Desert Island Songs - 1979

This page is a list of performers and songs with tracks I love broken down by the year the song was released (or first peaked on a pop chart). For more information check out the intro page.

Pages: Intro & Most Recent A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z num Artists

• 10cc, "For You And I"
• 20-20, "Yellow Pills"
• Adam Ant, "Car Trouble"
• Al Stewart, "Song On the Radio"
• Ambrosia, "How Much I Feel"
• Anita Ward, "Ring My Bell"
• B-52's, "There's A Moon In The Sky (Called The Moon)"
• B-52's, "6060-842"
• B-52's, "Dance This Mess Around"
• B-52's, "52 Girls"
• Bad Company, "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy"
• Beat, "You Won't Be Happy"
• Billy Joel, "My Life"
• Billy Joel, "Honesty"
• Billy Joel, "Big Shot"
• Billy Thorpe, "Children Of The Sun"
• Blondie, "Hanging on the Telephone"
• Blondie, "Sunday Girl"
• Blondie, "Heart of Glass"
• Blondie, "Dreaming"
• Blondie, "One Way or Another"
• Blues Brothers, "Soul Man"
• Blues Brothers, "Rubber Biscuit"
• Bob Seger, "We've Got Tonight"
• Bob Welch, "Spanish Dancers"
• Bob Welch, "Three Hearts"
• Bob Welch, "Precious Love"
• Bob Welch, "Church"
• Boston, "Feelin' Satisfied"
• Cars, "Got a Lot on My Head"
• Cars, "Double Life"
• Cars, "Good Times Roll"
• Cars, "Just What I Needed"
• Cars, "My Best Friend's Girl"
• Cars, "Since I Held You"
• Cars, "Let's Go"
• Cars, "It's All I Can Do"
• Cars, "Candy-O"
• Cars, "Dangerous Type"
• Chaka Khan, "I'm Every Woman"
• Cheap Trick, "I Want You to Want Me (Live)"
• Cheap Trick, "Surrender"
• Cheryl Lynn, "Got To Be Real"
• Chic, "Good Times"
• Chic, "Le Freak"
• Chicago, "No Tell Lover"
• Clash, "Tommy Gun"
• Clash, "The Right Profile"
• Clash, "Rudie Can't Fail"
• Clash, "Lover's Rock"
• Clash, "Koka Kola"
• Clash, "Jimmy Jazz"
• Clash, "I'm Not Down"
• Clash, "Death or Glory"
• Clash, "Brand New Cadillac"
• Clash, "Clampdown"
• Clash, "Spanish Bombs"
• Clash, "Lost in the Supermarket"
• Clash, "The Guns of Brixton"
• Cure, "Jumping Someone Else's Train"
• Cure, "10.15 Saturday Night"
• D-Day, "Too Young to Date"
• Damned, "Smash It Up"
• Dave Edmunds, "The Creature from the Black Lagoon"
• Devo, "Love Without Anger"
• Devo, "It Takes A Worried Man"
• Dire Straits, "Once Upon A Time In The West"
• Dire Straits, "Communique"
• Dire Straits, "Lady Writer"
• Dire Straits, "Sultans of Swing"
• Donna Summer, "Hot Stuff"
• Donna Summer, "Heaven Knows"
• Donna Summer, "Dim All the Lights"
• Donna Summer, "Bad Girls"
• Doobie Brothers, "Minute By Minute"
• Dr. Hook, "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman"
• Eagles, "Those Shoes"
• Eagles, "The Sad Cafe"
• Eagles, "In The City"
• Eagles, "Heartache Tonight"
• Earth, Wind & Fire, "September"
• Earth, Wind & Fire, "After the Love Has Gone"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "Shine a Little Love"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "Don't Bring Me Down"
• Electric Light Orchestra, "Confusion"
• Elton John, "Mama Can't Buy You Love"
• Elvis Costello, "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding"
• Elvis Costello, "Accidents Will Happen"
• Elvis Costello, "Oliver's Army"
• Fabulous Poodles, "Mirror Star"
• Flash and the Pan, "Hey, St. Peter"
• Fleetwood Mac, "Tusk"
• Foreigner, "Rev on the Red Line"
• Foreigner, "Blue Morning, Blue Day"
• Foreigner, "Dirty White Boy"
• Funkadelic, "(Not Just) Knee Deep (Part 1)"
• Gary Numan, "Engineers"
• Gary Numan, "Tracks"
• Gary Numan, "M.E."
• Gary Numan, "Airline"
• Gary Numan, "Me, I Disconnect From You"
• Gary Numan, "Metal"
• Gary Numan, "Down in the Park"
• Generation X, "Dancing With Myself"
• Gerry Rafferty, "Family Tree"
• Gerry Rafferty, "Night Owl"
• Gerry Rafferty, "The Way That You Do It"
• Gerry Rafferty, "Get It Right Next Time"
• Gerry Rafferty, "Home And Dry"
• Gino Vannelli, "I Just Wanna Stop"
• Gloria Gaynor, "I Will Survive"
• Graham Parker, "Local Girls"
• Grand Funk Railroad, "Some Kind of Wonderful"
• Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "Rise"
