Can you complete the names of the top songs from 1979?
Do you have the "Hot Stuff" to remember the "Good Times"?
Pop music was perhaps never so diverse as 1979. Everything from disco and country to punk and funk filled the charts. The biggest song of the year was a new-wave rocker. Toss in yacht rock, prog, soul, and soft rock and you have the most eclectic Billboard Top 100.
We picked some of the most familiar songs from the Top 50 of '79. Then we removed some words. See if you can fill the blanks!
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The Knack had the top song of the year with their power-pop smash "My _______."
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In the No. 4 song of 1979, Rod Stewart asked, "Do Ya Think I'm ______?"
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Peaches & Herb had two smashes with "Reunited" and "Shake Your _______ Thing."
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Gloria Gaynor declared, "I Will _______."
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When the Village People weren't staying at the "Y.M.C.A." they were "In the _______."
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Blondie soon found out he had a "Heart of ______."
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The Doobie Brothers and Michael McDonald pondered "What a _______ Believes."
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Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand teamed up to sing "You Don't Bring Me ________."
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Not only did Billy Joel have the No. 28 hit of the year with "My ______," it became the theme song to 'Bosom Buddies.'
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Cheap Trick begged "I Want You to _____ Me"
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Kenny Rogers knew when to hold 'em in "The _________."
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The Charlie Daniels Band fiddled through its country crossover hit "The Devil Went Down to _______."
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Before the band went to "Africa," Toto scored a huge rock hit with "Hold the _______."
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Supertramp scored the biggest hit of the band's career with "The ________ Song." Paul McCartney said it was his favorite song of the 1979.
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The Jacksons boogied up the charts with their dance hit "Shake Your Body (Down to the _______)."
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In the No. 22 song of 1979, Amii Stewart scored a disco hit with her cover of Eddie Floyd's "Knock on _______."
