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 | The Dooleys | Wanted |
 | 4 | Abba | Angeleyes / Voulez Vous |
 | 5 | Cliff Richard | We Don't Talk Anymore |
 | 6 | Dave Edmunds | Girls Talk |
 | 7 | The Knack | My Sharona |
 | 8 | Janet Kay | Silly Games |
 | 9 | Sparks | Beat The Clock |
 | 10 | Patrick Hernandez | Born To Be Alive |
 | 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 |