Blondie : Sunday Girl
On May 20, 1979 New Wave artists finally overtook Art Garfunkel's "Bright Eyes" as Blondie, Roxy Music and M's "Pop Muzik" topped the U.K. charts at 1, 2 and 3. David Bowie, The Police, The Undertones, Sparks, The Dickies and The Damned also made the Top 20.
2 DANCE AWAY ROXY MUSIC
3 POP MUZIK M
4 DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW ABBA
5 REUNITED PEACHES AND HERB
6 BRIGHT EYES ART GARFUNKEL
7 HOORAY HOORAY, IT'S A HOLI-HOLIDAY BONEY M
8 BOOGIE WONDERLAND EARTH WIND AND FIRE WITH THE EMOTIONS
9 BOYS KEEP SWINGING DAVID BOWIE
10 ONE WAY TICKET ERUPTION
11 KNOCK ON WOOD AMII STEWART
12 PARISIENNE WALKWAYS GARY MOORE
13 ROXANNE THE POLICE
14 SHINE A LITTLE LOVE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
15 BANANA SPLITS THE DICKIES
16 JIMMY JIMMY THE UNDERTONES
17 THE LOGICAL SONG SUPERTRAMP
18 THE NUMBER ONE SONG IN HEAVEN SPARKS
19 NICE LEGS SHAME ABOUT HER FACE MONKS
20 LOVE SONG THE DAMNED
What a top 20! It never looked anything like that on this side of the Atlantic.
ReplyDeleteThe American Top 10 that same week:
ReplyDelete1 1 REUNITED –•– Peaches and Herb (Polydor)-10 (3 weeks at #1) (1)
2 3 HOT STUFF –•– Donna Summer (Casablanca)-5 (2)
3 5 IN THE NAVY –•– The Village People (Casablanca)-10 (3)
4 4 STUMBLIN’ IN –•– Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman (RSO)-17 (4)
5 6 GOODNIGHT TONIGHT –•– Wings (Columbia)-8 (5)
6 11 LOVE YOU INSIDE OUT –•– Bee Gees (RSO)-5 (6)
7 10 SHAKE YOUR BODY (Down To the Ground) –•– The Jacksons (Epic)-14 (7)
8 8 TAKE ME HOME –•– Cher (Casablanca)-15 (8)
9 9 HE’S THE GREATEST DANCER –•– Sister Sledge (Cotillion)-15 (9)
10 2 HEART OF GLASS –•– Blondie (Chrysalis)-14 (1)