This is a list of the French Singles & Airplay Chart Review number-ones of 1979.[1]
| Week | Date | Artist | Single | ||||
| 1 | 5 January | Village People | "Y.M.C.A." | ||||
| 2 | 12 January | ||||||
| 3 | 19 January | ||||||
| 4 | 26 January | ||||||
| 5 | 2 February | Bee Gees | "Tragedy" | ||||
| 6 | 9 February | ||||||
| 7 | 16 February | ||||||
| 8 | 23 February | ||||||
| 9 | 2 March | Patrick Hernandez | "Born to Be Alive" | ||||
| 10 | 9 March | ||||||
| 11 | 16 March | ||||||
| 12 | 23 March | ||||||
| 13 | 30 March | ||||||
| 14 | 6 April | ||||||
| 15 | 14 April | ||||||
| 16 | 20 April | ||||||
| 17 | 27 April | ||||||
| 18 | 4 May | ||||||
| 19 | 11 May | Village People | "In the Navy" | ||||
| 20 | 18 May | ||||||
| 21 | 25 May | ||||||
| 22 | 1 June | ||||||
| 23 | 8 June | Patrick Hernandez | "Born to Be Alive" | ||||
| 24 | 15 June | ||||||
| 25 | 22 June | ||||||
| 26 | 29 June | ||||||
| 27 | 6 July | ||||||
| 28 | 13 July | Billy Joel | "Honesty" | ||||
| 29 | 20 July | ||||||
| 30 | 27 July | ||||||
| 31 | 3 August | ||||||
| 32 | 10 August | ||||||
| 33 | 17 August | ||||||
| 34 | 24 August | ||||||
| 35 | 31 August | ||||||
| 36 | 7 September | Francis Cabrel | "Je l'aime à mourir" | ||||
| 37 | 14 September | ||||||
| 38 | 21 September | ||||||
| 39 | 28 September | ||||||
| 40 | 5 October | ||||||
| 41 | 12 October | Christophe | "Aline" | ||||
| 42 | 19 October | ||||||
| 43 | 26 October | ||||||
| 44 | 2 November | ||||||
| 45 | 9 November | ||||||
| 46 | 16 November | The Buggles | "Video Killed the Radio Star" | ||||
| 47 | 23 November | ||||||
| 48 | 30 November | ||||||
| 49 | 7 December | ||||||
| 50 | 14 December | ||||||
| 51 | 21 December | ||||||
| 52 | 28 December |