RPM was a Canadian music magazine that published the best-performing singles chart in Canada from 1964 to 2000. In 1979, twenty-eight singles reached number one in Canada. The first number one single was from Canadian singer-songwriter Gino Vannelli, with "I Just Wanna Stop" which reached number one in December 1978, and the last was "Babe" from American rock band Styx. Twelve acts achieved their first number-one song in the chart in 1979: the Village People, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Peaches & Herb, Supertramp, Sister Sledge, Anita Ward, The Knack, Patrick Hernandez, Robert Palmer, M and Styx; the Village People and The Knack would also score another number-one hit that year. The Bee Gees and Donna Summer would also have more than one new number-one song, having three and two singles respectively. Excluding Gino Vannelli, which charted in late December 1978, Anne Murray was the only Canadian act with at least one number-one song in the chart that year, with "I Just Fall in Love Again".
The best-performing single of the year was "The Logical Song" by the British progressive rock band Supertramp, which spent 28 weeks in the chart, including two weeks at number one. The longest-running number-one single is "Babe", which spent five weeks at number one throughout December 1979. The Bee Gees' "Tragedy", and Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" stayed at number one for four weeks each that year. The Bee Gees had the most weeks at number one, totalling seven weeks, and also had the most number-one singles, with three.
Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 song on RPM's Year-End Top 200 Singles of 1979.
+Issue dateTitleArtist(s) "I Just Wanna Stop" Gino Vannelli "Le Freak" Chic "Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees "Y.M.C.A." Village People "Too Much Heaven" Bee Gees "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" Rod Stewart "Tragedy" Bee Gees "I Just Fall in Love Again" Anne Murray "What a Fool Believes" The Doobie Brothers "Knock on Wood" Amii Stewart "Heart of Glass" Blondie "In the Navy" Village People "Reunited" Peaches & Herb "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer "Love You Inside Out" Bee Gees "The Logical Song" Supertramp "We Are Family" Sister Sledge "Ring My Bell" Anita Ward "Bad Girls" Donna Summer "Born to Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez "My Sharona" The Knack "I Was Made for Lovin' You" Kiss "Don't Bring Me Down" Electric Light Orchestra "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)" Robert Palmer "Pop Muzik" M "Good Girls Don't" The Knack "Heartache Tonight" Eagles "Babe" Styx
See also List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1979 List of RPM number-one country singles of 1979 List of RPM number-one dance singles of 1979 List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1979 List of Cashbox Top 100 number-one singles of 1979 List of Canadian number-one albums of 1979
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References
External links Search RPM charts collection at Library and Archives Canada