The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting singles on the Australian Singles Charts, for the year of 1979. These were the best charting singles in Australia for 1979. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report".[1]
| Title | Artist | Highest pos. reached | weeks at No. 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lay Your Love on Me" | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2. | "I Was Made For Lovin' You" | 2 | |||
| 3. | "Heart of Glass" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4. | "Some Girls" | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5. | "Born to Be Alive" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6. | "I Don't Like Mondays" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 7. | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8. | "Le Freak" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9. | "Knock on Wood" | 2 | |||
| 10. | "Pop Muzik" | 1 | 3 | ||
| 11. | "My Sharona" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12. | "Make Love to Me" | 5 | |||
| 13. | "Up There Cazaly" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14. | "Baby It's You" | 2 | |||
| 15. | "YMCA" | 1 | 5 | ||
| 16. | "Stumblin' In" | 2 | |||
| 17. | "Hot Stuff" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 18. | "Video Killed the Radio Star" | 1 | 7 (pkd #1 79 & 80) | ||
| 19. | "Computer Games" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 20. | "Bright Eyes" | 2 | |||
| 21. | "Lucky Number" | 2 | |||
| 22. | "C'mon Aussie C'mon" | 1 | 2 | ||
| 23. | "On the Inside" | 4 | |||
| 24. | "We Don't Talk Anymore" | 3 | |||
| 25. | "I Will Survive" | 5 |
These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report.
