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. This was the last great hurrah for disco, spearheaded by Giorgio Moroder in the wake of Saturday Night Fever. Synth-pop was gaining momentum. Punk morphed with new wave. Sony launched the Walkman, making music more portable than ever before. Michael Jackson teamed up with producer Quincy Jones to take his solo career to a new level. Here are 200 examples of the great music released during the final 12 months of the Seventies…
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	VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR The Buggles This was the last single to top the Australian chart in the 1970s: a prophetic song that predicted the importance that music videos and MTV would have during the Eighties.
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	NEVER BE THE SAME Christopher Cross The American performer’s debut album collected 5 Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year. This was one of its tracks.
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	GOTTA GO HOME Boney M This disco track was sampled for the Duck Sauce dance hit “Barbra Streisand”.
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	THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA Charlie Daniels Band This single topped the US Country Chart.
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	GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY Bob Dylan The Grammy Award-winning single was inspired by the singer / songwriter’s conversion to Christianity.
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	I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS Boomtown Rats Inspired by a tragic shooting at a school where the perpetrator claimed she did it because “I don’t like Mondays”. Written by lead singer Bob Geldof.
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	CHUCK E’S IN LOVE Rickie Lee Jones Breakthrough single for American singer / songwriter from her self-titled debut album.
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	COME RAIN OR COME SHINE Barbra Streisand Another water-themed track from the actress / singer’s LP ‘Wet’. Written by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer.
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	POP MUZIK M Recorded by M, the moniker used by the international hit’s English writer and producer Robin Scott. The disc reached #1 in America, Europe, Canada, Australia and South Africa.
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	LAST TRAIN TO LONDON Electric Light Orchestra In some territories, this track was issued as part of a double A-sided single with “Confusion”, both off the ‘Discovery’ LP and written and produced by lead vocalist Jeff Lynne.