Thanks to Craig M. Smith for these year-end CHUM lists.
1979
| No. | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Logical Song | Supertramp |
| 2 | Da Ya Think I'm Sexy | Rod Stewart |
| 3 | What A Fool Believes | Doobie Brothers |
| 4 | My Life | Billy Joel |
| 5 | My Sharona | The Knack |
| 6 | Goodbye Stranger | Supertramp |
| 7 | Heartache Tonight | Eagles |
| 8 | Babe | Styx |
| 9 | Tragedy | Bee Gees |
| 10 | Heart Of Glass | Blondie |
| 11 | Let's Go | Cars |
| 12 | Sultans Of Swing | Dire Straits |
| 13 | Too Much Heaven | Bee Gees |
| 14 | Good Girls Don't | Knack |
| 15 | Fire | Pointer Sisters |
| 16 | Bad Case Of Loving You | Robert Palmer |
| 17 | I Want You To Want Me | Cheap Trick |
| 18 | All Of My Love (LP Cut) | Led Zeppelin |
| 19 | Shine A Little Love | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 20 | You Don't Bring Me Flowers | Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond |
| 21 | Take The Long Way Home | Supertramp |
| 22 | I Will Survive | Gloria Gaynor |
| 23 | Reunited | Peaches & Herb |
| 24 | MacArthur Park | Donna Summer |
| 25 | Don't Bring Me Down | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 26 | Le Freak | Chic |
| 27 | Sharing The Night Together | Dr. Hook |
| 28 | Y.M.C.A. | Village People |
| 29 | Dream Police | Cheap Trick |
| 30 | Ain't Love A Bitch | Rod Stewart |
| 31 | Goodnight Tonight | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 32 | Hot Stuff | Donna Summer |
| 33 | Sail On | Commodores |
| 34 | I Was Made For Lovin' You | Kiss |
| 35 | Lonesome Loser | Little River Band |
| 36 | Getting Closer | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 37 | Soul Man | Blues Brothers |
| 38 | I Don't Like Mondays | Boomtown Rats |
| 39 | Chuck E's In Love | Rickie Lee Jones |
| 40 | Days Gone Down | Gerry Rafferty |
| 41 | Dreaming | Blondie |
| 42 | Pop Muzik | M |
| 43 | Bad Girls | Donna Summer |
| 44 | Hold The Line | Toto |
| 45 | Message In A Bottle | Police |
| 46 | Cruel To Be Kind | Nick Lowe |
| 47 | Knock On Wood | Amii Stewart |
| 48 | Rolene | Moon Martin |
| 49 | After The Love Has Gone | Earth Wind & Fire |
| 50 | We Are Family | Sister Sledge |
| 51 | Dirty White Boy | Foreigner |
| 52 | When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman | Dr. Hook |
| 53 | Sad Eyes | Robert John |
| 54 | Heaven Knows | Donna Summer |
| 55 | Lady | Little River Band |
| 56 | It's All I Can Do | Cars |
| 57 | We've Got Tonight | Bob Seger |
| 58 | Blow Away | George Harrison |
| 59 | Somewhere In The Night | Barry Manilow |
| 60 | Strange Way | Firefall |
| 61 | Gold | John Stewart |
| 62 | Paradise By The Dashbord Light | Meatloaf |
| 63 | Rise | Herb Alpert |
| 64 | Depending On You | Doobie Brothers |
| 65 | Weekend | Wet Willie |
| 66 | September | Earth Wind & Fire |
| 67 | Minute By Minute | Doobie Brothers |
| 68 | Honesty | Billy Joel |
| 69 | Arrow Through Me | Paul McCartney & Wings |
| 70 | Tusk | Fleetwood Mac |
| 71 | I Just Wanna Stop | Gino Vannelli
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| 72 | Love Takes Time | Orleans |
| 73 | Ring My Bell | Anita Ward |
| 74 | Get It Right The Next Time | Gerry Rafferty |
| 75 | Is She Really Going Out With Him | Joe Jackson |
| 76 | Cool Change | Little River Band |
| 77 | The Devil Went Down To Georgia | Charlie Daniels Band |
| 78 | The Main Event/Fight | Barbra Streisand |
| 79 | Lead Me On | Maxine Nighingale |
| 80 | I'm The Man | Joe Jackson |
| 81 | Ooh Baby Baby | Linda Ronstadt |
| 82 | Still | Commodores |
| 83 | Every 1's A Winner | Hot Chocolate |
| 84 | I'll Never Love This Way Again | Dionne Warwick |
| 85 | Just When I Needed You Most | Randy Vanwarmer |
| 86 | Lotta Love | Nicolette Larson
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| 87 | Double Vision | Foreigner |
| 88 | Lovin' Touchin' Squezin' | Journey |
| 89 | Stumblin' In | Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman |
| 90 | Music Box Dancer | Frank Mills
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| 91 | Driver's Seat | Sniff & The Tears |
| 92 | Time Passages | Al Stewart |
| 93 | I Just Fall In Love Again | Anne Murray
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| 94 | One Way Or Another | Blondie |
| 95 | Armageddon | Prism |
| 96 | Stillsane | Carolyne Mas |
| 97 | Crazy Love | Poco |
| 98 | Mama Can't Buy You Love | Elton John |
| 99 | Fool In The Rain | Led Zeppelin |
| 100 | Ain't That A Shame | Cheap Trick |