• Ian Dury, "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"
• Ian Gomm, "Hold On"
• Iggy Pop, "Five Foot One"
• J. Geils Band, "One Last Kiss"
• Jan & Dean, "Surf City"
• Joe Jackson, "Is She Really Going Out With Him"
• Joe Jackson, "Friday"
• Joe Jackson, "I'm The Man"
• Joe Jackson, "Sunday Papers"
• Joe Jackson, "Is She Really Going Out With Him"
• Joe Jackson, "Look Sharp"
• John Mellencamp, "I Need A Lover"
• John Stewart, "Gold"
• Journey, "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'"
• Joy Division, "Dead Souls"
• Joy Division, "Disorder"
• Joy Division, "She's Lost Control"
• KC and The Sunshine Band, "Please Don't Go"
• Kate Bush, "Wow"
• Kate Bush, "The Man With the Child in His Eyes"
• Kinks, "Low Budget"
• Kinks, "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"
• Kiss, "I Was Made for Lovin' You"
• Knack, "Frustrated"
• Knack, "Good Girls Don't"
• Knack, "My Sharona"
• Led Zeppelin, "In The Evening"
• Led Zeppelin, "All My Love"
• Lene Lovich, "Lucky Number"
• Lene Lovich, "Sleeping Beauty"
• Linda Ronstadt, "Just One Look"
• Little River Band, "Lady"
• Little River Band, "Lonesome Loser"
• M, "Pop Muzik"
• Machine, "There But for the Grace of God Go I"
• Madness, "One Step Beyond"
• Marshall Crenshaw, "You're My Favorite Waste of Time"
• Martha and the Muffins, "Echo Beach"
• Maxine Nightingale, "Lead Me On"
• McFadden & Whitehead, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"
• Melanie, "Brand New Key"
• Michael Jackson, "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse, "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"
• Nick Lowe, "Cruel to Be Kind"
• Nicolette Larson, "Lotta Love"
• Olivia Newton-John, "Totally Hot"
• Olivia Newton-John, "Deeper Than The Night"
• Olivia Newton-John, "A Little More Love"
• Patti Smith, "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star"
• Patti Smith, "Frederick"
• Patti Smith, "Dancing Barefoot"
• Peaches & Herb, "Shake Your Groove Thing"
• Peaches & Herb, "Reunited"
• Pearl Harbor & the Explosions, "Drivin'"
• Pink Floyd, "Waiting for the Worms"
• Pink Floyd, "Is There Anybody Out There"
• Pink Floyd, "Hey You"
• Pink Floyd, "Empty Spaces"
• Pink Floyd, "In the Flesh"
• Plastic Bertrand, "ca plane pour moi"
• Pointer Sisters, "Fire"
• Police, "Does Everyone Stare"
• Police, "Contact"
• Police, "The Bed's Too Big Without You"
• Police, "Bring On The Night"
• Police, "It's Alright For You"
• Police, "Can't Stand Losing You"
• Police, "Roxanne"
• Pretenders, "Kid"
• Queen, "Fat Bottomed Girls"
• Queen, "Bicycle Race"
• Rainbow, "Since You Been Gone"
• Ramones, "Rock 'n' Roll High School"
• Robert John, "Sad Eyes"
• Robert Palmer, "Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)"
• Rod Stewart, "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy"
• Rolling Stones, "Shattered"
• Sister Sledge, "We Are Family"
• Sister Sledge, "Lost in Music"
• Sniff 'n' the Tears, "Driver's Seat"
• Specials, "Too Much Too Young (Live)"
• Spinners, "Working My Way Back to You-Forgive Me, Girl"
• Squeeze, "Slap and Tickle"
• Squeeze, "Up The Junction"
• Squeeze, "Cool For Cats"
• Steely Dan, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
• Styx, "Renegade"
• Supertramp, "Breakfast in America"
• Supertramp, "The Logical Song"
• Supertramp, "Goodbye Stranger"
• Supertramp, "Take the Long Way Home"
• Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman, "Stumblin' In"
• Talking Heads, "Animals"
• Talking Heads, "Air"
• Talking Heads, "Memories Can't Wait"
• Talking Heads, "Cities"
• Talking Heads, "Take Me to the River"
• Talking Heads, "Life During Wartime"
• Tim Curry, "I Do the Rock"
• Tom Petty, "Even The Losers"
• Toto, "Hold the Line"
• Umberto Tozzi, "Gloria"
• Van Halen, "D.O.A."
• Van Halen, "You're No Good"
• Van Halen, "Dance the Night Away"
• Who, "5;15"
• XTC, "Roads Girdle the Globe"
• XTC, "Ten Feet Tall"
• ZZ Top, "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide"

Pages: Intro & Most Recent A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z num Artists