Counting down my Top 79 of '79: Bubbling Under Singles

I hope you enjoyed my Top 79 of '79 series. As I mentioned in each post, I started with the 475 singles that peaked on Billboard Magazine's Hot 100 chart in 1979. An initial pass through that list narrowed it down to 105 before deciding on the final 79. But what of those other 26 singles that made the first cut but weren't selected for the final list? Here they are, in alphabetical order:

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• "Bad Case of Loving You" - Robert Palmer
• "Come to Me" - France Joli
• "Dog & Butterfly" - Heart
• "Dream Police" - Cheap Trick
• "Every 1's a Winner" - Hot Chocolate
• "Fire" - Pointer Sisters
• "Georgy Porgy" - Toto
• "Good Girls Don't" - The Knack
• "Good Timin'" - The Beach Boys
• "Half the Way" - Crystal Gayle
• "Head Games" - Foreigner
• "Heart of Glass" - Blondie
• "Knock on Wood" - Amii Stewart
• "Life During Wartime" - Talking Heads
• "Lotta Love" - Nicolette Larson
• "Love Takes Time" - Orleans
• "Main Event/Fight" - Barbra Streisand
• "No Tell Lover" - Chicago
• "Renegade" - Styx
• "Rock N Roll Fantasy" - Bad Company
• "Sail On" - Commodores
• "Shake Your Body" - Jacksons
• "Song on the Radio" - Al Stewart
• "Sultans of Swing" - Dire Straits
• "Take Me to the River" - Talking Heads
• "You Decorated My Life" - Kenny Rogers

Any of those singles could have easily made the 79 of '79 on another day. 1979 had lots of good tunes - what a wonderful problem to have!