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