Top 40 Hits of Early August 1979
| 1 | The Boomtown Rats | I Don't Like Mondays |
| 2 | The Police | Can't Stand Losing You |
| 3 | Abba | Angeleyes / Voulez Vous |
| 4 | The Dooleys | Wanted |
| 5 | Cliff Richard | We Don't Talk Anymore |
| 6 | Dave Edmunds | Girls Talk |
| 7 | The Knack | My Sharona |
| 8 | Janet Kay | Silly Games |
| 9 | Patrick Hernandez | Born To Be Alive |
| 10 | Sparks | Beat The Clock |
| 11 | Supertramp | Breakfast In America |
| 12 | Tubeway Army | Are 'Friends' Electric |
| 13 | Electric Light Orchestra | The Diary Of Horace Wimp |
| 14 | Sham 69 | Hersham Boys |
| 15 | Chic | Good Times |
| 16 | Ian Dury & The Blockheads | Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3) |
| 17 | The Korgis | If I Had You |
| 18 | Donna Summer | Bad Girls |
| 19 | Earth Wind & Fire | After The Love Has Gone |
| 20 | Darts | Duke Of Earl |
| 21 | The Sex Pistols | C'mon Everybody |
| 22 | The Beach Boys | Lady Lynda |
| 23 | Judie Tzuke | Stay With Me Till Dawn |
| 24 | Rickie Lee Jones | Chuck E's In Love |
| 25 | Spyro Gyra | Morning Dance |
| 26 | The Gibson Brothers | Ooh What A Life |
| 27 | Thom Pace | Maybe |
| 28 | The Ruts | Babylon Burning |
| 29 | Amii Stewart | Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven |
| 30 | Showaddywaddy | Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller |
| 31 | The Special AKA | Gangsters |
| 32 | The Buzzcocks | Harmony In My Head |
| 33 | BA Robertson | Bang Bang |
| 34 | The Pretenders | Kid |
| 35 | Thin Lizzy | Do Anything You Want To |
| 36 | Randy Vanwarmer | Just When I Needed You Most |
| 37 | The Real Thing | Boogie Down |
| 38 | Telex | Rock Around The Clock |
| 39 | The Olympic Runners | The Bitch |
| 40 | The Undertones | Here Comes The Summer |