List of Adult Contemporary top 10 singles in 1979 (U.S.)
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This is a list of songs that have charted in the top ten of the Billboard Adult Contemporary in 1979.
Top-ten singles[edit]
| Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singles from 1978 | |||||
| December 16 | "The Gambler" | Kenny Rogers | 3 | February 3 | 11 |
| December 23 | "Promises" | Eric Clapton | 6 | January 13 | 7 |
| Singles from 1979 | |||||
| January 13 | "This Moment in Time" | Engelbert Humperdinck | 1 | January 20 | 5 |
| January 20 | "Lotta Love" | Nicolette Larson | 1 | February 3 | 10 |
| "A Little More Love" | Olivia Newton-John | 4 | February 3 | 7 | |
| "Somewhere in the Night" | Barry Manilow | 4 | February 24 | 8 | |
| January 27 | "Don't Cry Out Loud" | Melissa Manchester | 9 | February 3 | 4 |
| February 3 | "No Tell Lover"[A] | Chicago | 5 | February 24 | 7 |
| February 10 | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | Anne Murray | 1 | February 10 | 11 |
| "Forever in Blue Jeans" | Neil Diamond | 2 | February 17 | 9 | |
| "Dancin' Shoes" | Nigel Olsson | 8 | March 3 | 8 | |
| February 17 | "Crazy Love" | Poco | 1 | March 10 | 13 |
| February 24 | "Lady" | Little River Band | 7 | March 3 | 5 |
| March 3 | "Music Box Dancer" | Frank Mills | 4 | March 17 | 6 |
| March 10 | "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor | 9 | March 10 | 1 |
| "Goodbye, I Love You" | Firefall | 10 | March 10 | 1 | |
| March 17 | "Just One Look" | Linda Ronstadt | 5 | March 24 | 3 |
| "Song on the Radio" | Al Stewart | 10 | March 17 | 1 | |
| March 24 | "Stumblin' In" | Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro | 4 | April 7 | 9 |
| March 31 | "Blow Away" | George Harrison | 2 | April 7 | 9 |
| "Can You Read My Mind"[B] | Maureen McGovern | 5 | April 7 | 8 | |
| "What You Won't Do for Love" | Bobby Caldwell | 10 | March 31 | 2 | |
| April 7 | "I Never Said I Love You" | Orsa Lia | 1 | April 28 | 6 |
| "Love is the Answer" | England Dan & John Ford Coley | 1 | May 5 | 12 | |
| April 14 | "Just When I Needed You Most" | Randy VanWarmer | 1 | May 19 | 12 |
| "I'll Come Running" | Livingston Taylor | 8 | April 14 | 2 | |
| "I Want Your Love" | Chic | 9 | April 28 | 3 | |
| April 28 | "Reunited" | Peaches & Herb | 4 | May 19 | 6 |
| 'What's on Your Mind" | John Denver | 10 | April 28 | 2 | |
| May 5 | "She Believes in Me" | Kenny Rogers | 1 | May 26 | 12 |
| May 12 | "Deeper Than the Night" | Olivia Newton-John | 4 | May 26 | 6 |
| "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" | Barbara Mandrell | 6 | May 26 | 5 | |
| May 19 | "Honesty" | Billy Joel | 9 | May 26 | 3 |
| May 26 | "Little Bit of Soap" | Nigel Olsson | 9 | June 9 | 3 |
| June 2 | "Say Maybe" | Neil Diamond | 3 | June 16 | 6 |
| "Shadows in the Moonlight" | Anne Murray | 1 | June 16 | 13 | |
| June 9 | "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" | Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show | 5 | June 23 | 9 |
| "Morning Dance" | Spyro Gyra | 1 | July 28 | 12 | |
| June 16 | "Lead Me On" | Maxine Nightingale | 1 | July 7 | 15 |
| "Since I Don't Have You" | Art Garfunkel | 5 | July 7 | 6 | |
| June 23 | "Up on the Roof"[D] | James Taylor | 7 | June 23 | 5 |
| June 30 | "I'll Never Love This Way Again"[C][E] | Dionne Warwick | 5 | August 18 | 11 |
| July 7 | "Mama Can't Buy You Love" | Elton John | 1 | August 25 | 9 |
| "Heart of the Night" | Poco | 5 | July 28 | 7 | |
| July 14 | "The Main Event/Fight" | Barbara Streisand | 2 | September 1 | 10 |
| July 28 | "Different Worlds" | Maureen McGovern | 1 | September 8 | 12 |
