# List of RPM number-one adult contemporary singles of 1979

In 1979, RPM magazine published a chart for top-performing singles in the easy listening or adult contemporary categories in Canada. The chart, entitled Adult Oriented Playlist, has undergone numerous name changes, becoming Contemporary Adult in 1981 and became Adult Contemporary in 1984 until the magazine's final publication in November 2000. In 1979, thirty-six singles reached number one in the chart, which contains 50 positions. The first number-one in 1978 was "Time Passages" by British singer-songwriter Al Stewart, continuing from the 1978 charts, and the last was "Babe" by the American rock band Styx. Seventeen acts have their first number-one in the chart in 1979: the Village People, Alicia Bridges, Chic, Nicolette Larson, Boney M., the Pointer Sisters, Gloria Gaynor, the Doobie Brothers, Amii Stewart, Blondie, Suzi Quatro, Chris Norman, Peaches & Herb, Anita Ward, Rex Smith, Herb Alpert and Styx. Three Canadian acts, Anne Murray, Paul Anka and Frank Mills had at least one number-one that year.
Anne Murray had the most number-one singles in 1979, with "I Just Fall in Love Again" (four weeks), "Shadows in the Moonlight" (two weeks) and "Broken Hearted Me" (two weeks), and also had the most weeks at number one, totalling six weeks. American disco singer Gloria Gaynor also had a four-week number-one chart run with "I Will Survive".

## Chart history

An asterisk (*) indicates an unpublished weekly chart due to the special double issues RPM publishes for the year-end top singles charts.
Chart history :
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| January 6* | "Time Passages" | Al Stewart |
| January 13 | "Y.M.C.A." | Village People |
| January 20 | "I Love the Nightlife" | Alicia Bridges |
| January 27 | "Le Freak" | Chic |
| February 3 | "Too Much Heaven" | Bee Gees |
| February 10 | "Lotta Love" | Nicolette Larson |
| February 17 | "Lotta Love" | Nicolette Larson |
| February 24 | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | Anne Murray |
| March 3 | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | Anne Murray |
| March 10 | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | Anne Murray |
| March 17 | "I Just Fall in Love Again" | Anne Murray |
| March 24 | "Rasputin" | Boney M. |
| March 31 | "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" | Rod Stewart |
| April 7 | "Fire" | The Pointer Sisters |
| April 14 | "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor |
| April 21 | "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor |
| April 28 | "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor |
| May 5 | "I Will Survive" | Gloria Gaynor |
| May 12 | "What a Fool Believes" | The Doobie Brothers |
| May 19 | "Knock on Wood" | Amii Stewart |
| May 26 | "Heart of Glass" | Blondie |
| June 2 | "Heart of Glass" | Blondie |
| June 9 | "Stumblin' In" | Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman |
| June 16 | "Reunited" | Peaches & Herb |
| June 23 | "Reunited" | Peaches & Herb |
| June 30 | "Love You Inside Out" | Bee Gees |
| July 7 | "Goodnight Tonight" | Wings |
| July 14 | "She Believes in Me" | Kenny Rogers |
| July 21 | "Hot Stuff" | Donna Summer |
| July 28 | "Shadows in the Moonlight" | Anne Murray |
| August 4 | "Shadows in the Moonlight" | Anne Murray |
| August 11 | "Ring My Bell" | Anita Ward |
| August 18 | "You Took My Breath Away" | Rex Smith |
| August 25 | "The Main Event" | Barbra Streisand |
| September 1 | "The Main Event" | Barbra Streisand |
| September 8 | "The Main Event" | Barbra Streisand |
| September 15 | "You're the Only One" | Dolly Parton |
| September 22 | "As Long as We Keep Believing" | Paul Anka |
| September 29 | "Rise" | Herb Alpert |
| October 6 | "Different Worlds" | Maureen McGovern |
| October 13 | "Dancin' Round and Round" | Olivia Newton-John |
| October 20 | "The Boss" | Diana Ross |
| October 28 | "I'll Never Love This Way Again" | Dionne Warwick |
| November 3 | "Rise" | Herb Alpert |
| November 10 | "Broken Hearted Me" | Anne Murray |
| November 17 | "Broken Hearted Me" | Anne Murray |
| November 24 | "You Decorated My Life" | Kenny Rogers |
| December 1 | "Peter Piper" | Frank Mills |
| December 8 | "Peter Piper" | Frank Mills |
| December 15 | "Until It's Time for You to Go" | Vera Lynn |
| December 22 | "Peter Piper" | Frank Mills |
| December 29 | "Babe" | Styx |