1979 - The Golden Age of Soundtracks?

The Lead Age of Soundtracks is more like it.  An oh-fer.  Not one soundtrack single held the top spot in 1979.

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Click on the year to check out similar soundtrack lists for the following years:

Year	No. of soundtrack #1's	Total no. of weeks at #1
1979	0 of 24	0
1980	2 of 16	10
1981	3 of 17	14
1982	3 of 16	10
1983	2 of 17	8
1984	7 of 20	21
1985	9 of 27	14

Soundtrack hits (and I used that term very loosely) from 1979 that didn't make the top spot include:

• "The Main Event/Fight" by Barbra Streisand from The Main Event (peaked at #3)
• "Send One Your Love" by Stevie Wonder from The Secret Life of Plants (#4) 
• "Makin' It" by David Naughton from the TV show Makin' It (#5)
• "If You Remember Me" by Chris Thompson & Night from The Champ (#17) 
• "Different Worlds" by Maureen McGovern from the TV show Angie (#18)
• "The Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the Frog from The Muppet Movie (#25)
• "Every Which Way but Loose" by Eddie Rabbitt from Every Which Way but Loose (#30)
• "Chase" by Giorgio Moroder from Midnight Express (#33)
• "Good Friend" by Mary MacGregor from Meatballs (#39)
• "Animal House" by Stephen Bishop from Animal House (#73)
• "Through the Eyes of Love" by Melissa Manchester from Ice Castles (#76)

The winner of the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 53th Academy Awards was "It Goes Like It Goes" by Jennifer Warnes from Norma Rae.

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Tip o' the hat to Dirk for his research and editorial assistance on this post.