| August 4 | "Suspicions" | Eddie Rabbitt | 9 | August 18 | 3 |
| August 11 | "Rise" | Herb Alpert | 1 | September 22 | 14 |
| August 25 | "Where Were You When I Was Falling in Love" | Lobo | 1 | September 29 | 12 |
| "After the Love Has Gone" | Earth, Wind & Fire | 3 | September 29 | 9 | |
| September 1 | "If You Remember Me" | Chris Thompson & Night | 7 | September 1 | 4 |
| "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" | Toby Beau | 7 | September 29 | 5 | |
| "Sad Eyes" | Robert John | 10 | September 1 | 1 | |
| September 8 | "All Things Are Possible" | Dan Peek | 6 | September 22 | 7 |
| "This Night Won't Last Forever" | Michael Johnson | 5 | October 20 | 11 | |
| September 29 | "You Decorated My Life" | Kenny Rogers | 2 | October 27 | 10 |
| "Sail On" | Commodores | 9 | October 6 | 4 | |
| October 6 | "Broken Hearted Me" | Anne Murray | 1 | October 13 | 10 |
| October 20 | "You're Only Lonely" | J.D. Souther | 1 | November 17 | 13 |
| "So Good, So Right" | Brenda Russell | 8 | October 20 | 4 | |
| October 27 | "Ships" | Barry Manilow | 4 | November 10 | 7 |
| "Half the Way" | Crystal Gayle | 9 | October 27 | 2 | |
| "Hold On" | Ian Gomm | 10 | October 27 | 1 | |
| November 3 | "Still" | Commodores | 6 | November 17 | 6 |
| November 10 | "Please Don't Leave" | Lauren Wood | 5 | November 17 | 4 |
| November 17 | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" | Donna Summer featuring Barbara Streisand | 7 | November 17 | 2 |
| "Better Love Next Time" | Dr. Hook | 3 | December 8 | 7 | |
| "Babe" | Styx | 9 | November 17 | 1 | |
| November 24 | "Peter Piper" | Frank Mills | 6 | December 1 | 4 |
| "Do That to Me One More Time" | Captain & Tennille | 4 | December 8 | 11 | |
| December 1 | "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" | Rupert Holmes | 8 | December 15 | 3 |
| December 8 | "Send One Your Love" | Stevie Wonder | 1 | December 22 | 10 |
| December 15 | "Cool Change" | Little River Band | 8 | December 22 | 6 |
| "We Don't Talk Anymore" | Cliff Richard | 5 | December 15 | 7 | |
1978 peaks[edit]
| Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 28 | "Time Passages" | Al Stewart | 1 | November 11 | 13 |
| November 11 | "(Our Love) Don't Throw It Away" | Andy Gibb | 2 | November 18 | 10 |
| "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" | Neil Diamond featuring Barbara Streisand | 3 | November 18 | 9 | |
| November 25 | "Ooh Baby Baby" | Linda Ronstadt | 2 | December 2 | 10 |
| "My Life" | Billy Joel | 2 | December 16 | 11 | |
| December 2 | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees | 4 | December 23 | 10 |
| December 9 | "Can You Fool" | Glen Campbell | 7 | December 16 | 5 |
| December 23 | "I Believe You" | The Carpenters | 9 | December 23 | 4 |
1980 peaks[edit]
| Top ten
entry date |
Single | Artist(s) | Peak | Peak date | Weeks in
top ten |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 8 | "Deja Vu" | Dionne Warwick | 1 | January 19 | 10 |
| December 15 | "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" | Rita Coolidge | 3 | January 5 | 8 |
| December 22 | "Coward of the Country" | Kenny Rogers | 5 | January 5 | 5 |
| "Looks Like Love Again" | Dann Rogers | 6 | January 5 | 6 |
Notes[edit]
A The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending March 17, 1979.
B The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending May 19, 1979.
C The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending July 21, 1979.
D The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending July 28, 1979.
E The single re-entered the top ten on the week ending September 22, 1979.
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