List of Oricon number-one singles of 1979

The highest-selling singles in Japan are ranked in the Oricon Singles Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. The data are compiled by Oricon based on each singles' physical sales. This list includes the singles that reached the number one place on that chart in 1979.

Oricon Weekly Singles Chart

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
January 1	"Chameleon Army"	Pink Lady	[1]
January 8
January 15
January 22
January 29	"Champion [ja]"	Alice
February 5
February 12
February 19
February 26	"Hero (Hero ni Naru Toki, Sore wa Ima) [ja]"	Kai Band [ja]
March 5
March 12	"Young Man (Y.M.C.A.) [ja]"	Hideki Saijo
March 19
March 26
April 2
April 9
April 16	"Miserarete [ja]"	Judy Ongg
April 23
April 30
May 7
May 14
May 21
May 28
June 4
June 11
June 18	"Kimi no Asa [ja]"	Satoshi Kishida [ja]
June 25
July 2
July 9
July 16
July 23	"Omoide-zake [ja]"	Sachiko Kobayashi
July 30	"Kanpaku Sengen [ja]"	Masashi Sada
August 6
August 13
August 20
August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
October 1
October 8	"Sexual Violet No. 1 [ja]"	Masahiro Kuwana [ja]
October 15
October 22
October 29	"Oyaji no Ichiban Nagai Hi [ja]"	Masashi Sada
November 5
November 12
November 19
November 26
December 3
December 10	"Ihōjin"	Sayuri Kume
December 17
December 24
December 31

See also

• 1979 in Japanese music

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-26. Retrieved 2008-10-13.