What was the world like in 1979?
India's #1 song of the year was O Saathi Re from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, topping Binaca Geetmala's annual countdown.
What things cost in 1979.
Gold: yearly average, 24K, approx. Petrol: Delhi pump price around mid-year, approx. Sensex: BSE year-end close. Today's figures as of late Oct 2026. For curiosity, not advice.
The world's number ones.
Every song that hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1979.
Too Much Heaven · Bee Gees
Le Freak · Chic
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? · Rod Stewart
I Will Survive · Gloria Gaynor
Tragedy · Bee Gees
What A Fool Believes · The Doobie Brothers
Knock On Wood · Amii Stewart
Heart Of Glass · Blondie
Reunited · Peaches & Herb
Hot Stuff · Donna Summer
Love You Inside Out · Bee Gees
Ring My Bell · Anita Ward
Bad Girls · Donna Summer
Good Times · Chic
My Sharona · The Knack
Sad Eyes · Robert John
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough · Michael Jackson
Rise · Herb Alpert
Pop Muzik · M
Heartache Tonight · Eagles
Still · Commodores
No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) · Barbra Streisand/Donna Summer
Babe · Styx
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) · Rupert Holmes
If you were born in 1979, none of this existed.
Colour television arrives in India
India wins its first Cricket World Cup at Lord's
The first Maruti 800 is handed over
Rakesh Sharma becomes the first Indian in space
India's first metro opens in Kolkata
Ramayan airs its first episode on Doordarshan
Mahabharat begins on Doordarshan
The Berlin Wall falls
And 33 more. Your exact day shows the full list.
The year is the trailer. Your day is the film.
The Moon and your nakshatra, the weather in your city, the front page and who shares your birthday.
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