# Best #1 single of the year retrospective: 1979 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1979/700562 "2014-10-06T17:14:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1979/700562/81 "2014-10-09T01:57:03Z")
Whoa. Yikes. Hold on. Did people actually read to the bottom third of the pole? Because the greatest Michael Jackson track ever is up there, but it’s beaten by Blondie and freaking _My Sharona_. You guys are nuts. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1979/700562/82 "2014-10-09T09:22:32Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Whoa. Yikes. Hold on. > > Did people actually read to the bottom third of the pole? Because the greatest Michael Jackson track ever is up there, but it’s beaten by Blondie and freaking _My Sharona_. > > You guys are nuts. That’s my favorite Michael Jackson song as well (followed by the similarly grooved “Gotta Be Starting Something”). I came very close to voting for it, but in terms of commercial and cultural impact it’s so overwhelmed by the 1982 _Thriller_ bombshell that it felt wrong somehow. Bad decision on my part, perhaps. It’s a great song, and there was no way for the world (nor MJ himself) to know what was coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1979/700562/83 "2014-10-09T15:27:09Z")
Voted for _Good Times_ because it’s Chic and it was the musical backbone to the song which really sent my 7th-grade class in a tizzy, [Rapper’s Delight](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper's_Delight) by the Sugarhill Gang (also released in 1979.) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1979/700562/84 "2014-10-09T16:19:53Z")
Looking back, “Heart of Glass” is definitely the best on the list, but I remember hearing “Reunited” all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1979/700562/85 "2014-10-11T10:49:58Z")
Sharona is head and shoulders above the rest of the pack on this list. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1979/700562/86 "2014-10-12T04:55:48Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Looking back, “Heart of Glass” is definitely the best on the list, but I remember hearing “Reunited” all over the place. Did it feel so good? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-1-single-of-the-year-retrospective-1979/700562.md?page=4)