Numan
8. Since You’ve Been Gone by Rainbow
9. Roxanne by The Police
10. Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen
So don’t be shy, tell me which one is your favourite from this 1979 list of absolute corkers.
See you next week for the beginning of…..THE EIGHTIES!
*Top image is the Cure in 1979
Just Another Blog From a Woman 
That seems so long ago… I was five that year. But such great things going on too. As usual tragedy too…
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Yes doing these lists, I’ve realised there was so much tragedy every year. It’s not just isolated to present times. It does seem like soooo long ago indeed.
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Another list of cracking songs! I still find myself singing lines from most of these songs!
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Thank you! They’re all so brilliant 👍🏻
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I was nine that year, and yet these are still some of my favorite songs. How can time have flown by like this???
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I know! It really does zoom by.
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It surprises me that The Cure was making music in the 70s. Since i listened to them in the 90s, of course I assumed they weren’t around then. These are some excellent choices! How is it that so much of this music is still so listenable? It’s amazing. Happy 3rd birthday to you! 🙂 I’m going to guess, “I Will Survive,” as your favorite.
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Such a strong year for music. Just amazing bands/artists. Now Angela, I Will Survive is by far one of the greatest pop songs ever written & probably in my top 20 songs of all time, it’s not my favourite. Excellent guess though xx
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Another great list! Again, I still forget that some of these were 79! If i’m honest I just can’t pick one.
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I know, I know. It’s a tough year to pick a favourite. If it wasn’t for my favourite song ever being there, I would’ve really struggled.
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and i’m still not sure which it is!!
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The Buggles 😊
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THis is actually a great idea for a post! You whip up some nostalgia and share your personal favourites. Win-win 🙂
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Exactly. Thanks so much.
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“I will survive” sounds like the perfect song for today. I LOVE your playlists from the good ‘ol days. Thanks so much Hayley
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Stomper of a time! Cheers Gabe.
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When I saw Suzanne had opened up the SundayBlogShare I got excited about what year you would be doing. A great year for music, love the Police and Gloria Gaynor!
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Aah brilliant. So glad you’re enjoying these posts. I’ll be doing 1980 next week, but I won’t be promoting it on BUYB, but it’ll be here for your aural pleasure anyway. Cheers Lucy
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Another ripper list! The 70s was a musical treasure trove. Very underrate! Thanks I enjoyed this
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No problem! Cheers Sarah
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What a great selection!! I was seven in 1979 and remember all of these – clearly significant at shaping my music tastes. I’m also a HUGE Alien fan so I guess my love of Sci-Fi started early too haha 😉
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Oh yes looks like it did ha! Cheers Shelley
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Another great list. Brought back lots of memories of my school days and watching Top of the Pops. Loving this weekly trip down memory lane.
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Thanks so much Jill.
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Don’t Stop Me Now is the one song guaranteed to get Mr Fletche on the dancefloor and dancing like a lunatic – thanks for including this!
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Yep that song definitely does that to people. No worries!
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One of my favourite years!Thanks for that Hayley! 🙂
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Thank you Clare x
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What a fantastic list! There’s so many on it that I love! I think Video Killed the Radio Star is my fave!
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YES YES YES! This is my absolute favourite too and my all time favourite song ever. Cheers Noelle.
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I love how you manage to get Margaret Thatcher and a horrendous extraterrestrial in the same sentence. Gee those kids look so young: Sting, Freddie, Bob, Suggs. As I was 21 that year, they weren’t much older than me. But I never looked as cool as them, unfortunately!
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Haha yes. There is a correlation there between Thatcher and Alien.
I know they all look like babies.
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This is definitely my favorite list so far. What a great year! I like every song on the list, but Roxanne by The Police has got to be my favorite.
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ROOOOOOOXANNE. Such a good tune.
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Thank you Steve xx
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I love every single one of these songs, what a brilliant year indeed! I’m guessing you like ‘The Cure’ the best? I can’t choose just one of this lot! 🙂
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Ooh good guess, but no. I bloody love the Cure though. It’s the Buggles for me. Cheers Judy.
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I was three this year too. I swear I knew the words to Roxanne before I understood what it was about or just how sexy Sting was…ah, the good ole days.
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Haha. I love a good ole tune about prostitutes 😆
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Donna Summer’s “Bad Girls” is the definitive lady of the night anthem. 😀
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Haha. Oh yes!
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One Step Beyond was my favorite! Ha! Loved the video…
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Madness were EVERYTHING when I was a kid and OSB is my favourite song of theirs.
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Yeah! I recognize many of these! I think my favorite from this list is I will survive.
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Absolute classic. Very good choice.
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Do you know Diana Ross’s daughter is on a VERY popular sit com here? She looks just like her.
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I did not! Ha!
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Yeah, she’s on one of my most favorite shows- Black-ish.
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I’ll see if I can check it out!
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It is SO FUNNY!
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I’ve looked it up & think I’ve heard of it and I’ve definitely heard of the actress Tracee Ellis Ross before. Now bloody WordPress is telling me I don’t follow you again. This is total lies. I’ve followed you about 10 times now and I get your emails still and everything. Anyway, I’m going to click “Follow” again and I’ll probably have to do it again in a month’s time! So very weird.
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WordPress needs to get their shit together. I’m sorry you are dealing with this. I’ll look into it this evening and see if this has happened to other people I screwed everything up I’m afraid by self hosting last year. Ugh!! Thank you for following me…again…and again….and again!
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Haha. No worries. It’s totally worth it x
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Thank you so much for the compliment!
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I love this walk down Memory Lane. And tweeted it!
Carol
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Thanks Carol.
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Well before my time I’m afraid but it’s gotta be Queen for me. Always been a fan!
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Yes! Brilliant get up & dance song.
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Gary Numan’s Cars is such a great song. The start of the new wave.
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Absolutely awesome tune.
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He’s current Album “Savage (songs from a broken world)” has some equally amazing tracks. https://youtu.be/lHomCiPFknY
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Thank you for the recommendation!
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Classic tunes from my 4th year on this planet lol!
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Yay! Such a good year.
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😀
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You’ve missed at least one off the list “My Sharona” by the Knack. From the album “Get the Knack”.
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Love that song, but for me personally it didn’t quite make my top Ten.
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