HEY DJ 4Uheydj4u.com“You Take My Breath Away” by Rex Smith
“You Take My Breath Away” by Rex Smith finished No. 86 on the year-end Top 100 of 1979, the chart of the songs that did best over the whole year.
Year-end peakNo. 861979
Year-end charts11979
ArtistRex Smith1 year-end hit
Decade1970ssee the decade’s Top 100
The No. 1 song of 1979 was “My Sharona” by The Knack.
Play “You Take My Breath Away”. Hear it on the Hey DJ 4U decks, then mix it with the rest of the 1979 chart.
▶ Play it♪ Apple MusicAround it on the 1979 chart
| # | Song | Artist | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 83 | Get Used To It | Roger Voudouris | ▶♪ |
| 84 | How Much I Feel | Ambrosia | ▶♪ |
| 85 | Suspicions | Eddie Rabbitt | ▶♪ |
| 86 | You Take My Breath Away | Rex Smith | ▶♪ |
| 87 | How You Gonna See Me Now | Alice Cooper | ▶♪ |
| 88 | Double Vision | Foreigner | ▶♪ |
| 89 | Every Time I Think Of You | Babys | ▶♪ |
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Source: Billboard’s year-end singles chart, as compiled on Wikipedia. Hey DJ 4U is an independent site, not affiliated with Billboard. Spotted an error? Tell us.