List of number-one dance singles of 1979 (U.S.)

These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 1979.

Issue date	Song	Artist
January 6	"Le Freak"/ "I Want Your Love"/ "Chic Cheer"	Chic
January 13	"Contact"	Edwin Starr
January 20	Fly Away (all cuts)	Voyage
January 27	"I Will Survive"/ "Substitute"/ "Anybody Wanna Party?"/ "I Said Yes"	Gloria Gaynor
February 3
February 10
February 17	"Keep on Dancin'"/ "Do It at the Disco"/ "Let's Lovedance Tonight"	Gary's Gang
February 24	"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"	Rod Stewart
March 3
March 10
March 17	"I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl)"	Instant Funk
March 24	"He's the Greatest Dancer"/ "We Are Family"/ "Lost in Music"	Sister Sledge
March 31
April 7	"Dancer"/ "Dance to Dance"	Gino Soccio
April 14
April 21
April 28
May 5
May 12
May 19	"Ring My Bell"	Anita Ward
May 26	"Hot Stuff"/ "Bad Girls"	Donna Summer
June 2
June 9
June 16
June 23
June 30
July 7
July 14	"Born to Be Alive"	Patrick Hernandez
July 21
July 28
August 4	"I've Got the Next Dance"	Deniece Williams
August 11	"This Time Baby"	Jackie Moore
August 18	"Here Comes That Sound Again"	Love De-Luxe
August 25	The Boss (all cuts)	Diana Ross
September 1
September 8	"Found a Cure"/ "Stay Free"/ "Nobody Knows"	Ashford & Simpson
September 15
September 22	"Come to Me"/ "Don't Stop Dancing"/ "Playboy"	France Joli
September 29
October 6
October 13	"Move On Up"/ "Up Up Up"/ "Destination's Theme"	Destination
October 20
October 27
November 3
November 10	"Harmony"/ "Ooh, La La"	Suzi Lane
November 17	"Beat of the Night"/ "Pump It Up"	Fever
November 24	"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"	Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
December 1
December 8
December 15
December 22	"Deputy of Love"	Don Armando's Second Avenue Rhumba Band
December 29

See also

• 1979 in music
• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

References

• Whitburn, Joel (2004), Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco 1974-2003, P.O. Box 200, Menomonee Falls WI, USA 53052: Record Research, ISBN 0-89820-156-X, http://www.recordresearch.com/dance_disco/hot_dance_disco_1974_2003.php 
• Some weeks may also be found at Billboard magazine courtesy of Google Books: 1975—1979.