# Canadian RPM Number Singles: 1979

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 6, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-singles-1979/733752 "2015-10-06T21:45:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-singles-1979/733752/1 "2015-10-06T21:45:45Z")

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This poll closes out the 1970’s in this series.  
You know the drill, which of these 26 songs would you vote for?  
Anne Murray is sole Canadian artist to have a #1 single in Canada in 1979.

**You may vote for more than one song**  
Older Polls:  
1964-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1964 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767524)  
1965-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1965 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767714)  
1966-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1966 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767890)  
1967-[Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1967 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768306)  
1968-[Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles:1968 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768597)  
1969-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1969 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=768867)  
1970-[Best Canadian RPM NUMBER 1 SINGLES: 1970 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769085)  
1971-[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles:1971 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769397)  
1972-[Best canadian rpm number 1 singles: 1972 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769624)  
1973-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1973 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=769837)  
1974-[Best Canadian RPM Number 1 Singles: 1974 - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770060)  
1975-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770295](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770295)  
1976-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770513](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770513)  
1977-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770753](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770753)  
1978-[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771010](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=771010)

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-singles-1979/733752/2 "2015-10-06T22:09:11Z")

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Shoot, I made a tiny error in the title of this thread.

Anyways I voted for fifteen songs here, with Blondie’s “Heart Of Glass” being in first place.

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-singles-1979/733752/3 "2015-10-07T03:20:26Z")

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Le Freak, Too Much Heaven, and We are Fam-i-ly are the best three. Songs that just missed the cut were YMCA, Knock on Wood, Hot Stuff, and The Logical Song.

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-rpm-number-singles-1979/733752/4 "2015-10-07T03:54:01Z")

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The Logical Song  
Ring My Bell  
Bad Girls  
My Sharona  
Heart of Glass  
What a Fool Believes  
Hot Stuff  
Do Ya Think Im Sexy  
Le Freak  
Tragedy