THE 200 BEST SONGS OF THE YEAR 1979 A.D. 
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Caffé Latté presents: 200 GREATEST SONGS from 1979 As the 1970s drew to a close, pop music offered up some of the best tracks that showcased an array of genres. Here are 200 examples of the great music released during the final 12 months of the Seventies…
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	DIAMONDS Chris Rea The British singer/ songwriter wrote the song. Gus Dudgeon, who had helmed David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and most of Elton John’s best selling albums of the 1970s, produced the track.
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	THE NIPS ARE GETTING BIGGER Mental As Anything Quirky Australian pop/ rock band broke through with this #16 domestic hit.
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	CRAZY LOVE Poco It took Poco eleven years to finally crack the US Top 40 with this single. The American group had just weathered the departure of Timothy B. Schmit who had quit the band in order to join the far more lucrative outfit Eagles.
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	WHERE DID WE GO WRONG Marcia Hines Remake of a moving ballad from the pen of Motown songwriter Ron Miller.
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	OLD SIAM, SIR Wings Released as the follow-up to “Goodnight Tonight” and the lead single from new album ‘Back To The Egg’.
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	LOVE WILL FIND A WAY The Reels Breakthrough Top 40 hit for the Australian group.
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	TOTAL CONTROL The Motels The American group would not reach the US Top 40 until 1982, but this first hit for the band peaked at #7 in Australia 3 years earlier.
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	LOST IN LOVE Air Supply The original version of this ballad was issued in Australia in 1979. A re-recording peaked at #3 in America during the following year.
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	HOT DOG Led Zeppelin Issued as part of a double A-sided single with “Fool In The Rain”. Both tracks were lifted off the British group's 'In Through The Out Door' album.
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	HIT AND RUN Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons After coming close with “So Young”, the Australian band finally cracked the domestic Top 40 with this single. It climbed to #12.