Top 40 Hits of Late August 1979
 | 1 | Cliff Richard | We Don't Talk Anymore |
 | 2 | The Boomtown Rats | I Don't Like Mondays |
 | 3 | BA Robertson | Bang Bang |
 | 4 | Earth Wind & Fire | After The Love Has Gone |
 | 5 | Ian Dury & The Blockheads | Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3) |
 | 6 | Darts | Duke Of Earl |
 | 7 | Roxy Music | Angel Eyes |
 | 8 | The Special AKA | Gangsters |
 | 9 | Sham 69 | Hersham Boys |
 | 10 | The Gibson Brothers | Ooh What A Life |
 | 11 | Abba | Angeleyes / Voulez Vous |
 | 12 | The Flying Lizards | Money |
 | 13 | Joe Jackson | Is She Really Going Out With Him |
 | 14 | Electric Light Orchestra | The Diary Of Horace Wimp |
 | 15 | Showaddywaddy | Sweet Little Rock 'N' Roller |
 | 16 | Randy Vanwarmer | Just When I Needed You Most |
 | 17 | Boney M | Gotta Go Home / El Lute |
 | 18 | The Crusaders | Street Life |
 | 19 | Spyro Gyra | Morning Dance |
 | 20 | The Dooleys | Wanted |
 | 21 | Sparks | Beat The Clock |
 | 22 | The Jam | When You're Young |
 | 23 | Judie Tzuke | Stay With Me Till Dawn |
 | 24 | The Stranglers | Duchess |
 | 25 | The Police | Can't Stand Losing You |
 | 26 | Sister Sledge | Lost In Music |
 | 27 | The Bellamy Brothers | If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me |
 | 28 | Johnny Mathis | Gone Gone Gone |
 | 29 | Patrick Hernandez | Born To Be Alive |
 | 30 | Angelic Upstarts | Teenage Warning |
 | 31 | Dave Edmunds | Girls Talk |
 | 32 | Me & You | You Never Know What You've Got |
 | 33 | The Korgis | If I Had You |
 | 34 | Bill Lovelady | Reggae For It Now |
 | 35 | Dollar | Love's Gotta Hold On Me |
 | 36 | Frantique | Strut Your Funky Stuff |
 | 37 | Gerry Rafferty | Get It Right Next Time |
 | 38 | Racey | Boy Oh Boy |
 | 39 | The Buzzcocks | Spiral Scratch |
 | 40 | Kandidate | Girls Girls Girls |