Number-one dance hits of 1979 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1979.
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 6 | "Le Freak" / "I Want Your Love" / "Chic Cheer" | Chic |
| January 13 | "Contact" | Edwin Starr |
| January 20 | Fly Away (all cuts) | Voyage |
| January 27 | "I Will Survive" / "Substitute" / "Anybody Wanna Party?" / "I Said Yes" | Gloria Gaynor |
| February 3 | "I Will Survive" / "Substitute" / "Anybody Wanna Party?" / "I Said Yes" | Gloria Gaynor |
| February 10 | "I Will Survive" / "Substitute" / "Anybody Wanna Party?" / "I Said Yes" | Gloria Gaynor |
| February 17 | "Keep on Dancin'" / "Do It at the Disco" / "Let's Lovedance Tonight" | Gary's Gang |
| February 24 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| March 3 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| March 10 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| March 17 | "I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)" | Instant Funk |
| March 24 | "He's the Greatest Dancer" / "We Are Family" | Sister Sledge |
| March 31 | "He's the Greatest Dancer" / "We Are Family" | Sister Sledge |
| April 7 | "Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" | Gino Soccio |
| April 14 | "Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" | Gino Soccio |
| April 21 | "Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" | Gino Soccio |
| April 28 | "Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" | Gino Soccio |
| May 5 | "Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" | Gino Soccio |
| May 12 | "Dancer" / "Dance to Dance" | Gino Soccio |
| May 19 | "Ring My Bell" | Anita Ward |
| May 26 | "Hot Stuff" / "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| June 2 | "Hot Stuff" / "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| June 9 | "Hot Stuff" / "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| June 16 | "Hot Stuff" / "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| June 23 | "Hot Stuff" / "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| June 30 | "Hot Stuff" / "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| July 7 | "Hot Stuff" / "Bad Girls" | Donna Summer |
| July 14 | "Born to Be Alive" | Patrick Hernandez |
| July 21 | "Born to Be Alive" | Patrick Hernandez |
| July 28 | "Born to Be Alive" | Patrick Hernandez |
| August 4 | "I've Got the Next Dance" | Deniece Williams |
| August 11 | "This Time Baby" | Jackie Moore |
| August 18 | "Here Comes That Sound Again" | Love De-Luxe |
| August 25 | The Boss (all cuts) | Diana Ross |
| September 1 | The Boss (all cuts) | Diana Ross |
| September 8 | "Found a Cure" / "Stay Free" / "Nobody Knows" | Ashford & Simpson |
| September 15 | "Found a Cure" / "Stay Free" / "Nobody Knows" | Ashford & Simpson |
| September 22 | "Come to Me" / "Don't Stop Dancing" / "Playboy" | France Joli |
| September 29 | "Come to Me" / "Don't Stop Dancing" / "Playboy" | France Joli |
| October 6 | "Come to Me" / "Don't Stop Dancing" / "Playboy" | France Joli |
| October 13 | "Move On Up" / "Up Up Up" / "Destination's Theme" | Destination |
| October 20 | "Move On Up" / "Up Up Up" / "Destination's Theme" | Destination |
| October 27 | "Move On Up" / "Up Up Up" / "Destination's Theme" | Destination |
| November 3 | "Move On Up" / "Up Up Up" / "Destination's Theme" | Destination |
| November 10 | "Harmony" / "Ooh, La La" | Suzi Lane |
| November 17 | "Beat of the Night" / "Pump It Up" | Fever |
| November 24 | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" | Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer |
| December 1 | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" | Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer |
| December 8 | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" | Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer |
| December 15 | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" | Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer |
| December 22 | "Deputy of Love" | Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band |
| December 29 | "Deputy of Love" | Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band |
[edit] See also
- 1979 in music
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
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