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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	CHIQUITITA Abba The first single lifted off the Swedish group’s ‘Voulez-Vous’ album became  a worldwide hit. ABBA donated all of the disc’s proceeds to UNICEF.
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	SUNSET PEOPLE Donna Summer Donna Summer was the first recording act to place 3 consecutive double albums at #1 in the U.S.A. “Sunset People” was issued as a single from ‘Bad Girls’.
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	AIN’T LOVE A BITCH Rod Stewart A single lifted off Rod Stewart’s hit LP ‘Blondes Have More Fun’.
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	NIAGARA Barbra Streisand Ballad written by Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager and Bruce Roberts.
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	SEND ONE YOUR LOVE Stevie Wonder The one redeeming moment from Wonder’s double album which served as the soundtrack for the film ‘Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants’.
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	GO WEST Village People This immediately became a gay anthem. The original version of a song that was covered successfully by The Pet Shop Boys in 1993.
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	LUCKY NUMBER Lene Lovich A new wave single issued by Stiff Records. Lovich co-wrote the song.
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	RAPPER’S DELIGHT Sugarhill Gang Seminal rap song released on the influential Sugar Hill Records. Features a sample of Chic’s “Good Times”, also unleashed during 1979.
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	KNOCK ON WOOD Amii Stewart Countless songs were given a disco makeover during the late 1970s. This global smash was a remake of a 1960s R&B track from Eddie Floyd.
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	FEELS LIKE I’M IN LOVE Kelly Marie Initially slated for Elvis Presley, the King died just before he could be pitched the song.