Billboard Top Hits: 1979

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1My Sharona
bass:
Prescott Niles (in 1979-04)
drums (drum set):
Bruce Gary (in 1979-04)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Berton Averre (in 1979-04)
guitar [rhythm guitar] and lead vocals:
Doug Fieger (in 1979-04)
recording of:
My Sharona (in 1979-04)
writer:
Berton Averre and Douglas Fieger
The Knack4.154:04
2I Will Survive
associate producer:
Freddie Perren
producer:
Dino Fekaris
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1978)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 251) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 489)
recording of:
I Will Survive
writer:
Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren
publisher:
ATV Music, Perren‐Vibes Music, Inc., PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998), Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country-specific information is available), Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group), Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd. (AU subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
music quoted on:
After LIKE (Korean version)
music quoted on:
Supreme
Gloria Gaynor3.83:20
3Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
recording of:
Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
lyricist and composer:
Rupert Holmes
publisher:
The Holmes Line of Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
Rupert Holmes4:13
4Ring My Bell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Juana (from 1980 to present)
recording of:
Ring My Bell (Anita Ward song)
lyricist and composer:
Frederick Knight
publisher:
Two Knight Publishing Co.
Anita Ward4.43:38
5Sad Eyes
recording of:
Sad Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Robert John (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Unichappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Careers, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company - do not use as release label), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Robert John3:34
6Heart of Glass
producer:
Mike Chapman (Australian producer and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Chrysalis Records (Don’t use as an imprint. Please use “Chrysalis” instead.) (in 1979)
recording of:
Heart of Glass
writer:
Deborah Harry and Chris Stein
publisher:
BMG Monarch, Chrysalis Music (music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), Monster Island Music Publishing Corporation, フジパシフィックミュージック and Rare Blue Music Inc (in 1978)
version of:
Once I Had a Love
Blondie53:27
7Y.M.C.A.
producer:
Jacques Morali
cover recording of:
Y.M.C.A.
lyricist:
Victor Edward Willis
composer:
Jacques Morali
publisher:
Can’t Stop Music (US work publisher, affiliated with BMI), Harlem West Music Group, Scorpio Music (work publisher of "Scorpio Music") and Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
recording of:
Y.M.C.A.
lyricist:
Victor Edward Willis
composer:
Jacques Morali
publisher:
Can’t Stop Music (US work publisher, affiliated with BMI), Harlem West Music Group, Scorpio Music (work publisher of "Scorpio Music") and Zomba Music Publishing Ltd.
Village People53:46
8Fire
producer:
Richard Perry (producer)
cover recording of:
Fire
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1977-05)
The Pointer Sisters53:31
9The Devil Went Down to Georgia
producer:
John Boylan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Epic Records (a division of Sony Music Entertainment; holding company, not a release label) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Woodland Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
The Devil Went Down to Georgia
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Daniels, Joel "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards (drummer and songwriter), Charlie Hayward (Member of The Charlie Daniels Band), John Crain and James W. Marshall
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
The Charlie Daniels Band4.353:37
10Just When I Needed You Most
recording of:
Just When I Needed You Most
lyricist and composer:
Randy VanWarmer
publisher:
Fourth Floor Music Inc. (US publisher), Terraform Music (publisher) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Randy VanWarmer4:03

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part of:Billboard Top Hits (number: 1979) (order: 5)
Wikidata:Q4911702 [info]